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Bill Gates-backed mining startup wants to expand into DRC

24th November 2023

By: Bloomberg

  

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KoBold Metals, a mining startup backed by Bill Gates that’s developing a copper project in Zambia, is getting closer to investing in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

That’s according to CEO Kurt House, who said that the company has already bid for one asset, which didn’t result in a transaction.

“We think it is probably the best place in the world for the types of materials we’re looking for.”

KoBold is exploring around the world for new deposits of metals that are key to the global green-energy transition. The DRC is the world’s largest cobalt producer and one of the biggest sources of copper. Both materials are expected to see demand swell in the coming decade as they’re needed for clean-energy infrastructure and rechargeable batteries.

KoBold’s entry into the DRC would align with the priorities of US President Joe Biden’s administration, which is keen to grow American investments throughout the electric-vehicle supply chain.

The closely held company’s backers include Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and it also counts BHP, the world’s biggest mining company by market value, among its shareholders. Michael Bloomberg, majority owner of Bloomberg News parent Bloomberg, is also an investor in Breakthrough.

Edited by Bloomberg

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