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GEOPACIFIC RESOURCES LTD — Interim / Quarterly Report 2017
Sep 12, 2017
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ACN 003 208 393
Interim Financial Report
For The Half-Year Ended 30 June 2017
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CONTENTS
| Page | |
|---|---|
| Directors' Report | 3-12 |
| Auditor's Independence Declaration | 13 |
| Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and other Comprehensive Income | 14 |
| Consolidated Statement of Financial Position | 15 |
| Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity | 16 |
| Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows | 17 |
| Notes to the Interim Financial Statements | 18-23 |
| Directors' Declaration | 24 |
| Independent Review Report | 25 |
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DIRECTORS' REPORT
The Directors present their interim financial report of Geopacific Resources Limited (Geopacific) and its controlled entities ("Group") for the half-year ended 30 June 2017.
Directors
The following persons were directors of Geopacific Resources Limited and its controlled entities ("Group") at any time during the half-year and up to the date of this report:
| Milan Jerkovic | Non-Executive Chairman | |
|---|---|---|
| Ron Stephen Heeks | Executive Director | |
| Philippa Leggat | Executive Director Corporate | |
| Mark Trevor Bojanjac | Non-Executive Director | |
| Ian B Clyne | Non-Executive Director | |
| Matthew Smith | Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary |
Review of Operations
For the half-year ended 30 June 2017, the Group made a net loss after income tax of \$1,174,478 (30 June 2016: \$729,140).
At 30 June 2017, the Group had net assets of \$56,592,456 (31 December 2016: \$57,912,542) including \$34,917,004 of capitalised exploration expenditure and \$12,986,072 of prepayments (31 December 2016: \$33,200,336 and \$13,679,845 respectively).
At balance date, the Group had \$3,822,372 in cash and cash equivalents (31 December 2016: \$11,469,015) with the reduction for the period being driven with the Group's continued investment across its portfolio of development and exploration projects.
Woodlark Gold Project – Papua New Guinea
Geopacific commenced the financial year strongly and well-funded for the experienced team to advance the Woodlark Gold Project (Woodlark) towards a decision to mine.
During the half-year, Geopacific remained focussed on its strategy to advance Woodlark towards production in an effective manner.
Successful results obtained from an active, 3-rig drilling program, engineering optimisation studies, geotechnical hole resampling and metallurgical drilling continued to validate the strategy to deliver a robust project.
Work to advance the project is ongoing and is the primary focus of the company.
Development drilling
Steady progress was made during the period as drilling activities focussed on infilling and extending the known mineralisation surrounding existing resources and reserves for the Kulumadau and Busai deposits. The aim being to upgrade inferred resources into indicated and measured categories.
Kulumadau Deposit - Kulumadau East
Strong gold values from broad intersections were returned from follow-up drilling to the north of the Kulumadau East deposit. Mineralisation encountered in RC drilling fell outside the existing resource inventory and was approximately 100m north of the current Kulumadau East pit design.
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Both RC and diamond drilling was used to assess the nature of gold mineralisation to try to assess true widths. Results included:
- KU17DD003: 51m @ 2.82g/t Au from 35m
- KU17RC038: 18m @ 8.89g/t Au from 102m

Figure 1: Cross section showing selected results to the north of the Kulumadau East deposit
Kulumadau Deposit - Kulumadau West
Drilling at Kulumadau West aimed to increase inferred resources to measured and indicated, increasing levels of confidence to potentially enable their inclusion into future reserve calculations.
During the half-year, drilling focused on peripheral areas of mineralisation surrounding existing resources and reserves. Possible extensions to zones of mineralisation that remained open were targeted. Drilling encountered difficult ground conditions in the north of the resource area but continued to intersect gold mineralisation consistent with modelled grades and widths typical of the deposit.
Busai Deposit
Resource development drilling at the Busai deposit during the period involved both RC and diamond rigs, targeting inferred resource mineralisation with the aim of improving its JORC categorisation confidence levels.
