TriMetals Mining Inc. files Second Quarter 2019 Financial Statements and MD&A
News Release
TriMetals Mining Inc. files Second Quarter 2019 Financial
Statements and MD&A
August 12, 2019, Vancouver, British Columbia — TriMetals Mining Inc. (TSX: TMI,
OTCQB: TMIAF), (the “Company”), reports the release of its condensed interim consolidated
financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 201 9 and the related
management’s discussion and analysis of financial position and results of operations (“MD&A”)
In this press release, all amounts are expressed in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated.
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company reported a net loss of $11.32 million
($0.05 loss per share) compared with net earnings of $ 2.32 million ($0.01 per share) for the six
months ended June 30, 2018. During the three months ended June 30, 2019 , the Company
reported a net loss of $11.42 million ($0.05 loss per share) compared with net earnings of $1. 30
million ($0.01 per share) for the three months ended June 30, 2018. The primary drivers in the
results for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 were the non -cash write-down
of carrying value on transfer to assets held for sale combined with the non -cash changes in the
fair values of the arbitration award assets, Class B shares and other arbitration award liabilities .
The primary drivers in the results for each ofthe three and six months ended June 30, 2018 were
the non-cash changes in the fair values of the arbitration award assets, Class B shares and other
arbitration award liabilities.
The Company reduced its level of operations from the previous year and continued to manage its
costs structure which resulted in a decrease in general and administrative expenses, exclusive of
non-cash share based payments and arbitration costs, from $0.69 million, during the six months
ended June 30, 2018, to $0.43 million during the six months ended June 30, 2019.
Exploration spendingduring thesix months endedJune 30, 2019decreased to $0.24 million from
$0.87 million incurred in the first six months in 2018. The 201 9 costs included $ 0.15 million
incurred at Gold Springs and $0.09 million incurred at the Escalones property in Chile which
included $0.05 million in mining rights payments.
During the six months ended June 30, 2019 the Company completed a private placement for gross
proceeds of $345,414 (Cdn $460,000) through the issu ance of 9,200,000 common shares at a
price of Cdn $0.05 per share. Subsequent to the six months ended June 30, 2019 the Company
closed the first tranche of a non-brokered private placement, issuing 5,818,181 common shares at
a price of Cdn $0.055 per share, raising gross process of $243,420 (Cdn $320,000).
The Company is currently working with Wealth Minerals Ltd. (TSXV:WML) to obtain regulatory
approvals for the Escalones transaction and expect to close during the month of August.
The Company continues to have discussions with Bolivia for the payment of the previously
reported Award that was issued by the arbitra l tribunal during November 2018. Concurrently,
the Company’sis completing the process of domestication of the Award in the U.S.A.
News Release
About TriMetals Mining Inc.
TriMetals Mining Inc. is a growth focused mineral exploration company creating value through
the exploration and development of the near -surface, oxide, heap -leachable Gold Springs gold
project in mining friendly Utah and Nevada USA.
The Company’s common shares and Class B shares are list ed on the Toronto Stock Exchange
under the symbols “TMI” and “TMI.B” and the common shares and Class B(1) shares also trade on
the OTCQB market under the symbol “TMIAF” and “TMIBF”. Additional information related to
TriMetals Mining Inc. is available at www.TriMetalsmining.com and on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com.
TriMetals Mining Inc. Contact:
Matias Herrero
President & CEO
Forward-looking Statements
Forward-looking statements look into the future and provide an opinion as to the effect of certain events and trends
on the business. Forward-looking statements may include words such as “expect”, “plan”, “seek”, “continue”, “typical”,
“will”, “intention”, “creating”, “and similar expressions. These forward - looking statements are based on current
expectations and entail various risks and uncertainties. Actual results may materially differ from expectations, if
known and unknown risks or uncertainties affect our business, or if our estimates or assumptions prove inaccurate.
Factors that could cause results or events to differ materially from current expectations expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements, include, but are not limited to, uncertainties associated with the settlement of the
arbitration award with Bolivia, management’s expectation with regard to the final amount of costs, fees and other
expenses and commitments payable in connection with the arbitration, and any inability or delay in the collection of
the value of any award or settlement, inability or delay in the closing of the Escalones Transaction and risks of the
mineral exploration industry which may affect the advancement of the Gold Springs project, including possible
variations in mineral resources or grade, recovery rates, metal prices, availability of sufficient financing to fund
further required work in a timely manner and on acceptable terms, availability of equipment and qualified personnel,
failure of equipment or process es to operate as anticipated, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be
refined; and other risks more fully described in the Company's Annual Information Form filed and publicly available
on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The assumptions made in developing the forward -looking statements include: the
ability of the Company to realize value from the settlement of the arbitration award with Bolivia, and the Fund
honoring its contractual commitments; the timely closing of the Escalones Transaction; the accuracy of current
resource estimates and the interpretation of drill, metallurgical testing and other exploration results; the continuing
support for mining by local governments in Nevada, Utah and Chile, the availabilit y of equipment and qualified
personnel to advance the Gold Springs project; and the execution of the Company's existing plans and further
exploration and development programs for the Gold Springs Project, which may change due to changes in the views
of the Company or if new information arises which makes it prudent to change such plans or programs.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this news release.
Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward -looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events or any other reason.
(1) the Class B shares have no interest in the properties or assets of the Company. The Class Bshares are only entitled
collectively to 85% of the net cash, if any, (after deducting all costs, taxes and expenses and the third-party funder's
portion thereof) received by TMI from award or settlement in relation to the Company’s subsidiary South
American Silver Limited’s arbitration proceeding against Bolivia for the expropriation of the Malku Khota project
in 2012.