Condor Gold (AIM: CNR; TSX: COG) is pleased to announce its audited
results for the year ended 31 December 2021 and provides
notification that the Annual General Meeting of shareholders of the
Company will be held at 3:00 p.m. on 12 May 2022 at 7/8 Innovation
Place, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1JX, United Kingdom.
The Company has published the formal notice of
meeting (the “Notice”) on its website (www.condorgold.com) together
with the related voting proxy form for use by shareholders. A copy
of the Notice, together with the proxy voting form, the Annual
Report for the year ended 31 December 2021 and the accompanying
Management’s Discussion and Analysis will be posted to all
shareholders who have elected to receive them in hard copy.
HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31
DECEMBER 2021
- Key findings of a Preliminary
Economic Assessment (“PEA”) Technical Report on its 100% owned La
India Project on 9 September. The open-pit plus underground
scenario reports a post-tax NPV of $418 million, an IRR of 54% with
average annual production of 150,000 ounces of gold for nine years
with a 12-month payback.
- Purchase of a brand new
Semiautogenous Grinding Mill (“SAG Mill”) package for total
consideration of US$6.5 million, including US$3.0 million payable
in shares of the Company. The SAG Mill package represents a key
item of the plant required to bring the Company’s La India Project
into production.
- Completion of a 3,500m infill
drilling program at the fully permitted La India “high grade”
starter pits; Results include 22.05 m (21.6 m true width) at 6.48
g/t gold from 24.75 m drill depth including 15.35 m (15.0 m true
width) at 8.68 g/t gold from 24.75 m drilled depth (drill hole
LIDC413).
- Completion of 3,500m of resource
expansion drilling on the Cacao prospect, interpreted as a fully
preserved epithermal gold system. A 10m plus true width mineralised
zone has been confirmed for a strike length of approximately 1,000m
beneath and along strike of the Cacao mineral resource. Results
include 14.9m true width at 3.94g/t gold (CCDC033).
- Completed the ground investigation
of 23 geotechnical drill holes and 58 test pits in preparation for
mine construction at the La India Project.
- Raised aggregate gross proceeds of
£4,000,000 before expenses through a placing of 9,523,810 new
ordinary shares at a price of 42p per placing share, including a
directors and CFO subscription for 4,871,414 new ordinary
shares.
- Selected Hanlon Engineering &
Associates (“Hanlon”) of Tucson, Arizona, a wholly owned subsidiary
company of GR Engineering Services Limited as the Lead Engineer to
develop a Feasibility Study level of design for a new processing
plant around Condor’s recently acquired new SAG Mill. Hanlon will
be responsible for the engineering designs, the capital cost and
operating costs of the processing plant.
- Provided an update on the
Feasibility Study on the La India Project on 19 October.
- Appointed H&P Advisory Limited
(Hannam & Partners) as joint broker to the Company, alongside
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP.
- Raised aggregate gross proceeds of
£4.1 million before expenses through a placing of 11,714,286 Units
(each Unit comprising of one Ordinary Share and one half of one
Ordinary Share purchase warrant) at a price of 35p per Unit,
including a directors & CFO subscription of 2,972,144
Units.
- Announced the
completion of 2,511m of geotechnical drilling for its Feasibility
Study for the La India Project.
POST PERIOD HIGHLIGHTS
- On 10 March,
2022 the Company announced that all assay results had been received
for 8.004m infill drilling at the La Mestiza open pit at the La
India Project. The results of the infill drilling programme were
consistent with previous drilling grades and widths, demonstrating
good continuity in gold mineralization between adjacent drill holes
in the high-grade zones and therefore adding confidence to the
geological model. The drilling was designed to upgrade the existing
open pit gold mineral resource to the indicated category for the
potential inclusion in a future Feasibility Study of the Company’s
fully permitted La India Project.
CONDOR GOLD PLC
CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 DECEMBER 2021
Dear Shareholder,
I am pleased to present Condor Gold Plc’s (“Condor”, the
“Company” or the “Group”, www.condorgold.com or if you are viewing
from Canada ca.condorgold.com) annual report for the 12-month
financial year to 31 December 2021. It has been a transformational
year for the Company with the completion of all technical studies
at La India Project required for a Feasibility Level Study (“FS
Study”) on the La India open pit utilising the new SAG Mill package
acquired by Condor in March 2021. The La India Project has been
materially de-risked and is nearing a construction ready status. A
FS Study increases the confidence of the Project, incorporating a
Feasibility Level engineering design, and +/- 15% capital and
operating costs. This in turn will facilitate Project financing
ahead of Project construction. Condor staff and our contractors at
Hanlon Engineering, Tierra Group International, SGS Lakefield
Laboratories and SRK Consulting (UK and USA) have been diligently
pursuing the supporting work for the study for over a year and have
made substantial headway in completion of that work, such that all
technical studies are complete save the final analysis, despite the
challenges of logistics, market conditions, and of course, the
impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the ability to travel.
The Company has fully permitted 3 open pits for extraction and
has the master permit to construct and operate a mine. The
Company’s twin strategy remains the construction and operation of a
base case processing plant with capacity of up to 2,800 tonnes per
day (“tpd”) capable of producing approximately 100,000 oz gold per
annum, significantly increasing this production capacity, and
proving a major Gold District at the 588km² La India Project, in
Nicaragua.