RC drilling at the northern end of the Busai deposit focussed on shallow zones of colluvial gold deposition at the unconformity between underlying volcaniclastics of the Okiduse Formation and overlying marine sediments and limestone (coronus) of the Kiriwina Formation. Earlier drilling had delineated thick zones of well mineralised material at the unconformity, and the extent of the distribution of gold deposition remained open. RC drilling by Geopacific encountered good gold grades in this area. Some of the gold appears to have been chemically remobilised and re-deposited at the unconformity as fine wire gold.
Diamond drilling targeted depth-extensions to gold mineralisation at the Busai Main lode (towards the southern end of the deposit), confirming the continuity of gold mineralisation below existing resources and reserves.
The identification and reclassification of breccias (highly fractured rocks) developed in association with gold mineralisation has greatly improved the interpretation of mineralisation and is aiding more efficient drill targeting.

Figure 2: Drillhole location map of Kulumadau
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Figure 3: Drillhole location plan at the Busai deposit
Engineering
Geopacific aims to present Woodlark as a robust and attractive project to potential financiers. Many of Woodlark's technical aspects were investigated in detail during the period. Consequently, work was centred on assessing optimisation opportunities which are available through the likes of: modular construction techniques; refining the processing plant flowsheet and technology.
Optimising mining was identified as an area requiring attention. Areas of interest include optimal mine design, refining grade-scheduling to shorten the capital payback period and equipment selection.
Capital savings directly affect the financing period of the mine, while Operational costs directly affect the size of the gold reserve. Optimising both will aid in delivering a robust project. Each of the areas under review by Geopacific may provide incremental savings with the potential to deliver attractive project economics.
The experienced team at Geopacific understand the benefits of advancing the interrelated elements of the Project in a synergistic manner and look forward to providing further updates.
Resampling historical geotechnical holes
Geopacific resampled and assayed historical geotechnical drill core that had not been previously assayed. Results revealed previously unrecognised zones of mineralisation that included:
- 11WKUD004: 3m @ 14.88g/t Au from 46m
- 12WKUD003: 14m @ 1.19g/t Au from 74m and 11m @ 1.69g/t Au from 94m
These results confirmed that some of the geotechnical measurements used to determine pit wall designs were from softer ore material rather than more competent wall-rock. This may have resulted in shallower angled pit wall designs due to the inherently weaker geotechnical properties of the ore.
Geopacific has identified the opportunity to steepen the pit wall angles of future design once appropriate geotechnical measurements are taken from non-mineralised wall-rock. This may significantly reduce the overall ore to waste strip ratio of the pits over the life of the mine.
Metallurgical drilling
After the reporting date, Geopacific finished a round of metallurgical drilling for metallurgical variability studies at Woodlark. The results for the initial holes have been received and continue to highlight the wide zones of gold mineralisation that have previously been identified at the Busai and Kulumadau deposits:
- 7.0m @ 4.48g/t Au from 21m, and 42m @2.58 g/t Au from 31m and 12m @2.34 g/t Au from 78m
- 7.9m @ 9.21g/t Au from 39.6m and 17.0m @ 2.27g/t Au from 114m
Aspects of the testwork will be used to calculate independent reserve estimates, with all results to be used in the updated Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS).
Exploration potential
Woodlark has had more than 275,000m of exploration drilling completed, much of which is in areas outside the current resources. This drilling has highlighted the large extent of the mineralisation and the potential for it to produce a multi-million ounce goldfield.
Scout drilling, geophysics and airborne magnetics have all successfully identified numerous targets that require follow-up exploration. Geopacific is assessing which of those areas present attractive exploration targets and plans to initiate exploration drilling to test the expansion potential on completion of resource drilling.
Project development extension granted
Papua New Guinea Authorities granted a 2.5-year extension to the development timeline within the existing 20-year mining lease (2014). The variation was approved by the Minister for Mining on 29 June 2017.
