Final Results for the year ended 31 March 2006
Anglesey Mining plc - Preliminary statement of results 2006
Highlights
· Two financings completed raising £1,624,000
· Option secured to earn a 70% interest in the Labrador Iron Mines
project in Canada
· Continued drilling success at Parys Mountain including delineation of the
new Engine zone deposit in the Garth Daniel area
· Appointment of Bill Hooley as Executive Director and
Roger Turner as Non-Executive Director
Commenting on the results, John F. Kearney, chairman of Anglesey Mining, said:
"We have seen significant developments for the company over the past year and
are very pleased with our progress. The drilling programme at Parys Mountain has
continued to produce excellent results and we are confident that further
drilling will lead to an increase in the resources. The Labrador Iron project is
an exciting new initiative and the dramatic improvement in commodity prices over
the past year has placed Anglesey in a strong position to become a metal
producer on two continents. We will work hard to achieve this within a short
time frame."
For further information please contact:
Ian Cuthbertson, Finance Director + (44) 1248 361333
Bill Hooley, Executive Director + (44) 1492 541981
John F. Kearney, Chairman + (1) 416 362 6686
Cathy Malins / Annabel Leather,
Parkgreen Communications + (44) 20 7493 3713
Chairman's statement
The last year has been a most exciting one for our company and I am pleased to
be able to report to shareholders that the improvements outlined last year have
continued apace.
Despite some corrections in recent weeks, metal prices have increased very
significantly over the past year and there is now a consensus that the prices
for the metals we plan to produce are likely to stabilise at far higher levels
than those experienced over the past ten years. Higher prices will, of course,
ensure that the Parys Mountain project is profitable and financeable.
Of particular importance this year was our success in securing an option to earn
a 70% interest in an advanced iron-ore project in eastern Canada. Given the
continuing strength of iron-ore prices in recent negotiations this project is
likely to be highly valuable to the company in the coming years.
At Parys Mountain we have been very encouraged by the success of our drilling
programme and the delineation of the new Engine zone deposits in the Garth
Daniel area. This new area has the potential to be extended both eastwards and
westwards and should add significantly to the Parys Mountain resource base.
Further, we have been fortunate to make two noteworthy additions to our board.
Roger Turner (non-executive) and Bill Hooley (executive), both experienced mine
developers, have joined us and I believe that they will make very important
contributions to the rapid development of Parys Mountain and the Labrador Iron
project, as well as to the identification of potential new projects.
Financing
Two fundraisings have been effected during the year. The first (reported in last
year's chairman's statement) raised £464,000 in May 2005 and the second raised
£1,160,000 in February 2006. These funds have been and will continue to be
applied to exploration at Parys Mountain and at the Labrador Iron project, and
additionally will be used to progress studies aimed at financing both projects.
Parys Mountain
During the year the company completed 2,225 metres of diamond core drilling in
four holes. Three of these were located in an area centred approximately 700
metres north-east of the Morris shaft, and the fourth was drilled, without a
significant result, some 400 metres south of the Morris shaft. We have already
reported on the considerable success achieved with the first three holes and on
the delineation of a new zone in the Garth Daniel area. These three holes
intersected three mineralised horizons: from the highest, the Carreg-y-Doll
through the North Central to the lowest horizon, the Engine zone. These included
intersections of 2.5 metres at 40% combined copper, lead and zinc and 5.5 metres
at 22% combined Cu-Pb-Zn. The mineralisation in the Engine zone was not part of
any previous resource estimates on the site. We believe that the Garth Daniel
area has a potential strike length exceeding 1.5km and has the possibility of
adding substantially to the resource base. We are currently drilling a further
hole in this area and on the basis of the results from this new hole we will be
able plan our ongoing drill programme for Garth Daniel.
In addition to the programme at Garth Daniel, we have commenced a close-spaced
drill programme on the White Rock zone near to the Morris shaft. This drilling
will be used for mine planning purposes, particularly for the earliest stopes in
the planned underground mining programme.
In addition to the physical work on site, we have begun the task of creating an
electronic geological model based on the prior and present geological data
which, when completed, will be used for detailed mine planning and will be
helpful to the search for further resources and for long term mine planning.
The company is continuing the review of the feasibility study for the project.
This review is based on the original 1991 Kilborn Study but will be brought up
to date using the revised geological model, additional metallurgical test-work,
a revised mine plan and updated costings. It is expected that this update will
be completed during 2006 and will provide the basis for financing the project
through to production. Subject to financing, it is expected that the mine could
be in production in less than two years of commencement of construction.