During 2021 the Company informed the Ministry of the Environment
and Natural Resources (“MARENA”) that it had commenced construction
and fulfilled the conditions of an Environmental Permit granted for
the development, construction, and operation of an open pit mine, a
2,800 tpd or 1.0 Mt per annum CIP processing plant and associated
infrastructure at the La India Project, Nicaragua (the “EP”).
Condor has 8,583Kt at 3.3g/t gold for 903,000 oz gold in the
Indicated Mineral Resource category and 1,901Kt at 3.6g/t gold for
220,000 oz gold in the Inferred Mineral Resource category permitted
for extraction from 3 open pits: La India, America and Mestiza.
Production from permitted open pit material is estimated at 100,000
oz gold p.a. for 7 to 8 years.
The La India Project has a Mineral Resource totalling 9.85 Mt at
3.6 g/t gold for 1,140,000 oz gold in the Indicated category and
8.48 Mt at 4.3 g/t gold for 1,179,000 oz gold in the Inferred
category. It was last updated in January 2019, was prepared by SRK
Consulting (UK) Limited (“SRK”) and uses the terminology,
definitions and guidelines given in the Canadian Institute of
Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (“CIM”) Standards on Mineral
Resources and Mineral Reserves (May 2014). The total open pit
Mineral Resource is 8.58 Mt at a grade of 3.3 g/t gold, for 902,000
oz gold in the Indicated category and 3.01 Mt at a grade of 3.0 g/t
gold, for 290,000 oz gold in the Inferred category. Total
underground Mineral Resources are 1.27 Mt at a grade of 5.8 g/t
gold, for 238,000 oz gold in the Indicated category and 5.47 Mt at
a grade of 5.1 g/t gold, for 889,000 oz gold in the Inferred
category. The intention is to permit the underground Mineral
Resource after open pit mining begins.
During 2021 the Company has been focused on de-risking La India
Project by advancing and completing several technical and
engineering studies for the FS Study, some of which are a condition
of the EP. The following progress has been made:
- A new geological model to FS level
has been completed. It includes a lithological, weathering and
structural model. The updated model incorporates approximately
3,500 m of infill drilling completed in 2021.
- The Tailings Storage Facility
(“TSF”) and 2 water retention ponds have been fully designed and
engineered with drawings one step short of “issued for
construction”, which is beyond a FS level detail of design. Tierra
Group Inc, of Denver, Colorado has completed site visits and is
conducting the engineering studies. 23 geotechnical drill holes and
55 geotechnical test pits have been completed.
- The stormwater attenuation
structure at La Simona has been designed to FS level.
- The design of the site wide water
balance (“SWWB”), including a surface water management plan was
awarded during 2020 to SRK Consulting (UK) Limited (“SRK”). SRK’s
work includes the area of the permitted La India, America and
Mestiza open pits. The ultimate objective of the exercise is to
produce engineering plans for the installation of the physical
components of a water management system, including the piping,
pumping and structural requirements that will satisfy Nicaraguan
authorities and at the same time meet the design standards for a
feasibility study. The SWWB will include consideration of the pit
dewatering contributions i.e. subsurface hydrology. SRK’s remit
includes an emphasis on training and capacity building for the
local Condor team to ensure full ownership and facilitate
implementation and sustainability of the SWWB. A hydrologist from
SRK completed a 4 week site visit in early 2021. A SWWB to FS Study
level has been completed.
- Hydrogeology / pit water management
- Condor successfully intercepted the deepest level of the
1950s-era underground mine workings, providing confidence that the
said workings are a suitable collection point to draw down ground
water levels and support depressurization of the pit slopes. A test
borehole close to the historical mineshaft was drilled in November
and additional boreholes were drilled to the south and are possible
locations for the long-term pumping station.
- The processing plant designs to FS
level have been completed by Hanlon Engineering (owned by GR
Engineering Services in Australia) using the new SAG Mill packaged
purchased by Condor in March 2021. The processing plant designed
has been laid out with the ability to double capacity from
2,300tpd.
- Site preparation and clearance of
11 hectares around the location of the processing plant has been
completed.
- Metallurgical testwork to FS level
has been completed.
- Pit Geotechnical – approximately
2,800 m of geotechnical drilling was completed in 2021. Pit angles
to FS level have been received and designed by SRK. This involved
oriented core drilling, followed by televiewer logging.
- Mine and waste dump schedules for a
number of mining scenarios have been completed to a level that can
be submitted to MARENA. The FS level mine and waste dump schedules
are underway.
- The power studies have been
progressed and completed to FS level. Several meetings have been
held with the Ministry of Energy and Mines. National grid
electricity pylons are located 700 meters from the processing
plant. The Nicaraguan Government is building a new electricity
sub-station 12km from the processing plant; designs for supplying
grid power via the new sub-station are underway.
- MARENA has written to the Company
confirming that the final designs for the domestic wastewater
treatment system for the offices and accommodation blocks at La
India comply with MARENA’s technical and environmental requirements
and the final designs are approved.
