First Cobalt Corp. announced that John Pollesel has been named non-executive Chairman and that Susan Uthayakumar has been elected to the company's board of directors. John Pollesel has over 30 years of experience in mining and was previously COO and Director of Base Metals Operations for Vale's North Atlantic Operations, where he was responsible for the larger underground mining and metallurgical operations in Canada. Prior to this, he was Vice President and General Manager for Vale's Ontario Operations. More recently, he was Senior Vice President, Mining at Finning Canada. John also served as CFO for Compania Minera Antamina in Peru, responsible for executive management in one of the larger copper/zinc mining and milling operations in the world. He is currently leading a private company that is developing an international fertilizer mining operation and serves on the board of directors for North American Construction Group and Noront Resources Ltd. Susan Uthayakumar is President of Schneider Electric Canada. Ms. Uthayakumar is a business executive with almost 25 years of experience in finance and executive management, including 15 years with Schneider Electric. Henrik Fisker, Chairman and CEO of Fisker Inc., will continue with First Cobalt as a Special Advisor to the Board while he develops the next generation of electric vehicle expertise and advances his mission to make the world's most sustainable vehicles.