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PTR MINERALS LTD Interim / Quarterly Report 2010

Mar 16, 2010

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Petratherm Ltd

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Contents [to | Half | Year | Report |

Directors'⊪Report ………………………………………………………………………………………………
AuditorislindependencelDeclaration
Consolidated Statement Tof Comprehensive Income
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
Consolidated Statement of Changes lin Equity
Consolidated Statement TofiCash Flows
NoteslitolithellFinanciallStatements
SUMMARY OF ISIGNIFICANT LACCOUNTING POLICIES$\mathbb{R}$
SEGMENT INFORMATION$\Box$
ISSUEDICAPITAL$\mathbb{R}$
SHARE BASED PAYMENTS$\mathbb{R}$
SUBSEQUENTIEVENTS$\sqrt{2}$
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES$\mathbb{R}$
GOING CONCERN BASIS OF ACCOUNTING $\mathbb{I}$ $\mathbb{I}$ $\mathbb{R}$
Directors'lDeclaration
Independent Auditor's Review Report

Directors'[Report] $\mathsf{I}$

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CORPORATE HIGHLIGHTS III

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AUDITOR'S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION TO THE DIRECTORS OF PETRATHERM LTD

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In accordance with the requirements of section III I C of the Corporations Act III III as lead auditorIorItheTeviewOfPetrathermLtdTorItheThalfTyear@ndedIIIDecemberIIIIIIIIIIIII declare that I to the best of my knowledge and belief I there have been III

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  • $\mathbf{b}$ no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the review□

GRANTTHORNTONIII SouthAustralianPartnership Chartered Accountants $\Box$ $\Box$ Г $\Box$ JIHumphrey Partner $\Box$ $\Box$ Signed at Adelaide on this The day of March $\Box$

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Consolidated Statement Tof Comprehensive Income

ConsolidatedHalf-year ended
31 Dec 2009 31 Dec 2008
Note $ $
RevenueImpairment of exploration assetsEmployee benefits expenseDepreciation expenseOther expenses 186,845(74,006)(1,000,261)(28, 310)(1,075,940) 740,032(1,044,648)(656, 414)(22, 633)(979, 459)
Loss before income tax expense (1,991,672) (1,963,122)
Income tax expense (1, 877) (360)
Profit/(Loss) from continuing operations (1,993,549) (1,963,482)
Loss for the period (1,993,549) (1,963,482)
Other comprehensive incomeExchange differences arising on translation of
foreign operations (204, 342) 179,626
Total comprehensive income for the period (2, 197, 891) (1,783,856)
Total comprehensive income attributable to:Members of the parent entityNon-controlling interest (2, 197, 891)(2, 197, 891) (1,783,856)(1,783,856)
Earnings per share from continuing operationsBasic earnings per shareDiluted earnings per share Cents(2.12)(2.12) Cents(3.39)(3.39)

Thelconsolidatedlstatementloflcomprehensivelincomelisltolbelreadlinlconjunctionlwithlthelnotesltolthel consolidatedlinterimlfinanciallreportll $\mathbb I$

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

ASIATIO ODECEMBERIO OO O

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31 December2009 30 June2009
Note $ $
CURRENT ASSETSCash and cash equivalents 2,327,039 13,002,052
Trade and other receivablesOther current assets 2,031,45152,628 2,317,69959,944
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 4,411,118 15,379,695
NON-CURRENT ASSETSProperty, plant and equipmentExploration and evaluation assets 201,97914,469,289 191,3565,549,372
TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 14,671,268 5,740,728
TOTAL ASSETS 19,082,386 21,120,423
CURRENT LIABILITIESTrade and other payablesDeferred incomeShort-term borrowingsShort-term provisions 1,755,3706,032102,547 4,522,141683,6116,03288,840
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 1,863,949 5,300,624
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIESLong-term borrowingsLong-term provisionsDeferred government grants 30,54274,6802,898,000 33,78374,133
TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 3,003,222 107,916
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4,867,171 5,408,540
NET ASSETS 14,215,215 15,711,883
EQUITYIssued capitalReservesRetained earningsParent entity interestNon-controlling interest 3 23,505,429412,940(9,703,154)14,215,215 23,048,738628,851(7,965,706)15,711,883
TOTAL EQUITY 14,215,215 15,711,883

