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GGP Greatland Gold Plc

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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Greatland Gold Plc LSE:GGP London Ordinary Share GB00B15XDH89 ORD 0.1P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 5.97 5.90 6.00 0.00 01:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Gold Ores 0 -21.12M -0.0041 -14.51 302.88M

Greatland Gold PLC Interim Results (5279H)

13/03/2018 8:35am

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Greatland Gold PLC

13 March 2018

Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement that contains inside information according to REGULATION (EU) No 596/2014 (MAR).

13 March 2018

Greatland Gold plc

("Greatland" or "the Company")

Interim Results

Greatland Gold plc ("AIM:GGP)), the precious and base metals mineral exploration and development company, announces its results for the six months ended 31 December 2017.

H1 Summary

   --     Successful exploration campaigns at its Ernest Giles, Paterson and Panorama projects 

o Ernest Giles:

-- Mobile Metal Ion ("MMI") surface geochemistry identified multiple gold anomalies at Ernest Giles East with key clusters exhibiting a strike in excess of 9 kilometres long and 3 kilometres wide;

-- Post period, the Company announced a drilling programme after Newmont Exploration Pty Ltd's ("Newmont") proprietary technology identified a new large gold anomaly at the Meadows area.

o Paterson:

-- Increased its land holdings in the Paterson region by acquiring 100% of the Black Hills gold project;

-- Encouraging exploration results indicated that the Havieron copper/gold target may be significantly larger than previously expected.

o Panorama:

-- First exploration campaign in the Pilbara region confirmed the potential for a high grade zone of gold mineralisation in the northern licence;

-- Identified two clusters of gold anomalies coincident with the base of the Mt Roe basalt and adjacent conglomerates in southern licence.

-- Company is well financed with cash and cash equivalents of approximately GBP4.5 million at 31 December 2017 (30 June 2017: GBP930,500; 31 December 2016: GBP547,713).

Gervaise Heddle, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "The first half of the year was characterised by operational progress across all the Company's key projects as well as achieving financial stability through successful fundraising. Specifically, the first half saw strong progress and encouraging results at Ernest Giles, Paterson and Panorama projects.

"Looking ahead, the Company is in a very strong financial position to pursue its strategy of advancing exploration across its portfolio of quality projects and identifying and acquiring new underexplored projects, such as the Black Hills gold project in the Paterson region. The next 12-18 months will see the Company pursue multiple targeted exploration campaigns across its portfolio, including at Ernest Giles where encouraging gold anomalies were identified during Newmont's examination of the project."

Strategy

The Company's strategy remains to maximise shareholder value by advancing exploration across the Company's core portfolio of existing exploration projects while seeking to acquire new opportunities in the precious and base metal sectors.

During the first six months of the financial year, general commodity and financial market conditions continued to improve. In anticipation of a sustained recovery in the commodity sector, the Company believes that active exploration across its portfolio of existing projects and the selective acquisition of new projects provides the best path to enhance shareholder value.

Operational Review

During the first half of the financial year, the Company engaged in active exploration campaigns across three of its key exploration projects and acquired the right to 100% of the Black Hills gold project in the Paterson region.

Ernest Giles

At Ernest Giles, Mobile Metal Ion ("MMI") surface geochemistry identified multiple gold anomalies over 60 kilometres of strike at the eastern region of the Ernest Giles gold project. Several clusters of gold anomalies were identified with key clusters exhibiting a strike in excess of 9 kilometres long and 3 kilometres wide. These results followed the successful drilling results at the western region of the Ernest Giles project (announced 12 January 2017 and 19 January 2017) and further highlighted the potential of the vast and virtually unexplored Ernest Giles greenstone belt.

Subsequent to the end of the first half of the financial year, Greatland was notified by Newmont that it would not be proceeding with the Ernest Giles project. Newmont had a six month right of first refusal over the Ernest Giles project (as announced 16 May 2017) which has lapsed. While Newmont's decision was disappointing, the Company was very encouraged by the results of Newmont's Deep Sensing Geochemistry ("DSG") survey. In particular, the DSG survey identified a large 5km by 1km gold anomaly at the Meadows area, immediately to the north of Greatland's previous drilling, that has not been drill tested. Subsequently, the Company has announced a drilling programme at the Ernest Giles project including plans for approximately twenty-four drill holes at the Meadows area to test the anomalies identified by Newmont.

Paterson

At the Paterson project, encouraging MMI and gravity results indicated that the Havieron copper/gold target might be significantly larger than previously expected. Moreover, detection of certain pathfinder elements by MMI sampling, including cerium, lanthanum and uranium, supports the Company's view that Havieron is potentially an Iron Oxide Copper Gold ("IOCG") system.

