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Nebojša Atanacković, Vladimir Živanović, Veselin Dragišić, Sava Magazinović

Overview of the hydrogeological investigations of recently discovered world class deposits in Serbia

Proceedings of IAH2019, the 46th Annual Congress of the International Associaton of Hydrogeologists, Málaga (Spain), September 22-27, 2019

J. Jaime Gómez Hernández, Bartolomé Andreo Navarro

International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)

2019

Europe industry has growing concerns on availability of the raw materials. To address this challenge,
the European Commission has created a list of critical raw materials for the EU, launched EIT Raw
Materials initiative, and continuously support research projects (like INTRAW, UNEXMIN etc.) with
the aim of reducing the dependency and meeting growing demands. In the last 15 years Serbia is
experiencing new bust in geological exploration of mineral deposits. Currently 167 exploration
licenses are active, covering approximately 6000 km2 or close to 7 % of the territory. The most
significant results of these efforts are discoveries of “Jadar” Li-B and “Čukaru Peki” Cu-Au world
class deposits. It is estimated that from “Jadarite” mineral deposit 10 % of worlds demand for lithium
can be met. Among extensive geological exploration works, significant efforts were made on
hydrogeological characterization of the ore body and surrounding rocks. Presented methodology of
the hydrogeological explorations included application of water inflated packer systems for in-situ
determination of hydraulic properties of deep hydrogeological units, installation of monitoring wells,
pumping wells and aquifer testing, installation of deep (up to 2000 m) fully grouted multilevel
vibrating-wire piezometers, deep groundwater sampling and levels monitoring. Based on collected
data conceptualization of hydrogeological system was performed, which was followed with
development of numerical groundwater flow models. Exploration works which are subject of this
paper are related to prefeasibility and feasibility stage of the projects development and were
conducted with the aim to estimate dewatering requirements, support mine and tailings design and
assess the possible impacts on water resources and the environment. Specific challenges, which
were identified during the project development, are related to frequent changes in mine
infrastructure plans and interaction and continuous update between different project teams and
elements. Since projects for opening of the new mines are long lasting and very complex,
hydrogeology is present throughout the life of the project in different scales, starting from wider
deposit area characterization to resolving site specific engineering issues. Experience from Serbia,
along with the need for application of the industry best practice, emphasize the importance of
improving the position of hydrogeology in local legislation and permitting procedures, in order to
ensure proper groundwater resources characterization and protection.

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Groundwater, Raw materials, Lithium, Mining, Field hydrogeology

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