Interim results six-months ended 31 December 2021

RNS Number : 2061F

Goldplat plc

18 March 2022

 

18 March 2022

 

Goldplat plc / Ticker: GDP / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining & Exploration

Goldplat plc ('Goldplat' or 'the Company')

Interim results for the six-month period ended 31 December 2021

Goldplat plc, the AIM listed gold producer, with international gold recovery operations located in South Africa and Ghana, is pleased to announce its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2021.

Goldplat achieved an excellent result for the six months ended 31 December 2021 including:

• Increasing operating profit, against the six months ended 31 December 2020, by 28% to £3,334,000 (31 December 2020:

£2,600,000);

• Doubling of net profit from continued operations attributable to owners of the company to £2,071,000 (31 December 2020:

£1,013,000);

• As a result of increased performance, the fully diluted earnings per share for the six-month period doubled to 1.19 pence per share (31 December 2020: 0.59 pence per share), and;

• The group cash balance (net of overdraft) remained strong at £1,640,000 (30 June 2021: £3,459,000).

Werner Klingenberg, CEO of Goldplat commented: "I am pleased with the continued strong operating results achieved by the group, but even more so, how this is translating into increased profits and earnings for the owners of Goldplat Plc.

For further information visit www.goldplat.com,follow on Twitter @GoldPlatGDP or contact:

WernerKlingenberg	Goldplatplc(CEO)	Tel:[phone]
ColinAaronson/GeorgeGrainger/SamuelLittler	Grant Thornton UK LLP(NominatedAdviser)	Tel:[phone]
JessicaCave/AndrewdeAndrade	WH Ireland Limited(Broker)	Tel:[phone]
TimThompson/MarkEdwards/FergusMellon	FlagstaffStrategicand InvestorCommunications	Tel:[phone] [e-mail]

The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the retained EU law version of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 (the "UK MAR") which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. The information is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of the UK MAR. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

Chairman's Statement

I am pleased to share continued strong results from our gold recovery operations, with profit for the half year from continuing operations increasing to £2,217,000 (H1 2020: £1,500,000) and an all-in, fully diluted EPS for the half year of 1.19 pence (H1 2020: 0.59 pence).

Our portfolio of core assets consists of two gold recovery operations, in South Africa and Ghana, with plans to extend this to Brazil and these recover gold and platinum group metals ('PGM') from by-products of current and historical mining processing, thereby providing mines with an environmentally-friendly and cost-efficient way of removing waste material.

The Revenues from continued operations increased by 69% to £21,326,000 (H1 2020: £12,602,000), with the Ghanaian and South African recovery operations achieving revenue increases of 146% and 29%, respectively, as a result of good and steady supply of material in Ghana and result of continuous research and investments made in South Africa.

The increase in revenue drove the increase in operating profit from continued operations of £3,334,000 (H1 2020: £2,600,000).

The net financing cost tend to fluctuate from period to period due to the fluctuation in the intergroup unrealised foreign exchange losses or gains, which is driven by the movement of Ghana Cedi ('GHS'), the South African Rand ('ZAR') and Great British Pound ('GBP') against the United State Dollar ('USD') in which intergroup balances are denominated. As set out in the summary table below, the intergroup foreign exchanges losses reduced to £30,000 (H1 2020: £357,000).

Detail	H12021	H12020
Intergroupforeignexchangemovements	(30,000)	(357,000)
Thirdpartyforeignexchangemovements	1,000	(72,000)
Netinterestpaid	(299,000)	(149,000)
Total	(328,000)	(578,000)

The net finance interest increased from £149,000 to £299,000 as a result of the increase in the volume of material sourced and processed in Ghana and the delays we are starting to experience as a result of the global supply chain crisis. This increased the amount of working capital finance required and the time over which it is required. The interest on working capital finance increased from £36,000 to £225,000. With the increase in cash available, we are starting to finance more of this out of our own cash resources.

Interest paid on financing for the repurchase of shares at Goldplat Recovery (Pty) Ltd, secured in August 2021, as discussed below, was £41,000, whilst the remainder relates to financing on lease assets.

The profit after taxation before discontinued operations of £2,217,000 (H1 2020: £1,500,000) resulted in the £229,000 increase in the taxation paid. Furthermore, the withholding tax expense year-on-year was higher due to more dividends declared by both Goldplat Recovery Pty Limited ('GPL') and Goldplat Recovery Ghana Limited ('GRG') during the period. By restructuring GPL as a subsidiary of Goldplat Plc, as recently announced, there will not only be a saving of General and Administrative expenses but also a reduction in the withholding tax rate on dividends declared to Goldplat Plc.

