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GDP Goldplat Plc

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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Goldplat Plc LSE:GDP London Ordinary Share GB00B0HCWM45 ORD 1P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.30 4.92% 6.40 6.30 6.50 6.40 6.10 6.10 98,231 13:22:35
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Gold Ores 41.88M 2.8M 0.0167 3.71 10.4M

Goldplat plc Quarterly Update (3779R)

29/10/2019 7:00am

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Goldplat plc

29 October 2019

Goldplat plc / Ticker: GDP / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining & Exploration

29 October 2019

Goldplat plc

('Goldplat', the 'Group' or 'the Company')

Quarterly Update

Goldplat plc, the AIM listed gold producer, with international gold recovery operations located in South Africa and Ghana and a gold mine in Kenya, is pleased to announce an operational update for the three months ending 30 September 2019 (the 'Quarter') and a return to Group profitability before and after tax.

The following events have contributed to the improved performance during the Quarter -

   --    The continued production in South Africa was supported by the increase in gold price; 
   --    Increase in production levels in Ghana due to increase in material sourced; 

-- Reduction in losses at Kilimapesa due to the mine being on care and maintenance, with only artisanal tailings being processed to contribute towards the costs of care and maintenance;

-- Cost reductions and improved operational efficiencies throughout the Group over the past year are contributing to profitability, including cost reductions on central group overheads;

-- Improvement in certain plant operational efficiencies have not only reduced costs but improved gold recovery;

-- Some of the cost savings have been invested into material sourcing initiatives and increasing physical security in South Africa.

We remain committed to our key initiatives of increasing long term visibility of earnings in the recovery business and finding an investment partner or buyer for Kilimapesa.

We aim to achieve improved visibility of earnings in the recovery business through:

-- improving our gold recoveries from lower grade contaminated material so that this type of material can be treated profitably. Reserves of lower grade materials are more readily available and where we can source stockpiles of this material the sourcing risk is alleviated;

-- Increased investment into sourcing initiatives and test work on a wider range of materials, including PGM discards.

To help shareholders' understanding of the Group's performance we are also pleased to initiate quarterly reporting of the sales and operating profit, on an unaudited basis, of each principal operating entity.

Goldplat Recovery (Pty) Ltd ('GPL')

GPL maintained good production levels and recorded sales during the Quarter of GBP4,479,000. In comparison, sales in the first quarter of the previous financial period (QTR1 FY2019: GBP3,374,000) were low because of specific production issues. The improvement in production levels year-on-year, supported by higher gold prices, resulted in an increase in quarterly operating profit to GBP1,074,000 (QTR1 FY2019: loss of GBP252,000).

Towards the end of the Quarter, we started to install the first stage of a pre-treatment section to the largest CIL section at a cost of GBP70,000. Pre-treatment is intended to improve recoveries of and margins on lower grade contaminated material and together with efforts to reduce operating costs, should allow us to source and profitably process lower grade contaminated material.

Our tailings storage facility ('TSF') is approaching full capacity in its current form and we will be spending GBP250,000 during the quarter to increase its life by a further 12 to 18 months. After consultation with various governmental departments we have concluded that the costs we will need to incur to allow us to deposit into West Pit 3 will be more than those needed to extend our current TSF. In addition, we have started the design of the a TSF which we plan to be approved, constructed and commissioned during the next 12 months at an estimated cost of between GBP500,000 to GBP700,000.

Once we have established the new TSF, the existing TSF, which contains circa 88,000 oz of gold, can be allowed to dry out after which we can look at monetising this asset.

Gold Recovery Ghana ('GRG')

GRG experienced increased activity during the Quarter, achieving sales of GBP1,175,000 (QTR1 FY2019: GBP805,000) resulting in a small operating profit GBP23,000 (QTR1 FY2019: loss of GBP203,000).

The current indications are that the next quarter's results should improve further, however the sourcing of material to process remains sporadic and the visibility of future consignments remains low.

There are indications that we are penetrating the West African market as planned and we remain optimistic that we will receive support from the various Governments and the mines to expand our market reach to source material in West Africa. We have more than a decade of history in Ghana and we are optimistic that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries will support our Ghana operation, being a regional enterprise.

We are exploring the opportunities for toll treating lower grade material from Artisanal sources in Ghana. This potential new revenue stream will be subject to obtaining support from the Minerals Commission of Ghana.

Kilimapesa Gold ('KPG')

The mine remains on care and maintenance; mining has ceased and we are only incurring costs on security at the mining sites to safeguard our assets.

To reduce the cash costs of care and maintenance and to support the local community while we seek an investment partner, we are processing batches of artisanal material, which we will continue to do whilst it makes a cash contribution to the care and maintenance costs.

Operating losses were GBP127,000 for the Quarter (QTR1 FY2019: loss of GBP352,000). The operating loss for the quarter, excluding depreciation of GBP69,000, was GBP58,000. In comparison the estimated cost of care and maintenance would have been GBP150,000 for the Quarter, if we did not run the plant.

The majority of VAT refunds that have been received so far of GBP345,000 has been applied to reduce debt.

Anumso Gold Corp ('Anumso')

We have agreed with our Joint Venture partner at Anumso, Desert Gold (Ashanti Gold and Desert Gold merged towards the end of September 2019), to seek a buyer for the Anumso gold project. We have had initial early stage discussions of possible terms with some interested parties.

For further information visit www.goldplat.com, follow on Twitter @GoldPlatPlc or contact:

 
 Werner Klingenberg           Goldplat plc (CEO)                 Tel: +27 (0) 82 051 
                                                                  1071 
 
 
 Colin Aaronson / Richard     Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated   Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 
  Tonthat / Ben AO Roberts     Adviser)                           5100 
 
 
 James Joyce / Jessica Cave   WH Ireland Limited (Broker)        Tel: +44 (0) 207 
                                                                  220 1666 
 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

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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