Ormonde Mining Plc — Earnings Release 2014

Sep 29, 2014

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Ormonde Mining PLC

29 September 2014

29 September 2014

Ormonde Mining plc

("Ormonde" or "the Company")

Interim Results for the Six Months Ended 30 June 2014

Ormonde Mining plc, the development and exploration company operating in Spain, is pleased to announce its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2014.

Highlights:

Barruecopardo 

·     All environmental approvals received: Mining Concession currently awaited

·     Basic Engineering completed and shortlist of companies to undertake construction activities prepared

·     Ongoing progress on debt funding arrangements

·     Continued resilience of the tungsten price in a time of constrained global GDP growth and positive outlook for the coming years.

Michael Donoghue, Chairman of Ormonde, commented,

"We have made very significant progress at our Barruecopardo Project during the first half of 2014, including the receipt of the Environmental Permit, the engagement of Swedbank as debt advisors in relation to the financing package for the Project and the agreement of a five year offtake contract, with Noble Group, for the tungsten concentrate to be produced.  We look forward to the issuing of the Mining Concession."

Enquiries to:

Ormonde Mining plc

Kerr Anderson, Managing Director  Tel: +353 (0)1 8253570

Capital M Consultants

Simon Rothschild  Mob: +44 (0)7703 167065

Murray Consultants

Mark Brennock  Tel: +353 (0)1 4980300  Mob: +353 (0)87 2335923

Davy (Nomad / ESM Adviser)

Eugenée Mulhern / Roland French  Tel: +353 (0)1 6796363

SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP(Joint Broker)

Ewan Leggat / Katy Birkin  Tel: +44 (0)20 3463 2260

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

During the first half of 2014 your Company was engaged in furthering the permitting process for the development of its Barruecopardo Tungsten Mine in Salamanca Province, Spain and, in parallel has been advancing other key matters required to facilitate its development.

January 2014 saw the termination of an offer period with the withdrawal of an unsolicited and unwelcome approach by another tungsten company. While this matter did not impact upon the critical path permitting process, it did somewhat curtail certain parallel activity including funding, engineering design and concentrate marketing, and it was good to be in a position to fully resume such activities once the deadline by which a formal offer must have been made had expired.

Around this time an important milestone in the permitting process was also achieved. In February, the Company's wholly-owned Spanish subsidiary, Saloro, received notification of the granting of the Environmental Impact Declaration ("EID") for the Barruecopardo Project. This EID is in effect the environmental permit for the Project, and is required for the Regional Mines Department to be able to issue the Mining Concession to Saloro.  Subsequent to this, Saloro was advised that a legal review of the status of the historic mining concessions in the Barruecopardo area was to be completed by the Regional Authorities as part of a process to ensure that the new mining concession is valid in all respects.  As the initial step in this permit review had not received responses from all contacted parties, the Legal Department deemed that this step should be repeated, which resulted in an unexpected delay as announced by the Company in July 2014.  However, Ormonde now understands that the review has been completed, which should ensure the granting of the Mining Concession is imminent.  Further announcements will be made in relation to the Mining Concession without delay following developments.

Progress was maintained in other areas, including advancing the selection process of the engineering company required to execute the various stages of the Barruecopardo plant and infrastructure design. This resulted in Ormonde awarding the Engineering Design Contract to UK-based Fairport Engineering Limited. Fairport is an experienced UK-based engineering firm involved in the aggregates, industrial minerals and minerals processing industries from engineering design to turnkey project delivery within the UK and continental Europe.  To date, key and substantive progress has been achieved including completion of the Basic Engineering stage.  Process Flow Sheet development has been completed and vendor discussions about equipment have been carried out in order to facilitate the efficient placement of the critical path equipment orders once project financing has been completed.  Positive and constructive pre-qualification discussions have also now been undertaken with selected Spanish sub-contractors allowing preparation of a shortlist of companies to undertake the construction activities.

On the product marketing side, during the first half of 2014 Ormonde decided to put in place a product offtake contract as an appropriate step to facilitate the capital funding arrangements being pursued. In March, Saloro entered into a binding offtake agreement for tungsten concentrate production from Barruecopardo with Noble Resources International Pte. Ltd a wholly-owned subsidiary of Noble Group Limited, a global market-leading commodities supply-chain manager of energy products, metals, minerals & ores and agricultural products with total revenues of US$98 billion in 2013. Under the terms of this Agreement, Noble will purchase 100% of the tungsten concentrate produced from the Barruecopardo open pit mine during its initial five years of operation.

