New Pacific Reports Financial Results for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
NEWS RE ELEASE
Trading S Symbol: TSX V Venture: NUA AG OTCQX: NUPMF
NEW W PACIFIC REP PORTS FINAN NCIAL RESULT TS FOR THE T THREE MONTH HS ENDED SE EPTEMBER 30 0, 2018
VANCOU UVER, BRITISH H COLUMBIA A – Novembe er 20, 2018: New Pacific Metals Corp
p. (“New Pac cific” or the nnounced its unaudited condensed co cial results for the three “Compan ny”) today an onsolidated in nterim financ months e ended Septem mber 30, 2018 8.
nt Discussion & Analysis, This earn nings release should be re ead in conjunc ction with the Company's Managemen eriod, which have been Financial Statements and Notes t to Financial Statements f for the corre esponding pe dar.com and are also available on the Company's posted u under the Com mpany’s prof file on SEDAR R at www.sed ressed in Canadian Dollars website a at www.newp pacificmetals s.com. All figu ures are expr s (CAD) unless s otherwise stated.
FINANCIA ALS
Net loss attributable t to equity hol lders of the C
Company for the three mo onths ended S September 30 0, 2018 was or $0.01 per share (three m months ended d September 3 30, 2017 ‐ net loss of $1,551 1,099 or $0.01 1 per share). $752,583 The Company’s financial results wer re mainly imp pacted by the following: (i) income from investments of $117,197 he prior year quarter, and compared d to loss of $ $576,944 in th d, (ii) operatin ng expenses o of $531,273 compared to $507,450 in the prior ye ear quarter.
Income f from investme
ents for the t three months ended September 30, 201 18 was $117,1 197 (three mo onths ended er 30, 2017 – loss of $576,944). Within th Septembe he income from investment ts, $364,957 w was loss on the e Company’s equity inv vestments and d $480,839 was income from m fair value cha ange on bonds s along with interest earned.
Operating
g expenses f for the three e months end ded September 30, 2018 was $531,27 73 (three months ended Septembe er 30, 2017 ‐ $ $507,450).
Foreign e exchange loss
s for the thre ee months en nded September 30, 2018 8 was $344,84 42 (three mo onths ended olds a large po uivalents and bonds in US Septembe er 30, 2017 ‐ $ $469,304). The Company ho ortion of cash h and cash equ dollars while the Comp pany’s functional currency i is Canadian do ollar. The fluct tuation in exc change rates b between the US dollar r and Canadian dollar will impact the fin nancial results s of the Comp pany. During the three mo onths ended Septembe er 30, 2018, t the US dollar depreciated b by 1.7% against Canadian d dollar (from 1.
.3168 to 1.294
45) while in the prior year the US dollar deprecia ated by 3.8% a against Canadi ian dollar (from 1.2977 to 1 1.2480).
SILVER SA AND PROPERT TY
The Comp pany started t the preparatio on work for th he planned ex xploration prog gram after the acquisition o of the Silver Sand Property. In Octo ober 2017, the Company su uccessfully rec ceived explora required by t the relevant ation permits Bolivian g government a authorities an nd immediatel ly commenced its explorat tion drilling program on th he property.
For the three months ended September 30, 2018, total expenditures of $3,179,963 were capitalized under the property. The accumulated expenditures on the property since acquisition were approximately $9.7 million. These expenditures were mainly related to the drilling program, site and camp preparation, maintaining a regional office in La Paz, and building a competent management team and workforce for the property.
The Company also entered into agreements with private owners to acquire their 100% interest in certain mineral concessions located adjacent to the Silver Sand Property as part of the Company’s expansion plan in the area. For the three months ended September 30, 2018, the Company acquired total mineral concessions valued at $2,631,200 (US$2,000,000) by cash payments of $1,315,600 (US$1,000,000) and issuance of 832,000 of its common shares.
ABOUT NEW PACIFIC
New Pacific Metals Corp. is a Canadian exploration and development company which owns the Silver Sand Project, in the Potosi Department of Bolivia, the Tagish Lake Gold Project in Yukon, Canada and the RZY Project in Qinghai Province, China.
For further information, contact:
New Pacific Metals Corp., Gordon Neal President Phone: (604) 633‐1368 Fax: (604) 669‐9387 [email protected] www.newpacificmetals.com
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