Antoine Gouze brings 35 years of global mining and metallurgy experience, holding degrees in Engineering and an MBA. He has held key leadership positions—including Process Engineer, Project Manager, Technical Director, and Mine Director—at major international firms such as Suez, Eramet, and Imerys. For the last two decades, his primary focus has been advancing the lithium industry.
Innovation as a key to unlock new sources of Lithium: the case of the Beauvoir deposit in France
Imerys' EMILI project is a key milestone for European sovereignty in sustainable mobility. Nestled in the heart of France, the project exploits a world-class resource for the next 50 years and pushes the boundaries of industrial innovation. From extracting lithium from micas to a unique circular water and sulfate management processes, EMILI embodies the new era for the mining industry: competitive, sustainable, and anchored in the most demanding environmental standards. This discovery journey leads to the transformation of a geological potential into a strategic pillar of the European energy transition, with a target capacity of 34,000 tons of lithium hydroxide per year.
