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Cadence Minerals PLC
28 September 2018
28 September 2018
Cadence Minerals plc
("Cadence Minerals", "Cadence" or "the Company")
Interim Results for the six months ended 30 June 2018
Cadence Minerals plc, (AIM/NEX: KDNC; OTC: REMMY), which invests
in highly prospective lithium and rare earth mineral projects,
announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 June
2018.
HIGHLIGHTS
-- Fundamental Supply of Lithium Compounds remains constrained
-- Long-term battery grade lithium pricing increased during the
period and remains US$15,000 per tonne
-- European Metals Holdings ("EMH") the owner of the Cinovec project in the Czech Republic;
-- Completed test work on roast improving lithium recoveries to 95%.
-- Announced a revised pre-feasibility study which will envisage
the production of lithium hydroxide which is currently priced at
around US$17,000 per tonne.
-- Reconnaissance exploration was completed at San Luis lithium
project which has identified some 10 thousand hectares of
prospective ground of lithium bearing pegmatites.
-- Subsequent to the year-end Macarthur entered into an
exclusive advisory agreement with UK based Capstan Capital Partners
LLP ("Capstan") to seek the necessary funding required to advance
Macarthur's significant iron ore projects located in Western
Australia.
STRATEGIC REVIEW
By most of the fundamental measures in supply and demand
dynamics, whether it be constrained supply chains, strong product
pricing or build out capacity for the product, the long-term
outlook for lithium and lithium compounds remains strong.
Nonetheless, for 2018, there have been several analysts that
have continued to suggest a wave of supply of lithium compounds and
therefore a softening in lithium prices. Our research and "boots on
the ground" approach tells a very different story.
The oversupply camp point to increasing capacity from China,
Australia and the Atacama that will swamp the market. However, this
fails to take account of two critical points. Firstly, the delivery
of battery grade lithium compounds is not easy, even with the
typical commissioning delays associated with mining projects, there
is then the added aspect of a complex and capital-intensive
hydrometallurgical plant, to get these commissioned and financed is
difficult. Therefore, the reality is the supply will be delayed in
our view, and only those projects with sufficient scale and
competitive cost structure will be able to attract the financing to
enter the supply chain.
Secondly, the additional capacity from Australia is, for the
large majority, shipped as spodumene to China, where it is
converted to lithium compounds. So, to understand supply, you need
to understand the conversion capacity of China, which by all
accounts are struggling to install new conversion plants in time
and will probably be only able to produce 200,000 tonnes of lithium
carbonate in 2019. Both of the above point to a constrained supply
chain and not a wave of supply.
When we look at pricing over the period, several detractors will
point to the drop in the price of Lithium compounds in China. The
reality is that Chinese pricing was influenced in part by brine
projects in China needing to sell below battery grade lithium
carbonate to fund operations. To us, the most representative
pricing of battery grade lithium carbonate is from South America
where pricing continued to increase over the year and currently
trades at around US$15,000 per tonne of battery grade lithium
carbonate.
Despite all of these constraints in supply and the positive
outlook on the demand side equities in the lithium market have
softened considerably during the year with the Global X lithium ETF
dropping by 19% over the six months to June 2018, with some lithium
project developers dropping up to 65% over the same period.
Our investments were not immune to this softening, and our
principle two investments in Bacanora Lithium and European Lithium
reduced in price by 20% and 53% respectively. This, in turn, was
reflected in our share price performance which reduced by 33% over
the period and our absolute return figures which were at the period
ended 26% which is in line with the return figures on Global X
Lithium ETF over the same period.
Table 1: Absolute Return Figures
30/06/2017 31/12/2017 30/06/2018
Book Value (GBGBP ,000) 17,904 11,345 11,104
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Mark to Market Equity Value
(GBGBP ,000) 30,882 24,869 14,005
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Absolute Return on Equity
(%) 72% 119% 26%
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Global X Lithium & Battery
Tech Returns (%) 13% 51% 27%
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Despite the performance of our investments, the underlying
projects remain sound and have the right cost structure and scale
to potentially be significant contributors to the battery supply
chain.
