NEW PACIFIC REPORTS FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024

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New Pacific Metals reported financial results for Q4 2024, showing improved performance with reduced losses. Net loss for the three and six months ended December 31, 2024, was $0.74M and $2.00M ($0.00 and $0.01 per share), compared to $1.52M and $3.27M losses in the same periods of 2023.

Operating expenses decreased to $1.59M and $3.20M for the three and six-month periods. The company maintained a strong financial position with working capital of $17.63M. Project expenditures continued across three main projects: Silver Sand ($0.42M), Carangas ($0.39M), and Silverstrike ($0.01M) for the quarter.

Notable improvements include foreign exchange gains of $0.64M and $0.74M for the three and six months, respectively, significantly higher than 2023 figures. Total capitalized project value reached $114.65M by December 31, 2024.

Positive

• 52% reduction in quarterly net loss from $1.52M to $0.74M year-over-year
• 12.6% decrease in operating expenses for Q4 2024 vs Q4 2023
• Strong working capital position of $17.63M
• Significant increase in foreign exchange gains to $0.64M quarterly

Negative

• Decreased investment income from $0.28M to $0.19M in Q4 year-over-year
• Reduced project expenditures across all three mining projects compared to 2023
• Foreign currency impact resulted in $829,263 negative adjustment to project values

Insights

Financial Analyst

The Q4 2024 financial results reveal a notable improvement in New Pacific Metals' operational efficiency and cost management. The 51% reduction in quarterly net loss to $0.74 million from $1.52 million year-over-year signals effective cost control measures. The 12.6% decrease in operating expenses to $1.59 million further supports this trend.

A significant boost came from foreign exchange gains of $0.64 million, a substantial increase from $0.02 million in the previous year, helping to offset operational costs. The company's working capital position of $17.63 million provides approximately 11 quarters of runway at current burn rates, offering adequate buffer for ongoing exploration activities.

Project-wise, the capital allocation strategy remains focused on the Silver Sand project, which represents 77.9% of total project investments. The reduced exploration expenditure across all projects ($0.82 million total for Q4 2024) compared to previous quarters suggests a more measured approach to cash preservation while maintaining essential development activities. This strategic spending pattern aligns with the current market conditions in the junior mining sector.

VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - New Pacific Metals Corp. ("New Pacific" or the "Company") reports its financial results for the three and six months ended December 31, 2024.  All figures are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise stated.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

Net loss attributable to equity holders of the Company for the three and six months ended December 31, 2024 was $0.74 million and $2.00 million or $0.00 per share and $0.01 per share, respectively (three and six months ended December 31, 2023  – net loss of $1.52 million and $3.27 million or $0.01 and $0.02 per share, respectively).  The Company's financial results were mainly impacted by the following items:

• Operating expenses for the three and six months ended December 31, 2024 was $1.59 million and $3.20 million respectively (three and six months ended December 31, 2023 – $1.82 million and $3.69 million, respectively).
  
  
• Income from investments for the three and six months ended December 31, 2024 was $0.19 million and $0.44 million, respectively (three and six months ended December 31, 2023  – $0.28 million and $0.30 million, respectively).
  
  
• Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment for the three and six months ended December 31, 2024 was $nil and $nil, respectively (three and six months ended December 31, 2023 – $nil and $0.05 million, respectively).
  
  
• Foreign exchange gain for the three and six months ended December 31, 2024 was $0.64 million and $0.74 million, respectively (three and six months ended December 31, 2023 – $0.02 million and $0.07 million, respectively).
  
  
• Working Capital: As of December 31, 2024, the Company had working capital of $17.63 million.

PROJECT EXPENDITURE

The following schedule summarized the expenditure incurred by category for each of the Company's projects for relevant periods:

