"The agreement with a split commodity structure enables Aurion to retain full exploration and ownership rights over significant gold and silver discoveries while leveraging KoBold's expertise in ...

After a year of mining in Zambia AI-backed mining unicorn KoBold has struck metaphorical gold—or in this case, copper. The California start-up hit the unicorn status last summer with the Wall ...

An exploration site run by KoBold Metals in Chililabombwe, Zambia, in June.Credit...Zinyange Auntony for The New York Times Supported by By Max Bearak Max Bearak reported from Zambia and Silicon ...

KoBold Metals, a mining start-up backed by Bill Gates that’s developing a copper project in Zambia, is getting closer to investing in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. That’s ...

KoBold, a US mining startup backed by billionaire investors including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, raised $537 million in its latest funding round, the company said. The funding round, co-led by ...

Earlier this year, KoBold Metals found what might be one of the largest high-grade copper deposits of all time, with the potential to produce hundreds of thousands of metric tons per year, ...

KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, has partnered with Britain’s Bluejay Mining (LON: JAY) to explore for critical materials used ...

Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ venture firm has backed mining unicorn KoBold Metals, which has discovered a huge copper deposit. © 2025 Fortune Media IP Limited ...