Final Results

Landore Resources Limited 10 April 2006 Landore Resources Limited ('Landore' or 'the Company') Final results for the period ended 31 December 2005 The Board of Landore is pleased to announce its audited results for the period to 31 December 2005. Chairman's statement The last year has seen many positive changes for the Company both on a corporate and operational front. Corporate In April 2005 the business moved its domicile from Canada to Guernsey by way of a Scheme of Arrangement. At the same time the Company listed on AIM (trading symbol LND.L) and raised £2 million, before expenses, at 7p per share. Given the fact that the senior management is better known in London and Europe this move has had a positive effect on the Company's profile and share performance. The Company has adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements. This has resulted in a provision required against carried exploration costs by the impairment of goodwill. Consequently this year's profit and loss statement has been charged with a one-off provision of approximately £3.5 million resulting in a loss for the period of £4,865,860. In addition to exploration expenses for the period amounting to £713,986, administrative expenses of £727,709 included a charge of £169,855 relating to share based option/payments as per IFRS. In November 2005 the Company received further funds of approximately £775,000 as a result of the exercise of certain warrants at 10.9p per share. This has ensured that the Company is well funded for its 2006 activities. Operations Landore's exploration efforts this year have been directed mainly on Junior Lake and the adjacent optioned Lamaune Lake properties, located approximately 235 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay. An initial drilling programme carried out on both properties, to test targets identified by previous exploration works, was highly successful and led to the significant nickel discovery at Ketchikan Lake, now known as the VW Zone. Follow up drilling in November both confirmed and extended this exciting discovery, intersecting wide sulphide mineralisation with assay results returning high grades of up to 1.37 per cent. nickel over 4 metres including 3.7 per cent. nickel over 0.7 metres. A substantial drilling programme (plus 10,000 metres) is scheduled to commence in late April to further test the VW Zone and to test several other promising areas identified by earlier drilling. Excellent results have also been received on Landore's West Graham property, from drilling carried out by our joint venture partner, First Nickel Inc. Drilling consistently intersected wide mineralisation with assay results of up to 0.90 per cent. nickel and 0.33 per cent. copper over 14.25 metres including 3.16 per cent. nickel over 0.5metres. First Nickel Inc. has scheduled 6,000 metres of additional drilling on West Graham this year. Conclusion The Company is now looking forward to the results of the 2006 drilling and exploration programmes, particularly on the Junior Lake and West Graham projects. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all staff members and our team of advisers for their efforts in 2005 and to the shareholders for their support. William Humphries Chairman 7 April 2006 Operations report Introduction Landore Resources Limited through its 100 per cent. owned subsidiary, Landore Resources Canada Inc., is actively involved in mineral exploration in Eastern Canada. Landore owns or has mineral rights to 10 properties owned 100 per cent. and option agreements on a further two properties. The Company is concentrating the majority of its resources and efforts on the Junior Lake property and the Miminiska Lake property. In addition substantial exploration work is being carried out on the West Graham property by our joint venture partner The Junior Lake project - Nickel The Junior Lake - Lamaune Lake properties are located in the province of Ontario, approximately 235 kilometres north-northeast of Thunder Bay and are situated within the Caribou-O-Sullivan Greenstone Belt in the Wabigoon Subprovince. The property consists of three blocks: • Junior Lake - 34 unpatented and two leased, for a total of 5,397 hectares owned outright. • Lamaune Lake - eight unpatented, for a total of 1,616 hectares, option to purchase. • Pichette Claim - three unpatented, for a total of 96 hectares, option to purchase. The Junior Lake property is host to a nickel-copper-platinum group elements (Ni-Cu-PGE) deposit ('B4-7' zone of 2.3 million tons at 0.87 per cent. Ni and 0.58 per cent. Cu), at least eight other Ni-Cu-PGE occurrences, a recently discovered gold occurrence ('BAM' zone), several copper-zinc occurrences and a chromium occurrence. These occurrences are hosted by several complex sequences of Archean-age supracrustal and intrusive rocks. Exploration work over the last several years has indicated that the contiguous Junior Lake - Lamaune Lake properties have excellent potential to host a nickel-copper-platinum group elements (Ni-Cu-PGE) massive sulphide deposit of the Noril'sk-Talnakh/Voiseys Bay type and/or a nickel (Ni) dominant komatiite hosted massive sulphide deposit of the Kambalda-type as well as the potential to host shear zone related lode gold deposits. In June 2005, an exploratory drilling campaign was completed on the Junior Lake - Lamaune Lake properties to test targets identified by the previous exploration works. Four areas drilled, returned significant results, the best being the VW Zone discovery at Ketchikan Lake, towards the southeastern end of the Junior Lake property. Wide mineralised horizons were intersected varying in apparent thickness from 4 to 21 metres with nickel values of up to 0.95 per cent. Consultant's opinion Following a property visit and review of drill core from the Ketchikan area, Geological Consultant Dr. J Mungall from Toronto University commented that further work should be directed on the Ketchikan occurrence ('VW' zone), indicating that the occurrence 'has the appearance of a deformed, peripheral portion of a better mineralised komatiite-hosted system nearby.' His recommendations include additional prospecting and sampling along the strike extension of the known occurrence and drilling the known structure where high conductance anomalies are evident. In late 2005 additional drilling at Ketchikan Lake confirmed this significant nickel discovery, consistently intersecting wide sulphide mineralisation with high nickel values. Hole 0405-40, drilled 75 metres to the west of discovery hole 0405-36, intersected 0.44 per cent. nickel over 40.1 metres including three high grade intervals of 1.37 per cent. nickel over 4.0 metres, 0.86 per cent. nickel over 3.9 metres and 1.24 per cent. nickel over 2.6 metres. Drilling results from Junior Lake property Drill-hole From Width Nickel Copper No metres metres per cent. per cent. 0405-35 28.9 16.1 0.30 0.06 Includes 3.0 0.68 0.08 0406-36 36.0 7.5 0.21 0.05 And 90.0 18.0 0.22 0.02 0406-37 31.5 26.5 0.31 0.06 Includes 4.5 0.80 0.08 And 63.0 4.5 0.27 0.09 And 75.0 7.5 0.44 0.05 Includes 1.5 0.95 0.03 0405-38 216.2 2.5 0.40 0.04 Includes 0.4 1.01 0.16 0405-40 39.3 5.3 0.41 0.04 83.5 14.0 0.37 0.05 Includes 4.3 0.62 0.02 129.0 11.8 0.28 0.03 171.0 8.0 0.31 0.06 Includes 1.5 0.70 0.03 184.5 1.9 0.53 0.06 225.5 40.1 0.44 0.06 Includes 4.0 1.37 0.16 which includes 0.7 3.70 0.10 Includes 3.9 0.86 0.16 Includes 2.6 1.24 0.18 0405-43 144.0 0.4 0.12 1.16 0405-46 277.8 0.2 0.09 1.18 (All holes were inclined at -45 degrees) Lamaune Lake property Landore has given notice that it intends to increase its interest to 80 per cent. by expending a further C$500,000 on exploration over the next three years. Lamaune Lake abuts the Junior Lake property to the west and contains the highly prospective Carrot Top zone which returned grades of up to 0.45 per cent. nickel and up to 0.64 per cent. copper. Further drilling The two drilling campaigns completed in May/June and October/November 2005 on the Junior Lake and Lamaune Lake properties, successfully identified numerous nickel occurrences, including the significant discovery at the VW zone and the highly prospective New, PQ and Carrot Top zones. A substantial drilling programme (plus 10,000 metres), is scheduled to commence in April 2006, to be carried out on the above targets. Miminiska Lake project - Gold The Miminiska Lake property is located 115 kilometres to the east of Pickle Lake, Ontario and 180 kilometres to the southeast of the Placer Dome Musselwhite Mine. The property consists of three blocks: • Miminiska Lake - 28 patents and two claims for a total of 800 hectares, owned outright. • Wottam - 20 claims for a total of 4,160 hectares, contiguous and along strike from Miminiska, owned outright. • Frond Lake, 24 patents for a total of 485 hectares, owned outright and purchased in December 2005. The mineralisation is hosted in iron formation in a similar setting to the Musselwhite gold deposit which has so far produced 1.4 million ounces with reserves currently estimated at over 2 million ounces. A drilling campaign, completed in the Miminiska property in February 2005, succeeded in providing the depth extension of the mineralised zones to a vertical depth of 250 metres with high grade gold being intersected in most holes. Landore has completed