Final Results

Red Rock Resources plc 07 November 2006 RED ROCK RESOURCES PLC Preliminary results for the year ended 30 June 2006 Dated: 7 November 2006 Red Rock Resources plc ('Red Rock' or the 'Company') the mineral exploration and development company focussed on advancing iron ore, uranium and manganese projects in Australia and in East Africa announced today its preliminary results for the period ended 30 June 2006. Chairman's statement The year to 30th June 2006 was the first full year of the company's existence, and was marked by a series of milestones, some of which have been previously reported, but which I shall briefly recapitulate. Corporate events - Half Year to 31st December 2005 On 29th July 2005 the company's shares were admitted to trading on AIM, and on 14th October 2005 the company obtained a secondary listing on the Frankfurt exchange. In October the company acquired for shares a portfolio of mineral properties in the Northern Territory of Australia, predominantly prospective for uranium and iron ore, but also for a variety of minerals, including manganese, gold, other base metals, and containing an established magnesite resource. In December the company issued 800,000 new ordinary shares in the Company at 2.6p per share and 2,500,000 ordinary shares of 0.1p in Zeus Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of Red Rock to acquire two uranium properties in Malawi. Corporate events - Half Year to 30th June 2006 and post-balance sheet period In January Robert Weicker joined the board. He has an Honours Degree in Earth Science from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, and is a Professional Geoscientist of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. With over 25 years in the mineral exploration and mining industry, from greenfield exploration to production operations, including a period as Chief Geologist at the Williams mine, Robert Weicker brings a great and varied experience to our counsels. In April 2006 the company acquired for cash the rights to a 400 hectare tenement at Mkushi in Zambia, containing what appeared to be a manganese deposit with a known production history. On 22nd May 2006 the company entered into an option and royalty agreement with Jupiter Mines Ltd of Australia, in relation to the company's Mt Ida and Mt Hope iron licenses in the Central Yilgarn of Western Australia, under the terms of which Jupiter is obligated to carry out exploration on the properties. On 28th June the company announced a placement of 5,018,750 shares at 2p per share, together with an expected further placing of a similar amount on the same terms. 4,018,750 of the shares were placed with Sunvest Corporation Limited, a company incorporated in Australia and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and 1,000,000 of the Shares were placed at 2p per Share pursuant to a subscription by Regency Mines plc. The second tranche of 5,018,750 shares was completed on 3rd August 2006. We welcomed to the board in September a new director, with a lifetime of mining engineering and geological experience, including ten years in Zambia. Michael Nott's advice, will be invaluable to us, and he has the skills we need if we are to move from being a mineral explorer to becoming a mineral producer. Exploration At the Woolgni/Edith River licenses in the Northern Territory of Australia, preliminary sampling was carried out in October 2005 on the YMCA No 2 uranium prospect which was discovered in 1952 and was the subject of limited drilling in 1954. Sampling was also carried out on the dumps of an old shallow uranium shaft situated on the north bank of the Fergusson River and outlined uranium anomalism ranging from 78.29 to 237.96 ppm uranium. A reconnaissance over the Woolgni goldfield with its many adits, old mines and historical costeaning and drilling was conducted. It is now planned to collate all historical data before determining the most appropriate exploration path for this project. To the east of Woolgni next to the sealed Stuart Highway the Tower gold prospect was investigated. This is a large gold anomaly that recorded gold from rock chip samples up to 31.1 g/t. There is evidence of considerable costeaning and pitting on the anomaly but no drilling is recorded. The Tower prospect is a promising gold target for further exploration in 2006/2007. Acquisition and processing of government airborne radiometric data was also carried out for the Mt Alfred iron ore project area located in the southern Yilgarn region of Western Australia. Review of the imaged data revealed a strong uranium anomaly within the central portion of the tenement measuring approximately 3km x 3km. At the Savage River North and Arthur River licenses in Tasmania a detailed review with recommendations was commissioned and delivered in June 2006. A field trip to the Keith River gossan at Arthur River produced one float sample of significant massive magnetite. Following the May option agreement with Jupiter Mines on two of the company's iron ore prospects in Western Australia, Mt Ida and Mt Hope, Jupiter has been active in exploring the area. Drilling results on Jupiter's own small Mt Mason license, adjacent to Mt Ida, produced promising intervals of haematite ore from a nine hole drill programme including 29m at 63.3% iron and 18m at 61.44% iron. At Mt Ida Jupiter's recent mapping has discovered a haematite zone assaying 66.25% in rock chips, and a haematite lens some 500m east of Mt Mason that is continuous over all 13km to Mt Ida, with samples averaging 54.3% Fe to 63.6% Fe, and an overall iron assay of 60.2% Fe. Drilling of Mt Hope is shortly to begin. On the nearby larger 205 sq km Mt Alfred tenement, excluded by the company from the option agreement, similar outcrop and mineralisation will shortly be tested by our own exploration programme. At Mkushi in Zambia, our initial mapping and exploration has identified a North-East trending cross-faulted structure 7 km long, in parts over 50m wide, containing where visible at surface and explored, a high grade hydrothermal replacement manganese. There is also evidence of secondary supergene enrichment in the area. In the western 550m of this zone, we have an indicated resource of 2.36m tons of manganese, and exploration continues. 