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Condor Gold PLC
15 May 2019
Condor Gold plc
7th Floor
39 St. James's Street
London
SW1A 1JD
15 May 2019
Condor Gold plc
("Condor", "Condor Gold" or the "Company")
Condor Gold plc announces its unaudited results for the three
months ended 31 March, 2019
Condor Gold (AIM: CNR; TSX: COG) announces that it has today
published its unaudited financial results for the three months
ending 31 March, 2019 and the Management's Discussion and Analysis
for the same period.
Both of the above have been posted on the Company's website
www.condorgold.com and are also available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com
.
Highlights for the first quarter of 2019
-- In January 2019 Condor announced the results of an updated
Mineral Resource Estimate (the "MRE") on its 100% owned La India
Project in Nicaragua. The MRE as at 25 January 2019 is 9.85 million
tonnes ("M tonnes" or "Mt") at 3.6 g/t gold for 1,140,000 oz gold
in the Indicated category and 8.48 Mtonnes at 4.3g/t gold for
1,179,000 oz gold in the Inferred category. The MRE was prepared by
SRK Consulting (UK) Limited.
-- In February 1, 2019, the Company announced a private
placement of 7,291,667 Units at a price of 24p per Unit, including
a Directors & CFO subscription of 3,221,667 Units, to raise in
aggregate gross proceeds of GBP1.75 million. The February 2019
Placement Price of 24 pence per unit represented a discount of 7%
to the closing price of the Ordinary Shares on AIM of 25.8 pence
per share on January 31, 2019. Each Unit comprised one ordinary
share and one half of a warrant with an exercise price of 31 pence
and valid for 24 months from issue.
-- On 5 March 2019 the Company announced that it had commenced a
permitting process for two satellite feeder pits at La India, which
have the potential, according to management's studies, to increase
open pit production by 50% to 120,000 oz gold per annum compared to
the Pre-Feasibility Study.
Post Period Highlights
-- The Company announced on April 1, 2019 the results from
metallurgical test work conducted by B2Gold Inc. ("B2Gold") on
behalf of the Company from samples taken from an area within the
permitted La India open pit. Two samples of approximately 23kg each
produced an average head grade of 12.1 g/t gold and average
metallurgical gold recoveries of 95.4%.
Mark Child, Chairman and Chief Executive of Condor Gold,
commented:
"The Mineral Resource update on La India Project totals 9.85M
tonnes at 3.6 g/t gold for 1,140,000 oz gold in the Indicated
category and 8.48M tonnes at 4.3g/t gold for 1,179,000 oz gold in
the Inferred category and is a timely reminder of the high grade
nature of this gold deposit. The Mineral Resource update includes
8,222m drilling completed since the previous Mineral Resource
update in September 2014. Most importantly, the drilling has proved
two new satellite open pit resources. There are now four satellite
open pits outside the main, permitted La India open pit, which have
combined open pit resources of 206Kt at 9.9g/t gold for 66,000 oz
gold in the Indicated category and 2,127Kt at 3.23g/t gold for
221,000 oz gold in the Inferred category.
Condor is permitting the high grade Mestiza and America
satellite feeder pits. Encouragingly, three Ministries have already
completed site visit inspections. Permitting the feeder pits has
the potential to increase annual production from open pit material
by 50% compared to the Pre-Feasibility Study ("PFS") to 120,000 oz
gold p.a. for a 7 year life of mine. In addition, Condor plans to
bring the high grade underground Mineral Resources of 1.27Mt at a
grade of 5.8 g/t gold, for 238,000 oz gold in the Indicated
category and 5.47Mt at a grade of 5.1 g/t gold, for 889,000 oz gold
in the Inferred category into the mine plan in due course. The
feeder pits compliment the main, fully permitted La India open pit,
which has a robust, economically viable PFS with Mineral Reserves
of 6.9Mt at 3.0g/t for 675,000 oz gold, with lower quartile
all-in-sustaining-cash costs ("AISC") of US$690 per oz gold. The
addition of the higher grade feeder pits has the potential to
materially enhance project economics be reducing already low AISC,
improving the Internal Rate of Return and reducing the payback
period for the upfront capital costs of constructing a gold
mine".
