Oh yeah, I've been updating the board here with metal prices, but they tend to get lost in the shuffle. Cobalt is an essential part of the lithium-ion battery chemistry and to date, there isn't a substitute. 65% of the world's cobalt comes from the DRC and the last time prices rose, the artisan miners (think dads with kids and picks and shovels digging for rocks) flooded the market with supply and prices crashed. That's still a risk, but right now the big boy miners have either halted or suppressed their operations because 1) COVID and 2) prices weren't worth the headache of refining this by-product metal.
So this price rise is real and while there is another risk of an artisan mining response, most of the easy digging has been done. And with EV adoption rate looking more and more real, the world is going to need a LOT of cobalt to implement the seachange in autos.
Which brings us back to this stupid assssssssssss company. They do have real property with good cobalt deposits and the ability to prove ethical sourcing through blockchain is legit. Dude, we might actually have something here.
But still, I wouldn't blame you for selling now that you're green or close to green. I might unload a little here, though honestly, it's a lottery ticket at this point.