I-BHP (ASX, LON, NYSE: BHP) yenze isivumelwano sokusebenzisa amathuluzi obuhlakani bokwenziwa akhiwe yi-KoBold Metals, isiqalo esisekelwa umfelandawonye wezigidigidi ezihlanganisa uBill Gates noJeff Bezos, ukubheka izinto ezibalulekile ezisetshenziswa ezimotweni zikagesi. (EVs) kanye nobuchwepheshe bamandla ahlanzekile.
Umvukuzi omkhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni kanye nefemu yezobuchwepheshe ese-Silicon Valley izoxhasa ngokubambisana futhi iqhube ukuhlola kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe bokucubungula idatha ukuze isize ukubikezela indawo yezinsimbi ezifana ne-cobalt, i-nickel nethusi, kusukela eNtshonalanga ye-Australia.
Ubambiswano luzosiza i-BHP ukuthi ithole ezinye zezinto “ezibheke esikhathini esizayo” efunge ukuthi izogxila kuzo, kuyilapho inikeza i-KoBold ithuba lokufinyelela kulwazi lokuhlola olwakhiwe yisiqhwaga sezimayini phakathi namashumi eminyaka.
"Emhlabeni jikelele, kutholakale inqwaba yensimbi engashoni, kanti izinsiza ezisele kungenzeka zijule ngaphansi komhlaba futhi kunzima ukuzibona uma usuka phezulu," kusho uKeenan Jennings, iphini likamongameli kwa-BHP Metals Exploration, esitatimendeni."Lo mfelandawonye uzohlanganisa idatha yomlando, ubuhlakani bokwenziwa, kanye nobuchwepheshe besayensi yezwe ukuze kutholakale lokho obekufihliwe phambilini."
I-KoBold, eyasungulwa ngo-2018, ibalwa phakathi kwabasekeli bayo amagama amakhulu njenge-Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz kanyeI-Breakthrough Energy Ventures.Lesi sakamuva sixhaswe ngosozigidigidi abaziwayo okubalwa kubo uBill Gates wakwaMicrosoft, uJeff Bezos wase-Amazon, umsunguli weBloomberg uMichael Bloomberg, usozimali osozigidi waseMelika kanye nomphathi we-hedge fund uRay Dalio, kanye nomsunguli weVirgin Group uRichard Branson.
Hhayi umvukuzi
I-KoBold, njengoba isikhulu esiphezulu sayo uKurt House isishilo kaningi, ayihlosile ukuba ngumqhubi wezimayini “njalo.”
Ukufuna kwenkampani izinsimbi zebhethriyaqala ngonyaka odlule eCanada,ngemva kokuthola amalungelo endaweni engaba ngu-1,000 square km (386 sq. miles) enyakatho yeQuebec, eningizimu nje yemayini yenikeli yase-Glencore's Raglan.
Manje inezindawo zokuhlola ezingaba yishumi nambili ezindaweni ezifana ne-Zambia, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Ontario, kanye ne-Western Australia, ezibangelwe yibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe njengalena ene-BHP.Ingqikithi evamile yalezo zimpahla ukuthi ziqukethe noma zilindeleke ukuthi zibe imithombo yensimbi yebhethri.
Ngenyanga edlule itusayine isivumelwano sokusebenzisanangeBlueJay Mining (LON: JAY) ukuze ihlole amaminerali eGreenland.
Le nkampani ihlose ukudala "i-Google Amamephu" yoqweqwe lomhlaba, ngokugxila okukhethekile ekutholeni amadiphozithi e-cobalt.Iqoqa futhi ihlaziye imifudlana eminingi yedatha - kusukela kumiphumela yokumba emidala kuya ezithombeni zesathelayithi - ukuze uqonde kangcono ukuthi amadiphozithi amasha angatholakala kuphi.
Ama-algorithms asetshenziswa kudatha eqoqiwe anquma amaphethini ejiyoloji abonisa idiphozi engaba khona ye-cobalt, eyenzeka ngokwemvelo eduze kwe-nickel nethusi.
Ubuchwepheshe bungathola izinsiza okungenzeka ukuthi azizange zibaleke osolwazi bomhlaba abacabanga ngokwesiko futhi bungasiza abavukuzi banqume ukuthi bangawuthola kuphi umhlaba kanye nokubhola, kusho inkampani.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-09-2021