Kou Sa Copper Gold Project – Cambodia
The Kou Sa Project (Kou Sa) is located in northern Cambodia's Chep District, Phreah Vihear province and covers a license area of 158km2 . A Maiden Resource (2012 JORC Code compliant) of 51,000 tonnes of copper equivalent was released in 2016. The resource was calculated to assess the project's intial inventory at Prospects 150 and 160. Geopacific believes Kou Sa holds signficiant potential for discoveries of deposits with economic grade and tonnage. A number of IP anomalies across the license still remain untested.
The increased copper price has prompted Geopacific to unterake a review, assessing the potential of the project and how best to deliver value to shareholders in the most effective manner. Low level exploration aimed at expanding the geological footprint continues with the aim to obtain a greater understanding of the scale and mineral complexity of the project.
Exploration work undertaken in the half-year includes trenching and soil sampling coverage over untested IP anomalies.
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Figure 4: Prospect location Map at the Kou Sa Project
Fijian Gold Project – Fiji
Geopacific has five Projects located on the two main islands of Fiji – Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. The Nabila, Rakiraki, Sabeto and Vuda Projects are in the highly-prospective north-east trending zone that also hosts the world-class Vatukoula and Mt Kasi gold mines.
These projects are at various stages of exploration from early to advanced, with the presence of deeper mineralised systems being identified in areas.
Exploration to date has provided evidence for porphyry and/or epithermal systems at all projects. There remains potential to expand the already identified gold mineralisation at Faddy's, which is the most advanced prospect across all of the Fijian projects.
An IP survey over selected portions of the Vuda and Sabeto licences in Fiji was completed during the period. The survey was designed to assess for potential shallow buried porphyry-type bodies that could be responsible for extensive alteration and associated scattered gold and copper mineralisation evident at surface and in historical drilling.
Results of the survey have confirmed the presence of conductors (both shallow and deeper) at both Sabeto and Vuda licences, consistent with a shallow intrusive feature. The intrusive was postulated from earlier wider spaced geophysical surveys and it's now confirmed as a discrete target. The resultant targets will require drill testing to assess.
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Figure 5: Fiji - Gold projects location map
Cororpate
Off-market takeover offer for Kula Gold Limited
During the period, Geopacific launched an off-market takeover offer for all of the ordinary shares in Kula Gold Limited (Kula) (ASX:KGD).
On 12 September 2017, Geopacific's voting power in Kula had reached over 77%, through the off-market takeover. Geopacific's controlling interest means that subsequent to balance date Kula became a subsidiary of Geopacific. Reflective of this position, Geopacific has placed three representatives on the Kula board; executive director corporate, Philippa Leggat, non-executive director, Mark Bojanjac and Matthew Smith Geopacific's Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary.
The Joint venture underpinning the takeover positioned Geopacific to be able to continue all work programs and operations unaffected by the corporate activity.
Director Appointment
On 16 January 2017, Philippa Leggat was appointed to Geopacific's board in the position of Executive Director Corporate. Ms Leggat has extensive experience in corporate mining roles and also brings a new perspective to the Board having worked in several other industries where she has achieved successful corporate outcomes.
She has a strong background in corporate governance and finance and a practical understanding of the issues faced by developed-world businesses operating in emerging economies. Ms Leggat's experience covers; negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, fund raising, defining and executing business improvement strategies.
Oversubscribed \$10.5M placement
After the reporting period, on 1 September 2017, Geopacific announced a completion of an oversubscribed placement to raise \$10.5m. The placement which was offered with no discount to the trading price, was well supported by existing and new specialist resource and generalist Australian institutional investors. Geopacific has announced its intention to offer eligible shareholders the opportunity to participate in a share placement plan on the same terms of placement.
The placement ensures that Geopacific is funded to unlock the potential of Woodlark.
Competent Person's Statement
The information in this announcement that relates to exploration results is based on information compiled by or under the supervision of Jim Kerr, a Competent Person who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and General Manager, Geology for Geopacific. Mr Kerr has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and the activity he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves". Mr Kerr consents to the inclusion in the announcement of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Forward Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this announcement including, without limitation, statements regarding future plans and objectives of Geopacific Resources Limited are forward-looking statements. When used in this announcement, forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as 'may', 'could', 'believes', 'estimates', 'targets', 'expects' or 'intends' and other similar words that involve risks and uncertainties.
