TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – May 15, 2017) – First Cobalt Corp. (TSX VENTURE:FCC)(OTCQB:FTSSF) (“First Cobalt” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its common shares have commenced trading on the OTCQB Marketplace under the symbol “FTSSF.” First Cobalt’s common shares will continue to trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “FCC”.
The Company expects to benefit from being listed on the OTCQB by gaining greater visibility and convenience of trading the Company’s common shares to US investors, allowing a much larger potential shareholder base, enhanced liquidity.
First Cobalt has also obtained DTC eligibility with the Depository Trust Company (DTC) for its common shares on the OTCQB. The DTC manages the electronic clearing and settlement of publicly traded companies. This electronic method of clearing securities speeds up the receipt of shares and cash, and thus generally accelerates the settlement process for investors.
About First Cobalt
First Cobalt is focused on building a diversified global portfolio of assets that are highly leveraged to the cobalt market. The Company’s current assets include interests in an option over seven prospective copper-cobalt properties covering 190 square kilometres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo all with known surface mineralization, as well as an option in Canada for the former producing Keeley-Frontier mine, a high-grade mine that produced over 3.3 million pounds of cobalt and 19.1 million ounces of silver from 301,000 tonnes of ore.
On behalf of First Cobalt Corp.
Trent Mell, President & Chief Executive Officer
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