- An updated forestry inventory has
been completed. The compensation plan under the local law is to
replace every tree removed with 10 new trees. Condor has a tree
nursery which currently has approximately 6,200 trees.
- Under the terms of the EP, the
Company has to purchase or have legal agreements in place for the
land required for the mine site infrastructure. Offers have been
made to all land owners. The Company has now purchased 98% of the
land in and around the permitted La India open pit mine site area
and is close to completing one of the main conditions of the EP and
significantly de-risking the Project. The Company has purchased
land totalling 822 hectares in and around the permitted La India
open pit mine site infrastructure. In addition, the Company can
also demonstrate physical possession for approximately 18 years on
the land covering the Mestiza open pit, has purchased 98% of this
land and has claimed ownership over 303 hectares in this area. The
Company has ownership of 96 hectares of land in the area of the
America open pit. The Company has spent approximately US$4.3
million on buying land during the last 6 years.
In September 2021, Condor Gold announced the key findings of a
technical report on the La India Gold Project prepared by SRK. This
technical report (the “Technical Report”) presented the results of
a strategic mining study to Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”)
standards completed on the Project in 2021. The strategic study
covers two scenarios: Scenario A, in which the mining is undertaken
from four open pits, termed La India, America, Mestiza and Central
Breccia Zone (“CBZ”), which targets a plant feed rate of 1.225
million tonnes per annum (“Mtpa”); and Scenario B, where the mining
is extended to include three underground operations at La India,
America and Mestiza, in which the processing rate is increased to
1.4 Mtpa. The 2021 Technical Report was issued in October 2021and
filed on SEDAR and the Company’s websites for public disclosure to
NI 43-101 standards.
Highlights 1.225 Mtpa PEA La India Open Pit + Feeder
Pits:
- Internal Rate of Return (“IRR”) of
58% and a post-tax Net Present Value (“NPV”) of US$302 million, at
a discount rate of 5% and gold price of US$1,700/oz.
- Average annual production of
~120,000 oz of gold over the initial 6 years of production.
- 862,000 oz of gold produced over 9
year Life of Mine (“LOM”).
- Initial capital requirement of
US$153 million (including contingency).
- Pay back period 12 months.
- All-in Sustaining Costs of US$813
per oz gold.Robust Base Case presents an IRR of 48% and a post-tax
NPV of US$236 million at a discount rate of 5% and gold price of
US$1,550/oz.
Highlights: 1.4Mtpa PEA Open Pit + Underground
Operations:
- IRR of 54% and a post-tax NPV of
US$418 million, after deducting upfront capex, at a discount rate
of 5% and gold price of US$1,700/oz.
- Average annual production of
~150,000 oz of gold over the initial 9 years of production.
- 1,469,000 oz of gold produced over
12-year Life Of Mine (“LOM”).
- Initial capital requirement of
US$160 million (including contingency), where the underground
development is funded through cash flow.
- Pay back period 12 months.
- All-in Sustaining Costs of US$958
per oz gold over LOM.
- Robust Base Case presents an IRR of
43% and a post-tax NPV of US$312 million at a discount rate of 5%
and gold price of US$1,550/oz.
The highlight of the 2021 Technical Report is a post-tax, post
upfront capital expenditure NPV of US$418 million, with an IRR of
54% and 12 month pay-back period, assuming a US$1,700 per oz gold
price, with average annual production of 150,000 oz gold per annum
for the initial 9 years of gold production. The open pit mine
schedules have been optimised from designed pits, bringing higher
grade gold forward resulting in average annual production of
157,000 oz gold in the first 2 years from open pit material with
underground mining funded out later out of cashflow.
Condor completed a 3,370 m infill drilling programme on La India
starter pits by June 2021. The starter pits are designed pits
containing 445Kt at 4.17g/t gold for 59,700 oz gold using a 2.0g/t
gold cut-off. The starter pits have a maximum depth of 35m and have
a relatively low strip ratio. The drill program within the La India
starter pits closes-up the sample density to 25 metre by 25 metre
spacing and is the final drilling ahead of extraction. Mining the
higher grade pits early will bring forward cashflow, shorten the
payback period and enhance project economics. Highlights from the
infill drilling are:
- 22.05 m (21.6 m true width) at 6.48
g/t gold from 24.75 m drill depth including 15.35 m (15.0 m true
width) at 8.68 g/t gold from 24.75 m drilled depth (drill hole
LIDC413).
- 60.60 m (54.5 m true width) at 1.98
g/t gold from 4.15 m drill depth, including 5.75 m (5.2 m true
width) at 16.88 g/t gold from 42.55 m drill depth in drill hole
LIDC452 located between the two proposed starter pits.
- 16.00 m (15.7 m true width) at 5.30
g/t gold from 18.35 m drill depth, including 5.90 m (5.8 m true
width) at 12.35 g/t gold from 22.10 m drilled depth (drill hole
LIDC416).