Of note was the progress that European Metals Holdings have made
during the year. It has improved roast recoveries in their lab test
work, and since the end of June 2018 they received approvals to
carry out geotechnical drilling and announced that they would be
carrying out a revised pre-feasibility study to produce lithium
hydroxide which is scheduled to be published in the coming months.
Given the pricing and demand for this compound, we would hope to
see an improvement in the economics of the project.
Bacanora continued to make progress during the year at a project
level, however, as a result of market volatility in the lithium
markets, it decided not to proceed with the equity portion of its
project financing. It is continuing the front-end engineering
design of the project and has drawn down US$25 million of its
US$150 million debt facility.
The board and its strategy have evolved significantly since
2014. Its focus since September last year is to invest in earlier
stage exploration projects, as this is typically where the largest
return is for relatively low levels of investment capital. The risk
associated with investing in any resource projects at an early
stage is high, therefore, and in order to mitigate this risk, our
goal from the outset is to obtain a deep fundamental understanding
of the resource, its chemistry and management team.
By doing so, we can eliminate the many of the potential
investments that we review during the year and fund projects that
we believe will deliver value to our shareholders. We look to fund
projects via earning in, at solely our option, and if at all
possible look to incentivise our joint venture partners via equity
in Cadence against deliverables that will add value. Importantly we
also take an active approach to our investments by being part of
the management team and enshrining our minority shareholder
protections in joint venture agreements.
During the six months, we have reviewed numerous projects,
inclusive of brines in the Atacama, Cobalt in the USA, and
pegmatites in multiple places in Africa, all of which had their
attractions however they did not match our investment criteria so
were rejected.
We continue to review possible investments and seek out new
opportunities always with the ultimate aim of securing an asset
that has the potential to add significant value to our share
price.
The future remains very exciting for the Company. We will
continue to review our investments in our investee companies, with
regular meetings with management. Importantly we will continue to
examine the market perception of lithium and if required ensure we
limit our exposure to further downside in our equity positions.
INVESTMENT REVIEW
Bacanora Lithium Plc ("Bacanora")
At the period end Cadence owned 8.3% of Bacanora's equity and a
30% stake in the Mexalit S.A. de CV ("Mexalit") joint venture which
forms part of the Sonora Lithium Project in Northern Mexico.
Bacanora has two lithium development assets, the Sonora Lithium
Project and the Zinnwald Lithium Project. Bacanora has a 50%
interest in, and joint operational control, of the Zinnwald Lithium
Project. Zinnwald represents a strategic asset located near a
thriving market for lithium and energy products.
Bacanora's principal asset is the Sonora Lithium Project in
northern Mexico. The asset has Measured plus Indicated Mineral
Resource estimate of over 5 million tonnes ('Mt') (comprising 1.9
Mt of Measured Resources and 3.1Mt of Indicated Resources) of
lithium carbonate equivalent ('LCE') and an additional Inferred
Mineral Resource of 3.7 Mt of LCE, Sonora is regarded as one of the
world's larger known clay lithium deposits.
In January 2018 Bacanora published its Feasibility Study ("FS")
on the project. The FS targeted a two-stage open-pit operation,
reaching 35,000 tonnes (t) of lithium carbonate (Li(2) CO(3) ) per
annum ("tpa") in year four. The FS has a pre-tax NPV of US$1.25
billion and an IRR of 26%. The capital and working capital costs of
the first stage of production (17,500 t of Li(2) CO(3) per annum)
is estimated to be US$460 million. Under our estimation, The FS
mine plan currently has some 12% of the plant feed being mined from
the 30% joint venture areas owned by Mexalit.
After the period end, Bacanora announced its financing strategy
and were able to secure a US$150 million debt funding from RK Mine
Finance. Additionally, Bacanora was able to secure conditional
investments totalling US$90 million from the State General Reserve
of Oman and Bacanora's off-take partner, Hanwa Co., Ltd. These
combined financing represented US$240 million of the US$460 million
required. In July Bacanora elected not to proceed with a further
US$100 equity placing, citing current volatility in global
commodities markets.