These statements are based on an assessment of present economic and operating conditions, and on a number of assumptions regarding future events and actions that, as at the date of this announcement, are expected to take place. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are beyond the control of the company, its directors and management of Geopacific Resources Ltd that could cause Geopacific Resources Limited's actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or anticipated in these statements.
Geopacific Resources Ltd cannot and does not give any assurance that the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this announcement will actually occur and investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Geopacific Resources Ltd does not undertake to update or revise forward-looking statements, or to publish prospective financial information in the future, regardless of whether new information, future events or any other factors affect the information contained in this announcement, except where required by applicable law and stock exchange listing requirements. Woodlark is permitted by the PNG Government, subject to meeting the conditions of the licences.
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Significant Changes in the State of Affairs
Other than the above, no other significant changes occurred during the reporting period.
Events occurring after the balance sheet date
All events occurring after the half year period are noted below and have been included in the Operations section of this Director's Report.
Off-market Takeover Offer to Acquire Kula Gold Limited ('Kula')
On 26 July 2017, Kula released a letter received from their largest shareholder, Pacific Road1 stating that they would accept an unconditional, increased offer.
On 27 July 2017, the Company issued a Second Supplementary Bidder's Statement which detailed the revised terms of the offer to Kula shareholders incorporating:
- Revised Offer consideration, incorporating an increase in the Offer consideration to 1 Geopacific share for every 1.1 Kula shares;
- The removal of Offer conditions; and
- An extension of the Offer period to 1 September 2017.
On 1 August 2017, the Company announced Pacific Road had accepted the Company's Offer taking Geopacific's voting power in Kula to 56.22%.
On 3 August 2017, the Company announced RMB2 , Kula's third largest shareholder, had accepted the Company's Offer taking Geopacific's voting power in Kula to 69.3%.
On 9 August 2017, the Company allotted the first tranche of shares to Kula shareholders pursuant to the Offer. The Company issued 236,782,061 fully paid ordinary shares as consideration for 260,460,330 Kula shares.
On 17 August 2017, the Company allotted shares to Kula shareholders pursuant to the Offer. The Company issued 13,685,836 fully paid ordinary shares as consideration for 15,054,420 Kula shares.
On 23 August 2017, the Company issued a Third Supplementary Bidder's Statement to update to Kula Shareholders in relation to:
- Geopacific's appointment of Mr Mark Bojanjac to the Board of Kula as a Non-executive Director; and
- An extension of the Offer period to 29 September 2017.
Capital Raising - \$10.5M Placement and \$1M Share Purchase Plan ('SPP')
On 1 September 2017, the Company announced an oversubscribed placement to raise \$10.5 million (before costs) via a share placement of 350,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares to specialist resource sector investors and institutional investors. The placement was made pursuant to the Company's placement capacity under Listing Rule 7.1 (210,931,722 shares) and Listing Rule 7.1A (139,068,278 shares).
1 Pacific Road - collectively including the holdings of Pacific Road Capital Management GP Limited, Pacific Road Holdings SARL, Pacific Road Capital A Limited, Pacific Road Capital B Limited
2 RMB – collectively RMB Australia Holdings Limited and RMB Resources Limited
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DIRECTORS' REPORT
Auditor's Independence Declaration
A copy of the Auditor's Independence Declaration as required under Section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 is set out on page 13.
This report is made in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.
