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BC Copper Developer Surges 9% on PFS With $4.6B NPV

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BC Copper Developer Surges 9% on PFS With $4.6B NPV

Large-scale copper projects with multi-decade mine lives and credible engineering baselines continue to command a heavy premium as global electrification, data center build-outs, and grid modernization accelerate structural structural deficits for the metal. For pre-production developers navigating late-stage engineering, completing an independent Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) represents the ultimate operational inflection point. This milestone transitions a grassroots geological story into an auditable, bankable asset blueprint capable of drawing tier-one partner interest. Today, a British Columbia-focused copper developer jumped after delivering an extensive economic model for its flagship porphyry deposit.

Surge Copper Corp. (TSX-Venture: SURG)(OTCQB: SRGXF) surged Monday after releasing a positive PFS on the Berg copper-molybdenum-silver-gold deposit in central British Columbia, backed by an updated mineral resource estimate and a massive inaugural proven and probable mineral reserves. The independent engineering study’s base case delivered after-tax NPV8% of C$9.4 billion, an IRR of 36%, and a payback period of 1.8 years. The baseline economic model utilizes long-term consensus metals pricing assumptions of US$6.45/lb copper, US$30.00/lb molybdenum, US$65/oz silver, and US$4,250/oz gold and an exchange rate of 0.73 US$/C$.

The large-scale development plan contemplates a highly automated, 28-year open-pit mine lifecycle feeding a centralized process facility operating at an extensive 120,000 tonnes per day throughput rate. Initial capital expenditures are estimated at C$4.7 billion to construct the primary industrial footprint.

The maiden proven and probable mineral reserve statement outlines a highly predictable block model, declaring .12 billion tonnes grading 0.22% copper, 0.026% molybdenum, 4.1 g/t silver, and 0.02 g/t gold, containing 5.8 billion pounds of copper, 687 million pounds of molybdenum, 160 million ounces of silver, and 0.8 million ounces of gold.

SURG / SRGXF shares responded well to the PFS, gaining 9.46% / 16.7% to trade at $0.81 and US$0.59. 

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