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ConsolidatedlStatementloflChangeslinlEquityll FORITHEINALFIYEARIENDEDIII IIDECEMBERIII II II $\begin{array}{c} \n\end{array}$

Consolidated
Foreign
Issued Share Currency
Capital Retained Option translation Minority
Ordinary Earnings Reserve Reserve Interest Total
မာNote မာ မာ မာ s, မာ
Balance at 1 July 2008 14,228,516 (4, 877, 186) 587,735 (7, 419) 9,931,646
Total comprehensive income for the period (1,963,482) 179,626 (1, 783, 856)
Issue of shares upon exercise of employee options 28,800 28,800
Issue of share options under employee share option plan 224,446 224,446
Transfer from employee equity-settled benefits reserve 5,540 (5,540)
Transaction costs (net of tax) (840) (840)
Balance at 31 December 2008 14,262,016 (6, 840, 668) 806,641 172,207 8,400,196
Balance at 1 July 2009 23,048,738 (7,965,706) 814,149 (185, 298) 15,711,883
Total comprehensive income for the period (1,993,549) (204, 342) (2, 197, 891)
Exercise of options at various dates 459,600 459,600
Issue of share options under employee share option plan 246,002 246,002
Transfer from employee equity-settled benefits reserve
upon exercise of vested options 1,470 (1,470)
reserveTransfer from employee equity-settled benefits
upon cancellation of vested options 256,101 (256,101)
Transaction costs (net of tax) (4,379) (4, 379)
Balance at 31 December 2009 23,505,429 (9,703,154) 802,580 (389, 640) 14,215,215

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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

FOR THE THALF TEAR ENDED TO DECEMBER TO THE

Consolidated
Half yearended Half yearended
Note 31 Dec 2009$ 31 Dec 2008$
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Receipts from customersPayments to suppliers and employeesInterest received 19,801(1, 243, 446)167,044 929(1,089,507)115,439
Receipt of Research & Development tax concession 256,472
NET CASH PROVIDED BY/(USED IN) OPERATINGACTIVITIES (1,056,601) (716, 667)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of property, plant and equipmentGovernment exploration related grantsJoint venture receiptsPayments for exploration activities (49,000)5,297,5834,609,000(19, 956, 182) (57, 849)543,4592,551,975(3,511,517)
NET CASH PROVIDED BY/(USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES (10,098,599) (473, 932)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIESProceeds from issue of sharesTransaction costs of issue of sharesPayment of finance lease liabilitiesProceeds from borrowings 459,600(6, 256)(3,000)36,574 28,800(840)
NET CASH PROVIDED BY/(USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES 486,918 27,960
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cashequivalentsNet foreign exchange differencesCash at the beginning of the period (10,668,282)(6, 731)13,002,052 (1, 162, 639)(38, 215)4,587,015
CASH AT THE END OF THE PERIOD 2,327,039 3,386,161

NoteslitolithellFinanciallStatementsl FOR THE THALF TYEAR TENDED TO TO ECEMBER TO THE

