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Best Mining Companies Companies in England, United Kingdom
The 120 best Mining Companies companies in England, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Endeavour Mining.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
120companies tracked
$2.4Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
74have raised
Ranked: Best Mining Companies companies in England
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Endeavour Mining Operator of industrial sites focused on the extraction of gold | $500M | 62 mo ago | 5,659 | 2010 | Sebastien Montessus CEO | Concrete CMSPHPYouTube+14 | — |
| 2 | Hummingbird Resources Operator of extraction facilities focused on the production of gold | $278M | 110 mo ago | 408 | 2005 | Dan Betts Managing Director | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | — |
| 3 | Horizonte Minerals Mining & exploration company focused on nickel deposites | $179M | 44 mo ago | 150 | 2006 | Karim Nasr Interim CEO | PHPYouTubeBootstrap+11 | — |
| 4 | Pensana Rare Earths Manufacturer of magnet metals for green energy applications | $170M | 2 mo ago | 125 | 2006 | Tim George CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+34 | — |
| 5 | Cornish Lithium Developer of lithium extraction processes for renewable energy storage | $169M | 8 mo ago | 70 | 2016 | Jeremy Wrathall Founder & Executive Chairman | SanityApple iCloud MailNode.js+9 | 1 job opening |
| 6 | Gabriel Resources Mining and exploration company focused on gold and silver deposits | $121M | 7 mo ago | 35 | 1987 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — |
| 7 | Adriatic Metals Mining company focused on the development and exploration of polymetallic mining projects | $106M | 24 mo ago | 267 | 2017 | Paul Cronin Co-Founder & Executive Director | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+15 | — |
| 8 | Weatherly International Mining and exploration services focused on copper mining | $99M | 152 mo ago | 151 | 2000 | Rod Webster Chairman | — | — |
| 9 | Savannah Resources Developer of a hard rock spodumene lithium resource project | $90M | 7 mo ago | 11 | 2010 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+17 | — |
| 10 | Tungsten West Provides tungsten exploration & development services | $61M | 17 mo ago | 1 | 2019 | — | WixSentryApple iCloud Mail+15 | — |
| 11 | Eurasia Mining Mining & exploration company focused on gold | $45M | 57 mo ago | 116 | 1996 | Christian Schaffalitzky Managing Director | JoomlaPHPHelix Ultimate+19 | — |
| 12 | Jubilee Metals Group Diversified metals recovery company focused on reprocessing of surface mine waste and materials | $45M | 30 mo ago | 205 205 → 237 (+16%) | 2002 | Leon Coetzer CEO | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+21 | — |
| 13 | Condor Gold Gold and silver exploration and development company | $44M | 48 mo ago | 58 | 2005 | Mark Child CEO | DrupalMariaDBPHP+13 | — |
| 14 | Kabanga Nickel Provider of nickel sulphide exploration and development services | $40M | 53 mo ago | 17 | 2021 | Chris Showalter CEO | — | — |
| 15 | Bluejay Mining Mining and exploration company focused on nickel, copper, lead zinc and platinum deposits | $37M | 29 mo ago | 13 | 2005 | — | — | 4 expansions · 1 award |
| 16 | Rainbow Rare Earths Mining and exploration company focused on rare earth deposits | $33M | 37 mo ago | 38 | 2011 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | 1 partnership |
| 17 | Alien Metals Mining and exploration company focused on copper, zinc, lead and silver projects | $33M | 34 mo ago | 10 | 2006 | Bill Good CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+28 | — |
| 18 | Vast Resources Mining and resource development company focused on poly metallic and gold mines | $27M | 35 mo ago | 367 | 2004 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | — |
| 19 | Nobel Upstream Provider of oil & gas exploration services | $25M | 66 mo ago | — | 2014 | Nasib Hasanov Founder | — | — |
| 20 | Xtract Resources Resource development and mining company | $21M | 62 mo ago | 29 | 2004 | Colin Bird Chairman | WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryWordPress+25 | — |
| 21 | Kore Potash Mining and exploration company focused on potash projects | $19M | 34 mo ago | 5 | 2010 | Brad Sampson CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — |
| 22 | European Lithium Developer of lithium hydroxide for European battery supply chains | $16M | 65 mo ago | — | 2010 | Dietrich Wanke CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | — |
| 23 | Griffin Mining Mining and exploration company focused on zinc and gold assets | $15M | 45 mo ago | 461 | 1988 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — |
| 24 | Metals Exploration Mining and exploration company focused on gold deposits | $14M | 98 mo ago | 784 | 2004 | Darren Bowden CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | 2 partnerships |
