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TSX-V: FCC

DEVELOP

OTCQX: FTSSF
ASX: FCC
CREATING A
NORTH AMERICAN
COBALT SUPPLY CHAIN
First Cobalt’s (FCC) vision is to establish a North American supply chain
of cobalt including exploration, development, refinery and sale of North
250000 252000 254000 256000
American-sourced cobalt. Located in well-known mining district
centered near Salmon, Idaho. The district is considered to be the largest

North Fork Iron Creek


undeveloped cobalt resources in the US and is estimated at 16.8 Mt at

4986000
0.74% Co, 1.37% Cu and 1.04 g/t Au (U.S. Geological Survey, 2017). 020

55

4984000
IRON CREEK PROJECT 045

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056
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Legend
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Claim Outline Challis Volcanic Group
Legend Patents Undivided (Quarternary)
4980000

Claim Outline Roads Banded Siltite Unit


Patents
River Coarse Siltite Unit
Bedding Fault Inferred 1 mile 04
Roads
Normal Faults Iron Creek
River
4978000

Fault Inferred

INFERRED Normal Faults


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RESOURCE ESTIMATE
Challis Volcanic Group

Surficial Deposits 1 mile

• Inferred mineral resources of 29.6 million tons grading 0.11% CoEq (0.08%
Undivided (Quarternary) • 62.9 Mlbs (2NAD83
8,528tonnes)
UTM Zone 12ofLemhiCoEq County, Ida
4976000

Co & 0.30% Cu) under a base case scenario pit constrained and deeper
Proterozoic Sedimentary Rocks Sources:
• Preliminary metallurgical USGS Geological Investigatio
Series testing
I-2765 (Sheet 1 of 2)
mineral resource Banded Siltite Unit
yields recoveries of 96% for Co and
Coarse Siltite Unit
Cutoff Tons Tonnes CoEq Cobalt Cobalt Copper Copper 95% for Cu using simple floatation
% CoEq(2) (000s) (000s) (%) (%) (Mlbs) (%) (Mlbs)
0.03/0.18(3) 29,630 26,880 0.11 0.08 45.4
250000
0.30 175.4
252000 • Open along strike and at depth
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0.15 6,223 5,645 0.27 0.21 25.5 0.64 79.2 • Drill program ongoing to double
0.18(4) 4,858 4,407 0.30 0.23 22.3 0.68 66.7
the strike length
0.20 4,100 3,719 0.32 0.25 20.2 0.71 58.4

1 0.35 1,144 1,038 0.47 0.39 8.9 0.84 19.2


IRON CREEK MINERALIZATION
• Co-Cu mineralization occurs as
semi-massive to disseminated pyrite
and chalcopyrite along stratabound
bands within finely layered argillite RESOU
N AREA RCE A
EXTENSIO REA
interbedded with thin quartzite units.
ADIT #2
The general stratigraphic tend is 75°

east-west ADIT #1
75°

EX
TE
• Semi-massive sulphides are

NS
IO
N
concentrated within two distinct

AR
ADIT #3
No

EA
Na
me
stratabound zones. The No Name and W
Zo
ne
ai
te
Waite Zones are roughly parallel Zo
ne
LEGEND
and dip roughly 75° to the north, Geology
2018 Underground Challis Volcanics
remaining open at depth and open Drill Program Hanging Wall Quartzite
Underground Workings Coarse Siltite Unit
along the east and west strike Footwall Quartzite
160 80 0 160

metres
extensions
ȍȍ The No Name Zone and the Waite
• The principal mineral assemblage consists of pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite,
Zone have true widths between
and magnetite with much lesser quantities of native copper and arsenopyrite
10m and 30m. Mineralization also
locally
occurs between the No Name and
ȍȍ Scanning-electron and microprobe tests indicate the cobalt occurs largely
Waite Zones as 1m to 5m pods
or entirely within pyrite and overall there is a distinct lack of cobaltite, a
common cobalt ore mineral containing arsenic
MANAGEMENT TEAM
TRENT MELL PETER CAMPBELL
PRESIDENT & CEO DIRECTOR VP, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

• Global mining & capital markets incl. M&A & • Mining operations, mine design and new mine
$2.5B raised development for Falconbridge (now Glencore)
• Formerly with Falco Resources, AuRico • Former mining analyst & Chairman of Jennings
Gold, Barrick Gold and Sherritt

DR. FRANK SANTAGUIDA RYAN SNYDER


VP, EXPLORATION CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

• Experience in base metal mining camps in • 10 years in corporate finance and mining,
Canada, Australia, Zambia, & the DR Congo including senior positions with Primero Mining,
• Leading exploration programs around the Inmet Mining, Enirgi Group and KPMG
world with Falconbridge (now Glencore)
and First Quantum

info@firstcobalt.com For full cautionary


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