CONDOR GOLD PLC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE THREE MONTHS TO 31 MARCH 2019
Three months Three months
to 31 March to 31 March
2019 unaudited 2018 unaudited
GBP GBP
Revenue - -
Administrative expenses (352,989) (602,915)
Note
Operating loss 3 (352,989) (602,915)
Finance income 436 237
Loss before income tax (352,553) (602,678)
Income tax expense Note - -
4
Loss for the period (352,553) (602,678)
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Other comprehensive
income/(loss):
Write off of Minority
Interest - (85,056)
Currency translation
differences (675,060) (709,604)
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Other comprehensive
income/(loss) for the
period (675,060) (794,660)
================ ================
Total comprehensive
loss for the period (1,027,613) (1,397,338)
================ ================
Loss attributable to:
Non-controlling interest - -
Owners of the parent (352,553) (602,678)
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(352,553) (602,678)
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Total comprehensive
loss attributable to:
Non-controlling interest (-) (-)
Owners of the parent (1,027,613) (1,397,338)
---------------- ----------------
(1,027,613) (1,397,338)
Loss per share expressed
in pence per share:
Basic and diluted (in Note
pence) 7 (0.50) (0.97)
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CONDOR GOLD PLC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 MARCH 2019
As at 31 As at 31 As at 31
March 2019 December March 2018
unaudited 2018 unaudited
GBP audited GBP
GBP
ASSETS:
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Property, plant and equipment 205,186 211,064 240,368
Intangible assets 20,401,746 20,644,243 18,722,597
20,606,932 20,855,307 18,962,965
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CURRENT ASSETS
Trade and other receivables 259,313 219,077 379,925
Cash and cash equivalents 1,116,347 220,975 2,483,095
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1,375,660 440,052 2,863,020
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TOTAL ASSETS 21,982,592 21,295,359 21,825,985
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LIABILITIES:
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Trade and other payables 200,688 251,316 491,981
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TOTAL LIABILITIES 200,688 251,316 491,981
============= ============= =============
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,174,972 188,736 2,371,039
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NET ASSETS 21,781,904 21,044,043 21,334,004
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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE
TO OWNERS OF THE PARENT
Called up share capital Note
8 14,894,200 13,435,868 13,435,868
Share premium 33,921,425 33,662,309 33,662,309
Legal reserves - - -
Exchange difference reserve 284,731 959,791 (128,029)
Retained earnings (27,318,452) (27,013,925) (25,636,144)
21,781,904 21,044,043 21,334,004
============= ============= =============
TOTAL EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO:
Non-controlling interest - - -
21,781,904 21,044,043 21,334,004
============= ============= =============
CONDOR GOLD PLC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
AS AT 31 MARCH 2019
Share Share Exchange Retained Total Non controlling Total
capital premium difference earnings interest equity
reserve
GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP
At 1 January
2018 12,273,077 32,426,049 581,575 (25,174,153) 20,106,548 (85,056) 20,021,492
Comprehensive
income:
Loss for the
period - - - (602,678) (602,678) - (602,678)
Other
comprehensive
income:
Write off
of Minority
Interest (85,056) (85,056) 85,056 -
Currency
translation
differences - - (709,604) - (709,604) - (709,604)
Total
comprehensive
income - - (709,604) (687,734) (1,397,338) (-) (1,397,338)
New shares
issued 1,162,791 1,337,210 - - 2,500,001 - 2,500,001
Issue costs (100,950) (100,950) - (100,950)
Share based
payment - - - 225,743 225,743 - 225,743
At 31 March
2018 13,435,868 33,662,309 (128,029) (25,636,144) 21,334,004 (-) 21,334,004
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At 1 January
2019 13,435,868 33,662,309 959,791 (27,013,925) 21,044,043 - 21,044,043
Comprehensive
income:
Loss for the
period - - - (352,553) (352,553) - (352,555)
Other
comprehensive
income:
Currency
translation
differences - - (675,060) - (675,060) - (675,060)
Total
comprehensive
income - - (675,060) (352,553) (1,027,613) - (1,027,613)
New shares
issued 1,458,332 291,668 - - 1,750,000 - 1,750,000
Issue costs - (32,552) - - (32,552) - (32,552)
Share based
payment - - - 48,026 48,026 - 48,026
At 31 March
2019 14,894,200 33,921,425 284,731 (27,318,452) 21,781,904 - 21,781,904
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CONDOR GOLD PLC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
AS AT 31 MARCH 2019
Three months Three months
to 31.03.19 to 31.03.18
unaudited unaudited
GBP GBP
Cash flows from operating activities
Loss before tax (352,553) (602,678)
Share based payment 48,026 225,742
Depreciation charges 241 22,729
Exchange differences (6,088) 9,460
Finance income (436) (237)
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(310,810) (344,984)
(Increase) in trade and other
receivables (40,236) (58,948)
Increase/(decrease) in trade
and other payables (50,628) (53,050)
Net cash absorbed in operating
activities (401,674) (456,982)
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Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of intangible fixed
assets (419,755) (501,123)
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (1,081) (5,299)
Interest received 436 237
Net cash absorbed in investing
activities (420,400) (506,185)
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Cash flows from financing activities
Net proceeds from share issue 1,717,448 2,500,001
Net cash generated in financing
activities 1,717,448 2,500,001
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Increase / (decrease) in cash
and cash equivalents 895,374 1,536,834
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period 220,975 946,261
Exchange losses on cash and - -
bank
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Cash and cash equivalents at
end of period 1,116,349 2,483,095
- Ends -
For further information please visit www.condorgold.com or
contact:
Condor Gold plc Mark Child, Chairman and CEO
+44 (0) 20 7493 2784
Beaumont Cornish Limited Roland Cornish and James Biddle
+44 (0) 20 7628 3396
Numis Securities Limited John Prior and James Black
+44 (0) 20 7260 1000
Blytheweigh Tim Blythe, Camilla Horsfall and Megan
Ray
+44 (0) 20 7138 3204
About Condor Gold plc:
Condor Gold plc was admitted to AIM in May 2006 and dual listed
on the TSX in January 2018. The Company is a gold exploration and
development company with a focus on Nicaragua.
