Iberian Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE: IZN) today announced financial
and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30,
2010, with comparative figures for the third quarter ended
September 30, 2009. The Q3 2010 interim consolidated financial
statements and related notes, and Management Discussion and
Analysis may be found on www.sedar.com. Unless stated otherwise,
all reported figures are in U.S. dollars. The Company reported net
loss of $97.7 million for Q3 2010, representing $0.29 per share,
and net loss of $17.1 million for the nine months ended September
30, 2010.
Summarized results for the three and nine months ended September
30, 2010:
Financial:
Three months ended September 30, 2010
-- Recorded net loss of $97.68 million or $0.29 per registered share which
included:
-- Sales of $57.48 million and gross margin of $(2.58) million;
-- A realized loss of $24.31 million on commodity hedges in the period
(included in sales);
-- An unrealized non-cash loss of $97.86 million on derivative
financial instruments outstanding, as a result of the increase in
metal prices over the period.
-- Cash flow provided by operations before changes in non-cash working
capital was $12.10 million. Cash flow provided by operations after
changes in non-cash working capital was $16.20 million.
Nine months ended September 30, 2010
-- Recorded net loss of $17.07 million or $0.05 per registered share which
included:
-- Sales of $164.98 million and gross margin of $(23.57) million;
-- A realized loss of $69.38 million on commodity hedges in the period
(included in sales);
-- An unrealized non-cash gain of $21.09 million on derivative
financial instruments outstanding.
-- Cash flow provided by operations before changes in non-cash working
capital was $24.66 million. Cash flow provided by operations after
changes in non-cash working capital was $0.43 million.
Operational - CMC:
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Three months ended September 30, 2010
-- Condestable Mine continued to process copper ore at budgeted rates. The
copper ore grade was 1.21% in the third quarter versus 1.21% in the
third quarter of 2009. The copper ore grade has continued to improve
quarter by quarter during 2010 - up from 1.10% in the first quarter and
1.18% in the second quarter.
-- CMC processed 564,541 tonnes of ore in the period versus 550,626 tonnes
for the same period of the prior year (increase of 3%).
-- Copper concentrate production in the period was 24,544 DMT versus 23,841
DMT in the prior year (increase of 3%).
-- Contained copper production in the period was 6,088 tonnes versus 6,100
tonnes in the prior year.
-- The Cash Operating Cost (non-GAAP measure; refer to section 5) for the
period was $0.99 per payable pound of copper versus prior year of $0.96.
This was an improvement from the second quarter 2010 Cash Operating Cost
of $1.02.
Nine months ended September 30, 2010
-- Copper ore grade was lower than expected at 1.16% versus 1.22% in 2009.
-- CMC processed 1,666,932 tonnes of ore in the period versus 1,615,465
tonnes for the same period of the prior year (increase of 3%).
-- Copper concentrate production in the period was 68,840 DMT versus 72,490
DMT in the prior year (decrease of 5%).
-- Contained copper production in the period was 17,252 tonnes versus
18,186 tonnes in the prior year (decrease of 5%).
-- The Cash Operating Cost for the period was $1.02 per payable pound of
copper versus prior year of $0.89.
Other
-- Completed the previously announced purchase from Corianta S.A. of all
remaining interest in the Raul Mine, which forms part of the Condestable
operation (the "Raul Transaction"). The purchase price was $28.00
million. As such, CMC is no longer obligated to make royalty payments
that it was previously required to pay in connection with the lease of
the Raul Mine.
-- Completed the closing of a $55.00 million senior secured debt facility
which ultimately funded the Raul Transaction.
Operational - MATSA (no comparables for the same period in 2009):
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Three months ended September 30, 2010
-- MATSA processed 460,999 tonnes of ore in the period; the highest
quarterly volume achieved since commercial production was declared.
-- Produced 26,754 DMT of copper concentrate and 5,968 DMT of zinc
concentrate. Contained metal production was 5,767 tonnes of copper and
2,834 tonnes of zinc.
-- The Cash Operating Cost was $2.06 per payable pound of copper. This
represented a 13% improvement over the second quarter Cash Operating
Cost of $2.38 per payable pound of copper. In the period the production
rate in the processing plant was 8% above the original 1.7Mtpa design
capacity. The 30% planned expansion of the copper ore processing circuit
was completed in August 2010 and thus allowed this circuit to operate at
a higher throughput rate for the month of September 2010.
Nine months ended September 30, 2010
-- MATSA processed 1,200,355 tonnes of ore in the period.
-- Produced 66,817 DMT of copper concentrate and 21,645 DMT of zinc
concentrate. Contained metal was 15,399 tonnes of copper and 10,400
tonnes of zinc.
-- The Cash Operating Cost was $2.24 per payable pound of copper. It was
higher than anticipated for steady state as the production rate in the
period was below pre-expansion design capacity of 1.7 Mtpa at 94%.
Other
-- In the third quarter of 2010, MATSA made significant progress towards
completion of the planned 30% expansion of the processing plant to 2.2
Mtpa. The major capital item, being a second deep cone thickener was
completed, tested and put into operation. The expansion of the copper
ore processing circuit was completed in early September such that this
circuit operated at a rate of 3,000 tpd for most of that month.
