Weardale Lithium

02/06/2026

Weardale Lithium is pleased to announce the appointment of Sir Michael Fallon KCB as Senior Strategic Adviser.

Sir Michael is a former UK Government minister who served as Defence Secretary, Business Minister, and Energy Minister, with extensive experience in international trade, industrial strategy, and national security.

As lithium and other critical minerals are strategically important to sovereign nations & supply chains, he brings top-level senior government, regulatory, and sector experience including:

Current: Aberdeen Investcorp Infrastructure Partners, BlueFive Capital, Council on Geostrategy
Past: UK Ministry of Defence, Department for Business and Trade, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Genel Energy PLC, TP ICAP

27/05/2026

Weardale Lithium is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Grey to lead lithium sales and marketing.

Mark has multi decade experience in global resources and industrial markets having held senior executive positions at leading international chemical and battery metals companies. A specialist in strategic sales and technical marketing for critical minerals, Mark was formerly Regional Sales Manager EMEA for Livent, a global lithium producer (now part of Rio Tinto, following Rio Tinto’s acquisition of Arcadium Lithium) where he led the company’s commercial expansion. Mark’s expertise will be instrumental in advancing the Company’s borehole-to-battery strategy.

21/05/2026

Weardale Lithium was pleased to support the UK Critical Minerals Website Showcase – Ministerial Launch in London with Minister for Industry, Chris McDonald MP, the Critical Minerals Association (UK) and the UK Department for Business and Trade.

The UK Critical Minerals platform features a comprehensive UK map and directory that displays UK critical mineral companies, research institutions and training providers. Access the website at https://lnkd.in/gFwmJhty

Weardale is advancing its geothermal lithium project in County Durham to meet rapid lithium demand growth and secure UK supply.
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17/04/2026

Weardale Lithium was pleased to present at Direct Lithium Extraction Summit 2026

Lithium is needed for EVs, Energy Storage Systems, AI and Data Centres. Batteries are vital to our everyday lives and will power our future. To meet this demand, and secure UK supply, Weardale is advancing its geothermal lithium project in County Durham.

10/04/2026

Weardale Lithium has secured grant funding through the UK Government's DRIVE35 Scale-Up: Feasibility Studies competition, supporting the next phase of development at its geothermal lithium project in County Durham.
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22/12/2025

Merry Christmas from the Weardale Lithium team and thank you to our stakeholders, shareholders, communities and suppliers!

16/06/2025

Is the North East on the cusp of a circular supply chain for EV batteries?

The Weardale Lithium project is gaining momentum as the first point on a battery building lifecycle which experts say could be unique to the North East

16/06/2025

N magazine feature on Weardale Lithium and spotlight interview with Stewart Dickson - Delivering the UK's largest, permitted lithium brine facility at Eastgate in County Durham, hashtag 🇬🇧 💧🔋"Sustainably resourcing tomorrow"

✅ Regeneration of brownfield, former industrial site
✅ Creation of highly skilled jobs vital to the energy transition
✅ Processing geothermal groundwater from existing deep, high specification, abstraction well nearby
✅ Site can act as a regional centre for producing lithium from multiple locations and sources, but also as a hub for business connected with energy transition and sustainability
✅ Local supply chain opportunities in North East
✅ Weardale Lithium was the first company to successfully extract lithium from the groundwaters in the North Pennine Orefield

“And this,” says Stewart Dickson, “is what it’s all about…” We get out of his car and approach a crash barrier at the edge of a precipice. Before us, a breathtaking view of Weardale and the North Pennines hills stretches for miles. Eastgate sits to the left, with Westgate to the right. B...

07/02/2025

Plans to build the UK’s largest lithium extraction facility in County Durham have been unanimously approved.

13/01/2025

Financial Times highlighting that domestic production of critical minerals is much needed.

Gavin Mudd from UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre / British Geological Survey calling for policy development and financial support to bring on new mining capacity and address supply-chain vulnerability.
Weardale Lithium are sustainably producing hashtag from underground geothermal waters in Weardale, hashtag . 🇬🇧 💧🔋

Scale-up is well underway with planning application for a continuous flow production plant, regenerating a brownfield site, is at an advanced stage.

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Concerns grow about Britain’s vulnerability to global supply chain shocks