The Northwest Territories mining industry is hoping more exploration will add a few more years to it's life span. The Territories' Government says that since no other industry comes close to providing the financial benefits that mining does, investing in exploration could help the economy by bumping the
Mining at the Bellellen mine began in 1909, around the same time the Haileybury, Frontier and Keeley mines began operations. The Bellellen mine contained high cobalt content relative to silver, thus it struggled to be economically viable in a silver mining era. Bellellen had intermittent production until 1943
Quantum Cobalt drilling planned to test historic development rock pile at the Nipissing Lorrain Mine
KINSHASA - As demand for batteries drives a surge in the price of cobalt, the Democratic Republic of Congo is gearing up to overhaul its mining regulations to harvest more profit from the coveted metal. The global boom for smartphones and electric cars has pushed up the price of cobalt, a key ingredient in
VANCOUVER, Jan. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Quantum Cobalt Corp. (CSE: QBOT; OTC: BRVVF; FRA: 23BA) ("Quantum" or the "Company") wishes to announce it has planned a drilling program (subject to permitting) to determine the size of a dump pile of material that was excavated during historic
As demand for batteries drives a surge in the price of cobalt, the Democratic Republic of Congo is gearing up to overhaul its mining regulations to harvest more profit from the coveted metal. The global boom for smartphones and electric cars has pushed up the price of cobalt, a key ingredient in top-range
ONTARIO - First Cobalt of Toronto has set aside $7 million for its 2018 exploration program on its Cobalt Camp properties in Northern Ontario. Thirteen targets - 10 of which are near historic mines - will receive 26,000 metres of drilling. Targets in different styles of mineralization and in diverse geological
One of the City's best-known asset managers has decried the risks of modern slavery and human rights abuses in the mining of cobalt in central Africa. Cobalt is a key component in the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in objects from smartphones to laptops and electric cars. Demand for the rare
The 2018 program is a significant expansion over 2017 exploration activities and will test mineralized areas throughout the Cobalt Camp proximal to more than ten past-producing mines known to contain cobalt in addition to new targets within three regional areas. The drill program will test cobalt targets occurring in
Wayville, SA / January 16, 2018 / JMN Wire / Northern Cobalt (ASX: N27) has examined results from historical rock chip sampling and drilling at the Selby Pipe Cluster, 16 km south-west of the Stanton Cobalt Deposit in the Northern Territory. Previous explorers have identified similarities between breccia "pipe-like"
The Democratic Republic of Congo, a country that holds more than half of world cobalt reserves, has a chaotic mining and prospecting rights environment, which is beneficial to Canadian miners. Cobalt miners in Ontario, British Columbia, and Northern Canada have increased prospecting expeditions
"The Modum Project includes an impressive 12,000 Ha with 12 kilometers of cobalt prospective geology, with stand-alone mining potential," stated President and CEO Karl Antonius. "Boreal is excited about the timely acquisition of a high grade cobalt project within an emerging battery production sector in
West Perth, WA / January 15, 2018 / JMN Wire / Artemis Resources Limited ("Artemis") (ASX: ARV) is pleased to provide the first of a number of JORC (2012) compliant resources with the Quod Est deposit at the Carlow Castle (Cobalt/Gold/Copper) Project, located about 20km south-east of Karratha in the Western Pilbara
Once a forgotten byproduct, the price of cobalt has tripled in the last two years and the world's largest producer plans to profit off the demand. Lawmakers in the capital Kinshasa are currently considering increasing the royalty miners pay to export cobalt and other metals that will be recategorized as
When BMW AG revealed it was designing electric versions of its X3 SUV and Mini, the going rate for 21 kilograms of cobalt-the amount of the metal needed
The Democratic Republic of Congo may soon more than double the tax mining companies operating in the country pay on exports of cobalt, a key component in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric cars and mobile phones. The African nation, responsible for about two thirds of global cobalt output,
West Perth, WA / January 11, 2018 / JMN Wire / Northern Cobalt Ltd (ASX: N27) Northern Cobalt commenced a scoping study on the Stanton Cobalt Deposit on 2 January 2018. The drill core from ten diamond holes across the deposit arrived in Adelaide on 22 December 2017. Core inspection by the scoping study team
Anomalous stream silt samples were later reported by Brunswick Mining and Smelting in the mid-1980s in the same area including multiple samples reported to exceed 1,000 ppm cobalt (including one sample reported to return 6,000 ppm cobalt or 0.6% Co). Brunswick Mining and Smelting also reported anomalous copper
The 2 properties combine with additional claims staked by the Company to form the 8-claim Ramsay cobalt property. It covers 2500 hectares located on highway 180 approximately 25 km west of the Caribou mine operated by Trevali Mining Corp. in the Bathurst Mining Camp ("BMC") of New Brunswick,
The Vancouver-based firm currently has nine cobalt projects located throughout North America: four in Ontario, three in B.C., one in Idaho and one in Montana. Over half of the world's cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where artisanal miners mine some of it by hand. That's likely to come