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                              September 12, 2022

       Laurel Sayer
       President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
       Perpetua Resources Corp.
       405 S. 8th Street, Ste 201
       Boise, Idaho 83702

                                                        Re: Perpetua Resources
Corp.
                                                            Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form S-3
                                                            Filed September 1,
2022
                                                            File No. 333-266071

       Dear Ms. Sayer:

             We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the
following
       comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
information so we
       may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to this letter by amending your registration
statement and providing the
       requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your
facts and
       circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell
us why in your
       response.

              After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
       provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Unless we note
       otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our July
22, 2022 letter.

       Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3

       Description of Debt Securities
       No Personal Liability, page 21

   1.                                                   We note your response
to prior comment 1 where you state that the waiver and release
                                                        provision in Section
1409 of the indenture is intended to apply to
                                                        both liabilities and
claims arising under the United States federal securities law.
                                                        Disclosure at page 21
further states that "No past, present or future director, officer,
                                                        employee, incorporator,
member, manager, partner (whether general or limited), or
                                                        shareholder of the
Company, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of us
                                                        under the debt
securities or the indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by
                                                        reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each holder of debt securities by accepting a
 Laurel Sayer
Perpetua Resources Corp.
September 12, 2022
Page 2
      debt security waives and releases all such liability and claims." We
further note
      that Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal
jurisdiction over all suits
      brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or
the rules and
      regulations thereunder, and Section 22 of the Securities Act creates
concurrent jurisdiction
      for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty
or liability created by
      the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Please tell
us how Section 1409
      of the indenture is consistent with these provisions.
       Please contact Irene Barberena-Meissner, Staff Attorney, at 202-551-6548
or Loan
Lauren Nguyen, Legal Branch Chief, at 202-551-3642 with any questions.



                                                             Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameLaurel Sayer
                                                             Division of
Corporation Finance
Comapany NamePerpetua Resources Corp.
                                                             Office of Energy &
Transportation
September 12, 2022 Page 2
cc:       Scott Rubinsky, Esq.
FirstName LastName