Creating regional value Upper Rhine Valley Brine Field.
Vulcan’s Lionheart Project, located in the Upper Rhine Valley Brine Field bordering Germany and France, is the largest lithium and geothermal resource in Europe and a tier-one lithium project globally.
The largest upstream lithium resource in Europe Vulcan’s URVBF.
- Vulcan’s Upper Rhine Valley Brine Field (URVBF) lithium resource represents Europe’s largest lithium resource (according to public, JORC-compliant data) and is a global tier-one lithium resource. It includes 27.7 million tonnes of contained Lithium Carbonate Equivalent (Mt LCE), of which 4.16Mt are to be developed as part of the Phase One Lionheart area
- Vulcan holds 17 granted licences in the Upper Rhine Valley, for a total secured licence area of 2,234km², which can be expanded in stages
- The Upper Rhine Valley is a large, approximately 300 km long graben system with consistent geothermal lithium reservoirs in sedimentary rock. The URVBF is a well-known mature and producing field with multiple chemical parks and > 1,000 existing wells. In our Lionheart project area, four deep geothermal wells have been in operation for more than 10 years
Operating in the Upper Rhine Valley Project Development Regions.
The Upper Rhine Valley region is in a particularly advantageous geological location: at a depth of around 3,600 meters, there is huge energy potential in the form of geothermal brine. Only a few regions in Germany offer such favorable conditions for the generation of geothermal energy.
Natürlich Ortenau
The project-region Ortenau is in the south-west of Baden-Württemberg between the Black Forest and Rhine river.
Natürlich Pfalz
In the south of Rheinland-Pfalz between the Palatinate Forest in the north-west and the Rhine in the south-east is the project-region Pfalz.
Natürlich Kurpfalz
Located directly in the border triangle of Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz and Hessen is Mannheim and the project region Kurpfalz.
Natürlich Hessen
From Lampertheim to the Frankfurt metropolitan region stretches the project region Hessen.