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MACRO METALS LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2014
Jan 29, 2015
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QUARTERLY REPORT DECEMBER 2014 30 January 2015
QUARTERLY REPORT – DECEMBER 2014
Australian based iron ore development company, Kogi Iron Limited (ASX: KFE) (“Kogi”, “Kogi Iron”, or the “Company”) and its 100% owned Nigerian operating company, KCM Mining Limited (“KCM”) presents the quarterly activity report for the three months ended 31 December 2014 .
Key activities by the Company during the quarter were:
Agbaja Project
Further to the announcement of 28 August 2014, the Company continued with a process of value realisation for the Agbaja Project during the quarter.
As foreshadowed in that announcement, a timeline of no less than six months was expected for the process, however engagement with Nigerian industrial groups during the quarter was impacted by activities associated with the pending 2015 Nigerian General Elections. The Nigerian Presidential and National Assembly elections will be conducted on 14 February 2015, and Governorship and State House of Assembly election will be conducted on 28 February 2015. The Company does not expect that conditions for engaging with the Nigerian groups will change significantly until the elections are completed and a new government is constituted.
In early January 2015, KCM received notice from the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Environment (environmental assessment department) (“Ministry of Environment”), advising the successful conclusion of its evaluation of the Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”) of iron ore mining operations and processing within Exploration Licence EL12124 (Agbaja Project).
The EIA approval does not cover iron ore transportation and export, and these unit operations will be subject to a separate EIA assessment at the appropriate time.
The positive assessment by the Ministry of Environment is testament to the quality of the EIA, which was completed by KCM’s Nigerian staff, in conjunction with Nigerian environmental consulting firm Greenwater Environmental Services Limited.
Corporate
At the end of the quarter, the Company has cash at bank of approximately $0.64 million. Commencing September 2014, the cash position of the Company has benefited from the monthly close-out of the equity swaps that were entered into in June 2014 (refer ASX announcement dated 17 June 2014). As the date of this report the Company has received approximately $190,000 from 5 swaps that is has closed, 13 swaps remain to be closed-out.
Unit 23, 4 Ventnor Avenue West Perth Western Australia 6005 Australia
PO Box 1934 Telephone: +61 8 9200 3456 West Perth Western Australia 6872 Facsimile: +61 8 9200 3455 Australia Website: www.kogiiron.com
Kogi Iron Limited ABN 28 001 894 033 KCM Mining Limited (Nigerian Subsidiary)
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The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held in November 2014 and was well attended. Following an address by the Chairman, Dr. Ian Burston, all resolutions were put to the meeting and were carried by shareholders on a show of hands. A copy of the Chairman’s Address, and the results of the meeting were lodged with the ASX on 20 November 2014.
On 9 January 2015, the Company lodged individual change of director interest notices (appendix 3Y’s) for each of the Company’s directors. The changes in shareholdings for each director represented the transfer by each director of all of their Loan Shares (which were awarded in December 2012), to the Kogi Iron Employee Incentive Trust (“Incentive Trust”), because of the non-attainment of the vesting conditions attached to the Loan Shares.
There have been no other changes in any directors’ shareholding of the Company, and following the transfer of the Loan Shares each individual director’s shareholding in the Company (held either directly or indirectly) is as follows:
| Director | Ordinary Shares | Listed Options (Ex. $0.08 Exp. 31/5/2017) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Ian Burston Kevin Joseph Don Carroll Nathan Taylor Giuseppe (Joe) Ariti Brian King |
20,279,022 4.78% 8,263,088 1.95% 6,095,790 1.44% 6,054,584 1.43% 4,100,000 0.97% 2,224,444 0.52% |
9,166,667 8.93% - - 2,666,666 2.60% 2,666,667 2.60% 3,500,000 3.41% 1,833,333 1.79% |
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| Total all Directors | 47,016,929 11.07% |
19,833,333 19.31% |
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| Total all Shares / Options | 102,704,606 |
Mineral Tenements
As at 31 December 2014, the following mineral tenements were held by KCM, a Nigerian registered, 100% owned subsidiary of Kogi Iron. All of the mineral tenements are located in the Federal Republic of Nigeria and KCM has a 100% interest in each tenement:
Exploration Licence 8583 Exploration Licence 12124 Exploration Licence 8886 Exploration Licence 9791 Exploration Licence 6350 Exploration Licence 9792 Exploration Licence 6351 Exploration Licence 9793 Exploration Licence 6352 Exploration Licence 9794 Exploration Licence 7060 Exploration Licence 9796 Exploration Licence 7061 Exploration Licence 9797 Exploration Licence 10586 Exploration Licence 13258 Exploration Licence 14847
For more information, please contact:
Kogi Iron Limited Tel (office): +61 8 9200 3456 Email: [email protected]
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About Kogi Iron (ASX: KFE)
Kogi Iron Limited is a Perth-based company with the objective of becoming an African iron ore producer through the development of its 100% owned Agbaja iron ore project located in Kogi State, Republic of Nigeria, West Africa (“Agbaja” or “Agbaja Project”). The Company has completed a Preliminary Feasibility Study which determined that the development and operation of a mine and processing plant at Agbaja to produce 5 Mtpa of iron ore concentrate is technically feasible, economically viable and socially and environmentally acceptable. Concentrate from Agbaja will initially be transported via river barge along the Niger River to the Gulf of Guinea and world export markets. The Company will continue to advance access and usage agreements for an existing under-utilised heavy haulage railway that runs from near the Agbaja Project to Port Warri. This existing railway remains an important part of a longer term transport solution for an expanded production profile.