Ron Heeks Managing Director
Perth, Australia 13 September 2017

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017
| Consolidated | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2017 30 June 2016 |
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| \$ | \$ | ||
| Interest income | 84,456 | 8,039 | |
| Total revenue | 84,456 | 8,039 | |
| Administration expense | (380,404) | (129,887) | |
| Consultancy expense | (306,385) | (140,325) | |
| Depreciation expense | (16,672) | (46,295) | |
| Employee benefits expense | (470,601) | (339,425) | |
| Occupancy expense | (84,872) | (81,247) | |
| Loss before income tax | (1,174,478) | (729,140) | |
| Income tax expense | - | - | |
| Loss for the half-year attributable to members of the Parent Company |
(1,174,478) | (729,140) | |
| Other comprehensive Income/(loss) – items that may be reclassified to the profit and loss: |
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| Exchange differences on translating foreign controlled entities | (145,608) | 22,193 | |
| Total comprehensive loss for the half-year attributable to members of the Parent Company |
(1,320,086) | (706,947) | |
| Loss per share | |||
| Basic loss per share (cents) | (0.10) | (0.09) | |
| Diluted loss per share (cents) | (0.10) | (0.09) |
The above consolidated statement comprehensive income should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 30 JUNE 2017
| Consolidated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Note | 30 June 2017 31 December 2016 |
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| \$ | \$ | |||
| Current assets | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 3,822,372 | 11,469,015 | ||
| Trade and other receivables | 830,501 | 2,265,486 | ||
| Total current assets | 4,652,873 | 13,734,501 | ||
| Non-current assets | ||||
| Exploration expenditure | 3 | 34,917,004 | 33,200,336 | |
| Property, plant and equipment | 92,907 | 100,063 | ||
| Prepayments | 3 | 12,986,072 | 13,679,845 | |
| Loans to Woodlark Mining | 6,810,345 | - | ||
| Investments | 17,163 | - | ||
| Total non-current assets | 54,823,491 | 46,980,244 | ||
| TOTAL ASSETS | 59,476,364 | 60,714,745 | ||
| Current liabilities | ||||
| Trade and other payables | 620,068 | 573,122 | ||
| Provisions | 44,943 | 10,184 | ||
| Total current liabilities | 665,011 | 583,306 | ||
| Non-current liabilities | ||||
| Deferred tax liabilities | 2,218,897 | 2,218,897 | ||
| Total non-current liabilities | 2,218,897 | 2,218,897 | ||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 2,883,908 | 2,802,203 | ||
| NET ASSETS | 56,592,456 | 57,912,542 | ||
| Equity | ||||
| Issued capital | 4 | 74,671,129 | 74,671,129 | |
| Reserves | 1,281,462 | 1,427,070 | ||
| Accumulated losses | (19,360,135) | (18,185,657) | ||
| TOTAL EQUITY | 56,592,456 | 57,912,542 |
The above consolidated statement of financial position should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017
| Note | Issued Capital \$ |
Share Based Payments Reserve \$ |
Foreign Currency Translation Reserve \$ |
Accumulated Losses \$ |
Total Equity \$ |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance 1 January 2017 | 74,671,129 | 789,838 | 637,232 | (18,185,657) | 57,912,542 | |
| Comprehensive loss for the half-year Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners: Shares issued during the half-year (net of cost) |
- - |
- - |
(145,608) - |
(1,174,478) - |
(1,320,086) - |
|
| Performance rights vested | - | - | - | - | ||
| Options expired | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Balance 30 June 2017 | 74,671,129 | 789,838 | 491,624 | (19,360,135) | 56,592,456 | |
| Balance 1 January 2016 | 60,099,072 | 643,466 | 441,822 | (14,040,680) | 47,143,680 | |
| Comprehensive loss for the half-year Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners: Shares issued during the half-year (net of cost) |
- - |
- - |
(23,050) - |
(729,140) - |
(752,190) - |
|
| Performance rights vested | - | - | - | - | ||
| Options expired | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Balance 30 June 2016 | 60,099,072 | 643,466 | 418,772 | (14,769,820) | 46,391,490 |
The above consolidated statement of changes in equity should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017
| Consolidated | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2017 30 June 2016 |
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| \$ | \$ | ||
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES | |||
| Receipts from customers | - | - | |
| Interest received | 84,455 | 8,039 | |
| Payments to suppliers and employees | (1,190,346) | (1,145,795) | |
| Net cash used in operating activities | (1,105,891) | (1,137,756) | |
| CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES | |||
| Proceeds from sale of plant and equipment | - | 4,492 | |
| Exploration expenditure | (1,048,680) | (9,241,542) | |
| Payments for plant and equipment | (9,516) | - | |
| Loans to other entities – Joint Venture Funding | (5,482,557) | ||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (6,540,753) | (9,237,050) | |
| CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES | |||
| Proceeds from shares issued | - | - | |
| Shares issue costs | - | - | |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | - | - | |
| NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | (7,646,644) | (10,374,806) | |
| Effect of exchange rates on cash held in foreign currencies | - | (23,050) | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the half-year | 11,469,016 | 12,589,002 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the half-year | 3,822,372 | 2,191,146 |
The above Statement of Cash Flows should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017
NOTE 1 BASIS OF PREPARATION OF HALF-YEAR REPORT
This general purpose financial report for the interim half-year reporting period ended 30 June 2017 has been prepared in accordance with Accounting Standard AASB 134 Interim Financial Reporting, Australian Accounting Interpretations, other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board and the Corporations Act 2001.
