RE: PFS/DFS reserves27 Nov 2025 13:25
There's a range of factors that will contribute to a higher NPV for the mine. Specifically the JORC means a longer life of mine, higher rates of tonnage to give better results, positive impact on mine sequencing and faster payback. All of this will have a positive impact on payback model. Then we have the other factors that will positively impact the NPV, such as increased confidence, the progress on offtake, hitting costs really hard (e.g. energy), corrossponding reduction in risk, etc. Hopefully all of this will positively outweigh any factors that point the other way, such as a higher discount rate being applied.
But even if the NPV for the mine only increases by say $100 million when all the above is thrown into the mix, which is very conservative, you then have to add in the SPG plant! This by itself could take the current NPV towards $600/700 million.
When you combine both, you can see the potential here for a really significant uplift to the current NPV - smashing it out of the park type of uplift.