Natural and experimental constraints on the behaviour of Re in the Earth’s crust: Part B - hydrothermal transport of Re and Mo-Re fractionation

• Applicants: Professor Dr. Sandro Jahn; Professor Dr. Stephan Klemme, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Max Wilke
• Subject Area: Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry
• Term: since 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 521623052

Rhenium (Re) is a critical metal for high-tech applications that is essentially mined from molybdenite found in porphyry ore deposits. In this project, an understanding will be developed, how Re is transported by hydrothermal fluids and what the conditions are for enrichment of Re in molybdenite. The thermodynamic models of Re solubility in fluids generated here will allow for developing conceptual models for the enrichment of Re in natural systems, such as the porphyry systems found in northern Greece.

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 2238: Dynamics of Ore-Metals Enrichment - DOME