[Ferro-Alloys.com] 

Asian Battery Minerals enrolls hi-tech mineral resource locator to explore nickel deposit in Mongolia

Asian Battery Minerals (ABM), which was a participant in the 2023 BHP Xplor accelerator program and is targeting potential nickel deposits in Mongolia, joined forces with Getech, a locator of subsurface resources, and just completed an initial round of exploration work.

The results from the collaboration with Getech are expected to allow ABM to enhance its exploration strategy as Getech’s data encompasses 400 million years of earth’s evolution, coupled with geoscience expertise, AI-driven analytics and extensive GIS capabilities.

Richard Bennett, Getech’s executive chairman, noted that nickel, with its unique properties, is the keystone for a wide array of clean energy technologies and plays a pivotal role not only in geothermal technologies, batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems but also in hydrogen, hydro, wind and concentrating solar power technologies.

According to a report by McKinsey, the world could be facing a nickel shortage of 10-20% by the end of this decade, thus, exploration for nickel has become an imperative part of the energy transition.

• [Editor:邢亚敏]