In July 2022, Australia’s state and federal governments insisted...

In July 2022, Australia’s state and federal governments insisted teams of geologists look for cobalt in mine waste as the country aimed to diversify its clean energy minerals export such as nickel, cobalt and lithium. According to the Financial Times, “The scale of the cobalt opportunity in these tailing dams and dumps would mean that we would not be making 3,000 or 4,000 tonnes of cobalt [a year], but four or five times that, if we were to bring that to the market,” Cobalt Blue CEO Joe Kaderavek said. QUOTE
COB stands out now as the market searches for cobalt and in part Ethical long term supply using ESG approved processing technology IMO

https://www.mining-technology.com/features/keeping-up-with-cobalt-demand-and-opportunity-in-australia/