The strategic location of Parys Mountain on the doorway of the major European
smelters is of major benefit. With the recent upsurge in metal prices,
especially zinc and copper, there has been widespread interest expressed in the
project from mining and associated industry support companies. A number of
detailed site visits have been carried out and we believe that it is likely that
this interest could result in the provision of at least part of the finance
required to develop the property.
Labrador Iron
In October 2005 the company obtained an option to earn a 70% interest in the
Labrador Iron Mines (LIM) project in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
in Canada. As a matter of record I have declared that in a personal capacity I
was partly responsible for assembling the portfolio of leases and that I hold an
interest in part of the remaining 30% of the joint venture.
LIM is based in the vicinity of the original Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOCC)
mines in the Schefferville region of Labrador. The leases subject to the joint
venture were largely drilled by IOCC before 1984, resulting in an estimate of
the resource remaining to be at least 100 million tonnes of haematite ore
averaging around 55% iron. In addition to these drilled resources, the majority
of the original infrastructure including a 575 kilometre railroad to the port of
Sept-Iles remains in place and functioning.
The plan is to develop LIM as a relatively low tonnage operation of 2 to 5
million tonnes per annum with an equally low capital cost. Unlike IOCC, it is
intended to wash and upgrade the run-of-mine product in order to sell both high
value lump ore as well as sinter fines into the iron-ore market. We believe that
this project can be developed quickly and at low cost, in contrast to other
companies proposing larger but far more complex and expensive projects.
Studies on the various options for development have begun and will continue with
a substantial confirmatory and exploration drilling programme during the summer
of 2006. It is expected to have the results of a pre-feasibility study to hand
by September, and if these are as positive as we expect then we will move
straight to a full feasibility study to be completed during 2007 with the
intention of completing finance by the end of 2007 and obtaining first
production by 2008.
We believe this is a truly exciting prospect, selling sought-after material into
a buoyant market and, assuming that the pre-feasibility study confirms our
initial review, we expect it to considerably enhance the value of the company
within a short period of time.
Financial Results
This year the accounts have been prepared under the International Financial
Reporting Standards now being adopted for all listed companies, and this has led
to the restatement throughout the accounts of the figures for 2005. For the year
ended 31 March 2006 there was a loss of £517,405 compared to a loss of £186,769
in the previous year. An impairment provision of £194,065, an increase in share
based compensation payments of £36,815 and generally higher levels of activity
resulting in higher expenses are the reasons for the increase in the loss. The
company has no revenue from the operation of its properties. Following the
placings made during the year, the cash position at 31 March 2006 has improved
to £1,201,381 from £44,070 last year.
Outlook
The continued long term improvement in commodity prices has now placed your
company in a position where it is poised to become a metals producer on two
continents within a short time frame. This is a significant turnaround from the
difficult position that was faced just three years ago.
We intend to continue to explore and develop our two major projects at the same
time as carrying out the necessary studies to bring them rapidly to production.
Additionally we will continue to review other prospective properties that could
give us the opportunity to rapidly develop other operating mines.
John F. Kearney
Chairman
Consolidated income statement
for the year ended 31 March 2006
All operations are continuing 2006 2005
Notes
£ £
Revenue - -
Administration expenses 4 (242,243) (118,612)
Provision for impairment 7 (194,065) -
Operating loss (436,308) (118,612)
Investment income 22,545 2,434
Finance costs 5 (103,642) (70,591)
Loss before tax (517,405) (186,769)
Tax - -
Loss for the period (517,405) (186,769)
Loss per share
Basic and diluted loss per share 6 (0.4)p (0.2)p
Consolidated statement of recognised income and expense
for the year ended 31 March 2006
2006 2005
£ £
Loss attributable to ordinary (517,405) (186,769)
shareholders
Differences on translation of (4,652) -
foreign operations
Recognised income and expense (522,057) (186,769)
Consolidated balance sheet
31 March 31 March
2006 2005
£ £
Notes
Assets
Non-current assets
Mineral property development 7 5,571,034 5,274,601
costs
Property, plant and equipment 185,102 185,602
Deposit 111,679 109,276
5,867,815 5,569,479
Current assets
