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CGNR Conroy Gold & Natural Resources Plc

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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Conroy Gold & Natural Resources Plc LSE:CGNR London Ordinary Share IE00BZ4BTZ13 ORD EUR0.001 (CDI)
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.20 1.77% 11.50 11.00 12.00 11.50 11.30 11.30 75,000 09:13:45
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Gold Ores 257k -363k -0.0081 -14.20 5.15M

CONROY GOLD & NATURAL RESOURCES PLC - Half-yearly Report

25/02/2015 7:00am

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                                                               25 February 2015


                     Conroy Gold and Natural Resources plc

                          ("Conroy" or "the Company")

         Half-yearly results for the six months ended 30 November 2014

Conroy Gold and Natural Resources plc (AIM:CGNR; ESM:CGNR.I), the gold
exploration and development company planning to develop a gold mine at
Clontibret in Ireland, announces its results for the six months ended 30
November 2014.

Highlights:

  * Viability of mine at Clontibret confirmed

  * Metallurgical testwork indicates favourable flotation and downstream
    processing characteristics

  * Potential economic quantities of antimony as well as gold may be mined

  * Satellite imagery and structural studies highlight further gold potential

  * Gold Licences granted in highly prospective region in Finland

Commenting, Chairman, Professor Richard Conroy said:

"I am delighted that continued progress has been made in relation to our
proposed mine at Clontibret in Co. Monaghan and that antimony may also be mined
as well as gold."


For further information please contact:

Conroy Gold and Natural Resources plc                   Tel: +353-1-661-8958
Professor Richard Conroy, Chairman

Sanlam Securities UK Limited (Nomad)                    Tel: +44-20-7628-2200
Virginia Bull/Simon Clements

Hybridan LLP (Broker)                                   Tel: +44-20-3713-4581
Claire Noyce/William Lynne

IBI Corporate Finance Limited (ESM Adviser)             Tel: +353-766-234-800
Ger Heffernan/Jan Fitzell

Lothbury Financial Services Limited                     Tel: +44-20-3440-7622
Michael Padley

Hall Communications                                     Tel: +353-1-660-9377
Don Hall

Visit the website at: www.conroygold.com


                             CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

Dear Shareholder

I have great pleasure in presenting your Company's Half-Yearly Report for the
six months ended 30 November 2014. This was a period of further significant
progress for your Company during which the viability of the proposed mine at
Clontibret was confirmed and that antimony as well as gold may well be
economically mined. In addition, excellent results were reported from both the
Company's gold and base metal exploration targets. Exploration licences were
also granted in a promising gold area of Finland. The focus will however remain
on bringing the Clontibret mine into production.

Clontibret

Work continued in relation to your Company's proposed gold mine in Clontibret,
Co. Monaghan and in July Michael Brennan was appointed Project Manager to
oversee the mine development.

The mine will consist of a Phase 1 starter pit which will concentrate on a high
grade, densely drilled portion of the resource and should result in accelerated
total project capital payback within year 2 of the operation and a positive
cash flow.

Current metallurgical testwork is indicating very favourable flotation and
downstream processing characteristics which together with favourable
infrastructure and logistical support will help reduce the project's capital
and operating costs. The metallurgical testwork has also revealed that
potentially economic quantities of antimony may occur in the gold bearing
concentrate following flotation.

Work has therefore been carried out to identify flowsheet options to allow for
the extraction of the antimony from the gold bearing concentrate. Several
process options have been identified, and future metallurgical testwork will
include testing these options and optimising extraction so as to ensure a
saleable antimony product.

Antimony is specified by the European Commission as a critical raw material and
a large supply deficit is forecast. The product is used primarily in the
production of flame retardants.

The potentially economic quantities of the strategically important mineral
antimony, in addition to the gold which is intended to be mined at Clontibret,
is a very welcome further development as your Company moves forward with its
mining plans for Clontibret.

Phase 2 will comprise underground mining and/or further surface pit(s). For the
underground mining option there are favourable grades and widths at depth that
have been identified by drilling. This ore could be accessed by a spiral ramp
at the base of the Phase 1 pit and mined by a high volume method such as
sublevel block caving.

The mining plan is also set in the context of the remaining 80 per cent of the
Clontibret gold target where significant gold intersections outside the planned
mine area for Phase 1 have been previously identified and are expected to be
economic to mine.