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IN SEGMENTINFORMATIONI

ThelGrouplhasladoptedlAASBIII | Operating/Segments/andlAASBIII | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 AustralianlAccountinglStandardslarisinglfromlAASBII fwithleffectlfromll [Uulyl] [1] [1] [1] AASBI Il requires loperating lisegments litelle lidentified lon lithe libasis lof linternal reports labout l componentsloflthelGrouplthatlarelregularlyllreviewedlbylthelchiefloperatingldecisionl makerlinllorderlitollallocatellresourceslitolithellseqmentsllandlitollassesslitsllperformancellIInl contrastllithelipredecessorlStandardllAASBII I II SegmentlReportingll/requiredlanlentityltol identifyltwollsetslofllsegmentslllbusinessllandllgeographicalllllusingllallriskllrewardsll approachllwithlithellentity'sli'systemloflinternallfinanciallreportinglitoli'keylmanagementll personnel'llservingllonlyllasllthellstartingllpointllforllthellidentificationllofllsuchllsegmentslllAsllall resultIIfollowinglitheliadoptionlofIAASBII IIthelidentificationlofIthelGroup'slreportablel seamentslhaslichangedli

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Segmentlinformationllreportedlexternallyllwasllanalysedllonllthellbasislloflthellbusinessll segmentslencounteredlbyllPetrathermllnamelyllExplorationlinlbothlAustralialandlSpainlll HoweverllinformationlireportedlitolithellCompany'slManaginglDirectorlforlithellpurposeslofl resources[lallocation[land] lassessment[lof] berformance[lis] more[specifically] focused [lon [lthe areaslinlwhichlthelGrouplislexploringlinlAustralialandlSpainllaslwelllaslthelCompany'sl ParalanalProjectllThelGroup'slreportablelsegmentslunderlAASBII larelthereforelasl follows

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  • ExplorationlactivitiesIIIParalanalProjectIII $\bullet$

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NoteslitolithellFinanciallStatementsl FOR THE THALF TEAR TENDED TO DECEMBER TO THE

Thell followingli isli anli analysisli of the Group's revenuel and results by reportable coverating segmentlforlthelperiodslunderlreviewll

Segment RevenueHalf Year ended Segment Result
Half Year ended
$31 - Dec$ $31 - Dec$ $31 - Dec$ $31 - Dec$
2009 2008 2009 2008
$ $ S $
Continuing Operations
Australia (ex Paralana) (74,006) (1,044,648)
Paralana Project 19,801
Spain
19,801 (74,006) (1,044,648)
Administration/Corporate 167,044 740,032 (1,889,356) (895, 841)
Depreciation (28, 310) (22, 633)
Consolidated revenue 186,845 740,032
Profit/(Loss) before income tax (1,991,672) (1,963,122)
Income tax benefit (1, 877) (360)
Profit/(Loss) for period (1,993,549) (1,963,482)

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OpeningBalance ExplorationExpenditure Impairment ClosingBalance
1/07/2009 31/12/2009
$ $
Continuing Operations
Australia (ex Paralana) 123,965 68,258 (74,006) 118,217
Paralana Project 3,300,742 8,513,416 11,814,158
Spain 2,124,665 412,249 $\overline{\phantom{0}}$ 2,536,914
Total segment assets 5,549,372 8,993,923 (74,006) 14,469,289
Other
Administration/Corporate (i) 15,571,051 4,613,097
21,120,423 19,082,386

(i) Administration assets largely relate to unallocated cash assets.

NotesltolthelFinanciallStatementsll FOR THE THALF TYEAR TENDED TO DECEMBER TO THE $\overline{\mathbb{R}}$

III ISSUEDICAPITALI

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Consolidated
As at As at
31-Dec-09 30-Jun-09
Issued capital
Fully paid ordinary shares 23,505,429 23,048,738
23,505,429 23,048,738
2009
Number $
Balance at beginning of period 92,213,673 23,048,738
Exercise of options at various dates 2,280,000 459,600
Transaction costs on share issue (4,379)
Transfer from share option reserve 1,470
Balance at end of financial year 94,493,673 23,505,429

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II SHAREIBASEDIPAYMENTSI

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Grant date Number ofinstruments Vestingconditions Contractuallife of options
1,060,000 On Issue 5 years
Fair value at grant dateShare priceExercise priceExpected volatilityRisk-free interest rate $$0.21 - $0.25$$$0.37 - $0.41$$0.5074.02%5.23% $\sqrt{ }$