Cost	Silver Sand	Carangas	Silverstrike	Total
Balance, July 1, 2023	86,135,820	18,137,910	4,862,942	109,136,672
Capitalized exploration expenditures
Reporting and assessment	999,402	408,874	-	1,408,276
Drilling and assaying	47,217	23,894	-	71,111
Project management and support	1,765,297	1,079,177	63,919	2,908,393
Camp service	249,764	241,945	36,754	528,463
Permit and license	33,073	9,308	-	42,381
Value added tax receivable	112,332	31,061	979	144,372
Foreign currency impact	(365,571)	(78,127)	(30,039)	(473,737)
Balance, June 30, 2024	88,977,334	19,854,042	4,934,555	113,765,931
Capitalized exploration expenditures
Reporting and assessment	87,855.00	123,090.00	-	210,945.00
Project management and support	670,260.00	511,156.00	21,349.00	1,202,765.00
Camp service	115,301.00	67,554.00	9,514.00	192,369.00
Permit and license	3,175.00	34,023.00	-	37,198.00
Value added tax receivable	59,196.00	7,810.00	1,016.00	68,022.00
Foreign currency impact	(614,287.00)	(171,199.00)	(43,777.00)	(829,263.00)
Balance, December 31, 2024	89,298,834	20,433,239	4,922,657	114,654,730

SILVER SAND PROJECT

For the three and six months ended December 31, 2024, total expenditures of $0.42 million and $0.94 million, respectively (three and six months ended December 31, 2023 - $0.41 million and $1.38 million, respectively) were capitalized under the project. 

CARANGAS PROJECT

For the three and six months ended December 31, 2024, total expenditures of $0.39 million and $0.75 million, respectively (three and six months ended December 31, 2023 - $0.32 million and $0.94 million, respectively) were capitalized under the project.

SILVERSTRIKE PROJECT

For the three and six months ended December 31, 2024, total expenditures of $0.01 million and $0.03 million, respectively (three and six months ended December 31, 2023 - $0.01 million and $0.08 million, respectively) were capitalized under the project.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

This news release should be read in conjunction with the Company's management discussion and analysis and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the corresponding period, which have been filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators and are available under the Company's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca,on EDGAR at www.sec.gov and on the Company's website at www.newpacificmetals.com. 

ABOUT NEW PACIFIC

New Pacific is a Canadian exploration and development company with three precious metal projects in Bolivia. The Company's flagship Silver Sand project has the potential to be developed into one of the world's largest silver mines. The Company is also advancing its robust, high-margin silver-lead-zinc Carangas project. Additionally a discovery drill program was completed at Silverstrike in 2022.

For further information, please contact:

Andrew Williams, CEO
New Pacific Metals Corp. Phone: (604) 633-1368 Ext. 236
1750 – 1066 Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 3X1, Canada
U.S. & Canada toll-free: 1 (877) 631-0593
E-mail: invest@newpacificmetals.com
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING RESULTS OF PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT

The results of the Preliminary Economic Assessment prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 titled "Carangas Deposit – Preliminary Economic Assessment" with an effective date of September 5, 2024 and prepared by certain qualified persons associated with RPMGlobal (the "Carangas PEA") are preliminary in nature and are intended to provide an initial assessment of the Project's economic potential and development options. The Carangas PEA mine schedule and economic assessment includes numerous assumptions and is based on both indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources. Inferred resources are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as Mineral Reserves, and there is no certainty that the preliminary economic assessments described herein will be achieved or that the Carangas PEA results will be realized. The estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by geology, environmental, permitting, legal, title, socio-political, marketing or other relevant issues. Mineral resources are not Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. Additional exploration will be required to potentially upgrade the classification of the Inferred Mineral Resources to be considered in future advanced studies. RPMGlobal (mineral resource, infrastructure, tailings, water management, environmental and financial analysis) was contracted to conduct the Carangas PEA in cooperation with Moose Mountain Technical Services (mining), and JJ Metallurgical Services (Metallurgy). The qualified persons for the Carangas PEA for the purposes of NI 43-101 are Mr. Marcelo del Giudice, FAusIMM, Principal Metallurgist with RPMGlobal,  Mr. Pedro Repetto, SME, P.E., Principal Civil/Geotechnical Engineer with RPMGlobal, Mr. Gonzalo Rios, FAusIMM, Executive Consultant – ESG with RPMGlobal, Mr. Jinxing Ji, P.Eng., Metallurgist with JJ Metallurgical Services, and Mr. Marc Schulte, P.Eng., Mining Engineer with Moose Mountain Technical Services., in addition to Mr. Anderson Candido, FAusIMM, Principal Geologist with RPMGlobal who estimated the Mineral Resources. All qualified persons for the Carangas PEA have reviewed the disclosure of the Carangas PEA herein. The Carangas PEA is based on the Carangas MRE, which was reported on September 5, 2023. The effective date of the Carangas MRE is August 25, 2023. Mineral Resources are constrained by an optimized pit shell at a metal price of US$23.00/oz Ag, US$1,900.00/oz Au, US$0.95/lb Pb, US$1.25/lb Zn, recovery of 90% Ag, 98% Au, 83% Pb, 58% Zn and Cut-off grade of 40 g/t AgEq. Assumptions made to derive a cut-off grade included mining costs, processing costs, and recoveries were obtained from comparable industry situations.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