Share repurchase of minority shareholding in GPL

During the period the Group increased its interest in GPL, its principal operating subsidiary, from 74% to 90.63% through the buy-back by GPL of 22.33% of GPL shares from its minority shareholders and issuing shares, amounting to 4.90% of GPL to Aurelian Capital Proprietary Limited ('The Transaction'). The net cost to Goldplat of acquiring an additional 16.63% of GPL was ZAR 66.52 million (approximately £3.55m)

The Transaction was financed in part through a South African Rand denominated bank facility of ZAR 60 million (approximately

£3.02 million) provided by Nedbank.

Additional detail with regards to the Transaction and the financing thereof are set out in note 19.

Other shareholdings

After the period end, the group sold 32,878,000 of our shares in Caracal Gold PLC ('Caracal') for 0.95 pence per share. The shares sold represent the remainder of the initial share consideration of USD450,000 that was payable in cash by Caracal in relation to the sale of Kilimapesa Gold Pty Ltd, which the Group agreed to take up in shares at the initial listing price of Caracal, as announced on 3 November 2021.

The Group retains 103,846,153 shares representing a 5.69% interest in Caracal.

Working capital

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period decreased to £1,640,000 (30 June 2021: £3,459,000). The decrease from

£3,459,000 at end of 30 June 2021 is as a result of investment in working capital as noted below.

Inventories increased from 30 June 2021, by £2,601,000 as result of an increase in precious metals on hand of £3,080,000 set- off by a decrease in raw materials of £720,000. The increase in precious metals on hand and in process was driven by high turnover volumes in Ghana as well as delays we are experiencing on some of the shipping routes, whilst the decrease in raw material was as a result of higher cost per ton material processed in South Africa during the period.

Trade and other receivable balances also increased from 30 June 2021 by £3,590,000 again driven by increases in turnover, specifically in Ghana.

During the period the long-term liabilities increased to £3,332,000 as a result of the repurchase of shares from minority shareholders in GPL on the terms indicated above.

Goldplat Recovery (Pty) Ltd ('GPL')

Revenues in South Africa increased by 29% to £10,616,000 (H1 2020: £8,243,000). The 29% increase in revenue is attributable to improved production in our largest milling circuit, after the construction of a JIG and gravity concentrator (at a capital cost of

£55,000), in March 2021 and October 2022 respectively. The increase in revenue resulted in a profit of £1,552,000 (H1 2020:

£940,000).

The production of Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) is making a contribution to results and as indicated in the Q1 operational update, we have built our strategic PGM material to a level to warrant capital expenditure of USD 300,000 on a plant to extract its value. This new plant will also enable us to further develop our PGM recovery business and should be completed by the 4th quarter.

We continue to experience increase in operating costs, These included the increase in refinery charges, treatment charges, electricity costs, machinery hire, and security costs.

Our application for the water use license was submitted in October 2021 and we are still expecting feedback by the end of Q3 2022. We continue to manage and extend the deposit of material within the Group's current tailings storage facility ('TSF') with the help of consulting engineers and have spent 203,000 of capital on establishing of new tailings facility during the period.

The establishment of a new tailings storage facility remains the first step towards the reprocessing of our existing TSF which contains a JORC resource of approximately 82,000 ounces of gold (see announcement of 29 January 2016 for further information). The second step being the approval of pipeline application to a third party processor, which is ongoing and we expect results towards the end of this calendar year.

Gold Recovery Ghana ('GRG')

We experienced a steady and reliable supply of materials from our regular clients during the period and this significantly contributed to the 146% increase in revenue year on year to £10,710,000 (H1 2020: £4,359,000). The increase in volume of material processed, combined with the higher gold price resulted in the operating margins increasing by 153% to £1,828,000 (H1 2020: £724,000) and a net profit of £1,217,000 (H1 2020: £139,000), a 776% improvement from that of the comparative period.

Our engagement with mine management and government officials on different levels has continued, with the aim of increasing our footprint to ensure regular supply. By achieving a larger geographical spread with more clients, our objective is to have a steady supply from the mines current production, rather than ad hoc supplies from stockpiles.

We continue to evaluate our options for the processing of artisanal tailings material in Ghana, including the possibility of finding a partner in country.