Other receivables 10,800 1,334
Cash and cash equivalents 1,201,381 44,070
1,212,181 45,404
Total assets 7,079,996 5,614,883
Liabilities
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables (422,851) (627,945)
Loans - (1,260,650)
(627,945) (1,683,501)
Net current
assets/(liabilities) 584,236 (1,638,097)
Non-current liabilities
Loans (1,336,392) -
Long term provision (42,000) -
(1,378,392) -
Total liabilities (2,006,337) (1,683,501)
Net assets 5,073,659 3,931,382
Equity
Share capital 6,885,914 6,673,247
Share premium 7,090,049 5,737,146
Share based payment reserve 160,709 61,947
Currency translation reserve (4,652) -
Retained losses
(9,058,361) (8,540,958)
Total shareholders' equity 5,073,659 3,931,382
Statements of changes in equity
for the year ended 31 March 2006
Group Share Share Share Currency Retained Total
capital premium based translation losses
payments reserve
£ £ £ £ £ £
At 1 April 2004 6,673,247 5,737,146 - - (8,354,189) 4,056,204
Recognition of
share based
payments - - 61,947 - - 61,947
Loss for the year - - - - (186,769) (186,769)
At 31 March 2005 6,673,247 5,737,146 61,947 - (8,540,958) (3,931,382)
Recognition of
share based
payments - - 98,762 - - 98,762
Shares issued for
cash 212,667 1,411,333 - - - 1,624,000
Share issue
expenses - (58,430) - - - (58,430)
Exchange
differences on
translation of
foreign operations - - - (4,652) - (4,652)
Loss for the year - - - - (517,403) (517,403)
At 31 March 2006 6,885,914 7,090,049 160,709 (4,652)(9,058,361) 5,073,659
Consolidated cash flow statement
for the year ended 31 March 2006
2006 2005
£ £
Operating activities
Loss from operations (436,308) (118,612)
Adjustments for:
Depreciation of plant & 500 500
equipment
Provision for impairment 194,065 -
Share based payment charge 98,762 61,947
Operating cashflow before
movements in working capital (142,981) (56,165)
Increase in payables (2,790) 44,932
(Increase)/decrease in (9,998) 578
receivables
Cash utilised by operations (155,769) (10,655)
Interest paid - (12)
Net cash used in operating (155,769) (10,667)
activities
Investing activities
Interest received 20,676 565
Mineral property development (323,166) (7,094)
Net cash used in investing
activities (302,490) (6,529)
Financing activities
Proceeds from issue of ordinary 1,615,570 -
shares, net of costs
Proceeds from increase in - 60,000
loans
Net cash from financing 1,615,570 60,000
activities
Net increase in cash 1,157,311 42,804
Cash and cash equivalents at 44,070 1,266
beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents at end 1,201,381 44,070
of period
Notes to the preliminary statement of results
1 General information
Anglesey Mining plc is a company incorporated in the United Kingdom under
the Companies Act 1985. The nature of the group's operations and its
principal activities are detailed in note 4.
These financial statements are presented in pounds sterling because that is
the currency of the primary economic environment in which the group
operates.
2 Adoption of new and revised International Financial Reporting Standards
In the current year, the Group has adopted all of the new and revised
Standards and Interpretations issued by the International Accounting
Standards Board (the IASB) and the International Financial Reporting
Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) of the IASB that are relevant to its
operations and effective for accounting periods beginning on 1 January
2005. The adoption of these new and revised Standards and Interpretations
has resulted in changes to the Group's accounting policies in the following
areas that have affected the amounts reported for the current or prior
years:
· Share-based Payments (IFRS 2)
The impact of these changes in accounting policies is discussed in detail
later in this note.
At the date of authorisation of these financial statements, the following
Standards and Interpretations were in issue but not yet effective:
· IRFS 6 Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources
· IFRIC 3 Emission Rights
· IFRIC 5 Right to Interest Arising from Decommissioning, Restoration and
Environmental Rehabilitation Funds
The directors anticipate that the adoption of these Standards and
Interpretations in future periods will have no material impact on the
financial statements.
IFRS 2 - Share-based Payments
IFRS 2 Share-based Payments requires the recognition of equity-settled
share-based payments at fair value at the date of grant and the recognition
of liabilities for cash-settled share-based payments at the current fair
value at each balance sheet date. Prior to the adoption of IFRS 2, the
Group did not recognise the financial effect of share-based payment until
such payments were settled.
In accordance with the transitional provision of IFRS 2, the Standard has
been applied retrospectively to all grants of equity instruments after 7
November 2002 that were unvested at 1 April 2005, and to liabilities for
share-based transactions existing at 1 April 2005. The Standard therefore
applies to share options granted in 2005 and 2006.