Certain of the statements and information in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian provincial securities laws. Any statements or information that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as "expects", "is expected", "anticipates", "believes", "plans", "projects", "estimates", "assumes", "intends", "strategies", "targets", "goals", "forecasts", "objectives", "budgets", "schedules", "potential" or variations thereof or stating that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms and similar expressions) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements or information. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: the Company's financial results; anticipated exploration, drilling, development, construction, and other activities or achievements of the Company; inferred, indicated or measured mineral resources or mineral reserves on the Company's projects, including, but not limited to, the Carangas PEA; the timing of receipt of permits and regulatory approvals; and estimates of the Company's revenues and capital expenditures.

Forward-looking statements or information are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements or information, including, without limitation, risks relating to: fluctuating equity prices, bond prices, commodity prices; calculation of resources, reserves and mineralization, general economic conditions, foreign exchange risks, interest rate risk, foreign investment risk; loss of key personnel; conflicts of interest; dependence on management, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, environmental risks, operations and political conditions, the regulatory environment in Bolivia and Canada, risks associated with community relations and corporate social responsibility, and other factors described under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual information form for the year ended June 30, 2024 and its other public filings. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of the Company's forward-looking statements or information. 

The forward-looking statements are necessarily based on a number of estimates, assumptions, beliefs, expectations and opinions of management as of the date of this news release that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies.  These estimates, assumptions, beliefs, expectations and options include, but are not limited to, those related to the Company's ability to carry on current and future operations, including: development and exploration activities; the timing, extent, duration and economic viability of such operations; the accuracy and reliability of estimates, projections, forecasts, studies and assessments; the Company's ability to meet or achieve estimates, projections and forecasts; the stabilization of the political climate in Bolivia; the Company's ability to obtain and maintain social license at its mineral properties; the availability and cost of inputs; the price and market for outputs; foreign exchange rates; taxation levels; the timely receipt of necessary approvals or permits, including the ratification and approval of the Mining Production Contract with the Corporacion Minera de Bolivia by the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia; the ability of the Company's Bolivian partner to convert the exploration licenses at its Carangas project to administrative mining contracts; the ability to meet current and future obligations; the ability to obtain timely financing on reasonable terms when required; the current and future social, economic and political conditions; and other assumptions and factors generally associated with the mining industry. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based upon what management believes are reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this news release are qualified by these cautionary statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on such statements. Other than specifically required by applicable laws, the Company is under no obligation and expressly disclaims any such obligation to update or alter the forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as may be required by law. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release.

CAUTIONARY NOTE TO UNITED STATES INVESTORS

This news release has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the securities laws in effect in Canada which differ from the requirements of United States securities laws. All mining terms used herein but not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101").  Unless otherwise indicated, the technical and scientific disclosure herein has been prepared in accordance with NI 43-101, which differs significantly from the requirements adopted by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Accordingly, information contained in this news release containing descriptions of the Company's mineral deposits may not be comparable to similar information made public by United States companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of United States federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.

Additional information relating to the Company, including the Company's annual information form, can be obtained under the Company's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca, on EDGAR at www.sec.gov, and on the Company's website at www.newpacificmetals.com.

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FAQ

What was NEWP's net loss for Q4 2024?

New Pacific Metals reported a net loss of $0.74 million for Q4 2024, or $0.00 per share.

How much working capital does NEWP have as of December 31, 2024?

The company reported working capital of $17.63 million as of December 31, 2024.

What was NEWP's total project expenditure for Silver Sand in Q4 2024?

NEWP spent $0.42 million on the Silver Sand project during Q4 2024.

How much did NEWP's operating expenses decrease in Q4 2024 compared to Q4 2023?

Operating expenses decreased from $1.82 million in Q4 2023 to $1.59 million in Q4 2024, a reduction of approximately 12.6%.

What is the total capitalized value of NEWP's projects as of December 31, 2024?

The total capitalized value of NEWP's projects reached $114.65 million as of December 31, 2024.