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Nevada Lithium Resources CEO Stephen Rentschler O’Shea joined Angela Harmantas at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada or PDAC conference in Toronto to share news about the updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the company’s flagship Bonnie Claire lithium project in Nevada and the broader outlook for lithium markets. Rentschler explained that Bonnie Claire is the company’s sole asset and described it as “going to be a very big mine when it's built.” The updated PEA, completed in August, outlines what he called “excellent investment results,” including a projected 60-year mine life, a plus-30% internal rate of return (IRR), and a payback period of less than three years using what the company considers reasonable lithium price assumptions. He emphasized the scale of the project and its leverage to higher lithium prices, noting that even modest increases in lithium pricing could add billions to net present value. The PEA uses a base lithium price of $24,000 per tonne, and Rentschler said incremental increases “go up by billions in terms of net present value.” Beyond lithium, Nevada Lithium Resources Inc is evaluating additional potential value from critical minerals such as cesium, rubidium and rare earth elements, as well as boron, which Rentschler said provides a byproduct cost advantage. The company is also advancing work on its borehole mining method, designed to minimize environmental impact while selectively extracting higher-grade material. Looking at the broader market, Rentschler said, “I think clearly you've hit the inflection point with lithium,” pointing to rising prices and growing global demand. #proactiveinvestors #nevadalithiumresources #cse #nvlh #otc #nvlhf #lithium #mining #pdac2026 #NevadaLithium #LithiumStocks #LithiumMarket #CriticalMinerals #RareEarths #BonnieClaire #MiningStocks #BatteryMetals #EnergyTransition #EVBatteries #ResourceInvesting #USMining