18th Aug 2010 08:00
DiamondCorp plc
JSE share code: DMC
AIM share code: DCP
ISIN: GB00B183ZC46
(Incorporated in England and Wales)
(Registration number 05400982)
(SA company registration number 2007/031444/10)
('DiamondCorp' or 'the Company' or 'the Group')
Interim Results (unaudited) for the period ended 30 June 2010
DiamondCorp plc, a southern Africa focussed diamond mine development and exploration company, releases its interim results for the period ended 30 June 2010. The results are unaudited.
HIGHLIGHTS
* £7.1 million of new equity capital was raised during the period, allowing development at the Lace mine in South Africa and exploration in Botswana to resume.
* Net loss for the six months ended 30 June 2010 was £1,609,114 (30 June 2009: £974,476).
* The loss was determined after charging administrative overhead costs of £653,983 (2009 - £740,339) and interest charges of £201,537 (2009 - £208,040). Non-cash charges for the period included depreciation and amortisation and were £611,461 (2009 - £472,630) and a foreign exchange loss on the long term loan of £168,960 (2009 - £426,595 gain).
* The consolidated cash balance at the date prior to this announcement was £4,126,953 and current receivables were £143,262.
Commenting on the results, DiamondCorp CEO Paul Loudon said: 'It was gratifying that after one of the toughest years on record experienced in the diamond industry, our shareholders, old and new, provided us with the development capital required to access the considerable diamond resource at Lace which exists below the -240m level.
'After closing on £7.1 million of new equity financing in April, the Company has concentrated on development of a new decline access to kimberlite below the -240m level. The 4.5m x 4.5m decline is progressing within budget and is currently on schedule to access the -240m level by the end of 2010, slightly ahead of the original timetable.
'The decline is budgeted to cost £4 million and will be used for hauling kimberlite from below the -240m level for bulk testing purposes and implementation of the sub-level caving mining plan devised by Snowden Mining Industry Consultants.
'Assuming a positive bulk testing grade and necessary development capital is raised, the 6m x 2m vertical shaft is planned to be re-equipped during 2011 for primary ore hoisting which will provide capacity for production from Lace to increase to 1.2 million tonnes per annum. The decline will then be used for men, materials and ventilation for the remainder of the +25-year life of the mine.
'We have also commenced drilling on our exciting kimberlite prospects south of Debswana's massive Jwaneng mine in Botswana.
'The first four drill holes to a maximum of 200m vertical depth on J-05, a 2 to 4 hectare geophysical target, have all intersected kimberlite.
'Detailed core logging and preparation of samples for microdiamond analysis on J-05 are underway while the drilling rig is being relocated to J-12, a very large 45 hectare geophysical target. Both the J-05 and J-12 kimberlite targets are less than 10km from Debswana's Jwaneng mine, the richest diamond mine in the world by revenue per tonne.
'We look forward to reporting in detail the results of this exploration programme in the months ahead.'
18 August 2010
London
The Competent Person responsible for the technical information with respect to Botswana contained in this announcement is Mr Paul Zweistra (Pr. Sci. Nat., Registration number 400016/93) a full-time employee of VP3 Geoservices (Pty) Limited. VP3 and Mr Zweistra have given their permission for their work to be quoted in this announcement.
AIM Nomad: Cenkos Securities plc
AIM Brokers: Cenkos Securities plc, Fairfax I.S. plc JSE Sponsor: PSG Capital (Pty) Limited DiamondCorp plc, Paul Loudon +44 20 3151 0970 Liz Bowman/Ivonne Cantu, Cenkos Securities plc +44 20 7397 8900 Ewan Leggat, Fairfax I.S. plc +44 207 598 5368 John-Paul Dicks, PSG Capital (Pty) Limited +27 21 887 9602 Charmane Russell/Marion Brower, Russell & Associates +27 11 880 3924
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
Six months ended 30 June 2010
Six months Six months
ended ended
30 June 30 June
2010 2009
£ £
Revenue - 67,238
Cost of sales - (67,238)
GROSS PROFIT - -
Administrative expenses (653,983) (740,339)
Depreciation and amortisation (611,461) (472,630)
expense
OPERATING LOSS (1,265,444) (1,212,969)
Investment revenues - interest 26,827 19,938
on bank deposits
Interest expense (201,537) (208,040)
Foreign exchange (loss)/gain (168,960) 426,595
on long term loan
LOSS BEFORE TAX (1,609,114) (974,476)
Tax - -
LOSS FOR THE FINANCIAL PERIOD (1,609,114) (974,476)
ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE EQUITY (1,609,114) (974,476)
HOLDERS OF THE PARENT
BASIC & DILUTED LOSS PER SHARE £0.028 £0.024
HEADLINE LOSS PER SHARE £0.029 £0.024
All of the activities of the Group are classed as continuing.