Exploration

Further highly encouraging results were achieved on your Company's exploration
licences. In particular, high resolution satellite imagery has identified 21
gold exploration targets as well as delineating five main lineament
orientations in the Longford-Down Massif. Positive results were also received
from a Structural Study undertaken at the Slieve Glah target in County Cavan,
Ireland. The study was carried out by independent consultant structural
geologists, Dr. Francis Murphy and Dr. David Coller. The study showed that the
gold mineralisation at Slieve Glah is associated with a major geological
structure, the Orlock Bridge Fault which appears to be the major structural
control on mineralisation in the area. The study highlighted the potential for
a concentration of gold mineralised faults and of gold target zones within the
gold-in-soil anomalies defined at Slieve Glah. These anomalies are
approximately 3 km (1.8 miles) in length.

The Slieve Glah area is located approximately 40 km (25 miles) to the south
east of the proposed gold mine at Clontibret in County Monaghan. The Orlock
Bridge Fault undergoes a significant strike swing, or bend, at Slieve Glah.
This has led to the development of a dilation zone which could hold significant
mineral potential.

Your Company has also made further progress with its gold exploration programme
in Finland with the granting of nine exploration claims in the Sodankyla region
of Northern Finland which we are delighted to receive having been involved in
gold exploration in Finland for many years.

Sodankyla has become a highly prospective region for gold and copper
exploration, hosting both the world class Kittila gold mine and the Kevitsa
nickel-copper mine. Previous exploration by your Company in the Sodankyla area
yielded very encouraging gold results and historic till sampling within the
area has reported values of over 4,000 ppb gold and up to 95 ppm copper. The
nine exploration claims which have been granted in Finland together cover an
area of 789Ha (c. 1,950 acres).

We look forward to our exploration programme in Finland complementing our
successful gold and base metal exploration in Ireland.

Finance

The loss after taxation for the half-year ended 30 November 2014 was €150,230
(2013: loss of €131,527) and the net assets as at 30 November 2014 were €
15,449,505 (2013: €13,224,751).

During the period, we raised £750,000 by way of placing and subscription, there
was also a debt conversion of £273,500 nominal of unsecured convertible loan
and an extension of warrants by five years.

Outlook

Your Company looks forward to continued progress with its planned gold mine at
Clontibret and its ongoing exploration programme for gold and base metals.

Directors and Staff

I would like to thank all of my fellow directors, staff and consultants for
their support and dedication, which has enabled the continued success of the
Company. I look forward to the future with confidence.

Yours faithfully,

Professor Richard Conroy Chairman

25 February 2015


                               INCOME STATEMENT

                     FOR HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2014

                                        Six months      Six months   Year ended
                                             ended           ended
                                       30 November     30 November       31 May
                                              2014            2013         2014
                                       (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)    (Audited)
                                                 €               €            €

OPERATING EXPENSES                       (150,230)       (125,588)    (374,323)

Finance income - bank interest                   -               -            -
receivable

Finance costs - interest on                      -         (5,939)      (5,982)
shareholder loan

LOSS BEFORE TAXATION                     (150,230)       (131,527)    (380,305)

Taxation                                         -               -            -

LOSS FOR HALF-YEAR                       (150,230)       (131,527)    (380,305)

Loss per ordinary share - basic          (€0.0004)       (€0.0004)    (€0.0012)
and diluted


                       STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

                     FOR HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2014

                                        Six months      Six months   Year ended
                                             ended           ended
                                       30 November     30 November       31 May
                                              2014            2013         2014
                                       (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)    (Audited)
                                                 €               €            €

LOSS FOR PERIOD                          (150,230)       (131,527)    (380,305)

Total income and expense                         -               -            -
recognised in other comprehensive
income

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE       (150,230)       (131,527)    (380,305)
PERIOD - ENTIRELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO
EQUITYHOLDERS


                        STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

                            AS AT 30 NOVEMBER 2014

                                       30 November    30 November        31 May
                                              2014           2013          2014
                                       (Unaudited)    (Unaudited)     (Audited)
ASSETS                                           €              €             €

Non-current Assets

Intangible assets                       16,623,673     15,302,446    16,033,308

Investment in Subsidiary                         2              2             2

Property, plant and equipment              279,253          5,363         7,854

                                        16,902,928     15,307,811    16,041,164

Current Assets

Trade and other receivables                 51,947        331,616        59,358

Cash and cash equivalents                  466,585         19,508        78,372

                                           518,532        351,124       137,730

Total Assets                            17,421,460     15,658,935    16,178,894

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

Capital and Reserves

Called up share capital                  4,373,208      8,936,758     3,520,000

Called up deferred share capital         6,135,597              -     6,135,597

Share premium                            8,855,525      7,926,342     8,447,949

Capital conversion reserve fund             30,617         30,617        30,617

Share based payments reserve             1,007,780      1,044,248     1,034,760

Retained losses                        (4,953,222)    (4,713,214)   (4,877,992)

