New Pacific Reports Financial Results for the Year Ended June 30, 2018
NEWS RE ELEASE
Trading S Symbol: TSX V Venture: NUA AG OTCQX: NUPMF
NEW PA ACIFIC REPOR RTS FINANCIA AL RESULTS FO OR THE YEAR R ENDED JUNE 30, 2018
er 13, 2018: New Pacific Metals Corp VANCOU UVER, BRITISH H COLUMBIA A – Septembe
p. (“New Pac cific” or the “Compan ny”) today announced its a audited conso olidated finan ncial results fo or the year en nded June 30 0, 2018.
This earn nt Discussion & Analysis, 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.
FISCAL 20 018 HIGHLIGHTS
- Completed the Al lcira acquisition becoming owner of th he Silver Sand d Property in Bolivia for a a total cash consideration of U US$45,000,000 0;
- Succe or the Silver Sand Property in October 2017 and immediately essfully receiv ved exploration permits fo ploration drilling program; a comm menced a 30,0 000 metre exp and
- Raise ed US$57,002, ,700 through t three private placements in ncluding strate egic financing with Pan Ame erican Silver Corp. and Silvercorp Metals Inc.
. as a part of the funding source of the ac cquisition and exploration fo or the Silver d Property.
Sand
FISCAL 20 018 FINANCIA AL SUMMAR RY
Net loss a attributable to
- equity holders of the Com
mpany for the e year ended J June 30, 2018 8 was $4,106,4 450 or $0.03 per share e (year ended J June 30, 2017 ‐ net income of $1,372,544 4 or $0.02 per share). The Co ompany’s fina ancial results were mainly impacted b by the followin ng: (i) loss from m investments s of $1,539,759 compared to
- income of $3 3,032,548 in
the prior y year, and, (ii) o operating expe enses of $3,10 03,712 compar red to $2,107,187 in the prio or year.
une 30, 2017 ‐ income of
Loss from m investments
s for the year r ended June 30, 2018 was $1,539,759 (y year ended Ju $3,032,54 48). Within t the loss from investments, $1,081,767 w was loss on th he Company’s s equity inves stments and $472,432 was loss from m fair value cha ange on bonds s net of interes st earned.
Operating
g expenses fo or the year en nded June 30, , 2018 was $3 3,103,712 (yea ar ended June e 30, 2017 ‐ $ $2,107,187). The increase in operati ing expenses w was a result of f the Company’s increased activity.
Foreign e exchange gain
n for the yea ar ended June e 30, 2018 w was $470,966 (year ended June 30, 201 17 ‐ foreign exchange e loss of $78,944). The Company holds a l large portion o of cash and ca ash equivalent ts and bonds in US dollars while the e Company’s f functional cur rrency is Cana adian dollar. The fluctuatio on in exchang ge rates betw ween the US dollar and Canadian dollar will impact the financial results of the Company. During the year ended June 30, 2018, the US dollar appreciated by 1.5% against Canadian dollar (from 1.2977 to 1.3168) while in the prior year the US dollar depreciated by 0.2% against Canadian dollar (from 1.3009 to 1.2977).
FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL SUMMARY
For the quarter ended June 30, 2018 (“Q4 Fiscal 2018”), the Company reported net loss attributable to equity holders of $1.20 million or $0.01 per share, compared to net loss of $1.55 million or $0.02 per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 (“Q4 Fiscal 2017”).
Major financial items impacting the fourth quarter financial results were as follow: (i) loss from investments of $995,797 in Q4 Fiscal 2018 compared to loss from investments of $708,806 in Q4 Fiscal 2017; (ii) operating expenses of $616,622 in Q4 Fiscal 2018 compared to $756,523 in Q4 Fiscal 2017, and (iii) foreign exchange gain of $406,203 in Q4 Fiscal 2018 compared to foreign exchange loss of $524,096 in Q4 Fiscal 2017.
SILVER SAND PROPERTY
In October 2017, the Company successfully received exploration permits required by the relevant Bolivian government authorities and immediately commenced a 30,000 metre exploration drilling program on the Silver Sand Property. For the year ended June 30, 2018, total expenditures of $6,553,301 were capitalized under the property. These expenditures were mainly related to the drilling program, site and camp preparation, and building a competent management team and workforce for the property.
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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