Final Results

RNS Number : 5169N
Landore Resources Limited
19 May 2015
 



Landore Resources Limited

 

 

Final Results

 

 

The Board of Landore Resources Limited is pleased to announce its audited results for the year to 31 December 2014.

 

 

Enquires:

 

Bill Humphries/Richard Prickett

Landore Resources Limited

Tel: +44(0)20 7409 3494

 

Angela Hallett/James Spinney

Strand Hanson Limited

Nominated Adviser and Broker

Tel: +44(0)20 7409 3494

 

 

Chairman's statement

 

I am pleased to present the 2014 Annual Report for Landore Resources Limited ("Landore Resources" or the "Group").

 

During the last year the Group has concentrated almost all its efforts on further exploration work on its Junior Lake Project.

 

 

Financial Results

 

In the year ended 31 December 2014, the Group incurred a loss, after tax, of £5,733,760 (2013: £2,415,561).

 

A considerable amount of the loss relates to the impairment charge of  £3,403,991  which has been applied to the loan note receivable from Lamaune Iron Inc (" Note"). Although the Note is not repayable until April 2019 the Directors have decided that due to the severe downturn in the global iron ore market it was prudent to make a full provision at this stage. The Note remains due and payable on or before April  2019 and assuming there is a medium to long term recovery in the iron ore market the Directors anticipate that the Note would be fully recoverable.

 

Apart from the above, operating and administrative expenses are in line with expectations. Landore Resources has no debt and intends to continue to raise further equity as needed to carry out its development plans.  To date the Company's shareholders have been very supportive of the Group's financing needs and the Directors are confident of raising further funds as required.

 

 

The Junior Lake Property

 

The property is situated 235 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay in the province of Ontario, and is highly prospective for numerous metals including nickel, copper, cobalt, PGE's, gold and lithium.

This year, almost all of Landore Resource's activities have been focused on the expansion of nickel, copper, cobalt and PGE's mineralisation at the B4-7 and VW deposits on the Junior Lake Property. Exploration drilling was directed towards the geophysical anomalies between the two deposits and more recently at the Alpha Zone alongside the B4-7 main massive sulphide zone and also on the B4-7's Exploration Target, located along strike and down plunge to the west of the B4-7 resource. These have been successful in confirming the continuity of the palladium enriched Alpha Zone and further validating the Exploration Target. This has the potential to add significant tonnage to the existing compliant resources of nickel equivalent.

 

The Group is confident that, with added tonnage from the Alpha Zone and Exploration Target, its objective of identifying at least 100,000 tonnes of nickel equivalent is well at-hand.

 

Further technical studies will be carried out later this year towards completion of pre-feasibility studies and also a drill programme is planned in order to bring the Exploration target up to inferred status within the formal B4-7 resource. Full details are set out in the Operations Report.

 

Nickel prices during this year have been weighed down by an overhang of stocks and the global slowdown. However, most analysts believe that demand is already improving and that as stocks wind down , the outlook for the rest of 2015 and onwards is positive.

The Group continues to enjoy excellent relationships with the local First Nations on whose traditional lands our Junior Lake Property is located.

 

I reiterate our thanks to our loyal shareholders and also to Michele Tuomi and her staff for their perseverance and dedication to the development of the Group's projects.

 

 

William Humphries

 

Chairman

 

18 May 2015

 

 

 

Operations report

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Landore Resources Limited, through its 100 per cent. owned subsidiary Landore Resources Canada Inc. ("Landore"), is actively engaged in mineral exploration in Eastern Canada. Landore wholly owns or has the mineral rights to six properties in Eastern Canada, of which Mount Fronsac is optioned to a third party. Landore also owns a 30 per cent. interest in the West Graham property.

 

Landore, through its 100 per cent. owned subsidiary Brancote US, owns or has the mineral rights to a further eight properties for 99 claims in the State of Nevada.

 

Landore's exploration focus is on the highly prospective Junior Lake property, Ontario.

 

Full details of the Group's projects, including maps, Canadian National Instrument 43-101 (NI 43-101) resource reports, geophysical surveys etc. can be viewed on the Group's website, www.landore.com.

 

 

JUNIOR LAKE PROPERTY

 

The Junior Lake Property, 100 per cent. owned by Landore, is located in the province of Ontario, Canada, approximately 235 kilometres north-northeast of Thunder Bay and is host to the  B4-7 Nickel-Copper-Cobalt - PGEs deposit, the Alpha Zone and the Exploration Target located immediately west of the B4-7 deposit. Junior Lake also contains the VW Nickel deposit and numerous other highly prospective mineral occurrences.

 

The Junior Lake Property extends for 36 kilometres and covers an area of 23,744 hectares.

 

In 2005, encouraged by favourable global nickel market conditions, Landore intensified its exploration effort on the Junior Lake Property where the historical B4-7 deposit is located. In Q4 2005 the VW deposit was discovered. Subsequent drilling in 2006 and 2007 delineated the VW and B4-7 deposits and brought them to NI 43-101 compliant resources.

 

In 2008 with the burgeoning demand for iron on the world market, Landore shifted focus to its prospective Lamaune Magnetite Iron occurrence, located on the western portion of the Junior Lake Property. Drilling activities during 2009 and 2010 delineated an 'Exploration Potential' of 300 to 500 million tonnes of mineralisation grading from 25 per cent. Fe to 35 per cent. Fe (2011: NI 43-101 Technical Report). The Lamaune Iron and Lamaune Gold prospects were transferred to the new company Lamaune Iron Inc. in 2011.

 

In 2011 with recovering nickel prices, Landore refocused its exploration efforts on the B4-7 and VW deposits. Further drilling was conducted on the B4-7 deposit, bringing this deposit fully into the Indicated category.

 

Landore's exploration since has identified the potential for further significant nickel-copper bearing sulphide mineralisation along the B4-7 and VW Nickel Trends.  In particular, drilling and geophysics have revealed the considerable potential of the B4-7 deposit.

 

 

B4-7 NICKEL-COPPER-COBALT - PGEs DEPOSIT

 

The B4-7 deposit is located in the centre of the lease area , approximately 3 kilometres to the northwest of the VW deposit. The B4-7 deposit mineralisation is hosted within a sub-vertical massive sulphide vein with stringers, net-textured and disseminated sulphides in the immediate hanging wall. The deposit outcrops at surface with the upper 150 metres of the deposit being amenable to lower cost open pit mining. Below 150 metres, the grade improves sufficiently for underground mining.

 

 

B4-7 Nickel-Copper-Cobalt-PGEs Resource

RESOURCE CLASS

VOLUME

(tonnes)

GRADE

(% NiEq)

Contained

Metal (tonnes NiEq)

 

Indicated

2,695,000

1.24

33,248

 

Exploration Target

1,500,000 to

2,000,000

~1.24

~20,000

 

The B4-7 deposit resource estimate and report, completed by RPA Inc, ("RPA") of Toronto, Canada in January 2013, is compliant with the requirements of NI 43-101.  The resource, so far delineated over 650 metres of strike, remains open down plunge at depth and along strike to the west.  There is further shallow mineralisation potential to the east.

 

The report also identified the Exploration Target located immediately west of the B4-7 deposit containing a potential 1.5 Mt to 2.0 Mt of sulphide mineralisation of similar grade range to that which has been outlined to date.

 

 

Alpha Zone

 

The Alpha Zone, identified by drilling in 2001, consists of net-textured and disseminated sulphides containing significant palladium with elevated nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum and gold mineralisation and is found in both the open pit and the underground portions of the B4-7 deposit.

 

The Alpha Zone mineralisation was not included in the B4-7 NI 43-101 compliant resource published in 2013 due to insufficient drilling along strike.  However, a review of Alpha style mineralisation intercepts in drilling completed since then has established that the Alpha Zone is far more significant than previously determined.

 

Landore's recent drilling campaigns completed during Q4 2014 and Q1 2015 successfully intersected Alpha Zone style disseminated sulphide mineralisation containing high grade palladium with drill-hole 0414-503 on line 00 reporting 20.15 metres at 0.11 per cent Ni, 1.54g/t Pd, and 0.64g/t Pt including 0.56 metres at 10.90g/t Pd and 11.50g/t Pt, and also including 0.72 metres at 12.85g/t Pd and 2.50g/t Pt.  Additionally, drill hole 0415-507 on line 100E reported 1.5 metres at 10.15g/t Pd and 0.85g/t Pt.  The platinum results are the highest reported on the Junior Lake Property to-date, and the palladium results are among the highest, all of which are located within the B4-7 deposit.

 

The drilling has also been successful in further establishing the continuity of the PGE enriched Alpha Zone for 700 metres from line 350W to 350E.  The Alpha Zone pinches and swells along strike with true widths ranging from a few metres to 17.1 metres in drill-hole 0406-93 on line 75W; 8.8 metres in drill-hole 0415-503 on line 00E and 10.2 metres in drill-hole 0407-167 on line 100E.  The Alpha Zone is open both up and down dip and to the west along strike.

The high grade palladium and platinum intersections in 0414-503 and 0415-507 are not located within units bearing significant visually discernible sulphides.  These intersections indicate the substantial potential to delineate further high grade palladium and platinum within low-sulphide portions of the deposit.

 

With this in mind, a comprehensive re-logging and sampling programme of existing drill core from the B4-7 deposit is in-progress with more than 3,000 metres of 2012 drill core being re-visited to date.  This exercise is proving successful in identifying potential Alpha Zone mineralisation previously not sampled due to low visually discernible sulphide content.

