{"url_path":"/sec/ppta/8-k/2026-05-21/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 **","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-21","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526243/0001104659-26-065145-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-065145","cik":"0001526243","ticker":"PPTA","issuer_name":"PERPETUA RESOURCES CORP.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526243/0001104659-26-065145-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001526243","primary_entity_name":"PERPETUA RESOURCES CORP."},"word_count":442,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01**\n**Other Events.**\n\n \n\nOn May 21, 2026, Perpetua\nResources Corp. (the “Company”) announced that the board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (“EXIM”)\nhas unanimously approved a $2.9 billion senior secured long-term loan (“Loan”) under the Make More in America Initiative\n(“MMIA”) to support the development of the Company’s Stibnite Gold Project (“Stibnite” or\n“Project”). EXIM’s approval comes after extensive technical, financial, environmental and social due diligence\nand a 25-day notice period to Congress.\n\n \n\nThe Loan will be available\nupon completion of definitive documentation and satisfaction of customary conditions precedent, which is expected to occur in the second\nhalf of 2026. The Loan is to be structured as a 13-year senior secured credit facility of $2.9 billion, consisting of an upfront facility\nof $2.4 billion with the remainder to cover capitalized interest during construction and EXIM’s exposure fee. The increase in the\nprincipal amount of the Loan compared to the initial EXIM Board review primarily relates to adding an option to move certain planned equipment\nfinancing from a third-party financing company into the EXIM Loan.\n\n \n\nInterest on the Loan is to\nbe set at the applicable long-dated U.S. Treasury bond rate plus 100 basis points and will be fixed at the time of the first drawdown.\nScheduled repayments are anticipated to commence in 2030.\n\n \n\nCautionary Statement\n\n \n\n*Investors should be aware\nthat funding under the EXIM loan is subject to completion of definitive documentation and satisfaction of conditions precedent. There\ncan be no assurance that we will be able to successfully negotiate definitive loan documents to close the loan or that, if closed, any\nfunding provided by U.S. EXIM will be sufficient for us to construct the Project. Further, release of funding under the loan would be\nsubject to the satisfaction of certain conditions and covenants by the Company.*\n\n* *\n\n*Statements contained in\nthis Current Report on Form 8-K (“Current Report”) that are not historical facts are “forward-looking information”\nor “forward-looking statements” (collectively, “Forward-Looking Information”) within the meaning of applicable\nCanadian securities legislation and the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-Looking Information includes,\nbut is not limited to, disclosure regarding the, anticipated timing, documentation, closing and funding of the Company’s proposed\nU.S. EXIM financing and the final terms of the proposed U.S. EXIM financing; timing of anticipated milestones related to the Project and\nfinancing; and ongoing funding and anticipated liquidity.*\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURES**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements\nof the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto\nduly authorized.\n\n \n\n \n**PERPETUA RESOURCES CORP.**\n\n \n \n \n\nDated: May 21, 2026\nBy:\n/s/ Mark Murchison\n\n \n \nMark Murchison\n\n \n \nChief Financial Officer"}