North of 60 Mining News - The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North

Fortune Minerals Ltd. Oct. 3 reported that current cobalt markets do not support the idea of developing a larger mine at its Nico cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project in Northwest Territories.

A feasibility study published in 2014 considered a 4,650-metric-ton-per-day operation at Nico that would produce an average of 1,615 metric tons of battery-grade cobalt; 41,300 ounces of gold; 1,750 metric...