{"id":36511,"date":"2026-07-15T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=713191e66522a68eb3f18a20165e5b2a"},"modified":"2026-07-15T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:00:00","slug":"ionic-mineral-technologies-announces-results-of-independent-pea-for-silicon-ridge-project-demonstrating-us12-1-billion-after-tax-npv-8-and-69-after-tax-irr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=36511","title":{"rendered":"Ionic Mineral Technologies Announces Results of Independent PEA for Silicon Ridge Project, Demonstrating US$12.1 Billion After-Tax NPV (8%) and 69% After-Tax IRR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nSGS-prepared PEA outlines a long-life, capital-efficient, polymetallic U.S. critical-minerals and advanced-materials project based on the Project\u2019s maiden Mineral Resource Estimate<\/i><\/p><\/a><\/a>

PROVO, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#IonicMT<\/a>--Ionic Mineral Technologies (\u201cIonic MT\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d), a U.S.-based vertically integrated producer of advanced materials and critical mineral solutions, today announced the results of an independent Preliminary Economic Assessment (\u201cPEA\u201d) for its Silicon Ridge Project in Utah County, Utah.<\/p>

\nThe PEA was prepared by SGS under the standards of U.S. Regulation S-K subpart 1300 (\u201cS-K 1300\u201d), with the financial model reviewed and confirmed as final by the independent Qualified Person. The PEA outlines a project with an after-tax net present value (8%) of approximately $12.1 billion<\/b>, an after-tax internal rate of return of 69%<\/b>, and a 1.5-year payback period<\/b>.<\/p>

\nThe PEA outlines a project designed to produce a diversified portfolio of advanced materials, rare earths, and critical minerals from a single domestic resource. Rather than depending on a single commodity, Silicon Ridge is expected to generate value across alumina products, amorphous nano-silica, and 19 individually valued critical minerals and rare earth elements \u2014 each named on the U.S. Government\u2019s critical minerals list \u2014 including gallium, germanium, rubidium, cesium, and thirteen rare earth oxides.<\/b> That diversified production model underpins more than $92 billion in projected life-of-mine gross revenue<\/b> over an initial 44-year operating plan.<\/p>

\nPEA highlights (after-tax, US$, base case)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\nMetric<\/p><\/td>

\nResult<\/p><\/td>

\nNote<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n

\nNet present value (8% discount)<\/p><\/td>

\n$12.1 billion<\/p><\/td>

\nAfter-tax<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n

\nInternal rate of return<\/p><\/td>

\n69%<\/p><\/td>

\nAfter-tax<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n

\nPayback period<\/p><\/td>

\n1.5 years<\/p><\/td>

\nFrom start of production<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n

\nInitial capital cost<\/p><\/td>

\n$1.1 billion<\/p><\/td>

\nIncludes reagent first fill<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n

\nNPV-to-initial-capital ratio<\/p><\/td>

\n~11\u00d7<\/p><\/td>

\n\u2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n

\nLife-of-mine gross revenue<\/p><\/td>

\n$92.5 billion<\/p><\/td>

\nOver 44-year initial operating life<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n

\nLife-of-mine EBITDA margin<\/p><\/td>

\n~87%<\/p><\/td>

\n\u2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n

\nLife-of-mine after-tax free cash flow<\/p><\/td>

\n~$60 billion<\/p><\/td>

\nUndiscounted; \u224850\u00d7 initial capital<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n

\nProcessing rate<\/p><\/td>

\n2.0 Mtpa halloysite concentrate<\/p><\/td>

\nIndustry-standard (McNulty) ramp-up applied<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n

\nIndicated Mineral Resource<\/p><\/td>

\n83.2 Mt<\/p><\/td>

\nMaiden MRE; in-pit at a 1% Al\u2082O\u2083 cut-off<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n

\nInferred Mineral Resource<\/p><\/td>

\n247.0 Mt<\/p><\/td>

\nIncluded in the production schedule \u2014 see cautionary note*<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n

\nLife-of-mine strip ratio<\/p><\/td>

\n0.2:1<\/p><\/td>

\nFree-dig surface mining \u2014 no drilling or blasting; contractor-quoted $2.63\/t mining cost<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>

\n*The PEA is preliminary in nature and its production schedule includes Inferred Mineral Resources \u2014 approximately three-quarters of the supporting Mineral Resource \u2014 which are considered too geologically speculative to have the modifying factors applied that would allow classification as Mineral Reserves. There is no certainty that the results of the PEA will be realized. Mineral Resources are not Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.*<\/i><\/p>

\nMulti-product, multi-segment revenue: <\/b>approximately 51% of life-of-mine value from alumina products (IonAL\u2122) spanning high-purity, specialty, chemical-grade, and smelter-grade tiers, serving automotive, aerospace and advanced materials sectors, with the balance of LoM value from defense-critical elements such as, rubidium, cesium, gallium, germanium, rare earth oxides, plus amorphous nano-silica \u2014 a diversified product suite from a single deposit.<\/p>