Grand Banks Mining Inc. plans a project to strip-mine a wilderness area. Setting up operations and initial

Question:

Grand Banks Mining Inc. plans a project to strip-mine a wilderness area. Setting up operations and initial digging will cost $5 million. The first year’s operations are expected to be slow and to net a positive cash flow of only $500,000. Then there will be four years of $2 million cash flows after which the ore will run out. Closing the mine and restoring the environment in the sixth year will cost $1 million.
a. Calculate the project’s NPV at a of 12%.
b. Calculate the project’s IRR to the nearest whole percent.

Cost Of Capital
Cost of capital refers to the opportunity cost of making a specific investment . Cost of capital (COC) is the rate of return that a firm must earn on its project investments to maintain its market value and attract funds. COC is the required rate of...