Almonty Announces the Filing of its Financial Statements and MD&A for the Year Ended September 30, 2014
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INVESTOR CONFERENCE CALL Thursday January 29 9:00am EST
Revenue of $8.4million and Earnings from mining operations of $2.7million for the fourth quarter and Revenue of $26.9 million and Earnings from mining operations of $14.7million for the Year
TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2015 /CNW/ - Almonty Industries Inc. ("Almonty" or the "Company") (TSX-V: AII) today announced the filing of its audited consolidated financial statements and management discussion & analysis ("MD&A") for the year ended September 30, 2014. Unless otherwise indicated, all currency amounts contained in this news release are in thousands of Canadian dollars.
The following financial information is for the three months and years ended September 30, 2014, and 2013:
Historical periods have been restated. Readers are referred to Note 2 and Note 25 of the Company's audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2014 for further details.
Three Months | Restated | ||
Ended | Three Months | ||
September 30, | Ended | ||
2014 | September 30, | ||
$'000 | 2013 | ||
$'000 | |||
Gross Revenue | 8,451 | 4,730 | |
Mine operating costs | 3,815 | 3,304 | |
Depreciation and amortization | 1,972 | 1,378 | |
Earnings from mining operations | 2,664 | 48 | |
General and administrative costs | 846 | 737 | |
Net other expense (income) | 708 | (61) | |
Non-cash compensation costs | - | 14 | |
Earnings (loss) before the undernoted items | 1,110 | (642) | |
Interest expense | 139 | 97 | |
Loss due to fire | - | ||
Gain from insurance settlement | - | (928) | |
Deferred tax provision | (502) | (1,840) | |
Net income (loss) for the period | 1,473 | 2,029 | |
Income (loss) per share basic | $0.03 | $0.05 | |
Income (loss) per share diluted | $0.03 | $0.05 | |
Dividends | $0.0272 | - | |
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities | 2,227 | (56) | |
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities | (1,207) | (1,792) | |
Cash flows provided by (used in)financing activities | 9,591 | (551) | |
Year | Restated Year | |||
Ended | Ended | |||
September 30, | September 30, | |||
2014 | 2013 | |||
$'000 | $'000 | |||
Gross Revenue | 29,609 | 18,341 | ||
Production costs | 10,287 | 11,400 | ||
Depreciation and amortization | 4,610 | 3,447 | ||
Earnings from mining operations | 14,712 | 3,494 | ||
General and administrative costs | 3,213 | 2,803 | ||
Net other expense | 1,107 | 66 | ||
Non-cash compensation costs | 56 | 210 | ||
Earnings (loss) before the undernoted items | 10,336 | 4155 | ||
Interest expense | 443 | 214 | ||
Loss due to fire | - | 527 | ||
Gain from insurance settlement | - | (928) | ||
Earnings before taxes | 9,983 | 602 | ||
Income tax provision- deferred | (502) | (1,840) | ||
Net income (loss) for the period | 10,395 | 2,442 | ||
Income (loss) per share basic | $0.24 | $0.07 | ||
Income (loss) per share diluted | $0.24 | $0.07 | ||
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities | 8,661 | 378 | ||
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities | (7,252) | (6,078) | ||
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities | 12,355 | 5,648 | ||
September 30, | September 30, | |||
2014 | 2013 | |||
Cash | 14,847 | 1,083 | ||
Restricted cash | 956 | 237 | ||
Total assets | 88,047 | 42,123 | ||
Long-term trade payables | 675 | 617 | ||
Long-term debt | 21,336 | 5,946 | ||
Capital lease obligations | 296 | 108 | ||
Convertible debenture | 7,292 | - | ||
Shareholders' equity | 47,096 | 27,304 | ||
Other | ||||
Outstanding shares ('000) | 48,987 | 37,044 | ||
Weighted average outstanding shares ('000) | ||||
Basic | 43,149 | 37,044 | ||
Fully diluted (treasury method) | 43,149 | 37,044 | ||
Closing share price | $0.70 | $0.93 |
A teleconference to review the fourth quarter and year ended September 30, 2014 will be held at 9:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, January 29, 2015. Representing management will be Lewis Black, chairman, president & chief executive officer, and Dennis Logan, chief financial officer. A question and answer period will follow brief remarks from management.
To participate in the teleconference:
- if calling from North America: +1- 888-390-0546
- if calling from outside North America: +1- 416-764-8688
An archive of the conference call will be available until March 1st, 2015.
To access the archive:
- from North America: +1 888-390-0541 (pass code: 660546 #)
- from outside North America: +1-416-764-8677 (pass code: 660546 #)
About Almonty
The principal business of Toronto, Canada based Almonty Industries Inc. (TSX-V: AII) is the mining, processing and shipping of tungsten concentrate from its Los Santos Mine in western Spain and its Wolfram Camp Mine in north Queensland, Australia. The Los Santos Mine was acquired by Almonty in September 2011 and is located approximately 50 kilometres from Salamanca in western Spain and produces tungsten concentrate. The Wolfram Camp Mine was acquired by Almonty in September 2014 and is located approximately 110 km west of Cairns in northern Queensland, Australia and produces tungsten and molybdenum concentrate. Almonty also has an option to acquire a 100% ownership interest in the Valtreixal tin-tungsten project in north western Spain. Management and certain members of Almonty's Board of Directors led the turnaround and eventual sale of Primary Metals Inc., the operator of the Panasqueira Tungsten Mine in Portugal from 2003 to 2007. Further information about the Company's activities may be found at www.almonty.com and under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.
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Disclaimer for Forward-Looking Information
When used in this press release, the words "estimate", "project", "belief", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", "plan", "predict", "may" or "should" and the negative of these words or such variations thereon or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information. This press release contains forward-looking statements and information including, without limitation, the intention of the Company to release Q4 2014 financial results on January 28th 2015. These statements and information are based on management's beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date that statements are made and reflect Almonty's current expectations.
The forward-looking statements and information in this press release include information relating to the intentions of management. Such statements and information reflect the current view of Almonty with respect to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in those forward-looking statements and information. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors and assumptions which may cause actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Investors are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements. Almonty cautions that the foregoing list of material factors is not exhaustive. When relying on Almonty's forward-looking statements and information to make decisions, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events.
Almonty has also assumed that material factors will not cause any forward-looking statements and information to differ materially from actual results or events. However, the list of these factors is not exhaustive and is subject to change and there can be no assurance that such assumptions will reflect the actual outcome of such items or factors.
THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF ALMONTY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS PRESS RELEASE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE. READERS SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE IMPORTANCE ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT RELY UPON THIS INFORMATION AS OF ANY OTHER DATE. WHILE ALMONTY MAY ELECT TO, IT DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME EXCEPT AS REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS.
SOURCE Almonty Industries Inc.
Contact
Lewis Black, Chairman, President & CEO, Telephone: (647) 438-9766, Email: Info@almonty.com; Dennis Logan, Director & Chief Financial Officer, Telephone: (647) 438-9766, Email: Info@almonty.com