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 First Cobalt Corp. is pleased to announce that President & Chief Executive Officer, Trent Mell will be presenting at Benchmark Minerals Cathodes Conference on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 11:15 am at The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey in California. Mr. Mell will be available for one-on-one meetings throughout the conference to discuss the Company's progress with restarting its permitted Canadian cobalt refinery in [...]

 First Cobalt Corp. is pleased to announce high grade cobalt assays up to 0.48% cobalt from surface samples taken at a target 1.5 kilometres to the south of the Company's Iron Creek Project in the Idaho Cobalt Belt, USA. Additional work will seek to determine if this area is an extension of Iron Creek mineralization or a new parallel horizon. Highlights Cobalt mineralization exposed in southern portion of First Cobalt's [...]

First Cobalt Corp. is pleased to announce that power has been restored to the First Cobalt Refinery and that a team of engineers and technicians has been deployed to commence a field program. The work is in support of an ongoing definitive feasibility study led by Ausenco Engineering Canada on a recommissioning and expansion of the existing First Cobalt Refinery, located a 5 hour drive north of Toronto, Canada. A scoping [...]

First Cobalt Corp. is pleased to announce that John Pollesel has been named non-executive Chairman and that Susan Uthayakumar has been elected to the Company's Board of Directors. John Pollesel, Chairman of the Board, commented: "On behalf of the senior leadership team, I would like to thank outgoing Chairman Paul Matysek for his leadership during the early years of First Cobalt. I am also delighted to welcome Susan [...]

First Cobalt Corp. is pleased to announce that President & Chief Executive Officer, Trent Mell will be presenting at Benchmark Minerals' upcoming Australian battery materials conferences, as follows: September 16 at the Hilton Sydney in Sydney at 10:00 a.m. September 18 at State Library Victoria in Melbourne at 9:30 a.m. September 20 at the Hilton Perth Northbridge in Perth at 12:00 p.m. Mr. Mell will be available for [...]

First Cobalt Corp.   is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a conference call and webcast on Monday, September 9 at 8:00am EDT / 12:00pm UTC to discuss its plans for the First Cobalt Refinery. The conference call dial-in is 416-764-8609 or toll free in North America at 1-888-390-0605, with no passcode required.  A live audio webcast of the conference call, together with supporting presentation slides, will be [...]

TORONTO, Sept. 4, 2019 /CNW/ - First Cobalt Corp.   is pleased to announce that it has awarded key contracts to complete a 55 tonnes per day feasibility study on the proposed expansion to the First Cobalt Refinery . Field work is expected to commence in September and will culminate in the delivery of a definitive feasibility study in Q1 2020. HIGHLIGHTS Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc. to lead in the preparation of a DFS [...]

 First Cobalt Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a US$5 million loan facility with Glencore AG to complete advanced engineering, metallurgical testing, field work and permitting associated with a recommissioning and expansion of the First Cobalt Refinery in Canada. Upon completion of a positive definitive feasibility study for a 55 tonnes per day refinery expansion in Q1 2020 and subject to certain [...]

The Stock Day Podcast welcomed First Cobalt , a Canadian-based pure-play cobalt company and owner of the only permitted primary cobalt refinery in North America. President and CEO, Trent Mell, joined Stock Day host Everett Jolly. To begin the interview, Jolly noted the Company's recent announcement of their partnership with Glencore and asked what this means for their future. Mell explained that this partnership will [...]

First Cobalt Corp. is pleased to announced that it agreed on a term sheet with Glencore AG outlining the framework for a non-dilutive, fully funded, phased approach to recommission the First Cobalt Refinery in Ontario, Canada. The framework remains subject to a number of conditions and outlines the key milestones to a long-term strategic relationship that could bring a reliable source of domestically refined cobalt to the [...]