On the important subject of capital funding, Ormonde engaged Swedbank Norway as advisors in relation to a proposed senior bond financing as part of the overall financing package for the development of Barruecopardo. Notwithstanding the ongoing difficult backdrop for mining financing initiatives, the Company has made significant progress towards an eventual outcome on debt financing. Ormonde intends to finance the balance of the Barruecopardo project costs through equity, whether by way of joint venture or otherwise.

In the first half of the year, APT prices traded between around $360 and $375 per metric tonne unit, and is currently trading at $355. The continued resilience of the tungsten price relative to many metals in a time of constrained global GDP growth is most encouraging.  The outlook for the coming years is also positive, based upon continued strong growth in demand and limited new supply, with Tungsten Market Research forecasting a base case APT price over the five year period to 2018 ranging between US$420-510 per mtu and averaging US$478 per mtu.

Only limited work was carried out on our gold properties in Spain, held through a joint venture with Aurum Mining plc. This work principally involved compilation and refinement of the database on the main targets identified to date through drilling, such as that at Peralonso, where previous limited, shallow holes, returned encouraging gold intersections.

Financials

Ormonde incurred an operating loss for the period of €1,116k (€943k for the 6 months to 30 June 2013).

In April, the Company raised £2 million (before expenses) through a placement to fund its activities relating to Barruecopardo and for working capital purposes.

In conclusion, I would like to thank shareholders for their support during the period. I look forward to the completion of the permitting process and thereafter to finalising arrangements for the capital funding of our Barruecopardo Project.

Michael J. Donoghue

Chairman

26 September 2014

Ormonde Mining PLC

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

Six months ended 30 June 2014

	unaudited	unaudited	audited
	6 Months ended	6 Months ended	Year ended
	30-Jun-14	30-Jun-13	31-Dec-13
	€000s	€000s	€000s
Turnover	0	0	0
Administration expenses	(995)	(805)	(1,397)
Exploration costs expensed	(122)	(143)	(418)
Finance income	1	5	7
	______	______	______
Loss for the period before tax	(1,116)	(943)	(1,808)
Taxation	0	0	(1)
	______	______	______
Loss for the Period	(1,116)	(943)	(1,809)
Loss per share
Basic loss per share (in cent)	(0.25)	(0.24)	(0.45)
Diluted loss per share (in cent)	(0.25)	(0.24)	(0.44)

Ormonde Mining PLC

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

As at 30 June 2014

	unaudited	unaudited	audited
	30-Jun-14	30-Jun-13	31-Dec-13
	€000s	€000s	€000s
Assets
Non current assets
Intangible assets	18,004	16,843	17,127
Property, plant & equipment	2	2	1
	_______	_______	_______
Total non current assets	18,006	16,845	17,128
Current assets
Trade & other receivables	454	449	394
Cash & cash equivalents	1,557	881	1,050
	_______	_______	_______
Total current assets	2,011	1,330	1,444
	_______	_______	_______
Total assets	20,017	18,175	18,572
	_______	_______	_______
Equity & liabilities
Equity
Issued share capital	13,446	11,636	12,197
Share premium account	29,896	28,192	28,837
Share based payment reserve	837	777	837
Capital conversion reserve fund	29	29	29
Capital redemption reserve fund	7	7	7
Foreign currency translation reserve	1	1	1
Retained losses	(24,722)	(22,743)	(23,608)
	_______	_______	_______
Total equity - attributable to the owners of the Company	19,494	17,899	18,300
Non-current liabilities
Trade & other payables	0	0	0
Current liabilities
Trade & other payables	523	275	272
	_______	_______	_______
Total liabilities	523	275	272
	_______	_______	_______
Total equity & liabilities	20,017	18,175	18,572
	_______	_______	_______

