bankable feasibility study
Defined in 1 dictionary — U.S. Code
United States Code
50 U.S.C. § 98H — in this section (3 versions over time)
In this section, the term “bankable feasibility study” means a comprehensive technical and economic study—
(1) of the selected option for a strategic and critical materials development project that includes appropriately detailed assessments of realistically assumed extraction, processing, metallurgical, economic, marketing, legal, environmental, social, and governmental considerations and any other relevant operational factors and detailed financial analysis, that are necessary to demonstrate at the time of reporting that production is reasonably justified; and
(2) that may reasonably serve as the basis for a final decision by a proponent of a project or financial institution to proceed with, or finance, the development of the project.