Anaconda Mining Announces Q4 and Full Year 2021 Financial Results
Anaconda Mining reported its financial results for the year ending December 31, 2021, producing 12,054 ounces of gold, achieving revised guidance. The company generated $27.8 million in metal revenue, down 33% from 2020, with an average realized gold price of C$2,261 (US$1,804) per ounce. Operating cash costs were C$2,152 (US$1,717) per ounce, at the lower end of guidance. Net loss for 2021 was $7.1 million or $0.04 per share, compared to a profit of $8.2 million in 2020. The company invested $13 million in exploration, focusing on the Goldboro project.
- Produced 12,054 ounces of gold, meeting revised guidance.
- Invested $13 million in exploration and development, particularly in the Goldboro Gold Project.
- Set target for 2022 production between 21,500 and 23,000 ounces at reduced operating cash costs.
- Net loss of $7.1 million, compared to net income of $8.2 million in 2020.
- 33% decrease in metal revenue due to lower gold production.
- Operating cash costs higher than previous years, attributed to a lower grade profile.
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / February 24, 2022 / Anaconda Mining Inc. ("Anaconda" or the "Company") (TSX:ANX) (OTCQX:ANXGF) is pleased to report its financial and operating results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2021 ("Q4 2021"). The consolidated financial statements and management discussion & analysis documents can be found at www.sedar.com and the Company's website, www.anacondamining.com. All dollar amounts are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.
Highlights for the Year Ended December 31, 2021
- Anaconda produced 12,054 ounces of gold at Point Rousse in 2021, achieving its revised annual guidance of approximately 12,000 ounces. The revised annual guidance was based on the mine plan from an updated Probable Mineral Reserve for Argyle as of September 1, 2021.
- The Company sold 12,218 ounces of gold in 2021, generating metal revenue of
$27.7 million at an average realized gold price1 of C$2,261 (US$1,804) per ounce of gold. - Operating cash costs per ounce sold1 at the Point Rousse Project in Q4 2021 were
$1,797 (US$1,426) , and$2,152 (US$1,717) for the year ended December 31, 2021, at the lower end of the Company's revised 2021 annual operating cash cost guidance of C$2,150 -C$2,200 , reflecting the lower grade profile of mill throughput in 2021. - All-in sustaining cash costs per ounce sold1, including corporate administration and sustaining capital expenditures, was
$2,895 (US$2,297) for Q4 2021, and$3,334 (US$2,660) for the full year. - The Company invested
$13.0 million in its exploration and development projects in 2021, including$8.8 million on the Goldboro Gold Project relating to the completion of a Feasibility Study, the advancement of the significantly expanded Mineral Resource, and the progression of the environmental assessment process. - Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2021 was
$7,136,219 , or$0.04 per share, compared to net income of$8,822 8,243, or$0.06 per share, for the year ended December 31, 2020, driven predominantly by lower production. - As of December 31, 2021, the Company had a cash balance of
$10.1 million , working capital1 of$1.4 million , and additional available liquidity of$3.0 million from an undrawn revolving line of credit facility. - In December 2021, the Company executed a
$5.0 million gold prepayment facility to provide further un-dilutive liquidity as the Company completes the Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment Registration Document for the Goldboro Gold Project in the first half of 2022. The facility will be repaid in gold deliveries totaling 2,273 ounces from January to September 2022.
1 Refer to Non-IFRS Measures Section below. Non-IFRS financial measures are not standardized financial measures under the financial reporting framework used to prepare the financial statements and may not be comparable to similar financial measures disclosed by other issuers.
"While 2021 was a challenging year for the Company operationally, Anaconda was able to finish the year strong at Point Rousse and make significant steps at the Goldboro Gold Project. At its mine operations in Point Rousse, we sold 12,218 ounces of gold in 2021, in line with updated guidance, to generate
~Kevin Bullock, President and CEO, Anaconda Mining Inc.
