How The Delayed Caldeira Licence Decision Could Reshape Meteoric Resources’ (ASX:MEI) Rare Earths Narrative

• Meteoric Resources NL reported that the vote on the Preliminary Environmental Licence for its Caldeira Rare Earth Project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, was postponed after the state environmental authority requested more time to address questions from the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office.
• The company highlighted that a comprehensive 3,000-page Environmental Impact Assessment and a favourable technical report from the state regulator underpin its confidence that existing submissions already respond to the prosecutor's queries.
• We’ll now look at how this postponement of the Caldeira Project’s key environmental licence decision shapes Meteoric Resources’ broader investment narrative.

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What Is Meteoric Resources' Investment Narrative?

To own Meteoric Resources, you really have to believe the Caldeira rare earth project can transition from a high-potential story into a fully permitted, funded operation despite zero meaningful revenue and A$36.5 million in annual losses. The near-term investment case has been anchored to two key catalysts: securing the Preliminary Environmental Licence (LP) and then moving quickly to a Construction Licence. The latest postponement of the LP vote adds some uncertainty around timing, but, for now, the company and regulator still flag only limited schedule impact, which helps explain why the recent share price pullback has been modest after a very strong year. The bigger swing factors remain permitting risk crystallising into delay or extra conditions, ongoing funding needs and whether the market continues to tolerate a rich valuation on a pre-production asset.

However, one risk in particular could matter far more than the short-term licence delay. Upon reviewing our latest valuation report, Meteoric Resources' share price might be too optimistic.

Exploring Other Perspectives

Eleven fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community span from almost zero to A$0.81 per share, underlining how far apart views on Meteoric can be. When you set that against a business with no forecast near term revenue and a critical environmental decision now pushed back, it shows why many investors are weighing permitting risk and future funding needs just as heavily as the project’s rare earth potential.

Explore 11 other fair value estimates on Meteoric Resources - why the stock might be worth over 5x more than the current price!

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