Kobold Metals, headquartered in US, remains privately held in the mining space. Its shares do not trade on a public exchange.
1 valuation. The latest, $1B post-money, was set by the Series C in Jun 2023.
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Durable Capital PartnersLEADBBill GatesJJeff BezosT. Rowe PriceDurable Capital PartnersKoBold Metals is a scientific mineral exploration and development company focused on critical minerals. It is a Berkeley, California-based company that applies advanced data science and artificial intelligence, and founded in 2018, it reached a $2.96 billion valuation in January 2025 following a $537 million Series C round, bringing total funding to over $1 billion, with backers including Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Jeff Bezos, and Andreessen Horowitz.
With approximately 60 active exploration projects across four continents and partnerships with mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto, KoBold's flagship find, Mingomba in Zambia, is one of the best copper deposits ever found and is being developed into one of the world's largest copper mines.
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No. Kobold Metals is a private company; its shares do not trade on a public exchange.
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