This federal authorization is "validation of a vital project" that could become the country's only domestic antimony supplier, noted a ROTH Capital Partners report.
Perpetua Resources Corp. (PPTA:TSX; PPTA:NASDAQ) got a 20% boost to its target price by Roth MKM, to US$12 per share from US$10, on the news the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) authorized the mine plan for the Stibnite gold-antimony project in Idaho, reported analyst Mike Niehuser in a September 5 research note.
"This is validation of a vital project with strong economics, important to national security and a once-in-a-generation opportunity to restore fish habitat," Niehuser wrote.
The new target implies a 48% return for investors in Perpetua, as its share price at the time of the report was about US$8.09. Niehuser reiterated Roth's Buy rating on the U.S.-based company.
The USFS will publish its authorization of the Stibnite mine plan in its draft record of decision along with the completed final environmental impact statement, on September 6, the analyst reported. The approval is a long time coming, after 14 years of study and eight years of the National Environmental Policy Act permitting process.
Publishing of the final record of decision from the USFS is expected in Q4/24.
Stibnite may become the U.S.' only domestic antimony source, Niehuser wrote. The country only has 1,100 tons of the metal in National Defense Stockpile. China, producing about 63% of the antimony the U.S. imports, plans to restrict its antimony exports starting Sept. 15.
"Perpetua's Stibnite gold project has about 148,700,000 tons of antimony, sufficient to backstop approximately 50% of U.S. domestic antimony consumption for six years," noted Niehuser.
Niehuser addressed the financing of Stibnite. To date, Perpetua received US$75 million in awards from the Department of Defense.
Also it received a letter of interest from the Export Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) for up to US$1.8 billion in funding. If Perpetua is eligible for EXIM's China and Transformational Exports Program, it could get financing terms that are equal to what the Republic of China offers its own state-run businesses.
"This may significantly reduce financing risk for the Stibnite gold project," the analyst added.
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