Development of the Alpha Zone could supply significant credits for the B4-7 deposit and form an integral part of the B4-7 resource.

 

 

Exploration Target

 

The 2013 B4-7 compliant resource is defined to approximately line 175W.  In addition to this resource, RPA Inc. (RPA) identified an 'Exploration Target' along strike and down plunge to the west to approximately line 500W.

 

Drilling to-date on the Exploration Target has intersected B4-7 massive sulphide mineralisation as well as Alpha Zone style disseminated sulphide mineralisation thus reaffirming the significant potential along strike to the west of the B4-7 deposit.  Further drilling is warranted to bring this 300+ metre strike length into the formal resource.

 

The B4-7 deposit together with the Alpha Zone and Exploration Target are hosted in a distinctive geophysical magnetic anomaly which extends 500 metres to the east of the 00 base line of the B4-7 deposit and extends 1,000 metres to the west of line 00 where it is truncated by the Juno Lake shear, and curls north and then to the east around a prominent 150 metre diameter magnetic low.  Exploration drilling has established that this anomaly hosts a collective potential massive sulphide mineralisation strike length of 1.5 kilometres.

 

Preliminary metallurgical studies completed in 2010 indicate that nickel concentrate grades and recoveries of 13.5 per cent. nickel at 53 per cent. recovery with 17 per cent. copper at 87 per cent. recovery are achievable. Marketable concentrate can be achieved with further processing stages to upgrade the nickel, copper and PGE content with the rejection of pyrrhotite.

 

Additional resource potential of the B4-7 deposit at depth and to the west is supported by a deep-penetrating ORION 3D, DCIP + MT geophysical survey on the western portion of the B4-7 deposit and the area one kilometre along strike to the west including the Exploration Target. This survey acquires three sets of data in multi-directions; DC (direct current), IP (induced polarization) and MT (magnetotellurics), and is a true three dimensional survey. Sophisticated digital signal processing is utilised to obtain high resolution imaging at depths up to 1,000+ metres below surface.

 

This survey, conducted by Quantec Geoscience, of Toronto, Canada ("Quantec") in the fall of 2012, identified five new areas of interest for further exploration, including a prospective zone for sulphide mineralisation at depth and dipping northward from the existing B4-7 deposit.

 

Follow up drilling was conducted in the  fall of 2014 to test promising geophysics results down dip from the B4-7 deposit itself.  A down dip extension of the B4-7 main massive sulphide zone was intersected 140 metres below the existing resource on line 00 with drill-hole 0414-503 reporting 0.6 metres at 1.01 per cent. Nickel (Ni), 0.9 per cent. Copper (Cu), 0.06 per cent Cobalt (Co), 0.41g/t Palladium (Pd), and 0.03g/t Platinum (Pt).  Further drilling is warranted to further test the down dip potential of the B4-7 resource.

 

 

2015 Planned Works

 

Landore has initiated selection of independent engineers for the completion of pre-feasibility level metallurgical and geotechnical studies on the B4-7 deposit including the Alpha Zone, by Q4 2015.  Additionally, Landore is planning a definition drilling programme to be implemented in the latter half of 2015 aimed at bringing the Exploration Target up to inferred status within the NI 43-101-compliant B4-7 resource.

 

When results from the above works have been received, an updated resource estimate will be completed which will include portions of the Alpha Zone and Exploration Target as well as various

pit and processing optimisations.

 

 

VW NICKEL DEPOSIT

 

The VW deposit, discovered by Landore in late 2005, is located at Ketchikan Lake in the central part of the Junior Lake property and is Landore's most advanced project. From 2005 to 2010, Landore has drilled 142 diamond NQ size holes for 35,339 metres on the VW deposit. The VW deposit outcrops at surface with the upper 150 metres of the deposit being amenable to lower cost open pit mining. Below 150 metres, the grade improves sufficiently on the main Katrina zone for underground mining.

 

VW Nickel Resource

RESOURCE CLASS

VOLUME

(tonnes)

GRADE

(% NiEq)

Contained

Metal (tonnes NiEq)

 

 

Indicated

 

 

3,730,000

 

0.49

 

 

21,760

 

Indicated

 

 

720.000

 

0.49

 

The VW resource estimate and report, completed by RPA  in October 2009 is compliant  with the requirements of NI 43-101. 84 per cent. of the resource is the Indicated category.  The resource remains open to the east and to the west as well as down dip.

 

Metallurgical studies completed in 2008 indicate that nickel concentrate grades and recoveries ranging from 14 per cent. nickel at 74 per cent. recovery to 10 per cent. nickel at 80 per cent. recovery are a reasonable representation of the expected plant recovery.

 

B4-7 and VW Nickel Trends

 

The highly prospective three kilometre distance between the B4-7 Nickel-Copper-Cobalt - PGEs resource and the VW Nickel resource hosts a geological environment that is favourable for the deposition of magmatic nickel-copper sulphide mineralisation. Based on geophysical signatures and available geological knowledge, this favourable environment is believed to exist along a strike length of approximately 10 kilometres. At its widest, the favourable rock sequences are in the order of 1,000 metres  to 1,500 metres in thickness.

 

Landore retained Geosig Inc. ("Geosig") of Quebec, Canada to conduct in January 2015 additional ground Electromagnetic (MaxMin), VLF and Magnetic geophysical surveys from line 100W extending  eastwards 4.1 kilometres to line 4000E in the VW North area. This survey identified further drill targets north of the pre-existing surveys from 2001 and 2013, an area in which the B4-7 polymetallic trend and the BAM gold trend intersect.  To-date there has been little exploration north of 200N, an area which is highly prospective for further polymetallic nickel, copper, cobalt, PGEs and gold mineralisation.

 

In January 2014, a second 3-D "Direct Current Induced Polarization" and "Magnetotellurics" (DCIP+MT) ground geophysical survey was conducted on the Junior Lake Property by Quantec over the B4-7 and VW Nickel trends, directly adjacent to the east of the highly successful 2012 ORION 3D DCIP+MT survey block covering the B4-7 and Scorpion Zone.  The DC resistivity geophysical results identified the presence of three target areas containing nine significant new zones, ranging from approximately 400m to 1,200m in length, of potential nickel sulphide mineralisation along strike and adjacent to the existing B4-7 Nickel-Copper-Cobalt-PGEs resource and the VW Nickel resource.

 

Drill programmes during the summer and fall of 2014 followed up on two of these highly prospective target areas identified by the above surveys.  Drilling successfully intersected Alpha Zone style disseminated sulphide mineralisation directly east of the B4-7 deposit on line 550E, as well as intersecting  a significant copper/gold mineralised structure extending eastwards from the B4-7 deposit for 1,000 metres to line 1600E.  Additionally, elevated polymetallic mineralisation was intersected at shallow depth on line 1200E, which together with previous highly encouraging trench results on line 1350E holds potential for near-surface, economic polymetallic mineralisation which could provide added value to the B4-7 deposit.

 

Drilling to date has validated geophysics results and further drilling is warranted to unlock the full potential of this structurally complex area.

 

 

Infrastructure

 

The city of Thunder Bay is located on the northern shore of Lake Superior and is the main supply hub for the mining centres of northern Ontario including Red Lake, Pickle Lake, and the Musselwhite gold mine. It has extensive port facilities and an airport providing daily flights to major provincial cities, as well as a rail line that provides access to both eastern and western North American markets.

 

Access to Junior Lake from Thunder Bay is via a sealed highway for 235 kilometres to the town of Armstrong and then via a well maintained forest products unsealed road for 100 kilometres that runs to the property.

 

The Canadian National Railway runs parallel to the Junior Lake Property 13 kilometres to the south providing direct transport access to both the nickel smelting centre of Sudbury and the port facilities at Thunder Bay.  In addition, Junior Lake has abundant water resources nearby and is just 10 kilometres from the planned hydro-electric power station on the Little Jackfish River.

 

 

Environmental Baseline Studies

Golder Associates of Sudbury, Ontario, have continued with the Environmental Baseline Studies programme initiated on the mining leases containing the B4-7 and VW deposits in the winter of 2007.

 

Water surface monitoring of lakes and drainage tributaries within the vicinity of the deposits have continued on a bi-annual basis during 2011 and have been increased to a quarterly basis in 2012. The area of influence has recently been expanded to include lakes and drainage further out from the leases.

The environmental and baseline studies are all pre-requisite for permitting requirements for the development of the B4-7 and VW deposits.

 

 

Mining Leases

A pre-requisite for the development of the B4-7 and VW deposits is to secure tenure over an area of land sufficiently large to provide for development, mining, processing, infrastructure and buffer zones around the mining areas and for future expansion. Landore has been granted three mining leases ("Mining Leases"), which include mining and surface rights, over an area encompassing the B4-7 and VW deposits. The mining leases cover 23 existing exploration claims for a total area of 3,676 hectares and have been granted for 21 years renewable for further terms of 21 years.

 

Within the Mining Leases, Landore has the right, subject to provisions of certain Acts and reservations, to:

•           Sink shafts, excavations etc., for mining purposes.

•           Construct dams, reservoirs, railways, etc., as needed.

•           Erect buildings, machinery, furnaces, etc., as required and to treat ores.

 

 

MIMINISKA LAKE - KEEZHIK LAKE PROPERTIES

 

Miminiska Lake Property

 

Landore's Miminiska Lake Property, 100 per cent. owned by Landore, covers an area of 5,494 hectares and is located approximately 130 kilometres to the north of the Junior Lake Property and 115 kilometres to the east of the Pickle Lake mining camp in the highly productive and prospective Uchi Belt. Landore completed four drilling campaigns between 2003 and 2005 on the Miminiska gold occurrence with 47 NQ diamond drill holes for 9,349 metres, focusing on two potential shoots within a known 800 metres strike length. Excellent results were received with grades reporting up to 131 g/t gold over 0.5 metres and 40.2 g/t gold over 2.3 metres.

