https://economist.com.na/33474/mining-energy/first-cobalt-mine-expected-by-2020-more-explorations-already-underway-to-determine-how-deep-are-the-cobalt-reserves/
Namibia’s mining sector has already been praised as more favorable than the region’s mining giant, South Africa.
More explorations are already underway to determine how deep the cobalt reserves, once dismissed as a byproduct of copper and nickel,go. The Canadian mining company Namibia Rare Earths is now planning to re-analyze over 12,000 existing soil samples to check for cobalt, the company said in a statement on March 5.
Namibia Rare Earths recently took over a slew of projects from Gecko Namibia with the intention of expanding its cobalt exploration in the region. Gecko Namibia, a local company, was the first to discover traces of cobalt in Kunene, and is also a partner in the Celsius venture.