Condor completed 8,004 m infill drilling on La Mestiza open pit
by November 2021. The drilling programme has tightened drill
spacing to 25 m along strike and 50 m down-dip in the zones that
have the potential to support open pit mine development. The
drilling is expected to upgrade the existing open pit gold mineral
resource to the indicated category for the potential inclusion in
future pre-feasibility or feasibility studies. La Mestiza open pit
has an open pit mineral resource of 92 kt at 12.1 g/t gold for
36,000 oz gold in the Indicated category and 341 kt at 7.7 g/t gold
for 85,000 oz gold in the in the Inferred category. Highlights from
the infill drill on Mestiza open pit are:
- 6.3 m true width at 6.84 g/t gold
from 31.45 m (drill hole LIDC568), approximately 50 m below surface
outcrop (which occurs on a rise).
- 4.1 m true width at 15.23 g/t gold
from 47.80 m (drill hole LIDC514) approximately 40 m below
surface.
- 3.6 m true width at 29.1 g/t gold
from 105.70 m (drill hole LIDC471) approximately 85 m below
surface.
Mineral resource expansion drilling during 2021 focused on the
Cacao deposit were a 3,500m exploration drill programme has been a
success. A 10 metre plus true width mineralised zone including the
main Cacao vein has been confirmed for a strike length of
approximately 1,000 m beneath and extending to the East of the
current Cacao area, which contains a combined open pit and
underground Mineral Resource of 662 Kt at 2.8 g/t gold for 60,000
oz gold. Drill hole CCDC033 intercepted 14.9 m true width at
3.94g/t gold beneath the existing mineral resource, and 700 m along
strike of this intercept, drill hole CCDC028 intercepted 32.9 m
true width at 0.38g/t gold. Cacao is interpreted as a fully
preserved epithermal gold system due to the sinter on the surface
and its preservation in a downthrown block. The current round of
drilling has been interpreted to be clipping the top of the gold
mineralising system with the gold grade increasing at depth. It is
highly significant that a wide, greater than 10 m true width,
mineralised zone for a strike length of 1,000 m, open along strike
and down dip, has been identified with grades increasing at
depth.
The Company remains convinced that the La India Project is a
major gold district with the potential for significant future
discoveries. Condor’s geologists have identified two major
north-northwest-striking mineralised basement feeder zones
traversing the Project, the “La India Corridor”, which hosts 90% of
Condor’s gold mineral resource and the “Andrea Los Limones
Corridor”. Numerous geophysics, soil geochemistry and surface rock
chips indicate the possibility for further mineralisation along
strike.
Another exciting target is Andrea East (about 8.0 km north of La
India), which is now drill-ready and shows excellent grades at
surface. It is a high priority for drilling. Trenches along it
demonstrate significant width and grades. Best intercepts are
observed at LICT15 (4.0 m at 1.79 g/t gold), LICT20 (5.6 m at 1.65
g/t gold) and LICT21 (3.0 m at 3.6 g/t gold). Grab samples give up
to 9.7 g/t gold. Vein textures are very similar to La India and
very encouraging.
The Company continues to enhance its social engagement and
activities in the community, thereby maintaining our social licence
to operate. Condor has strengthened its community team and
stepped-up social activities and engagement programmes. The main
local focus is the drinking water programme, implemented in April
2017. A total of 740 families are currently benefiting from the
program and currently receive five-gallon water dispensers each
week. In May 2021, the Company installed a water purification plant
manufactured in Israel at a cost of approximately US$200,000 to
double the drinking water provided to the local communities.
In January 2018 Condor initiated ‘Involvement Programmes’, which
now extend to 6 groups in the local village to benefit communities
which may be affected by the mine. Taking the Elderly Group as an
example, a committee of 6 people has been formed. The Company
allocates monthly support to the Elderly Group, which decides how
this money is spent to benefit the elderly in the Community.
Condor continues to have very constructive meetings with key
Ministries that granted the EP for the La India, La Mestiza and
America open pits. The Company has been operating in Nicaragua
since 2006 and, as a responsible gold exploration and development
company, continues to add value to the local communities and
environment by generating sustainable socio-economic and
environmental benefits. The new mine would potentially create
approximately 1,000 jobs during the construction period, with
priority to be given to the local community. The upfront capital
cost of approximately US$125 million will have a significant
positive impact on the economy. The Government and local
communities will benefit significantly from future royalties and
taxes.
As of the date of this document, the ability of the Company to
operate has not been materially affected by the on-going Covid-19
pandemic. The situation is kept under close review by management
and the Board; certain measures have and will be taken as
appropriate to ensure the health and safety of employees in this
regard and to reduce the potential spread of the virus within the
local community.
In October 2021 the Company announced it had raised £4.1 million
by way of a private placement of new ordinary shares. (See RNS of
29 October 2021 for details).
Turning to the financial results for the year 2021, the Group’s
loss for the year was £2,330,003 (2020: £1,309,992). The Company
raised a total of £11,459,817 million after expenses during the
financial period (2020: £8,303,939). The net cash balance of the
Group at 31 December 2021 was £2,072,046 (2020: £4,159,391).
The October 2021 Technical Report has demonstrated open pit
production of 120,000 oz gold per annum for an initial 6 years or
150,000 oz gold per annum for 9 years from a combination of open
pit and underground material. The pay-back period of 12 months for
both production scenarios is highly attractive. The PEA open pit
all-in sustaining costs of US$813 per oz gold is very attractive in
the context of the current gold price. The open pit scenario has
robust economics and presents an IRR of 48% and a post-tax NPV of
US$236 million at a discount rate of 5% and gold price of
US$1,550/oz.