To increase our ability to capture lower-grade material market which is not feasible to export to our other operations and also to improve services we can provide in South America, we aim to establish a processing and storage site in Brazil, at an initial cost of USD300,000. We are currently ensuring we secure all licenses required, specifically environmental, and will keep the market updated on progress.

Post-period end

Subsequent to 31 December 2021 we sold 32,878,000 of our shares in Caracal as reported above.

Outlook

We remain committed to our strategy of increasing long term visibility of earnings in the recovery businesses through key initiatives. These key initiatives include:

• improving our gold recoveries from lower grade contaminated material, effectively reducing the grade of the material we will be able to source economically. Reserves of lower grade materials are more readily available and help to alleviate the sourcing risk;

• Building strategic partnerships within the mining industry;

• Evaluating the investment into larger tailings storage facility and additional mill and leaching capacity to enable us to reprocess our current TSF; and

• Increased investment into sourcing initiatives and test work on a wider range of materials, including PGM discards.

Whilst the Group's trading expectation for the remainder of the year is currently unchanged, it is worth noting that the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is posing a significant challenge to the global supply chain industry. Whilst Goldplat has no activities directly connected with Russia or Ukraine, the long-term effect of the conflict on the Group is uncertain.

Matthew Robinson Chairman

18-Mar-22

Statements of Financial Position

Figuresin£`000	Notes	Group 31December 2021		Group 30June2021		Group31 December2020
Assets Non-currentassets Property,plantandequipment	4	4353		4568		4132
Right-of-useassets		465		574		375
Intangibleassets	5	4664		4664		4664
Investmentsinsubsidiaries,jointventuresandassociates	6	1		1		1
ReceivableonKilimapesasale	7	519		606		-
Otherloansandreceivables	8	511		636		750
Totalnon-currentassets		10513		11049		9922
Currentassets Inventories	9	11034		8433		11568
Tradeandotherreceivables	10	16593		13003		6580
ReceivableonKilimapesasale	7	87		58		-
Cashandcashequivalents	11	1640		3459		1394
Totalcurrentassets		29354		24953		19542
Non-currentassetsordisposalgroupsclassifiedasheldforsale		-		-		3380
Totalcurrentassets		29354		24953		22922
Totalassets		39867		36002		32844
Equity and liabilitiesEquity Sharecapital	12	1715		1698		1698
Sharepremium	12	11546		11491		11491
Retainedincome/(accumulatedloss)		7578		6846		6180
Foreignexchangereserve		(5806)		(5258)		(5406)
Totalequityattributabletoownersoftheparent		15033		14777		13963
Non-controllinginterests		1314		3637		3379
Totalequity		16347		18414		17342
Liabilities Non-currentliabilities Provisions	13	724		787		586
Deferredtaxliabilities		808		792		727
Long-termborrowings	15	1758		-		-
Leaseliabilities		42		110		77
Totalnon-currentliabilities		3332		1689		1390

Figuresin£`000	Notes	Group 31December 2021		Group 30June2021		Group31 December2020
Currentliabilities Tradeandotherpayables	14	18754		15445		10724
Currenttaxliabilities		399		128		532
Currentportionoflong-termborrowings	15	866		33		723
Leaseliabilities		169		293		200
Bankoverdraft	11	-		-		484
Totalcurrentliabilities		20188		15899		12663
Liabilitiesincludedindisposalgroupsclassifiedasheldforsale		-		-		1449
Totalcurrentliabilities		20188		15899		14112
Totalliabilities		23520		17588		15502
Totalequityandliabilities		39867		36002		32844

The notes below are an integral part of this condensed consolidated interim financial report.

