New Pacific Metals Reports Results of Updated Carangas Preliminary Economic Assessment: Post-tax $2.65 Billion NPV (5%) and 35.9% IRR; 339.0 Million Oz of Silver Equivalent Produced

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Company
New Pacific Metals Corp.
Ticker
NUAG
Exchange
TSX
Region
Oruro Department, Bolivia
Primary commodity
Silver
Secondary commodities
None reported
Document categories
Resource update
Extracted
2026-08-20 20:22:58 UTC

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Minestarters Atlas analysis

Summary

New Pacific Metals has released an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for its Carangas project in Bolivia. The update highlights a post-tax NPV of $2.65 billion and a 35.9% IRR, with projected production of 339.0 million ounces of silver equivalent.

Reasoning: The update reports a substantial post-tax NPV of $2.65 billion and a high IRR of 35.9% for the Carangas project.

Positive factors

  • High NPV and IRR
  • Significant silver equivalent production

Facts used in scoring: 0

Atlas analysis — New Pacific Metals Corp.: New Pacific Metals Reports Results of Updated Carangas Preliminary Economic Assessment: Post-tax $2.65 Billion NPV (5%) and 35.9% IRR; 339.0 Million Oz of Silver Equivalent Produced

Classification and evidence

PEA-Supportingneutral

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

Why it applies: The announcement specifically reports the results of an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA).

Evidence · text

“results of its updated preliminary economic assessment technical report”

NI 43-101 Compliantpositive

Resource estimate prepared in compliance with NI 43-101 (Canada) — high reporting standard.

Why it applies: The technical report was prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 standards.

Evidence · text

“prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101”

Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 0. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

No stored fact records are available for this extraction.

How Atlas produces this analysis

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