Total Equity                            15,449,505     13,224,751    14,290,931

Non-current Liabilities

Convertible loan                                 -        996,075       324,952

Financial Liabilities                      191,022        293,215       191,022

Total Non-current Liabilities              191,022      1,289,290       515,974

Current Liabilities

Trade and other payables                 1,780,933      1,144,894     1,371,989

Total Current Liabilities                1,780,933      1,144,894     1,371,989

Total Liabilities                        1,971,955      2,434,184     1,887,963

Total Equity and Liabilities            17,421,460     15,658,935    16,178,894


                              CASH FLOW STATEMENT

                   FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2014

                                          Six months     Six months  Year ended
                                               ended          ended
                                         30 November     30 November     31 May
                                                2014           2013        2014
                                         (Unaudited)    (Unaudited)   (Audited)
                                                   €              €           €

Cash flows from operating activities

Cash generated/(used in) by                  279,130       (86,373)     186,680
operations

Tax paid                                           -              -           -

Net cash generated/(used in)by               279,130       (86,373)     186,680
operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Investment in exploration and              (547,312)      (417,334) (1,068,743)
evaluation

Payments to acquire property, plant        (279,436)              -           -
and equipment

Net cash used in investing activities      (826,748)      (417,334) (1,068,743)

Cash flows from financing activities

Issue of share capital                     1,260,783        207,836     812,621

Advances/(conversion) of shareholder               -      (752,560)     205,000
loan

Convertible loan conversion                (324,952)        996,075           -

Amount repaid to shareholders                      -              -   (114,600)

Interest paid on shareholder loan                  -              -    (14,450)

Net cash generated from financing            935,831        451,351     888,571
activities

Increase/(Decrease) in cash and cash         388,213       (52,356)       6,508
equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at                  78,372         71,864      71,864
beginning of period

Cash and cash equivalents at end of          466,585         19,508      78,372
period


                        STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

                   FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2014

                                          Capital
                                       Conversion    Share-based    Retained
                       Share     Share    Reserve        Payment    Earnings      Total
                    Capital   Premium       Fund         Reserve   (Deficit)     Equity
                          €         €          €               €           €          €

At 1 June 2014    9,655,597 8,447,949      30,617       1,034,760 (4,877,992) 14,290,931

Share issue         853,208         -          -               -           -    853,208

Share premium             -   446,772          -               -           -    446,772

Share issue               -  (39,196)          -               -           -   (39,196)
expenses

Share-based               -         -          -          48,020           -     48,020
payments
                          -         -          -        (75,000)      75,000          -
Transfer from
share-based
payment reserve
to retained
earnings/
(deficit)

Loss for the              -         -        -           -   (150,230)  (150,230)
period

At 30 November   10,508,805 8,855,525   30,617   1,007,780 (4,953,222) 15,449,505
2014

                                         Capital
                                      Conversion Share-based    Retained
                     Share     Share     Reserve     Payment    Earnings      Total
                   Capital   Premium        Fund     Reserve   (Deficit)     Equity
                         €         €           €           €           €          €

At 1 June 2013   8,737,547 7,917,717      30,617     969,735 (4,581,687) 13,073,929

Share issue        199,211         -           -           -           -    199,211

Share premium            -    10,457           -           -           -     10,457

Share issue              -   (1,832)           -           -           -    (1,832)
expenses

Share-based              -         -           -      74,513           -     74,513
payments

Loss for the             -         -           -           -   (131,527)  (131,527)
period

At 30 November   8,936,758 7,926,342      30,617   1,044,248 (4,713,214) 13,224,751
2013

Notes to the Financial Statements

1. Basis of preparation

The half-yearly financial statements have been prepared on the basis of the
recognition and measurement requirements of International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union (EU), and their
interpretations adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
The accounting policies used in the preparation of the half-yearly financial
information are the same as those used in the Company's audited financial
statements for the year ended 31 May 2014.

2. Earnings per share

The calculation of the loss per ordinary share of €0.0004 (2013: €0.0004) is
based on the loss for the financial year of €150,230 (2013: €131,527) and the
weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period of
363,060,039 (2013: 293,465,001).

Since the Company incurred a loss the effect of share options and warrants
would be anti-dilutive.

3. Dividends

No dividends were paid or are proposed in respect of the period ended 30
November 2014.

4. Copies of Accounts

A copy of the Half-Yearly Report will be available on the Company's website
www.conroygold.com and will be available from the Company's registered office,
10 Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin 2.

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