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Vox Royalty Notes Inclusion of Hecla's Libby Exploration Project in Fast-41 Critical Minerals Dashboard
DENVER, COLORADO / ACCESS Newswire / April 29, 2025 / Vox Royalty Corp. ( TSX:VOXR )( N...

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[{"type":"text","content":"Vox Royalty Notes Inclusion of Hecla's Libby Exploration Project in Fast-41 Critical Minerals DashboardDENVER, COLORADO / ACCESS Newswire / April 29, 2025 / Vox Royalty Corp. (TSX:VOXR)(NASDAQ:VOXR) (\"Vox\" or the \"Company\"), a returns focused mining royalty company, is pleased to note that on April 22, 2025, Vox's royalty operating partner, Hecla Mining Company (\"Hecla\") (NYSE:HL), announced that its Libby Exploration Project (\"Libby Project\"), over which Vox holds a US$0.20/ton production royalty, has been added to the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council's FAST-41 permitting dashboard. This inclusion, announced by the Trump Administration on April 18, 2025, recognizes the project's strategic importance in advancing domestic silver and copper production.The FAST-41 designation aims to streamline the federal permitting process for critical infrastructure projects and to provide increased transparency and efficiency. Hecla's Libby Project, located in northwestern Montana, is now positioned to potentially benefit from this enhanced permitting framework. As further summarised by Hecla President and CEO, Rob Krcmarov: \"We're pleased that the Libby Project has been recognized in the White House's critical minerals initiative and added to the FAST-41 dashboard. This priority status acknowledges the strategic importance of developing domestic silver and copper resources and should help streamline the remaining permitting process as we move toward a final Record of Decision.\"Kyle Floyd, Chief Executive Officer of Vox stated: \"The inclusion of the Libby Project on the FAST-41 Critical Minerals Dashboard marks a major step forward for one of the largest undeveloped silver-copper assets in the United States. Vox's production royalty over the Libby Project currently doesn't receive significant investor or analyst visibility, despite its potential to generate meaningful annual royalty revenues for Vox if the project is developed. While this royalty was a small investment for Vox as part of a larger portfolio deal, with current book value below $100,000, it is representative of the optionality in the portfolio which pairs near-term cash-flowing assets with longer-dated large orebodies that Vox management believes have considerable potential.\"Background on the Libby/Montanore Project​The Libby Project (formerly re...