| 25 | ARC Minerals Mining and exploration company | $13M | 26 mo ago | 33 | 2017 | — | Q4MediaElement.jsYouTube+16 | 1 expansion |
| 26 | NQ Minerals Mining and exploration company focused on gold and silver deposits | $11M | 67 mo ago | — | 2016 | Walter Doyle Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 27 | Kavango Mineral exploration company focused on copper & nickel deposits | $10M | 8 mo ago | — | 2017 | Michael Foster CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 1 partnership |
| 28 | Kodal Minerals Lithium mining and exploration company | $8M | 69 mo ago | 15 | 2013 | Bernard Aylward CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — |
| 29 | Greatland Gold Operator of gold and copper mining complexes | $7M | 49 mo ago | 17 | 2005 | Shaun Day CEO & MD | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+21 | — |
| 30 | Corcel Provider of battery metals exploration and development services | $7M | 11 mo ago | 1 | 2004 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | 2 launchs |
| 31 | Power Metal Resources Metal exploration and development company | $7M | 28 mo ago | 7 | 2011 | Paul Johnson CEO | Windows ServerUIKitMicrosoft ASP.NET+16 | — |
| 32 | Bezant Resources Gold exploration & mining company | $7M | 54 mo ago | 5 | 1994 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+22 | — |
| 33 | Blencowe Provider of graphite & mineral exploration and development services | $5M | 9 mo ago | 2 | 2018 | Cameron Pearce Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 34 | Rockfire Resources Australian-focused gold and copper exploration company | $5M | 33 mo ago | 2 | 2011 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — |
| 35 | Apollo Minerals Exploration and development of the couflens tungsten-copper-gold project | $5M | 17 mo ago | — | 2007 | Hugo Schumann Executive Director | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 36 | Phoenix Copper Base and precious metals explorer | $5M | 28 mo ago | 15 | 2013 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+18 | — |
| 37 | GCM Resources Developer of coal-fired power projects | $4M | 14 mo ago | 17 | 2003 | — | DrupalPHPBootstrap+12 | — |
| 38 | Tertiary Minerals Tertiary Minerals plc is a mineral exploration and development company focused on building and developing a… | $4M | 21 mo ago | 5 | 1999 | Patrick Cheetham Founder & Executive Chairman | PHPBootstrapLaravel+11 | 2 expansions |
| 39 | CMR Critical Mineral Resources PLC is a mineral exploration and development company focused on identifying and… | $4M | 15 mo ago | — | 2017 | Charles Long Chief Executive Officer | — | — |
| 40 | First Class Metals Mining and exploration company focused on gold | $3M | 12 mo ago | 3 | 2021 | Marc Sale CEO | — | — |
| 41 | Ariana Resources Mining & exploration company focused on gold deposits | $3M | 16 mo ago | — | 2002 | — | JoomlaPHPHelix Ultimate+16 | — |
| 42 | Northern Lithium Provider of lithium exploration and development services | $3M | 2 mo ago | — | 2017 | Nick Pople Managing Director | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — |
| 43 | Technology Minerals Provider of battery metal exploration and development services | $3M | 38 mo ago | 5 | 2019 | Alex Stanbury CEO | WebflowMicrosoft Advertisingcore-js+11 | — |
| 44 | Katoro Gold Provider of mining and exploration services focused on gold projects | $2M | 28 mo ago | 5 | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 45 | ECR Minerals Mining & exploration company focused on gold projects | $2M | 33 mo ago | 3 | 2004 | Craig Brown CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+20 | — |
| 46 | East Star Resources Provider of gold & copper exploration services | $2M | 6 mo ago | 11 11 → 14 (+27%) | 2020 | Charlie Wood Director | WixSentryBootstrap+13 | 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 47 | Green Lithium Provider of mining and exploration services focused on lithium projects | $2M | 12 mo ago | 22 | 2017 | Guy H. Head of Strategic Business Development & Co-Founder | Craft CMSPHPYii+14 | — |
| 48 | Panthera Resources Gold exploration and development company | $2M | 30 mo ago | 4 | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 49 | Critical Metals Infrastructure funds focused on mining sector | $2M | 11 mo ago | 3 | 2018 | Christopher Ecclestone Executive Director | — | — |
| 50 | Weardale Lithium Developer of lithium extraction and geothermal energy solutions | $939K | 2 mo ago | 4 | 2018 | Stewart Dickson CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+12 | — |
Top 12 Mining Companies companies in England
#1
Public · London, England · founded 2006 · 125 employees$169.7Mraised▾
Public · London, England · founded 2006 · 125 employees
Manufacturer of magnet metals for green energy applications. These materials support the transition to sustainable power by supplying components for electric vehicles, wind turbines, and various industrial technologies. The business focuses on the extraction and processing of rare earth elements to meet the rising demand for high-performance magnetic components used in modern transport and domestic appliances.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships · 2 expansions (incl. M&G) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Post IPO$15M
