U.S. mining investments in Chile reach $24.2B, but China's grip on rare earth midstream processing remains the critical strategic bottleneck.
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Chilean Cobalt Corp
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About Chilean Cobalt Corp
Chilean Cobalt Corp. (OTCQB: COBA) is a critical-minerals exploration and development company headquartered in the United States and focused on Chile, where it is advancing the La Cobaltera cobalt-copper project in the historic San Juan mining district of the Atacama Region, one of the world’s few primary cobalt districts. As a pure-play developer, the company targets cobalt and copper, with associated gold, aiming to build a Western, non-China supply source for battery and defense markets. Its land package was expanded to roughly 6,377 hectares after acquiring the adjacent El Cofre copper-cobalt-gold project from Cobalt Chile SpA, a subsidiary of Fuerte Metals. A notable recent development is its 2025 offtake arrangement and strategic partnership with Glencore covering 100% of cobalt and copper output from La Cobaltera and El Cofre, alongside plans to restart past-producing mines in two development stages.
On January 8, 2026, Chilean Cobalt signed an earn-in and option agreement over the NeoRe rare-earth project near Concepción, Chile, under which it earns credit toward a net smelter return royalty, according to its SEC filings.
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