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Cobalt Blue — Technical Presentation (June 2023)
17 slides from Cobalt Blue's technical presentation, Jun 27, 2023
Slide 1: Precompetitive Geoscience: The Secret to Australia's Exploration Success
Helen Degeling Precompetitive Geoscience The Secret to Australia’s Exploration Success
Slide 2: Disclaimer
Disclaimer This document may contain forward-looking statements. Such statements are not guarantees and involve known and unknown risks and other matters outside the control of Cobalt Blue Holdings Limited (“COB” or “the Company”). Actual values, results or events may be materially different to thos
Slide 3: The Importance of Mineral Exploration
The Importance of Mineral Exploration For every 500–1000 exploration projects, we will get ONE producing mine. Image credit: The Fraser Institute https://www.fraserinstitute.org/categories/mining ASX: COB 3
Slide 4: Timeframe from greenfields to resource
Timeframe from greenfields to resource Image credit: MineFacts.eu ASX: COB 4
Slide 5: Precompetitive data creates opportunities
Precompetitive data creates opportunities ASX: COB 5
Slide 6: Mines and Mineral Deposits (MINEDEX) database
nd Mineral Deposits (MINEDEX) ines, mineral deposits and prospects. Mines a Search for information on mit a | | Search all | Search for... Explore by dats type Spectral Seismic thor # Report + pict Geotorist sae Radionewic ° ry Mapestiection M i Magnetoteliris os e res ‘asniyscatiomst ——sraviy 7 Geo
Slide 7: Gordon Extended exploration conclusions and recommendations
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Slide 8: Ethical and reliable cobalt for a more sustainable world
Ethical and reliable cobalt for a more sustainable world ASX: COB 8
Slide 9: Our aim: clean, responsible cobalt supply
Our aim: clean, responsible cobalt supply Broken Hill Cobalt Project Targeted project life +20 years ▪ Mineral Resource of 118Mt* for 81,400t cobalt ▪ 3,500 tpa of cobalt (as MHP) ▪ 300,000 tpa of Elemental Sulphur Kwinana Cobalt-Nickel Refinery ▪ Cobalt Sulphate and Nickel Sulphate Waste Streams Pr
Slide 10: Mine Waste: Size of the Problem
Mine Waste: Size of the Problem Estimate of global annual tailings production by commodity ▪ 3.4 billion tonnes tailings produced annually from copper tailings in 2018. ▪ Copper by far the most ▪ Declining grades, increasing demand, mean the volume of tails per tonne Cu produced is going up. Source:
Slide 11: Secondary Prospectivity Project
Secondary Prospectivity Project Critical Minerals in Mine Waste Image credit: A. Parbhakar-Fox ▪ SMI-GSQ project lead by Assoc Prof Anita Parbhakar-Fox ▪ Examines mine waste sites across Queensland to identify economic accumulations of critical minerals to determine if mine waste is a viable resourc
Slide 12: GSQ-UQ secondary prospectivity project
GSQ-UQ secondary prospectivity project ASX: COB 12
Slide 13: Cobalt in North West Queensland
Cobalt in North West Queensland Average Cobalt – All sites Mean Co (ppm) Whole Rock (assay) 560–777 ppm 240–561 ppm 183–240 ppm 85–183 ppm <85 ppm Rocklands Co in NW Qld mine waste – endowed in IOCG, sediment-hosted and epigenetic Cu systems Osborne ASX: COB 13
Slide 14: Osborne testwork
Osborne testwork Osborne Tailings Facilities Two flowsheets tested: Tails → float → POX Tails → kiln → POX (COB Process) Float POX TOTAL recovery Cobalt 90% 46% 41.4% Copper 74% 98% 72.5% Kiln POX TOTAL recovery COBALT 99% 90% 89.1% COPPER 99% 90% 89.1% Further recovery of cobalt and copper required
Slide 15: Cobalt Blue: Waste Streams Project
Cobalt Blue: Waste Streams Project Project Aim ▪ To generate opportunities for re-mining of key battery metals from mine waste ▪ To work with existing operations to develop synergies for secondary metal extraction ▪ Turning ‘trash’ into ‘treasure’ ▪ Novel use of precompetitive data ASX: COB 15
Slide 16: Flin Flon tailings project
Flin Flon tailings project Google Earth Image, Flin Flon tailings facility ASX: COB 16
Slide 17: Cobalt Blue
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