Carmakers seeking to boost sales of electric cars are struggling to get their hands on cobalt, a scarce but vital component in the production of batteries.
Relations with Congolese authorities have grown increasingly strained in recent months as the government pushes for foreign investors to contribute more.
Social desirability is important enough for consumers to ignore that battery-powered technology is currently more expensive than internal combustion engines.
The inferred resource of 381 million tonnes was based on 98 diamond drill holes Eldorado completed mainly in 2017 and 2018 and a further 17 drill holes by European Goldfields between 2002 and 2004.
