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Thor Mining PLC
30 January 2015
 

Friday, 30 January 2015

 

THOR MINING PLC

 

Thor Mining PLC ("Thor" or the "Company")

 

The Directors of Thor Mining PLC (AIM, ASX: THR) today released the following announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX") as required under the listing rules of the ASX.

 

 

Rule 5.3

 

Mining exploration entity quarterly report

 

 

Name of entity

THOR MINING PLC

 

ACN or ARBN


Quarter ended ("current quarter")

121 117 673

 

 31 December 2014

 

Consolidated statement of cash flows

 

Cash flows related to operating activities

 

Current quarter

$A'000

Year to date              (6 months)

$A'000

 

1.1

Receipts from product sales and related debtors

0

0

 

1.2

(110)

0

0

(182)

 

(435)

0

0

(507)

 

 

1.3

Dividends received

0

0

 

1.4

0

3

 

1.5

Interest and other costs of finance paid

(18)

(35)

 

1.6

Income taxes paid

0

0

 

1.7

0

0

 


Net Operating Cash Flows

(310)

(974)

 




 

1.8

0

0

0

0

0

(5)

 

1.9

0

0

12

0

102

12

 

1.10

0

0

 

1.11

0

0

 

1.12

(33)

(106)

 


(21)

3

 

 

1.13

 

Total operating and investing cash flows (carried forward)

 

 

 

 

(331)

 

(971)

 

 

 




 

1.13

Total operating and investing cash flows (brought  forward)

(331)

(971)




1.14

212

971

1.15

0

0

1.16

0

0

1.17

0

0

1.18

0

0

1.19

0

 

0

 


Net financing cash flows

212

971


 

(119)

 

0

1.20

137

18

1.21

0

0

1.22

Cash at end of quarter

18

18

Payments to directors of the entity and associates of the directors

Payments to related entities of the entity and associates of the related entities

 

Current quarter

$A'000

1.23

Aggregate amount of payments to the parties included in item 1.2

12

1.24

Aggregate amount of loans to the parties included in item 1.10

0

1.25

Explanation necessary for an understanding of the transactions

 

 

DD$90,0$12k includes:  - Consulting fees paid to M Billing $12k.

 



 

Non-cash financing and investing activities

2.1

Details of financing and investing transactions which have had a material effect on consolidated assets and liabilities but did not involve cash flows


Swap agreements

The Company has existing agreements with an institutional investor in the Company, Lanstead Capital L.P. ("Lanstead"), consisting of 2 separate agreements: 1) a share subscription agreement and 2) an equity swap agreement.  Under the share subscription agreement, ordinary shares were issued to Lanstead for a cash consideration, of which 85% was invested by the Company in credit support for the equity swap and will be returned to the Company in monthly instalments. Under the equity swap agreement, monthly swap settlements are made based on the prevailing market price of the Company's share price relative to benchmark prices.

 

At 31 December 2014, the total credit support instalments yet to be received by the Company, net of the swap settlements (valued at the Company's share price of 0.11 pence at that date) is £162,157 (A$307,640).  The instalments will be received over the next 20 months. The future instalments received will vary depending on the Company's share price at each instalment date.

 

Acquisition of Pilot Mountain

Consideration for the acquisition of Pilot Mountain from Black Fire Minerals Ltd ("Black Fire", now Animoca Brands Ltd ASX: AB1) was $1,675,000 settled by the issue of 418,750,000 ordinary shares of 0.01p each in Thor, at an agreed value of A$0.004 per share.  Refer to ASX Announcement dated 28 October 2014.

 

A number of parties provided unsecured loans totalling $625,000 to Black Fire in March 2014, to enable Black Fire to complete its acquisition of the Pilot Mountain Tungsten Project, subsequently creating the opportunity for Thor to acquire the Pilot Mountain Tungsten Project from Black Fire. The loans were novated to Thor as part of the acquisition of Pilot Mountain on 27 October 2014. Subsequently, $300,000 of these loans were repaid through the issuance of Ordinary Shares of 0.01p each in Thor as follows:

•    96,685,082 Ordinary Shares issued to Thor Directors in repayment of $175,000. Approved by Thor shareholders on 31 July 2014.  Refer to ASX Announcement dated 30 October 2014.

