Meanwhile at Imperial Mining...PEA Project Highlights (all amounts are in CA$, unless otherwise stated):
- Gross metal revenue of the minerals produced from the operation total $15.2 billion over the life of the operation.
- Gross earnings after-tax is $6.25 billion.
- The Project has a pre-tax net present value (NPV) of $2.97 billion and an after-tax NPV of $1.72 billion (10% discount rate).
- Pre-tax internal rate of return (IRR) is 42.9% and an after-tax IRR of 32.8%.
- Annual Net revenues average $608.0 million from the sale of high-purity scandium oxide (Sc2O3), scandium-aluminum Master alloy (ScAl) and rare earth element (REE) hydroxide concentrate.
- The pre-tax capital payback is 2.5 years from the start of production.
- Total mined metal production over a minimum 25-year mining life based on the present resource base is expected to be 110 t Sc2O3, 57,298 t of ScAl Master alloy and 23,578 t of REE hydroxide concentrate.
- The prices and market segments were based on estimates from comprehensive market studies by Ernst Young for scandium and by Roskill Information Services for rare earths.
https://imperialmgp.com/news-releases/news/2022/imperial-mining-receives-positive-results-for-the-preliminary-economic-assessment-pea-for-crater-lake/