KRUISRIVIER COBALT MINE HISTORY 63 1872 Mr Percy Whitehead Discovered Cobalt Sample on his Farm 1873 More than 100 Tonnes of High-Grade Cobalt Shipped to London 1875 Mine Closure Due to Local Wars 1879 Reopening of Kruisrivier Cobalt Mine 1930 Mine Closure 1929 Mine Re-Opened and 16.67% Cobalt Produced 1890 Mine Closure 1886 Shipping of High Grade Cobalt Ores to Europe 1940 Venturing Down Incline Shaft 1980 Discovery of Two Species: Arsenolite & Picropharmacolite 1996 Minerals Cited in Mineral Resources South Africa 1998 Mining Right Application to Be Lodged with DMRE 2024 2023 Smanoc Enterprise Awarded Prospecting Right 2023 Expecting Mining Right to be Issued in 2024 and to Commence with Mining 2022 Prospecting Right Was Amended to Include Other Minerals i.e. Gold, Copper, Nickel, PGMs, Zinc, Arsenic etc 1931 Deposit at a Depth of 85 Metres (50 Tonnes Extracted) Sags Research Inconclusive
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