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RNS Number : 1841Z
Horizonte Minerals PLC
16 May 2019
NEWS RELEASE
16 May 2019
HORIZONTE MINERALS QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THREE
MONTHSED 31 MARCH 2019
16 May 2019 - Horizonte Minerals Plc, (AIM: HZM, TSX: HZM)
('Horizonte' or 'the Company'), the nickel development company
focused in Brazil, announces it has today published its unaudited
financial results for the three month period to 31 March 2019 and
the Management Discussion and Analysis for the same period. Both of
the above have been posted on the Company's website
www.horizonteminerals.com and are also available on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com.
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For further information contact:
Horizonte Minerals plc
+44 (0) 203 356
Jeremy Martin (CEO) 2901
Numis Securities Ltd (NOMAD & Joint Broker)
John Prior +44 (0) 207 260
Paul Gillam 1000
Shard Capital (Joint Broker)
Damon Heath +44 (0) 207 186
Erik Woolgar 9952
Tavistock (Financial PR)
Gareth Tredway +44 (0) 207 920
Annabel de Morgan 3150
About Horizonte Minerals:
Horizonte Minerals plc is an AIM and TSX-listed nickel
development company focused in Brazil. The Company is developing
the Araguaia project, as the next major ferronickel mine in Brazil,
and the Vermelho nickel-cobalt project, with the aim of being able
to supply nickel and cobalt to the EV battery market. Both projects
are 100% owned.
Horizonte Minerals plc
Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
for the three months ended 31 March 2019
Condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income
3 months ended
March 31
2019 2018
Unaudited Unaudited
Notes GBP GBP
Continuing operations
Revenue - -
Cost of sales - -
Gross profit - -
Administrative expenses (517,987) (291,193)
Charge for stock options granted (129,993) (133,675)
Change in fair value of contingent consideration 5 311,048 100,075
Gain/(loss) on foreign exchange (56,241) (45,174)
Other losses - impairment of available for sale asset - -
Profit / (Loss) from operations (393,173) (349,967)
Finance income 12,951 5,626
Finance costs (73,248) (71,619)
Profit / (Loss) before taxation (453,470) (415,960)
Taxation - -
Profit / (Loss) for the period from continuing operations (453,470) (415,960)
Other comprehensive income
Items that may be reclassified to profit or loss -
Change in value of available for sale financial assets
-
Exchange differences on translating foreign operations (1,094,562) (1,107,013)
Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax (1,094,562) (1,107,013)
Total comprehensive income for the period
attributable to equity holders of the Company (1,548,032 (1,522,973)
Earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to the equity holders
of the Company
Basic and diluted profit/(loss) pence per share 9 (0.031) (0.029)
Condensed consolidated statement of financial position
31 March 31 December
2019 2018
Unaudited Audited
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Notes GBP GBP
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Assets
Non-current assets
Intangible assets 6 35,269,043 35,737,902
Property, plant & equipment 987 1,186
35,270,030 35,739,088
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Current assets
Trade and other receivables 38,358 24,243
Cash and cash equivalents 5,288,014 6,527,115
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5,326,372 6,551,358
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Total assets 40,596,402 42,290,446
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Equity and liabilities
Equity attributable to
owners of the parent
Issued capital 7 14,463,773 14,325,218
Share premium 7 41,785,306 41,664,018
Other reserves (3,134,553) (2,039,991)
Accumulated losses (17,313,768) (16,990,290)
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Total equity 35,800,758 36,958,955
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Liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Contingent consideration 5 2,973,861 3,461,833
Deferred taxation 220,760 228,691
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3,194,621 3,690,524
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Current liabilities
Trade and other payables 249,065 280,175
Deferred Consideration 1,351,958 1,360,792
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1,601,023 1,640,967
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Total liabilities 4,795,644 5,331,491
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Total equity and liabilities 40,596,402 42,290,446
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Condensed statement of changes in shareholders' equity
Attributable to the owners of the parent
Share Share Accumulated Other Total
capital premium losses reserves GBP
GBP GBP GBP GBP
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As at 1 January
2018 13,719,343 40,422,258 (15,887,801) 988,015 39,241,815
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Profit/(Loss) for
