Final Results
Jubilee Platinum PLC
03 November 2006
3 November 2006
Jubilee Platinum Plc
('Jubilee' or 'the Company')
PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR THE YEAR TO 30 JUNE 2006
Highlights:
• Tjate project in South Africa consistently returns exceptional drilling
results
• Projects in Madagascar show potential for large Nickel/Copper/PGM deposits
• Jubilee in US$5 million Joint Venture with Impala Platinum
• Jubilee well funded with cash reserves of £5.7 million to meet current
project demands
POST YEAR END HIGHLIGHTS:
• Jubilee in US$10 million Joint Venture with TransAsia Minerals
Commenting on the results, Jubilee Platinum's Chief Executive Officer Colin Bird
said; 'The past year has been one of significant progress for Jubilee. The
results from the Tjate project continue to impress and we are very pleased with
this key position within the Bushveld Complex, the most important source of
platinum worldwide. Our joint venture partnerships will serve to further
accelerate our exploration and development programmes in Madagascar and confirm
our belief in the prospectivity that Madagascar has to offer. We look forward to
building on and furthering our achievements in the coming year.'
For further information please contact:
Colin Bird Cathy Malins / Annabel Leather
Jubilee Platinum plc Parkgreen Communications Ltd
Tel +44 (0) 20 7584 2155 Tel +44 (0)20 7493 3713
Chairman's Report
Dear Shareholder
The Company has had a very eventful year with significant progress made in all
areas. Important Joint Venture agreements have been concluded, exploration
projects have advanced and a £1.5 million convertible note has been provided by
a leading London based resource finance institution.
The Company's flagship property, Tjate, has consistently yielded exceptional
drilling results and is now progressing towards pre-feasibility study.
The current exploration projects in Madagascar are at varying stages of
development but show significant potential for large Nickel/Copper/PGM deposits,
mineable from surface. We are happy to have cemented our presence in
Madagascar, an under-explored country which appears to be showing a propensity
for large scale bulk-metal projects.
During the period under review the Company lost £498,978 (2005 - £299,855) and
£1,125,800 was capitalised on exploration projects. This loss represents 0.67p
per share against 0.46p in 2005.
Platinum group and base metal prices have been very strong during the year and
have highlighted the need for new discoveries. Your board has noted that joint
venture and corporate activity is not confined to major mining companies but has
extended to consumers and countries anxious to secure strategic stakes in future
metal production.
Jubilee continues to seek out new opportunities which will enhance its South
African position in the platinum-rich Bushveld Complex; the objective being to
secure 'bankable' PGM ounces to meet rising demand. The competition is
understandably intense but Jubilee has developed credibility over the last four
years and is now strongly positioned to take advantage of any opportunities.
Jubilee has a joint venture with Impala Platinum Holdings on its Ambodilafa
project in Madagascar where drilling has commenced. The Company recently
announced a significant US$10 million joint venture with TransAsia Minerals - an
emerging Indonesian based resource company - on its Londokomanana and Itsindro
projects in Madagascar. Mindful of equity dilution these joint ventures have
the effect of limiting new share issues and are aimed at sharing the early risk
of exploration with companies who have the financial strength to build new
mines.
The Company is well funded to meet its current objectives and progress its
portfolio of exploration and development projects.
Finally, I would like to thank my fellow directors, management, operational
staff and consultants for their tireless efforts in a busy but successful year.
Malcolm Burne
Chairman
Operations Review 2005-2006
South Africa
Tjate Project
During the year under review, Jubilee continued to focus exploration efforts on
its flagship Tjate property. On the Dsjate farm the Company drilled four
boreholes DT4, DT5, DT6 and DT7 and fourteen wedge offshoot holes with a
combined total of 3,669 metres. All four borehole results showed good grades and
reef thicknesses that were consistent with the previous three boreholes DT1, DT2
and DT3.
The Company is to start a second phase of drilling in the third quarter 2006
towards delineating a resource estimate.
The Dsjate farm is one of three contiguous farms in the Tjate property, which
comprises of an area totalling 5,143 hectares. The farms are immediately down
dip of Anglo American's Twickenham Mine and Impala Platinum's Marula Mine on the
Winnaarshoek farm. The entire project area has an exploration target of 65
million oz of 5 PGE (platinum group elements) and gold. The Company is
presently engaged in a comprehensive drilling programme on the property with the
objective of defining a mineral resource.
On 12 June 2006, the Department of Minerals and Energy approved the conversion
of Tjate Platinum Corporation's old order prospecting right to a new order
prospecting right under the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (No.
28 of 2002).