Black Hills

In November 2017, the Company acquired 100% of the Black Hills gold project (E45/4512). The Black Hills gold project covers 25 square kilometres and represents an important strategic addition to the Company's Paterson project. Historical work at Black Hills by companies including Newcrest Limited demonstrated high grade gold at surface with rock chip results up to 90g/t gold and drill intercepts including 4m at 7.0g/t gold from 25 metres. Greatland has been encouraged by the increased level of interest in the Paterson region as evidenced by the substantial number of new exploration licence applications lodged by several key industry participants in recent months.

Panorama

At the Panorama project in the Pilbara region, the Company embarked on its first exploration campaign at this new and exciting project. The Pilbara region received a lot of attention from resource investors in the second half of 2017 and the Company is fortunate to have an established position in the region. The maiden exploration campaign conducted by the Company was successful in identifying two clusters of gold anomalies coincident with the base of the Mt Roe basalt and adjacent conglomerates. Moreover, rock chip sampling on the northern licence also confirmed historic rock chip sampling results that indicate a potential high grade zone of gold mineralisation in bedrock approximately 3.2 kilometres long.

Financials

Greatland reported an unaudited operating loss for the six months ended 31 December 2017 of GBP718,096 (six months to December 2016: loss of GBP608,421). Loss per share for the period of 0.03p (six months to December 2016: 0.04p). The Company is well financed with approximately GBP4.5 million in cash as at 31 December 2017, which will enable the Company to pursue multiple targeted exploration campaigns across its key projects over the next 12-18 months.

Outlook

In 2018, Greatland intends to use its strong financial position to accelerate exploration across its portfolio of exciting exploration assets. In the second half of the financial year, the Company has already announced new drilling campaigns at the Ernest Giles project and the Paterson project, both of which are scheduled for the second quarter of calendar 2018. We look forward to updating the market on the results from these exploration campaigns and to providing details on additional exploration campaigns at Greatand's other key projects as exploration plans are finalised.

Group statement of comprehensive income

 
                               6 months       6 months    Year ended 
                                     to             to       30 June 
                            31 December    31 December          2017 
                                   2017           2016 
                              Unaudited      Unaudited       Audited 
                                    GBP            GBP           GBP 
 Turnover                             -              -             - 
 
 Exploration expenses         (350,544)      (312,549)     (557,848) 
 Administrative 
  expenses                    (367,552)      (295,872)     (694,186) 
 
 Operating loss               (718,096)      (608,421)   (1,252,034) 
 Finance revenue                  1,108          1,002         1,500 
 
 Loss on ordinary 
  activities before 
  taxation                    (716,988)      (607,419)   (1,250,534) 
 Tax on loss on                       -              -             - 
  ordinary activities 
                          -------------  -------------  ------------ 
 Loss for the financial 
  period                      (716,988)      (607,419)   (1,250,534) 
                          -------------  -------------  ------------ 
 Other comprehensive 
  income 
 Exchange differences 
  on translation 
  of foreign operations          87,338         19,906        29,240 
                          -------------  -------------  ------------ 
 Other comprehensive 
  income/(loss) 
  for the year net 
  of taxation                    87,338         19,906        29,240 
 
 Total comprehensive 
  loss for the year 
  attributable to 
  equity holders 
  of the parent               (629,650)      (587,513)   (1,221,294) 
                          -------------  -------------  ------------ 
 
 Loss per share 
  - see note 3                   (0.03)         (0.04)        (0.07) 
  Basic                           pence          pence         pence 
                          -------------  -------------  ------------ 
 

Group balance sheet

 
                           31 December          31 December              30 June 
                                  2017                 2016                 2017 
                             Unaudited            Unaudited              Audited 
                                   GBP                  GBP                  GBP 
 Assets 
 Non-current 
  assets 
 Tangible assets                     -                8,549                    - 
  Intangible assets            850,756              581,054              671,515 
                        --------------       --------------       -------------- 
 Total non-current 
  assets                       850,756              589,603              671,515 
                        --------------       --------------       -------------- 
 Current assets 
  Cash and cash 
   equivalents               4,499,411              547,713              930,500 
  Trade and other 
   receivables                  63,702               86,862               51,793 
                        --------------       --------------       -------------- 
 Total current 
  assets                     4,563,113              634,575              982,293 
                        --------------       -------------- 
 Total assets                5,413,869            1,224,178            1,653,808 
                        --------------       -------------- 
 Liabilities 
 Current liabilities 
 Trade and other 
  payables                   (118,882)            (126,487)            (118,829) 
                        --------------       --------------       -------------- 
 Total liabilities           (118,882)            (126,487)            (118,829) 
                        --------------       --------------       -------------- 
 Net assets                  5,294,987            1,097,691            1,534,979 
                        --------------       --------------       -------------- 
 
