Dr Pierre Josso

Pierre Josso’s biography

• 2023 – ongoing: Deputy Director Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre, BGS, UK
• 2019 – 2023: Minerals Geoscientist, BGS, UK
• 2017 – 2019: Post doctoral researcher – MarineE-Tech project, BGS, UK
• 2013 – 2017: PhD Geochemistry, University of Southampton, UK
• 2011 – 2013: MSc Mining Geosciences and Mineral Engineering, UniLasalle, France & Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada
• 2008 – 2011: BSc Environment and Earth Sciences

Research interests

• Supply chain analysis
• Criticality assessment
• Critical raw materials
• Geochemistry and geology of ore deposits
• Prospectivity mapping
• Oceanic geochemistry
• Isotope systems
• Geochemical modelling

Current projects and collaboration

• 2022 – ongoing:
  • UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (https://ukcmic.org/)
  • SMARTEX (https://noc.ac.uk/projects/smartex)
  • UKRI Exploring the Frontier (NE/X011690/1)
  • ULTRA (https://noc.ac.uk/projects/ultra)
• 2020 – 2022: Met4-Tech, Circular Economy in Network and Transport Systems (CENTS)
• 2017 – 2020: MarineE-Tech project: Investigating the critical element budget of marine ferromanganese deposits from Tropic Seamount, NE Atlantic

ORCID: 0000000338194536

Key papers

• Josso, P, Hall, A, Le Bas, T, Coward, A, Lusty, P, and Murton, B. 2023. Application of random forest machine learning algorithm for mineral predictive mapping of Fe-Mn crusts in the World Ocean. Ore Geology reviews.
• Josso, P, Lusty, P, Chenery, S, and Murton, B. 2021. Controls on metal enrichment in ferromanganese crusts: Temporal changes in oceanic metal flux or phosphatisation? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 308, 60-74.
• Josso, P, van Peer, T, Horstwood, M S A, Lusty, P, and Murton, B. 2021. Geochemical evidence of Milankovitch cycles in Atlantic Ocean ferromanganese crusts. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 553, 116651.
• Josso, P, Rushton, J, Lusty, P, Matthews, A, Chenery, S, Holwell, D, Kemp, S J, and Murton, B. 2020. Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic paleoceanography from north-east Atlantic ferromanganese crust microstratigraphy. Marine Geology. 422, 106122.
• Josso, P, Horstwood, M S A, Millar, I L., Pashley, V, Lusty, P A J, and Murton, B. 2020. Development of a Correlated Fe-Mn Crust Stratigraphy Using Pb and Nd Isotopes and Its Application to Paleoceanographic Reconstruction in the Atlantic. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 35, e2020PA003928.
• Josso, P, Parkinson, I, Horstwood, M, Lusty, P, Chenery, S, and Murton, B. 2019. Improving confidence in ferromanganese crust age models: A composite geochemical approach. Chemical Geology 513, 108-119.
• Lusty, P, Hein, J R, and Josso, P. 2018. Formation and occurence of ferromanganese crusts: Earth’s storehouse for critical metals. Elements, 14, 313-318.
• Josso, P, Roberts, S, Teagle, D A H, Pourret, O, Herrington, R, and Ponce de Leon Albarran, C. 2018. Extraction and separation of rare earth elements from hydrothermal metalliferous sediments. Minerals Engineering, 118, 106-121.
• Pelleter, E, Fouquet, Y, Etoubleau, J, Cheron, S, Labanieh, S., Josso, P. and Langlade, J. (2017) Ni- Cu- Co-rich hydrothermal manganese mineralization in the Wallis and Futuna back-arc environment (SW Pacific). Ore Geology Reviews 87, 126-146.
• Josso, P, Pelleter, E, Pourret, O, Fouquet, Y, Etoubleau, J, Cheron, S, and Bollinger, C. 2017. A new discrimination scheme for oceanic ferromanganese deposits using high field strength and rare earth elements. Ore Geology Reviews, 87, 3-15.

Key reports

• Josso, P, Lusty, P, Gunn, A, Shaw, R, Singh, N, Horn, S, and Petavratzi, E. 2023. Review and development of the methodology and data used to produce the UK criticality assessment of technology critical minerals. British Geological Survey External Report, OR/23/044, 85 pp.
• Deady, E, Goodenough, KM, Currie, D, Lacinska, A, Grant, H, Patton, M, Cooper, M, Josso, P, Shaw RA, Everett P, and Bide T. 2023. Potential for Critical Raw Material Prospectivity in the UK. British Geological Survey CR/23/024, 57pp
• Bett, B, Clare, M, Evans, A, Hunt, J, Josso, P, Murton, B, Sahoo, S, and Yeo, I. 2023. A preliminary assessment of the critical mineral potential of the United Kingdom Continental Shelf and non-geological factors influencing resource development. Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre Internal Report, 116pp.
• Singh, N, Lusty, P, and Josso, P. 2023. Scoping study on metals used in specialist alloys in the aerospace industry. British Geological Survey Commissioned Report , OR/23/016. 54pp.
• Lusty, P, Josso, P, Price, F, Singh, N, Gunn, A, Shaw, R, Deady, E, Grant. H, and Idoine, I. 2022. Study on the future UK demand and supply of lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite for electric vehicle batteries. British Geological Survey Commissioned Report, CR/22/079, 72pp.
• Lusty, P, Josso, P, Price, F, Singh, N, Gunn, A, Shaw, R, Deady, E, Grant, and H, Idoine. 2022. Study on future UK demand and supply of lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese and graphite for electric vehicle batteries. British Geological Survey Commissioned Report, CR/22/079, 72 pp
• Lusty, P, Jones, D O B, Diz, D, Durden, J M, Grant, H L J, and Josso, P. 2022. Deep-sea mining evidence review. British Geological Survey Commissioned Report, CR/21/119, 463pp.
• Petavratzi, E, and Josso, P. 2021. Global material flows of lithium for the lithium-ion and lithium iron phosphate battery markets. Energy Catalysts Internal Report, OR/21/055