 

An independent technical review was completed in 2009 on the Miminiska Lake property which established the presence of two exploration targets:

•           Miminiska Lake - 232,000 tonnes at 5.62 g/t gold

•           Frond Lake       - 271,000 tonnes at 5.10 g/t gold

for a total of 503,000 tonnes at 5.34 g/t for 86,357 ounces of gold.

Both these exploration targets are open along strike and at depth and have good potential for expansion and upgrading to a mineral resource.

 

 

Keezhik Lake Property

 

Landore holds 45 mining claim blocks, for 9,470 hectares, in the highly prospective Keezhik Lake area, located 20 kilometres north of Landore's Miminiska Lake property and 150 kilometres Southeast of Goldcorp's Musselwhite Gold mine. Landore's land package spans over 20 kilometres across prime gold exploration targets.

The Keezhik Lake area is adjacent to the North-Caribou - Totogan Shear Zone that is also host to Goldcorp's Musselwhite Gold mine, located 150 kilometres to the northwest. The Musselwhite Gold mine has produced in excess of 2.5 million ounces with 2 million ounces of gold in mineral reserve. The Keezhik Lake claims are also located in the highly productive and prospective Uchi Belt.

During Q3 2011, a field reconnaissance, mapping and sampling campaign was carried out at Keezhik Lake. Field investigation of geophysical anomalies, prospective geological features, and historical gold showings revealed several areas of interest on the property warranting follow-up exploration work.

 

 

2015 Planned Works

 

A 1,500 metre drilling campaign to test prospective areas indicated by 2011 field investigations, subject to receiving approval from local First Nations.

 

 

OTHER PROPERTIES

 

Landore has other non-core exploration properties which include grass roots exploration and defined drill targets.

 

 

SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

 

Landore believes that a successful project is best achieved through maintaining close working relationships with First Nations and other local communities. This social ideology is at the forefront of all of Landore's exploration initiatives by establishing and maintaining co-operative relationships with First Nations communities, hiring local personnel and using local contractors and suppliers.

Careful attention is given to ensure that all exploration activity is performed in an environmentally responsible manner and abides by all relevant mining and environmental acts. Landore takes a conscientious role in all of its operations, and is aware of its social responsibility and its environmental duty.

 

Michele Tuomi, P.Geo.

 

Director/VP Exploration, Landore Resources Canada Inc.

 

18 May 2015

 

 

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income

For the year ended 31 December 2014

 

 

 

 

Notes

Group

31 December

2014

£

Group

31 December

2013

£

Exploration costs

9

(1,194,299)

(1,206,799)

Other income

4

-

8,221

Administrative expenses

24

(1,174,432)

(1,302,731)

Allowance for impairment

13

(3,403,991)

-

Operating loss


(5,772,722)

(2,501,309)

Finance income

5

38,962

117,808

Loss before income tax


(5,733,760)

(2,383,501)

Income tax (expense)/recovery

8

-

(32,060)

Loss for the year


(5,733,760)

(2,415,561)

Other comprehensive loss:




Items that will be reclassified subsequently to profit and loss




Exchange difference on translating foreign operations

18

(156,689)

(372,201)

Other comprehensive loss for the year net of tax


(156,689)

(372,201)

Total comprehensive loss for year


(5,890,449)

(2,787,762)

Equity holders of the Company


(5,733,760)

(2,415,561)

Total comprehensive loss attributable to:      




Equity holders of the Company


(5,890,449)

(2,787,762)

Loss per share attributable to the equity holders of the Company during the year

- basic

 

 

10

 

 

(0.012)

 

 

(0.007)

- diluted

10

(0.012)

(0.007)

 

The Group's operating loss relates to continuing operations.

 

The accounting policies and notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

Company statement of comprehensive income

For the year ended 31 December 2014

 

 

 

 

Notes

Company

31 December

2014

£

Company

31 December

2013

£

Administrative expenses

24

(838,171)

(794,888)

Operating loss


(838,171)

(794,888)

Interest receivable


6,126

3,102

Foreign exchange loss


(602,990)

(1,989,091)

Loss before income tax


(1,435,035)

(2,780,877)

Income tax expense


-

-

Total comprehensive loss for the year


(1,435,035)

(2,780,877)

 

The Company's operating loss relates to continuing operations.

 

The accounting policies and notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

Consolidated statement of financial position

As at 31 December 2014

 

 

 

 

Notes

Group at

31 December

2014

£

Group at

31 December

2013

£

Assets




Non current assets




Property, plant and equipment

11

53,297

72,225



53,297

72,225

Current assets




Trade and other receivables

13

26,519

3,834,913

Cash and cash equivalents

25

1,072,243

699,633



1,098,762

4,534,546

Total assets


1,152,059

4,606,771

Equity




Capital and reserves attributable to the Company's




equity holders




Share capital

15

5,174,838

4,134,838

Share premium

15

28,084,421

26,653,862

Share-based payment reserve

16

891,709

707,775

Accumulated deficit

17

(32,839,649)

(27,126,179)

Translation reserve

18

(308,851)

(152,162)

Total equity shareholders' funds


1,002,468

4,218,134

Liabilities




Non current liabilities




Income tax liabilities

14

-

-



-

-

Current liabilities




Trade and other payables

14

116,411

354,505

Current income tax liabilities

14

33,180

34,132



388,637

388,637

Total liabilities


388,637

388,637

Total equity and liabilities


1,152,059

4,606,771

                       

These consolidated financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 18 May 2015.

 

William Humphries

Richard Prickett


 

Director

Director

 

                       

The accounting policies and notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Company statement of financial position

As at 31 December 2014

 

 

 

Notes

Company at

31 December

2014

£

Company at

31 December

2013

£

Assets




Non current assets




Investment in subsidiaries

12

94,889

94,889



94,889

94,889

Current assets




Trade and other receivables

13

22,067,573

21,258,736

Cash and cash equivalents

25

1,067,777

666,312



23,135,350

21,925,048

Total assets


23,230,239

22,019,937

Equity




Capital and reserves attributable to the Company's




equity holders




Share capital

15

5,174,838

4,134,838

Share premium

15

28,084,421

26,653,862

Share-based payment reserve

16

891,709

707,775

Accumulated deficit

17

(10,967,405)

(9,552,660)

Total equity shareholders' funds


23,183,563

21,943,815

Liabilities




Current liabilities




Trade and other payables

14

46,676

76,122

Total liabilities


46,676

76,122

Total equity and liabilities


23,230,239

22,019,937

           

These financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 18 May 2015.

 

William Humphries        Richard Prickett

 

Director                        Director

 

The accounting policies and notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Consolidated statement of changes in equity

For the year ended 31 December 2014

 

Equity shareholders' funds


Share

capital

£

Share

Premium

£

Share-based payment

£

Accumulated

Deficit

£

Translation

Reserve

£

 

Total

£

Balance as at 1 January 2013

3,462,838

25,532,762

1,223,262

(25,355,105)

220,039

5,083,796

Share option reserve adjustment for







lapsed options (note 16)

-

-

(515,487)

644,487

-

129,000

Issue of ordinary share capital (note 15)

672,000

1,173,000

-

-

-

1,845,000

Issue cost (note 15)

-

(51,900)

-

-

-

(51,900)

Total transactions with owners

672,000

1,121,100

(515,487)

644,487

-

1,922,100

Loss for the year

-

-

-

(2,415,561)

-

(2,415,561)

Exchange difference on translation of







foreign operations

-

-

-

-

(372,201)

(372,201)

Total comprehensive income for the year

-

-

-

(2,415,561)

(372,201)

(2,787,762)

Balance as at 31 December 2013

4,134,838

26,653,862

707,775

(27,126,179)

(152,162)

4,218,134

Balance as at 1 January 2014

4,134,838

26,653,862

707,775

(27,126,179)

(152,162)

4,218,134

Share option reserve adjustment for







lapsed options (note 16)

-

-

(20,290)

20,290

-

-

Issue of options and warrants (note 16)

-

-

204,224

-

-

204,224

Issue of ordinary share capital (note 15)

1,040,000

1,150,000

-

-

-

2,600,000

Issue cost (note 15)

-

(129,441)

-

-

-

(129,441)

Total transactions with owners

1,040,000

1,430,559

183,934

20,290

-

2,674,783

Loss for the year

-

-

-

(5,733,760)

-

(5,733,760)

Exchange difference on translation of







foreign operations

-

-

-

-

(156,689)

(156,689)

Total comprehensive income for the year

-

-

-

(5,733,760)

(156,689)

1,002,468

Balance as at 31 December 2014

5,174,838

28,084,421

891,709

(32,839,649)

(308,851)

1,002,468

 

 

The accounting policies and notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Company statement of changes in equity

For the year ended 31 December 2014

           


 

Share

capital

£

 

Share

Premium

£

 

Share-based payment

£

 

Accumulated

Deficit

£

 

 

Total

£

Balance as at 1 January 2013

3,462,838

25,532,762

1,223,262

(7,416,270)

22,802,592

Share option reserve adjustment for






lapsed options (note 16)

-

-

(515,487)

644,487

129,000

Issue of ordinary share capital (note 15)

672,000

1,173,000

-

-

1,845,000

Issue cost (note 15)

