Approximately 10 billion tonnes of global mine waste is produced annually, mostly contained in tailings facilities. These facilities require ongoing management to mitigate potential environmental harm and many contain discarded metals that are important to the Global Energy Transition. Recent critical minerals legislation enacted by the United States and European Union responds to the growing demand for responsibly [...]
Progress continues on Cobalt Blue Holdings Ltd.'s proposed Cobalt Nickel Refinery. Further to the release of the Refinery Study : - Two bulk samples of third-party feedstock have now been received at the Broken Hill Demonstration Plant and are undergoing evaluation. The testing of these samples will form the basis of commercial feedstock for the Refinery. - Initial 50-100 kg feedstock test work has delivered: o Up to [...]
The recent announcement clarifying the US Government position on Foreign Entities of Concern has been received as positive news by Cobalt Blue Holdings Ltd. , an Australian-owned critical minerals exploration and project development company. COB's 'Mine to Battery Markets Strategy' is being built on three pillars, including a Cobalt Nickel Refinery in Western Australia, the Broken Hill Cobalt Project in NSW, and the [...]
Cobalt Blue Holdings Ltd. is delighted to name Iwatani Corporation as our potential partner in developing the Cobalt-Nickel Refinery Project . Kan Ueda, Managing Director, Iwatani Australia Pty Ltd commented "Iwatani Australia is pleased to engage with Cobalt Blue to develop Australia's first cobalt sulphate refinery. We look forward to converting our agreement into a long term relationship". Joe Kaderavek, CEO Cobalt [...]
Cobalt Blue Holdings Ltd.'s Mineral Resource estimate follows the completion of the 2022-2023 drilling program intended to support various aspects of the BHCP DFS. The program included dedicated geotechnical drilling to inform pit slope stability analysis for mine design and optimisation at the Big Hill and Railway deposits, investigation of zones of potential resource extension at the Big Hill and Railway deposits and [...]
Cobalt Blue Holdings Ltd. is pleased to announce a live online webinar with CEO Mr. Joe Kaderavek, Executive Manager Dr Andrew Tong, and Investor Relations/Commercial Manager Mr. Joel Crane. TOPIC: Strategic Update, including the announcement to progress the Cobalt Nickel Refinery Project in 2024 Date: Wednesday 29 November 2023 Time: 10.30am AEDT Format: Presentation update followed by Q&A Duration: 30 minutes Please [...]
Cobalt Blue Holdings Ltd. is pleased to present the summary outcome of the Cobalt-Nickel Refinery Study . The Refinery is a proposed large-scale, cobalt-nickel operation representing Australia's first cobalt refinery that will produce high-quality, battery-grade cobalt sulphate that is intended for IRA-compliant markets. It will be among the first large Allied Nation investments in cobalt refining for decades. The [...]
Cobalt Blue Holdings Ltd. previously announced that it had entered into a testwork co-operation agreement with respect to Hudbay's wholly-owned Flin Flon tailings storage facility located in the Province of Manitoba, Canada . Hudbay estimates that the Tailings Facility contains over 100 million tonnes from approximately 90 years of operations, which ceased in 2022. In 2021, Hudbay identified the opportunity to reprocess [...]
Cobalt Blue Holdings Ltd. CEO Joe Kaderavek is interviewed by ABN Newswire uncovering what many investors are unaware: The three core activities that tie Cobalt Blue to a global supply chain with the intent of "closing the cobalt gap". Mining: Ethically extracting Cobalt from the BHCP in Australia's "safe" regulatory environment. Processing: Using economies of scale in aggregating key elements of refining at the West [...]
Cobalt Blue is a mining and mineral processing company focussed on the development of the Broken Hill Cobalt Project in New South Wales, Australia. The portfolio of three granted tenements in a total area of 49 km2 containing large-tonnage cobalt-bearing pyrite deposits are located 23 km west of Broken Hill. COB has developed a patented minerals processing technology for treating pyrite feedstocks targeting 85-95 [...]
During FY23 Cobalt Blue Holdings Ltd. articulated a strategy comprising three building blocks for the business, namely: BHCP, the Kwinana Refinery Project, and Cobalt in Waste Stream Projects . The BHCP remains our core focus, but the other building blocks remain integral to the realisation of our strategy. We are completing a Definitive Feasibility Study for the BHCP as well as progressing financing/securing commercial [...]
Further to Cobalt Blue Holdings Ltd.'s announcement of 7 August 2023, please see attached Webinar presentation. Details of the webinar are set out below. TOPIC: Demonstration Plant update and details of the recently launched Refinery Development Program. Date: Thursday, 10 August 2023 Time: 1:00 pm AEDT Format: Presentation update followed by Q&A Duration: 45 minutes Please register in advance for this free webinar [...]