- Dec 2025Post IPO$100M
- Sep 2024Grant (prize money)$3.4M
- Oct 2023Grant (prize money)$4.2M
Founders & team
Investors
Gov, M&G, Innovate UK, Fundo Soberano de Angola, DFC, Cascade Natural Resources
Tech stack
Contact Form 7Core-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGsapHttp/3
#2
Public · London, England · founded 1987 · 35 employees$121.2Mraised▾
Public · London, England · founded 1987 · 35 employees
Mining and exploration company focused on gold and silver deposits
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Post IPO—
- Aug 2025Post IPO$2.9M
- Feb 2025Post IPO$3M
- Apr 2024Post IPO$5.6M
Investors
Tenor Capital, Electrum Group, Paulson & Co, Swiss Capital, Resource Capital Funds
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsContact Form 7Core-JsGoogle Font ApiGsap
#3
Series D · London, England · founded 2016 · 70 employees$168.6Mraised▾
Series D · London, England · founded 2016 · 70 employees
Developer of lithium extraction processes for renewable energy storage. This company focuses on the responsible recovery of minerals from hard rock and geothermal sources to support the transition to clean energy. The technology enables the production of materials essential for the manufacturing of batteries used in consumer electronics and grid-scale storage systems.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 17k LinkedIn followers — 5.0% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Operations Geologist, Hydrogeologist
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Series D$47M
- Oct 2023Series C$6.2M
- Aug 2023Series C$67M
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Investors
TechMet, Ukri, UK Infrastructure Bank, The Energy & Minerals Group, National Wealth Fund, Ace Ventures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareEmotionGoogle AnalyticsHstsNetlify
#4
Public · London, England · founded 2010 · 11 employees$90.3Mraised▾
Public · London, England · founded 2010 · 11 employees
Developer of a hard rock spodumene lithium resource project. It progresses the development and environmental licensing of the project, aiming for conventional mine and concentrator operations. A definitive feasibility study is underway, and the environmental impact assessment is under regulatory review. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market. The project is expected to produce spodumene concentrate.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 2.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Post IPO$12M
- Jun 2024Post IPO$20.3M
- Sep 2020Post IPO$3.1M
- Sep 2019Post IPO$6.1M
Investors
Bergen Asset Management, Slipstream Resources, Advanced Metallurgical Group
Tech stack
CdnjsChart.JsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsHubspot
#5
Seed · Durham, England · founded 2017$3.1Mraised▾
Seed · Durham, England · founded 2017
Provider of lithium exploration and development services. It is responsibly developing known lithium in brine mineral reserves deep within the underlying granite, using innovative and sustainable exploration and extraction methods.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Evove and Kurita Group) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Grant (prize money)$811.9K
- Jul 2023Seed$989.7K
- Aug 2022Seed$849.5K
- Dec 2021Seed$680.8K
Founders & team
Investors
Gov, Conduit Ventures
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerComplianzCore-JsElementorFont AwesomeGeneratepress
#6
Public · London, England · founded 2017$10.4Mraised▾
Public · London, England · founded 2017
Mineral exploration company focused on copper & nickel deposits
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. Caledonia) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Post IPO$200.3K
- Sep 2025Post IPO$3M
- May 2024Post IPO$3.9M
- Jun 2023Post IPO$1.8M
Founders & team
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon Web ServicesContact Form 7Cookie NoticeDiviGodaddy
#7
Public · London, England · founded 2019 · 1 employees$61.3Mraised▾
Public · London, England · founded 2019 · 1 employees
Provides tungsten exploration & development services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 2.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Jan 2025Post IPO$3.4M
- Jun 2023Post IPO$8.9M
- Oct 2021Conventional Debt$49M
Investors
Orion Resource Partners, Eden Rock Group
Tech stack
AirtableApple Icloud MailBootstrapGodaddyGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud Cdn
#8
Funding Raised · Durham, England · founded 2018 · 4 employees$939Kraised▾
Funding Raised · Durham, England · founded 2018 · 4 employees