-

(51,900)

-

-

(51,900)

Total transactions with owners

672,000

1,121,100

(515,487)

644,487

1,922,100

Loss for the year

-

-

-

(2,780,877)

(2,780,877)

Total comprehensive income for the year

-

-

-

(2,780,877)

(2,780,877)

Balance as at 31 December 2013

4,134,838

26,653,862

707,775

(9,552,660)

21,943,815

Balance as at 1 January 2014

4,134,838

26,653,862

707,775

(9,552,660)

21,943,815

Share option reserve adjustment for






lapsed options (note 16)

-

-

(20,290)

20,290

-

Issue of options and warrants (note 16)

-

-

204,224

-

204,224

Issue of ordinary share capital (note 15)

1,040,000

1,560,000

-

-

2,600,000

Issue cost (note 15)

-

(129,441)

-

-

(129,441)

Total transactions with owners

1,040,000

1,430,559

183,934

20,290

2,674,783

Loss for the year

-

-

-

(1,435,035)

(1,435,035)

Total comprehensive income for the year

-

-

-

(1,435,035)

(1,435,035)

Balance as at 31 December 2014

5,174,838

28,084,421

891,709

(10,967,405)

23,183,563

                               

The accounting policies and notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Consolidated statement of cash flows

For the year ended 31 December 2014

 

 

 

 

Notes

Group

31 December

2014

£

Group

31 December

2013

£

Cash flows from operating activities




Operating loss


(5,772,722)

(2,501,309)

Finance income

5

38,962

117,808

Impairment of note receivable


3,665,300

-

Impairment of investment


75,737

-

Depreciation of tangible fixed assets

11

16,796

23,343

Share options

16

170,533

129,000

Foreign exchange loss on non-cash items


(21,047)

(342,293)

Decrease in debtors


10,712

277,317

(Decrease)/increase in creditors


(239,046)

48,321

Net cash used in operating activities


(2,054,775)

(2,247,813)





Cash flows from investing activities




Purchase of investment in Lamaune


(75,737)

(15,664)

Net cash outflow from investing activities


(75,737)

(15,664)





Cash flows from financing activities




Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares

15

2,600,000

1,845,000

Issue costs

15

(95,751)

(51,900)

Net cash generated by financing activities


2,504,249

1,793,100

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents


373,737

(470,377)





Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year


699,633

1,166,919

Exchange (loss)/gain on cash and cash equivalents


(1,127)

3,091

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year


1,072,243

699,633

 

The accounting policies and notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Company statement of cash flows

For the year ended 31 December 2014

 

 

 

 

Notes

Company

31 December

2014

£

Company

31 December

2013

£

Cash flows from operating activities




Operating loss


(838,170)

(794,888)

Finance income


6,126

3,102

Share options


(602,990)

(1,989,091)

Foreign exchange loss on non-cash items

16

170,533

129,000

(Increase)/Decrease in debtors


(808,838)

438,500

(Decrease)/increase in creditors


(29,445)

35,799

Net cash outflow from investing activities


(2,102,784)

(2,177,578)





Cash flows from financing activities




Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares

15

2,600,000

1,845,000

Issue costs

15

(95,751)

(51,900)

Net cash generated by financing activities


2 ,504,2490

1,793,100





Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents


401,465

(384,478)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year


666,312

1,050,790

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year


1,067,777

666,312

 

 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1.         General information

 

The Company was registered in Guernsey, Channel Islands on 16 February 2005 with registered number 42821 under the Companies (Guernsey) Law 2008 ( the " New Law "). The Company is listed on AIM with the trading symbol LND.L. The principal activity, mainly in Canada, is mineral exploration including the identification, acquisition and development of technically and economically sound mineral projects either alone or with joint venture partners.

 

 

2.         Statement of compliance

 

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"), which comprise standards and interpretations approved by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB"), the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee ("IFRIC"), the International Accounting Standards and Standards Interpretations Committee Interpretations approved by the International Accounting Standards Committee ("IASC") that remain in effect and to the extent that they have been adopted by the European Union.

 

 

3.         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of accounting

The consolidated and Company financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis. The functional currency for the Company is considered to be Pounds Sterling. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

 

The Directors have a reasonable expectation and with continued support from the shareholders, that the Company will have adequate resources to continue trading for a period of at least twelve months following the date of approval of these accounts. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.

 

Landore Resources Limited is domiciled in Guernsey. Its registered office is shown on page 2.

 

Changes in Accounting Policies

 

New and revised standards that are effective for the annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2014.

 

 

·     Investment entities (Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 27)

Entities meeting the definition of 'Investment Entities' must account for investment in subsidiaries at fair value under IFRS 9, Financial Instruments, or IAS 39, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement.

 

Management has reviewed the application of IFRS 10 and has concluded that there is no material effect on these financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2014.

 

 

·     Offsetting Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (Amendments to IAS 32)

These amendments clarify the application of certain offsetting criteria in IAS 32, including:

 

- the meaning of 'currently has a legally enforceable right of set-off'

 

- that some gross settlement mechanisms may be considered equivalent to net settlement.

 

Management has reviewed the amendment of IAS 32 and has concluded that there is no material effect on these financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2014.

 

·     Recoverable Amount Disclosures for Non-Financial Assets (Amendments to IAS 36)

These amendments clarify that an entity is required to disclose the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash generating unit) whenever an impairment loss has been recognised or reversed in the period. In addition, they introduce several new disclosures required to be made when the recoverable amount of impaired assets is based on fair value less costs of disposal, including:

 

- additional information about fair value measurement including the applicable level of the fair value hierarchy, and a description of any valuation techniques used and key assumptions made

 

- the discount rates used if fair value less costs of disposal is measured using a present value technique.

 

Management has reviewed the application of IAS 36 and has concluded that it did not have a material impact on these financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2014.

           

New Standards, amendments and interpretations to existing standards that are not yet effective and have not been adopted early by the Group

 

At the date of authorisation of these consolidated financial statements, certain new standards, amendments and interpretations to existing standards have been published by the IASB but are not yet effective, and have not been adopted early by the Group. Management anticipates that all of the relevant pronouncements will be adopted in the Group's accounting policies for the first period beginning after the effective date of the pronouncement. Information on new standards, amendments and interpretations that are expected to be relevant to the Group's consolidated financial statements is provided below. Certain other new standards and interpretations have been issued but are not expected

to have a material impact on the Group's consolidated financial statements.

 

·     IFRS 9 'Financial Instruments' (IFRS 9)

The IASB aims to replace IAS 39 'Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement' (IAS39) in its entirety with IFRS 9. To date, the chapters dealing with recognition, classification, measurement and derecognition of financial assets and liabilities have been issued. These chapters are effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015. Chapters dealing with impairment methodology and hedge accounting are still being developed. Further, in November 2011, the IASB tentatively decided to consider making limited modifications to IFRS 9's financial asset classification model to address application issues. The Company's management have yet to assess the impact of this new standard on the Company's financial statements.

           

Management does not expect to implement IFRS 9 until it has been completed and its overall impact can be assessed.

 

·     IFRS 2 'Share-based payment' (IFRS 2)

Amendments set to come for periods beginning after 1 July 2014. Amendments added the definitions of performance conditions and service conditions and amended the definitions of vesting conditions and market conditions.

 

Other standards endorsed by the EU for adoption on or after 1 January 2015, including IFRS 8, IFRS 10, IFRS 11, IFRS 12 and the amended IAS 27 are considered not applicable to this Group and as such will have no effect on these consolidated financial statements upon their introduction.

 

 

Basis of consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of the Company and entities controlled by the Company (its subsidiaries and collectively the "Group") made up to 31 December 2014. Control is achieved where the Company is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the Investee. The financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date that control commences until control ceases.

 

On acquisition, the assets and liabilities and contingent liabilities of a subsidiary are measured at their fair values at the date of acquisition. Any excess of the cost of acquisition over the fair values of the identifiable net assets acquired is recognised as goodwill. Any deficiency of the cost of acquisition below the fair values of the identifiable net assets acquired (i.e. discount on acquisition) is credited to the income statement in the period of acquisition.

 

Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring the accounting policies used into line with those used by the Group. All intra-group transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated on consolidation.

 

The Directors consider that the Company exerts control over its subsidiaries listed in Note 12 by virtue of its ownership of 100% of the share capital in each of those companies and therefore 100% of the voting rights and rights to variable returns from its involvement with those companies.  The Directors therefore consider that the Company has control over the companies it identifies as its subsidiaries in accordance with IFRS 10.

 

 

Separate financial statements

 

Under Section 244(5) of The Companies (Guernsey) Law 2008, the Directors are not required to present the separate financial statements of the Company but have elected to present separate financial statements for the purposes of investor information.

 

In accordance with IAS 27, the Company accounts for investments in subsidiaries at cost.  All other accounting policies applied by the Company are consistent with those stated for the Group.

 

The separate financial statements of the Company are presented in accordance with IFRS10 and the names, principal place of business and proportion of the ownership interest held in the Company's subsidiaries are disclosed in Note 12.

 

 

Investment in joint ventures

 

Entities whose economic activities are controlled jointly by the Group and other ventures independent of the Group are accounted for using the proportionate consolidation method, whereby the Group's share of the assets, liabilities, income and expenses are included line by line in the condensed consolidated  financial statements. The share of jointly controlled entities results is recognised in the Group's consolidated financial statements from the date that joint control commences until the date on which control ceases.

 

Unrealised gains and losses on transactions between the Group and its joint ventures are eliminated to the extent of the Group's interest in those entities. Where unrealised losses are eliminated, the underlying asset is also tested for impairment.

