Itafos Reports Q4 2020 and Full Year 2020 Financial Results and Operational
ITAFOS REPORTS Q4 2020 AND FULL YEAR 2020 FINANCIAL RESULTS AND OPERATIONAL
HIGHLIGHTS
TORONTO, ON – March 25, 2021 – Itafos (TSX-V: IFOS) (the “Company”) reported today its Q4 2020
and full year 2020 financial results and operational highlights. The Company’s financial statements and
management’s discussion and analysis for the three months and year ended December 31, 2020 are
available under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com and on the Company’s website at
www.itafos.com. All dollar values are in thousands of US Dollars except as otherwise noted.
“Despite many challenges throughout 2020, we delivered financial results in line with our expectations,”
said G. David Delaney, CEO of Itafos. “During the fourth quarter we began to see improvements in both
the agricultural and phosphate fundamentals, which we expect to benefit our 2021 performance.”
“In addition to the improved phosphate fundamentals, we put plans in place during the fourth quarter to
optimize the cash returns of the business by looking at capital-lite alternatives to capital spending and our
continuation of the company wide cost savings plans,” added Mr. Delaney.
Highlights
For the year ended December 31, 2020:
Revenue of $260,185 in 2020 compared to $339,430 in 2019; the decrease in 2020 was
attributed to lost revenue resulting from product shortages due a sulfuric acid supply disruption
and the idling of Arraias;
Adjusted EBITDA of $15,047 in 2020 compared to 2019 adjusted EBITDA of $(3,203); the
increase in 2020 was primarily due to cost savings following the idling of Arraias and
implementation of corporate wide cost savings initiatives;
Net loss of $(62,306) in 2020 compared to a net loss of $(144, 171) in 2019, primarily related to
lower impairments of non-current assets, lower depreciation and depletion and the same factors
that resulted in improved adjusted EBITDA, which were partially offset by a write-off of mineral
properties at Paris Hills;
Sustained environmental, health and safety excellence at Conda and Arraias, including
implementation of corporate-wide risk mitigation measures to address potential impacts to
employees, contractors and operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in no
significant impacts to operations;
Completed a reduced scope plant turnaround at Conda during July 2020 as part of its risk
mitigation measures during the COVID-19 pandemic with no environmental releases or
recordable incidents;
Significant disruption in sulfuric acid supply at Conda from its primary supplier through October 30,
2020;
Total 2020 production volumes at Conda were 516,480t, representing a 10% decrease year-over-
year primarily due to the disruption in sulfuric acid supply;
Adjusted 2020 EBITDA at Conda of $34,336, a 2% decrease year-over-year primarily due to
lower production volumes related to the disruption in sulfuric acid supply and lower realized
prices, partially offset by lower cash costs;
Significant progress in extending the Conda’s mine life throug h permitting and development of
H1/NDR, including:
- achieved a key permitting milestone following the submittal of the Mine and Reclamation
Plan to the BLM,
- achieved a key permitting milestone following the submittal of the IAN by the BLM,
- achieved a key permitting milestone following the publication of the NOI to prepare an
EIS, which formally commences the NEPA EIS preparation and public engagement
process by the BLM and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and
- secured support from the Idaho le gislature via House Joint Memorial #11, which passed
unanimously as well as numerous letters of support from local and state officials.
For the three months ended December 31, 2020:
Revenue of $75,075 in 2020 compared to $81,431 in 2019; the decrease in 2020 was attributed
to lost revenue resulting from product shortages due to the disruption in sulfuric acid supply and
the idling of Arraias;
Adjusted EBITDA of $4,803 in 2020 compared to 2019 adjusted EBITDA of $(1,622), primarily a
result of cost savings following the idling of Arraias;
Net loss of $(2,489) in 2020 c ompared to a net loss in 2019 of $(88,465), primarily due to lower
impairments of non-current assets, lower costs resulting from idling of Arraias and lower
corporate-wide selling, general and administrative expenses due to implementation of corporate
wide cost savings initiatives;
Total 2020 production volumes at Conda of 145,665t, representing a 4% increase year-over-year
primarily due to timing of the MAP+ production and higher APP production; and
Adjusted EBITDA at Conda of $7,323 in 2020 compared to $8,213 in 2019, representing a 11%
decrease year-over-year primarily due lower cash margin per tonne P2O5 due to higher input
costs, which was partially offset by higher realized prices.
