Pacific Rim Cobalt Corp. announced that Tim Johnston has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Johnston is President and Chief Executive Officer of Desert Lion Energy. He was formerly Hatch's specialist in project management and transactional analysis for their global lithium and battery business. During his time with Hatch, he evaluated hundreds of battery metals projects, and managed the development of battery metals projects around the world for Lion Ore, Vale, Xstrata, SQM, Rockwood Lithium (Albemarle), Bacanora Minerals, AMG-NV, Rio Tinto, Galaxy Resources and other key developers.