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June 30, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL & COBALT WELCOMES FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF CRITICAL MINERALS AND METALS AT THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, GARY STANLEY, AS SENIOR STRATEGIC ADVISOR
June 24, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL & COBALT PRODUCES HIGH GRADE ALLOY CONCENTRATE UP TO 71.9% NICKEL AND 1.76% COBALT FROM ITS PIPESTONE XL NICKEL-COBALT ALLOY PROJECT, USING ITS FIRST-EVER ONSHORE MAX™ (MAGNETIC ALLOY EXTRACTION) RECOVERY & CONCENTRATION PROCESS, UNVEILED AT THE FASTMARKETS LITHIUM SUPPLY & BATTERY RAW MATERIALS CONFERENCE, LAS VEGAS, USA
June 19, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL & COBALT HIGHLIGHTS G7 LEADERS' DECLARATION ON CRITICAL MINERALS: G7 NAMES NICKEL ONE OF ONLY TWO PILOT MINERALS FOR A NEW ALLIED TRACEABILITY FRAMEWORK, MOVES TO MOBILIZE EQUITY INVESTMENT AND OFFTAKE, AND ESTABLISHES A CRITICAL MINERALS RESILIENCE AND PRODUCTION ALLIANCE
June 15, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL DRILLS SECOND LARGE-SCALE AWARUITE (NI-FE-CO ALLOY) DISCOVERY AT ALLOY MAX NORTH, PIPESTONE XL PROJECT, 5.2 KM NORTH OF RPM ZONE - VISIBLE AWARUITE OVER 414-METER DRILL HOLE ENDING IN OPEN MINERALIZATION
June 11, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC HIGHLIGHTS U.S. DOMINANCE ACT PASSED BY HOUSE: NEW CRITICAL MINERALS BILL AUTHORIZES EQUITY INVESTMENT, CO-FINANCING, AND U.S.-PRIORITY OFFTAKE FOR ALLIED PROJECTS AND DEFINES "PROCESSED" AS "A METAL, METAL POWDER, OR A MASTER ALLOY" - AWARUITE IS A NATURAL NICKEL-IRON-COBALT ALLOY ALREADY IN THE FORM THE ACT DEFINES AS "PROCESSED"
June 9, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL & COBALT RELEASES WHITE PAPER, "ONSHORING THE NICKEL-COBALT SUPPLY CHAIN. WITHOUT A SMELTER," AT CRITICAL MINERALS FOR DEFENCE 2026 IN TORONTO
June 8, 2026
Vema Hydrogen and First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt Sign LOI to Develop Engineered Mineral Hydrogen at Pipestone XL Awaruite Project in Newfoundland
June 5, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL & COBALT TO SHOWCASE AWARUITE NICKEL-COBALT ALLOY (Ni-Fe-Co) AS AN OFFICIAL EXHIBITOR AT CRITICAL MINERALS FOR DEFENCE 2026 IN TORONTO - A SOLUTION TO ONSHORING NORTH AMERICAN CRITICAL MINERALS BY BYPASSING MIDSTREAM SMELTING CONSTRAINTS
May 28, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL RECEIVES SUPPLEMENTAL EXPLORATION PERMIT AUTHORIZING DRILLING AND IN-GROUND WELLBORE INJECTION TO ADVANCE STIMULATED GEOLOGIC HYDROGEN INITIATIVE AT THE PIPESTONE XL NICKEL-COBALT ALLOY AWARUITE PROJECT IN NEWFOUNDLAND
May 21, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL & COBALT REPORTS ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS RETURNING 77.62% NICKEL AND 1.69% COBALT IN AWARUITE AT THE RPM ZONE, PIPESTONE XL PROJECT: A RARE, NATURALLY MAGNETIC (NI-FE-CO) HIGH-GRADE ALLOY MINERALOGICALLY CAPABLE OF BYPASSING MIDSTREAM SMELTING CONSTRAINTS IN NORTH AMERICA
