Final Results
Goldstone Resources Ltd
26 August 2005
GOLDSTONE RESOURCES LIMITED
('GoldStone' or the 'Company')
ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2005
Chief Executive's Statement
I am pleased to provide a review of GoldStone's activities during the year ended
28 February 2005.
The gold reconnaissance drilling programme was completed in June 2005. A total
of 12,285 metres of core was recovered from 56 drill sites. All assay results
have been received and indicate that fifty two gold-bearing palaeoplacer layers
have been intersected. Assay values obtained range from 0.10 to 3.78 g/t over
an average sample thickness of 27 centimetres. These exploration values,
although not commercially viable, are significantly anomalous and indicate
palaeoplacer surfaces for further exploration.
Visual and geophysical logs of the drill holes are being integrated with the
mineralised palaeosurface sites to produce three-dimensional stratigraphic
models of prospective targets. Two layers already identified indicate distal
palaeoplacer surfaces that each extend laterally over areas exceeding 100 square
kilometres. Follow-up drilling has confirmed their continuity.
This successful identification of the location of subsurface mineralised layers
within a 700 metre section of the vast two-kilometre thick Roraima sequence has
enabled the Company to project their likely surface expression, hidden beneath
dense vegetation. This now permits the design of a soil geochemistry and
surface mapping programme that could highlight, although not certain, better
mineralised zones for selective follow-up drilling.
Bauxite exploration work undertaken on deposits in the Kopinang Basin has
indicated a potential resource in excess of 1,100 million metric tonnes. We
expect shortly to sign a contract with a major player in the alumina industry to
carry out further exploration on the area in more detail and work is expected to
commence during this third quarter of 2005.
Further financing of the Company
The Company will be seeking additional equity funding during the next two months
which will be required to provide sufficient working capital to maintain the
various mineral rights and to carry out the next phase of exploration on the
gold project. At the same time, we will continue to explore the possibility of
entering into an agreement with a suitable partner to assist in the funding of
the gold project.
Nico van der Hoven
Chief Executive Officer
25 August 2005
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNTS
Note Year ended Year ended
28 29
February February
2005 2004
$ $
TURNOVER - -
Exploration expenses (4,336,090) (130,607)
Gross loss (4,336,090) (130,607)
Other operating expenses (2,158,287) (343,663)
Interest receivable 166,912 27
OPERATING LOSS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR (6,327,465) (474,243)
Balance brought forward - (deficit) (2,932,097) (2,457,854)
Balance carried forward - (deficit) (9,259,562) (2,932,097)
Loss per ordinary share
Basic (cents per share) 1 (8.8) (35,657)
BALANCE SHEETS
28 29
February February
2005 2004
$ $
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 461,468 8,426
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors and prepayments 2,529 318,938
Cash at bank 3,866,591 1,183
3,869,120 320,121
CREDITORS: amounts falling due within one year
Amounts due to group companies (40,499) (18,938)
Creditors and accruals (485,005) (257,060)
(525,504) (275,998)
Net current assets 3,343,616 44,123
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 3,805,084 52,549
CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Share capital 1,122,982 2,082
Share premium 11,386,554 1,912,362
Capital contribution reserve 555,110 1,070,202
Profit and loss account - (deficit) (9,259,562) (2,932,097)
EQUITY SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 3,805,084 52,549
NOTES
1. EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the losses attributable
to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares
in issue after the placing on AIM. Diluted earnings per share is
calculated using the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue as
adjusted to assume conversion of all dilutive potential ordinary shares.
FRS 14: Earnings Per Share ('EPS'), requires presentation of diluted EPS
when a company could be called upon to issue shares that would decrease net
profit or increase net loss per share. For a loss making company with
outstanding warrants, net loss per share would only be increased by the
exercise of out-of the-money warrants. Since it seems inappropriate to
assume that option holders would act irrationally, no adjustments has been
made to diluted EPS for out-of-the-money warrants.
2005 2004
$ $
Earnings per share
Loss attributable to share holders (6,327,465) (474,243)
No. No.
Weighted average number of ordinary shares 62,400,000 1,330
Basic loss per share (cents) (8.8) (35,657)
2. The financial statements incorporated in the annual report and accounts for
the year ended 28 February 2005, from which the information in this
announcement has been extracted, have been prepared in United States
Dollars under the historical cost convention and in accordance with
accounting standards applicable in the United Kingdom.
3. The annual report and accounts is expected to be posted to shareholders
during the course of the next week. Copies of the annual report and
accounts will be available for a period of one month from the offices of
Westhouse Securities LLP, Clements House, 14-18 Gresham Street, London
EC2V 7NN.
4. Because the Company will require additional funding during the year ending
28 February 2006 in order to continue its existence, the directors believe
that there is a material uncertainty regarding the ability of the Company
to continue as a going concern. In the independent Auditors' report, the
Auditors mention that they have considered the adequacy of this disclosure
and believe that, in view of the significance of this uncertainty, this
fact should be drawn to the attention of the Company's members. The
Auditors have not qualified their opinion in this respect.
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