In August 2018, the Company announced that the Ministry of the
Environment in Nicaragua had granted the Company the Environmental
Permit ("EP") for the development, construction and operation of a
processing plant with capacity to process up to 2,800 tonnes per
day at its wholly-owned La India gold project ("La India Project").
The EP is considered to be the master permit for mining operations
in Nicaragua. Condor Gold published a PFS on La India Project in
December 2014, as summarised in the Technical Report (as defined
below). The PFS details an open pit gold Mineral Reserve in the
Probable category of 6.9 Mt at 3.0 g/t gold for 675,000 oz gold,
producing 80,000 oz gold per annum for seven years. La India
Project contains a Mineral Resource of 9,850Kt at 3.6 g/t gold for
1,140Koz gold in the Indicated category and 8,479Kt at 4.3g/t gold
for 1,179Koz gold in the Inferred category. The Indicated Mineral
Resource is inclusive of the Mineral Reserve.
Disclaimer
Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents
of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website
(or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this
announcement.
Qualified Persons
The technical and scientific information in this press release
has been reviewed, verified and approved by Andrew Cheatle, P.Geo.,
who is a "qualified person" as defined by NI 43-101.
Technical Information
Certain disclosure contained in this news release of a
scientific or technical nature has been summarised or extracted
from the technical report entitled "Technical Report on the La
India Gold Project, Nicaragua, December 2014", dated November 13,
2017 with an effective date of December 21, 2014 (the "Technical
Report"), prepared in accordance with NI 43-101. The Technical
Report was prepared by or under the supervision of Tim Lucks,
Principal Consultant (Geology & Project Management), Gabor
Bacsfalusi, Principal Consultant (Mining), Benjamin Parsons,
Principal Consultant (Resource Geology), each of SRK Consulting
(UK) Limited, and Neil Lincoln of Lycopodium Minerals Canada Ltd.,
each of whom is an independent "qualified person" as defined by NI
43-101.
Forward Looking Statements
All statements in this press release, other than statements of
historical fact, are 'forward-looking information' with respect to
the Company within the meaning of applicable securities laws,
including statements with respect to: the Mineral Resources,
Mineral Reserves and future production rates, plans and
expenditures at the La India Project. Forward-looking information
is often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as:
"seek", "anticipate", "plan", "continue", "strategies", "estimate",
"expect", "project", "predict", "potential", "targeting",
"intends", "believe", "potential", "could", "might", "will" and
similar expressions. Forward-looking information is not a guarantee
of future performance and is based upon a number of estimates and
assumptions of management at the date the statements are made
including, among others, assumptions regarding: future commodity
prices and royalty regimes; availability of skilled labour; timing
and amount of capital expenditures; future currency exchange and
interest rates; the impact of increasing competition; general
conditions in economic and financial markets; availability of
drilling and related equipment; effects of regulation by
governmental agencies; the receipt of required permits; royalty
rates; future tax rates; future operating costs; availability of
future sources of funding; ability to obtain financing and
assumptions underlying estimates related to adjusted funds from
operations. Many assumptions are based on factors and events that
are not within the control of the Company and there is no assurance
they will prove to be correct.
Such forward-looking information involves known and unknown
risks, which may cause the actual results to be materially
different from any future results expressed or implied by such
forward-looking information, including, risks related to: mineral
exploration, development and operating risks; estimation of
mineralisation, resources and reserves; environmental, health and
safety regulations of the resource industry; competitive
conditions; operational risks; liquidity and financing risks;
funding risk; exploration costs; uninsurable risks; conflicts of
interest; risks of operating in Nicaragua; government policy
changes; ownership risks; permitting and licencing risks; artisanal
miners and community relations; difficulty in enforcement of
judgments; market conditions; stress in the global economy; current
global financial condition; exchange rate and currency risks;
commodity prices; reliance on key personnel; dilution risk; payment
of dividends; as well as those factors discussed under the heading
"Risk Factors" in the Company's annual information form for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 dated March 22, 2019, available
under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors
that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ
materially from those described in forward-looking information,
there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results
not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no
assurance that such information will prove to be accurate as actual
results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. The Company disclaims any intention
or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise
unless required by law.
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