Both our 8.3% equity stake in Bacanora and our ownership in the
Mexalit joint venture could represent a substantial return for
Cadence in the form of cash flow from the Sonora Lithium Project.
Which we estimate could be as much US$106 million (net present
value, 10% discount) using a lithium carbonate price of 13,000 per
tonne and a dilution of 3X of the current equity on issue in
Bacanora. This is of course contingent on Bacanora securing the
necessary financing and executing the development of the Sonora
Lithium project as per the FS published in January this year.
European Metals Holdings Limited ("EMH")
At the end of June 2018 and as a result of share issues by EMH
Cadence held a 19.7% in EMH, through this equity holding we have an
economic interest in the Cinovec lithium and tin deposit.
At an operational level, the Cinovec lithium project progressed
well. However, this progress was overshadowed by Czech presidential
elections and, in particular, the statement of the Czech Minister
of Industry and Trade which purported to terminate the memorandum
of understanding between EMH and Czech Ministry of Industry of
Trade. As stated by EMH the termination of the MOU does not in any
way affect the exploration rights of EMH tenure over its
exploration permits.
Despite this, there were substantial strides made in the
development of the Cinovec Lithium Project. Of note was the
improvement in lithium recoveries announced in March, which was
increased to 95%. In addition, EMH continued to work on the pilot
scale beneficiation work, this work along with the improved lithium
recoveries meant that subsequent to the period end EMH was able to
report increased lithium production from 20,800 tpa to 22,500
tpa.
Moreover, EMH has commenced work on an update of the Preliminary
Feasibility Study to model the production of higher value lithium
hydroxide due to its increasing use in lithium-ion batteries. We
expect the results from this to be announced in the coming
months.
San Luis Lithium Project
In December 2017 Cadence Minerals announced that it had executed
binding investment agreements to acquire up to 100% of six
prospective hard rock lithium assets in Argentina.
These transactions mark the start of the Company's strategic
shift to earn into early stage lithium assets in well-known lithium
jurisdictions where we see the potential to deliver shareholder
value by investing in projects that have shorter development
timeline to cashflow than a typical lithium carbonate producer.
The San Luis Project Consist of claims over 55,773 hectares for
six exploration permits within the known spodumene bearing
pegmatite fields in San Luis Province, Central Argentina.
During the period under review the investee's geology team,
utilising a range of remote sensing and geographical information
system (GIS) tools, have completed several desktop studies which
identify highly prospective areas for lithium mineralisation in
known spodumene bearing pegmatite bodies. Encouragingly, there are
multiple indicators that confirm the presence of spodumene bearing
pegmatite bodies including geological structural features,
aero-magnetic radiometric data analysis, satellite imagery and
differentiation in granitic bodies.
The net result is that out of the 55,773 hectares, comprising
the six assets total area, the geology team have identified 10,049
hectares as high-priority areas for the next phase of the
exploration programme
Finalised Environmental Impact Assessments have been submitted
to the mining regulator for these high priority areas, with
applications for drilling permits to follow
The project team are now in discussions with third-party
suppliers, including drilling contractors, and intend to fast-track
the next phase of exploration as soon as regulatory approval is
secured.
On grant of the exploration permits Cadence will acquire up to
49% by spending GBP1.1m on exploration and drilling, and by issuing
GBP0.4 million of new ordinary shares in Cadence to The Vendors.
Cadence has an option to acquire up to 100% by issuing a further
GBP1.75m of new ordinary shares in Cadence. During the period
Cadence completed its initial GBP0.10 million investment for 4% of
the exploration permit.
Auroch Minerals
At the end of the period Cadence had a 6.6% interest in Auroch
Minerals, its focus over the period under review has been the
development of the high-grade zinc, Bonaventura Project and the
Arden zinc, copper-cobalt project. Drilling has commenced at both
of these highly prospective projects, both of which are expected to
take between six and eight weeks to complete.
The Bonaventura Project contains several historic artisanal
mines for zinc, lead, copper, gold and silver that were worked at
various times up to the 1920's. Soil-sampling over the Bonaventura
Project has been completed with zinc anomalism following the strike
of the regional Cygnet-Snelling Fault.
