# 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

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/new-pacific-metals-reports-results-of-updated-carangas-preliminary-economic-asse--000d5454-4169-4b19-a3cb-7edf5cd924ff

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/commodities/articles/pacific-metals-reports-results-updated-120000322.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2026-07-16T12:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

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Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- 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

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas 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 factor: High NPV and IRR

- Positive factor: Significant silver equivalent production

Facts used in scoring: 0

## 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 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 Compliant**

Polarity: positive

Definition: 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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