Consolidated Results Summary
Financial Results | Three months ended | Three months ended | Year ended | Year ended | ||||||||||||
December 31, 2021 | December 30, 2020 | December 31, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||
Revenue ($) | 7,643,193 | 9,988,251 | 27,798,558 31,594,739 | 41,582,990 31,594,739 | ||||||||||||
Cost of operations, including depletion and depreciation ($) | 7,410,862 | 6,392,715 | 30,534,089 | 24,761,035 | ||||||||||||
Mine operating income ($) | 232,331 | 3,595,536 | (2,735,531 | ) | 16,821,955 | |||||||||||
Net income (loss) ($) | (1,358,219 | ) | 792,203 | (7,136,219 | ) | 8,228,243 | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) per share ($/share) - basic and diluted ($) | (0.01 | ) | 0.01 | (0.04 | ) | 0.06 | ||||||||||
Cash generated from operating activities ($) | 5,519,379 | 2,080,151 | 4,488,761 | 14,087,867 | ||||||||||||
Capital investment in property, mill and equipment ($) | 1,676,928 | 1,383,079 | 7,108,391 | 2,960,787 | ||||||||||||
Capital investment in exploration and evaluation assets ($) | 3,824,690 | 2,514,733 | 13,020,554 | 7,152,794 | ||||||||||||
Average realized gold price per ounce* | US$ | 1,783 | US$ | 1,921 | US$ | 1,804 | US$ | 1,728 | ||||||||
Operating cash costs per ounce sold* | US$ | 1,426 | US$ | 1,014 | US$ | 1,717 | US$ | 871 | ||||||||
All-in sustaining cash costs per ounce sold* | US$ | 2,297 | US$ | 1,576 | US$ | 2,660 | US$ | 1,220 |
December 31, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | |||||||
Working capital* ($) | 1,397,113 | 13,938,471 | ||||||
Total assets ($) | 95,551,004 | 81,396,971 | ||||||
Non-current liabilities ($) | 8,235,993 | 7,529,640 |
*Refer to Non-IFRS Measures section for reconciliation
Operational Results | Three months ended December 31, 2021 | Three months ended December 31, 2020 | Year ended December 31, 2021 | Year ended December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||
Ore mined (t) | 102,395 | 110,455 | 209,157 | 512,028 | ||||||||||||
Waste mined (t) | 918,217 | 453,859 | 2,853,011 | 1,964,689 | ||||||||||||
Strip ratio | 9.0 | 4.1 | 13.6 | 3.8 | ||||||||||||
Ore milled (t) | 118,011 | 107,257 | 446,562 | 459,085 | ||||||||||||
Grade (g/t Au) | 1.23 | 1.39 | 0.97 | 1.42 | ||||||||||||
Recovery (%) | 87.8 | 86.8 | 86.5 | 87.4 | ||||||||||||
Gold ounces produced | 4,095 | 4,171 | 12,054 | 18,268 | ||||||||||||
Gold ounces sold | 3,368 | 3,970 | 12,218 | 17,918 |
Review of the Year Ended December 31, 2021
Operational Overview
Gold production for 2021 was 12,054 ounces, achieving revised annual guidance of approximately 12,000 ounces. The revised annual guidance was based on the mine plan from an updated Probable Mineral Reserve for Argyle as of September 1, 2021. The significant decrease in year over year gold production was the result of a
After heavy focus on mine waste development in the third quarter, the mining operation moved 102,395 tonnes of ore in Q4 2021, almost
Financial Results
Anaconda sold 12,218 ounces of gold in 2021 to generate metal revenue of
Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2021 were
The royalty expense for 2021 was
Mine operating loss for the year ended December 31, 2021 was
Corporate administration expenditures were
Share-based compensation was
Finance expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 was
In 2021, the Company recorded a recovery of
Net comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2021, was
* Refer to Non-IFRS Measures Section below.
Financial Position and Cash Flow Analysis
As of December 31, 2021, the Company had working capital of
Anaconda generated
The Company continued to invest in its key growth projects in Atlantic Canada in 2021, spending
Financing activities during 2021 included the net proceeds of
* Refer to Non-IFRS Measures Section below.
Non-IFRS Measures
Anaconda has included in this press release certain non-IFRS performance measures as detailed below. In the gold mining industry, these are common performance measures but may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. The Company believes that, in addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company's performance and ability to generate cash flow. Accordingly, it is intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS.
Operating Cash Costs per Ounce of Gold - Anaconda calculates operating cash costs per ounce by dividing operating expenses per the consolidated statement of operations, net of silver sales by-product revenue, by the gold ounces sold during the applicable period. Operating expenses include mine site operating costs such as mining, processing and administration as well as royalties, however, excludes depletion and depreciation and rehabilitation costs.
All-In Sustaining Costs per Ounce of Gold - Anaconda has adopted an all-in sustaining cost performance measure that reflects all of the expenditures that are required to produce an ounce of gold from current operations. While there is no standardized meaning of the measure across the industry, the Company's definition conforms to the all-in sustaining cost definition as set out by the World Gold Council in its guidance dated June 27, 2013. The World Gold Council is a non-regulatory, non-profit organization established in 1987 whose members include global senior mining companies. The Company believes that this measure will be useful to external users in assessing operating performance and the ability to generate free cash flow from current operations.