Tjate Borehole Results
Weighted averages
Borehole Reef Reef Depth Reef Thickness 4E Pt Pd g/t Rh g/t Au g/t Ni Cu % Pt:Pd
m cm * g/t g/t % ratio
DT1 Merensky 868 80 6.55 3.77 2.08 0.18 0.52 0.29 0.16 1.8
UG2 1248 93 6.01 2.80 2.51 0.60 0.10 n.a. n.a. 1.1
DT2 Merensky 722 81 3.57 2.11 1.11 0.11 0.23 0.20 0.11 1.9
UG2 1103 95 8.01 3.42 3.75 0.70 0.14 n.a. n.a. 0.9
DT3 Merensky 900 82 5.24 3.10 1.61 0.14 0.39 0.29 0.17 1.9
UG2 1290 82 7.49 3.55 3.08 0.70 0.16 n.a. n.a. 1.2
DT4 Merensky 685 80 6.53 3.66 2.22 0.17 0.48 0.27 0.15 1.6
UG2 1077 85 7.60 3.10 3.66 0.72 0.12 n.a. n.a. 0.8
DT5 Merensky 772 90 3.86 2.98 0.49 016 0.23 0.07 0.05 1.6
DT6 Merensky 812 80 12.82 7.32 4.17 0.31 1.02 0.46 0.27 1.7
DT7 Merensky 723 82 7.08 3.99 2.31 0.19 0.59 0.21 0.12 1.7
Total Merensky 82 6.47 3.83 1.97 0.18 0.49 0.25 0.15 1.9
Total UG2 89 7.21 3.2 3.2 0.68 0.13 n.a. n.a. 1.0
*Apparent thickness 4E (Pt Pd Rh Au) n.a. not applicable
Madagascar
Londokomanana Project
This project is located in the Londokomanana region in central northern
Madagascar, some 165 kilometres north of the capital Antananarivo. The Company
holds exploration licences for two contiguous properties:
1) Londokomanana (the northern part) under Exploration Licence PR (Permis
Recherche) no. 5103 and;
2) Lavatrafo (the southern part) under Exploration Licence PR no. 10175.
Londokomanana Property
This property includes the ultrabasic (pyroxenite/dunite) formations: Antsahabe
(centre of the property), Mavoandro (to the north of the property) and
Antsatratakona, some 3 kilometres to the east of Mavoandro.
During the year under review, the Company drilled borehole ANT1 (results tabled
below) in Antsahabe, in an area of coincident geochemical and geophysical
anomalies. The borehole intersected near surface an aggregated 48-metre thick
near-vertical mineralised structure grading 0.62% nickel and 0.13% copper.
Borehole ANT1 Results
Intersection From To Thickness Nickel Copper
metres metres metres* % %
metres
Total 17.2 44.5 27.3 0.64 0.13
including 20.9 41.4 20.5 0.78 0.15
including 21.5 29.5 5.0 1.05 0.22
including 30.5 35.6 5.1 1.16 0.10
including 33.6 34.6 1.0 2.09 0.14
Total 54.8 71.8 17.0 0.60 0.12
including 60.1 68.1 8.0 0.89 0.16
including 60.1 61.8 1.7 2.07 0.08
Total 77.2 80.9 3.7 0.58 0.12
including 80.4 80.9 0.5 0.14 0.32
Aggregate Total 17.2 80.9 48.0 0.62 0.13
*Apparent thickness
Parallel with this drilling, the Company commissioned a dipole-dipole ('DPDP')
geophysics survey (useful in identifying structures at depth) over the area
concurrent with geochemical soil sampling. The area covered, included lateral
relative high and low chargeability areas delineated from an earlier gradient
array geophysics survey.
The survey identified relative high chargeability response zones at depth, some
coincident with geochemical anomalies and some not. The lateral relative low
chargeability areas were associated with the ultrabasic formations. The lateral
high chargeability responses could not be associated with the basic lithologies
and were interpreted both laterally and at depth to be associated with possibly
disseminated sulphides.
The Company drilled a number of boreholes to test this interpretation. No
significant sulphides were intersected and the interpretation proved to be
incorrect. The applicability of DPDP geophysics as a tool for exploration in
this geological environment was therefore considered inadequate.
The Company subsequently focused on utilising geochemical soil sampling to
delineate mineralised corridors (see Lavatrafo below) in Antsahabe and the
Mavoandro- Antsatratakona formations further to the north. Antsatratakona
features significant airborne geophysical electromagnetic ('E-M') anomalies
identified in the 1960s.
Since the year end, the Company entered into a joint venture Project Agreement
with TransAsia Minerals Limited ('TransAsia'), a subsidiary private company of
Indonesian based TransAsia Resources PT Group. TransAsia has acquired a 51%
interest in the Londokomanana and Itsindro properties for a commitment to fund
US$10 million on exploration over three years. TransAsia is an aggressive
multi-commodity group with ambitions for growth in nickel production.
Lavatrafo Property
Exploration in the year under review included archival research, mapping, soil
sampling, geophysics and drilling.
Archival research and mapping uncovered several significant new extensions to
the ultrabasic formations on Lavatrafo including two key new targets Amboasary
and Ranomena.
Lavatrafo Formation
The Company carried out a geophysical survey, utilising induced polarisation ('
IP') gradient array and DPDP methods, similar to that reported above for
Londokomanana. The survey identified areas and zones of similar relative high
and low chargeabilities both laterally and at depth. Again the lateral relative
high chargeability areas were interpreted to be associated with possibly
disseminated / massive sulphides and hence an alternative model for drilling.
The Company initially drilled two boreholes LAV1 and LAV2A (results tabled
below) within a relative low chargeability area associated with ultrabasic
lithology and coincident with geochemical anomalies. The drilling results showed
near-surface wide Ni-Cu-PGM mineralisation with indicated viable economic metal
values for open pit mining.
