# Meridian Mining shares jump 10% as Cabaçal study points to $2bn value

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/meridian-mining-shares-jump-10-as-cabac-al-study-points-to-2bn-value--d0315d55-f634-490d-b6a8-70c71edc14f3

Original source: https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1098875/meridian-mining-shares-jump-10-as-cabacal-study-points-to-2bn-value-1098875.html

Publisher: proactiveinvestors

Original announcement: 2026-09-22T11:46:29.619Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Meridian Mining Plc

- Ticker: MNO

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Brazil

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Copper, Silver

- Document categories: Economic study, Resource update

- Extracted: 2026-09-22 11:49:40 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 1.00 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Meridian Mining has released a Definitive Feasibility Study \(DFS\) for its Cabaçal gold-copper-silver project in Brazil, reporting an after-tax NPV of $2.09 billion and an IRR of 108%. The study assumes a gold price of $3,570/oz and indicates an initial capital requirement of $322 million with a payback period of 0.9 years.

Reasoning: The announcement of a Definitive Feasibility Study \(DFS\) for the Cabaçal project shows exceptionally strong economics, including a 108% IRR and a $2.09bn NPV, significantly de-risking the asset.

- Positive factor: Exceptional IRR of 108% in base case

- Positive factor: Very short payback period of 0.9 years

- Positive factor: Strong NPV of $2.09bn against $322m capex

- Positive factor: DFS supersedes prior assessment with improved economics and larger reserve

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**DFS Bankable**

Polarity: positive

Definition: AACE Class 2-1 study complete and within the staleness window.

Why it applies: The document explicitly reports a definitive feasibility study \(DFS\) with detailed economic parameters.

Evidence · text

> after a definitive feasibility study valued its Cabaçal gold-copper-silver project in Brazil at more than $2 billion.

**High IRR**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Post-tax real unlevered IRR in the strong tier or better.

Why it applies: The reported IRR of 108% is well within the exceptional tier.

Evidence · text

> internal rate of return of 108%

**Fast Payback**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Payback in the strong tier or better, on the required basis.

Why it applies: The payback period of 0.9 years is in the exceptional tier.

Evidence · text

> initial outlay would be recovered in 0.9 years.

**Conservative Pricing**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Conservative on the worst of the spot, 3-year and consensus comparisons.

Why it applies: The study uses a gold price of $3,570/oz which is stated to be below recent spot levels.

Evidence · text

> assumed a gold price of $3,570 an ounce, below recent spot levels.

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 0. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

No stored fact records are available for this extraction.

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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