The Company defines all-in sustaining costs as the sum of operating cash costs (per above), sustaining capital (capital required to maintain current operations at existing levels), corporate administration costs, sustaining exploration, and rehabilitation accretion and amortization related to current operations. All-in sustaining costs excludes capital expenditures for significant improvements at existing operations deemed to be expansionary in nature, exploration and evaluation related to growth projects, financing costs, debt repayments, and taxes. Canadian and US dollars are noted for realized gold price, operating cash costs per ounce of gold and all-in sustaining costs per ounce of gold. Both currencies are considered relevant and the Company uses the average foreign exchange rate for the period.
The operating cash costs per ounce and all-in sustaining costs per ounce are reconciled to the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss as follows:
Three months ended December 31, 2021 | Three months ended December 31, 2020 | Year ended December 31, 2021 | Year ended December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||
Operating expenses per the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss, including royalties | 6,125,509 | 5,295,872 | 26,461,681 | 21,002,338 | ||||||||||||
By-product silver sales credit | (5,801 | ) | (14,934 | ) | (23,773 | ) | (48,988 | ) | ||||||||
By-product aggregates sales credit | (68,307 | ) | (38,159 | ) | (147,181 | ) | (38,159 | ) | ||||||||
Operating cash costs ($) | 6,051,401 | 5,242,779 | 26,290,727 | 20,915,191 | ||||||||||||
Sustaining expenditures - property, mill and equipment | 1,676,928 | 1,383,079 | 7,108,391 | 2,960,787 | ||||||||||||
Sustaining expenditures - exploration and evaluation | 884,956 | 502,550 | 2,869,035 | 1,462,896 | ||||||||||||
Corporate administration costs | 967,839 | 939,503 | 3,665,659 | 3,581,921 | ||||||||||||
Share-based compensation | 161,028 | 79,733 | 777,906 | 380,733 | ||||||||||||
Rehabilitation - accretion and amortization (operating) | 8,165 | 3,850 | 19,651 | 7,921 | ||||||||||||
All-in sustaining cash costs ("AISC") ($) | 9,750,317 | 8,151,494 | 40,731,369 | 29,309,449 | ||||||||||||
Gold ounces sold | 3,368 | 3,970 | 12,218 | 17,918 | ||||||||||||
Operating cash costs per ounce sold ($ / ounce) | 1,797 | 1,321 | 2,152 | 1,167 | ||||||||||||
AISC per ounce sold ($ / ounce) | 2,895 | 2,053 | 3,334 | 1,636 | ||||||||||||
Average US Dollar exchange rate during period | 0.7936 | 0.7676 | 0.7980 | 0.7461 | ||||||||||||
Operating cash costs per ounce sold (US$ / ounce) | 1,426 | 1,014 | 1,717 | 871 | ||||||||||||
AISC per ounce sold (US$ / ounce) | 2,297 | 1,576 | 2,660 | 1,220 |
Average Realized Gold Price per Ounce Sold - In the gold mining industry, average realized gold price per ounce sold is a common performance measure that does not have any standardized meaning. The most directly comparable measure prepared in accordance with IFRS is gold revenue. The measure is intended to assist readers in evaluating the revenue received in a period from each ounce of gold sold.
Average realized gold price per ounce sold is reconciled to the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss as follows:
Three months ended December 31, 2021 | Three months ended December 31, 2020 | Year ended December 31, 2021 | Year ended December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||
Gold revenue ($) | 7,569,085 | 9,935,158 | 27,627,604 | 41,495,843 | ||||||||||||
Gold ounces sold | 3,368 | 3,970 | 12,218 | 17,918 | ||||||||||||
Average realized gold price per ounce sold ($) | 2,247 | 2,503 | 2,261 | 2,316 | ||||||||||||
Average US Dollar exchange rate during period | 0.7936 | 0.7676 | 0.7980 | 0.7461 | ||||||||||||
Average realized gold price per ounce sold (US$) | 1,783 | 1,921 | 1,804 | 1,728 |
Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("EBITDA") - EBITDA is earnings before finance expense, deferred income tax expense and depletion and depreciation.
Point Rousse Project EBITDA is EBITDA before corporate administration and other expenses (income).
