First Cobalt to get $600,000 in US DoE funding over two years for collaborative mineral processing research program
The funds will go towards research conducted in conjunction with the Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy at the Colorado School of Mines, to identify efficient and environmentally friendly methods to process cobalt ore from pyrite More than 200kg of drill core material has been shipped to the Colorado School of Mines, which will work to further characterize the physical properties of cobalt ore
First Cobalt Corp (CVE:FCC) (OTCQX:FTSSF) (FRA:18P) announced that it has been awarded funding from the US Department of Energy s Critical Materials Institute (CMI) to research innovative mineral processing techniques for its Iron Creek copper-cobalt project in Idaho.
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TORONTO, April 28, 2021 /CNW/ -
First Cobalt Corp. (TSX-V: FCC) (OTCQX: FTSSF) (the Company ) today announced that it has been awarded funding from the US Department of Energy s Critical Materials Institute (CMI), an Energy Innovation Hub, for research on innovative mineral processing techniques for its Iron Creek copper-cobalt project in Idaho.
This interdisciplinary, collaborative research effort will be conducted in conjunction with the Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy (KIEM) at the Colorado School of Mines over a two-year period with the objective of identifying more efficient and environmentally friendly methods to process cobalt ore from pyrite material. The funding from CMI will consist of US$600,000 over a two-year period, with an in-kind match from the Company, as part of a total US$1.2 million program. The work is yet another executed step in First Cobalt s strategic plan to become the world s most sustainable producer of battery materials.