The Company then drill tested the alternative high chargeability DPDP model. No
sulphide mineralisation was intersected in the high chargeability zones. This
confirmed the inadequacy of the DPDP tool for exploration and demonstrated
conclusively that soil geochemistry presents the optimum exploration approach in
this geological environment.
Nevertheless, the gradient array data generated from the survey complemented the
Company's conventional ground mapping, since outcrop is relatively sparse in the
area. The Company subsequently reverted to geochemical soil sampling to
establish 'mineralised corridors' (trends along strike of anomalous copper and
nickel values) in all the ultrabasic formations.
Borehole LAV7, located some 1.5 kilometres south of and along strike from LAV1,
was the first borehole targeted at a 4-kilometre long mineralised corridor
established in the Lavatrafo formation. The borehole intersected 19m (apparent)
width of PGE (platinum group elements), Ni and Cu mineralisation 35m down the
hole (25m vertical depth). This result (see table below) supported the
mineralised corridor model.
More boreholes are targeted for drilling in this corridor in the coming season.
Borehole Results:
Borehole LAV1
Intersection From To Thickness* Nickel Copper 3E**
metres metres metres % % g/t
Total 37.7 108.4 70.7 0.23 0.11 1.05
including 72.8 108.4 35.7 0.31 0.19 0.99
including 89.4 108.4 19.1 0.34 0.20 1.05
including 75.3 83.5 8.3 0.32 0.23 1.15
including 102.3 108.4 6.1 0.47 0.24 1.02
* Apparent thickness ** 3E = platinum palladium gold
Borehole LAV2A
Intersection From To Thickness* Nickel Copper 3E**
metres metres metres % % g/t
Total 72.4 164.1 91.7 0.26 0.14 0.66
including 82.4 162.1 79.7 0.29 0.16 0.73
including 115.0 158.8 43.8 0.40 0.25 0.80
including 136.1 156.2 20.1 0.52 0.33 0.92
* Apparent thickness ** 3E = platinum palladium gold
Borehole LAV7
Intersection From To Thickness* Nickel Copper 3E**
metres metres metres % % g/t
Total 35.6 54.6 19.0 0.18 0.21 0.53
Including 35.6 43.2 7.6 0.16 0.15 0.82
Including 41.2 44.2 3.0 0.27 0.19 1.13
Including 45.2 46.0 0.8 0.21 1.03 0.71
Including 42.2 43.2 1.0 0.33 0.30 1.61
Including 52.5 53.5 1.0 0.20 1.05 0.17
* Apparent thickness ** 3E = platinum palladium gold
Ranomena Formation
The Ranomena formation is located in the southern section of Lavatrafo, some 8
kilometres south-south-west of the current Lavatrafo formation working area. The
Company reopened, deepened and resampled four trenches (C1 to C4 - results
tabled below), which had been mapped previously as part of a 'platinoide'
mission carried out in the 1990s. High PGM and nickel mineralisation values
were obtained across trench lengths of up to 60 metres, particularly in C3 which
included 8 metres @ 0.92g/t 2E (Pt,Pd) and 0.36% Ni and two 1-metre intervals @
1.38 g/t 2E and 1.68 g/t 2E.
The data suggested an immediate drilling target, which is currently being
drilled.
Trench results:
Trench sampled 2E* g/t Pt Pd Nickel Copper
metres g/t g/t % %
C1
Total 26 0.4 0.23 0.17 0.19 0.06
Including 2 0.58 0.30 0.28 0.20 0.12
Including 2 0.61 0.40 0.21 0.18 0.06
Including 2 0.51 0.33 0.18 0.44 0.18
C2
Total 60 0.27 0.15 0.12 0.18 0.02
Including 3 0.90 0.31 0.57 0.78 0.18
C3
Total 16 0.64 0.32 0.31 0.27 0.08
including 8 0.92 0.47 0.43 0.36 0.12
including 1 1.38 0.86 0.52 0.44 0.18
including 1 1.68 0.91 0.74 0.11 0.08
C4
Total 30 0.14 0.07 0.08 0.34 0.1
including 2 0.30 0.13 0.13 0.53 0.13
*2E platinum and palladium
Amboasary Formation
In Amboasary, geophysical E-M anomalies were mapped in the 1960s and there
appeared to have been little follow-up exploration on these anomalies. This
marks Amboasary as a highly prospective target for further exploration. A
programme of soil sampling has commenced and will be followed up with
time-domain electromagnetics ('TDEM') survey.
Ambodilafa Project
The Ambodilafa Licence is located some 200 kilometres south-south-east of
Antananarivo and covers some 194 square kilometres. The area includes the
56-square kilometre Vohipaha basic and ultrabasic gabbroic intrusive system, at
the southern end of which lies the eight square kilometre Ambodilafa project.
Regional reconnaissance drilling in the area in 1969 included an intersection of
93 metres of disseminated sulphides, containing pyrrhotite, pentlandite (nickel
ore mineral) and chalcopyrite (copper ore mineral). The intersection included a
1.5 metre intercept assaying 2.2% Ni and 0.35% Cu. Later stream sediment
sampling in 1990 defined several drainage catchments in the area, which showed
anomalous platinum and palladium values. This earlier drilling, which followed
geochemical anomalies, was carried out generally to the west of a significant
geophysical E-M anomaly.