  Statements of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income

		Group 6monthperiod ended31		Group 12 monthperiodended	Group6month period ended31December
Figuresin£`000	Notes	December2021		30June2021	2020
Revenue		21326		35400	12602
Costofsales		(17172)		(29201)	(9323)
Grossprofit		4154		6199	3279
Otherincome		2		56	-
Administrativeexpenses		(822)		(1694)	(679)
Profitfromoperatingactivities		3334		4561	2600
Financeincome		1		-	45
Financecosts		(329)		(909)	(623)
Sundryincome		-		-	38
Profitbeforetax		3006		3652	2060
Incometaxexpense-continuingoperations	16	(789)		(903)	(560)
Profitfromcontinuingoperations		2217		2749	1500
Lossfromdiscontinuedoperations		-		(570)	(243)
Profitfortheperiod		2217		2179	1257
Profitfortheperiodattributableto:
OwnersofParent		2071		1679	1013
Non-controllinginterest		146		500	244
		2217		2179	1257
Othercomprehensiveincomenetoftax
Components of other comprehensive income that will bereclassified to profitor loss
Exchangedifferencesontranslationrelatingtotheparent
(Losses)/gainsonexchangedifferencesontranslation		(548)		719	818
ExchangereservereclassifiedonlossofcontrolofKilimapesa		-		247	-
TotalExchangedifferencesontranslation		(548)		966	818
Exchangedifferencesrelatingtothenon-controllinginterest
(Losses)/Gainsonexchangedifferencesontranslation		(124)		256	213
Total other comprehensive income that will be reclassified toprofitor loss		(672)		1222	1031
Totalothercomprehensive(expense)/incomenetoftax		(672)		1222	1031
Totalcomprehensiveincome		1545		3401	2288
Comprehensiveincomeattributableto:
Comprehensiveincome,attributabletoownersofparent		1523		2645	1826
Comprehensiveincome,attributabletonon-controllinginterests		22		756	462
		1545		3401	2288

		Group 6monthperiod ended31		Group 12 monthperiodended	Group6month period ended31December
Figuresin£`000	Notes	December2021		30June2021	2020
Earningspersharefromcontinuinganddiscontinuingoperationsattributabletoownersoftheparentduringtheperiod
Basicearningspershare
Basicearningspersharefromcontinuingoperations	17	1.20		1.32	0.74
Basiclosspersharefromdiscontinuingoperations		-		(0.34)	(0.14)
Totalbasicearningspershare		1.20		0.98	0.60
Dilutedearningspershare
Dilutedearningspersharefromcontinuingoperations	17	1.19		1.32	0.73
Dilutedlosspersharefromdiscontinuedoperations		-		(0.33)	(0.14)
Totaldilutedearningspershare		1.19		0.99	0.59

The notes below are an integral part of this condensed consolidated interim financial report.

GoldplatPLC
Condensedconsolidatedinterimfinancialreportforthe6monthperiodended31December2021
StatementsofChangesinEquity-Group
	Foreign currency	Retained income/	Attributableto
Figuresin£`000  ShareCapitalSharepremium	translation reserve	(accumulated loss)	ownersofthe parent	Non-controlling interests	Total
Balanceat1July2020  1675   11441	(6224)	5167	12059	3057	15116
Changesinequity
Profitfortheyear  -  -	-	1679	1679	500	2179
Othercomprehensiveincome  -  -	966	-	966	256	1222
Totalcomprehensiveincomefortheperiod  -  -	966	1679	2645	756	3401
Non-controllinginterestsin subsidiarydividend  -  -	-	-	-	(176)	(176)
Sharesissuedfromoptionsexercised  23   50	-	-	73	-	73
Balanceat30June2021  1698   11491	(5258)	6846	14777	3637	18414
Balanceat1July2021  1698   11491	(5258)	6846	14777	3637	18414
Changesinequity
Profitfortheperiod  -  -	-	2071	2071	146	2217
Othercomprehensiveincome  -  -	(548)	-	(548)	(124)	(672)
ExchangereservereleasedthroughprofitandlossonsaleofKilimapesa  -  -		-	-	-	-
Totalcomprehensiveincomefortheperiod  -  -	(548)	2071	1523	22	1545
Non-controllinginterestsin subsidiarydividend  -  -	-	-	-	(22)	(22)
Sharesissuedfromoptionsexercised  17   55	-	-	72	-	72
Adjustmentsarisingfromchangeinnon-controllinginterest  -  -	-	(1339)	(1339)	(2323)	(3662)
Balanceat31December2021  1715   11546	(5806)	7578	15033	1314	16347
Notes  12   12

The notes below are an integral part of this condensed consolidated interim financial report.