This interim financial report does not include all the disclosure and notes of the type normally included in an annual financial report. Accordingly, this report is to be read in conjunction with the annual report for the year ended 31 December 2016 and any public announcements made by Geopacific Resources Limited during the interim reporting period in accordance with the continuous disclosure requirements of the Corporations Act 2001.
The accounting policies adopted are consistent with those of the previous financial year and corresponding interim reporting period.
The interim financial report has been prepared on an accruals basis and is based on historic costs modified by the revaluation of selected non-current assets, financial assets and financial liabilities for which the fair value basis of accounting has been applied.
Going concern basis for preparation of financial statements
The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which contemplates the continuity of normal business activities and the realisation of assets and discharge of liabilities in the normal course of business.
During the half-year period the Group incurred a net loss of \$1,174,478 and net operating cash outflows of \$1,105,891. At 30 June 2017, the Group had cash and cash equivalents of \$3,822,372, net asset of \$56,592,456 and a working capital surplus of \$3,987,862.
The Directors have considered the funding and operational status of the business in arriving at their assessment of going concern and believe that the going concern basis of preparation is appropriate based on:
- The capital raising announced on 1 September 2017 for the placement of \$10.5 million;
- The Group's ongoing ability to raise funds from external sources to meet ongoing development, exploration and working capital requirements; and
- The Group's ability to manage the timing of cash flows to meet the obligations of the business as and when they fall due.
However, should the Company be unable to obtain sufficient funding as advised above, there is a material uncertainty which may cast doubt as to whether or not the Company will be able to continue as a going concern and whether it will realise its assets and extinguish its liabilities in the normal course of business and at the amounts stated in the financial statements.
The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts not to the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company not continue as a going concern.
Adoption of new and revised accounting standards
In the half-year ended 30 June 2017, the Group has reviewed all of the new and revised Standards and Interpretations issued by the AASB that are relevant to its operations and effective for annual reporting periods beginning on 1 January 2017.
It has been determined by the Group that there is no impact, material or otherwise, of the new and revised standards and interpretations on its business and therefore no change is necessary to Group accounting policies.
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New accounting standards adopted since the end of the last reporting period
The Group has also reviewed all new Standards and Interpretations that have been issued but are not yet effective for the half-year ended 30 June 2017.
As a result of this review the Directors have determined that there is no impact, material or otherwise, of the new and revised Standards and Interpretations on its business. Therefore, no change is necessary to Group accounting policies.
Critical Accounting Estimates and Significant Judgements used in Applying Accounting Policies
The critical estimates and judgements are consistent with those applied and disclosed in the 31 December 2016 Annual Report.
The consolidated interim financial statements were approved by the Geopacific Board of Directors on 13 September 2017.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017
NOTE 2 SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Group has identified its operating segments based on the internal reports that are reviewed by the Board in assessing performance and determining the appropriate allocation of the Groups's resources. The Group has also had regard to the qualitative thresholds for the determination of operating segments.