A helicopter-borne Versatile Time-Domain Electromagnetics ('VTEM') survey was
carried out over this area. The survey identified a strong anomaly consisting of
a flat lying circular feature some 80 metres below surface with an estimated
thickness of up to 40 metres. Following this highly promising result, the
Company entered into an option agreement with Impala Platinum Holdings ('Implats
'), whereby Implats was granted the sole and exclusive right and option to
acquire an undivided 51% interest in the Ambodilafa property by funding a total
of US$5,000,000 for exploration.
The Company successfully secured an environmental permit to carry out phase one
exploration and drilling commenced on 18 September 2006.
Lanjanina Project
Lanjanina is located in south-central Madagascar some 180 kilometres south of
Antananarivo. It represents some 7 kilometres of strike length and lies at the
southern end of the 30-kilometre long basic-ultrabasic Itsindro Intrusive.
Following a review of a previous IP geophysical survey and soil sampling data,
the Company continued with further infill soil sampling and IP and DPDP surveys
over those areas, which showed significant copper and nickel geochemical
anomalies. The DPDP surveys indicated several sub-vertical high chargeability
units which were generally coincident with these geochemical anomalies. These
units were selected for preliminary scout drilling of three boreholes. The
boreholes intersected semi-massive and massive sulphides, predominantly
pyrrhotite, but the nickel and copper values overall were generally
disappointing, although some individual samples returned encouragingly high
values of up to 0.9% Ni and 0.6% Cu. Lanjanina remains highly prospective.
Sierra Leone
York Platinum Project
Jubilee is in joint venture (80% interest and manager) with AIM-listed Golden
Prospect plc (20% interest) on this 105.3 square kilometre York Platinum project
in Sierra Leone. The project is located around the village of York some 37
kilometres south of the capital Freetown.
No field exploration was carried out on the project during the year. The Company
instead focused on a review of the previous year's exploration data in order to
develop an effective programme for the next phase of exploration, which is
anticipated to include geophysics followed up by preliminary drilling.
The licence covers the central part of the Freetown Layered Gabbro Complex. This
is a layered sequence of gabbroic and troctolitic rocks with some of the
cyclical units having anomalous platinum, palladium, chromium, vanadium, nickel
and copper mineralisation. Previous exploration by the Company and others have
traced this mineralisation, with anomalous geochemical sampling platinum values
of up to 0.84g/t over a strike length of 8.5 kilometres. This exploration also
discovered a new parallel reef-like horizon two kilometres to the east over a
strike length of 1.2 kilometres and which remains open ended. A new trench
yielded up to 0.44 g/t platinum in highly weathered, laterised rock, while soils
showed anomalous values of up to 0.35 g/t platinum.
Other Projects
Houtenbek (97JT) and Mapochsgronde (500JS)
The Houtenbek and Mapochsgronde properties are located in the southern sector of
the eastern Limb of the Bushveld Complex. The Company, through its subsidiary
Dullstroom Plats (Pty) Ltd applied for new order prospecting rights, having held
old order rights on both properties. The DME did not grant the rights and the
Company is appealing against this decision.
Grasvally (293KR)
The Company entered into a 70% earn-in agreement with MSA Projects on their
Grasvally property subject to the property being granted a converted new order
prospecting right. This conversion right was granted on 22 August 2006.
The 663-hectare Grasvally property, which represents the last currently known
and untested block of Platreef ground in the Bushveld, is situated just south of
Mokopane (formerly Pietersburg), squarely between the Platinum Group Metals' War
Springs deposit, Caledonia's Rooipoort deposit and the Pan Palladium Volspruit
deposit.
Approximately 5 kilometres of potential Platreef outcrop have been identified
through a geochemical soil-sampling programme undertaken by MSA during 2004. A
comprehensive diamond-drilling programme was designed to drill test these
anomalies and form the basis of initial resource estimates. The initial phase
of diamond drilling commenced on 17 September 2006.
The Platreef is a wide platinum-bearing reef occurring along approximately 100
kilometres of outcrop on the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex. This
open-pittable reef zone has been the focus of significant and well publicised
exploration during the past five years, with several major and junior mining
companies having embarked on extensive and successful drilling programmes in the
zone.
One of the major benefits of this wide reef zone is that, in addition to
significant contained platinum and palladium, there is also substantial
associated nickel and copper credits, making the Platreef an exciting, low-cost,
polymetallic prospect.
Bokfontein (448QT) and Elandsdrift (467JQ)
The Company carried out a geologic assessment with some limited percussion
drilling of the Bokfontein and Elandsdrift farms near Brits in the western
Bushveld to test a postulated occurrence of a split UG2 type reef on the
properties, which lie up dip of the known UG2 outcrop in the area. On
Bokfontein, a low grade chromitite reef, which the Company believes strongly to
be UG1 reef, was intersected at shallow depth. On Elandsdrift no reef was
intersected. The postulated split UG2 theory was not proven and further work is
not contemplated on these small acreage properties.
Buffelsvlei (170JS)/Zaaiplaats (150JS)
New order prospecting rights were granted for the Buffelsvlei/Zaaiplaats farms,
which are located near Groblersdal in the eastern sector of the Bushveld
Complex. The property is contiguous to and east of the Blaauwbank ('Blue Ridge
') farm on which Ridge Mining is developing its Blue Ridge Cu-Ni-PGM project.
