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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-065145"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPTA"
cik: "0001526243"
company_name: "PERPETUA RESOURCES CORP."
filed_at: "2026-05-21T20:09:10+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T22:18:29.915744+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EXIM Bank approves $2.9B loan for Perpetua's Stibnite Gold Project

## Summary
- EXIM Board unanimously approved $2.9B senior secured loan under Make More in America Initiative to develop Stibnite Gold Project.
- Loan is 13-year, $2.9B total: $2.4B upfront facility plus capitalized interest and exposure fee.
- Interest at long-dated U.S. Treasury bond rate + 100 bps, fixed at first drawdown; scheduled repayments start 2030.
- Definitive documentation and closing expected in H2 2026, subject to customary conditions precedent.
- Loan amount increased from initial review to include option for certain equipment financing from third-party into EXIM loan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-065145
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPTA
- cik: 0001526243
- company_name: PERPETUA RESOURCES CORP.
- filed_at: 2026-05-21T20:09:10+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526243/000110465926065145/0001104659-26-065145-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526243/000110465926065145/tm2615296d1_8k.htm

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