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Chilean Cobalt consortium awarded $3M Corfo grant for cobalt recovery from mining waste
Chilean Cobalt Corp.
- Grant of $3M from Corfo for Sustainable Cobalt Project; total project cost $3.95M.
- Consortium includes UNAB, Pucobre (SSE: PUCOBRE), ENAMI, and Chilean Cobalt (OTCQB: COBA).
- Project uses bioleaching technology to recover cobalt from tailings; 3-year execution period.
- Funding from Corfo derived from Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) lithium concession agreement.
- Chilean Cobalt expects to fund ~21% of consortium support, half in-kind and half cash.