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First Cobalt Appoints Vice President Commercial to Advance Offtake Strategy
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n First Cobalt Appoints Vice President Commercial to Advance Offtake Strategy\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n TORONTO\n \n ,\n \n April 7, 2021\n \n /CNW/ -\n \n First Cobalt Corp.\n \n (TSXV: FCC) (OTCQX: FTSSF) (the \"Company\") today announced the appointment of Michael Insulan as Vice-President, Commercial. In this capacity, Michael will have overall responsibility for marketing of the Company's refined cobalt sulfate production to electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and battery cell makers. He will also be responsible for marketing recycled cobalt, nickel, lithium and other battery materials produced by First Cobalt Canadian refinery under a proposed Phase 2 expansion to refine black mass recovered from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n First Cobalt is in active discussions with several EV manufacturers and other battery supply chain participants to provide refined cobalt material.  Based in\n \n Europe\n \n , Mr. Insulan will assume responsibility for executing on this strategic priority with a focus on the major battery suppliers and automotive OEMs. In 2020,\n \n Europe\n \n overtook\n \n China\n \n as the largest EV market in the world while the Biden Administration has proposed a\n \n $174 billion\n \n stimulus plan to promote EV adoption and strengthen domestic lithium-ion battery supply chains in\n \n the United States\n \n . The strong outlook for EV growth in\n \n North America\n \n and\n \n Europe\n \n reinforces the strategic importance of First Cobalt's cobalt supply for these growing markets.\n \n \n Michael Insulan has nearly 20 years of experience across oil and gas, bulk commodities, base and minor metals. He has worked for\n \n Royal Dutch Shell\n \n , CRU, and Eurasian Resources Group. He holds a PhD in Economics, focused on the extractive industries. Over the past four years, he has been primarily focused on the cobalt market where he has built a reputation as an industry expert.\n \n \n First Cobalt recently concluded a five-year offtake agre...