•    69,444,444 Ordinary Shares issued to sophisticated investors in repayment of $125,000.  Refer to ASX Announcement dated 24 November 2014.

The remaining outstanding loans of $325,000 are repayable by 30 September 2015.

 

2.2

Details of outlays made by other entities to establish or increase their share in projects in which the reporting entity has an interest


Nil

 

 

Financing facilities available

Add notes as necessary for an understanding of the position.

 


Amount available

$A'000

Amount used

$A'000

3.1

Loan facilities

 

1,000

1,000

3.2

Credit standby arrangements

0

0

 



 

Estimated cash outflows for next quarter (Note 10)



$A'000

4.1

Exploration and evaluation

 

150

4.2

Development

 

0

4.3

Production

 

0

4.4

Administration

 

310

 


 

Total

 

460

 

Reconciliation of cash

Reconciliation of cash at the end of the quarter (as shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows) to the related items in the accounts is as follows.

Current quarter

$A'000

Previous quarter

$A'000

5.1

Cash on hand and at bank

18

137

5.2

Deposits at call

 

0

 

0

5.3

Bank overdraft

 

0

 

0

5.4

Other  (90 day Term Deposit)

 

0

 

0


Total: cash at end of quarter (item 1.22)

 

18

 

 

137

 

Changes in interests in mining tenements

 



Tenement reference

Nature of interest

(note (2))

Interest at beginning of quarter

Interest at end of quarter

6.1

Interests in mining tenements relinquished, reduced or lapsed

 

EL 25981

Exploration Licence in

the Northern Territory relinquished

 

100%

0%

6.2

Interests in mining tenements acquired or increased

 

 

NMC1035394

NMC1087093

NMC804279

NMC913492

Mining Claims in the US State of Nevada - as part of the Pilot Mountain Acquisition (refer Section 2.1).

0%

100%

 



 

Issued and quoted securities at end of current quarter

Description includes rate of interest and any redemption or conversion rights together with prices and dates.


Total number

Number quoted

Issue price per security (see note 3)

Amount paid up per security (see note 3)

7.1

 

Preference securities 





7.2

Changes during quarter

 





7.3

+Ordinary securities

3,053,091,211

3,053,091,211

(Refer Note 7)

N/A

Fully Paid

7.4

Changes during quarter

(a)   Increases by issues:

-                Placement

-                Placement

-                Placement

-                Placement

-                Placement

-                Placement

-                Warrants

          (See below 7.9)     

 

(b)  Decreases through returns of capital, buy-backs

 

 

96,685,082

418,750,000

66,308,276

69,444,444

44,444,444

6,944,444

155,555

 

 

 

 

 

96,685,082

418,750,000

66,308,276

69,444,444

44,444,444

6,944,444

155,555

 

 

 

 

0.1 pence

0.3 cents

0.29 cents

0.18 cents

0.225 cents

0.18 cents

0.7 pence

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fully Paid

Fully Paid

Fully Paid

Fully Paid

Fully Paid

Fully Paid

Fully Paid

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.5

+Convertible debt securities





7.6

Changes during quarter





7.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options

(description and conversion factor)

 

Options E

(Associates)

 

Options  F

(Associates)

 

Options G

(Debt facility issuer)

 

Options H

(Debt facility issuer)

 

Options K

(Associate)

 

 

Total number

 

4,000,000

 

 

600,000

 

 

84,141,088

 

 

62,887,808

 

 

26,763,987

 

Number quoted

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

Exercise  price

 

2.0 pence

 

 

2.0cents

 

 

0.7428 cents

 

 

0.5963 cents

 

 

