The refinery that TSX-V- and ASX-listed First Cobalt is aiming to reopen in Canada could produce more than 5 000 t/y of cobalt contained in sulphate, a debottlenecking study by Ausenco Engineering has found.
The study, which eliminates the refinery’s autoclave circuit and addresses production constraints, estimates that production could be doubled from previous estimate of 2 000 t/y to 2 500 t/y.