Golden Minerals Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results
August 14 2024 - 5:45AM
Business Wire
Golden Minerals Company (“Golden Minerals,” “Golden” or the
“Company”) (NYSE-A: AUMN and TSX: AUMN) has today released
financial results for the quarter ending June 30, 2024. (All
figures are in approximate U.S. dollars.)
Second Quarter Financial Summary
- Cash and equivalents balance was $1.4 million as of June 30,
2024, compared to $3.8 million as of December 31, 2023.
- Current liabilities were $4.8 million as of June 30, 2024,
compared to $5.7 million as of December 31, 2023.
- Zero debt as of June 30, 2024, unchanged from December 31,
2023.
- Net loss was $2.7 million or $0.19 per share in the second
quarter 2024, compared to a net loss of $1.5 million or $0.21 per
share in the second quarter 2023.
Cash Inflows and Expenditures
Cash expenditures during the six months ended June 30, 2024
totaled $8.3 million and included:
- $5.1 million from the loss on discontinued Velardeña
operations, which includes $4.1 million of loss from operations and
$1.0 million of severance payments to employees who were terminated
during the six months ended June 30, 2024;
- $2.1 million in general and administrative expenses;
- $0.8 million in exploration expenditures; and
- $0.3 million in care and maintenance costs at the El Quevar
project, net of zero reimbursements from Barrick Gold Corporation
(“Barrick”) pursuant to the Earn-in Agreement between the Company
and Barrick.
The above expenditures were partially offset by cash inflows of
$5.9 million from the following:
- $2.6 million from the collection of VAT receivables from the
Mexican Government;
- $2.5 million of proceeds received from the sale of the
Velardeña Property assets; and
- $0.8 million of other working capital changes.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company does not currently have sufficient resources to meet
its expected cash needs during the twelve months ended June 30,
2025. At June 30, 2024, the Company had current assets of
approximately $2.5 million, including cash and cash equivalents of
approximately $1.4 million. On the same date, it had accounts
payable and other current liabilities of approximately $4.8
million. Because the Company has ceased mining at the Velardeña
mine, its only near-term opportunity to generate cash flow is from
the sale of assets and equity or other external financings. The
Company is currently seeking buyers for its El Quevar and Yoquivo
projects. As of August 9, 2024, the Company has cash and cash
equivalents of approximately $0.7 million. In the absence of
additional cash inflows, the Company anticipates that its cash
resources will be exhausted in September 2024. The Company is
considering bankruptcy filings for several of its Mexican
subsidiaries. If it is unable to obtain additional cash resources,
the Company will be forced to cease operations and liquidate.
Golden Minerals will need to secure additional sources of
capital. In order to satisfy the Company’s projected general,
administrative, exploration and other expenses through June 30,
2025, it will need approximately $6.0 to $8.0 million in capital
inflows. These capital inflows may take the form of asset sales,
equity or other external financing activities, collection of the
outstanding amount due on the Velardeña sale, or from other
sources.
Golden has previously announced the execution of certain asset
purchase and sale agreements with a privately held Mexican company
with regards to its Velardeña Properties. Pursuant to the terms of
the sale agreements, Golden agreed to sell certain mining
concessions, equipment, land parcels and other assets in exchange
for an aggregate purchase price of $5.5 million in cash, plus VAT.
There are four separate sales agreements. The first three sales
agreements, which include the combined sales of the Velardeña and
Chicago mines, the sulfide processing plant and various related
equipment, were completed on June 20, 2024 and the titles to the
assets were transferred to the buyer. The fourth agreement covers
the oxide plant and water wells, and the buyer agreed to complete
total payments of $3.0 million plus VAT on July 1, 2024. The buyer
has made payments of approximately $477,000 through August 7, 2024
and is currently in default. The buyer has operational control of
the plant, and Golden Minerals is no longer operating the oxide
plant. The Company does not know whether or when the buyer will
make the remaining payments due on the oxide plant.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
The Company’s consolidated financial statements and management’s
discussion and analysis, as well as other important disclosures,
may be found in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2024. This Form 10-Q is available on the
Company’s website at Golden Minerals Company - SEC Filings. It has
also been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on
EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar and with the Canadian securities
regulatory authorities on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and applicable Canadian securities legislation, such as
statements regarding (i) whether the Buyer will make the remaining
payments due on the oxide plant; (ii) the Company’s anticipated
near-term capital needs, and potential sources of capital; (iii)
the anticipated timing of exhaustion of the Company’s cash
resources in the absence of additional cash inflows; (iv) the
Company considering filing bankruptcy for several of its Mexican
subsidiaries; (v) the Company being forced to cease operations and
liquidate if it is unable to obtain additional cash resources; and
(vi) the Company’s capital inflow needs to satisfy the Company’s
projected general, administrative, exploration and other expenses
through June 30, 2025. These statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties, including the failure by the buyer of the Company’s
assets in Mexico to make the required payments due on the oxide
plant; the inability of the Company to obtain sufficient capital to
meet its obligations; increases in costs and declines in general
economic conditions; changes in political conditions, in tax,
royalty, environmental and other laws in the United States, Mexico
or Argentina and other market conditions; and fluctuations in
silver and gold prices. Golden Minerals assumes no obligation to
update this information. Additional risks relating to Golden
Minerals may be found in the periodic and current reports filed
with the Securities & Exchange Commission by Golden Minerals,
including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2023.
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