Providing CRM data and intelligence to EURMKB (RM1) and the GeoERA information platform : Deliverable D3.4

The overall aim of FRAME project into the European Union Raw Materials Knowledge Base (EURMKB) is to provide data on CRM by extending the spatial coverage and higher accurate data from past and ongoing European projects on raw materials. The prime aim of work package (WP)3 in the FRAME project is to produce a map of strategic and critical raw materials (SCRM) for Europe. In cooperation with other FRAME WPs, there was a consensus on the methodology used for the identification and selection process of the SCRM to be included in that map (Arvanitidis, et al., 2019; Sadeghi et al., 2020a; Sadeghi et al, 2020b) linked mainly to information collected from existing databases, such as the ones of ProMine, Minerals4EU (M4EU), EURARE and European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI). WP3 also has a special focus to present the metallogenetic maps and updating databases on rare earth elements, graphite, cobalt, lithium, phosphor, niobium and tantalum in collaboration with the other work project packages (WP4, WP5 and WP6) and the Mineral Resource Expert Group (MREG) of EuroGeoSurveys. The digital version on metallogenetic areas have been prepared and delivered to EGDI (Sadeghi et al, 2020b). The occurrences dataset is harvested through national databases on structured data to be accessed in EDGI. A semi and non-structured datasets were also prepared and deliver to EGDI (EGDI, 2021a, 2021b). An overview on how this was done is given in Chapter 3 of this report – Data preparation and Delivery to EGDI. N/A