A Mining Company Plans to Mine a Beach for Zirconium

question 38

Multiple Choice

A mining company plans to mine a beach for zirconium sands. Doing so will cost $10 million up front and then produce cash flows of $3 million per year for five years. At the end of the sixth year the company will incur shut-down and clean-up costs of $2 million. If the cost of capital is 11%, then what is the MIRR for this project?

• A) 8.52%
• B) 11.03%
• C) 12.5%
• D) 10.92%

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