the period - - (415,960) - (415,960)
Other comprehensive
income
Currency translation
differences - - - (1,107,013) (1,107,013)
Total comprehensive
income - - (415,960) (1,107,013) (1,522,973)
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Share based payments - - - 113,675 113,675
Issue of Shares 605,875 1,451,724 - - 2,057,599
Issue costs - (209,964) - - (209,964)
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Total contributions
by and distributions
to owners of the
Company 605,875 1,241,760 113,675 - 1,961,310
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As at 31 March
2018 (unaudited) 14,325,218 41,664,018 (16,190,086) (118,998) 39,680,152
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Attributable to the owners of the parent
Share Share Accumulated Other Total
capital premium losses reserves GBP
GBP GBP GBP GBP
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As at 1 January
2019 14,325,218 41,664,018 (16,990,290) (2,039,991) 36,958,955
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Profit/(Loss) for
the period - - (453,470) - (453,470)
Other comprehensive
income
Currency translation
differences - - - (1,094,562) (1,094,562)
Total comprehensive
income - - (453,470) (1,094,562) (1,548,032)
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Share based payments - - 129,993 - 129,993
Issue of Shares 138,555 121,288 - - 259,843
Issue costs - - - - -
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Total contributions
by and distributions
to owners of the
Company 138,555 121,288 129,993 - 389,836
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As at 31 March
2019 (unaudited) 14,463,773 41,785,306 (17,313,768) (3,134,553) 35,800,758
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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
3 months ended
31 March
2019 2018
Unaudited Unaudited
GBP GBP
Cash flows from operating activities
Profit / (Loss) before taxation (453,470) (415,960)
Interest income (12,951) (5,626)
Finance costs 73,248 71,619
Exchange differences 56,241 45,175
Employee share options charge 129,993 113,675
Change in fair value of contingent consideration (311,048) (100,075)
Depreciation - -
Operating loss before changes in working capital (517,987) (291,192)
Decrease / (Increase) in trade and other receivables (14,115) (51,504)
(Decrease) / Increase in trade and other payables 2,790 (277,994)
Net cash outflow from operating activities (529,312) (620,690)
Cash flows from investing activities
Net purchase of intangible assets (667,335) (623,900)
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
Interest received 12,951 5,626
Net cash used in investing activities (654,384) (618,274)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares (net of issue costs) - 2,057,599
Issue costs - (209,965)
Net cash inflow from financing activities - 1,847,634
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (1,183,696) 608,670
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 6,527,115 9,403,825
Exchange on cash and cash equivalents (55,405) (41,242)
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period 5,288,014 9,971,253
Major non-cash transactions
There were no major non-cash transactions during the three
months ended 31 March 2019.
Notes to the Financial Statements
1. General information
The principal activity of the Company and its subsidiaries
(together 'the Group') is the exploration and development of
precious and base metals. There is no seasonality or cyclicality to
the Group's operations.
The Company's shares are listed on the Alternative Investment
Market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM) and on the Toronto Stock
Exchange (TSX). The Company is incorporated and domiciled in the
United Kingdom. The address of its registered office is Rex House,
4-12 Regents Street, London SW1Y 4RG.
2. Basis of preparation
The condensed consolidated interim financial statements have
been prepared using accounting policies consistent with
International Financial Reporting Standards and in accordance with
International Accounting Standard 34 Interim Financial Reporting.
The condensed interim financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the annual financial statements for the year ended
31 December 2017, which have been prepared in accordance with
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by
the European Union.
The condensed interim financial statements set out above do not
constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of the Companies
Act 2006. They have been prepared on a going concern basis in
accordance with the recognition and measurement criteria of
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by
the European Union. Statutory financial statements for the year
ended 31 December 2018 were approved by the Board of Directors on
28 March 2019 and delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The
report of the auditors on those financial statements was
unqualified.