four drilling campaigns over the past two years on the Miminiska gold occurance with 47 NQ diamond drill holes for 9,349 metres, focusing on two potential shoots within a known 800 metre strike length. Significant Drill intersections include: • 40.2g/t gold over 2.4 metres; 9.7g/t gold over 4.3 metres; • 9.8g/t gold over 2.2 metres; 9.8g/t gold over 3.5 metres; • 132.1g/t gold over 0.5 metres A two thousand metres NQ diamond drill programme during late 2006 is planned on Frond to test the strike, down-dip and plunge extension of the historical resource reported by Tandem (278,000t @7.4 gpt Au). West Graham/First Nickel option - Nickel The West Graham property consists of one patented lot owned outright by Landore Resources Inc. of 130 hectares. First Nickel Inc. entered into an option/joint venture with Landore Resources Canada Inc. to acquire a 70 per cent. interest in the West Graham property which is strategically located immediately to the south of the East Zone of the Lockerby Mine. The agreement provides for First Nickel to make cash payments to Landore of C$150,000 and carry out exploration and development expenditures of C$6 million over a four-year period. Should First Nickel fully exercise the option, Landore shall decide whether it wishes to participate to the extent of its 30 per cent. working interest in the development of the property, failing which, First Nickel shall have the right to increase its interest to 85 per cent. by completing a bankable feasibility study within two years thereafter. The West Graham property contains the historic Conwest Deposit, which represents the up-plunge extension of First Nickel's Lockerby East Deposit. There is also felt to be significant potential for high grade footwall-type deposits in the shadow of the Lockerby East-Conwest system on the West Graham property given the identification of substantial amounts of Sudbury Breccia and anomalous platinum group metal values within the footwall stratigraphy. A resource estimate completed by the Conwest Exploration Company Limited in the 1960's yielded 4.3 million tons at 0.52 per cent. nickel and 0.33 per cent. copper. This resource should be considered non-compliant with National Instrument 43-101. First Nickel drilling results Drill width Ni Cu Drill Hole From (m) To (m) m (ft) per cent. per cent. FNI2001 268.40 276.35 7.95 (26.1) 0.66 0.46 FNI2002 306.50 321.5 15.00 (49.2) 1.05 0.57 Incl. 310.15 320.00 9.85 (32.3) 1.22 0.62 and 331.50 32.55 1.05 (3.44) 1.23 0.58 FNI2003 356.45 371.53 15.08 (49.5) 1.07 0.38 Incl. 356.45 366.10 8.75 (28.7) 1.30 0.39 FNI2004 356.80 356.60 8.80 (28.9) 0.60 0.32 Incl. 362.4 363.8 1.40 (4.6) 1.00 0.22 FNI2005 186.40 192.60 6.20 (20.3) 0.54 0.32 FNI2006 144.40 188.00 42.70 (140.1) 0.63 0.36 Incl. 159.33 159.90 0.57 (1.87) 3.22 0.14 Incl. 166.40 167.60 2.26 (7.4) 1.30 0.36 FNI2007 107.30 121.55 14.25 (46.8) 0.90 0.33 Incl. 111.80 117.80 6.00 (19.7) 1.24 0.35 Incl. 116.00 116.50 0.5 (1.6) 3.16 0.20 And 133.10 134.60 1.50 (4.9) 1.11 0.31 FNI2008 88.50 130.70 40.80 (133.9) 0.55 0.30 Incl. 91.25 92.35 1.10 (3.6) 1.99 0.08 Incl. 98.80 99.85 1.05 (3.4) 2.08 0.88 FNI2009 101.50 131.25 29.75 (97.6) 0.60 0.29 Incl. 102.95 103.85 0.90 (2.95) 2.99 0.39 First Nickel Inc. will also be examining the possibility that this entire system could represent a bulk tonnage underground mining situation given the 5 per cent. to 9 per cent. nickel tenors (ie nickel in 100 per cent. sulphides), which are present in this material. These tenors are very high by Sudbury standards for contact-type ores. An exploration programme is being developed to drill untested gradient IP anomalies along the contact to the northeast of the Conwest Deposit and to test the underlying footwall rocks that cover approximately 75 per cent. of the West Graham property. Six thousand metres of diamond drilling are scheduled for this property in 2006. Lessard Property - Copper Zinc This property comprises 91 claims for a total area of 1,456 hectares and is situated in the Troilus greenstone belt, 100 kilometres north of Chibougamau, Quebec. The potential mineralisation is massive and disseminated sulphides associated with felsic volcanics. During 2006 a programme of data compilation and reconnaissance exploration is planned. Seeley Lake - Glass-grade Nepheline This property comprised 18 leased claims for a total area of 289 hectares and is situated 256 kilometres east of Thunder Bay, Ontario. During 2005 four diamond drill holes totalling 802 metres were completed. Mount Fronsac - Lead - Zinc - Copper This property, located about 65 kilometres southwest of Bathurst, New Brunswick, comprises 31 claims for a total area of 