Developer of lithium extraction and geothermal energy solutions. This company focuses on the exploration and development of natural resources to provide a supply of domestic lithium. Operations involve the extraction of minerals from underground brines alongside the production of geothermal energy.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Grant (prize money)$939K
- Sep 2023Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Investors
Ukri, Gov
Tech stack
Google AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiHttp/3LitespeedMicrosoft 365Mysql
#9
Public · London, England · founded 2018 · 2 employees$5.4Mraised▾
Public · London, England · founded 2018 · 2 employees
Provider of graphite & mineral exploration and development services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Post IPO$1.4M
- May 2025Grant (prize money)$500K
- Apr 2024Grant (prize money)$3M
- Feb 2024Post IPO$500K
Founders & team
Investors
DFC
Tech stack
All In One SeoAstraCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsComplianzCore-Js
#10
Public · London, England · founded 2004 · 1 employees$7.5Mraised▾
Public · London, England · founded 2004 · 1 employees
Provider of battery metals exploration and development services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers · 36 engagements/post (1.6× cohort median)
Activity: 2 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Post IPO$1.5M
- Sep 2024Post IPO$1.6M
- Apr 2024Post IPO$1.6M
- Jan 2019Post IPO$867.6K
Investors
Purpose Investments, Charlestown Capital Advisors
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerCookieyesCore-JsElementorGodaddyGoogle Font Api
#11
Public · London, England · founded 2020 · 11 employees$2.4Mraised▾
Public · London, England · founded 2020 · 11 employees
Provider of gold & copper exploration services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. Telegram) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Post IPO$2.4M
- Jan 2024Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Investors
BHP, Endeavour Mining
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesBootstrapGodaddyGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud Cdn
#12
Acquired · Cheltenham, England · founded 2017 · 267 employees$106Mraised▾
Acquired · Cheltenham, England · founded 2017 · 267 employees
Mining company focused on the development and exploration of polymetallic mining projects. Its flagship asset is the Vareš Silver Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina, targeting silver, zinc, lead, gold, copper, and barite deposits.
Funding rounds
- May 2024Post IPO$50M
- Dec 2020Post IPO$20M
- Oct 2020Post IPO$8.1M
- Oct 2019Post IPO$17.1M
Founders & team
Investors
Sandfire, QRC, EBRD, Orion Resource Partners
Tech stack
Windows ServerHighchartsGoogle MapsIisCloudflareSlick
Funding & investor landscape
$2.4Btotal disclosed funding
71companies funded
283disclosed rounds
2rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Gov5 rounds
Notable founders
Tim George
CEO · Pensana Rare Earths
Jeremy Wrathall
Founder & Executive Chairman · Cornish Lithium
Nick Pople
Managing Director · Northern Lithium
Michael Foster
CEO · Kavango
Stewart Dickson
CEO · Weardale Lithium
Cameron Pearce
Founder · Blencowe
Mike Ralston
Chief Executive Officer · Blencowe
Charlie Wood
Director · East Star Resources
Anthony Eastman
Director · East Star Resources
Paul Cronin
Co-Founder & Executive Director · Adriatic Metals
Marc Sale
CEO · First Class Metals
Guy H.
Head of Strategic Business Development & Co-Founder · Green Lithium
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Common questions
How many Mining Companies companies are there in England, United Kingdom?
Radar tracks 120 indexable Mining Companies companies headquartered in England, United Kingdom that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Mining Companies companies in England, United Kingdom?
The Mining Companies companies in England, United Kingdom on this list have raised a combined $2.4B in disclosed equity funding across 71 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Mining Companies company in England, United Kingdom?
Endeavour Mining is the highest-funded Mining Companies company in England, United Kingdom, with $500M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Mining Companies companies in England, United Kingdom are funded?
71 of the 120 Mining Companies companies in England, United Kingdom on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Mining Companies unicorns are there in England, United Kingdom?
None of the Mining Companies companies in England, United Kingdom on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in England, United Kingdom Mining Companies companies?
The most active investors in England, United Kingdom Mining Companies companies on this list include Gov, Orion Resource Partners, Europa, Resource Capital Funds, Starvest.
Riya SenguptaFinancials
Riya reads income statements for fun. She covers the real money in a sector — revenue, growth, who actually earns — and never met a vague claim she didn't want a number for.