The Vinco Target, which is situated 1,500m along strike from
Grainger target, has previously been surveyed using high-resolution
aeromagnetics, including induced polarisation (IP) and gravity
surveys.
The IP survey interpretation over the Dewrang target identified
two-highly chargeable anomalies at approximately 200m depth over a
strike length of over 400m. Anomalies indicate the potential for
the presence of high-grade base-metal sulphides, making Dewrang a
high-priority area for exploration.
In addition to the base metal targets, the Kohinoor target
remains highly prospective for gold mineralisation, with historic
composite samples taken from the first level of the main historic
workings.
The Arden project consists of a Sedex type potential deposit.
The Sedex potential was initially discovered by Kennecott (Rio
Tinto Group) between 1966 and 1972, identifying anomalous
Sedex-style zinc mineralisation up to 40m wide and with a potential
for over 10km of the strike. However, since 1980 the area has been
the focus of regional diamond exploration, and as such the Sedex
horizon at the Ragless Range Target had not been explored.
Auroch has moved quickly to realise the project potential,
undertaking reconnaissance field mapping, rock-chip sampling,a
reinterpretation of historical data and an Aeromagnetic survey
before initiating its maiden drill programme in August 2018. Arden
enjoys access to world-class infrastructure including the railway
to Port Augusta, which passes just to the south of the
tenement.
Macarthur Minerals ("Macarthur")
Cadence at the end of the period had 12.1% equity interest in
Macarthur, which is an Australian mining exploration company which
has a diverse portfolio over multiple asset types, commodities and
locations.
During the period its efforts have been focused on the early
exploration of its gold, nickel and lithium projects in Western
Australia.
However of most interest was the work that has been carried on
its substantial Iron Ore Projects in the Yilgran Region of
Australia, which have Mineral Resources comprised of Indicated
Mineral Resources of approximately 54.5 Mt @ 47.2% Fe and
approximately 26Mt @ 45.4% Fe Inferred resources.
Subsequent to the year-end Macarthur entered into an exclusive
advisory agreement with UK based Capstan Capital Partners LLP
("Capstan") to seek the necessary funding required to advance
Macarthur's significant iron ore projects located in Western
Australia.
Macarthur has been reviewing its iron ore projects in light of
the emergence of rail and port capacity through to the Port of
Esperance and the cessation of mining at Cleveland-Cliffs Inc's
Asia Pacific Iron Ore projects and Mineral Resources Limited's
Carina project.
Clancy Exploration ("Clancy")
At the end of the period, Cadence held 4.5% interest in Clancy,
which focused its efforts during the period in acquiring and
developing 100% of key cobalt licenses adjacent to the Bou Azzer
Cobalt mine in Morocco, which is famous for being a primary cobalt
producer. Initial surface sampling has been carried out, and due
diligence has been completed. The acquisition is in the process of
completion, and we await further news in this regard.
Yangibana Rare Earth Project
Cadence owns a 30% free carried interest in the Yangibana North,
Gossan, Hook, Kanes Gossan, Lions Ear and Bald Hill North rare
earth projects ("Yangibana North Project") in Western Australia.
These projects form part of the larger Yangibana Rare Earth Project
("the Project"). The free carry is up to the commencement of the
feasibility study.
Hastings Technology Metals Ltd ("Hastings"), which is the
operator of the Project and the owner of the remaining 70% in the
Yangibana North Project, made considerable progress during the year
to date. This included securing funding for the initial long lead
items for the project and securing an offtake of Memorandum of
Understanding with Tyssenkrupp Raw Materials GmbH.
During the period we engaged with the management of Hastings, to
discuss and review the reasoning why our joint venture areas are
not included in the current mining plans. In conclusion, although
mineral resources are substantial, using the currently envisaged
beneficiation and hydrometallurgical process, the higher grade in
the joint venture areas is offset by the higher processing costs
associated with the ore. Therefore, Hastings envision that the ore
will be included in the later stages of the mining plan, which is
out of the scope of the feasibility study. In this regard, we view
that our priority should be to look to extract value from the asset
in the short to medium term.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
During the period, the Group made a loss before taxation of
GBP4.60 million (30 June 2017: profit of GBP0.89 million; year
ended 31 December 2017: profit GBP1.19 million). This was primarily
due to a decrease in market price of our investments in Bacanora,
following the overall trend in the market within lithium
stocks.