The primary purpose of the FS is to secure debt to finance the
upfront capital cost of approximately US$125M for stage 1 of
construction. The FS Study has been conducted solely on La India
open pit, however the plan is to mine from the 3 permitted pits to
achieve a quick pay back and target 100,000 oz gold production per
annum before expanding to 150,000 oz gold per annum by adding the
underground material to the mine plan.
The outlook for 2022 remains bright. The La India Project is
substantially de-risked and nearing a construction-ready status. A
FS Study is due in the first half of 2022, the Project is fully
permitted for construction and extraction with a target of 100,000
oz gold p.a. in stage 1. A new SAG Mill has been purchased and is
in a warehouse in Managua. The Project economics are robust with
low AISC, a high IRR and a payback period of 12 months.
M L ChildChairman & CEO
Date: 29 March 2022
CONDOR GOLD PLC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE
INCOMEFOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER
2021
|
Notes |
|
Year Ended |
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
|
|
31.12.21 |
|
|
31.12.20 |
|
|
|
|
£ |
|
|
£ |
|
Administrative expenses |
|
|
(2,330,003 |
) |
|
(1,750,395 |
) |
Gain on
disposal of project |
|
|
- |
|
|
439,228 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
loss |
5 |
|
(2,330,003 |
) |
|
(1,311,167 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Finance
income |
4 |
|
- |
|
|
1,175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before
income tax |
|
|
(2,330,003 |
) |
|
(1,309,992 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax
expense |
6 |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
for the year |
|
|
(2,330,003 |
) |
|
(1,309,992 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
|
Other
comprehensive income to be reclassified to profit or loss in
subsequent periods: |
|
|
|
|
|
Currency
translation differences |
|
|
(119,937 |
) |
|
(1,615,168 |
) |
Other comprehensive (loss) / income for the
year |
|
|
(119,937 |
) |
|
(1,615,168 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive loss for the year |
|
|
(2,449,940 |
) |
|
(2,925,160 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
attributable to: |
|
|
|
|
|
Non-controlling interest |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
Owners of
the parent |
|
|
(2,330,003 |
) |
|
(1,309,992 |
) |
|
|
|
(2,330,003 |
) |
|
(1,309,992 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive loss attributable to: |
|
|
|
|
|
Non-controlling interest |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
Owners of
the parent |
|
|
(2,449,940 |
) |
|
(2,925,160 |
) |
|
|
|
(2,449,940 |
) |
|
(2,925,160 |
) |
Earnings per share expressed in pence per
share: |
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and
diluted (in pence) |
8 |
|
(1.70 |
) |
|
(1.21 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CONDOR GOLD PLC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL
POSITIONAS AT 31 DECEMBER 2021
|
Notes |
31.12.21 |
|
|
31.12.20 |
|
|
|
£ |
|
|
£ |
|
ASSETS: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NON-CURRENT
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and
equipment |
9 |
7,473,433 |
|
|
3,067,397 |
|
Intangible assets |
10 |
28,100,980 |
|
|
22,089,314 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,574,413 |
|
|
25,156,711 |
|
CURRENT
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
Trade and other receivablesCash
and cash equivalents |
12 |
775,6932,072,046 |
|
|
114,4094,159,391 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,847,739 |
|
|
4,273,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
ASSETS |
|
38,422,152 |
|
|
29,430,511 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade and other payables |
14 |
248,176 |
|
|
266,412 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES |
|
248,176 |
|
|
266,412 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET CURRENT
ASSETS |
|
2,599,563 |
|
|
4,007,388 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET ASSETS |
|
38,173,976 |
|
|
29,164,099 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE PARENT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Called up share capital |
15 |
29,326,143 |
|
|
23,732,526 |
|
Share premium |
|
42,528,627 |
|
|
37,175,626 |
|
Exchange difference reserve |
|
(2,482,038 |
) |
|
(2,362,101 |
) |
Retained earnings |
|
(31,198,756 |
) |
|
(29,381,952 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38,173,976 |
|
|
29,164,099 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-controlling interest |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
EQUITY |
|
38,173,976 |
|
|
29,164,099 |
|
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue
by the Board of directors on 29 March 2022 and were signed on its
behalf by:
M L Child - ChairmanCompany No: 05587987
CONDOR GOLD PLC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN
EQUITYAS AT 31 DECEMBER 2021
|
Share Capital |
Share premium |
Exchange difference reserve |
Retained earnings |
Total |
Non-Controlling Interest |
Total Equity |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
At
1 January 2020 |
18,932,704 |
33,953,693 |
|
(746,933 |
) |
(28,354,144 |
) |
23,785,320 |
|
- |
23,785,320 |
|
|
Comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss for the year |
- |
- |
|
- |
|
(1,309,992 |
) |
(1,309,992 |
) |
- |
(1,309,992 |
) |
|
Other comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency translation
differences |
- |
- |
|
(1,615,168 |
) |
- |
|
(1,615,168 |
) |
- |
(1,615,168 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income |
- |
- |
|
(1,615,168 |
) |
(1,309,992 |
) |
(2,925,160 |
) |
- |
(2,925,160 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New shares issued |