The project area is bisected by the Steelpoort fault.
The Company commissioned a geologic appraisal of the prospectivity of these
farms for similar PGM occurrences and formations to those which underpin the
Blue Ridge property. The appraisal concluded that the risk rating for PGM
exploration of the Buffelsvlei - Zaaiplaats project area is medium to high risk.
Test drilling is scheduled for next year.
Salliesloot (718KS)/Zwartkop (720KS)
New order prospecting rights were granted in respect of the properties
Salliesloot/Zwartkop and in which Jubilee is in an unincorporated joint venture
80% with the prospecting right holder Ex Terra (Pty) Ltd 20%.
The Salliesloot/Zwartkop farms, near Marble Hall in the eastern sector of the
Bushveld Complex are located on the northern limit of a 'tongue' of Transvaal
Supergroup ('TS') rocks, which have been brought (domed) to the surface. The TS
classically underlies the Bushveld complex and the anomalous occurrence of these
rocks in the area has led to a model postulating that the Critical Zone of the
Bushveld Complex may have been brought within accessible mining depths in the
area by the above doming event. Rocks with petrographic similarities to those
from Main Zone, which classically lie above the Critical Zone, have been
recorded and mapped historically as being present in the area.
The Company drilled a lithological scout borehole to 476 metres and intersected
generally fine-grained hornfels (thermally metamorphosed sediments of the TS)
but not Main Zone lithology.
The Company is reviewing this model and historical map data, which suggest that
the hole may have been up dip of two plotted norite outcrops and that a second
hole, if deemed appropriate, should be located to the north of the drilled
borehole. However, since drilling to 800 metres or more may be necessary to
support or otherwise this geologic model, the Company is focussing in the short
term on its other more prospective and advanced projects.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
C Bird
Chief Executive Officer
2 November 2006
JUBILEE PLATINUM PLC
CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 June 2006
Year ended Year ended
30 June 30 June
2006 2005
Note £ £
Administrative expenses (827,528) (558,563)
Operating loss (827,528) (558,563)
Interest receivable and similar income 282,916 230,401
Interest payable (51,025) -
Share of operating loss in associate 10 (25,110) (5,903)
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation 1 (620,747) (334,065)
Tax on loss on ordinary activities 4 - -
Loss on ordinary activities after taxation (620,747) (334,065)
Minority interests:
Equity 121,769 34,210
Loss on ordinary activities attributable to members of Jubilee (498,978) (299,855)
Platinum Plc
Basic loss per share 6 (0.67p) (0.46p)
Fully diluted loss per share 6 (0.65p) (0.45p)
All of the Group's activities are classed as continuing.
The accompanying accounting policies and notes form an integral part of these
financial statements.
STATEMENT OF TOTAL RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 June 2006
Year ended Year ended
30 June 2006 30 June 2005
£ £
Loss for the financial year (498,978) (299,855)
Translation differences on foreign currency net investments (304,248) (233,320)
Total recognised gains and losses for the year (803,226) (533,175)
The accompanying accounting policies and notes form an integral part of these
financial statements.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 30 JUNE 2006
Year ended Year ended
30 June 2006 30 June 2005
Note £ £
Fixed assets
Intangible assets 7 3,903,299 909,204
Tangible assets 8 51,634 24,513
Investment in associate 10 2,620,442 2,900,438
6,575,375 3,834,155
Current assets
Debtors 11 537,349 195,122
Cash at bank and in hand 4,668,199 4,635,153
5,205,548 4,830,275
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 12 (1,655,939) (1,374,244)
Net current assets 3,549,609 3,456,031
Total assets less current liabilities 10,124,984 7,290,186
Minority interests
Equity interests 95,925 43,929
10,220,909 7,334,115
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 13 786,489 699,228
Share premium account 14 11,859,073 8,256,314
Profit and loss account 15 (2,424,653) (1,621,427)
Shareholders' funds 16 10,220,909 7,334,115
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 2 November
2006.
C Bird
Chief Executive Officer
The accompanying accounting policies and notes form an integral part of these
financial statements.
COMPANY BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 30 JUNE 2006
Year ended Year ended
30 June 2006 30 June 2005
Note £ £
Fixed assets
Intangible assets 7 30,925 30,925
Tangible assets 8 1,649 2,889
Investments 9 3,426,212 388
3,458,786 34,202
Current assets
Debtors 11 4,907,362 4,049,453
Cash at bank and in hand 4,266,303 3,681,894
9,173,665 7,731,347
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 12 (1,621,297) (86,136)
Net current assets 7,552,368 7,645,211
Total assets less current liabilities 11,011,154 7,679,413
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 13 786,489 699,228
Share premium account 14 11,859,073 8,256,314
Profit and loss account 15 (1,634,408) (1,276,129)
Shareholders' funds 16 11,011,154 7,679,413
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 2 November
2006.
