none 10.1144/SP526-2021-133 Geological Society of London Geological Society of London 1881 135818037 65091 2025030708105500914 10.1144 2025-03-07T11:14:31Z 2022-03-28T07:45:12Z 15 Geological Society, London, Special Publications SP 0305-8719 2041-4927 07 12 2022 06 16 2023 526 1 Volodymyr A. Mykhailov Institute of Geology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 90 Vasylkivska Street, 03022, Kyiv, Ukraine Oleksandr V. Hrinchenko Institute of Geology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 90 Vasylkivska Street, 03022, Kyiv, Ukraine Boris I. Malyuk SRDE ‘Geoinform of Ukraine’, 16 Antona Tsedika Street, 03057, Kyiv, Ukraine http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6983-399X Abstract The state of the mineral resource base of Ukraine for a number of elements that are essential for the development of ‘green power energy’ in Europe is analysed. Four groups can be distinguished that differ in degree of geological certainty, available reserves and stages of potential and/or commercial development. (1) Iron, manganese and graphite – large-scale deposits that have been developed for a long time in Ukraine and have almost unlimited resources/perspectives for further production. (2) Lithium and rare-earth elements (REEs) – deposits that have mostly been explored and possess considerable reserves; these deposits are not under exploitation but can be brought into commercial production pending appropriate geological and economic evaluation. (3) Cobalt and nickel – deposits that have been discovered but their reserves are rather small and some technological problems of ore beneficiation exist; these deposits can be developed only in the case of additional confirmation of their economic feasibility by objective economic and geological evaluation. 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