April 29, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL & COBALT WELCOMES DR. DOUGLAS WICKS, FORMER PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S ARPA-E (ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY-ENERGY) MINER PROGRAM AND GEOLOGIC HYDROGEN PORTFOLIO, AS STRATEGIC ADVISOR
April 27, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL ANNOUNCES NAME CHANGE TO FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL & COBALT AHEAD OF THE WASHINGTON DC SAFE SUMMIT, REINFORCING THE NATURAL COBALT CONTENT OF AWARUITE - A RARE, NATURALLY MAGNETIC (Ni-Fe-Co) ALLOY THAT IS SULFUR-FREE AND CAN BYPASS MIDSTREAM SMELTING CONSTRAINTS IN NORTH AMERICA
April 15, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL CLOSES $16 MILLION TWO-STAGE EARN-IN AGREEMENT WITH CORE CRITICAL METALS CORP. ON LUCKY MIKE COPPER-SILVER-TUNGSTEN PROJECT - RETAINS 20% CARRIED INTEREST TO FEASIBILITY AND RIGHTS TO MINING ROYALTY
April 8, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL COMMENCES DRILLING AT NEW ALLOY MAX ZONE DISCOVERY, 7 KM NORTH OF RPM ZONE, AT THE PIPESTONE XL NICKEL-COBALT ALLOY PROJECT
March 31, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL ANNOUNCES ACCEPTANCE INTO DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE CONSORTIUM (DIBC) - PIPESTONE XL SMELTER-FREE NICKEL-COBALT ALLOY PROJECT ADDRESSES MIDSTREAM SMELTING BOTTLENECK IN U.S. DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN
March 18, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL ANNOUNCES NEW ALLOY MAX ZONE DISCOVERY - A SECOND LARGE-SCALE AWARUITE (Ni₃Fe) TARGET AREA EXTENDING 7 KM NORTH FROM THE RPM ZONE AT THE PIPESTONE XL NICKEL-COBALT ALLOY PROJECT
March 11, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC CLOSES NO-WARRANT NON-BROKERED PRIVATE PLACEMENT FINANCING TO ADVANCE PIPESTONE XL ATLANTIC CANADA NICKEL-COBALT ALLOY (AWARUITE) PROJECT
March 6, 2026
First Atlantic Nickel Closes Second and Final Tranche of Life Offering for Total Gross Proceeds of $3.9 Million; Strategic Investor Exercises Top-Up Right to Maintain 9.9% Ownership
February 19, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL ANNOUNCES $16 MILLION TWO-STAGE EARN-IN AGREEMENT WITH CORE CRITICAL METALS CORP. ON LUCKY MIKE COPPER-SILVER-TUNGSTEN PROJECT, BRITISH COLUMBIA - RETAINS 20% CARRIED INTEREST TO FEASIBILITY AND RIGHTS TO MINING ROYALTY
February 18, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC CLOSES FIRST TRANCHE OF NO WARRANT LIFE FINANCING; CEO PARTICIPATES WITH 1,000,000-SHARE SUBSCRIPTION
February 12, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL ANNOUNCES UPSIZE OF LIFE OFFERING
February 3, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL REPORTS $1,977,600 IN WARRANT EXERCISE PROCEEDS; ALL $0.20 WARRANTS NOW EXPIRED
January 27, 2026
FIRST ATLANTIC NICKEL INCREASES RPM ZONE STRIKE LENGTH 50% TO OVER 1.2 KM AND WIDTH TO OVER 800 M FROM PHASE 2X DRILLING AT PIPESTONE XL MAGNETIC NICKEL-COBALT ALLOY PROJECT
January 15, 2026
First Atlantic Nickel Highlights Relevance of Pipestone XL Awaruite Nickel-Cobalt Alloy Discovery to Address U.S. Critical Mineral Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Identified in January 14, 2026 White House Proclamation
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