C Bird
Chief Executive Officer
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2006
Year ended Year ended
30 June 30 June
2006 2005
Note £ £
Net cash outflow from operating activities 17 (1,147,523) (869,591)
Returns on investments and servicing of finance
Interest received 275,812 230,401
Foreign exchange difference 279,996 9,925
555,808 240,326
Capital expenditure and financial investment
Purchase of intangible fixed assets 7 (1,125,800) (596,807)
Purchase of tangible fixed assets 8 (13,635) (24,669)
(1,139,435) (621,476)
Acquisitions and disposals
Investment in associate - (2,906,977)
- (2,906,977)
Movement in liquid resources
Funds placed on deposit (4,537,519) (4,079,481)
Funds removed from deposit 4,079,481 3,050,000
(458,038) (1,029,481)
Financing
Increase in loans 19 1,500,000 1,224,233
Issue of shares and warrants 13 264,196 4,766,295
Expenses of share issues 14 - (310,218)
1,764,196 5,680,310
Increase in cash 18 (424,992) 493,111
The accompanying accounting policies and notes form an integral part of these
financial statements
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2006
1 LOSS ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES BEFORE TAXATION
The loss on ordinary activities is stated after:
2006 2005
£ £
Auditors' remuneration - statutory audit services 10,500 10,977
- tax compliance fees 1,500 1,500
Payments under operating leases - land and buildings 12,500 24,500
Depreciation 9,937 7,670
Foreign exchange gain 2,636 -
2 SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS
The group has one business segment, that of mineral exploration. An analysis of
loss on ordinary activities before taxation and net assets by geographical area
is given below:
2006 2005
£ £
Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities (adjusted for minority interests)
United Kingdom (110,042) (19,127)
South Africa (321,461) (235,982)
Madagascar (67,475) (44,746)
(498,978) (299,855)
Net assets
United Kingdom 11,011,154 7,679,413
South Africa (684,562) (303,073)
Madagascar (105,683) (42,225)
10,220,909 7,334,115
3 DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
Staff costs during the year were as follows:
2006 2005
£ £
Wages and salaries 227,804 225,457
Social security costs 23,830 21,962
251,634 247,419
Remuneration in respect of Directors was as follows:
2006 2005
£ £
Emoluments 139,833 134,118
Emoluments disclosed above include the following amounts paid to the highest
paid director:
2006 2005
£ £
Emoluments 92,980 56,901
The average monthly number of employees during the year was seven (2005: 7)
including the four Directors, none of whom (2005: None) participate in company
pension schemes.
4 TAX ON LOSS ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES
2006 2005
£ £
(620,747) (334,065)
Loss for the year
(186,224) (100,220)
Loss for the year multiplied by standard rate of UK corporation tax 30%
Effect of:
UK expenses not deductible for tax purposes 2,538 4,630
Increase in UK tax losses - 71,104
South African losses at 30% 153,505 24,486
Other tax adjustments 30,181 -
Tax charge - -
Unprovided deferred tax asset:
UK tax losses carried forward multiplied by standard rate of UK corporation
tax 30%, recoverable only when the Company has generated taxable profits 239,576 239,576
5 PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR
The Company has taken advantage of Section 230 of the Companies Act 1985 and has
not included its own profit and loss account in these financial statements. The
Company loss for the year was £44,287 (2005: £19,125).
6 LOSS PER SHARE
The calculation of the basic loss per share is based on the loss for the
financial year divided by the weighted average number of shares being 74,355,295
(2005:64,687,342) in issue during the year.
The fully diluted loss per share is based on the loss for the financial year
divided by the weighted average number of shares and potential shares being
76,411,257 (2005: 66,463,756) in issue during the year.
2006 2005
£ £
Ordinary shares 74,355,295 64,687,342
Effect of options issued at fair value 2,055,962 1,776,414
76,411,257 66,463,756
7 INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Goodwill on Exploration
The Group consolidation expenditure Total
£ £ £
Cost
At 1 July 2005 - 909,204 909,204
Foreign Exchange Adjustments - (80,473) (80,473)
Additions 2,318,911 1,125,800 3,444,711
Amortisation (65,755) (304,388) (370,143)
At 30 June 2006 2,253,156 1,650,143 3,903,299
The Company Exploration
expenditure
£
Cost
At 1 July 2005 30,925
Additions -
At 30 June 2006 30,925
8 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
The Group Office
equipment
£
Cost
At 1 July 2005 35,866
Foreign exchange adjustments 23,423
Additions 13,635
At 30 June 2006 72,924
Depreciation
At 1 July 2005 11,353
Charge for the year 9,937
At 30 June 2006 21,290
Net book amount at 30 June 2006 51,634
Net book amount at 30 June 2005 24,513
The Company Office
equipment
£
Cost
At 1 July 2005 8,139
Additions 577
At 30 June 2006 8,716
Depreciation
At 1 July 2005 5,249
Charge for the year 1,818
At 30 June 2006 7,067
Net book amount at 30 June 2006 1,649
Net book amount at 30 June 2005 2,889
9 FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
The Company Shares in Shares in
Group Group
undertakings undertakings
2006 2005
£ £
Cost
At 1 July 2005 388 273
Additions 3,425,824 141
Disposals - (26)
At 30 June 2006 3,426,212 388
The Company issued 7,447,443 Ordinary 1p shares at 46p per share on 5 December
2005 to New Africa Mining Fund as consideration for acquiring the 12.52%
minority interest in Windsor Platinum Investments (Pty) Ltd ('Windsor').
