Goldsmith Labs recovers gold from printed circuit boards. It has developed new equipment for this purpose. You have the following data.
1) The equipment costs $250,000.
2) It costs $200,000 per year to operate.
3) It has an economic life of five years and is depreciated using the straight-line method.
4) It will recover 300 ounces of gold per year.
5) The current price of gold is $900 per ounce and is expected to increase at a rate of 4% per year for the foreseeable future.
6) The tax rate is 30%.
7) The cost of capital is 8%.
What is the NPV of installing this equipment?
$430,400
$520,510
$470,400
$195,911