BGS have reviewed the geological potential for the occurrence of some raw materials in the UK including Cobalt, Lithium, Platinum Group Metals, Rare Earth Elements and Graphite.

This was done as the result of current interest in raw materials required for the manufacture of decarbonisation technologies.

The review shows there are many known occurrences in the UK of the minerals and metals used in decarbonisation technologies.

However, it also demonstrates that modern, systematic exploration for many of these commodities is lacking.

By analogy with areas of similar geology elsewhere in the world there is potential for new discoveries of these commodities in the UK.

https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/statistics/rawMaterialsForALowCarbonFuture.html#RMP