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StatementsofCashFlows
Figuresin£`000	Notes	Group 6monthperiod ended31 December2021		Group12month period ended30June2021		Group 6 monthperiod ended31December 2020
Netcashflowsfrom/(usedin)operations		225		4277		(704)
Financecost		(329)		(909)		(623)
Financeincome		1		-		46
Incometaxespaid		(502)		(1059)		(159)
Netcashflows(usedin)/fromoperatingactivities		(605)		2309		(1440)
Cashflowsusedininvestingactivities
Proceedsfromsalesofproperty,plantandequipment		29		18		2
Purchaseofproperty,plantandequipment		(313)		(979)		(458)
Decreaseincashfromdisposalofnon-currentassetsheldforsale		-		(6)		-
(Payment)/Receiptfromlongtermreceivable		125		74		(89)
Cashflowsusedininvestingactivities		(159)		(893)		(545)
Cashflowsusedinfinancingactivities
Netproceedsfromissuingofshares/optionsexercised		72		73		73
Repaymentofcapitalportionofinterest-bearingborrowings		(203)		(872)		(142)
Interestpaidoninterest-bearingborrowings		(63)		(99)		(66)
Increaseinshareholdingofsubsidiary		(3787)		-		-
Increaseininterestbearingborrowings		2927		-		(88)
Principalpaidonleaseliabilities		(155)		(186)		-
Interestpaidonleaseliabilities		(37)		(21)		(36)
Paymentofdividendtonon-controllinginterest		(22)		(176)		(135)
Cashflowsusedinfinancingactivities		(1268)		(1281)		(394)
Net(decrease)/increaseincashandcashequivalents		(2032)		135		(2379)
Cashandcashequivalentsatbeginningoftheperiod		3459		3146		3140
Foreignexchangemovementonopeningbalance		213		178		149
Cashandcashequivalentsatendoftheperiod	11	1640		3459		910
Cashflowsfromdiscontinuedoperations				6		113

The notes below are an integral part of this condensed consolidated interim financial report.

  Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

            Figures in £ `000                                                                              31 December 2021        Group 30 June 2021        Group 31 December 2020                           

1.  General   information

This condensed consolidated interim financial information does not comprise statutory accounts within the meaning of section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. Statutory accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021 were approved by the Board of Directors and have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The audit report on those accounts: their report was unqualified, did not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis and did not contain a statement under section 498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.

2.  Basis of preparation

Statement of compliance

The annual financial statements of Goldplat plc (the 'Company') are prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union.

Going concern

The directors assessed that the group is able to continue in business for the foreseeable future with neither the intention nor the necessity of liquidation, ceasing trading or seeking protection from creditors pursuant to laws or regulations and thus adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.

The assessment of the going concern assumption involves judgement, at a particular point in time, about the future outcome of events or conditions which are inherently uncertain. The judgement made by the directors included the availability of and the ability to secure material for processing at its plants in South Africa and Ghana, the impact of loss of key management, outlook of commodity prices and exchange rates in the short to medium term and changes to regulatory and licensing conditions.

3.  Significant accounting policies

The accounting policies applied in this condensed consolidated interim financial report are the same as those applied in the Group's consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended 30 June 2021.

4.  Property, plant and equipment

During the six months ended 31 December 2021, the Group acquired assets with a cost, excluding capitalised borrowing costs of £313,000 (six months ended 31 December 2020: £458,000; twelve months ended 30 June 2021: £1,132,000).

5.  Intangible assets

Intangible assets at the end of the period relate only to goodwill which relate to the investment held in Gold Minerals Resources Limited. The balance is supported by the combined ongoing gold recovery operations in South Africa and Ghana. During the six months ended 31 December 2021 the goodwill balance has not been impaired (six months ended 31 December 2020: £nil; twelve months ended 30 June 2021: £nil).

6.  Investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates

The amounts included on the statements of financial position comprise the following:

Investment in joint ventures  1  1   1

7.  Receivable on Kilimapesa sale

Receivable on Kilimapesa sale incorporates the following balances:

The receivable relate to the 1% net smelter royalty on production of Kilimapesa to the maximum of USD1,500,000.

Non-currentassets	519		606		-
Currentassets	87		58		-
	606		664		-

Other financial assets are recognised initially at the fair value, including transaction costs. The asset will subsequently be measured at fair value and are grouped into levels 1 to 3 based on the significance of the inputs used in the valuation. The financial assets from the Kilimapesa sale has significant inputs and is therefore included in level 3.

8.Otherloansandreceivables Otherloansandreceivablescomprisethefollowingbalances
Amabubesi(Pty)Ltd AurelianCapitalProprietaryLimited	-511		636 -		750 -
	511		636		750

The loan receivable in Goldplat Recovery (Pty) Limited, in compliance with Black Economic Empowerment legislation in South Africa, are recoverable from future dividends. They have been included at historical cost due to the uncertainty surrounding the variables required to calculate this asset at amortised cost. The directors consider that the carrying amount represents the fair value of the assets.