 

 

Deferred exploration expenditure

 

When the Group has incurred expenditure on mining properties that have not reached the stage of commercial production, the costs of acquiring the rights to such properties, and related exploration and development costs, are capitalised or deferred where the expected recovery of costs is considered probable by the successful exploitation or sale of the asset. Full provision is made in respect of deferred costs on properties in the case that insufficient exploration has taken place to ascertain future recoverability. Where mining properties are abandoned, the deferred expenditure is written off in full.

 

 

Option income

 

Option income is recognised based upon amounts contractually due pursuant to the underlying option agreement. Specifically, income is recognised in accordance with the terms of the underlying option

agreements subject to (i) the pervasive evidence of the existence of arrangements; (ii) the risks and rewards having been transferred; (iii) the option income being fixed or determinable; and (iv) the collectability of the option income being reasonably assured.

 

 

Foreign currencies

 

(a)  Functional and presentation currency

Items included in the financial statements of each of the Group's entities are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates ('the functional currency'). The consolidated financial statements are presented in Pounds Sterling, which is the Company's functional and the Group's presentation currency.

 

(b)  Transactions and balances

Transactions in currencies other than Pounds Sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the dates of the transactions. At each reporting date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rates prevailing at the date when the fair value was determined. Gains and losses arising on retranslation are included in the statement of comprehensive income for the period, except for exchange differences arising on non-monetary assets and liabilities where the changes in fair value are recognised directly in equity.

 

On consolidation, the assets and liabilities of the Group's overseas operations are translated at exchange rates prevailing on the reporting date. Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates for the period unless exchange rates fluctuate significantly. Exchange differences arising, if any, are classified as equity and transferred to the Group's translation reserve.

 

 

Profit/loss from operations

 

Loss from operations is stated before investment income and finance costs.

 

Interest income

 

Interest income is recognised as the interest accrues and is credited to the statement of comprehensive income in the period to which it relates.

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less provision for depreciation. Depreciation is provided on all property, plant and equipment at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset less its estimated residual value evenly over its estimated useful life, as follows:

 

Computer hardware

- 30 per cent declining balance

Office equipment

- 20 per cent declining balance

Automotive equipment

- 30 per cent declining balance

Machinery and equipment

- 20 per cent declining balance

 

The residual value, useful life and depreciation method of each asset are reviewed at the end of each reporting period.

 

 

Non-current investments

 

Non-current investments relate to the Company's investments in subsidiaries and are stated at cost less provision for any diminution in value.

 

 

Impairment of non-financial assets

 

Assets that have an indefinite useful life, for example goodwill, are not subject to amortisation and are tested annually for impairment. Assets that are subject to amortisation are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the asset's carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset's fair value less costs to sell and value in use. For the purposes of assessing impairment, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are separately identifiable cash flows (cash-generating units). Non-financial assets other than goodwill that suffered an impairment are reviewed for possible reversal of the impairment at each reporting date.

 

 

Taxation

 

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax. The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the period. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the income statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other periods and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The Group's liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

 

Deferred tax is the tax expected to be payable or recoverable on differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit, and is accounted for using the balance sheet liability method. Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable temporary differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which deductible temporary differences can be utilised. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the temporary difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition (other than in a business combination) of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

 

Leases

 

A lease is classified as a finance lease if it transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership. A lease is classified as an operating lease if it does not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership.

 

 

Finance leases - lessee

 

Finance leases are recognised as assets and liabilities in the statement of financial position at amounts equal to the fair value of the leased property or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the statement of financial position as a finance lease obligation.

 

 

Operating leases - lessee

 

Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The difference between the amounts recognised as an expense and the contractual payments are recognised as an operating lease asset. This liability is not discounted. Any contingent rents are expensed in the period they are incurred.

 

 

Share-based payments

 

The Group issues equity-settled payments to certain employees. Equity-settled share-based payments are measured at fair value at the date of grant. The fair value determined at the grant date of the equity-settled share-based payments is recognised immediately in the income statement as expense where options have been granted with no conditions attached. Options granted with vesting period conditions are recognised over the vesting period.

 

Fair value is measured by use of the Black-Scholes model, see note 16. The expected life used in the model has been adjusted, based on management's best estimate, for the effects of non-transferability, exercise restrictions, and behavioural considerations.

 

Upon exercise of share options, the proceeds received net of any directly attributable transaction cost up to the nominal value of the shares issues are allocated to share capital with any excess being recorded as share premium. Further details are set out in note 16.

 

 

Financial instruments

 

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised on the Group's balance sheet when the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Financial assets are derecognised when the rights to receive cash flows from the assets have expired or have been transferred and the Group has transferred substantially all risks and rewards of ownership

 

A financial liability is derecognised when it is extinguished, discharged, cancelled or expires. Financial assets and financial liabilities are measured initially at fair value adjusted by transaction costs, and subsequently accounted for at amortised cost, except for financial assets and financial liabilities carried at fair value through profit or loss, which are measured initially at fair value.

 

 

Loans and receivables

 

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. After initial recognition these are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.

 

Individually significant receivables are considered for impairment when they are past due or when other objective evidence is received that a specific counterparty will default. Receivables that are not considered to be impaired are reviewed for impairment in groups, which are determined by reference to the industry and region of a counterparty and other shared credit risk characteristics.

 

The impairment assessment includes estimating the expected future cash flows from the asset or group of assets, which are then discounted using the original effective interest rate calculated for the asset.  If this is lower than the carrying value of the asset, an impairment allowance is raised and a provision for impairment is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income.

 

If, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the previously recognised impairment loss is reversed by adjusting the allowance account.  The amount of the reversal is recognised in the income statement.

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

In the consolidated statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents includes cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts.

 

The fair value of cash and cash equivalents is considered to be their carrying amount due to their short term maturity, see note 25.

 

 

Trade payables

 

Trade payables are not interest bearing and are stated at their nominal value.

 

 

Equity instruments

 

Equity instruments issued by the Company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs.

 

 

Financial liability and equity

 

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Group after deducting all of its liabilities.

 

Financial liabilities are measured subsequently at the amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, except for financial liabilities held for trading or designated at fair value through profit or loss, that are carried subsequently at fair value with gains or losses recognised in profit or loss.

 

 

Equity

 

Equity comprises the following:

·     "Share capital" represents the nominal value of the Company's ordinary shares.

 

·     "Share premium" represents the excess over nominal value of the fair value of consideration received for ordinary shares, net of expenses of the share issue.

 

·     "Cumulative translation reserve" represents the differences arising from translation of the financial statements of the Group's foreign entities to the presentational currency.

 

·     "Share-based payment reserve" represents equity-settled share-based employee remuneration and warrants until such instruments are exercised or lapse.

 

·     "Accumulated deficit" includes all current and prior period profits and losses.

 

 

Critical accounting estimates and judgments

 

In the application of the Group's accounting policies, management is required to make judgments, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

 

Information about the estimates and judgments made by the Group to reach their conclusions are contained in the accounting policies and/or the notes to the financial statements, and the key areas are summarised below:

 

·     Classification of mining and exploration interests (note 9).

 

·     Exploration expenditure relating to a particular project will be written off until such time as the Board has determined that the project is viable based on a positive feasibility study and a decision made to move into production.

 

·     The group is subject to income taxes in numerous jurisdictions.  Significant judgement is required in determining the worldwide provision for income taxes.  There are many transactions and calculations for which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain.  The group recognises liabilities for anticipated outcome of these matters is different from the amounts that were initially recorded, such differences will impact the current and deferred income tax assets and liabilities in the period in which such determination is made.

 

In addition, the Directors also make judgements in assessing the recoverability of the Company's financial assets which consist of investments in subsidiaries and trade and other receivables.  This assessment involves review of the underlying exogenous factors which might impact the recoverability of the Company's financial assets.  Where this review demonstrates evidence of potential impairment, an appropriate provision for impairment is made until such time that the financial asset is recovered, the company no longer has the right to recover the economic benefits of an identified financial asset or a future assessment of the recoverability of financial assets determines that the factors causing impairment no longer apply and the provision for impairment is reversed.  Further detail is given in the Group's accounting policy for Loans and Receivables.

 

 

Employee benefits

 

The cost of short-term employee benefits, (those payable within 12 months after the service is rendered, such as paid vacation leave and sick leave, bonuses, and non-monetary benefits such as medical care), are recognised in the period in which the service is rendered and are not discounted. The expected cost of compensated absences is recognised as an expense as the employees render services that increase their entitlement or, in the case of non-accumulating absences, when the absence occurs. The expected cost of surplus sharing and bonus payments is recognised as an expense when there is a legal or constructive obligation to make such payments as a result of past performance.

 

 

Operating segments

 

The Group has only one reportable segment as the Directors are of the opinion that the Group is engaged in a single segment of business being mineral exploration.

The entity wide disclosures are not applicable to the Group at this stage because the Group has no major customers or revenues and is at an exploration stage.

 

For disclosures regarding geographical areas, please see note 9.

 

 

Going concern

 

The Company's business activities, together with the factors likely to affect its future development, performance and position are set out in the Chairman's statement. In addition, note 22 to the consolidated financial statements includes the Group's objectives, policies and processes for managing its capital; its financial risk management objectives; details of its financial instruments; and its exposures to credit risk and liquidity risk.

 

The consolidated financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Group's loss after tax as at 31 December 2014 amounted to £5,733,760. The Group will need to raise more funds for the year 2015.