4,799,822 |
3,444,143 |
|
- |
|
- |
|
8,243,965 |
|
- |
8,243,965 |
|
|
Issue costs |
- |
(222,210 |
) |
- |
|
- |
|
(222,210 |
) |
- |
(222,210 |
) |
|
Share based payment |
- |
- |
|
- |
|
282,184 |
|
282,184 |
|
- |
282,184 |
|
|
Total transactions with owners,
recognised directly in equity |
4,799,822 |
3,221,933 |
|
- |
|
282,184 |
|
8,303,939 |
|
- |
8,309,939 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2020 |
23,732,526 |
37,175,626 |
|
(2,362,101 |
) |
(29,381,952 |
) |
29,164,099 |
|
- |
29,164,099 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss for the year |
- |
- |
|
- |
|
(2,330,003 |
) |
(2,330,003 |
) |
- |
(2,330,003 |
) |
|
Other comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency translation
differences |
- |
- |
|
(119,937 |
) |
- |
|
(119,937 |
) |
- |
(119,937 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income |
- |
- |
|
(119,937 |
) |
(2,330,003 |
) |
(2,449,940 |
) |
- |
(2,449,940 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New shares issued |
5,593,617 |
5,366,126 |
|
- |
|
- |
|
10,959,743 |
|
- |
10,959,743 |
|
|
Issue costs |
- |
(13,125 |
) |
- |
|
- |
|
(13,125 |
) |
- |
(13,125 |
) |
|
Share based payment |
- |
- |
|
- |
|
513,199 |
|
513,199 |
|
- |
513,199 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total transactions with owners,
recognised directly in equity |
5,593,617 |
5,353,001 |
|
- |
|
513,199 |
|
11,459,817 |
|
- |
11,459,817 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2021 |
29,326,143 |
42,528,627 |
|
(2,482,038 |
) |
(31,198,756 |
) |
38,173,976 |
|
- |
38,178,976 |
|
|
Share premium reserve represents the amounts
subscribed for share capital in excess of the nominal value of the
shares issued, net of cost of issue.
The exchange difference reserve is a separate component of
Shareholders’ equity in which the exchange differences, arising
from translation of the results and financial positions of foreign
operations that are included in the Group’s Consolidated Financial
Statements, are reported.
Retained earnings represent the cumulative net gains and losses
recognised in the consolidated income statement.
CONDOR GOLD PLC
COMPANY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL
POSITIONAS AT 31 DECEMBER 2021
|
Notes |
31.12.21 |
|
31.12.20 |
|
|
£ |
|
£ |
ASSETS: |
|
|
|
|
NON-CURRENT
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and
equipment |
9 |
4,309,955 |
|
- |
Investments |
11 |
751,977 |
|
751,977 |
Other receivables |
12 |
39,511,480 |
|
32,260,491 |
|
|
44,573,412 |
|
33,012,468 |
CURRENT
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
Trade and other receivables |
12 |
33,329 |
|
30,656 |
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
1,956,467 |
|
4,045,574 |
|
|
1,989,796 |
|
4,076,230 |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
ASSETS |
|
46,563,208 |
|
37,088,698 |
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES: |
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
Trade and other payables |
14 |
169,456 |
|
183,786 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES |
|
169,456 |
|
183,786 |
|
|
|
|
|
NET CURRENT
ASSETS |
|
1,820,340 |
|
3,892,444 |
|
|
|
|
|
NET ASSETS |
|
46,393,752 |
|
36,904,912 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SHAREHOLDERS’
EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
Called up share capital |
15 |
29,326,143 |
|
23,732,526 |
Share premium |
|
42,528,627 |
|
37,175,626 |
Retained earnings |
|
(25,461,018) |
|
(24,003,240) |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
EQUITY |
|
46,393,752 |
|
36,904,912 |
The loss for the financial year dealt with in the financial
statement of the parent company was £1,970,977 (2020:
£1,347,955).
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue
by the Board of directors on March 2022 and were signed on its
behalf by:
M L Child - ChairmanCompany No: 05587987
CONDOR GOLD PLC
COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN
EQUITYAS AT 31 DECEMBER 2021
|
Share capital |
Share premium |
Retained earnings |
Total |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
|
|
|
At
1 January 2020 |
18,932,704 |
33,953,693 |
|
(22,937,469 |
) |
29,948,928 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
Loss for the period |
- |
- |
|
(1,347,955 |
) |
(1,347,955 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income |
- |
- |
|
(1,347,955 |
) |
(1,347,955 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
New shares issued |
4,799,822 |
3,444,143 |
|
- |
|
8,243,965 |
|
Issue costs |
- |
(222,210 |
) |
- |
|
(222,210 |
) |
Share based payment |
- |
- |
|
282,184 |
|
282,184 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total transactions with owners
recognised directly in equity |
4,799,822 |
3,221,933 |
|
282,184 |
|
8,303,939 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2020 |
23,732,526 |
37,175,626 |
|
(24,003,240 |
) |
36,904,912 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
Loss for the period |
- |
- |
|
(1,970,977 |
) |
(1,970,977 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income |
- |
- |
|
(1,970,977 |
) |
(1,970,977 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
New shares issued |
5,593,617 |
5,366,126 |
|
- |
|
10,959,743 |
|
Issue costs |
- |
(13,125 |
) |
- |
|
(13,125 |
) |
Share based payment |
- |
- |
|
513,199 |
|
513,199 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total transactions with owners
recognised directly in equity |
5,593,617 |
5,353,001 |
|
513,199 |
|
11,459,817 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2021 |
29,326,143 |
42,528,627 |
|
(25,461,018 |
) |
46,393,752 |
|
Share premium reserve represents the amounts subscribed for
share capital in excess of the nominal value of the shares issued,
net of cost of issue.