There was a weighted basic loss per share of 0.058p (30 June
2017: profit per share 0.011p, 31 December 2016: profit per share
0.015p). Foreign currency translation differences marginally
increased comprehensive loss for the period to GBP4.66 million (30
June 2017: total comprehensive income of GBP0.84 million, 31
December 2016: total comprehensive expenditure of GBP1.88
million).
Administrative expenses decreased by GBP0.33 million compared to
the same period last year; this decrease was driven by cost-cutting
measures across the board inclusive of an average 30% reduction in
directors salaries, which took effect in April this year. We
continue to reduce costs and expect this downward trend in costs
for the remainder of this financial year.
The total assets of the group decreased from GBP35.17 million at
31 December 2017 to GBP25.41 million. Of this amount, GBP9.95
million represent the market value of our available for sale
investments at the period end. The reduction in the total assets is
as a result of the decrease in the value of Bacanora equity, which
was the primary driver for the decrease in available for sale asset
value.
It is important to note that this does not include our
investment in EMH. Our investment in EMH is classified as an
investment in an associate and held at a value of GBP12.9 million.
EMH is classified as such because we hold in excess of 19% and
Kiran Morzaria, the Chief Executive Office of Cadence is also a
Non-Executive Director of EMH.
Our borrowings of GBP4.18 million as at the 31 December 2017
reduced to GBP3.06 million by the end of the period as we paid back
our convertible loans.
During the period, our net cash outflow from operating
activities was GBP0.45 million compared to GBP1.46 million during
the same period last year. The variance is attributable to the
decreased administrative expenses as highlighted above. We invested
a further GBP0.47 million in blue-chip liquid stocks in the lithium
sector. We disposed of GBP0.44 million some of which included the
aforementioned lithium stocks as well as some Bacanora equity,
which taken together provided a GBP0.10 million realised profit on
disposal. We also paid back some GBP1.12 million of our convertible
loan during the period, which was the primary driver in reducing
our cash position to GBP0.2 million.
For further information please contact
Cadence Minerals plc +44 (0) 207 440 0647
Andrew Suckling
Kiran Morzaria
WH Ireland Limited (NOMAD & Broker) +44 (0) 207 220 1666
James Joyce
James Sinclair-Ford
Hannam & Partners LLP (Joint Broker) +44 (0) 207 907 8500
Neil Passmore
Giles Fitzpatrick
Novum Securities Limited (Joint Broker) +44 (0) 207 399 9400
Jon Belliss
Forward-Looking Statements:
Certain statements in this announcement are or may be deemed to
be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are
identi ed by their use of terms and phrases such as "believe"
"could" "should" "envisage" "estimate" "intend" "may" "plan" "will"
or the negative of those variations or comparable expressions
including references to assumptions. These forward-looking
statements are not based on historical facts but rather on the
Directors' current expectations and assumptions regarding the
Company's future growth results of operations performance future
capital and other expenditures (including the amount. nature and
sources of funding thereof) competitive advantages business
prospects and opportunities. Such forward-looking statements re ect
the Directors' current beliefs and assumptions and are based on
information currently available to the Directors. Many factors
could cause actual results to differ materially from the results
discussed in the forward-looking statements including risks
associated with vulnerability to general economic and business
conditions competition environmental and other regulatory changes
actions by governmental authorities the availability of capital
markets reliance on key personnel uninsured and underinsured losses
and other factors many of which are beyond the control of the
Company. Although any forward-looking statements contained in this
announcement are based upon what the Directors believe to be
reasonable assumptions. The Company cannot assure investors that
actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking
statements.