The condensed interim financial statements of the Company have
not been audited or reviewed by the Company's auditor, BDO LLP.
Going concern
The audited financial statements prepared as at 31 December 2018
include certain disclosures in note 2.4 regarding a material
uncertainty of the Groups ability to continue as a going concern.
These disclosures medium remain pertinent and due to the current
operations on the Group not generating any revenues access to
additional funding sources maybe required within the next 12 months
in order to continue operations.
The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has
the ability to raise additional funds required in order to continue
in operational existence for the foreseeable future and they
therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting
in preparing these Financial Statements. However, given the
uncertainty surrounding the ability and likely timing of securing
such investment finance the Directors are of the opinion that there
exists a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant
doubt on the Group and Parent Company's ability to continue as a
going concern. The financial statements do not include the
adjustments that would result if the Group and Parent Company were
unable to continue as a going concern.
Risks and uncertainties
The Board continuously assesses and monitors the key risks of
the business. The key risks that could affect the Group's term
performance and the factors that mitigate those risks have not
substantially changed from those set out in the Group's 2018 Annual
Report and Financial Statements, a copy of which is available on
the Group's website: www.horizonteminerals.com and on Sedar:
www.sedar.com The key financial risks are liquidity risk, foreign
exchange risk, credit risk, price risk and interest rate risk.
Critical accounting estimates
The preparation of condensed consolidated interim financial
statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the end of the
reporting period. Significant items subject to such estimates are
set out in note 4 of the Group's 2018 Annual Report and Financial
Statements. The nature and amounts of such estimates have not
changed significantly during the interim period.
3. Significant accounting policies
The condensed interim financial statements have been prepared
under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation
of certain of the subsidiaries' assets and liabilities to fair
value for consolidation purposes.
The same accounting policies, presentation and methods of
computation have been followed in these condensed interim financial
statements as were applied in the preparation of the Group's
Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018, except
for the impact of the adoption of the Standards and interpretations
described below.
The preparation of condensed interim financial statements in
conformity with IFRS requires the use of certain critical
accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its
judgement in the process of applying the Group's Accounting
Policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgement or
complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are
significant to the condensed interim financial statements, are
disclosed in Note 4 of the Group's 2018 Annual Report and Financial
Statements.
4. Segmental reporting
The Group operates principally in the UK and Brazil, with
operations managed on a project by project basis within each
geographical area. Activities in the UK are mainly administrative
in nature whilst the activities in Brazil relate to exploration and
evaluation work. The reports used by the chief operating decision
maker are based on these geographical segments.
2018 UK Brazil Total
3 months 3 months 3 months
ended ended ended
31 March 31 March 31 March
2018 2018 2018
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GBP GBP GBP
Revenue - - -
Administrative expenses (176,097) (115,096) (291,193)
Profit / (loss)
on foreign exchange (36,162) (9,012) (45,174)
Loss from operations
per
reportable segment (212,259) (124,108) (336,367)
Inter segment revenues - - -
Depreciation charges - - -
Additions to non-current
assets - 1,167,581 1,167,581
Reportable segment
assets 9,967,412 34,907,811 44,875,223
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Reportable segment
liabilities 4,844,870 350,194 5,195,064
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2019 UK Brazil Total
3 months 3 months 3 months
ended ended ended
31 March 31 March 31 March
2019 2019 2019
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GBP GBP GBP
Revenue - - -
Administrative expenses (329,058) (188,929) (517,987)
Profit / (loss)
on foreign exchange (20,593) (35,648) (56,241)
Loss from operations
per (349,651) (224,577) (574,228)
reportable segment
Inter segment revenues - - -
Depreciation charges - - -
Additions to non-current
assets - (460,995) (460,995)
Reportable segment
assets 4,455,208 36,141,195 40,596,403
