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First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt Corp. reports exploration, financing and corporate developments tied to critical-minerals projects in Newfoundland. Its principal news themes center on the Pipestone XL Nickel-Cobalt Alloy Project in central Newfoundland, where the company targets awaruite, a naturally magnetic nickel-iron-cobalt alloy mineral, across areas including the RPM Zone and Alloy Max within the Pipestone Ophiolite Complex.
Company updates also cover district-scale drilling, surface sampling, metallurgical testing, flow-through financings, strategic advisory appointments, consortium participation, and portfolio actions involving properties such as Lucky Mike and Ophiolite X. The recurring business narrative focuses on nickel-cobalt alloy mineralization, smelter-free processing concepts, and North American critical-minerals supply chains.
First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt (OTCQB: FANCF) reports that drill hole XL-26-16, the second hole at the Alloy Max Zone on the Pipestone XL project in Newfoundland, intersected large-grain, visibly disseminated awaruite (Ni-Fe-Co alloy) over its entire 525 m length, ending in mineralization. The hole, drilled at -60° to the east, is the deepest completed on the project and was collared approximately 445 m south of discovery hole XL-26-15, extending confirmed mineralization along strike.
According to the company, XL-26-16 shows higher visual awaruite abundance and coarser grain sizes than XL-26-15, with mineralization beginning after roughly 9 m of overburden and grain size increasing with depth. Drilling has now confirmed about 445 m of strike and roughly 285 m of lateral width within an Alloy Max target area of approximately 4 km by up to 1.5 km. Geological observations indicate coarser awaruite where magnetite is lower, prompting a reinterpretation of regional magnetic surveys that may expand the interpreted footprints of both Alloy Max and the RPM Zone.
First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt (OTCQB: FANCF) has been added to the NASDAQ Sprott Nickel Miners™ Index (NSNIKL), effective June 22, 2026, following the index’s semi-annual rebalancing. This index is tracked by the Sprott Nickel Miners ETF (NASDAQ: NIKL), which seeks to mirror the index’s total return performance.
According to First Atlantic, the company is focused on its 100%-owned Pipestone XL Nickel-Cobalt Alloy Project in central Newfoundland, spanning a 30 km ultramafic belt with multiple awaruite (Ni₃Fe) zones, notably the RPM and Alloy Max zones. Initial test work using its ONSHORE MAX™ process upgraded RPM rock into a high-grade alloy concentrate averaging 67.4% nickel, with grades up to 71.9% nickel and 1.76% cobalt, without smelting, roasting, or high-pressure acid leaching. The project lies in an established infrastructure corridor and is positioned to supply North American stainless steel, EV, aerospace, and defence markets.
First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt (OTCQB:FANCF) appointed former U.S. Department of Commerce critical minerals leader Gary Stanley as Senior Strategic Advisor. He brings 40+ years of U.S. government experience and authored the June 2019 Federal Critical Mineral Strategy.
At its Pipestone XL Nickel-Cobalt Alloy Project, First Atlantic reports awaruite averaging 77.62% nickel and 1.69% cobalt, with peaks of 86.68% nickel and 6.05% cobalt. Using its ONSHORE MAX™ process, the company produced a smelter-free high-grade alloy concentrate grading up to 71.9% nickel and 1.76% cobalt, compared with typical nickel concentrates of about 10%–15% nickel. First Atlantic believes this could support a vertically integrated North American nickel-cobalt supply chain and enable direct refining of battery-grade nickel sulphate (NiSO₄) qualifying under U.S. Section 45X(c)(6).
First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt (OTCQB:FANCF) appointed Gary Stanley, former Director of the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Critical Minerals and Metals, as Senior Strategic Advisor. He brings 40+ years of U.S. government experience in critical minerals, trade policy, and supply chain security.
The Pipestone XL Nickel-Cobalt Alloy Project reports awaruite grades up to 86.68% nickel and 6.05% cobalt, and a concentrate up to 71.9% nickel and 1.76% cobalt using the smelter-free ONSHORE MAX™ process, which First Atlantic believes could support a vertically integrated North American nickel-cobalt supply chain.
First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt (OTCQB:FANCF) reported preliminary bench-scale results from its proprietary ONSHORE MAX™ process on awaruite from the RPM Zone at the Pipestone XL project. Flotation tests produced a high-grade alloy concentrate averaging 67.4% nickel, with grades up to 71.9% nickel and 1.76% cobalt.
The simple two-stage flowsheet (low-intensity magnetic separation and flotation) was completed at SGS on a 74.5 kg composite. First Atlantic has started permitting a large-scale bulk sample at RPM to advance toward a pilot-scale plant and promotes a smelter-free pathway to North American nickel-cobalt refining.
First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt (OTCQB:FANCF) highlighted the 2026 G7 declaration on critical minerals, which names nickel and lithium as the first two pilot minerals for a new traceability framework. The G7 plans to mobilize equity investment, guarantees and offtake and launch a Critical Minerals Resilience and Production Alliance.
First Atlantic’s Pipestone XL awaruite (Ni-Fe-Co) project in Newfoundland aligns with these priorities. Recent work showed RPM Zone awaruite averaging 77.62% nickel and 1.69% cobalt, and a second large-scale awaruite discovery at Alloy Max with a 414 m mineralized hole.
First Atlantic Nickel (OTCQB:FANCF) reported a second large-scale awaruite (Ni-Fe-Co) discovery at the Alloy Max Zone, 5.2 km north of the RPM Zone at the Pipestone XL project in Newfoundland.
Discovery hole XL-26-15 hosts visible awaruite over 414 m, within a target up to 1.5 km wide and 4 km long.
First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt (OTCQB:FANCF) highlighted passage of the U.S. House DOMINANCE Act (H.R. 7037), aimed at strengthening allied critical mineral supply chains and reducing reliance on China.
The company emphasizes that awaruite from its Pipestone XL project is a natural nickel-iron-cobalt alloy already in the metallic form the Act defines as “processed,” and notes potential alignment with proposed U.S. tools such as equity investment, political risk insurance, co-financing and U.S.-priority offtake for allied projects, if the bill becomes law.
First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt (OTCQB:FANCF) released a white paper, “Onshoring the Nickel-Cobalt Supply Chain. Without a Smelter,” at Critical Minerals for Defence 2026 in Toronto.
The paper outlines a smelter-free mine-to-metal pathway for awaruite from the Pipestone XL Nickel-Cobalt Alloy Project.
Vema Hydrogen and First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt (OTCQB:FANCF) signed a non-binding LOI to pursue a 50/50 joint venture for Engineered Mineral Hydrogen at the 30 km Pipestone XL awaruite project in Newfoundland. Lab tests on Pipestone samples confirmed hydrogen generation potential, supporting plans to pair low-carbon hydrogen with nickel-cobalt development.