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Glencar Mining PLC 30 June 2003 GLENCAR MINING PLC PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2002 The 2002 Annual Report to shareholders and the annual and extraordinary general meetings expected to be convened shortly will mark the beginning of a new chapter in the Company's development. Since February 2001, we have been fully engaged in the disposal of the Wassa Project and the conclusion of the associated agreements with the lenders to the Wassa Project which will enable Glencar to achieve debt-free status. The agreements with all of the lenders and with Standard Bank London Limited as Convertible Loan Note Holder have all now been finalised, and are expected to be signed shortly. These agreements, together with the proposed new equity financing outlined below, will secure the release of the parent company guarantee given by Glencar to the lenders to the Wassa Project and the waiver by Standard Bank of payment due to them under the Convertible Loan Note. Glencar will then have no debt. On completion, Standard Bank London Limited and CDC Group plc will each own 12 million ordinary shares in Glencar, representing approximately 8% of the enlarged issued equity in Glencar. In addition, CDC Group plc will be granted 7.5 million warrants to subscribe for new shares in Glencar for a three year period at an exercise price of Euro 0.031 per share. Although the finalisation of these agreements has been an arduous and time consuming process with many competing and sometimes conflicting interests, we have now secured for Glencar the opportunity to progress its interests, but in a much more favourable market and gold price environment and with the benefit of our extensive and successful exploration record for gold in Africa. This record includes the discovery of two major gold deposits. In 1986, in the very early years of the revival of Ghana's gold mining industry, Glencar discovered the Teberebie deposit. This deposit was subsequently developed into the largest producing gold mine in Africa outside South Africa, a mine which is still in production today. The Wassa deposit was discovered in 1994 and with current gold prices would have been successful for Glencar. We anticipate that Wassa will soon be brought back to production by its new owners using more advanced processing technology than the heap leach process we were operating. For the future, we intend to concentrate on our strengths and to focus on the discovery of new gold deposits in Africa, initially with our very strong projects in Ghana, Mali and Uganda. The Asheba Project in Ghana presents a very significant target with recent work there identifying a new mineralized zone which will be tested soon by drilling. In Mali we have recently acquired an exclusive option to acquire up to an 85% interest in approximately 1,000 km2 of exploration licence, on Mali's border with Guinea. This ground was previously held by BHP and Randgold Resources as part of their regional exploration programmes in the mid 1990's and is a very attractive area geologically, where extensive artisanal mining is taking place. Randgold did detailed follow up work on just a few of the prospects highlighted by the reconnaissance programme. The most advanced prospect on the property is the Komana 2 prospect where a resource of some 280,000 ounces of gold has already been delineated by the previous operators. We believe that there is an excellent opportunity for Glencar to utilise the extensive existing database to follow up the earlier exploration carried out by Randgold, and to engage in detailed evaluation and drilling of the many targets which exist on the property. The prospecting licences in southeastern Uganda occur within the very prolific Lake Victoria Greenstone terrain which hosts some very large and profitable gold deposits further to the south in Tanzania. An Extraordinary General Meeting, expected to be convened together with the Annual General Meeting in the coming weeks, will consider resolutions relating to our proposed financing arrangements for these exploration projects and relating to the completion of the agreements with the lenders to the Wassa Project and with Standard Bank London Limited. We are at an advanced stage of discussions relating to a private placing of new shares to raise up to US$1 million in new funds to carry out the Company's planned exploration programmes over the next twelve to eighteen months, during which time we expect to conclude a drilling programme at the Asheba Project in Ghana and to have advanced both the Mali and Uganda projects to the drilling stage. Documentation relating to the placing is currently being drafted and will be circulated to shareholders shortly. We are very pleased to have been able to return the Company to the position where it can look to the future with some confidence. Subject to shareholder approvals, and the successful completion of the proposed private placing, we will be adequately financed to progress the exploration on our properties in Africa, where we expect some early success from the Asheba Project in particular. Our existing institutional shareholder base, together with our prospective new shareholders, Standard Bank London Limited and CDC Group plc, provides a very strong foundation for successful growth for Glencar in the gold exploration business in Africa. We are very pleased to be able to forecast a positive future for Glencar. We are also very grateful for the assistance and patience shown by all of those, lenders, contractors, shareholders and others, who have played a part in helping us to achieve this objective. We are determined to restore value to the Company and its shares. We are very positive about the exploration potential of our existing projects and we will continue to evaluate potential new projects which can meet our exploration criteria. I would like to thank my fellow Board members for their support and assistance during the very difficult years we have recently experienced. Hugh McCullough Chief Executive. 30 June 2003. GROUP PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT AND GROUP BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2002 FOLLOW For further information contact Hugh McCullough, Chief Executive. Tel. +353-1-6619974 Fax +353-1-6611205 Email info@glencarmining.ie GLENCAR MINING PLC GROUP PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2002 2002 2001 US$ US$ TURNOVER - 21,777,176 COST OF SALES - Operating costs - (17,684,979) Depreciation, amortisation and reclamation - (555,773) - (18,240,752) OPERATING PROFIT - 3,536,424 EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS (5,692,367) (21,030,430) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES (528,942) (819,351) OTHER INCOME - 66,843 LOSS ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES BEFORE INTEREST (6,221,309) (18,246,514) INTEREST RECEIVABLE 10,766 2,755,155 BANK INTEREST PAYABLE (522,071) (4,008,437) LOSS ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES BEFORE TAXATION (6,732,614) (19,499,796) TAXATION - - LOSS ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES AFTER TAXATION (6,732,614) (19,499,796) MINORITY INTEREST (18,376,367) 6,665,422 LOSS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR (25,108,981) (12,834,374) LOSS PER SHARE (CENTS) (25.7) (13.1) DILUTED LOSS PER SHARE (CENTS) (25.7) (13.1) GLENCAR MINING PLC GROUP BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2002 Pro-Forma Unaudited 31-Dec-02 31-Dec-01 31-Dec-02 US$ US$ US$ FIXED ASSETS Intangible and tangible assets 1,975,217 7,609,121 1,975,217 --------------- --------------- ------------- CURRENT ASSETS Stock - 6,343,454 - Debtors 68,084 84,825 68,084 Cash at bank 535,059 955,474 1,535,059 --------------- --------------- ------------- 603,143 7,383,753 1,603,143 CREDITORS (Amounts falling due within one year) (47,655,369) (54,502,186) (529,621) --------------- --------------- ------------- NET CURRENT (LIABILITIES) / ASSETS (47,052,226) (47,118,433) 1,073,522 --------------- --------------- ------------- TOTAL NET (LIABILITIES) / ASSETS (45,077,009) (39,509,312) 3,048,739 ========= ========= ======== CAPITAL AND RESERVES Called up share capital 3,423,001 3,423,001 5,202,713 Share premium account 35,629,820 35,629,820 35,629,820 Capital conversion reserve fund 82,092 82,092 82,092 Profit and loss account (deficit) (84,099,012) (59,815,148) (37,752,976) --------------- --------------- --------------- TOTAL CAPITAL EMPLOYED (44,964,099) (20,680,235) 3,161,649 MINORITY INTEREST IN SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKING (112,910) (18,829,077) (112,910) --------------- --------------- ------------ (45,077,009) (39,509,312) 3,048,739 ========= ========= ======= END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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