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Perpetua Resources Partners with the Idaho National Laboratory to Advance Critical Mineral Pilot Plant
Perpetua Resources Corp. (Nasdaq: PPTA) (TSX: PPTA) ("Perpetua Resources" or "Perpetua" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered an agreement...
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