Chilean Cobalt appoints Paul Smith to advisory board

Chilean Cobalt Corp. (OTCQB: COBA) announced the appointment of Paul Smith to its advisory board, according to a company press release.

Smith brings experience from the resource sector, having led more than $100 billion in capital raisings and mergers and acquisitions over the past 15 years. He previously served as chairman of Solgold plc, where he oversaw its $1.1 billion sale to JXCC.

Smith currently serves as a non-executive director of Echion Technologies and Seadrill Limited (NYSE: SDRL). He is also a founding partner of Energy Reach Partners, which advises and invests in companies involved in critical minerals production and processing.

His background includes roles as head of strategy at Glencore plc and as a buy-side analyst at Marshall Wace Asset Management. Smith is a chartered accountant and Oxford University graduate.

Chilean Cobalt is developing the La Cobaltera and El Cofre projects and continuing work on the NeoRe Rare Earth Project. The company is based in the United States and focuses on critical minerals exploration and development, with its primary asset being the La Cobaltera cobalt-copper project in northern Chile.

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