Subsequent to the end of the third quarter and as announced in a press
release dated October 18, 2010, MATSA completed the expansion of the
poly-metallic ore processing circuit such that it too is now able to
process ore at a rate of 3,000 tpd for a combined and fully expanded
processing rate of 6,000 tpd or the equivalent of 2.2 Mtpa.
-- Completed the closing of a $50.00 million senior secured, revolving debt
facility.
-- Received the EUR10.09 million grant from Junta de Andalucia in Spain
(the "Grant"). The Grant, which was finalized in February this year,
relates to the "Programa de Incentivos para el Fomento de la Innovacion
y el Desarollo Empresarial en Andalucia" (Incentive Program for the
Promotion of Innovation and Business Development in Andalucia) and was
awarded based on satisfying certain employment and financial conditions,
which Iberian has completed.
Summarized Financial Results
The following table presents a summarized Statement of
Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010
with comparatives for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2009.
Effective April 1, 2010, the Company's functional currency
became U.S. dollars. The Company also converted its reporting
currency to U.S. dollars. In accordance with GAAP, the Company
restated all amounts presented for comparative purposes into U.S.
dollars.
For accounting purposes, to September 30, 2009, MATSA was in a
pre-production phase. As such, sales and costs and expenses of
mining operations incurred in this phase were not recognized in the
operating statement for the comparative periods (three and nine
months ended September 30, 2009). Commercial production at MATSA
was declared with effect from October 1, 2009. Sales and costs of
expenses of mining operations for MATSA have been recognized in the
operating statement of the Company in the current periods (three
and nine months ended September 30, 2010).
Three months ended Nine months ended
September 30, September 30,
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2010 2009 2010 2009
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$ $ $ $
Sales 57,482 26,705 164,976 77,286
Costs and expenses of mining
operations 42,074 15,893 132,759 41,828
Mine site amortization 17,987 5,986 55,786 18,213
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Gross margin (2,579) 4,826 (23,569) 17,245
Expenses
Administrative expenses and other 3,581 5,692 11,286 10,952
Foreign exchange (gain)/loss 319 (6,121) (6,903) (9,075)
Unrealized loss (gain) on derivative
financial instruments 97,862 77,115 (21,093) 205,490
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Total expenses 101,762 76,686 (16,710) 207,367
Net income (loss) before income
taxes (104,341) (71,860) (6,859) (190,122)
Non-controlling interest (46) (265) 46 (950)
Income tax expense 2,933 2,548 5,611 8,600
Future income tax recovery (9,545) (3,740) 4,555 (40,421)
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Net income (loss) (97,683) (70,403) (17,071) (157,351)
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Basic earnings (loss) per share ($) (0.29) (0.21) (0.05) (0.53)
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Diluted earnings (loss) per share
($) (0.29) (0.21) (0.05) (0.53)
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Key operating statistics
Condestable:
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Three months Nine months
Periods ended September 30, Unit 2010 2009 2010 2009
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Ore mined t 550,346 583,095 1,654,379 1,641,305
Ore processed t 564,541 550,626 1,666,932 1,615,465
Copper ore grade % 1.21 1.21 1.16 1.22
Concentrate grade % 25 26 25 25
Copper recovery rate % 90 91 89 92
Copper concentrate DMT 24,544 23,841 68,840 72,490
Copper contained in
concentrate t 6,088 6,100 17,252 18,186
Gold contained in
concentrate oz 3,382 4,422 10,660 13,521
Silver contained in
concentrate oz 76,216 61,496 207,925 181,484
Payable copper contained in
concentrate t 5,823 5,814 16,491 17,322
Payable gold contained in
concentrate oz 3,065 3,991 9,334 12,181
Payable silver contained in
concentrate oz 68,363 54,904 191,329 163,110
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Cash Operating Cost per lb
of payable copper USD $ 0.99 $ 0.96 $ 1.02 $ 0.89
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MATSA:
MATSA operating statistics
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Three months Nine months
Periods ended September 30, Unit 2010 2010
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Copper ore
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Ore mined t 348,691 927,636
Ore processed t 362,290 920,555
Copper ore grade % 1.82 1.83
Concentrate grade % 22 22
Copper recovery rate % 82 83
Copper concentrate DMT 24,908 62,633
Copper contained in concentrate t 5,393 13,881
Silver contained in concentrate oz 77,105 199,913
Payable copper contained in concentrate t 5,144 13,275
Payable silver contained in concentrate oz 53,411 139,830
Polymetallic ore
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Ore mined t 104,843 281,397
Ore processed t 98,709 279,800
Copper ore grade % 1.08 1.26
Copper concentrate grade % 20 21
Copper recovery rate % 38 40
Zinc ore grade % 4.91 6.19
Zinc concentrate grade % 47 48
Zinc recovery rate % 61 61
Copper concentrate DMT 1,846 4,184
Copper/lead bulk concentrate DMT - 6,071
Zinc concentrate DMT 5,968 21,645
Copper contained in concentrate t 374 1,518
Zinc contained in concentrate t 2,834 10,400
Silver contained in concentrate oz 104,873 316,575
Payable copper contained in concentrate t 355 1,415
Payable zinc contained in concentrate t 2,357 8,427
Payable silver contained in concentrate oz 20,799 177,466
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Cash Operating Cost per lb of payable
copper USD 2.06 2.24
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Outlook
CMC
Consistent with previous guidance issued, the Company expects
that CMC will process 2.2 million tonnes of ore in 2010. The
projected contained copper production for 2010 is expected to be
23,500 t. It is expected, for the balance of 2010, that CMC will
have access to higher copper ore grades from the Karina vein and
will thus achieve an average copper ore grade for the second half
of 2010 of 1.20%. The forecast copper ore grade for 2010 is
expected to be approximately 1.17%. Cash Operating cost guidance
for 2010 is forecast to be $1.03 per payable pound of copper for
2010. The increase reflects lower than expected copper production
and higher operating costs realized during the year.