Financial Outlook
The Company is closely monitoring potential risks to its operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,
including factors that could impact production or demand for its products. Despite near-term uncertainties,
the Company is not currently projecting any material impact on its operations or financial outlook as a
result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company provides guidance on certain non-IFRS measures that
management considers to evaluate the Company’s operational and financial performance. Management
believes that the non-IFRS measures provide useful supplemental information to investors, analysts,
lenders and others. Definitions and reconciliations of non-IFRS measures to the most directly comparable
IFRS measures are included in Section 8 of the Company’s management’s discussion and analysis
available under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com and on the Company’s website at
www.itafos.com.
The Company’s guidance for 2021 is as follows:
(in millions of US Dollars) H1 2021 H2 2021 FY 2021
Adjusted EBITDA $ 43‐48 $ 37‐42 $ 80‐90
Maintenance capex 16‐20 4‐5 20‐25
Growth capex 4‐6 4‐7 8‐13
Free cash flow 15‐21 10‐14 25‐35
The assumptions considered by the Company in preparing its guidance for 2021 are explained as follows:
adjusted EBITDA considers latest outlook for pricing and key i nputs at Conda, maintaining the idling
of Arraias, maintaining Farim at construction ready state and c osts related to other development
and exploration projects and corporate;
maintenance capex considers pl anned plant maintenance at Conda;
growth capex considers activities related to extending Conda’s mine life through permitting and
development of H1/NDR and EBITDA optimization initiatives at Conda; and
free cash flow considers cash from operating activities and ca sh from investing activities less cash
growth capex.
Business Outlook
The Company is executing its strategy by focusing on:
advancing capital raising initiatives;
extending Conda’s current mine life through advancing permitting and development of H1/NDR;
optimizing Conda’s EBITD A generation capability;
maintaining the idling of Arraias following best practices whi le evaluating strategic alternatives;
maintaining Farim at construction ready state while evaluating strategic alternatives;
advancing the wind down of Paris Hills following the Company’s decision to wind down the
concession following completion of the Conda Technical Report, which defined H1/NDR as the
Company’s path forward for mine life extension at Conda; and
advancing corporate-wide cost s avings and capital-lite spending initiatives.
About Itafos
The Company is a phosphate and specialty fertilizer platform with strategic businesses and projects
located in key fertilizer markets.
The Company’s businesses and projects are as follows:
Conda – a vertically integrated phosphate fertilizer business with production capacity of
approximately 550kt per year of monoammonium phosphate (“MAP”), MAP with micronutrients
(“MAP+”), superphosphoric acid (“SPA”), merchant grade phosphoric acid (“MGA”) and
ammonium polyphosphate (“APP”) located in Idaho, US;
Arraias – a vertica lly integrated phosphate fertilizer business with production capacity of
approximately 500kt per year of single superphosphate (“SSP”), SSP with micronutrients
(“SSP+”) and approximately 40kt per year of excess sulfuric acid located in Tocantins, Brazil;
Farim – a high-grade phosphate mine project located in Farim, Guinea-Bissau;
Santana – a vertically integrat ed high-grade phosphate mine and fertilizer plant project located in
Pará, Brazil;
Araxá – a vertically integrated rare earth elements and niobiu m mine and extraction plant project
located in Minas Gerais, Brazil;
Paris Hills – a high-grade phos phate mine project located in Idaho, US; and
Mantaro – a phosphate mine pr oject located in Junin, Peru.
The Company’s principal shareholder is CL Fertilizers Holding LLC (“CLF”). CLF is an affiliate of
Castlelake, L.P., a global private investment firm.
The Company’s shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”) under the trading symbol “IFOS”.
The Company’s registered office is at Ugland House, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands KY1-1104.