Windsor is now a 100% owned subsidiary of the Company.
At 30 June 2006 the Company held more than 20% of the following subsidiary
undertakings:
Name of undertaking Country of Principal activity Proportion of equity capital
incorporation held
By the Company By the Group
Dullstroom Plats (Pty) Ltd South Africa Mineral exploration 100%
Maude Mining and Exploration (Pty) Ltd South Africa Mineral exploration - 65%
Mineral Resources of Madagascar Sarl Madagascar Mineral exploration 85% -
Windsor Platinum Investments (Pty) Ltd South Africa Mineral exploration 100% -
Emanuel Mining and Exploration (Pty) Ltd South Africa Mineral exploration 90% -
Mokopane Mining and Exploration (Pty) Ltd South Africa Mineral exploration 90% -
10 INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATE
Tjate Platinum Corporation (Proprietary) Limited 2006
£
Share of turnover -
Share of operating loss for the year (25,110)
Share of assets
Share of current assets 2,290
Share of non-current assets 2,742,886
2,745,176
Share of liabilities
Share of current liabilities 352
Share of non-current liabilities 124,382
124,734
Share of net assets 2,620,442
Jubilee Platinum plc owns 25% of the issued ordinary share capital of Tjate
Platinum Corporation (Proprietary) Limited which is engaged in the exploration
and exploitation of natural resources.
The associate has an unsecured loan from Windsor Platinum Investments (Pty)
Limited, a subsidiary within the Jubilee group, of £497,529 with no fixed
repayment terms, bearing an interest rate of 2% above the prime lending rate.
11 DEBTORS
Group Company
2006 2005 2006 2005
£ £ £ £
Amounts due from Group undertakings - - 4,888,092 4,010,748
Other debtors 532,871 176,324 14,792 21,656
Prepayments and accrued income 4,478 18,798 4,478 17,049
537,349 195,122 4,907,362 4,049,453
The loans to group members are unsecured and bear interest at base rate +2%.
12 CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Group Company
2006 2005 2006 2005
£ £ £ £
Other loan - 1,274,325 - -
Convertible loan notes 1,500,000 - 1,500,000 -
Social security and other taxes - - - 5,297
Other creditors 63,966 24,839 30,188 7,981
Accruals and deferred income 91,973 75,080 91,109 72,858
1,655,939 1,374,244 1,621,297 86,136
On 27 January 2006, the Company issued £1,500,000 8% Convertible Loan Notes to
City Natural Resources High Yield Trust Plc to assist with the funding of
working capital costs of its exploration and development programmes in South
Africa and Madagascar. The loan notes are convertible at the option of the
holder at any time prior to the maturity date, after 12 months from the issue
date at a price of £0.70 (conversion price) into approximately 2,142,857
Ordinary 1p shares in the Company. The loan notes will mature on 26 January
2010. After the initial 12 month period, if the 20-day average closing price of
the Company's shares at any time attains £0.85 or more, the Company may call the
Convertible Loan Notes for conversion into the Company's Ordinary shares at the
conversion price.
13 SHARE CAPITAL
Group and Company
2006 2005
£ £
Authorised
500,000,000 ordinary shares of 1p each 5,000,000 5,000,000
Allotted, called up and fully paid 786,489 699,228
78,648,974 (2005: 69,922,828) ordinary shares of 1p each
The Company allotted 8,726,146 Ordinary 1p shares with an aggregate nominal
value of £87,261 during the year as follows:
Price Number of shares Aggregate
Date of issue per share consideration
£
- 12 December 2005 46p 7,447,443 3,425,824
- 7 March 2006 16p 470,000 75,200
- 7 March 2006 20p 30,000 6,000
- 31 March 2006 20p 646,600 129,320
- 31 March 2006 16p 4,144 663
- 31 March 2006 33p 48,485 16,000
- 31 March 2006 45p 74,474 33,513
- 31 March 2006 70p 5,000 3,500
8,726,146 3,690,020
The Company has granted options to subscribe for Ordinary 1p shares as follows:
Date granted Period exercisable Exercise price Number of
per share options
(pence)
24 July 2002 24 July 2004 to 24 July 2012 16 1,770,000
24 October 2003 24 October 2005 to 24 October 2013 20 175,000
24 October 2003 24 October 2005 to 24 October 2013 28 100,000
9 February 2004 9 February 2004 to 9 February 2007 31 650,000
2 August 2004 2 August 2004 to 1 August 2009 20 646,600
20 December 2004 20 December 2006 to 20 December 2014 28 1,100,000
20 July 2005 20 July 2007 to 20 July 2015 38 110,000
1 March 2006 1 March 2006 to 1 March 2011 50 100,000
14 June 2006 14 June 2008 to 14 June 2016 75 15,000
20 April 2006 20 April 2008 to 20 April 2016 95 115,000
30 June 2006 30 June 2008 to 30 June 2016 85 1,200,000
1,278,703 options were exercised during the year.
The highest and lowest price of the Company's shares during the year was 99.33p
and 32.75p respectively. The share price at the year end was 69p.