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Reportable segment
liabilities 4,377,828 417,816 4,795,644
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A reconciliation of adjusted loss from operations per reportable
segment to profit/(loss) before tax is provided as follows:
3 months 3 months
ended ended
31 March 31 March
2019 2018
GBP GBP
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Loss from operations
per reportable
segment (574,2280 (336,367)
Change in fair
value of contingent
consideration 311,048 100,075
Charge for stock
options (129,993) (133,675)
Finance income 12,951 5,626
Finance costs (73,248) (71,619)
Profit/(Loss) for
the period from
continuing operations (453,470) (415,960)
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5. Change in fair value of contingent consideration
Contingent Consideration payable to Xstrata Brasil Mineração
Ltda
The contingent consideration payable to Xstrata Brasil Mineração
Ltda has a carrying value of GBP2,973,871 at 31 March 2019 (31
March 2018: GBP3,573,991). It comprises US$5,000,000 consideration
in cash as at the date of first commercial production from any of
the resource areas within the Enlarged Project area. The key
assumptions underlying the treatment of the contingent
consideration the US$5,000,000 are set out in note 4.3. Estimates
were also based on the current rates of tax on profits in Brazil of
34% and a discount factor of 7.0% was applied
As at 31 March 2019, there was a finance expense of GBP50,356
(2018: GBP49,122) recognised in finance costs within the Statement
of Comprehensive Income in respect of this contingent consideration
arrangement, as the discount applied to the contingent
consideration at the date of acquisition was unwound.
The change in the fair value of contingent consideration payable
to Xstrata Brasil Mineração Ltda generated a credit to profit or
loss of GBP279,320 for the three months ended 31 March 2019 (31
March 2018: GBP108,569) due to changes in the functional currency
in which the liability is payable.
6. Intangible assets
Intangible assets comprise exploration and evaluation costs and
goodwill. Exploration and evaluation costs comprise internally
generated and acquired assets. Exploration licences comprise the
Vale dos Sonhos exploration licence acquired from a subsidiary of
Glencore in November 2015.
Group Exploration
and
Goodwill Exploration evaluation Total
licences costs
GBP GBP GBP GBP
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Cost
At 1 January 2019 226,757 6,130,296 29,380,849 35,737,902
Additions - - 633,596 633,596
Exchange rate movements (7,864) (148,294) (946,296) (1,102,454)
Net book amount at 31
March 2019 218,893 5,982,001 29,068,148 35,269,043
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7. Share Capital
Issued and fully Ordinary
paid Number of shares Share premium Total
shares GBP GBP GBP
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At 1 January 2019 1,432,521,800 14,325,218 41,664,018 55,989,236
Issue of ordinary
shares 13,855,487 138,555 121,288 259,843
Issue costs - - -
At 31 March 2019 1,446,377,287 14,463,773 41,785,306 56,249,079
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8. Dividends
No dividend has been declared or paid by the Company during the
three months ended 31 March 2019 (2018: nil).
9. Profit / (loss) per share
The calculation of the basic and diluted loss per share of
(0.031) pence for the 3 months ended 31 March 2019 (31 March 2018
loss per share: (0.029) pence) is based on the loss from continuing
operations attributable to the equity holders of the Company of GBP
(453,470) for the three month period ended 31 March 2018 (31 March
2018: Loss GBP415,960) divided by the weighted average number of
shares in issue during the period of 1,442,836,440 (weighted
average number of shares for the 3 months ended 31 March 2018:
1,426,463,050).
Details of share options that could potentially dilute earnings
per share in future periods are disclosed in the notes to the
Group's Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended
31 December 2018.
10. Ultimate controlling party
The Directors believe there to be no ultimate controlling
party.
11. Related party transactions
The nature of related party transactions of the Group has not
changed from those described in the Group's Annual Report and
Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018.
12. Commitments
The Group had capital expenditure contracted for at the end of
the reporting period but not yet incurred of GBP120,765 relating to
intangible exploration assets. All other commitments remain as
stated in the Group's Annual Financial Statements for the year
ended 31 December 2018.
13. Events after the reporting period
There are no events which have occurred after the reporting
period which would be material to the financial statements.
14. Approval of interim financial statements
The Condensed interim financial statements were approved by the
Board of Directors on 15 May 2019.
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