 

According to the cash flow forecast, the Group's total projected net expenditure for the year 2015 is £1.455m. As of year end the Group's bank balance amount was approximately £1.07m hence the Group still needs an additional £385,000 to fund the ongoing operations for 2015, and for projected administrative expenses in the first half of 2016 of £500,000. The Directors are confident that these funds can be raised from existing and new investors.

 

These conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast a significant doubt about the Group's ability to continue as a going concern and therefore the Group may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. The consolidated financial statements do not include adjustments that would result if the Group was unable to continue as a going concern.

 

 

4.         Loss from operations

 

Notes

2014

£

2013

£

Loss from operations is stated after charging/(crediting):           




Group




Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

11

16,796

23,343

Auditors' remuneration - audit services


23,627

40,444

Option income

9

-

(18,501)

Share-based payment charge  - options and warrants

24

170,533

129,000

Non-cancellable operating leases

23

2,470

65,044

Foreign exchange (profit)/loss


(21,960)

16,586

Company




Auditors' remuneration - audit services


11,000

9,450

Share-based payment charge - options and warrants

16

170,533

129,000

Foreign exchange loss


602,990

1,989,091

 

5.         Finance income - Group

 

2014

£

2013

£

Interest receivable from Lamaune Iron Inc.

34,298

114,706

Interest receivable on bank account

4,664

3,102


38,962

117,808

 

           

6.         Employees

 

2014

Number

2013

Number

The average monthly number of persons (excluding Directors)                    

employed by the Group during the period was:    

Management and administration and operations

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

6


£

£




Staff costs (for the above persons):



Wages and salaries

114,925

278,110

Social security costs

36,390

26,686

Pension costs

44,950

23,091


196,265

327,887

 

           

7.         Key management compensation

 

2014

£

2013

£

Executive Directors: 

140,000

140,000

William Humphries

95,000

95,000

Richard Prickett

235,000

235,000




Non-Executive Directors:

15,000

15,000

Helen Green

20,000

20,000

Charles Wilkinson

35,000

35,000




Total

270,000

270,000

           

The highest paid Director received aggregate remuneration of £140,000 (2013: £140,000).

 

 

 

8.         Taxation

 

With effect from 1 January 2008, Guernsey abolished the exempt company regime. The Company was therefore taxed at the company standard rate of 0 %  with effect from 1 January 2008.

 

The Company's subsidiary, Landore Resources Canada Inc., is subject to Canadian Federal tax. No tax has been provided in the accounts of Landore Resources Canada Inc. since there were no taxable profits generated by the subsidiary during the year.

 

Landore Resources Canada Inc. has potential deferred tax assets of CA$10,384,000 (2013: CA$9,660,000) which are not recognised at the end of the year. These deferred tax assets are in relation to exploration expenditures which are carried forward to be utilised against profits of future years.

 

Landore Resources Canada Inc. also has a subsidiary, Brancote US Inc. which is subject to taxation in the United States. This subsidiary has estimated non-capital losses of US$522,159 (2013: US$522,159) which will expire between 2018 and 2020.

 

Other tax adjustments represents write off of tax refunds receivable by Landore Resources Canada Inc. in relation to previous years.

 

2014

£

2013

£

Loss for the year

(4,621,754)

(1,295,105)

 

Loss for the year multiplied by standard rate of Canadian corporation      



tax 26.5 per cent. (2013: 26.5 per cent.)

(1,224,765)

(343,203)

Effect of:



Losses not utilised in the current year

1,224,765

343,203

Other tax adjustments

-

(32,060)

Income tax (expense)/recovery

-

(32,060)

 

 

9.         Mineral properties, Exploration costs - Group

 

 

 

 

1 January 2014

£

 

 

 

Net expense in the period

£

Accumulated expenditure at 31 December 2014

£

 

 

Option income in the period

£

 

Accumulated expenditure at 31 December

£

Junior Lake

14,258,509

1,182,287

15,440,796

-

15,440,796

Miminiska Lake

1,517,386

1,615

1,519,001

-

1,519,001

Frond Lake

77,981

1,196

79,177

-

79,177

Wottam

61,558

-

61,558

-

61,558

Lessard

696,164

1,756

697,920

-

697,920

Other, including Swole Lake and West Graham

55,794

7,445

63,238

-

63,238


16,667,392

1,194,299

17,861,690


17,861,690

 

                                                                               

Mineral properties - Company

 

 

 

1 January

2014

£

 

 

Net expense in the period

£

Accumulated expenditure at 31 December

£

Junior Lake

97,314

-

97,314


97,314

-

97,314

 

                       

9.1       Junior Lake

Junior Lake is a nickel, copper, platinum group metals, iron, gold, and lithium property located approximately 230 kilometres north of Thunder Bay in Northern Ontario, Canada. The property consists of five leased claims and 123 staked mining claims, wholly-owned by the Company. A total of eight claims in the original property block are subject to a 2 per cent. net smelter return ("NSR"). The Junior Lake property encompasses the Swole property block. An option agreement exists between the Company and Lamaune Iron Inc., a company under common control, related to the Summit Lake property where Lamaune Iron Inc. has been granted working rights in and to the property and an exclusive right and option to purchase up to 100 per cent. of the Summit Lake property.

 

 

9.2       Miminiska Lake

Miminiska Lake is a gold exploration project located approximately 115 kilometres east of Pickle Lake in Northern Ontario, Canada. The property consists of a southern block of 28 patented and two staked claims ("Miminiska Lake"), and a northern block consisting of 43 staked claims ("Keezhik Lake"). Both blocks are wholly-owned by the Company.

 

 

9.3       Frond Lake

Frond Lake is a gold property located approximately 125 kilometres east of Pickle Lake in Northern Ontario, Canada. The property is comprised of 24 patented claims contiguous to the east of the Wottam Property. The Frond Lake property claims are wholly-owned by the Company subject to a 2 per cent. NSR to the original owners of the property.

 

 

9.4       Wottam

Wottam is a gold property located approximately 120 kilometres east of Pickle Lake in Northern Ontario, Canada. The property is wholly-owned by the Company and includes 20 claims contiguous between the Miminiska and Frond properties.

 

 

9.5       Lessard

Lessard is a zinc and copper property comprised of 57 mining claims located approximately 107 kilometres north of Chibougamau in Quebec, Canada. The property is wholly-owned by the Company.

 

 

9.6       Swole Lake

Swole Lake is host to nickel, copper, platinum group metals, and lithium occurrences. The Swole Lake mining claim, wholly-owned by the Company, is consolidated into the greater Junior Lake property. The Swole Lake claim is subject to a 2 per cent. NSR to the original holder of the claim.

 

 

9.7       West Graham

West Graham is a nickel, copper, and platinum group metals property comprised of one patented claim wholly-owned by the Company. The property is located 25 kilometres southwest of Sudbury and 1.5 kilometres east of the Lockerby nickel mine. On 21 November 2005, First Nickel Inc. optioned the property from the Company. In 2010, First Nickel Inc. earned a 70 per cent. interest in the property, with a possibility of earning a further 15 per cent. interest subject to certain conditions.

 

 

10.       Loss per share

 

The calculation of the basic loss per share is based on the loss attributable to the equity holders of the parent for the financial year divided by the weighted average number of shares being 464,201,631 (2013: 369,650,126) in issue during the year.

 

The potential ordinary shares which arise as a result of the options in issue are not dilutive under the terms of IAS 33 because they would reduce the loss per share. Accordingly there is no difference between the basic and dilutive loss per share.  The maximum number of option shares and warrants that could be exercised is 46,930,000 (2013: 35,700,000).

 

 

11.       Property, plant and equipment - Group

 

 

Automotive equipment

£

 

Computer hardware

£

Machinery and equipment

£

 

Office equipment

£

 

 

Total

£

Cost






At 1 January 2014

123,219

27,633

117,675

17,949

286,476

Additions

-

-

-

-

-

Disposals

-

-

-

-

-

Foreign exchange movements






At 31 December 2014

119,791

26,864

114,401

17,450

278,506

Depreciation






At 1 January 2014

97,457

23,812

77,112

15,870

214,251

Charge for the year

7,458

1,106

7,830

402

16,796

Disposals

-

-

-

-

-

Foreign exchange movements






At 31 December 2014

102,258

24,264

82,854

15,833

225,209

Net book value






At 31 December 2014

17,533

2,600

31,547

1,617

53,297

At 31 December 2013

25,762

3,821

40,563

2,079

72,225


 

Automotive equipment

£

 

Computer hardware

£

Machinery and equipment

£

 

Office equipment

£

 

 

Total

£

Cost






At 1 January 2013

134,387

30,138

112,582

19,576

296,683

Additions

-

-

15,664

-

15,664

Disposals

-

-

-

-

-

Foreign exchange movements

(11,168)

(2,505)

(10,571)

(1,627)

(25,871)

At 31 December 2013

123,219

27,633

117,675

17,949

286,476

Depreciation






At 1 January 2013

94,249

24,185

75,012

16,741

210,187

Charge for the year

11,969

1,775

9,035

564

23,343

Disposals

-

-

-

-

-

Foreign exchange movements

(8,761)

(2,148)

(6,935)

(1,435)

(19,279)

At 31 December 2013

97,457

23,812

77,112

15,870

214,251

Net book value






At 31 December 2013

25,762

3,821

40,563

2,079

72,225

At 31 December 2012

40,138

5,953

37,570

2,835

86,496

 

 

12.       Non-current asset investments - Company

 

Investment in subsidiaries

£

Cost


At 1 January/31 December 2014 and 2013

4,111,191

Provision for diminution in value


At 1 January/31 December 2014 and 2013

4,016,302

Net book value


At 1 January/31 December 2014 and 2013

94,889



At 31 December 2014 the Company held the entire issued share capital of the following subsidiary undertakings:

 

Subsidiary

Nature of business

Country of incorporation




Landore Resources Canada Inc. (100 per cent.)       