Retained earnings represent the cumulative net gains and losses
recognised in the Company’s income statement.
CONDOR GOLD PLC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH
FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER
2021
|
|
Year Ended |
|
Year-Ended |
|
|
31.12.21 |
|
|
31.12.20 |
|
|
|
£ |
|
£ |
Cash flows from operating
activities |
|
|
|
|
Loss before tax |
|
(2,330,003 |
) |
|
(1,309,992 |
) |
Share based payment |
|
513,199 |
|
|
282,184 |
|
Depreciation |
|
88,264 |
|
|
53,699 |
|
Exchange differences |
|
78,873 |
|
|
(287,276 |
) |
Finance income |
|
- |
|
|
(1,175 |
) |
|
|
(1,649,667 |
) |
|
(1,262,560 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(Increase) / Decrease in trade
and other receivables |
|
(661,284 |
) |
|
28,870 |
|
Increase / (Decrease) in trade
and other payables |
|
(18,236 |
) |
|
(490,690 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in operating
activities |
|
(2,329,187 |
) |
|
(1,724,380 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing
activities |
|
|
|
|
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
(1) |
|
(2,370,879 |
) |
|
(2,570,054 |
) |
Purchase of intangible fixed
assets |
|
(6,188,725 |
) |
|
(2,472,661 |
) |
Interest received |
|
- |
|
|
1,175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing
activities |
|
(8,559,604 |
) |
|
(5,041,540 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing
activitiesNet proceeds from share issue |
|
8,801,446 |
|
|
8,021,755 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash from financing
activities |
|
8,801,446 |
|
|
8,021,755 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase / (Decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents |
|
(2,087,345 |
) |
|
1,255,835 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of year |
|
4,159,391 |
|
|
2,903,556 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end
of year |
|
2,072,046 |
|
|
4,159,391 |
|
(1) Includes the purchase of a SAG Mill, part of
which was paid for by shares of the
Company. |
CONDOR GOLD PLC
COMPANY STATEMENT OF CASH
FLOWSFOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER
2021
|
|
Year Ended |
|
Year Ended |
|
|
31.12.21 |
|
|
31.12.20 |
|
|
|
£ |
|
£ |
Cash flows
from operating activities |
|
|
|
|
Loss before tax |
|
(1,970,977 |
) |
|
(1,347,955 |
) |
Share based
payment |
|
513,199 |
|
|
282,184 |
|
Depreciation |
|
- |
|
|
15 |
|
Finance income |
|
- |
|
|
(1,175 |
) |
|
|
(1,457,778 |
) |
|
(1,006,931 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(Increase) / Decrease
in trade and other receivables |
|
(2,673 |
) |
|
(7,806 |
) |
Increase / (Decrease)
in trade and other payables |
|
(14,330 |
) |
|
3,712 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in
operating activities |
|
(1,474,781 |
) |
|
(1,071,025 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows
from investing activities |
|
|
|
|
Purchase of tangible
fixed assets (1) |
|
(2,164,783 |
) |
|
- |
|
Interest
received |
|
- |
|
|
1,175 |
|
Loans to
subsidiaries |
|
(7,250,989 |
) |
|
(5,242,566 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in
investing activities |
|
(9,415,772 |
) |
|
(5,241,391 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows
from financing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from share
issue |
|
8,801,446 |
|
|
8,021,755 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash from
financing activities |
|
8,801,446 |
|
|
8,021,755 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase / (Decrease)
in cash and cash equivalents |
|
(2,089,107 |
) |
|
1,709,339 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents at beginning of year |
|
4,045,574 |
|
|
2,336,235 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents at end of year |
|
1,956,467 |
|
|
4,045,574 |
|
(1) Includes
the purchase of a SAG Mill, part of which was paid for by shares of
the Company. |
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About Condor Gold plc:
Condor Gold plc was admitted to AIM in May 2006
and dual listed on the TSX in January 2018. The Company is a gold
exploration and development company with a focus on Nicaragua.
