Snapshot Breakthrough recycling technology that works for lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries Near-term revenue and profit potential Alex Stanbury and the team at Technology Minerals have put together a compelling battery metals proposition with a green dimension that has significant early revenue and profit potential. The founding principle of the business was straightforward: the rise of the electric vehicle (EV) would inevitably put a strain on the constituent elements that go into the power units. Stanbury also knew that one important commodity – cobalt – presented challenges given 70% of the world’s output comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the most difficult places in the world politically to operate.