For more information, or to join the Company’s mailing list to receive notification of future news releases,
please visit the Company’s website at www.itafos.com.
Non-IFRS Financial Measures
The Company considers both IFRS and certain non-IFRS measures to assess performance. Non-IFRS
measures are a numerical measure of a company’s performance, that either include or exclude amounts
that are not normally included or excluded from the most directly comparable IFRS measures. In
evaluating non-IFRS measures, investors, analysts, lenders and others should consider that non-IFRS
measures do not have any standardized meaning under IFRS and that the methodology applied by the
Company in calculating such non-IFRS measures may differ among companies and analysts. The
Company believes the non-IFRS measures provide useful supplemental information to investors,
analysts, lenders and others in order to evaluate the Company’s operational and financial performance.
These non-IFRS financial measures should not be considered as a substitute for, nor superior to,
measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with IFRS.
The Company define its non-IFRS measures as follows:
“EBITDA” as earnings before in terest, taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization;
“Adjusted EBITDA” as EBITDA adj usted for non-cash, extraordinary, non-recurring and other
items unrelated to the Company’s core operating activities;
“Total capex” as additions to property, plant and equipment an d mineral properties adjusted for
additions to asset retirement obligations, additions to right of use assets and capitalized interest;
“Maintenance capex” as that portion of total capex relating to maintenance of ongoing operations
of the Company;
“Growth capex” as that portion of total capex relating to development of growth opportunities of
the Company;
“Realized price” as revenues divided by sales volumes;
“Revenues per tonne P 2O5” as revenues divided by sales volumes presented on P2O5 basis;
“Cash costs” as cost of goods sold less net realizable value a djustments, depreciation, depletion
and amortization;
“Cash cost per tonne P 2O5” as cash costs divided by sales volumes presented on P2O5 basis.
“Cash margin” as revenues less cash costs; and
“Cash margin per tonne P 2O5” as revenues per tonne P2O5 less cash costs per tonne P2O5.
Forward-Looking Information
Certain information contained in this news release constitutes forward-looking information. All information
other than information of historical fact is forward-looking information. Statements that address activities,
events or developments that the Company believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future
include, but are not limited to, statements regarding estimates and/or assumptions in respect of the
Company’s financial and business outlook are forward-looking information. The use of any of the words
“intend”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “project”, “should”, “would”,
“believe”, “predict” and “potential” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
information. This information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may
cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking
information. No assurance can be given that this information will prove to be correct and such forward-
looking information included in this news release should not be unduly relied upon.
Forward-looking information is subject to a number of risks and other factors that could cause actual
results and events to vary materially from that anticipated by such forward-looking information. Although
the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to
be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from
expected results described in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the duration and
spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and its severity; uncertainties of estimates of capital and operating
costs and production estimates; the ability of the Company to meet its financial obligations and minimum
commitments, fund capital expenditures and comply with covenants contained in the agreements that
govern indebtedness; the Company’s ability to advance capital raising objectives; fluctuations in foreign
exchange or interest rates and stock market volatility; the continued supply of sulfuric acid supply at
Conda from its primary supplier and those risk factors set out in the Company’s management discussion
and analysis and other disclosure documents available under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com
and on the Company’s website at www.itafos.com. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of risks,
uncertainties and assumptions are not exhaustive. The forward-looking information included in this news
release is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement and is made as of the date of this news
release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
information except as required by applicable securities laws.
This news release contains future oriented financial information and financial outlook information
(together, “FOFI”) about the Company’s prospective results of operations, including statements regarding
expected adjusted EBITDA, maintenance capex, growthcapex and free cash flow. FOFI is subject to the
same assumptions, risk factors, limitations and qualifications as set forth in the above paragraph. The
Company has included the FOFI to provide an outlook of management’s expectations regarding
anticipated activities and results, and such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. The
Company and management believe that the FOFI has been prepared on a reasonable basis, reflecting
management’s reasonable estimates and judgements; however, actual results of operations and the
resulting financial results may vary from the amounts set forth herein. Any financial outlook information
speaks only as of the date on which it is made and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any financial outlook information except as required by applicable securities laws.
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