For management purposes the Group is organised into three operating segments based on geographical locations, which involves mineral exploration and development in Cambodia and Fiji. Activities relating to the Kula Gold Joint Venture over the Woodlark Gold Project in PNG and all other corporate expenses are disclosed as "Others" within this segment report. The Group's principal activities are interrelated and the Group has no revenue from operations.
All significant operating decisions are based on analysis of the Group as three segments. The financial results of these segments are equivalent to the financial statements of the Company as a whole. The accounting policies applied for internal reporting purposes are consistent with those applied in preparation of the financial statements.
| Cambodia | Fiji | Other | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| \$ | \$ | \$ | \$ | |
| 30 June 2017 | ||||
| Revenue | 150 | 2,634 | 81,672 | 84,456 |
| Net Profit/(Loss) for the half-year | (27,568) | (41,483) | (1,105,427) | (1,174,477) |
| Segment Assets | 29,977,474 | 5,967,904 | 23,530,986 | 59,476,364 |
| 30 June 2016 | ||||
| Other Revenue | 34 | - | 8,005 | 8,039 |
| Net Profit/(Loss) for the half-year | 39,318 | 40,298 | 649,524 | 729,140 |
| Segment Assets as at 31 December 2016 | 31,471,352 | 6,098,360 | 23,145,033 | 60,714,745 |
NOTES TO THE INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017
NOTE 3 EXPLORATION EXPENDITURE
| Consolidated | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2017 | 31 December 2016 | ||
| \$ | \$ | ||
| (a) Non-current |
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| Capitalised exploration expenditure | 34,917,004 | 33,200,336 | |
| Reconciliation of movements during the period: | |||
| Carrying value – beginning of period | 33,200,336 | 30,491,917 | |
| Additions | 1,716,668 | 2,708,419 | |
| Carrying value – end of period | 34,917,004 | 33,200,336 |
During the half-year the Company did not expense any previously capitalised exploration expenditure (2016: nil).
| Consolidated | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2017 31 December 2016 |
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| \$ | \$ | ||
| (b) Non-current |
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| Prepayment | 12,986,072 | 13,679,845 | |
| Reconciliation of movements during the period: | |||
| Carrying value – beginning of period | 13,679,845 | 13,448,936 | |
| Additions | - | - | |
| Foreign exchange | (693,773) | 230,909 | |
| Carrying value – end of period | 12,986,072 | 13,679,845 |
In January 2015, the Company's subsidiary, Royal Australia Resources Ltd, entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the Issued Capital of Golden Resource Development Co Ltd for \$US14 million plus interest payments of US\$1,275,750.
Under the terms of the agreement, payments of principle and interest were made over time until 31 July 2016. The following payments of principal and interest were made:
- US\$1.40 million on 31 January 2015;
- US\$3.15 million on 31 July 2015; and
- US\$3.15 million on 31 January 2016.
The Company renegotiated the payment schedule with the vendors in January 2016. Under the revised terms, one final payment of US\$1.575 million is due at financial completion of a bankable feasibility study for the Kou Sa Project, along with a 2% Royalty on production capped at \$8.425 million.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017
NOTE 4 ISSUED CAPITAL – ORDINARY FULLY PAID SHARES
| Consolidated | ||
|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2017 | 31 December 2016 | |
| \$ \$ |
||
| 74,671,129 | 74,671,129 | |
Reconciliation of movements in Issued Capital during the period:
| 30 June 2017 | 31 December 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shares | \$ | Shares | \$ | |
| Balance at the start of the period | 1,155,743,584 | 74,671,129 | 799,593,584 | 60,099,072 |
| Shares issued during the period | - | - | 356,150,000 | 15,050,000 |
| Share issue costs | - | - | - | (477,943) |
| Balance at the end of the period | 1,155,743,584 | 74,671,129 | 1,155,743,584 | 74,671,129 |
As outlined in Note 6, after balance date, the Company issued:
9 August 2017 - 236,782,061 fully paid ordinary shares to Kula shareholders pursuant to the off-market takeover offer as consideration for 260,460,330 Kula shares;
17 August 2017 – 13,685,836 fully paid ordinary shares to Kula shareholders pursuant to the off-market takeover offer as consideration for 15,054,420 Kula shares;
1 September 2017 - the Company announced an oversubscribed placement to raise \$10.5 million (before costs) via a share placement of 350,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares to specialist resource sector investors and institutional investors. The placement was made pursuant to the Company's placement capacity under Listing Rule 7.1 (210,931,722 shares) and Listing Rule 7.1A (139,068,278 shares).