15 RAB holes have been drilled, and we await sampling results. We expect to see some increase in resource. CSA Consultants are completing a study of the project and although this is still in draft the indications are positive. The favourable location of this high grade deposit in relation to local infrastructure, including the Tazara railway, and its expression at surface, make it possible that economic potential can be evidenced within a relatively short time frame. Outlook In the interim report released in March I stated that we expected 2006 to be a year of major developments for the company. With the year not yet over, the acquisition and exploration of the Zambian manganese license, and the joint venture over Mt Ida and Mt Hope and subsequent exploration, have been major steps forward. We have defined a manganese resource that in composition, grade, extent, and supporting infrastructure already appears to meet many of the threshold requirements for a viable project, and that has further exploration potential. We have confirmed the potential for substantial bodies of high grade haematite iron mineralisation in our area of interest in the Central Yilgarn. It is possible that what has been identified in these areas will form the nucleus of high grade mining operations in both manganese and iron, capable of being brought into production within a relatively short time, that in Zambia might be measured in months rather than years. We shall continue to develop the Zambian project through scoping study and a feasibility study towards development. We shall shortly begin a mapping and sampling programme directed at identifying high grade iron on our retained license at Mt Alfred in the Central Yilgarn. We shall shortly begin exploration on our Malawi uranium properties. We continue to work on developing opportunities for the gold and uranium prospects within the portfolio. We are presented with a wealth of opportunities unusual in a company of our size, and will pursue them with vigour. Andrew R. McM. Bell Chairman 6 November 2006 The Company's unaudited results for the year ended 30 June 2006 are as follows. Profit and loss account for the year ended 30 June 2006 Year ended Period ended 30 June 30 June 2005 2006 £ £ Turnover - Exploration costs 58,455 - Administrative expenses 133,652 20,379 Currency losses 5,100 - Operating loss (197,207) (20,379) Interest receivable 4,224 - Loss on ordinary activities before taxation (192,983) (20,379) Tax on loss on ordinary activities - - Loss on ordinary activities after taxation (192,983) (20,379) Retained loss for the period (192,932) (20,379) Loss per share (0.13) p (0.1) p All of the operations are considered to be continuing. Consolidated balance sheet As at 30 June 2006 30 June 2006 30 June 2005 £ £ Fixed assets Intangible fixed assets 972,290 348,932 Investment in associate 26,250 998,540 Current assets Debtors 26,416 - Cash at bank 101,021 - Current asset investments 15,491 142,928 - Creditors - amounts due within one year (38,417) (143,751) Net current assets/ (liabilities) 104,511 (143,751) Total assets less current liabilities 1,103,051 205,181 Share capital and reserves Called-up share capital 166,679 113,560 Share premium account 1,141,988 112,000 Profit and loss account (205,616) (20,379) Equity shareholders' funds 1,103,051 205,181 Company balance sheet As at 30 June 2006 30 June 2006 30 June 2005 £ £ Fixed assets Intangible fixed assets 971,888 348,932 Investments 26,251 - 998,139 348,932 Current assets Debtors 141,002 - Cash at bank 79,106 - Current asset investments 15,491 - 235,599 - Creditors - amounts due within one year (40,543) (143,751) Net current assets/ (liabilities) 195,056 (143,751) Total assets less current liabilities 1,193,195 205,181 Share capital and reserves Called-up share capital 166,679 113,560 Share premium account 1,141,988 112,000 Profit and loss account (115,472) (20,379) Equity shareholders' funds 1,193,195 205,181 Consolidated cash flow statement for the year ended 30 June 2006 Notes Year ended 30 June 2006 £ Net cash outflow from operating activities (340,224) Capital expenditure and investment (120,557) Cash outflow before financing (460,781) Financing 561,802 Increase in cash in the year 101,021 There were no cash transactions during the period ended 30 June 2005. Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2006 1. The Directors are not recommending the payment of an ordinary share dividend. 2. Loss per share on the net basis is calculated on a loss on ordinary activities after taxation of 192,983 (2005: £20,379) and on 154,319,058 (2005: 20,178,528) ordinary shares being the weighted average number of shares in issue and ranking for dividend during the period. No diluted loss per share is presented as the effect of exercise of outstanding options is to decrease the loss per share. 3. The financial information set out in this Preliminary announcement does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in section 240 of the Companies Act 1985. Results for the year ended 30 June 2006 are abridged from the 2006 Annual Report and Accounts, which received an unqualified auditor's report and will be filed with the Registrar of Companies following the Annual General Meeting. 4. The Annual Report will be posted to shareholders week commencing on 13 November 2006. Further copies will be available from the Company's registered office: 3rd Floor, 55 Gower Street, London WC1E 6HQ. 5. The Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Company's offices at 115 Eastbourne Mews, Paddington, London W2 6LQ, on Tuesday 12 December 2006 at 11.00 a.m. Enquiries: Andrew Bell 07766 474849 Red Rock Resources plc Chairman John Simpson 020 7512 0191 ARM Corporate Finance Ltd Nominated Adviser Ron Marshman / John 020 7628 5518 City of London PR Limited Public Relations Greenhalgh Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on Red Rock's website, www.rrrplc.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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