9.Inventories Inventoriescomprise:
Rawmaterials	2704		3424		3439
Consumablestores	947		706		538
Preciousmetalsonhandandinprocess	7383		4303		7591
	11034		8433		11568

Inventories are initially recognised at cost, and subsequently at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost comprises all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. Weighted average cost is used to determine the cost of ordinarily interchangeable items.

10.Tradeandotherreceivables Tradeandotherreceivablescomprise:
Tradereceivables	14377		11986		5808
Sundrydebtors	1414		12		22
Prepaidexpenses	110		157		128
Deposits	12		-		12
Otherreceivables	485		618		394
Valueaddedtax	195		230		216
	16593		13003		6580
11.Cashandcashequivalents
11.1Cashandcashequivalentsincludedincurrentassets:
Cash Balanceswithbanks	1640		3459		1394
11.2Overdrawncashandcashequivalentsincludedincurrentliabilities
Bankoverdrafts	-		-		(484)
12.Sharecapital
Authorisedandissuedsharecapital
Issued Ordinaryshares	1715		1698		1698
	1715		1698		1698
Sharepremium	11546		11491		11491
	13261		13189		13189

During the current year, share options were exercised that resulted in an increased in share capital and share premium.

13.  Provisions

Provisions comprise:

Environmental obligation  724  787   586

In terms of section 54 of the regulations of the Minerals Resource and Petroleum Act of 2002, in South Africa, a Quantum of Financial Provisioning is required for activities performed under mining lease. Quantum of Financial Provisioning requires a detailed itemization of actual costs relating to the premature closure, decommissioning and final closure and post closure management. The Company makes use of an independent consultant to calculate the detail itemized actual current costs for rehabilitation and to evaluate any critical estimates and assumptions. The Quantum of Financial Provisioning has been approved by Department of Minerals Resources in South Africa. The Company has insured the obligation and has ceded the proceeds from the policy to the Department of Minerals Resources. During the prior financial year, the provision held in GPR was reassessed by using an external expert and it was concluded that due to the additional capital expenditure that has taken place over the financial period, the provision had to be increased to account for the additional capital incurred.

14.  Trade and other payables

Trade and other payables comprise:

Trade creditors  1 610  9 200   4 055

Accrued liabilities  9 306  5 260   5 665

Invoice financing creditor  7 838  985   1 004

Total trade and other payables  18 754  15 445   10 724

15.  Long term borrowings

The principal on the bank facility is repayable monthly over 36 months. The interest payable on the facility will be the South African Prime Rate plus 1.75%.

Further to above, GPL did grant security over its debtors as well as a negative pledge over its moveable and any immovable property and a general notarial bond over all movable assets of GPL will be registered. The Group entered into a limited suretyship for ZAR 60 million (approximately GBP3.02 million), in favour of Nedbank.

Longtermborrowingscomprise:
Nedbank Scipion	2624 -		-33		-723
	2624		33		723
Non-currentportionoflongtermborrowings	1758		-		-
Currentportionoflongtermborrowings	866		33		723
	2624		33		723

16.  Income tax expense - continuing operations

Income tax expense is recognised based on management's best estimate of the weighted average annual income tax rate expected for the full financial year applied to the pre-tax income of the interim period. The tax charges for the period arises in South Africa, Ghana and on declaration of dividends from South Africa. The effective income tax rate in GPL was 24% (six months ended 31 December 2020: 26%), GRG was 15% (six months ended 31 December 2020: 15%) and the withholding tax

rate on dividends declared was 5% (six months ended 31 December 2020: 20%).

17.Earningspershare
Basicearningspershare
The earnings and weighted average number of ordinary shares usedinthecalculationofbasicearningspershareareasfollows:
Profitfortheperiodattributabletoownersofthecompany	2071		1679		1013
Lossfortheyearfromdiscontinuedoperations	-		570		243
Earnings used in the calculation of basic earnings per share forcontinuingoperations	2071		2249		1256
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in the calculation ofbasicearnings per share('000s)	171954		169774		169774
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in the calculation ofdilutedearnings pershare ('000s)	174201		170561		173312
18.Segmentinformation
18.1Segmentrevenues
					Totalsegmentrevenue
Periodended31December2021
SouthAfricanRecoveryOperations					10616
WestAfricanRecoveryOperations					10710
Grouprevenue					21326
Periodended30June2021
SouthAfricanRecoveryOperations					17622
WestAfricanRecoveryOperations					17778
Grouprevenue					35400
Periodended31December2020
SouthAfricanRecoveryOperations					8243
WestAfricanRecoveryOperations					4359
					12602

