Final Results

Anglesey Mining plc Preliminary Statement 2003 I am disappointed to have to report that once again metal prices remained low during the year, especially in the case of zinc, and the company has continued to concentrate its efforts on conserving resources in anticipation of the long expected improvement in prices. The company holds an important geological resource at Parys Mountain which has been identified and described in independent geological reports. This deposit is beyond and separate from the historic mine workings and contains a total of 6.5 million tonnes with a combined average grade for zinc, copper and lead of over 10%. There are also estimated to be 60,000 ounces of gold and 250 tonnes (8,000,000 ounces) of silver in this resource. During the past year work commenced to dewater the higher levels of the historic mine workings at Parys Mountain. A Project Group including the Amlwch Industrial Heritage Trust, the company, Anglesey County Council, the Environment Agency and other interested parties had been set up to consider the condition of an underground concrete plug. This Group concluded that the old workings should be dewatered and the plug removed. The work, which has been undertaken by Anglesey County Council and funded by the Council and the Welsh Development Agency, is expected to significantly improve water quality to the south of the Mountain. Discharge of the water is now almost complete. This dewatering will also provide access to hitherto inaccessible areas and enable new studies to be conducted which could help towards a better geological understanding of the total Parys Mountain area. Whilst the old workings are separate from the geological resource described above, they are adjacent and parallel to a significant unmined deposit, the Northern Copper Zone, which lies to the north of the old workings and which was extensively explored by major mining companies, including Noranda and Cominco in the 1960s and 70s. At that time it was reported that the Northern Copper Zone contained 36,000,000 tonnes at an average grade of 0.66% copper. It apparently was not assayed for gold. The company plans to re-examine the potential of the Northern Copper Zone as well as the prospective area deeper than and to the west of the White Rock zone referred to in earlier reports and to carry out further drilling closer to its identified resources, when funding permits. The loss for the year was £121,299 before an exceptional item compared with a loss of £106,078 for last year. As a result of continued low metal prices, combined this year with a deterioration in the foreign exchange rate, a further impairment provision of £2 million against the value of the Parys Mountain property has been provided this year (last year £2,200,000). In order to better structure the company's activities and property holdings, all the mineral rights required for the operation of the Parys property have been transferred during the year from Anglesey Mining plc to Parys Mountain Mines (UK) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary, together with the relevant accumulated expenditures and provisions. John F Kearney Chairman Group balance sheet as at 31 March 2003 2003 2002 £ £ Fixed assets Intangible assets 5,156,609 7,094,687 Tangible assets 186,602 185,240 5,343,211 7,279,927 Current assets Debtors 106,211 102,935 Cash at bank and in hand 2,260 13,166 108,471 116,101 Current liabilities Creditors - amounts due within one year (1,275,473) (1,098,520) Net current liabilities (1,167,002) (982,419) Total net assets 4,176,209 6,297,508 Capital and reserves Share capital - equity 1,162,414 1,162,414 Share capital - non-equity 5,510,833 5,510,833 Share premium account - equity 5,737,146 5,737,146 Profit & loss account - deficit - equity (8,234,184) (6,112,885) Total shareholders' funds 4,176,209 6,297,508 Group profit and loss account for the year ended 31 March 2003 2003 2002 £ £ Turnover - continuing operations - - Net operating expenses (51,260) (38,822) Exceptional item: Provision for impairment of intangible assets (2,000,000) (2,200,000) Loss on ordinary activities (2,051,260) (2,238,822) before interest & taxation Interest receivable 2,139 2,451 Interest payable (72,178) (69,707) Loss on ordinary activities before taxation (2,121,299) (2,306,078) Tax on loss on ordinary activities - - Loss for the financial year (2,121,299) (2,306,078) Loss per share - basic (1.9) pence (2.0) pence Loss per share - diluted (1.9) pence (2.0) pence Group cashflow statement for the year ended 31 March 2003 2003 2002 £ £ Net cash outflow from continuing operating activities (57,991) (67,450) Returns on investments and servicing of finance Interest received 18 - Interest paid (11) (75) 7 (75) Taxation UK Corporation tax - - Capital expenditure and financial investment Payments to acquire intangible fixed assets (10,922) (7,783) Payments to acquire tangible fixed assets (2,000) - (12,922) (7,783) Net cash outflow before financing (70,906) (75,308) Financing Increase in loans 60,000 87,930 Expenses of share issues in year - (200) 60,000 87,730 Increase/(decrease) in cash (10,906) 12,422 Contacts - J F Kearney Chairman - + 1 (416) 362 6686 Ian Cuthbertson Finance director - 01248 361333
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