Ormonde Mining PLC

Consolidated Statement of Cashflows

Six months ended 30 June 2014

	unaudited	unaudited	audited
	6 months ended	6 months ended	Year ended
	30-Jun-14	30-Jun-13	31-Dec-13
	€000s	€000s	€000s
Cashflows from operating activities
Net loss for period before tax	(1,116)	(943)	(1,808)
Adjustments for:
Depreciation	1	1	2
Exploration costs written off	0	143	418
Movement on Share-based payment reserve	0	(1)	60
Investment income recognised in P&L	0	0	(7)
	________	________	________
	(1,115)	(800)	(1,335)
Movement in Working Capital
(Increase)/decrease in receivables	(60)	110	165
Increase/(decrease) in liabilities	251	(131)	(136)
	________	________	________
Net Cash (used in) operations	(924)	(821)	(1,306)
Cashflows from financing activities
Proceeds from issue of share capital	2,309	(0)	1,206
Investing activities
Movement in plant & equipment	(1)	(1)	0
Expenditure on intangible assets	(877)	(580)	(1,138)
Interest received	0	1	7
Taxation	0	0	(1)
	________	________	________
Net cash used in investing activities	(878)	(580)	(1,132)
	________	________	________
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	507	(1,401)	(1,232)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	1,050	2,282	2,282
	______	______	______
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	1,557	881	1,050

Ormonde Mining PLC

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

Six months ended 30 June 2014

			Share based payment reserve
	Share Capital	Share Premium	Other Reserves	Retained Losses	Total
	€000s	€000s	€000s	€000s	€000s	€000s
At 31 December 2012	11,636	28,192	777	37	(21,799)	18,843
Proceeds of share issue	-	-	-	-	-	0
Loss for the period	-	-	-	-	(943)	(943)
	______	______	______	______	______	______
At 30 June 2013	11,636	28,192	777	37	(22,742)	17,900
Proceeds of share issue	561	645	-	-	-	1,206
Recognition of share based payments	-	-	60	-	-	60
Loss for the period	-	-	-	-	(866)	(866)
	______	______	______	______	______	______
At 31 December 2013	12,197	28,837	837	37	(23,608)	18,300
Proceeds of share issue	1,249	1,059	-	-	-	2,308
Loss for the period	-	-	-	-	(1,116)	(1,116)
	______	______	______	______	______	______
At 30 June 2014	13,446	29,896	837	37	(24,724)	19,492
	______	______	______	______	______	______

Notes to the Interim Financial Statements

1.    Accounting policies and basis of preparation

Ormonde Mining plc is a company domiciled in the Republic of Ireland. The Consolidated Interim Financial Statements ("the Interim Financial Statements") of the Company, as at and for the six months ended 30 June 2014, comprise the Company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as the "Group").

The Interim Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting as adopted by the EU. The Interim Financial Statements have been prepared applying the accounting policies that were applied in the preparation of the Company's published consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2013. There are no new standards, amendments to standards or interpretations which are mandatory for the first time for financial periods commencing on 1 January 2014 which have a significant impact on the Group's accounting policies or on the reported results.

The comparative information provided in the Interim Financial Statements relating to the year ended 31 December 2013 does not comprise statutory financial statements. Those statutory financial statements on which the Company's auditors gave an unqualified audit opinion, have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.

The Interim Financial Statements do not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of the Group as at and for the year ended 31 December 2013, which are available on the Company's website, www.ormondemining.com. The Interim Financial Statements for the six months ended 30 June 2014 are unaudited but have been reviewed by our auditors.

The Directors are satisfied that the Group has sufficient resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future, being a period of not less than 12 months from the date of these Interim Financial Statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial information.

The Interim Financial Statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 26 September 2014.

2.    Segmental analysis

The Group is engaged in one business segment only, development of mineral resource projects. Therefore only an analysis by geographical segment has been presented. The Group has geographic segments in Ireland and Spain.

The segment results for the period ended 30th June 2014 are as follows:

	Ireland	Spain
Loss for 6 months to 30 June 14	€000s	€000s
Segment loss for period	0	(1,116)
	______	______
	0	(1,116)
	______	______

Notes to the Interim Financial Statements (continued)

3.    Loss per share

The basic and weighted average number of ordinary shares used in the calculation of basic earnings per share are as follows:

Loss per share	30-Jun-14	30-Jun-13	31-Dec-13
	€000s	€000s	€000s
Loss for period	(1,116)	(943)	(1,809)
Weighted average number of ordinary shares
for the purpose of basic earnings per share	442,324,992	398,494,402	404,950,441
	______	______	______
Basic loss per ordinary shares (in cent)	(0.25)	(0.24)	(0.45)
	______	______	______