On 25 October 2021 Condor announced the filing
of a Preliminary Economic Assessment Technical Report (“PEA”) for
its La India Project, Nicaragua on SEDAR https://www.sedar.com. The
highlight of the technical study is a post-tax, post upfront
capital expenditure NPV of US$418 million, with an IRR of 54% and
12 month pay-back period, assuming a US$1,700 per oz gold price,
with average annual production of 150,000 oz gold per annum for the
initial 9 years of gold production. The open pit mine schedules
have been optimised from designed pits, bringing higher grade gold
forward resulting in average annual production of 157,000 oz gold
in the first 2 years from open pit material and underground mining
funded out of cashflow.
In August 2018, the Company announced that the
Ministry of the Environment in Nicaragua had granted the
Environmental Permit (“EP”) for the development, construction and
operation of a processing plant with capacity to process up to
2,800 tonnes per day at its wholly-owned La India gold Project (“La
India Project”). The EP is considered the master permit for mining
operations in Nicaragua. Condor has purchased a new SAG Mill, which
has mainly arrived in Nicaragua. Site clearance and preparation is
at an advanced stage.
Environmental Permits were granted in April and
May 2020 for the Mestiza and America open pits respectively, both
located close to La India. The Mestiza open pit hosts 92 Kt at a
grade of 12.1 g/t gold (36,000 oz contained gold) in the Indicated
Mineral Resource category and 341 Kt at a grade of 7.7 g/t gold
(85,000 oz contained gold) in the Inferred Mineral Resource
category. The America open pit hosts 114 Kt at a grade of 8.1 g/t
gold (30,000 oz) in the Indicated Mineral Resource category and 677
Kt at a grade of 3.1 g/t gold (67,000 oz) in the Inferred Mineral
Resource category. Following the permitting of the Mestiza and
America open pits, together with the La India Open Pit Condor has
1.12 M oz gold open pit Mineral Resources permitted for
extraction.
Disclaimer
Neither the contents of the Company's website
nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the
Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or
forms part of, this announcement.
Qualified Persons
The technical and scientific information in this
press release has been reviewed, verified and approved by Andrew
Cheatle, P.Geo., who is a “qualified person” as defined by NI
43-101 and Gerald D. Crawford, P.E., who is a “qualified person” as
defined by NI 43-101 and is the Chief Technical Officer of Condor
Gold plc.
Technical Information
Certain disclosure contained in this news
release of a scientific or technical nature has been summarised or
extracted from the technical report entitled “Technical Report on
the La India Gold Project, Nicaragua, October 2021”, dated October
22, 2021 with an effective date of September 9, 2021 (the
“Technical Report”), prepared in accordance with NI 43-101. The
Qualified Persons responsible for the Technical Report are Dr Tim
Lucks of SRK Consulting (UK) Limited, and Mr Fernando Rodrigues, Mr
Stephen Taylor and Mr Ben Parsons of SRK Consulting (U.S.) Inc. Mr
Parsons assumes responsibility for the MRE, Mr Rodrigues the open
pit mining aspects, Mr Taylor the underground mining aspects and Dr
Lucks for the oversight of the remaining technical disciplines and
compilation of the report.
Forward Looking Statements
All statements in this press release, other than
statements of historical fact, are ‘forward-looking information’
with respect to the Company within the meaning of applicable
securities laws, including statements with respect to: Developmment
Plans for the La India Project, Mineral Reserves and Resources at
La India Project. Forward-looking information is often, but not
always, identified by the use of words such as: "seek",
"anticipate", "plan", "continue", “strategies”, “estimate”,
"expect", "project", "predict", "potential", "targeting",
"intends", "believe", "potential", “could”, “might”, “will” and
similar expressions. Forward-looking information is not a guarantee
of future performance and is based upon a number of estimates and
assumptions of management at the date the statements are made
including, among others, assumptions regarding: future commodity
prices and royalty regimes; availability of skilled labour; timing
and amount of capital expenditures; future currency exchange and
interest rates; the impact of increasing competition; general
conditions in economic and financial markets; availability of
drilling and related equipment; effects of regulation by
governmental agencies; the receipt of required permits; royalty
rates; future tax rates; future operating costs; availability of
future sources of funding; ability to obtain financing and
assumptions underlying estimates related to adjusted funds from
operations. Many assumptions are based on factors and events that
are not within the control of the Company and there is no assurance
they will prove to be correct.
Such forward-looking information involves known
and unknown risks, which may cause the actual results to be
materially different from any future results expressed or implied
by such forward-looking information, including, risks related to:
mineral exploration, development and operating risks; estimation of
mineralisation, resources and reserves; environmental, health and
safety regulations of the resource industry; competitive
conditions; operational risks; liquidity and financing risks;
funding risk; exploration costs; uninsurable risks; conflicts of
interest; risks of operating in Nicaragua; government policy
changes; ownership risks; permitting and licencing risks; artisanal
miners and community relations; difficulty in enforcement of
judgments; market conditions; stress in the global economy; current
global financial condition; exchange rate and currency risks;
commodity prices; reliance on key personnel; dilution risk; payment
of dividends; as well as those factors discussed under the heading
“Risk Factors” in the Company’s annual information form for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 dated March 31, 2021, available
under the Company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
Although the Company has attempted to identify
important factors that could cause actual actions, events or
results to differ materially from those described in
forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause
actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended. There can be no assurance that such information will
prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could
differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. The
Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise unless required by law.
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