14 SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT
Group and Company
2006 2005
£ £
At 1 July 2005 8,256,314 4,007,864
Premium on allotments in the year 3,602,759 4,558,668
Expenses of share issues - (310,218)
At 30 June 2006 11,859,073 8,256,314
15 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
Group Company
£ £
At 1 July 2005 (1,621,427) (1,276,129)
Profit/(loss) for the year (498,978) (44,288)
Translation differences on foreign currency net investments (304,248) (313,991)
At 30 June 2006 (2,424,653) (1,634,408)
16 RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENT IN SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS
Group Company
2006 2005 2006 2005
£ £ £ £
Profit/(loss) for the financial year (498,978) (299,855) (44,287) (252,445)
Foreign exchange difference (304,248) (233,320) (313,991) -
Issue of shares (net of expenses) 3,690,020 4,456,078 3,690,020 4,456,078
Net increase in shareholders' funds 2,886,794 3,922,903 3,331,742 4,203,633
Shareholders' funds at 1 July 2005 7,334,115 3,411,212 7,679,412 3,475,780
Shareholders' funds at 30 June 2006 10,220,909 7,334,115 11,011,154 7,679,413
17 NET CASH OUTFLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Group
2006 2005
£ £
Operating loss (827,528) (558,563)
Depreciation 9,937 7,670
Amortisation of goodwill 65,755 -
Amounts written off exploration expenditure 234,800 -
Exchange movement (304,248) (233,320)
Increase in debtors (356,547) (140,164)
Increase in creditors 30,308 54,786
Net cash outflow from continuing operating activities (1,147,523) (869,591)
18 RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH FLOW TO MOVEMENT IN NET FUNDS
Group
2006 2005
£ £
Increase in cash in the year (424,992) 493,111
Increase in liquid resources 458,038 1,029,481
Increase in loans (225,675) (1,224,233)
Increase in net funds (192,629) 298,359
Net funds at 1 July 2005 3,360,828 3,062,469
Net funds at 30 June 2006 3,168,199 3,360,828
19 ANALYSIS OF NET FUNDS
Group
2006 Cash Movement 2005
£ £ £
Cash at bank 4,668,199 33,046 4,635,153
Other loans (1,500,000) (225,675) (1,274,325)
Net funds 3,168,199 (192,629) 3,360,828
20 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Group uses financial instruments, other than derivatives, comprising
borrowings, cash, liquid resources and various items such as sundry debtors and
creditors that arise directly from its operations. The main purpose of these
financial instruments is to raise finance for the Group's operations.
The main risks arising from the Group's financial instruments are liquidity risk
and currency risk. The Directors review and agree policies for managing these
risks and these are summarised below.
Short-term debtors and creditors have been excluded from all the following
disclosures.
Liquidity risk
The Group seeks to manage financial risk, to ensure sufficient liquidity is
available to meet foreseeable needs and to invest cash assets safely and
profitably. This is achieved by placing surplus funds on deposit. At the
balance sheet date the Group had £100,000 on seven-day deposit at an interest
rate of 4.29% and £4,100,000 on monthly deposit at an interest rate of 4.45%.
Currency risk
The functional currencies of the companies in the group are Sterling, South
African Rand, and Madagascan Ariary. The Group does not hedge against the
effects of movement in exchange rates. These risks are monitored by the board on
a regular basis.
Borrowing facilities and interest rate risk
The Group finances its operations through the issue of equity share capital.
There is no significant borrowing and therefore no exposure to interest rate
fluctuations.
Fair values
The fair values of the Group's financial instruments are considered equal to the
book value.
21 CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
Neither the Group nor the Company had any capital commitments at 30 June 2006 or
30 June 2005.
22 FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS
The Company had the following commitments under non-cancellable operating leases
as at 30 June 2006:
Land and buildings
2006 2005
£ £
Within 1 year 12,000 18,250
23 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
There were no contingent liabilities at 30 June 2006 or 30 June 2005.
24 TRANSACTIONS WITH DIRECTORS
No Director had, during or at the end of the year, a material interest in any
contract which was significant in relation to the Group's business.
25 CONTROL
The directors consider the Company to have no ultimate controlling party.
26 POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS
(1) The Company has granted options to subscribe for Ordinary 1p shares as
follows:
Date granted Period exercisable Exercise price Number of
per share options
(pence)
6 September 2006 6 September 2006 to 6 September 2014 78p 25,000
11 September 2006 11 September 2006 to 11 September 2009 80p 200,000
11 September 2006 11 September 2006 to 11 September 2009 100p 120,000
(2) On 15 September 2006, the Company announced that it has received the
appropriate regulatory approvals to embark on the first phase of exploration
drilling on its prospective nickel-copper-PGE Ambodilafa project in Madagascar.
(3) On 4 October 2006, Jubilee entered into a Project Agreement with TransAsia
Minerals Limited ('TransAsia') with regards to its Londokomanana and the
Itsindro property.
TransAsia has agreed an aggregate expenditure of US$10,000,000 - US$7,000,000 on
Londokomanana and US$3,000,000 on Itsindro - on exploration over a three-year
period to acquire an undivided 51% interest in the above properties.
As part of its funding commitment Trans-Asia subscribed for US$1,000,000 worth
of Jubilee shares equivalent to 490,000 Ordinary 1p shares at £1.10 per share
and also advanced further cash of US$1,000,000 for Londokomanana and Itsindro.
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