For 2005, the change in accounting policy has resulted in a net increase in
the loss for the year of £61,947. The balance sheet at 31 March 2005 has
been restated to reflect the recognition of a share options reserve of
£61,947.
For 2006, the impact of share-based payments is a net charge to the income
statement of £98,762. At 31 March 2006 the share options reserve amounted
to £160,709.
The share-based payments expense of £98,762 (2005: £61,947) has been
included with administration costs in the income statement.
3 Significant accounting policies
Basis of Accounting
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the first time. In
these financial statements the 2005 comparatives have been presented in
accordance with IFRS.
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis.
Going concern
The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. The
validity of the going concern concept is dependent on finance being
available for the continuing working capital requirements of the group and
finance for the development of the Parys Mountain property becoming
available. Based on the assumptions that such finance will become
available, the directors believe that the going concern basis is
appropriate for these accounts. Should the going concern basis not be
appropriate, adjustments would have to be made to reduce the value of the
group's assets, in particular the intangible fixed assets, to their
realisable values.
Other accounting policies are set out in full in the annual report.
4 Business and Geographical segments
Until September 2005 all development activities and expenditure were in
the United Kingdom. Following the optioning of the Labrador Iron project
in Canada in October 2005, expenditures in respect of that property have
also been incurred.
United Canada Total
Kingdom
£ £ £
Direct property expenses
Site labour and support 37,311 - 37,311
Drilling 197,465 - 197,465
Geology 45,965 49,860 95,825
Feasibility reports 14,457 10,187 24,644
Property rentals, fees and 62,900 - 62,900
charges
Management - 30,354 30,354
Provision for site 42,000 - 42,000
reinstatement
400,098 90,400 490,498
Overhead expenses
Corporate salaries & related 78,448 - 78,448
costs
Other corporate costs 65,033 - 65,033
Share based payments 98,762 - 98,762
242,243 - 242,243
642,341 90,400 732,741
Less
Capitalised to mineral
property development costs (400,098) (90,400) (490,498)
Amount charged to income 242,243 - 242,243
statement
Assets and liabilities
Assets 6,989,596 90,400 7,079,996
Liabilities (1,927,353) (78,984)(2,006,337)
Net assets 5,062,243 11,416 5,073,659
5 Finance costs
2006 2005
£ £
Loan interest to Juno 75,742 70,580
Limited
Other interest 27,900 11
103,642 70,591
6 Loss per ordinary share
All operations are continuing
As there is a loss for the year, basic and diluted EPS are the same and are
calculated on the following data:
2006 2005
£ £
Loss
Loss for the period
(517,405) (186,769)
Number of shares
Weighted average number of 128,492,891 116,241,384
ordinary shares for the
purposes of basic and
diluted earnings per share
Loss per share - basic & (0.4) (0.1)
diluted pence pence
Impact of changes in accounting policy
The recognition of share-based payments as expenses has increased the
loss per share - basic and diluted by 0.08 pence (2004: 0.05 pence).
7 Intangible assets
Group - Mineral property development costs
Parys Total
Mountain Labrador Dolaucothi
Cost £ £ £ £
At 1 April 2004 12,223,442 - 193,565 12,417,007
Additions - own 57,094 - 500 57,594
expenditure
At 1 April 2005 12,280,536 - 194,065 12,474,601
Additions - own 400,098 90,400 - 490,498
expenditure
At 31 March 2006 12,680,634 90,400 194,065 12,965,099
Impairment provision
At 1 April 2004 and
2005 (7,200,000) - - (7,200,000)
Provided in year - - (194,065) (194,065)
At 31 March 2006 (7,200,000) (194,065) (7,394,065)
Carrying amount
Net book value 2006 5,480,634 90,400 - 5,571,034
Net book value 2005 5,080,536 - 194,065 5,274,601
Parys Mountain development expenditure incurred by the group is carried
in the financial statements at cost less an impairment provision. The
directors have given careful consideration to the value at which this
development expenditure should be shown and are satisfied that in the
financial environment forecast to prevail over the next few years, the
fair value of the project exceeds the value shown in the balance sheet.
Development expenditures at Dolaucothi are shown at cost to the group on
acquisition in 1997, plus expenditures since then at cost, less an
impairment provision. This impairment provision was made this year, as
the directors decided, in view of the current lack of activity, that it
would be prudent to make a provision against all the Dolaucothi mineral
development expenditure.
The realisation of these intangible fixed assets is subject to a number
of significant potential risks. Should a project prove unsuccessful, the
value included in the balance sheet would be written down to its net
realisable value.
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