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Perpetua Resources Unveils Next Steps to Secure Commercial Downstream Antimony Processing
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n Perpetua Resources Unveils Next Steps to Secure Commercial Downstream Antimony Processing\n \n\n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Canada NewsWire\n \n\n\n\n\n\n BOISE, Idaho\n \n\n ,\n \n\n Sept. 26, 2025\n \n\n /CNW/ - Perpetua Resources Corp. (Nasdaq: PPTA) (TSX: PPTA) (\"Perpetua Resources\" or \"Perpetua\" or the \"Company\"), provided an update today on the Company's ongoing efforts to help secure the American antimony supply chain. The Stibnite Gold Project (\"Project\") is the only domestic reserve of antimony in\n \n the United States\n \n and with the conditional Notice to Proceed from the U.S.\n \n Forest Service\n \n in hand, the Company is ready to enter into long-term off-take arrangements for commercial grade antimony. The Company plans to issue a Request for Proposal (\"RFP\") to assess the technical and economic feasibility of multiple emerging potential off-site processing facilities from third parties to secure antimony for domestic uses. The RFP review process will evaluate companies on potential production capacity, capitalization, reliability, environmental track record, credit worthiness, production readiness, transport reliability, and the ability to meet end user's product requirements and market needs, among other factors.\n \n\n The RFP process will evaluate processing suitability for the portion of Perpetua's 148-million-pound antimony reserve designated for commercial purposes and is separate from the work currently underway between Perpetua and the U.S. Army to secure the domestic supply chain of mil-spec antimony trisulfide through the Defense Ordinance Technology Consortium (\"DOTC\") for which the Company has been awarded up to\n \n $22.4 million\n \n under an Ordnance Technology Initiative Agreement.\n \n\n \"America needs a secure and robust supply of antimony,\" said\n \n Jon Cherry\n \n , President and CEO of Perpetua Resources. \"Work has been underway between the U.S. Army and Perpetua to advance downstream processing for defense needs; but it is now time we also respond to the needs of the U.S. manufacturing a...