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III CONTINGENTILIABILITIESI

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REVIEW REPORT TO_THE_MEMBERS_OF_PETRATHERM_LTD_

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We have reviewed the accompanying half year financial report of Petratherm Ltd [Fig. 2] Company" [I] which Comprises [The Consolidated Tinancial statements [being The statement of financial position as at III December III III and the statement of comprehensive Income statement of changes In equity and statement of cash flows for the half year ended on that datellalstatement@flaccounting[policies||lother|selected|explanatory|hotes||and||the directors|| declaration of the consolidated entity Ecomprising both the Company and the entities li controlled at the half year's end or from time to time during the half year III

Directors'TesponsibilityTorTheThalfTyearTinancialTreport

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the half year financial report in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards Ilincluding the Australian Accounting Interpretations Land the Corporations Act III IIIThis responsibility lincludes lestablishing and maintaining linternal controls relevant fol the preparation and fair presentation of the half year financial report that is free from material misstatementllwhetherIdueItolTraudIorIerrorllselectingIandIapplyingIappropriateIccounting policies and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances III

Auditor's responsibility

Our responsibility list to lexpress a conclusion fon the consolidated half year financial report based on our review IIIWe conducted our review in accordance with the Auditing Standard on Review Engagements ASREIIIII Review of Interim and Other Financial Reports Performed by The Independent Auditor of the Entity Lin order to State whether Ton The basis of the procedures described live have become aware of any matter that makes us believe that the financial report is hot in accordance with the Corporations Act III I lincluding giving a true and fair view of the consolidated entity's financial position as at III December III II and its berformance for the half year ended on that date I and complying with Accounting Standard AASB TILL The term Financial Reporting and the Corporations Regulations TILL TIMP

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Auditor's responsibility Cont

As The auditor of Petratherm Ltd ASRE IIIII requires That we comply with the ethical requirementsTrelevantToTtheTauditTofTtheTannualTinancialTreportIII

A Treview To fia Thalf year financial report consists To finaling enquiries Torimarily To fipersons responsible for financial and accounting matters land applying analytical and other review procedures IIA Teview Is Substantially Less In Scope Than an audit conducted In Accordance with Australian Auditing Standards and consequently does hot enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit III AccordinglyINvedoInotexpressAnAuditopinionIII

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In Conducting our review Twe Complied with the Independence requirements of the Corporations Act IIIIIIIIIIII

Conclusion

Based on our review [[which is not an audit [[we have not become aware of any matter that] makes his believe that the half year financial report of Petratherm Ltd is hot in accordance with the Corporations ActIIIII HincludingIII

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  • $\mathbf b$ complying with Accounting Standard AASBIIIIIInterim Financial Reporting and the Corporations Regulations

Significant uncertainty regarding continuation as a going concern

Without qualifying our review conclusion attention is drawn To Note III+ Going Concern Basis of Accounting to the half year financial report IThese conditions Indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the consolidated entity's abilityToContinue as a going concern II he half year financial report has been prepared on the basis of going concern The consolidated entity will require additional funds for the continued development of their existing projects and working capital III

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REVIEW REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF PETRATHERM LTD Cont

Significant uncertainty regarding continuation as a going concern Cont

The consolidated entity's ability to continue as a going concern is contingent upon successfullyTraisingTadditionalTcapitalIIIfTadditionalTundsTareInotTraisedIItheTgoingTconcern basisImayInotIbeTappropriateIIwithItheTesultIthatItheTonsolidatedTentityImayIhaveItoTealise their assets and extinguish their liabilities lother than in the ordinary course of business and in amounts different from those stated in the half year financial report INo allowance for such circumstances has been made in the half year financial report

GRANTTHORNTONIII SouthAustralianPartnership Chartered Accountants

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Signed at Adelaide on this The day of March