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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-26-000397"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COBA"
cik: "0001727255"
company_name: "Chilean Cobalt Corp."
filed_at: "2026-01-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T09:34:14.198567+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chilean Cobalt consortium awarded $3M Corfo grant for cobalt recovery from mining waste

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-26-000397
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COBA
- cik: 0001727255
- company_name: Chilean Cobalt Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-01-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1727255/000168316826000397/0001683168-26-000397-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1727255/000168316826000397/chilean_8k.htm

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