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20 January 2025
Strategic Minerals plc
("Strategic Minerals" or the "Company")
December Quarter 2024 and Full Year 2024 Sales and Cash Balances
Strategic Minerals plc (AIM: SML; USOTC: SMCDY), a producing mineral company, is pleased to provide the following update on the Company's ore sales at the Cobre magnetite operation in New Mexico, USA ("Cobre") for the quarter ended 31 December 2024 and the full year 2024.
Highlights
· December quarter sales volumes of 19,952 tonnes (December quarter 2023: 4,478 tonnes).
· Full year sales volumes of 70,658 tonnes (Full year 2023: 17,965) exceeding prior management guidance.
· December quarter revenue of US$1.33m (December 2023: US$0.39m).
· Full year revenue US$4.7m (Full year 2023: US$1.5m) and exceeding guidance.
· Group cash balance of US$0.62m as at 31 December 2024 (US$0.10m as at 31 December 2023).
· In November the Company announced an extension of its access to the Cobre Magnetite stockpile from 31 March 2027 to 31 March 2029 and a new significant purchase order for 2025, underpinning the revenue profile of the Company going forward.
· In December, the Company's 100% subsidiary Cornwall Resources Limited ("CRL"), announced relogging and sample of its existing diamond drill core at the Redmoor, leveraging a positive environment for critical minerals as designated by the EU Critical Raw Materials Act and the UK 2024 Criticality Assessment.
Sales update: Cobre magnetite tailings operations
The Company posted record sales volumes in the December quarter 2024 at 19,952 tonnes, and the largest annual sales volumes for the full year since 2017 at 70,658 tonnes, equating to US$4.7m of sales revenues, exceeding management guidance and representing a significant increase relative to 2023 annual sales revenue.
The Company continues to benefit from the return of Cobre's major client in the 2024 operational year and the in-country team have consistently delivered when scaling operations to meet demand.
On 28 November, the Company announced an extension of its access to the Cobre Magnetite stockpile from 31 March 2027 to 31 March 2029 and a new significant purchase order of up to 30,000 tonnes from a major client for 2025, underpinning the revenue profile of the Company going forward.
Sales comparisons on quarterly and annual periods to 31 December 2021, along with associated volume details, are shown in the table below:
Tonnage
Sales (US$'000)
Year
3 months to Dec
12 months to Dec
3 months to Dec
12 months to Dec
2024
19,952
70,658
1,335
4,741
2023
4,478
17,965
391
1,576
2022
5,638
36,281
464
2,446
2021
7,245
42,637
493
2,611
Cash Balances
As at 31 December 2024, the Company's cash balance was US$0.62m (31 December 2023: US$0.1m).
This was due to stellar operational performance for the full year, as well as early realisation of certain debtors.
In H2 2024, the Company also cleared US$0.49m of liabilities, attributable to working capital loans & interest (US$0.10m), former Director & Management fees (US$0.10m) and Director & Management fees (US$0.24m). This is a significant achievement and leaves the with a clear path to continue to rationalise the portfolio and increase the focus on CRL and critical minerals exploration and development.
Cornwall Resources Limited
In December, the Company's 100% subsidiary CRL, announced it was continuing to develop the Redmoor Tungsten-Tin-Copper Project through a process of relogging and sampling of its existing diamond drill core, and other exploration and project activities in order to further define drill holes targets and expected to lead to both an updated geological model and ultimately a revised new mineral resource.
Exploration and development work continues within an increasingly favourable environment for critical minerals, with tungsten and copper being designated "Strategic Raw Materials" under the EU Critical Raw Materials Act and tungsten and tin designated under the UK 2024 Criticality Assessment. CRL will now pursue a number of strategic project applications now open to the Redmoor Project.
Commenting, Mark Burnett, Executive Director of Strategic Minerals, said:
"The Company posted some significant operational and financial results in 2024 which will support the business in 2025 as we continue to rationalise the portfolio, maintain focus on critical minerals exploration and development at the Redmoor Tungsten-Tin-Copper Project, and strive to deliver returns to shareholders. I would like to thank the whole team for their dedication and determination in 2024." |
not if but when this rockets...all loaded up
Significant Shareholders
The following tables show those shareholders who have a holding of 3% or more of the Company’s issued share capital (except treasury shares) and the shareholdings of the directors of the Company.
Name
No. Ordinary Shares
Current % of Issued Share Capital
Charles and Alexandra Manners
91,130,742
4.52
RAB Capital (Philip Richards) 81,000,000 4.02
John Peters
81,000,000 4.02
Peter Wale
80,767,266
4.01 |
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Rockwood Strategic plc
("RKW"or the "Company")
Issue of Equity and TVR
On 4 December 2024, the Company agreed to issue 190,000 ordinary shares of 5 pence each at a price of 255.98 pence per share from itsfrom its blocklisting facility. The shares will be issued for cash on 6 December 2024
On 6 December 2024, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 36,587,663 ordinary shares and there are no shares held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 36,587,663.
The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest, or a change to their interest, in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. |
imjustdandy. Can you talk us through your £30m valuation on Cornwall resources?
The appeal is that at the moment we have a sustainable, profitable business at Cobre limiting the dilution. Meanwhile, Cornwall is progressing, slowly but also very cheaply!
Key thing is we have a JORC there:
JORC Compliant (2012) Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate published 14 February 2019, of 11.7Mt at 1.17% Tin equivalent, made up of Tungsten, Tin and Copper.
And the next key input is all that core relogging:
Historical Redmoor core relogging now >50% completed with latest results expected early in 2025, following shipment of new samples for analysis - process remains ongoing and is expected to lead to both an updated geological model & ultimately a revised new mineral resource.
It's been a long wait but with Cobre now renegotiated to 2029 and profitable it rather underpins the investment. |
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