Critical Raw Materials Deposits Map of Mainland Portugal: New Mineral Intelligence in Cartographic Form

Reliable and unhindered access to raw materials is a growing concern within the EU across globe demand for Critical Raw Materials (CRM) plays crucial economic role in most developed countries around world. These are of extreme importance supply chains regarding new technologies, sustainability issues carbon footprint reduction. The definition continuously updated list CRM by European Commission led first Map Europe 2016. Following this, several have been surveying, preparing, evaluating their mineral occurrences create resources/deposits database and, therefore, map own. With this purpose mind, we present explain Deposits mainland Portugal, at 1:700,000 scale. This paper describes scientific, technical, graphical methodologies involved its design.