Perpetua Resources Announces Second Quarter 2023 Highlights
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NEWS RELEASE
August 14, 2023
Perpetua Resources Announces Second Quarter 2023 Highlights
BOISE, ID – Perpetua Resources Corp. (Nasdaq: PPTA / TSX: PPTA) (“Perpetua Resources” or “Perpetua” or
the “Company”) announced today that its unaudited condensed consolidated financial results for the
period ended June 30, 2023 were filed. For details, please see the Company’s filings available on EDGAR
and SEDAR.
Perpetua Resources’ vision is to provide the U.S. with a domestic source of the critical mineral antimony,
develop one of the largest and highest-grade open pit gold mines in the country and restore an abandoned
brownfield site. Perpetua Resources is focused on advancing the permitting for the Stibnite Gold Project
(“Project”) through the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) process and construction readiness for
the Project.
Second Quarter 2023 and Recent Highlights:
• Zero lost time incidents or reportable environmental spills.
• Successfully mobilized teams and equipment to site for the next round of voluntary legacy waste
cleanup and water quality improvement actions in the historical Stibnite Mining District.
• Added to the Russell 2000® Index and the broad-market Russell 3000® Index.
• Held 2023 Annual General Meeting and shareholders voted in favor of all proposals.
• Published 2022 Sustainability Report, the Company’s tenth annual sustainability report.
• Signed Definitized Agreement for Critical Minerals Award of $24.8 million under the Defense
Production Act (“DPA”).
• Filed Clean Water Act Settlement Agreement with the Nez Perce Tribe.
“Perpetua Resources had another strong quarter and we continued to advance the Stibnite Gold Project
while showing that we can be a trusted partner and help leave a lasting legacy of positive benefits in our
community,” said Laurel Sayer, President and CEO of Perpetua Resources. “We responded promptly to all
information requests related to the federal permitting process, advanced several ancillary permits, and
successfully mobilized teams and equipment for legacy waste cleanup activities this summer. We also
continued to demonstrate a strong safety record with zero lost time incidents or reportable spills.”
Permitting and Construction Readiness Activities Update:
Following completion of the public comment period and analysis on the Supplemental Draft Environmental
Impact St atement (“SDEIS”), the U nited States Forest Service updated the permitting schedule for the
Project with a Final Environmental Impact Statement (“FEIS”) and draft Record of Decision (“ROD”) expected
by the end of 2023 and a final ROD anticipated in early 2024.
Perpetua advanced work on several ancillary permits which are being progressed in parallel with the NEPA
process. Recent updates include:
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• Submitted the 404 Wetlands & Compensatory Mitigation Plan appli cation to the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers (“USACE”) in April 2023 and USACE provided a 404 permit application completeness
determination in July 2023.
• Submitted the formal request to begin the 401 Water Quality Certification process to Idaho
Department of Environmental Quality (“IDEQ”) in May 2023.
• Submitted tailings storage facility dam safety application to Idaho Department of Water Resources
(“IDWR”) in July 2023.
Perpetua is advancing construction readiness activities which are reimbursable under the DPA funding. In
the second quarter of 2023, the Company began project execution planning and scheduling, selected a
construction manager general contractor to advance studies and detailed engineering for the road design,
and began detailed scoping and engineering for the power line.
For further information about Perpetua Resources Corp., please contact:
Chris Fogg
Investor Relations Manager
Mckinsey Lyon
Vice President External Affairs
Website: www.perpetuaresources.com
About Perpetua Resources and the Stibnite Gold Project
Perpetua Resources Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiaries, is focused on the exploration, site
restoration and redevelopment of gold-antimony-silver deposits in the Stibnite-Yellow Pine district of central
Idaho that are encompassed by the Stibnite Gold Project. The Project is one of the highest-grade, open pit
gold deposits in the United States and is designed to apply a modern, responsible mining approach to
restore an abandoned mine site and produce both gold and the only mined source of antimony in the United
States. Further advancing Perpe tua Resources’ ESG and sustainable mining goals, the Project will be
powered by the lowest carbon emissions grid in the nation and a portion of the antimony produced from
the Project will be supplied to Ambri, a US-based company commercializing a low-cost liquid metal battery
essential for the low -carbon energy transition. Perpetua Resources has been awarded a Technology
Investment Agreement of $24.8 million in Defense Production Act Title III funding to advance construction
readiness and permitting of the Project. Antimony trisulfide from Stibnite is the only known domestic source
of antimony that can meet U.S. defense needs for many small arms, munitions, and missile types. In addition
to the company’s commitments to transparency, accountability, environmental stewardship, safety and
community engagement, Perpetua Resources adopted formal ESG commitments which can be found here.