NOTE 5 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
Kou Sa – revised repayment schedule
As outlined in Note 3, the Group renegotiated the payment schedule with the Vendors in January 2016. Under the revised terms, one final payment of US\$1.575 million is due at financial completion of a bankable feasibility study for the Kou Sa Project, along with a 2% royalty on production capped at US\$8.425 million.
The Group did not have any contingent liabilities at the end of the reporting period (2016: nil).
NOTES TO THE INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017
NOTE 6 EVENTS OCCURRING AFTER THE BALANCE SHEET DATE
All events occurring after the half-year period are noted below and have been included in the Operations section of this Director's Report.
Off-market Takeover Offer to Acquire Kula Gold Limited ('Kula')
On 26 July 2017, Kula released a letter received from their largest shareholder, Pacific Road3 stating that they would accept an unconditional, increased offer.
On 27 July 2017, the Company issued a Second Supplementary Bidder's Statement which detailed the revised terms of the offer to Kula shareholders incorporating:
- Revised Offer consideration, incorporating an increase in the Offer consideration to 1 Geopacific share for every 1.1 Kula shares;
- The removal of Offer conditions; and
- An extension of the Offer period to 1 September 2017.
On 1 August 2017, the Company announced Pacific Road had accepted the Company's Offer taking Geopacific's voting power in Kula to 56.22%.
On 3 August 2017, the Company announced RMB4 , Kula's third largest shareholder, had accepted the Company's Offer taking Geopacific's voting power in Kula to 69.3%.
On 9 August 2017, the Company allotted the first tranche of shares to Kula shareholders pursuant to the Offer. The Company issued 236,782,061 fully paid ordinary shares as consideration for 260,460,330 Kula shares.
On 17 August 2017, the Company allotted shares to Kula shareholders pursuant to the Offer. The Company issued 13,685,836 fully paid ordinary shares as consideration for 15,054,420 Kula shares.
On 23 August 2017, the Company issued a Third Supplementary Bidder's Statement to update to Kula Shareholders in relation to:
- Geopacific's appointment of Mr Mark Bojanjac to the Board of Kula as a Non-executive Director; and
- An extension of the Offer period to 29 September 2017.
Capital Raising - \$10.5M Placement and \$1M Share Purchase Plan ('SPP')
On 1 September 2017, the Company announced an oversubscribed placement to raise \$10.5 million (before costs) via a share placement of 350,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares to specialist resource sector investors and institutional investors. The placement was made pursuant to the Company's placement capacity under Listing Rule 7.1 (210,931,722 shares) and Listing Rule 7.1A (139,068,278 shares).
3 Pacific Road - collectively including the holdings of Pacific Road Capital Management GP Limited, Pacific Road Holdings SARL, Pacific Road Capital A Limited, Pacific Road Capital B Limited
4 RMB – collectively RMB Australia Holdings Limited and RMB Resources Limited
DIRECTORS' DECLARATION
The Directors of Geopacific Resources Limited declare that:
- (a) the interim financial statements and notes of the consolidated entity set out on pages 14 to 23 are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including:
- (i) complying with Australian Accounting Standard AASB134 Interim Financial Reporting, and the Corporations Regulations; and
- (ii) give a true and fair view of the financial position as at 30 June 2017 and of its performance for the half-year ended on that date of the consolidated entity.
- (b) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable.
This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.
Signed at Perth this 13 of September 2017
Ron Heeks Executive Director
