Final Results

Conroy Diamonds & Gold PLC 23 November 2004 Conroy Diamonds and Gold P.l.c. Final Results for the year ended 31 May 2004 Chairman's Statement Dear Shareholder I have great pleasure in presenting your Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements for the twelve months ended May 31, 2004, a period of considerable success during which exploration programmes in Ireland and Finland made solid progress. On the gold front, your Company has evolved from pure exploration to assessment and evaluation as a result of this progress. A further fillip has been received since year-end with the positive findings by internationally respected SRK Consulting in its report on your Company's Irish exploration licences. It says there is ample evidence to support your Company's belief in finding more than 1m oz of gold within its Irish licences, with one small, closely-drilled area alone having the potential to contain more than 100,000oz to a depth of less than 150m. Much larger anomalies covering 200 times the size of this drilled area are considered by SRK to have far better potential to contain deposits capable of supporting commercial mining operations. Furthermore, SRK concurs with your Company's broad-based approach to exploration and recommends that it should continue. By adopting this regional approach your Company has been able to demonstrate the overall gold potential of the Longford-Down Massif and has moved well down the road towards identifying a new gold province there. In preparing its report, which took six months to complete, SRK analysed and interpreted all available data on the Massif. One significant outcome was the identification of three major deep-seated lineaments traversing your Company's licences. Major economic gold deposits elsewhere in the world are often found on such lineaments. The three areas are much larger than those already covered by your Company's geochemical sampling programmes, and two of the three have been subject to little exploration by your Company. The area most favoured by SRK takes in the Armagh-Monaghan Gold Belt and includes the most closely drilled section, the small anomaly at Tullybuck-Lisglassan, where gold mineralisation remains open in all directions. The consultants emphasise, however, that this is just a tiny part of the overall picture, with much larger anomalies elsewhere yet to be drilled and considered to have much better potential for mineralisation. Another favoured area lies just west of the Slieve Glah project in Co Cavan and the third is on a portion of your Company's licences in Northern Ireland. The SRK report marks a considerable step forward for your Company. Its positive conclusion is a boost to your Company's aim of establishing a new gold province. It also provides a solid base from which to progress, either alone or in joint venture. De-merger of Diamond Interests Since year-end your Company's diamond interests in Finland have been de-merged into a separate entity, Karelian Diamond Resources plc. Your board were of the view, having consulted its nominated advisor Seymour Pierce Limited, that the terms of the transactions were fair and reasonable and were in the best interests of shareholders as a whole and the Company. The relevant proposals were duly approved by shareholders at an Extraordinary General Meeting. High Court permission was sought and granted to enable the Company to effect the de-merger of the diamond interests through the distribution to the Company's shareholders of shares in the new diamond company, Karelian Diamond Resources Plc. The de-merger will be reflected in your Company's accounts by a reduction in the Share Premium Account. Finance During the year the Company raised €1,684,447, net of expenses, through the issue of 25,000,000 new ordinary shares, the details of which are set out in Note 10 to the accounts. Your directors are considering, in the light of the recent report from SRK, how your Company will be funded in the future. The potential and scale of the project, as signalled in the report, would suggest that the involvement of a major partner might be appropriate at this time. Auditors I would like to take the opportunity of thanking the partners and staff of KPMG for their services to your Company. Directors, Consultants and Staff I would like to welcome Mr Michael Power to your board. Mr Power is a mining engineer with over 30 years industry experience, much of it in gold including Vice-President Corporate Development at Hemlo Gold mines (which is now part of Newmont Mining). At Hemlo Gold Mr Power was responsible for initiating, assessing and negotiating the acquisition of gold mining assets. He played an important part in the CAN$2bn merger of Hemlo and Battle Mountain in 1996. I would also like to express my continued appreciation of the support and dedication of the directors, consultants and staff. Future Outlook Your Company can look to the future with confidence. The SRK Report forms a crucial step in our plans. Your Company's broad based approach to exploration in the Longford -Down Massif with which SRK concurs has brought us well on the road to confirming a new gold province. This achievement has been noted in the industry and its significance in terms of potential value will I am confident become appreciated in the financial markets in due course and reflected in your Company's market capitalisation and share price. Professor Richard Conroy Chairman Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 May 2004 2004 2003 € € Operating Expenses (331,321) (342,656) Other Income 5,595 1,154 --------- --------- Loss for the Year (325,726) (341,502) Profit and Loss Account at 1 June (1,433,158) (1,091,656) --------- --------- Profit and Loss Account at 31 May (1,758,884) (1,433,158) ======== ======== Loss per ordinary share - Basic and fully diluted (€0.006) (€0.013) Balance Sheet - 31 May 2004 2004 2003 € € Fixed Assets Mineral interests 6,202,068 5,198,758 Tangible assets 54,482 56,814 Financial assets 2 - ------------ ----------- 6,256,552 5,255,572 ------------ ----------- Current Assets Debtors 45,046 4,919 Cash at bank and in hand 517,862 302,835 ---------- ----------- 562,908 307,754 Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year (1,028,342) (1,127,929) ------------ ---------- Net Current Liabilities (465,434) (820,175) ---------- ---------- Net Assets €5,791,118 €4,435,397 ======= ======= Capital and Reserves Called up share capital 1,846,320 1,096,320 Capital Conversion Reserve Fund 30,617 30,617 Share premium account 5,673,065 4,741,618 Profit and loss account (1,758,884) (1,433,158) ------------ ----------- Shareholders' Funds - all equity €5,791,118 €4,435,397 ======== ======== Cash Flow Statement for the Year Ended 31 May 2004 2004 2003 € € Net Cash Outflow from Operating Activities (444,490) (239,552) Capital Expenditure and Financial Investments (1,026,190) (957,466) ---------- ---------- Net Cash Outflow before Financing (1,470,680) (1,197,018) Financing 1,685,707 1,291,304 ---------- ---------- Increase in Cash €215,027 €94,286 ========= ========== This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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