Diluted earnings per share

The weighted average number of ordinary shares used in the calculation of diluted earnings per share are as follows:

Loss per share	30-Jun-14	30-Jun-13	31-Dec-13
	€000s	€000s	€000s
Loss for period	(1,116)	(943)	(1,809)
Weighted average number of ordinary shares
for the purpose of basic earnings per share	442,324,992	398,494,402	404,950,441
Shares deemed to be issued for no consideration
in respect of Employee Options	1,559,322	1,470,175	1,755,101
Weighted average number of ordinary shares
for the purpose of diluted earnings per share	443,884,314	399,964,577	406,705,542
	______	______	______
Diluted loss per ordinary shares (in cent)	(0.25)	(0.24)	(0.44)

4.   Intangible assets - Exploration costs

	Exploration
	& Evaluation	Total
	Assets
	€000s	€000s
Cost
At 1 January 2014	17,127	17,127
Additions	877	877
Write off	0	0
	______	______
At 30 June 2014	18,004	18,004

Notes to the Interim Financial Statements (continued)

5.   Property, plant and equipment

	Fixtures	Computer	Motor	Total
	& Fittings	Equipment	Vehicles
	€000s	€000s	€000s	€000s
Cost
At 1 January 2014	26	46	18	90
Additions	0	2	0	2
Disposals	0	0	0	0
	______	______	______	______
At 30 June 2014	26	48	18	92
	______	______	______	______
Accumulated Depreciation & Impairment
At 1 January 2014	(25)	(46)	(18)	(89)
Depreciation expense	0	(1)	0	(1)
Disposals	0	0	0	0
	______	______	______	______
At 30 June 2014	(25)	(47)	(18)	(90)
	______	______	______	______
Net Book Value at 1 January 2014	1	0	(0)	1
	______	______	______	______
Net Book Value at 30 June 2014	1	1	(0)	2
	______	______	______	______

6.   Share Capital

Share Capital	30-Jun-14	30-Jun-13	31-Dec-13
	€000s	€000s	€000s
Authorised Equity
550,000,000 ordinary shares of 2.5c each	13,750	11,250	13,750
100,000,000 deferred shares of 3.809214c each	3,809	3,809	3,809
	______	______	______
	17,559	15,059	17,559
	______	______	______
Issued Capital
Share Capital	13,446	11,636	12,197
Share Premium	29,896	28,192	28,837
	______	______	______
	43,342	39,828	41,034
	______	______	______

Notes to the Interim Financial Statements (continued)

7.   Post Balance Sheet Event

There were no post Balance Sheet Events.

The financial information has been prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards using accounting policies consistent with those in the last Annual Report.

No dividends were paid or proposed in respect of the six months ended 30 June 2014.

Independent Review Report to Ormonde Mining PLC

Introduction

We have been engaged by the Company to review the Consolidated Interim Financial Statements ("the Interim Financial Statements") of the Company as at and for the six months ended 30 June 2014 comprising the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, the Statement of Cashflows and the related explanatory notes. We have read other information contained in the half-yearly financial report and considered whether it contains any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the information in the Interim Financial Statements.

This report is made solely to the Company in accordance with the terms of our engagement. Our review has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company those matters we are required to state to it in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company for our review work, for this report or for the conclusions we have reached.

Directors' responsibilities

The half-yearly financial report is the responsibility of, and has been approved by, the Directors. As disclosed in note 1, the annual financial statements of the group are prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU. The Directors are responsible for ensuring that the set of financial statements included in this half-yearly financial report has been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting as adopted by the EU.

Our responsibility

Our responsibility is to express to the Company a conclusion on the Interim Financial Statements in the half-yearly financial report based on our review.

Scope of review

We conducted our review in accordance with International Standard on Review Engagement (UK and Ireland) 2410 "Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the entity", issued by the Auditing Practices Board. A review of interim financial information consists of making enquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) and consequently does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

Conclusion

Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the Interim Financial Statementsin the half-yearly report for the six months ended 30 June 2014 is not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with IAS 34 as adopted by the EU.

Fergal McGrath

For and on behalf of

LHM Casey McGrath

Chartered Certified Accountants, Statutory Audit Firm

26 September 2014

6 Northbrook Road

Dublin 6

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