Building a resilient Europe through
responsible mineral exploration

We use innovative methods and technologies to unlock the EU’s resource potential, improve public knowledge of the role of critical raw materials in the modern world, and promote environmentally and socially friendly mineral exploration. 

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What We Do

We assess current resource potential by using innovative approaches to identify new areas of exploration across the EU and beyond

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We survey the local communities' concerns and hopes related to mineral exploration and mining. The anonymised results will be published. 

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We raise awareness of critical raw materials and their significance for our modern world by developing an educational package for schools and universities 

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Who we are

We are a group of research institutions, SMEs, and mineral exploration companies, working on improving knowledge of mining and mineral exploration and increasing access to and supply of critical raw materials in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner.

We use state-of-the-art methods and technologies to gain an understanding of known mineral deposits and discover new ones. Through our project, we join the mission of strengthening the autonomy of the EU by boosting knowledge of and acting on its resource potential. 

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Who we are
To match the demand for minerals and support the EU's raw material autonomy, the domestic potential for critical raw materials needs to be understood - but also the people's concerns, fears, and hopes related to the mineral sector. This is our main focus in AGEMERA.
Jari Joutsenvaara
Project Leader, University of Oulu, Finland

Latest news and events

  • AGEMERA Webinar for Teachers

    Teachers are invited on 5 December 2024 at 15:00 CET to join an exciting and informative session online, exploring the hidden world of minerals!
    We'll uncover how everyday items - like your fork - are connected to the critical minerals that power our lives, from energy to food production. You will get to...

    • Explore the growing global demand for resources in a rapidly changing world

    • Learn how minerals are essentials in daily life, from the phone in your pocket to the food on your plate

    • Understand the challenges of mining and why sustainability is crucial

    • Discover the importance of circular economy and urban mining for 
a more sustainable future
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  • CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: AGEMERA joint session at EGU25

    We invite you to apply for the AGEMERA joint session at the European Geoscience Union (EGU) flagship event in Vienna 
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  • AGEMERA workshop gathers 80 high school students in Estonia

    Youngsters learned about the omnipresence of critical raw materials in their day-to-day lives and discussed the ways to recycle them for a circular economy
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  • AGEMERA joins the European Sustainable Mining & Innovation Network (ESMIN)

    Together with sister projects, we founded a network that works towards responsible mining
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  • AGEMERA, part of the 34th Annual General Meeting and Conference: The Society of Mining Professors in Sydney

    Our partners from TU Bergakademie Freiberg contributed to the Education, Research, Development, and Industry sessions at the AGMC conference.
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  • AGEMERA workshop in Sofia (17 Sept): Final agenda

    Join the AGEMERA workshop in the Bulgarian capital to learn more about the novel geophysical methods used in identifying and leveraging the potential of critical and strategic raw materials and meet experts on the field 
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  • AGEMERA partners go to Alicante for EUROCK 2024

    Our Polish colleagues lost no time this summer - in fact, they took part in two major events in July where they presented our work on data processing, fusion, and sharing (data that we collected in our field work)
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  • AGEMERA present at the 11th International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Minerals Industry

    One of our partners joined the conference in Torino to present the questionnaires we developed and conducted in five countries to gain a better understanding on local perceptions of mining and mineral exploration
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  • AGEMERA partners meet in Tallinn

    The partners working on raising awareness of critical raw materials and assessing local acceptance of mining in our regions of focus met in the Estonian capital to plan for the months ahead and identify potential challenges 
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  • Polish partners take AGEMERA to two different events

    Representatives from our KGHM Cuprum have joined two separate events in June, an opportunity they used to promote the project and its preliminary results 
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