The EBITDA and Point Rousse Project EBITDA amounts are reconciled to the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss as follows:
Three months ended December 31, 2021 | Three months ended December 31, 2020 | Year ended December 31, 2021 | Year ended December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||
Net (loss) income, per the consolidated statements of comprehensive (loss) income | (1,358,219 | ) | 792,203 | (7,136,219 | ) | 8,228,243 | ||||||||||
Adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||
Finance expense | 31,354 | 39,955 | 147,801 | 211,669 | ||||||||||||
Current income tax expense | - | 312,000 | 30,345 | 1,872,528 | ||||||||||||
Deferred income tax expense | 306,000 | 1,480,000 | 671,000 | 4,269,000 | ||||||||||||
Depletion and depreciation | 1,285,353 | 1,096,843 | 4,072,408 | 3,758,697 | ||||||||||||
EBITDA | 264,488 | 3,721,001 | (2214,665 | ) | 18,340,137 | |||||||||||
Corporate administration | 967,839 | 939,503 | 3,665,659 | 3,581,921 | ||||||||||||
Gain on loss of significant influence on equity accounted investment | - | - | (1,020,432 | ) | - | |||||||||||
Share of loss from equity accounted investments | 91,132 | 93,858 | 435,149 | 247,203 | ||||||||||||
Gain on partial or full sale of a subsidiary | - | - | - | (1,355,247 | ) | |||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | 161,028 | 79,733 | 777,906 | 380,733 | ||||||||||||
Deferred premium on flow-through shares | (124,138 | ) | (145,424 | ) | (505,552 | ) | (594,570 | ) | ||||||||
Other expenses (income) | 144,709 | (8,659 | ) | 125,634 | (116,252 | ) | ||||||||||
Write-down of exploration assets | - | - | - | 15,310 | ||||||||||||
Point Rousse Project EBITDA | 1,505,058 | 4,680,012 | 1,263,699 | 20,499,235 |
Working Capital - Working capital is a common measure of near-term liquidity and is calculated by deducting current liabilities from current assets.
(In $) | December 31, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 10,121,724 | 14,634,595 | ||||||
Inventory | 5,641,435 | 6,830,360 | ||||||
Other current assets | 2,080,035 | 1,499,921 | ||||||
17,843,194 | 22,964,876 | |||||||
Trade and other payables | 9,528,294 | 4,796,494 | ||||||
Current portion of loans | 1,363,383 | 1,889,080 | ||||||
Unearned revenue | 5,000,000 | - | ||||||
Other current liabilities | 554,404 | 477,831 | ||||||
Current taxes payable | - | 1,863,000 | ||||||
16,446,081 | 9,026,405 | |||||||
Working capital* | 1,397,113 | 13,938,471 |
ABOUT ANACONDA
Anaconda Mining is a TSX and OTCQX-listed gold mining, development, and exploration company, focused in the top-tier Canadian mining jurisdictions of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. The Company is advancing the Goldboro Gold Project in Nova Scotia, a significant growth project subject to a positive Feasibility Study with Mineral Reserves of 1.15 million ounces of gold (15.80 million tonnes at 2.26 g/t gold), Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources inclusive of Mineral Reserves of 2.58 million ounces (21.6 million tonnes at 3.72 g/t gold) and additional Inferred Mineral Resources of 0.48 million ounces (3.18 million tonnes at 4.73 g/t gold) (Please refer to the report entitled "NI 43-101 Technical Report and Feasibility Study for the Goldboro Gold Project, Eastern Goldfields District, Nova Scotia", dated January 11, 2022). Anaconda also operates mining and milling operations in the prolific Baie Verte Mining District of Newfoundland which includes the fully permitted Pine Cove Mill, tailings facility and deep-water port, as well as ~15,000 hectares of highly prospective mineral property, including those adjacent to the past producing, high-grade Nugget Pond Mine at its Tilt Cove Gold Project.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "does not anticipate", or "believes" or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might", or "will be taken", "occur", or "be achieved". Forward-looking information is based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the information is made, and is based on a number of assumptions and is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Anaconda to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including risks associated with the exploration, development and mining such as economic factors as they effect exploration, future commodity prices, changes in foreign exchange and interest rates, actual results of current production, development and exploration activities, government regulation, political or economic developments, environmental risks, permitting timelines, capital expenditures, operating or technical difficulties in connection with development activities, employee relations, the speculative nature of gold exploration and development, including the risks of diminishing quantities of grades of resources, contests over title to properties, and changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined as well as those risk factors discussed in Anaconda's annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2021, available on www.sedar.com. Although Anaconda has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Anaconda does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anaconda Mining Inc.
Kevin Bullock
President and CEO
(647) 388-1842
kbullock@anacondamining.com
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Dany Cenac Robert
Investor Relations
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