Forward-Looking Information and Cautionary Note
Investors should be aware that the publication of the SDEIS and t he permitting schedule, and the identification by the USFS of the
Modified Mine Plan as the Preferred Alternative in the SDEIS, does not indicate any commitments on the part of the USFS with regard
to the content or timing of a final decision. In developing the Final Environmental Impact Statement ("FEIS"), the next phase of the NEPA
planning process, the USFS may select various actions based on the Modified Mine Plan or each of the alternatives analyzed in the
SDEIS. Furthermore, the USFS is not bound by the permitting schedule and anticipated milestones may be delayed materially or not
be satisfied.
Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking information" or "forward-looking statements"
(collectively, "Forward-Looking Information") within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and the United States
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Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward -Looking Information includes, bu t is not limited to, disclosure regarding
possible events, next steps and courses of action including environmental clean up actions by us and our contractors; our abi lity to
comply with and obtain permits related to the Stibnite Gold Project; actions to be taken by the Department of Defense, USFS, the State
of Idaho and other government agencies and regulatory bodies; our ability to successfully implement and fund the Project and the
occurrence of the expected benefits from the Project; the timing of updates from the USFS related to the Stibnite Gold Project, including
with respect to the FEIS, DROD and ROD; predictions regarding improvements to water quality, water temperature, and fish habitats
and other environmental conditions at the site, including with respect to process and timing of such improvements; reduction of the
Project footprint and the anticipated benefits and other effects thereof; our ability to suc cessfully implement the Project and the
occurrence of the expected benefits from the Project, including contributions to the workforce, national security and clean e nergy
transition; our and Ambri Inc.'s ability to perform under the supply agreement, which agreement is subject to certain conditions,
including identification of one or more refiners to transform our antimony concentrate into antimony metal, and mutual agreem ent on
certain material terms, including volume and pricing; the timing and outcome of the settlement of the CWA litigation. In certain cases,
Forward-Looking Information can be identified by the use of words and phrases or variations of such words and phrases or statements
such as "anticipate", "expect" "plan", "likely", "believe ", "intend", "forecast", "project", "estimate", "potential", "could", "may", "will",
"would" or "should". In preparing the Forward -Looking Information in this news release, Perpetua Resources has applied several
material assumptions, including, but not li mited to, assumptions that the current exploration, development, environmental and other
objectives concerning the Stibnite Gold Project can be achieved and that its other corporate activities will proceed as expected; that
general business and economic conditions will not change in a materially adverse manner and that permitting and operations costs will
not materially increase; the review process under the NEPA (including any joint review process involving the USFS, the Stat e of Idaho
and other agencies and regulatory bodies) as well as the FEIS will proceed in a timely manner and as expected; the settlement of the
CWA litigation will proceed on the anticipated terms and timeline; that we will be able to obtain sufficient funding to finance permitting,
pre-construction and construction of the Project and that all requisite information will be available in a timely manner. Forward-Looking
Information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of Perpetua Resources to be materially different from any future results, per formance or achievements expressed or
implied by the Forward-Looking Information. Such risks and other factors include, among other things, changes in laws and regulations
and changes in the application of standards pursuant to existing laws and regulations which may result in unforeseen results in the
permitting process; uncertainty surrounding input to be received from regulators and community stakeholders; risks related to
dependence on key personnel; risks related to unforeseen delays in the r eview process including availability of personnel from the
USFS, State of Idaho and other stated, federal and local agencies and regulatory bodies (including, but not limited to, futur e US
government shutdowns); risks related to opposition to the Project; risks related to increased or unexpected costs in operations or the
permitting process; risks that necessary financing will be unavailable when needed on acceptable terms, or at all; risks rela ted to the
outcome of litigation and potential for delay of the Project, as well as those factors discussed in Perpetua Resources' public filings with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and its Canadian disclosure record. Although Perpetua Resources has
attempted to identify important factors tha t could affect Perpetua Resources and may cause actual actions, events or results to differ
materially from those described in Forward-Looking Information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to
be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that Forward -Looking Information will prove to be accurate, as
actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place
undue reliance on Forward-Looking Information. For further information on these and other risks and uncertainties that may affect the
Company's business and liquidity, see the "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations" sections of the Company's filings with the SEC, including Perpetua’s Annual Report on Form 10 -K filed with the SEC on
March 16, 2023 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC, which are available at www.s ec.gov and with the
Canadian securities regulators, which are available at www.sedar.com. Except as required by law, Perpetua Resources does not assume
any obligation to release publicly any revisions to Forward -Looking Information contained in this news r elease to reflect events or
circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.