Element 25 (ASX:E25) tumbles on latest PFS update

The Element 25 Ltd (ASX: E25) share price crashed even as it posted an upbeat update on the ASX.

Shares in the emerging manganese miner tanked over 10% to $1.31 in the last hour of trade. The sell-off comes despite this being a positive day for miners.

ASX miners leading the S&P/ASX 200 Index (Index:^AXJO) higher today as a surge in the iron ore price and the impending approval of a COVID‐19 vaccine is lifting the sector.

Element 25 share price takes a hit

Element 25 provided an update to its Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) that was released in May. The miner added “expansion case options” which indicated that its Butcherbird project could be worth as much as $1.1 billion on a pre-tax basis.

This compares to its base case net…