Perth, Australia – 15 May 2014 – Mawson West Limited (TSX: MWE) (“Mawson West” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce it has released its financial results and related Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) incorporating the three months (“the Quarter” or “Q1”) to 31 March 2014.
Highlights:
- Copper sales of 1,138 tonnes and silver sales of 39,446 ounces
- Revenue of US$6.8 million
- Cash of US$23.0 million at the end of the Quarter (following debt retirement of US$7.5m,
US$5.2m of Dikulushi tax payments and continued investment in Kapulo long lead items)
- Subsequent to the Quarter end, executed offtake arrangement with Trafigura Pte Ltd ( “Trafigura”)
- Trafigura offtake arrangement included a prepayment facility of US$50.0 million, which was fully
drawn-down in April 2014.
Mawson West Chief Executive Bruce McFadzean said: “During the Quarter we continued to focus on production from the Dikulushi underground operation, having transitioned from processing high grade open pit material in the previous quarter. Given this transition, we experienced a scheduled reduction in our copper and silver output.
“However as we continue to ramp up production from the Dikulushi underground mine we remain confident of realising our FY 2014 production target of 7-9k tonnes of copper in concentrate. In addition, underground exploration drilling currently underway has the potential to significantly increase the underground resource at Dikulushi, extending the life of mine beyond Q3 2014.
“It was very pleasing to announce, subsequent to the end of the Quarter, Mawson West had secured with Trafigura an offtake agreement and a US$50 million prepayment facility. Executing such an agreement enables us to complete the remaining development of our Kapulo project and we now expect to commence commissioning in Q4 2014, bringing on projected annualized production of 20k tonnes of copper in concentrate.
“With continued production from Dikulushi and the Kapulo development advancing towards production Mawson West remains strongly positioned for growth.”
Conference Call
Mawson West will host a Q1 results conference call on Tuesday 20, May 2014 at 10.00am (North American Eastern Standard Time) (1.00pm London; 10.00pm Perth; 12.00am Sydney).
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Bruce McFadzean, and Chief Financial Officer, Mark Di Silvio will discuss the Company’s financial and operating results for the Quarter, followed by questions from analysts and shareholders.
Dial in details for the conference call have been provided on page three (3) of this announcement
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Key highlights of the Quarter include: Financial (in thousands of US dollars except as otherwise noted) Revenue Three months ended March 31 2014 Operational
• Construction activities at the Kapulo project continued during the Quarter with further orders of long lead items placed. As at the end of the Quarter, cumulative construction expenditure totalled US$80.8 million (including owner’s costs but before evaluation, pre-stripping and funding costs), with forecast total construction expenditure of US$124 million. Commissioning is expected for Q4 2014. Exploration and Resource Definition
6,810 (1,070) (4,761) (2.9) 6,993 1,138 3.47 2013 44,482 18,074 11,949 6.4 7,893 4,698 0.31 2 |
Subsequent Events
- In April 2014, Mawson West announced that it had entered into an offtake agreement, through its 90% owned subsidiary Anvil Mining Congo SARL (“AMC”), with Trafigura to sell 100% of the copper concentrate produced at the Dikulushi and Kapulo mines for a period of 48 months from the commencement of commercial production at Kapulo. As part of the offtake arrangements Trafigura provided a prepayment facility of US$50.0 million, which was fully drawn-down in April 2014.
- Mr. Louis Rozman resigned as a Non-Executive Director on April 4, 2014.
- Mr. Mark Hohnen and Ms. Susie Corlett were appointed as Non-Executive Directors of the
Company on April 5, 2014.
Conference Call
Interested parties may access the conference call by using the following dial-in numbers.
- Canada 1866 307 0658
- United States 1866 307 0659
- United Kingdom 0808 238 9067
- Australia 1800 153 721
- New Zealand 0800 442 709
- International Toll 612 8212 8333
Participant PIN Code: 29244#
Dial-in access details for other countries can be obtained from the below web address: http://www.arkadin.com/beamon/ITFS/ANZ_Jan_2013.pdf.
Please connect approximately 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the call.
A recorded playback of the conference call can be accessed from the below web address after the event:http://www.mawsonwest.com/irm/content/webcasts.aspx?RID=317.
About Mawson West
For further information please contact:
Bruce McFadzean
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Telephone: +61 8 9485 9800
Email: bmcfadzean@mawsonwest.com
Kusal Meemeduma
MAGNUS Investor Relations Telephone: +61 2 8999 1010
Email: kmeemeduma@magnus.net.au
Mark Di Silvio
Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: +61 8 9485 9800
Email: mdisilvio@mawsonwest.com
Michelle Roth
Roth Investor Relations Inc. Telephone: +1 732 792 2200 Email: michelleroth@rothir.com