In recent years Nigeria has sought to diversify its economy, which is dominated by hydrocarbons, into minerals and related industries. Nigeria is the largest country by population in Africa with a GDP growth rate of 7.2% in 2014. The country has very transparent and consistent mining regulations and very favourable fiscal terms for foreign investment in mining.
The Company holds a land position of approximately 400km[2 ] covering 16 tenements, with the main focus being EL12124 which covers a large part of the Agbaja Plateau. The Agbaja Plateau hosts an extensive, shallow, flat-lying channel iron deposit with an Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource of 586 million tonnes with an in-situ iron grade of 41.3% reported in accordance with the JORC Code (2012). This mineral resource covers approximately 20% of the prospective plateau area within EL12124.
Forward-looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements which are identified by words such as ‘anticipates’, ‘forecasts’, ‘may’, ‘will’, ‘could’, ‘believes’, ‘estimates’, ‘targets’, ‘expects’, ‘plan’ or ‘intends’ and other similar words that involve risks and uncertainties. Indications of, and guidelines or outlook on, future earnings, distributions or financial position or performance and targets, estimates and assumptions in respect of production, prices, operating costs, results, capital expenditures, reserves and resources are also forward looking statements. These statements are based on an assessment of present economic and operating conditions, and on a number of assumptions and estimates regarding future events and actions that, while considered reasonable as at the date of this announcement and are expected to take place, are inherently subject to significant technical, business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies. 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 our Company, the Directors and management. We cannot and do 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 readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward looking statements are subject to various risk factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from the events or results estimated, expressed or anticipated in these statements.
Competent Persons’ Statements
The information in this announcement that relates to Mineral Resources at Agbaja is extracted from the ASX announcement entitled “Mineral Resources at Agbaja Increase 20% to 586MT includes an Indicated Resource of 466MT” and is available to view on www.kogiiron.com. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any information or data that materially affects the information included in the original market announcement and, in the case of estimated Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves, which all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original market announcement.
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Appendix 5B Mining exploration entity and oil and gas exploration entity quarterly report
Rule 5.5
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Appendix 5B
Mining exploration entity and oil and gas exploration entity quarterly report
Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 8 Amended 1/7/97, 1/7/98, 30/9/2001, 01/06/10, 01/05/2013
Name of entity
| Name of entity | Name of entity | |||
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| KOGI IRON LIMITED | ||||
| ABN 28 001 894 033 |
Quarter ended (“currentquarter”) 31 December, 2014 |
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| Consolidated statement of cash flows | ||||
| Cash flows related to operating activities 1.1 Receipts from product sales and related debtors 1.2 Payments for (a) exploration and evaluation (b) development (c) production (d) administration 1.3 Dividends received 1.4 Interest and other items of a similar nature received 1.5 Interest and other costs of finance paid 1.6 Income taxes paid 1.7 Other Net Operating Cash Flows |
Current quarter $A'000 |
Year to date (6 months) $A'000 |
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| - (260) - - (531) (276) - 4 - - - |
- (439) - - (756) 6 - - - - (1,188) |
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| Cash flows related to investing activities 1.8 Payment for purchases of: (a) prospects (b) equity swaps (c) other fixed assets 1.9 Proceeds from sale of: (a) prospects (b) equity swaps settled (c) other fixed assets 1.10 Loans to other entities 1.11 Loans repaid by other entities 1.12 Net investing cash flows 1.13 Total operating and investing cash flows (carried forward) Disposal of fixed assets |
- - - - 103 - - - 103 - - |
- (850) - - - 152 - - - 12 (686) |
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| (428) | (1,874) |
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| 1.13 Total operating and investing cash flows (brought forward) |
(428) | (1,874) |
|---|---|---|
| Cash flows related to financing activities 1.14 Proceeds from issues of shares, options, etc. 1.15 Proceeds from sale of forfeited shares 1.16 Proceeds from borrowings 1.17 Repayment of borrowings 1.18 Dividends paid 1.19 Other - payment of finance lease 1.19 Other - share issue costs Net financing cash flows |
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| - - - 14 - - - |
2,570 - - - - - (176) |
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| 14 | 2,394 | |
| 1.20 Net increase (decrease) in cash held 1.21 1.22 Cash at beginning of quarter/year to date Exchange rate adjustments to item 1.20 Cash at end ofquarter |
(414) 1,050 1 |
520 117 - |
| 637 | 637 |
Payments to directors of the entity and associates of the directors
Payments to related entities of the entity and associates of related entities
| 1.23 1.24 |
Aggregate amount of payments to the parties included in item 1.2 Aggregate amount of payments to the parties included in item 1.10 |
Current quarter $A'000 |
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| 118 | ||
| - | ||
| 1.25 | Explanation necessaryfor an understandingof the transactions | |
| Directors remuneration |
Non-cash financing and investing activities
| 2.1 2.2 |
Details of financing and investing transactions which have had a material effect on consolidated assets and liabilities but did not involve cash flows |
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| Details of outlays made by other entities to establish or increase their share in projects in which the reportingentityhas an interest |
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__________ Financing facilities available
Add notes as necessary for an understanding of the position.