Exploration of precious metals

Canada

 




Brancote US Inc.* (100 per cent.)

(Dormant)

Exploration of precious metals           

 

United States

 




Landore Resources (UK) Limited (100 per cent.) (Dormant)        

Administration (dormant)           

 

United Kingdom

 

 

*The entire share capital of Brancote US Inc. is held by Landore Resources Canada Inc.

 

All subsidiaries have been included in the consolidated financial statements.

 

 

13.       Trade and other receivables

 

Group

2014

£

Company

2014

£

Group

2013

£

Company

2013

£

Due within one year:





Loans receivable

3,428,824

-

3,797,682

-

Allowance for impairment

(3,428,824)

-

-

-

Trade receivables

      26,519

7,290

37,231

4,523

Tax receivables

-

-

-

-

Amounts due from related parties

-

-

-

-

Amounts due from



 


subsidiary undertakings

-

22,060,283

-

21,254,213


26,519

22,067,573

3,834,913

21,258,736

 

           

The Group's loans receivable include £3,428,824 (2013: £3,797,682) denominated in Canadian dollars, receivable from Lamaune Iron Inc., a company under common control, for the sale of the Lamaune mineral property.  The allowance for impairment has been provided in full against the year end loans receivable balance which is denominated in Canadian dollars.  In accordance with the Group's accounting policy, the year end balance is therefore translated at the closing rate.  The impairment charge in the Statement of Comprehensive Income has been recognised at the average rate, resulting in a difference of £24,833 which has been recognised as a foreign exchange loss.

 

During the second half of the year, the iron ore market suffered a severe downturn.  As a result, the Directors decided to make an allowance for impairment against the receivable from Lamaune Iron Inc.  In accordance with IAS39, a provision for impairment has been recognised in the consolidated Notes to the consolidated financial statements statement of comprehensive income.  Further details of the transaction with Lamaune Iron Inc. are presented in note 21.

 

 

14.       Trade and other payables: amounts falling due within one year

 

Group

2014

£

Company

2014

£

Group

2013

£

Company

2013

£

Trade payables

116,411

46,676

354,505 

76,122

Current tax liabilities

33,180

-

34,132

-


149,591

46,676

388,637

76,122

Trade and other payables: amounts falling due after one year

 

 

Group

2014

£

Group

2013

£

Income tax liability maturity analysis



One to two years (non-current liabilities)

-

-

                                               

 

15.       Share Capital

 

Company

2014

£

Company

2013

£

Issued and fully paid: 



517,483,825 (2013: 413,483,825 ) ordinary shares of 1 pence each 

 


each ranking pari passu           

5,174,838

4,134,838

 

 

Ordinary Shares

2014

£

Share premium

2014

£

Issued:           



At 1 January 2014

4,134,838

26,653,862

Issued in the year

1,040,000

1,560,000

Issue costs

-

(129,441)

At 31 December 2014           

5,174,838

28,084,421

 

The Company made allotments of 1p ordinary shares with an aggregate nominal value of £1,040,000 during the period as follows:

 

Number of

shares

Nominal value

Share premium

Placing 7 July 2014

36,600,000

366,000

549,000

Subscription 7 July 2014

67,400,000

674,000

1,011,000


104,000,000

1,040,000

1,560,000

                                                                       

Issue costs totalling £129,441 (2013: £51,900) were incurred when allocating the shares. The total issue costs were debited against share premium in accordance with IAS 32.Issue costs include £33,690 (2013: £nil), the fair value of warrants issued to the company's broker as disclosed in Note 16.2.  The warrants were recognised in accordance with IFRS2 and constitute a non-cash issue cost. Further issue costs of £95,751 (2013: £51,900) were in cash settlement of broker's fees.

 

Under the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 there is no longer a requirement for a company to have a specific authorised share capital . The Company adopted new style Articles of Incorporation on 20 June 2013, clause 4.1 of the Articles refers to the unlimited share capital.

 

16.       Share-based payment reserve - Group and Company

 

£

 

Share-based payment reserve - share options

858,019

Share-based payment reserve - warrants

33,690

Total

891,709

           

           

16.1 Share options reserve

 

 

 

 

Grant date

 

 

 

Expiry date

Exercise

price

Number of options at 1 January

2014

 

 

(Lapsed)/

Granted

Number of options at 31 December 2014

 

 

Fair value

£

27 April 2009

27 April 2014

0.1025

800,000

(800,000)

-

0

28 October 2009

28 October 2019

0.1400

1,000,000


1,000,000

53,616

6 July 2011

6 July 2016

0.1612

8,000,000


8,000,000

306,400

20 March 2012

20 March 2017

0.0788

3,500,000


3,500,000

66,449

4 July 2012

4 July 2017

0.0650

500,000


500,000

7,228

25 September 2012

25 September 2017

0.0738

4,700,000


4,700,000

124,792

1 July 2013

1 July 2018

0.0500

7,000,000


7,000,000

54,846

25 November 2013

25 November 2018

0.0250

10,200,000


10,200,000

74,154

21 March 2014

21 March 2019

0.0217

-

900,000

900,000

9,029

21 July 2014

21 July 2019

0.03525

-

9,300,000

9,300,000

161,505




35,700,000

9,400,000

45,100,000

858,019

                       

During the year ended 31 December 2014, the Company granted 10,200,000 share options. During the same period 800,000 share options lapsed and no share options expired. All of the above options vest in full on the grant date.

 

The weighted average exercise prices relating to the above movements in the number of share options are as follows:

 

2014

£

2013

£

Outstanding at beginning of the period

0.08

0.12

Granted during the period

0.03

0.04

Exercised during the period

-

-

Lapsed during the period

0.10

0.12

Outstanding at end of the period

0.13

0.08

Exercisable at end of the period

0.13

0.08

Weighted average remaining contractual life of share options outstanding

at end of the period (years)

 

2.36

 

3.87

Weighted average share price of share options exercised in year

-

-

 

During the financial year ended 31 December 2014 there were 10,200,000 share options issued to numerous employees.

 

The estimated fair value of the above options was calculated by applying the Black-Scholes pricing model.

 

The model inputs were:

 

Options granted       

21 March 2014

21 July 2014

Share price at grant date

£0.022

£0.0352

Expected volatility

52.82 per cent.

58.55 per cent.

Risk-free interest rate

0.5 per cent.

0.5 per cent.

Exercise price

£0.0217

£0.03525

Option life

5 years

5 years

                       

 

The expected volatility is wholly based on the historic volatility of share prices (calculated based on the average life of the share options).

The movements on the share options reserve are detailed below:

 

2014

£

2013

£

Share options reserve as at 1 January

707,775

1,223,262

Charge in statement of comprehensive loss

170,534

129,000

Transfer to accumulated deficit for lapsed options

(20,290)

(644,487)

Share options reserve at 31 December

858,019

707,775

 

Costs that were settled by way of the issue of warrants were directly attributable to the issue of shares and therefore charged against share premium in accordance with IAS 32.

 

 

16.2 Share options reserve - warrants

 

The weighted average exercise prices relating to the movements in the number of warrants are as follows:

 

2014

£

2013

£

Outstanding at beginning of the period

-

-

Granted during the period

0.0184

-

Exercised during the period

-

-

Lapsed during the period

-

-

Outstanding at end of the period

0.0184

-

Exercisable at end of the period

0.0184

-

Weighted average remaining contractual life of share options outstanding

at end of the period

 

0.0184

 

-

Weighted average share price of share options exercised in year

-

-

 

During the financial year ended 31 December 2014 there were 1,830,000 warrants issued to Hume Capital Securities Plc.

 

The estimated fair value of the above warrants was calculated by applying the Black-Scholes pricing model.

 

The model inputs were:

 

Warrants granted

14 July 2014

Share price at grant date

£0.037

Expected volatility

58.36%

Risk-free interest rate

0.5%

Exercise price

£0.03625

Option life

3 years

 

The expected volatility is wholly based on the historic volatility of share prices (calculated based on the average life of the share options).

 

The movements on the warrant reserve are detailed below:

 

2014

£

2013

£

Warrant reserve as at 1 January

-

-

Charge in statement of comprehensive loss

33,690

-

Transfer to statement of comprehensive income reserve for lapsed warrants

-

-

Warrant reserve at 31 December

33,690

-

 

 

17.       Accumulated deficit

 

2014

£

2013

£

Group



At 1 January

(27,126,179)

(25,355,105)

Loss for the year

(5,733,760)

(2,415,561)

Transfer from share options reserve

20,290

644,487

At 31 December

(32,839,649)

(27,126,179)

Company

 


At 1 January

(9,552,660)

(7,416,270)

Loss for the year

(1,435,035)

(2,780,877)

Transfer from share options reserve

20,290

644,487

At 31 December

(10,967,405)

(9,552,660)

 

                       

18.       Cumulative translation reserve

 

Translation

reserve

Group


At 1 January 2014

(152,162)

Exchange differences on translation of overseas operations

(156,689)

At 31 December 2014

(308,851)

 

The translation reserve records exchange differences arising from the translation of the accounts of the foreign currency denominated subsidiaries, Landore Resources Canada Inc. and Brancote US Inc..

