Fortune produces battery grade cobalt from Nico concentrates

Fortune Minerals Ltd. Jan. 8 reported that battery-grade cobalt sulfate heptahydrate has been produced from a cobalt sulfate product previously mined in a pilot plant from concentrates originating at its Nico gold-gold bismuth-copper project in Northwest Territories.

The premium-grade cobalt sulphate heptahydrate sample, produced by SGS Canada Inc., exceeds the specifications of several large lith...