471 hectares. Exploration targets include lead, zinc and copper with associated gold and silver. This property is currently under option to Noranda Mining and Exploration Inc. Brancote US Inc. In addition Landore, through its wholly owned subsidiary Brancote US Inc., holds nine mineral properties in Nevada USA. These properties include grass roots exploration areas as well as defined drill targets. Four of these properties are optioned to third parties. Landore is actively seeking to option or sell outright the remaining five properties. Consolidated income statement for the period 16 February 2005 to 31 December 2005 Notes Period ended 31 December 2005 £ Exploration costs 3 (713,986) Administrative expenses (727,709) Impairment of goodwill (3,486,377) Operating loss (4,928,072) Interest receivable 62,212 Loss before income tax (4,865,860) Income tax expense 2 - Loss for the period 1 (4,865,860) Attributable to: Equity holders of the Group (4,865,860) Earnings per share for loss attributable to the equity holders of the Group during the period (expressed in £ per thousand shares) - basic 4 (0.066) - diluted 4 (0.066) The Group's operating loss relates to continuing operations. Consolidated balance sheet at 31 December 2005 Group Company At 31 At 31 December December 2005 2005 £ £ Assets Non current assets Goodwill - - Property, plant and equipment 63,573 - Investments - 94,889 63,573 94,889 Current assets Trade and other receivables 24,653 273,502 Cash and cash equivalents 1,848,807 1,839,644 1,873,460 2,113,146 Total assets 1,937,033 2,208,035 Equity Capital and reserves attributable to the Company's equity holders Share capital 930,033 930,033 Share premium 5,410,126 5,410,126 Share options 247,531 247,531 Warrants 43,571 43,571 Retained earnings (4,861,337) (4,479,531) Cumulative translation adjustment 22,622 - Total equity 1,792,546 2,151,730 Liabilities Current liabilities Trade payables 144,487 56,305 Total liabilities 144,487 56,305 Total equity and liabilities 1,937,033 2,208,035 Consolidated statement of changes in equity 31 December 2005 Period ended 31 December 2005 £ Loss for the financial year (4,865,860) Lapse of warrants credited to reserves 4,523 Translation adjustment on consolidation 22,622 Net loss recognised directly in equity (4,838,715) Issue of ordinary share capital 930,033 Share premium arising on issue of ordinary share capital 5,875,204 Issue costs (465,078) Issue of warrants 43,571 Issue of share options 247,531 Net increase in shareholders' funds 1,792,546 Opening shareholders' funds - Closing shareholders' funds 1,792,546 Consolidated cash flow statement For the period ended 31 December 2005 31 December 2005 £ Cash flows from operating activities Operating loss (4,865,860) Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 36,696 Impairment of goodwill 3,486,377 Share based payment 169,855 Decrease in debtors 566 Increase in creditors 18,437 Net cash outflow from operating activities (1,153,929) Cash flows from investing activities Acquisition of subsidiary, net of cash acquired 693,642 Purchase of property, plant and equipment (50,078) 643,564 Cash flows from financing activates Issue of ordinary share capital 2,803,084 Issue costs (447,829) 2,355,255 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period - Exchange gains/(losses) on cash and cash equivalents 3,917 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 1,848,807 Accounting policies Basis of accounting The preliminary announcement has been prepared in accordance with those International Financial Reporting Standards ('IFRS') and International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee ('FRIC') interpretations issued and effective or issued and early adopted as at the time of preparing these financial statements (February 2006). The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis. The Group has adopted UK Sterling as its functional currency. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below. The Directors consider the going concern basis of preparation to be appropriate as the Group has sufficient cash reserves to permit it to continue trading for a period of at least twelve months following the date of approval of these accounts. Notes to the financial statements for the period ended 31 December 2005 1. Loss from operations 2005 £ Loss from operation is stated after charging: Impairment of goodwill 3,486,377 Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 36,696 Auditors' remuneration - audit services 27,500 2. Taxation Landore Resources Limited is a Guernsey registered company and is eligible for exemption from income tax in Guernsey under the Income Tax (Exempt Bodies) (Guernsey) Ordinances 1989 and 1992 as amended. An annual fee of £600 is paid in this respect. The Company's subsidiary, Landore Resources Canada Inc., is subject to Canadian Federal tax. No tax has been provided in the accounts due to losses incurred by that company to date. 3. Mineral properties April Expenditure Accumulated 2005 in expenditure at the 31 December period 2005 £ £ £ Miminiska Lake 1,117,599 9,615 1,127,214 Junior Lake 544,684 395,495 940,179 Frond Lake 33,917 23,874 57,791 Wottam 60,128 1,430 61,558 Lamaune Lake 68,953 202,409 271,362 Seeley Lake - 80,431 80,431 Other 11,260 732 11,992 1,836,541 713,986 2,550,527 Mineral properties at 5 April 2005 represent accumulated costs to date incurred by Landore Resources Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Landore Resources Limited. On acquisition of Landore Resources Canada Inc., on 5 April 2005 the fair value of those costs incurred to date was considered to be £nil (see note 8). All subsequent expenditure has been charged to the income statement in accordance with the Group accounting policy. 3.1 Miminiska Lake Miminiska Lake, wholly owned by the Company, is a gold exploration project located approximately 115 kilometres east of Pickle Lake in Northern Ontario, Canada. The property consists of 28 patented and 2 staked claims. 3.2 Junior Lake Junior Lake is a nickel, copper, platinum group metals and gold exploration project located approximately 250 kilometres north of Thunder Bay in Northern Ontario, Canada. The property consists of two leased claims wholly owned by the Company. A portion of the project is subject to a 2 per cent. net smelter return ('NSR'). 3.3 Frond Lake Frond Lake is a gold property located about 125 kilometres east of Pickle Lake, Ontario. The property is comprised of 24 patented claims contiguous to the east of the Wottam property. On December 22, 2005, the Company purchased the property outright subject to underlying 2 per cent. NSR agreements. 3.4 Wottam The Wottam property is a gold exploration project located 125 kilometres east of Pickle Lake in Northern Ontario, Canada. The property is wholly owned by the Company and includes claims contiguous to the east of the Miminiska Lake property. 3.5 Lamaune Lake Effective 5 September 2002, the Company entered into an Option Agreement with Michael Stares, Stephen Stares, James Dawson and Stares Contracting Corp relating to eight mining claims located near Lamaune Lake, Ontario. The Lamaune Lake property is contiguous with the Auden and Junior Lake property claims held by the Company. The Company has the ability to earn up to an 80 per cent. interest in the Lamaune Lake property subject to the conditions set forth in the Option Agreement. 3.6 Seeley Lake Seeley Lake is an industrial minerals nepheline-syenite property, located 250 kilometres to the east of Thunder Bay, Ontario, on the north of Lake Superior. The property is comprised of 18 leased claims wholly owned by the Company. 4. Loss per share The calculation of the basic loss per share is based on the loss for the financial period divided by the weighted average number of shares being 73,657,371 in issue during the period. Diluted loss per share The fully diluted loss per share is based on the loss for the financial period divided by the weighted average number of shares and potential shares being 73,785,547 in issue during the period: 2005 No. of shares Ordinary shares 73,657,371 Effect of options and warrants issued at fair value 128,176 73,785,547 5. Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net funds 2005 £ Increase in cash 1,848,807 Change in net funds resulting from cash flows 1,848,807 Closing net funds 1,848,807 6. Analysis of net funds At Cashflow At 16 February 31 December 2005 2005 £ £ £ Cash at bank and in hand - 1,848,807 1,848,807 Total - 1,848,807 1,848,807 7. Publication of non statutory accounts The financial information set out in this preliminary announcement does not constitute statutory accounts. The balance sheet at 31 December 2005 and the profit and loss account, cash flow statement and associated notes for the period then ended have been extracted from the Company's 2005 statutory financial statements upon which the auditors' opinion is unqualified. 8. Annual Report The Annual Report for the period ended 31 December 2005 will be posted to shareholders shortly. The Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at La Tonnelle House, Les Banques, St Sampson, Guernsey at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday 23 May 2006. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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