 Equity 
  Called up share 
   capital                   1,185,830            1,056,239            1,091,598 
  Share premium 
   reserve                  11,310,916            6,095,307            7,042,627 
  Share based 
   payment reserve             250,278              329,724              328,060 
  Retained losses          (7,835,431)          (6,670,302)          (7,223,363) 
  Other reserves               383,394              286,723              296,057 
                        --------------       --------------       -------------- 
 Total equity                5,294,987            1,097,691            1,534,979 
                        --------------       --------------       -------------- 
 
 

Group cash flow statement

 
                                    6 months           6 months        Year ended 
                                          to                 to           30 June 
                                 31 December        31 December              2017 
                                        2017               2016 
                                   Unaudited          Unaudited           Audited 
                                         GBP                GBP               GBP 
 
   Cash flow from 
   operating activities 
 Operating loss                    (718,096)          (608,421)       (1,252,034) 
 (Increase)/Decrease 
  in receivables                    (11,909)              1,567            36,637 
 (Decrease)/Increase 
  in payables                           (55)             58,357            50,698 
 Share option charge                  27,138             52,191           140,580 
 Depreciation                              -                  -             1,405 
 
 Net cash outflow 
  from operations                  (702,922)          (496,306)       (1,022,714) 
                                ------------      -------------      ------------ 
 
   Cash flows from 
   investing activities 
 Interest received                     1,108              1,002             1,500 
 Disposal of fixed 
  assets                                   -                  -             7,251 
 Payments to acquire 
  tangible assets                  (197,612)          (229,723)         (319,011) 
 
 Net cash outflow 
  from investing 
  activities                       (196,504)          (228,721)         (310,260) 
                                ------------      -------------      ------------ 
 
   Cash inflows from 
   financing activities 
 Proceeds from issue 
  of shares                        4,437,988            409,500         1,409,679 
  Transaction costs 
   of issue of shares               (75,467)           (20,475)          (37,975) 
                                ------------      -------------      ------------ 
 Net cash flows 
  from financing 
  activities                       4,362,521            389,025         1,371,704 
                                ------------      -------------      ------------ 
 
  Net increase/(decrease) 
  in cash and cash 
  equivalents 
  Cash and cash equivalents        3,463,095          (336,002)            38,730 
  at the beginning 
  of period                          930,500            883,478           883,478 
  Exchange gain on 
  cash and cash equivalents          105,816                237             8,292 
                                ------------      -------------      ------------ 
 Cash and cash equivalents 
  at end of period                 4,499,411            547,713           930,500 
                                ------------      -------------      ------------ 
 
 
 

Statement of group changes in equity

 
      Called      Share      Share    Retained       Other   Total 
    up share    premium      based    earnings    reserves 
     capital    account    payment 
                           reserve 
         GBP        GBP        GBP         GBP         GBP     GBP 
 
 
 As at 30 
  June 2016    1,041,614   5,720,907   277,533   (6,062,883)   266,817   1,243,988 
              ----------  ----------  --------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 
 
 Loss for 
  the period                      -           -          -   (1,250,534)         -   (1,250,534) 
 Currency 
  translation 
  differences                     -           -          -             -    29,239        29,239 
                         ----------  ----------  ---------  ------------  --------  ------------ 
 Total comprehensive 
  income                          -           -          -   (1,250,534)    29,239   (1,221,295) 
 Share option 
  charge                          -           -    140,581             -         -       140,581 
 Transfer 
  of exercise 
  of options                      -           -   (90,054)        90,054         -             - 
 Share capital 
  issued                     49,984   1,359,695          -             -         -     1,409,679 
 Cost of share 
  issue                           -    (37,975)          -             -         -      (37,975) 
                         ----------  ----------  ---------  ------------  --------  ------------ 
 Total contributions 
  by and distributions 
  to owners 
  of the Company             49,984   1,321,720     50,527        90,054         -     1,512,285 
                         ----------  ----------  ---------  ------------  --------  ------------ 
 As at 30 
  June 2017               1,091,598   7,042,627    328,060   (7,223,363)   296,056     1,534,978 
                         ----------  ----------  ---------  ------------  --------  ------------ 
 