0.1 pence

 

 

Expiry date

 

21/06/2015

 

 

27/09/2015

 

 

19/03/2016

 

 

3/06/2016

 

 

22/06/2016

7.8

Issued during quarter

 

 

 

 

 



7.9

Exercised during quarter

Options J

(Attaching to AIM listed shares)

 

155,555

 

      

o

 

 

0.7 cents

 

30/9/2014

 

7.10

Expired during quarter

 

 

 

 


 

 

                                 


7.11

Debentures

(totals only)





7.12

Unsecured notes (totals only)





 

 

 

Compliance statement

1             This statement has been prepared under accounting policies which comply with accounting standards as defined in the Corporations Act or other standards acceptable to ASX (see note 4).

2             This statement does give a true and fair view of the matters disclosed.              

Sign here:            ...                       Date: 30/1/2015

(Company Secretary)

 

Print name:         Ray Ridge

 

Notes

1             The quarterly report provides a basis for informing the market how the entity's activities have been financed for the past quarter and the effect on its cash position.  An entity wanting to disclose additional information is encouraged to do so, in a note or notes attached to this report.

 

2             The "Nature of interest" (items 6.1 and 6.2) includes options in respect of interests in mining tenements acquired, exercised or lapsed during the reporting period.  If the entity is involved in a joint venture agreement and there are conditions precedent which will change its percentage interest in a mining tenement, it should disclose the change of percentage interest and conditions precedent in the list required for items 6.1 and 6.2.

 

3             Issued and quoted securities. The issue price and amount paid up is not required in items 7.1 and 7.3 for fully paid securities.

 

4            The definitions in, and provisions of, AASB 1022: Accounting for Extractive Industries and AASB 1026: Statement of Cash Flows apply to this report.

 

5             Accounting Standards ASX will accept, for example, the use of International Accounting Standards for foreign entities.  If the standards used do not address a topic, the Australian standard on that topic (if any) must be complied with.

 

6            Proceeds are net of issue costs.  Proceeds include the Lanstead instalments received, net of the swap settlements.  Refer Section 2.1.

 

7             Ordinary securities comprise of:

Listed on London Stock Exchange (AIM)                             1,577,881,139

Listed on Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) - as CDIs         1,056,460,072

Listed on Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) - as CDIs 

Voluntary escrow until 29 October 2015                                418,750,000

Total Ordinary Securities at 30 June 2014                                    3,053,091,211

                                                                                                                 

8            Issues during the quarter comprise of:

Listed on London Stock Exchange (AIM)                                 34,877,777

Listed on Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) - as CDI's          249,104,468

Listed on Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) - as CDIs 

Voluntary escrow until 29 October 2015                                418,750,000

 

Total Ordinary Securities issued in the quarter                              702,732,245

 

9            During the quarter, the number of shares transferred

              From London Stock Exchange (AIM) to ASX as CDIs was:            17,349,223

 

10           Projected cash outflows for the next Quarter are $460,000.  This is in excess of the cash balance at 31 December 2014 of $18,000 and the expected inflows from the Lanstead instalments and swap settlements (refer Section 2.1).  The Company is in discussions with a number of interested parties to finalise arrangements for the required funding.

 

 

 

Enquiries:

Mick Billing

+61 (8) 7324 1935

Thor Mining PLC

Executive Chairman

Ray Ridge

+61 (8) 7324 1935

 

Thor Mining PLC

CFO/Company

Secretary

Colin Aaronson/

Richard Tonthat/

Harrison Clarke

+44 (0) 207 383 5100

 

Grant Thornton UK LLP

 

Nominated Adviser

Andrew Monk/

Bhavesh Patel 

+44 (0) 20 3005 5000

VSA Capital Ltd

 

Broker

Alex Walters

+44 (0) 7771 713608

+44 (0) 207 839 9260

Cadogan PR

Financial PR

 

Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on Thor's website www.thormining.com, which includes a facility to register to receive these updates by email.

 

 


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