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U.S. Secretary of Labor, Idaho Governor Visit Perpetua Resources to Discuss Stibnite Gold Project Importance to Securing U.S. Jobs and Critical Minerals
U.S. Secretary of Labor, Idaho Governor Visit Perpetua Resources to Discuss Stibnite Gold Project...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n U.S. Secretary of Labor, Idaho Governor Visit Perpetua Resources to Discuss Stibnite Gold Project Importance to Securing U.S. Jobs and Critical Minerals\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.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Canada NewsWire\n \n\n\n\n\n Stibnite Gold Project Listed as a White House Transparency Project\n \n\n\n\n Perpetua Anticipates 550+ Direct Jobs in\n \n Idaho\n \n during operations\n \n\n\n\n Perpetua Announces Stibnite Launch Scholarship with College of\n \n Western Idaho\n \n\n\n\n\n\n BOISE, Idaho\n \n\n ,\n \n\n Aug. 6, 2025\n \n\n /CNW/ - Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor\n \n Lori Chavez-DeRemer\n \n and\n \n Idaho\n \n Governor\n \n Brad Little\n \n met with Perpetua Resources Corp. (Nasdaq: PPTA) (TSX: PPTA) (\"Perpetua Resources\" or \"Perpetua\" or the \"Company\") in\n \n Valley County, Idaho\n \n to discuss the Stibnite Gold Project's strategic importance to\n \n the United States\n \n and Perpetua's plans to provide family-wage, in-demand jobs to rural\n \n Idaho\n \n during the construction and operations of the Stibnite Gold Project. During the visit, Perpetua Resources announced a new education and job training partnership with the College of\n \n Western Idaho\n \n (CWI).\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n The Secretary's visit underscores the Trump administration's focus on domestic critical mineral projects that are essential to U.S. national security, like the Stibnite Gold Project. The Stibnite Gold Project is designed to restore the environment, provide family-wage jobs to rural\n \n Idaho\n \n , and produce gold and the critical mineral antimony. The Stibnite Gold Project, which was\n \n identified as a \"Transparency Project\"\n \n by the National Economic Development Council, is expected to provide\n \n the United States\n \n its only domestically mined source of the critical mineral antimony. Given antimony's essential role in hundreds of defense applications, the Department of Defense has granted Perpetua Resources more than\n \n $80 million\n \n to date to advance the Stibnite Gold Project.\n \n\n \"Perpetua is com...