 
 Loss for 
  the period                      -            -           -     (716,988)         -   (716,988) 
 Currency 
  translation 
  differences                     -            -           -             -    87,338      87,338 
                         ----------  -----------  ----------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 Total comprehensive 
  income                          -            -           -     (716,988)    87,338   (629,650) 
 Share option 
  charge                          -            -      27,138             -         -      27,138 
 Transfer 
  of exercise 
  of options                      -            -   (104,920)       104,920         -           - 
 Share capital 
  issued                     94,232    4,343,756           -             -         -   4,437,988 
 Cost of share 
  issue                           -     (75,467)           -             -         -    (75,467) 
                         ----------  -----------  ----------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 Total contributions 
  by and distributions 
  to owners 
  of the Company             94,232    4,268,289    (77,782)       104,920         -   4,389,659 
                         ----------  -----------  ----------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 As at 31 
  December 
  2017                    1,185,830   11,310,916     250,278   (7,835,431)   383,394   5,294,987 
                         ----------  -----------  ----------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 

Statements of changes in other reserves

 
         Merger reserve        Foreign   Total other 
                              currency      reserves 
                           translation 
                               reserve 
 Group              GBP            GBP           GBP 
 
 
 As at 30 June 
  2016                   225,000   41,817   266,817 
                        --------  -------  -------- 
 
 Currency translation 
  differences                  -   29,239    29,239 
                        --------  -------  -------- 
 As at 30 June 
  2017                   225,000   71,056   296,056 
                        --------  -------  -------- 
 
 
 Currency translation 
  differences                  -    87,338    87,338 
                        --------  -------- 
 As at 31 December 
  2017                   225,000   158,394   383,394 
                        --------  --------  -------- 
 

Half-yearly report notes

1. Half-yearly report

This half-yearly report was approved by the Directors on 13 March 2018.

The information relating to the six month periods ended 31 December 2016 and 31 December 2017 are unaudited.

The information relating to the year ended 30 June 2017 is extracted from the audited financial statements of the Company which have been filed at Companies House and on which the auditors issued an unqualified audit report.

2. Basis of accounting

The report has been prepared using accounting policies and practices that are consistent with those adopted in the statutory financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2017, although the information does not constitute statutory financial statements within the meaning of the Companies Act 2006. The half-yearly report has been prepared under the historical cost convention.

These half-yearly financial statements consolidate the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiary and are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted for use in the European Union.

This half-year report does not include all the notes of the type normally included in an annual financial report. Accordingly, this report should be read in conjunction with the annual report for the year ended 30 June 2017.

The Company and Group will report again for the full year ended 30 June 2018.

3. Loss per share

 
                            6 months          6 months        Year ended 
                                  to                to           30 June 
                         31 December       31 December              2017 
                                2017              2016 
                           Unaudited         Unaudited           Audited 
                                 GBP               GBP               GBP 
 
 These have been 
  calculated on 
  a loss of:               (716,988)         (607,419)       (1,250,534) 
                    ----------------  ----------------  ---------------- 
 
   The weighted 
   average number 
   of shares used 
   was:                2,547,928,996     1,357,691,656     1,694,378,384 
                    ----------------  ----------------  ---------------- 
 
   Basic loss per             (0.03)            (0.04)            (0.07) 
   share:                      pence             pence             pence 
                    ----------------  ----------------  ---------------- 
 

Copies of this half-yearly report are available free of charge by application in writing to the Company Secretary at the Company's registered office, 55 Gower Street, London WC1E 6HQ, or by email to info@greatlandgold.com. The report will also be made available on the Company's website: www.greatlandgold.com in compliance with the AIM Rules of Companies.

End

Enquiries:

Greatland Gold PLC

Callum Baxter/Gervaise Heddle

Tel +44 (0)20 3709 4900

Email: info@greatlandgold.com

www.greatlandgold.com

SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated Adviser)

Mark Brady/Andrew Emmott/James Keeshan

Tel +44 (0)20 3368 3550

SI Capital Limited (Broker)

Nick Emerson/Alan Gunn

Tel +44 (0)14 8341 3500

Luther Pendragon (Media and Investor Relations)

Harry Chathli/Ana Ribeiro/Alexis Gore

Tel +44 (0)20 7618 9100

Notes for Editors:

Greatland Gold plc is London listed (LON:GGP) natural resource exploration and development company with a current focus on gold and nickel exploration projects.

The Company has six main projects; four situated in Western Australia and two in Tasmania. All projects are 100% owned by Greatland or Greatland has the right to take 100% ownership.

Greatland is seeking to identify large mineral deposits in areas that have not been subject to extensive exploration previously. It is widely recognised that the next generation of large deposits will come from such under-explored areas and Greatland is applying advanced exploration techniques to investigate a number of carefully selected targets within its focused licence portfolio.

The Company is also actively investigating a range of new opportunities in precious and strategic metals and will update the market on new opportunities as and when appropriate.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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