North Star manganese drill core on display. Credit: Electric Metals
Electric Metals’ (TSXV: EML) shares more than doubled on a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its North Star manganese project in Emily, Minnesota, showing it’s among the strongest manganese projects outside China by capacity and economics.
The study outlines an after-tax net present value (at a 10% discount) of $1.39 billion and a 43.5% after-tax internal rate of return (IRR). The project starts with a capital cost of $474.8 million for the mine and processing facilities. Then, there’s an additional $150 million for plant expansion and $276 million for sustaining and closure costs over 25 years. Overall, it has a 23-month payback period from start-up.
“The results of this PEA confirm that the project has the potential to become the first fully domestic source of high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate in the US,”…
