Written question WQ93638
- Asked by
- Janet Finch-SaundersConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Transport and North Wales
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 6 days
Question
What steps is the Welsh Government taking to assess the feasibility of extracting the vast amounts of lithium on Anglesey?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Transport and North Wales
The Welsh Government is not currently assessing the feasibility of extracting lithium on Anglesey. The UK Government commissioned the British Geological Survey to undertake the study, “Potential for Critical Raw Material Prospectivity in the UK”, delivered by the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC) and published in 2023. The report identified no prospective sites of geological potential in Wales for extracting lithium.