Almonty Announces the Filing of Its Financial Statements and MD&A for the Year Ended September 30, 2015
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, 2015. 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, 2015, and 2014:
Three Months | Three Months | |||||||||
Ended | Ended | |||||||||
30-Sep-15 | 30-Sep-14 | |||||||||
$'000 | $'000 | |||||||||
Gross Revenue | 8,415 | 8,451 | ||||||||
Mine production costs | 17,481 | 2,939 | ||||||||
Mine impairment | 1,708 | - | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 2,412 | 370 | ||||||||
Earnings (loss) from mining operations | (13,186 | ) | 5,142 | |||||||
General and administrative costs | 1,732 | 1,442 | ||||||||
Other (gain) loss realized (fx, asset disposal, other) | 146 | 378 | ||||||||
Non-cash compensation costs | - | - | ||||||||
Earnings (loss) before the under noted items | (15,064 | ) | 3,322 | |||||||
Interest expense | 561 | 139 | ||||||||
Foreign exchange loss | 1,017 | 55 | ||||||||
Non-controlling interest | (774 | ) | - | |||||||
Deferred tax provision | (556 | ) | (502 | ) | ||||||
Net income (loss) for the period | (15,312 | ) | 3,630 | |||||||
Income (loss) per share basic | ($0.26 | ) | $0.10 | |||||||
Income (loss) per share diluted | ($0.26 | ) | $0.10 | |||||||
Dividends | - | (1,001 | ) | |||||||
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities | 2,088 | 3,315 | ||||||||
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities | (4,671 | ) | (1,154 | ) | ||||||
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities | (800 | ) | 8,495 | |||||||
Year | Year | |||||||||
Ended | Ended | |||||||||
30-Sep-15 | 30-Sep-14 | |||||||||
$'000 | $'000 | |||||||||
Gross Revenue | 36,142 | 29,609 | ||||||||
Mine production costs | 37,743 | 10,287 | ||||||||
Mine Impairment | 1,708 | - | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 8,545 | 4,610 | ||||||||
Earnings from mining operations | (11,854 | ) | 14,712 | |||||||
General and administrative costs | 5,562 | 3,213 | ||||||||
Other (gain) loss realized (fx, asset disposal, other) | 398 | 919 | ||||||||
Non-cash compensation costs | 379 | 56 | ||||||||
Earnings (loss) before the under noted items | (18,193 | ) | 10,524 | |||||||
Interest expense | 1,404 | 443 | ||||||||
Foreign exchange loss | 1,313 | 188 | ||||||||
Gain from Insurance settlement | - | - | ||||||||
Non-controlling interest | (747 | ) | - | |||||||
Deferred tax provision | (618 | ) | (502 | ) | ||||||
Net income (loss) for the period | (19,545 | ) | 10,395 | |||||||
Income (loss) per share basic | ($0.38 | ) | $0.28 | |||||||
Income (loss) per share diluted | ($0.38 | ) | $0.28 | |||||||
Dividends | - | (1,001 | ) | |||||||
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities | 798 | 8,592 | ||||||||
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities | (16,116 | ) | (7,252 | ) | ||||||
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities | 727 | 12,355 |
30-Sep-15 | 30-Sep-14 | |||||||||||||||
$'000 | $'000 | |||||||||||||||
Cash | 866 | 14,847 | ||||||||||||||
Restricted cash | 1,223 | 956 | ||||||||||||||
Total assets | 117,527 | 86,547 | ||||||||||||||
Bank indebtedness | 1,794 | 1,041 | ||||||||||||||
Long-term debt | 33,321 | 20,296 | ||||||||||||||
Capital lease obligations | 1,133 | 295 | ||||||||||||||
Convertible debentures | 9,981 | 5,833 | ||||||||||||||
Shareholders’ equity | 49,002 | 47,055 | ||||||||||||||
Other | ||||||||||||||||
Outstanding shares (‘000) | 86,482 | 49,621 | ||||||||||||||
Weighted average outstanding shares (‘000) | ||||||||||||||||
Basic | 51,787 | 43,149 | ||||||||||||||
Fully diluted (treasury method) | 51,787 | 43,149 | ||||||||||||||
Closing share price | $0.68 | $0.70 | ||||||||||||||
A teleconference to review the fourth quarter and year ended September 30, 2014 will be held at 9:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, February 10, 2016. 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- 877 201-0168
- if calling from outside North America: +1- 647 788-4901
An archive of the conference call will be available until March 10st, 2016.
To access the archive:
- from North America: +1 855 859-2056 (pass code: 42090361 #)
- from outside North America: +1 404 537-3406 (pass code: 42090361 #)
About Almonty
The principal business of Toronto, Canada-based Almonty Industries Inc. is the mining, processing and shipping of tungsten concentrate from its Los Santos Mine in western Spain, its Wolfram Camp Mine in north Queensland, Australia and its Panasqueira mine in Portugal as well as the development of the Sangdong tungsten mine in Gangwon Province, Korea and the Valtreixal tin/tungsten project in north western Spain. 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 130 kilometres west of Cairns in northern Queensland, Australia and produces tungsten and molybdenum concentrate. The Panasqueira mine, which has been in production since 1896, is located approximately 260 kilometres northeast of Lisbon, Portugal, was acquired in January 2016 and produces tungsten concentrate. The Sangdong mine, which was historically one of the largest tungsten mines in the world and one of the few long-life, high-grade tungsten deposits outside of China, was acquired in September 2015 through the acquisition of a 100% interest in Woulfe Mining Corp. Almonty also has an option to acquire a 100% ownership interest in the Valtreixal tin-tungsten project in northwestern Spain. Further information about Almonty’s activities may be found at www.almonty.com and under Almonty’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 host a conference call on February 10, 2016 to discuss the Q4 2015 financial results. 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.
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Contact
Almonty Industries Inc.
Lewis Black, Chairman, President & CEO
Telephone: (647) 438-9766
Email: Info@almonty.com
or
Dennis Logan, Director & Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: (647) 438-9766
Email: Info@almonty.com