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CAML Central Asia Metals Plc

196.00
1.20 (0.62%)
Last Updated: 09:42:59
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Central Asia Metals Plc LSE:CAML London Ordinary Share GB00B67KBV28 ORD USD0.01
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  1.20 0.62% 196.00 195.40 196.00 197.40 190.00 190.00 61,033 09:42:59
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Copper Ores 220.86M 33.81M 0.1859 10.54 356.53M

Central Asia Metals PLC H1 2019 Operations Update (9959E)

10/07/2019 7:00am

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Central Asia Metals PLC

10 July 2019

10 July 2019

CENTRAL ASIA METALS PLC

('CAML' or the 'Company')

H1 2019 Operations Update

Central Asia Metals plc (AIM: CAML) today provides a H1 2019 operations update for the Kounrad dump leach, solvent extraction and electro-winning ('SX-EW') copper recovery plant in Kazakhstan ('Kounrad') and the Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia ('Sasa').

Highlights

   -      Production on track to meet full year guidance for copper, zinc and lead 

o H1 2019 Kounrad

-- Copper produced, 6,594 tonnes

o H1 2019 Sasa

-- Zinc in concentrate produced, 11,517 tonnes

-- Lead in concentrate produced, 14,357 tonnes

   -      Cash in the bank on 30 June 2019, $30.2 million 
   -      Gross debt on 30 June 2019, $126.4 million 

CAML production summary

 
 Metal production    Q2 2019   Q1 2019   H1 2019   H1 2018 
  (tonnes) 
 Copper                3,642     2,952     6,594     6,747 
                    --------  --------  --------  -------- 
 Zinc                  5,878     5,639    11,517    11,020 
                    --------  --------  --------  -------- 
 Lead                  7,145     7,212    14,357    14,386 
                    --------  --------  --------  -------- 
 

Nigel Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, commented:

"Today's update demonstrates another period of consistent delivery from our low cost Sasa and Kounrad operations, and we are pleased to be on track to meet our 2019 production guidance for all three base metals. We look forward to reporting our H1 2019 financial results on 17 September 2019."

Kounrad

Kounrad Q2 2019 copper production of 3,642 tonnes brings output for the first six months of 2019 to 6,594 tonnes. Total Kounrad copper production since operations commenced in 2012 is now 89,068 tonnes.

Total copper recovered from the Western Dumps in H1 2019 is 4,738 tonnes, equating to approximately 70% of the amount plated.

Copper sales during H1 2019 were 6,461 tonnes.

Sasa

In Q2 2019, mined and processed ore were 202,415 tonnes and 205,051 tonnes respectively, bringing the H1 2019 total to 400,251 tonnes of ore mined and 404,540 tonnes of ore processed. The average head grades for the Q2 2019 period were 3.31% zinc and 3.68% lead, and for H1 2019 were on average 3.28% and 3.76% respectively. The average H1 2019 metallurgical recoveries were 86.7% for zinc and 94.4% for lead.

Sasa produces a zinc concentrate and a separate lead concentrate. In Q2 2019, 11,859 tonnes of concentrate containing 49.6% zinc and 9,850 tonnes of concentrate containing 72.5% lead were produced. Total H1 2019 production was 23,306 tonnes of zinc concentrate at an average grade of 49.4% and 19,720 tonnes of lead concentrate at an average grade of 72.8%.

Sasa typically receives from smelters approximately 84% of the value of its zinc in concentrate and approximately 95% of the value of its lead in concentrate. Accordingly, Q2 2019 payable production of zinc was 4,929 tonnes and of lead was 6,788 tonnes, bringing total payable production for H1 2019 to 9,652 tonnes of zinc and 13,639 tonnes of lead. Given that deliveries from Sasa to the smelters occur on a regular basis, payable base metal in concentrate sales for the six-month period were similar at 9,708 tonnes of zinc and 13,731 tonnes of lead.

During H1 2019, Sasa sold 169,623 ounces of payable silver to Osisko Gold Royalties, in accordance with its streaming agreement.

 
                               Units      Q2 2019    Q1 2019   H1 2019   H1 2018 
 Ore mined                     t          202,415    197,836   400,251   390,932 
                              ---------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 Plant feed                    t          205,051    199,489   404,540   393,605 
                              ---------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 Zinc grade                    %             3.31       3.26      3.28      3.34 
                              ---------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 Zinc recovery                 %             86.7       86.8      86.7      83.8 
                              ---------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 Lead grade                    %             3.68       3.84      3.76      3.91 
                              ---------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 Lead recovery                 %             94.7       94.0      94.4      93.5 
                              ---------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 Zinc concentrate              t (dry)     11,859     11,447    23,306    22,624 
                              ---------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 
        *    Grade             %             49.6       49.3      49.4      48.7 
                              ---------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 
        *    Contained zinc    t            5,878      5,639    11,517    11,020 
                              ---------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 Lead concentrate              t (dry)      9,850      9,870    19,720    19,712 
                              ---------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 
        *    Grade             %             72.5       73.1      72.8      73.0 
                              ---------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 
        *    Contained lead    t            7,145      7,212    14,357    14,386 
                              ---------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 

Cash and gross debt

As of 30 June 2019, CAML had cash in the bank of $30.2 million and gross debt of $126.4 million.

For further information contact:

 
Central Asia Metals                  Tel: +44 (0) 20 7898 9001 
Nigel Robinson, CEO 
Gavin Ferrar, CFO 
Louise Wrathall, Investor Relations  louise.wrathall@centralasiametals.com 
 
Peel Hunt (Nominated Advisor and     Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900 
 Joint Broker) 
Ross Allister 
James Bavister 
David McKeown 
 
BMO Capital Markets (Joint Broker)   Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1010 
Jeff Couch 
Thomas Rider 
Neil Elliot 
 
Blytheweigh (PR Advisors)            Tel: +44 (0) 20 7138 3204 
Tim Blythe 
Camilla Horsfall 
Megan Ray 
 

Note to editors:

Central Asia Metals, an AIM-listed UK company based in London, owns 100% of the Kounrad SX-EW copper project in central Kazakhstan and the Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia.

For further information, please visit: www.centralasiametals.com and https://twitter.com/CamlMetals

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

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