Moly vs Cobalt in Batteries…the winner just might be Mo!
Robert Wood NVH article/linkedin 03/31/2018
While mining companies are spending hundreds of millions even billions on Cobalt mining, a break-through in battery technology is happening. The bottom line is, research is showing that lithium, sulfur, MOLYBDENUM batteries could replace Cobalt/Nickel/Lithium batteries in the very near future. And if that happens, billions invested in Cobalt mining and exploration could be up-ended. Read the article and research it. At the NVH Project in Northern Idaho, we are pleased with the deposit of Moly we are seeing. Samples are from Tunnel #3.
See published story:
http://www.mining.com/molybdenum-things-crash-cobalt-nickel-price-party/
These samples assayed out at >3% Mo
Important High Grade Tungsten Deposit Found at Vulcan Hill
Currently Now Called New Vulcan Hill Project
Wallace Miner
Mitchell, Victoria E., May 2000 History of Selected Mines in the Lakeview Mining District, Bonner County, Idaho, Idaho Geological Survey 141 p.
MINING – THE MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY IN HUMAN HISTORY
It’s time for the world to note that the most important and influential industry in the history of the human race is MINING. And that is even the case in the 21st century. I challenge “anyone” to point-out what in life, our passions, our goals our survival is not connected with mining. It is time for those who take a critical stance towards mining to find away to actually work with and together with the mining industry. I am not saying that having an environmental passion for our earth is not an important attribute, but with that passion one needs to understand, that having a necessary, educated understanding of what mining provides all of us as far as our survival and enjoyment of life is extremely important. Oh you say, ‘I hike, I fish, I run, I enjoy outdoor photography, I enjoy painting, and on and on….those are the most important things’…. Those passions all have a nexus to mining. Every item including our clothes, our cars, phones, computers, transportation, our food, the tools we use, the water we drink, the shoes we wear, all have a mining nexus…the solar panels, the paper we use, the books we read all have a mining nexus.
In an article in the Seattle Times yesterday, https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/with-u-s-mining-governed-by-1872-law-reforms-are-long-overdue/ a passionate Environmentalist David Kliegman uses the now defunct Buckhorn mine in Northern Washington State as an example and stepping stone to criticize the mining industry. He is very passionate about how the move by the Trump administration to streamline some of mining’s regulations and laws is disastrous. First of all, what industry today can take nearly 10 to 15 years to become profitable. Streamlining the process he states leaves out the public input process. So consequently he infers that mining is a dirty, polluting industry which goes totally against man’s enjoyment and survival. Yes there is a history of improper methods and management which can and has left scars but in life, everywhere we walk, we leave a foot print. But it’s time that we as the human race need to learn how we can work together and see the necessity to be partners. Again nothing, no industry is more relevant than mining. If we destroy the resources we have and need we die. If we destroy an industry that is necessary for life itself, we also fade away and die.
In the article, Klegman says, that he is deeply troubled by the fact that the government is just trying to “…grease the skids for hard rock mines. They’re hiding it behind national-security and infrastructure concerns, but don’t buy that for a second. This a blatant giveaway to the mining industry…” No, there is absolute truth that certain metals must be mined and used for our countries safety and existence. Tungsten for instance has been currently listed as a priority. Only 4% of tungsten is mined in the United States. China mines nearly 90% of W. If China ever cut-off our supply, we could be in serious jeopardy. All of us rely on this element…our military could be hit hard if it were not for its availability as well as numerous industries.
So what is the solution? Instead of criticizing an industry that we depend on for life itself, get involved with the industry. Go to work in that industry and try and improve the quality of how that industry operates. Suing an industry from the outside, an industry which is the bread and butter of human survival doesn’t solve the problem. There are many individuals that are extremely educated and qualified environmentalists that work for mining companies that are inventing new ways and with passion for managing our environment and at the same time keeping an industry alive, honest and productive for our very own survival. The Bunker Hill mine in Idaho is the perfect example of an environment disaster turned around this past year where the company and the EPA are working together to restore/protect a valuable resource and at the same time bring back jobs and provide needed materials for our lives. http://www.bunkerhillmining.com/
Ps I worked on Orca/Killer Whale and Sea Surface Studies for over 8 years
Robert Wood 3/21/2018
Comparing XRF Spot Sampling vs ASSAY RESULTS
This is an article with graphics showing the results of sampling of an excellent sample in a vein in tunnel #3. This tunnel has a large amount of MoS2. Also, there are multiple veins and faults that show numerous areas with excellent Zn/Pb/AG.
This article is also published on linkedIn. Search Robert Wood on LinkedIn
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UNDER the MICROSCOPE
Here is a closer look at the 310 vein under a microscope. We know we have Zn/Pb/Ag and MoS2. What we see with our eyes and even the results of an assay, doesn’t always tell what’s going on.
“You need to look at the rock”
Here is a pdf showing interesting aspects of the vein.