| Financing facilities available Add notes as necessary for an understanding of the position. |
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|---|---|---|
| 3.1 Loan facilities 3.2 Credit standby arrangements |
Amount Available $A'000 |
Amount Used $A'000 |
| - | - | |
| - | - |
Estimated cash outflows for next quarter
| Estimated cash outflows for next quarter | |
|---|---|
| 4.1 Exploration and Evaluation 4.4 Administration 4.2 Development 4.3 Production |
$A'000 |
| 150 | |
| - | |
| - | |
| 150 | |
| Total | 300 |
Reconciliation of cash
| Reconciliation of cash at the end of the quarter (as shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows) to the related items in the accounts as follows. 5.1 Cash on hand and at bank 5.2 Deposits at call 5.3 Bank overdraft 5.4 Other (provide details) |
Current quarter $A'000 |
Previous quarter $A'000 |
|---|---|---|
| 637 | 1,050 | |
| - | - | |
| Total: cash at end of quarter(item 1.22) | 637 | 1,050 |
Changes in interest in mining tenements and petroleum tenements
| 6.1 Interests in mining tenements and petroleum tenements relinquished, reduced or lapsed 6.2 Interests in mining tenements and petroleum tenements acquired or increased |
Tenement reference | Nature of interest (note (2)) |
Interest at beginning of quarter |
Interest at end of quarter |
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Issues and quoted securities at end of current quarter
Description includes rate of interest and any redemption or conversion rights together with prices and dates.
| Total number |
Number quoted |
Issue price per security |
Amount paid up per security |
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| 7.1 Partly paid~~+~~securities 7.2 Changes during quarter (a) Increases through issues (b) Decreases through returns of capital, buy-backs, redemptions |
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| 7.3 ~~+~~Ordinary securities 7.4 Changes during quarter (a) Increases through issues (b) Decreases through returns of capital, buy-backs |
424,569,836 | 376,669,836 | Fully paid | |
| 7.5 ~~+~~Convertible debt securities (description) 7.6 Changes during quarter (a) Increases through issues (b) Decreases through securities matured, converted |
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| 7.7 Options 7.8 Issued during quarter |
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| 102,704,606 | 102,704,606 | Exercise Price $0.08 |
Expiry 31 May 2017 | |
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| _______ 7.9 Exercised during quarter 7.10 Expired during quarter |
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_____ - |
___ - |
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| - | - | - | - | |
| 7.11 Debentures (totals only) |
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| 7.12 Unsecured notes (totals only) |
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Compliance Statement
1 This statement has been prepared under accounting policies which comply with accounting standards as defined in the Corporations Act or other standards acceptable to the ASX (see note 5).
- 2 This statement does / ~~does not~~ give a true and fair view of the matters disclosed.
Sign here: Dated: 30 January, 2015
Print Name: Shane Volk ( ~~Director~~ /Company Secretary)
Notes
1 The quarterly report provides a basis for informing the market how the entity’s activities have been financed for the past quarter and the effect on its cash position. An entity wanting to disclose additional information is encouraged to do so, in a note or notes attached to this report.
2 The “Nature of interest” (items 6.1 and 6.2) includes options in respect of interests in mining tenements and petroleum tenements acquired, exercised or lapsed during the reporting period. If the entity is involved in a joint venture agreement and there are conditions precedent which will change its percentage interest in a mining tenement or petroleum tenement, it should disclose the change of percentage interest and conditions precedent in the list required for items 6.1 and 6.2.
3 Issued and quoted securities The issue price and amount paid up is not required in items 7.1 and 7.3 for fully paid securities.
4 The definitions in, and provisions of, AASB 6: Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources and AASB 107: Statement of Cash Flows apply to this report.
5 Accounting Standards ASX will accept, for example, the use of International Accounting Standards for foreign entities. If the standards used do not address a topic, the Australian standard on that topic (if any) must be complied with.
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