A new report suggests that Sweden's historic mining area of Bergslagen may have great potential for extracting sought-after minerals such as cobalt and lithium and the government on Thursday gave the go-ahead to investigate the opportunities to start exploring the matter. The demand for cobalt, lithium
Vice President, Exploration, Dr. Frank Santaguida will be participating in a cobalt discussion panel entitled Opportunity Cobalt! as part of the Northern Ontario Mining Showcase on Sunday, March 4 at 3:00pm. President and CEO Trent Mell will be presenting during the Energy Materials and Technologies 2
Reading MINING.COM yesterday, I came across this headline gem: Soaring cobalt prices force Samsung SDI to mine metal from old phones. No problem there. South Korean battery maker Samsung SDI is making plans to recycle cobalt from used mobile phones. The company is also developing
West Perth, WA / February 15, 2018 / JMN Wire / Azure Minerals Limited (ASX: AZS) ("Azure" or "the Company") is pleased to advise that results from a recent close-spaced soil sampling program have identified areas of strong gold, cobalt and zinc anomalism across the Sara Alicia property. Additionally, a ground magnetic
There are several historic mining operations on the properties that are potentially accessible, including the Smith Cobalt shaft and its underground workings. Chris M. Healey, P. Geo, VP Exploration and a Director of Cobalt Power Group is the qualified person responsible for the technical content of this
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has found near-surface disseminated cobalt and silver mineralization outside the veins that were the focus of historic underground mining at its Keeley project near Cobalt, Ontario. Drill hole KF-WV-0013, in the southern portion of the historic Keeley mine, returned
Daglish, WA / February 13, 2018 / JMN Wire / Nzuri Copper Limited (ASX: NZC) (Nzuri or the Company) is pleased to announce additional high-grade drill intercepts from its ongoing exploration program within the Fold & Thrust Belt JV ("FTBJV"), located in the Western Katangan Copperbelt in the Democratic Republic of
The new laws, finalised in the past fortnight, will subject mining companies, such as Glencore and China Molybdenum, to added royalties and tax hikes on metals including cobalt. Executives from these companies furiously lobbied President Joseph Kabila on the measures, to no avail. Given the political
Hamilton is one of 50 mines that First Cobalt controls in the Cobalt Camp. Four shafts occur along a 400-metre east-west vein system in the Hamilton mine area following discovery in 1908. The Hamilton shaft is 33 metres deep with mining along three levels up to 75m west of the shaft. Production was only
West Perth, WA / February 8, 2018 / JMN Wire / Northern Cobalt (ASX: N27) is pleased to announce that all the conditions precedent to the acquisition of nine (9) tenements in the Arunta region in the Northern Territory have now been met and Ministerial approval has been granted to transfer 100% interest in the tenements
eCobalt now puts the measured and indicated resources at 3.5 million tonnes grading 0.59% cobalt, up from 3.1 tonnes at the same grade. The inferred resource is 1.7 million tonnes averaging 0.46% cobalt, up from 1.4 million at 0.50% cobalt. The updated estimate assumes a minimum mining width of 1.8
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has found near-surface disseminated cobalt and silver mineralization outside the veins that were the focus of historic underground mining at its Keeley project near Cobalt, Ontario. Drill hole KF-WV-0013, in the southern portion of the historic Keeley mine, returned
G?(C)camines Chairman Albert Yuma Mulimbi told The Wall Street Journal that Congo-Africa's biggest copper and cobalt producer, but also one of the world's poorest countries, with an annual budget of roughly $5 billion-hadn't benefited enough from its mining production. He alleged that companies had
West Perth, WA / February 7, 2018 / JMN Wire / Cougar Metals NL (ASX: CGM) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that is has secured a cobalt exploration project in Chile, after reaching an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Plateado Cobalt Project (Figure 1). Executive Chairman, Mr Randal
West Perth, WA / February 7, 2018 / JMN Wire / Longford Resources Limited (ASX:LFR; "Longford" and "the Company") is pleased to advise it has received final assay results from the soil geochemistry program it conducted at the Colson Cobalt?EUR?Copper Project in Idaho during November and December 2017. 209 samples
We have demonstrated that disseminated cobalt and silver mineralization exist near-surface and outside the veins that were the focus of historic underground mining operations, confirming findings from our 2017 surface sampling and prospecting. Drilling is now underway at the Bellellen mine in Cobalt
The concession is in an area of significant mining and processing activity and is contiguous to two operating mines. In November 2017, a small HQ diamond drilling program was commenced. To date, seven holes have been completed for a total of 871.4m. This exploration program targeted cobalt/copper
Up until now, the main threat to mining investment has been the perennial violence in the hinterlands of the DRC. The lion's share of copper and cobalt in the DRC is the South Eastern Katanga province, which was relatively safe until rebels launched an attack on the regional capital in 2013. The violence is
Sources close to a pilot scheme expected to be launched this year say the aim is eventually to give manufacturers a way of ensuring the cobalt in lithium-ion batteries for products such as iPhones and Teslas has not been mined by children. Tracking cobalt presents many challenges as scores of informal
LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Blockchain is to be used for the first time to try to track cobalt's journey from artisanal mines in Democratic Republic of Congo through to products used in smartphones and electric cars. Sources close to a pilot scheme expected to be launched this year say the aim is eventually to