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-The deposit showed to be amenable to bio-heap leaching; -Throughput of 20 Mtpa; -Copper recovery of 80%; -Production of 35,332 tpa copper cathodes and 51,080 tpa copper sulfate; -Copper price US $ 3.00 per lb: - after-tax NPV US $ 957 million and IRR: 29.7%; -Low Capex at US $341 million; -Low-strip ratio at 1.41:1; -After-tax payback: 4.23 years; -Life of mine : 24 years.
Pierre Leveille, President & CEO of Deep-South stated that: "We are extremely encouraged by the results of our updated PEA: its economics have improved dramatically. Our base case model using a price of US $ 3.00 per lb shows an after-tax NPV of US $957million and an after tax IRR of 29.7%. Moreover, at a copper price of $3.50 per lb our Haib Copper project shows an after-tax NPV of US $ 1.3 billion and an after tax IRR of 42.1%. Of note, our current market capitalization is only 0.8% of this NPV. We are highly encouraged by the solid copper market outlook and with the funds in-hand we are confident that our coming exploration and development program will bring strong added value in 2021 and onward.” http://www.deepsouthresources.com/investors/news-releases/deep-south-pea-update-returns-singnificantly-improved-economics/