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
Six months Six months
ended ended
30 June 30 June
2010 2009
£ £
Opening balance 10,442,525 12,734,691
Loss for the financial period (1,609,114) (974,476)
New equity share capital 3,040,426 -
subscribed
Premium on new equity share 3,516,236 -
capital subscribed
Translation reserve 285,489 532,029
Value attributed to warrants granted (49,160) -
Value of share option reserve - 33,347
Closing balance 15,626,402 12,325,591
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
30 June 31 December
2010 2009
£ £
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Goodwill 4,606,026 4,606,026
Other intangible assets 3,007,666 2,523,303
Property, plant and equipment 6,011,451 6,412,997
13,625,143 13,542,326
CURRENT ASSETS
Inventories 312,536 303,020
Other receivables 143,262 190,703
Cash and cash equivalents 4,766,087 288,188
5,221,885 781,911
TOTAL ASSETS 18,847,028 14,324,237
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Obligations under finance leases (49,397) (73,345)
Other payables (308,160) (691,829)
Current portion of long term loan (1,666,667) (941,738)
Provisions (12,113) (11,791)
(2,036,337) (1,718,703)
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Long term loan (1,184,289) (2,163,009)
NET ASSETS 15,626,402 10,442,525
EQUITY
Share capital 4,457,386 1,416,960
Share premium 21,388,816 17,872,580
Warrant reserve 505,876 555,036
Share option reserve 371,675 371,675
Translation reserve 1,780,806 1,495,317
Retained losses (12,878,157) (11,269,043)
EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY 15,626,402 10,442,525
HOLDERS OF THE PARENT
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
Six months Six months
ended ended
30 June 30 June
2010 2009
£ £
Net loss for the period (1,635,941) (994,414)
Depreciation and amortisation 611,461 472,630
Foreign exchange loss/(gain) 168,960 (426,595)
on long term loan
Gain on disposal of property, (43,555) -
plant and equipment
Other non-cash charges 51,056 182,347
Decrease in receivables 47,441 285,597
(Increase)/(Decrease in inventories (9,516) 79,331
(Decrease)/Increase in other payables (329,124) 202,287
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING (1,139,218) (198,817)
ACTIVITIES
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of intangible assets (368,837) (1,451,642)
Disposal of property, plant and 152,358 -
equipment
Purchase of property, plant and (24,218) (1,146,423)
equipment
Interest received 26,827 19,938
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING (213,870) (2,578,127)
ACTIVITIES
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds on issue of ordinary 6,542,847 -
shares
Repayment of capital on long (423,333) -
term loan
Interest payment on long term (201,537) -
loan
NET CASH FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES 5,917,977 -
NET INCREASE(DECREASE) IN CASH 4,564,889 (2,776,944)
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT 288,188 3,252,276
BEGINNING OF PERIOD
Effect of foreign exchange (86,990) 11,203
rate changes
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT 4,766,087 486,535
END OF PERIOD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Six months ended 30 June 2010
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
These interim financial statements have been prepared using accounting policies consistent with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs). The same accounting policies, presentation and methods of computation are followed in the condensed interim financial information as applied in the Group's latest annual audited financial statements. The financial figures included in this half-yearly report have been computed in accordance with IFRSs applicable to interim periods.
These interim financial statements were approved by the Board on 17 August 2010 and do not constitute statutory financial statements within the meaning of Section 435 of the Companies Act 2006. A copy of the statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2009 has been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The auditors' report on those accounts was not qualified and did not contain statements under Section 498 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.
These interim financial statements have been prepared using the accounting policies set out in the Group's 2009 statutory accounts.
Results for the six-month period ended 30 June 2010 have not been audited.
The comparative information presented in the income statement has been prepared based on the period 1 January 2009 - 30 June 2009. This has been performed in order to comply with the AIM rules and is presented solely for this purpose.
2. LOSS PER SHARE
IAS required presentation of diluted earnings per share when a company could be called upon to issue shares that would decrease net profit or increase net loss per share. For a loss-making company with outstanding share options, net loss per share would only be decreased by the exercise of out-of-money options. Since it seems inappropriate to assume that option holders would exercise out-of-money options, no adjustment has been made to basic loss per share for out-of-money share options.
The calculation of basic and diluted loss per ordinary share is based on the loss of £1,609,114 for the six months ended 30 June 2010 (30 June 2009: £974,476) and on 57,955,303 ordinary shares (30 June 2009: 41,086,995) being the weighted-average number of ordinary shares in issue.
3. SHARE CAPITAL
30 June 31 December
2010 2009
£ £
Authorised share capital
166,666,666 ordinary shares
of 3 pence each 5,000,000 5,000,000
Called up, allotted and fully paid
No. £ No. £
Ordinary shares
of 3 pence each 148,579,533 4,457,386 47,231,995 1,416,960
In January 2010, 285,000 ordinary shares were issued at 10 pence per share to Cenkos Securities plc in consideration for commission and corporate advisory fees with respect to the placing of 6,000,000 shares in November 2009.
In April 2010, the Company placed 101,062,538 ordinary shares at 7 pence each for gross proceeds of £7.1 million.
4. GOING CONCERN
In determining the appropriate basis of presentation of the interim financial statements, the Directors are required to consider whether the Group can continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, this being a period of not less than 12 months from the date of the approval of the financial statements. During the next 12 months the Group will be in a mine-development phase and forecasts indicate that the Group may have insufficient financial resources to accomplish all its development goals and meet all its financial obligations over the next 12 months. The raising of additional finance is deemed to be a material uncertainty which casts significant doubt over the ability of the Group to continue as a going concern.
If its financial resources were insufficient, then the Group would be required to (i) supplement its current cash resources by accessing the equity markets in 2010-2011 or by sale of assets or, alternatively, (ii) to modify its development plan to preserve cash.
After making enquiries, given the successful £7.1 million fundraising in 2010 which was well-supported by the existing shareholder base, assuming that the Group adheres to its development plan, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that additional funds will be available within the next 12 months. Accordingly the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of presentation of the financial statements.
The financial statements therefore do not include the adjustments that would result if the Group were not able to continue as a going concern.
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