	Segmentinformationcontinued...
18.2	Otherincomesandexpenses
		Depreciationfor		Financecostfor		Financeincome		Segmentprofit/(loss)beforetaxfor
		continued operations		continued operations		forcontinued operations		continued opeations		Taxation		Discontinued operations
	Periodended31December2021
	SouthAfricanRecoveryOperations	(172)		(140)		370		2141		(589)		-
	WestAfricanRecoveryOperations	(76)		(418)		-		1409		(193)		-
	Administration	-		(152)		-		(405)		(7)		-
	Reconciliationtogroupfigures	-		100		(88)		(139)		-		-
	Totalotherincomesandexpenses	(248)		(610)		282		3006		(789)		-
	Periodended30June2021
	SouthAfricanRecoveryOperations	(379)		(991)		125		2358		(435)		-
	WestAfricanRecoveryOperations	(140)		(223)		-		2092		(383)		-
	MiningandExploration	-		-		-		-		-		(570)
	Administration	-		144		41		(3957)		(85)		-
	Reconciliationtogroupfigures	-		161		(166)		3159		-		-
	Totalotherincomesandexpenses	(519)		(909)		-		3652		(903)		(570)

Segmentinformationcontinued...
	Depreciationfor		Financecostfor		Financeincome		Segmentprofit/(loss)beforetaxfor
	continued operations		continued operations		forcontinued operations		continued opeations		Taxation		Discontinued operations
Periodended31December2020
SouthAfricanRecoveryOperations	(210)		(876)		65		1297		(357)		-
WestAfricanRecoveryOperations	(68)		(68)		-		846		(122)		-
MiningandExploration	-		-		-		-		-		(243)
Administration	-		(133)		389		(109)		(80)		-
Reconciliationtogroupfigures	-		-		45		44		-		-
Totalotherincomesandexpenses	(278)		(1077)		499		2078		(559)		(243)

Goldplat PLC

Condensed consolidated interim financial report for the 6 month period ended 31 December 2021

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Figures in £ `000

19. Major events

Share repurchase from and issue of new shares to the minority shareholders of GPL

During the period the Group increased its interest in GPL, its principal operating subsidiary, from 74% to 90.63% through the buy-back by GPL of 22.33% of GPL shares, for ZAR 89.3 million (approximately £4.5 million), from its minority shareholders and issuing shares, amounting to 4.90% of GPL to Aurelian Capital Proprietary Limited, a related party, at the same valuation as the share repurchase, for ZAR 16 million (approximately £807,000). The Transaction valued GPL at ZAR 400 million (approximately

£20.2 million) ("The Transaction"). The net cost to Goldplat of acquiring an additional 16.63% of GPL was ZAR 66.52 million (approximately £3.55 million).

The Transaction was financed in part through a South African Rand denominated bank facility of ZAR 60 million (approximately £3.02 million) provided by Nedbank. The remainder of the consideration was settled through a set-off against the existing Amabubesi vendor loan of ZAR 12.6 million (approximately £635,000) outstanding to the Group with the balance paid in cash. The principal on the bank facility is repayable monthly over 36 months. The interest payable on the facility will be the South African Prime Rate plus 1.75%.

Of the ZAR 16 million (approximately £807,000) consideration for the 4.90% worth of shares, Aurelian has paid ZAR 5 million (approximately £252,000) in cash; a further ZAR 5 million cash (approximately £252,000) is due by April 2022; and the ZAR 6 million balance (approximately £302,000) is a vendor loan and is payable from distributions to be declared by GPL. Following dividends declared to date of this report by GPL, the balance of this vendor loan is now ZAR 4.2 million (approximately

£212,000).

After the completion of above transactions and cancellation of the repurchased shares, the Group held 90.63% of GPL (an increase of 16.63%), Amabubesi held 4.47% and Aurelian 4.90%. Subsequent to above, Amabubesi's remaining shares were repurchased and shares to the same amount and value issued to Aurelian. Aurelian is therefore the only minority partner in South Africa and holds 9.37% of GPL.

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