CMC set two priorities entering 2010. The first priority was to
complete the Raul Transaction, which occurred on March 31, 2010.
The purchase of the Raul mine lease and royalty provides Iberian
with greater control over the mining operation at CMC and
eliminates the Raul royalty payments. In connection with the
completion of the Raul Transaction, CMC successfully completed the
CMC Facility. The second priority was to improve reliability of the
mining operations by investing approximately $3.30 million in
capital costs to improve the secondary crushing. This project is
progressing on target. With secondary crushing expected to be
operational in Q2 2011.
MATSA
At MATSA, having completed the 30% plant expansion the immediate
priority in Q4 will be to continue optimizing the metallurgical
performance of the poly-metallic circuit with the copper circuit
having already consistently achieved target concentrate grades and
recoveries. The Company expects that MATSA will operate at the
expanded production rate in Q4 of 6,000 tpd of processed ore
(equivalent of 2.2 Mtpa of processed ore). With 3,000 tpd being
processed in each of the copper and poly-metallic circuits. With
the recent implementation of a pilot plant MATSA continues to work
towards production of a lead concentrate of saleable quality. To
that end the Company anticipates that it will be able to produce a
saleable lead concentrate by the beginning of Q2 in 2011 but that
no assurances can be given as to exact timing in this regard.
MATSA expects to be in the range of previously issued production
guidance in August 2010 with the exception that current forecast
zinc production may be approximately 20% below this guidance for
2010. This was primarily due to an operational decision to process
copper ores through both circuits for a period of four weeks in
September and early October.
About Iberian Minerals Corp.
Iberian Minerals Corp. is a Canadian listed global base metals
company with interests in Spain and Peru. The Condestable Mine,
located in Peru approximately 90 km south of Lima operates at 2.2
million tonnes per year producing copper, and associated silver and
gold in a concentrate. The Aguas Tenidas Mine is in the Andalucia
region of Spain approximately 110 km north-west of Seville and
operates a 2.2 million tonnes per year underground mine and
concentrator that produces copper, zinc and lead concentrates that
also contain gold and silver.
Note 1 - The Cash Operating Cost per pound of payable copper is
a non-GAAP performance measure. It includes cash operating costs,
including treatment and refining charges ("TC/RC"), freight and
distribution costs, and is net of by-product metal credits (zinc,
gold and silver). The Cash Operating Cost per pound of payable
copper indicator is consistent with the widely accepted industry
standard established by Brook Hunt and is also known as the C1 cash
cost.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:
This news release contains certain "forward-looking statements"
and "forward-looking information" under applicable securities laws.
Except for statements of historical fact, certain information
contained herein constitutes forward- looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words
such as "plan", "expect", "project", "intend", "believe",
"anticipate", "estimate", and other similar words, or statements
that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur. Forward
looking information may include, but is not limited to, statements
with respect to the future financial or operating performances of
the Corporation, its subsidiaries and their respective projects,
the timing and amount of estimated future production, estimated
costs of future production, capital, operating and exploration
expenditures, the future price of copper, gold and zinc, the
estimation of mineral reserves and resources, the realization of
mineral reserve estimates, the costs and timing of future
exploration, requirements for additional capital, government
regulation of exploration, development and mining operations,
environmental risks, reclamation and rehabilitation expenses, title
disputes or claims, and limitations of insurance coverage.
Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates
of management at the date the statements are made, and are based on
a number of assumptions and subject to a variety of risks and
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or
results to differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements. Many of these assumptions are based on
factors and events that are not within the control of the
Corporation and there is no assurance they will prove to be
correct. Factors that could cause actual results to vary materially
from results anticipated by such forward-looking statements include
changes in market conditions and other risk factors discussed or
referred to in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the
Corporation's annual information form dated March 29, 2010.
Although the Corporation has attempted to identify important
factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to
differ materially from those described in forward-looking
statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events
or results not to be anticipated, estimated or intended. There can
be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be
accurate, as actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements. The
Corporation undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking
statements if circumstances or management's estimates or opinions
should change except as required by applicable securities laws. The
reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Contacts: Iberian Minerals Corp. Laura Sandilands Investor
Relations and Corporate Communications 416-815-8558
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