 

 

19.       Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net funds - Group

 

2014

£

2013

£

Opening net funds

699,633

   1,166,919

Increase  / ( decrease ) in cash and cash equivalents

373,738

 (470,377)

Net funds before foreign exchange

1,073,371

696,542

Foreign exchange ( loss) / gain

(1,129)

3,091

Closing net funds

1,072,242

699,633

 

 

20.       Analysis of net funds - Group

 

At

1 January 2014

£

 

Cash

flow

£

 

Exchange

loss

£

At 31 December 2014

£

Cash and cash equivalents

699,633           

373,738

(1,129)

1,072,242

Total

699,633           

373,738

(1,129)

1,072,242

 

           

21.       Related party transactions

 

Advances were received by Landore Resources Canada Inc. from Landore Resources Limited. These were unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand.  Amounts due from subsidiary undertakings are presented in Note 13.

 

Helen Green, a Director of the Company, is also a Director of Saffery Champness Management International Limited ("SCMIL") and Rysaffe International Services Limited ("Rysaffe"). SCMIL were paid £78,761 (2013: £82,468) in the period in respect of its role as administrators for the Company and Rysaffe was paid £10,000 (2013: £10,000) in respect of its role as Company Secretary. An amount of £9,776 (2013: £17,951) was owing to SCMIL at the year-end and the amount owing to Rysaffe was £nil (2013: £nil). All transactions are at market value.

 

Landore Resources Canada Inc. paid management fees to a Director of the Company in the amount of C$35,000 (2013: C$35,000). At the year end, C$35,000 (2013: C$70,000) remains outstanding and has been included in trade payables.

 

On 7 July 2014, 1,200,000 shares were purchased at 2.5 pence per share by William Humphries, a Director of the Company.  On 19 December 2014, a further 1,754,119 shares were purchased at 1.675 pence per share by William Humphries. William Humphries held 39,914,119 shares at 31 December 2014.

 

On 7 July 2014, 400,000 shares were purchased at 2.5 pence per share by Richard Prickett, a Director of the Company. Richard Prickett held 8,255,899 shares at 31 December 2014.

On 7 July 2014, 400,000 shares were purchased at 2.5 pence per share by Charles Wilkinson, a Director of the Company. Charles Wilkinson held 2,154,047 shares at 31 December 2014.

 

On 7 July 2014, 400,000 shares were purchased at 2.5 pence per share by Helen Green, a Director of the Company. Helen Green held 527,583 shares at 31 December 2014.

 

For key management compensation see note 7. The Group does not have any single ultimate controlling party.

 

Pursuant to a Loan Amendment Agreement effective April 30, 2014 Landore Resources Canada Inc. (Landore) and Lamaune Iron Inc. ("Lamaune") have agreed to amend the terms of the Original Loan Agreement as follows:

 

(a)  The original promissory note dated 10 June 2011 issued by Lamaune to Landore in the amount of C$6,200,000 will be amended and Lamaune has issued a new promissory note repayable 30 April 2019;

 

(b)  The Security Agreement, a legal charge over the Lamaune  mineral property,issued pursuant to the Original Loan Agreement remains.

 

(c)  The total interest accrued and owing by Lamaune on 30 April 2014 is C$537,946 has been satisfied by Lamaune paying C$400,000 and issuing 1,379,460 common shares of Lamaune to Landore; The value of the shares issued were C$ 137,946 ( 2.15 % of Lamaune's share capital)  were subsequently impaired in full.

 

(d)  Subsequent to 30 April 2014 the loan does not bear any interest;

 

(e)  Landore will have the right to convert the loan into common shares of Lamaune at the applicable price per share pursuant to a Going Public Transaction or at a mutually agreeable price per common share in the event of a Joint Venture Transaction; and

 

(f)  In consideration of the amendments provided in the Loan Amendment Agreement, Lamaune agrees to issue warrants to Landore to purchase common shares of Lamaune equal to the Black-Scholes valuation of the warrants equal to the discount recorded by Landore estimated to be approximately C$900,000 (at a discount rate of 3 per cent).

 

During the second half of 2014, the iron ore market suffered a severe downturn.  As a result, the Directors decided to make a full provision for impairment against the recoverability of the receivable from Lamaune and investment in shares as explained in note 13.

 

 

22.       Financial instruments/Financial risk management

 

In the course of its business, the Group is exposed primarily to liquidity risk. As the Company grows it is expected that capital management risk, foreign exchange risk, credit risk and interest rate risk will also become focuses of the Group's financial risk management policies.

 

 

Capital risk management

 

The Group's objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group's ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders, to provide adequate resources to fund its exploration activities with a view to providing returns to its investors and to maintain sufficient financial resources to mitigate against risk and unforeseen events.

The Company meets its capital needs by equity financing. The Group sets the amount of capital it requires in proportion to risk. The Group manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it in the light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of the underlying assets.

The objectives will be achieved by maintaining and adding value to existing extraction projects and identifying new exploration projects, adding value to these projects and ultimately taking them through to production and cash flow, either with partners or by the Group's means.

 

The Group monitors capital on the basis of the carrying amount of equity less cash and cash equivalents as presented on the face of the balance sheet. Capital for the reporting periods under review is summarised in the consolidated statement of changes in equity.

 

The Group sets the amount of capital in proportion to its overall financing structure, i.e. equity and financial liabilities. The Group manages the capital structure and makes adjustments to it in the light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of the underlying assets. In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group may adjust the amount of dividends paid to shareholders in the future, return capital to shareholders or issue new shares.

 

 

Liquidity risk

 

The Group attempts to accurately forecast the cash flow requirements of its ongoing operations and ensures that it has sufficient funding in place to meet these needs. The Group currently uses equity finance as its main source of funding.

 

 

Foreign currency risk

 

The Group primarily operates in Canada but reports its financial results in GBP Sterling. It manages the potential exposure to fluctuations in the GBP Sterling to Canadian Dollar exchange rate by holding its main asset, being its cash reserves, in GBP Sterling. Cash is converted to Canadian Dollars to meet

the expenditure requirements of its Canadian business only when required. Currently, the Group's net asset position is not significantly impacted by movements in the exchange rate.

 

As the Group remains a development phase entity it only has small and infrequent foreign currency transaction exposures.

 

In addition, the market for metals is principally denominated in United States Dollars. As the Group has not reached production stage it does not currently engage in active hedging to minimise exchange rate risk, although this will remain under review.

 

 

Credit risk

 

Credit risk is the risk that a counterparty will not meet its obligations under a financial instrument or customer contract, leading to a financial loss. The Group is exposed to credit risk from its financing activities, including deposits with banks and financial institutions, foreign exchange transactions and other financial instruments. The Group does not have trade receivables and does not hold collateral as security.

 

Credit risk from balances with banks and financial institutions is managed by the Board. Investments of surplus funds are made only with approved counterparties and within credit limits assigned to each counterparty.

 

Counterparty credit limits are reviewed by the Board on a regular basis. The limits are set to minimise the concentration of risks and therefore mitigate financial loss through potential counterparty failure.

No material exposure is considered to exist by virtue of the possible non-performance of the counterparties to financial instruments.

 

The on-going global financial situation is being monitored by the Board but is not affecting the Company at present.

 

 

Interest rate risk

 

As the Group does not currently have any borrowings it is not exposed to interest rate fluctuations.

The Group and Company held the following financial assets and liabilities:

 

Group

2014

£

Company

2014

£

Group

2013

£

Company

2013

£

Financial assets         





Trade and other receivables

26,519

22,067,573

3,834,913

21,258,736

Investment in subsidiaries

-

94,889

-

94,889

Financial liabilities





Trade and other payables

149,593

46,676

388,637

76,122

 

Trade and other receivables are shown net of a provision for impairment as explained in note 13.

 

 

23.       Commitments

 

Operating lease commitments

The Group leases its premises under an informal arrangement on a monthly basis. There is in addition a lease on a small office suite in Toronto which expires on 30th September 2015, the commitment is £7,412 as at 31st December 2014.

 

Contractual commitments

As at 31 December 2014, the Group had no significant contractual obligations.

 

 

24.       Administrative expenses

 

Group

2014

£

Company

2014

£

Group

2013

£

Company

2013

£

Administrative expenses           

588,532

289,564

779,546

315,230

Directors fees

270,000

270,000

270,000

270,000

Legal, accountancy and audit expenses

111,676

74,383

124,185

80,658

Share-based payments expense

204,224

204,224

129,000

129,000


1,174,432

838,171

1,302,731

794,888

 

 

25.       Cash and cash equivalents

 

Group

2014

£

Company

2014

£

Group

2013

£

Company

2013

£

Cash at bank    

1,072,243

383,037

92,625

89,304

Short term deposits

-

684,740

577,008

577,008


1,072,243

1,067,777

699,633

666,312

 

 

26.       Subsequent events

 

The Directors considered there to be no material events after the reporting period to disclose in accordance with IAS 10 Events After the Reporting Period.

 

 

27.   Publication of non statutory accounts

 

The financial information set out in this announcement does not constitute statutory accounts.

 

The financial information for the year ended 31 December 2014 has been extracted from the Group's financial statements to that date upon which the auditors' opinion is modified on the basis of an emphasis of matter opinion on going concern.

 

28.    Annual Report and Annual General Meeting

 

The Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2014 will be available from the Company's website www.landore.com today.

 

The Annual General Meeting of Landore Resources Limited (the "Company") will be held at La Tonnelle House, Les Banques , St Sampson, Guernsey , GY1 3HS on Tuesday , 30 June 2015 at 11.30 am.


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