CADENCE MINERALS PLC
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE PERIODED 30 JUNE 2018
Notes Unaudited Unaudited Audited
Period Period Year ended
ended 30 ended 30 31 December
June 2018 June 2017 2017
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Income -
Unrealised (loss)/profit
on available for sale assets (3,730) 2,331 1,353
Realised profit on available
for sale assets 105 2 3,118
Other income 48 60 145
(3,577) 2,393 4,616
Share based payments (3) - (2)
Impairment of intangible
assets - - (300)
Other administrative expenses (785) (1,123) (1,800)
Total administrative expenses (788) (1,123) (2,102)
Operating (loss)/profit (4,365) 1,270 2,514
Share of associates losses (182) (103) (339)
Finance cost (59) (272) (986)
(Loss)/profit before taxation (4,606) 895 1,189
Taxation - - -
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(Loss)/profit attributable
to the equity holders of
the Company (4,606) 895 1,189
Other comprehensive (expenditure)/income
Foreign currency translation
differences (53) (53) 686
Other comprehensive (expenditure)/income
for the period net of tax (53) (53) 686
Total comprehensive income/(expenditure)
for the period (4,659) 842 1,875
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(Loss)/Profit per share
Basic (pence per share) 3 (0.0587) 0.0115 0.0152
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Diluted (pence per share) 3 (0.0506) 0.0095 0.0125
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CADENCE MINERALS PLC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE PERIODED 30 JUNE 2018
Share Share Share-based Hedging, Retained Total
capital premium payment Loan earnings equity
account reserve & Exchange
(restated) reserves
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Balance at 1
January
2017 1,192 27,145 4,410 (254) (7,968) 24,525
Issue of share
capital 2 157 - - - 159
Transfer on
lapse of
warrants - - (396) - 396 -
On settlement
of loan
notes - - - (33) - (33)
Transactions
with owners 2 157 - 396 - 33 396 126
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Foreign
exchange - - - 553 - 553
Profit for the
period - - - - 895 895
Total
comprehensive
income
for the
period - - - 553 895 1,448
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Balance at 30
June 2017
(unaudited) 1,194 27,302 4,014 266 (6,677) 26,099
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Issue of share
capital 8 250 - - - 258
Share based
payments - - 2 - - 2
Transfer on
lapse of
warrants - - (285) - 285 -
Transfer on
cancellation
of options - - (553) - 553 -
On issue of
loan notes - - 412 412
On settlement
of loan
notes - - (474) (474)
Transactions
with owners 8 250 - 836 (62) 838 198
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Foreign
exchange - - - 133 - 133
Profit for the
period - - - - 294 294
Total
comprehensive
income
for the
period - - - 133 294 427
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Balance at 31
December
2017 1,202 27,552 3,178 337 (5,545) 26,724
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Share based
payments - - 3 - - 3
Transfer on
lapse of
warrants - - (132) - 132 -
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Transactions
with owners - - (129) - 132 3
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Foreign
exchange - - - (53) - (53)
On conversion
of loan
notes - - - - - -
Loss for the
period - - - - (4,606) (4,606)
Total
comprehensive
loss
for the
period - - - (53) (4,606) (4,659)
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Balance at 30
June 2018
(unaudited) 1,202 27,552 3,049 284 (10,019) 22,068
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CADENCE MINERALS PLC
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 30 JUNE 2018
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
30 June 30 June 31 December
2018 2017 2017
Assets Notes GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Non-current
Intangible assets 1,875 2,228 1,887
Tangible assets - - -
Investment in associate 12,918 12,879 12,988
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14,793 15,107 14,875
Current assets
Trade and other receivables 461 421 722
Available for sale
asset 9,946 18,498 13,534
Cash and cash equivalents 216 2,125 2,037
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Total current assets 10,623 21,044 16,293
Total assets 25,416 36,151 31,168
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EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables 290 227 262
Borrowings 3,058 9,825 4,182
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Total current liabilities
and total liabilities 3,348 10,052 4,444
Equity
Share capital 4 1,202 1,194 1,202
Share premium 27,552 27,302 27,552
Share based payment
reserve 3,049 4,014 3,178
Hedging & Exchange
reserve 284 266 337
Retained earnings (10,019) (6,677) (5,545)
Total equity and liabilities
to owners of the company 22,068 26,099 26,724
Total equity and liabilities 25,416 36,151 31,168
CADENCE MINERALS PLC
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
FOR THE PERIOD 30 JUNE 2018
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
Period ended Period ended Year ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2018 2017 2017
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Cash flows from operating activities
Operating (loss)/profit (4,365) 1,270 2,514
Net realised/unrealised (loss)/profit
