# Electric Metals Files NI 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment for the North Star Manganese Project on SEDAR+

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/electric-metals-files-ni-43-101-preliminary-economic-assessment-for-the-north-st--d31bfd37-cd83-4062-8645-f1e495a09d41

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/EML/news/7756697723869996/electric-metals-files-ni-43-101-preliminary-economic-assessment-for-the-north-st

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2025-10-06T22:10:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Electric Metals \(USA\) Limited

- Ticker: EML

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Minnesota

- Primary commodity: Manganese

- Secondary commodities: Silver

- Document categories: Resource update, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 05:43:59 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Electric Metals has filed a NI 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment \(PEA\) for its North Star Manganese Project in Minnesota. The PEA reports strong economics with an after-tax NPV\(10%\) of US$1.39B and an IRR of 43.5%, supporting a pathway to high-purity manganese sulfate monohydrate \(HPMSM\) production.

Reasoning: The filing of a NI 43-101 PEA with robust economics \(43.5% IRR\) for a strategic domestic manganese project is a major de-risking milestone.

- Positive factor: Strong economic indicators \(NPV $1.39B, IRR 43.5%\)

- Positive factor: Strategic domestic U.S. manganese supply play

- Positive factor: High-grade manganese resource

- Positive factor: PEA filing milestone achieved

- Negative factor: PEA is preliminary and includes Inferred resources

- Negative factor: High degree of uncertainty inherent in PEA-stage studies

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**PEA-Supporting**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Resource estimate prepared to support a Preliminary Economic Assessment — early-stage study.

Why it applies: The announcement is the filing of a Preliminary Economic Assessment \(PEA\).

Evidence · text

> Electric Metals Files NI 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment

**QP/CP Signed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Qualified Person \(QP\) or Competent Person \(CP\) named and signed off — a member of a recognized professional association \(e.g., AusIMM, SME, AIG, P.Geo\) with relevant experience.

Why it applies: Multiple independent Qualified Persons \(NI 43-101\) are named as responsible for the report.

Evidence · text

> The following independent Qualified Persons \(NI 43-101\) are responsible for the report

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Resource Estimates (2)

### indicated

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manganese

#### Identity

- Commodity: manganese
- Ticker: EML

#### Resource Data

- Category: indicated

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Indicated resource component of the PEA.

Evidence · text

> The Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources used in the PEA operational and financial models are presented in Table 1.

### inferred

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manganese

#### Identity

- Commodity: manganese
- Ticker: EML

#### Resource Data

- Category: inferred

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Inferred resource component of the PEA.

- Negative factor: Speculative nature of Inferred resources

Evidence · text

> The Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources used in the PEA operational and financial models are presented in Table 1.

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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