on AFSA 3,625 (2,333) (4,471)
Impairment of intangible assets - - 300
Equity settled share-based
payments 3 - 2
Decrease/(increase) in trade
and other receivables 261 (19) (320)
Increase/(decrease) in trade
and other payables 28 (376) (83)
Net cash outflow from operating
activities (448) (1,458) (2,058)
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Taxation - - -
Cash flows from investing activities
Payments for investments in
AFS assets (476) (214) (214)
Receipts on sale of AFS assets 438 16 7,118
Payments for investments in
associates - - (345)
Investment in exploration costs (100) (312) (270)
Net cash outflow from investing
activities (138) (510) 6,289
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Cash flows from financing activities
Net (loan repayments)/borrowings (1,176) - (5,400)
Finance cost (59) (99) (986)
Net cash inflow from financing
activities (1,235) (99) (6,386)
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Net (decrease)/increase in
cash and cash equivalents (1,821) (2,067) (2,155)
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period 2,037 4,192 4,192
Cash and cash equivalents at
end of period 216 2,125 2,037
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NOTES TO THE INTERIM REPORT
FOR THE PERIODED 30 JUNE 201
1 BASIS OF PREPARATION
The interim financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with applicable accounting standards and under the
historical cost convention. The financial information set out in
this interim report does not constitute statutory accounts as
defined in section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. The Group's
statutory financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017
have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The auditor's
report on those financial statements was unqualified.
The principal accounting policies of the Group are consistent
with those detailed in the 31 December 2017 financial statements,
which are prepared in accordance with International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRSs), as adopted by the European Union.
GOING CONCERN
The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for the period
ending 30 September 2018. The forecasts demonstrate that the Group
has sufficient funds to allow it to continue in business for a
period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these
financial statements. Accordingly, the accounts have been prepared
on a going concern basis.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS
Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based
on historical experience and other factors, including expectations
of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the
circumstances.
The Group makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future.
The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom
equal the related actual results
2 SEGMENTAL REPORTING
An operating segment is a distinguishable component of the Group
that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues
and incur expenses, whose operating results are regularly reviewed
by the Group's chief operating decision maker to make decisions
about the allocation of resources and assessment of performance and
about which discrete financial information is available.
The chief operating decision maker reviews financial information
for and makes decisions about the Group's performance as a whole.
The Group has not actively traded during the period.
Subject to further acquisitions the Group expects to further
review its segmental information during the forthcoming financial
year.
3 PROFIT PER SHARE
The calculation of the (loss)/profit per share is based on the
(loss)/profit attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by the
weighted average number of shares in issue during the period.
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
six months six months year ended
ended ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2018 2017 2017
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
(Loss)/profit on ordinary
activities after tax (GBP'000) (4,606) 895 1,189
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Weighted average number of
shares for calculating basic
loss/profit per share 7,851,440,338 7,773,489,131 7,811,370,698
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Share options and warrants
exercisable 1,259,575,345 1,689,215,294 1,664,564,973
Weighted average number of
shares for calculating diluted
loss/profit per share 9,111,015,683 9,462,704,425 9,475,935,671
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Basic and diluted (loss)/profit
per share (pence) (0.0587) 0.0115 0.0152
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Diluted (loss)/profit per
share (pence) (0.0506) 0.0095 0.0125
--------------- --------------- ---------------
4 SHARE CAPITAL
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
30 June 30 June 31 December
2018 2017 2017
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Allotted, issued and fully
paid
173,619,050 deferred shares
of 0.24p (30 June and 31
December
2017: 173,619,050) 417 417 417
7,851,440,338 ordinary shares
of 0.01p (30 June 2017:
7,777,690,338,
31 December 2017:
7,851,440,338) 785 777 785
------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------
1,202 1,194 1,202
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