Novo Reports Q3 2022 Financial Results
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NOVEMBER 11, 2022
NOVO REPORTS Q3 2022 FINANCIAL RESULTS
VANCOUVER, BC - Novo Resources Corp. (“Novo” or the “Company”) (TSX: NVO, NVO.WT & NVO.WT.A) (OTCQX: NSRPF)
reports its financial results for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022. All amounts are expressed in Canadian
dollars, unless otherwise noted.
This news release should be read together with Novo’s management’s discussion and analysis ( the “MD&A”) and
condensed interim consolidated financial statements (the “ Financial Statements ”) for the nine-month period ended
September 30, 2022 (“YTD 2022”) which are available under Novo’s profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). The three-month
period ended September 30, 2022 is referred to as “Q3 2022” in this news release.
Q3 2022 Highlights
• Revenue of $28.0 million from the sale of 12,426 ounces of gold from the Company’s Beatons Creek gold project
(the “Beatons Creek Project”) in Q3 2022 at an average realized price1 of $2,255 / A$2,528 / US$1,728 per ounce
of gold, and revenue of $89.5 million from the sale of 38,168 ounces of gold in YTD 2022 at an average realized
price1 of $2,347 / A$2,588 / US$1,830 per ounce of gold
• Debt free, with cash and cash equivalents of $65.3 million as at September 30, 2022
• Aggregate i nvestment portfolio balance of $ 20.6 million2, which includes Novo’s holdings in ASX -listed joint
venture partners GBM Resources Limited and Kalamazoo Resources Limited, as well as holdings in unlisted
companies include Elementum 3D, Inc. (“E3D”)
• Sale of remaining 6.75 million shares of New Found Gold Corp. (TSXV:NFG) completed on August 5, 2022 at $8.45
per share for gross proceeds of $57.0 million (“Tranche 2”). Gross proceeds from the sale of Novo’s 15 million
New Found shares were $125.9 million (“New Found Transaction”)3
• Repayment of the Company’s senior secured US$40 million credit facility (“Credit Facility”) with Sprott Resource
Lending Corp. (“ Sprott”) on August 12, 2022 without prepayment penalties 4, resulting in the Company being
debt free
• Continuing focus on high -priority exploration targets, with exploration spend of $8.2 million in Q3 2022 and
$23.6 million in YTD 2022
• Recognition of a non-cash impairment charge of $48.3 million in Q3 2022 against the Beatons Creek Project due
to uncertainty regarding the timing of the receipt of the Fresh mining approvals and results of the updated
Mineral Resource estimate which affect its current economic status5
• Completion of the operational wind-down at the Beatons Creek Project and the Golden Eagle processing facility
(“Golden Eagle Plant ”) and transition to care and maintenance 5, with mining of the Oxide mineral resourc e
completed in August 2022 and processing completed in September 2022
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1 Non-IFRS measure; the definitions and reconciliations of these measures are included under “Non-IFRS Measures” below.
2 Refer to the Financial Statements which are available under Novo’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The value of Novo’s holdings in E3D is based on E3D’s most recent financing price of US$8.00
per unit comprised of one com mon share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant. Except for its investment in E3D , warrant holdings, and other immaterial investments , the fair value of
Novo’s investments is based on closing prices of its investments and relevant foreign exchanges rate as at September 30, 2022.
3 Refer to the Company’s news release dated April 12, 2022, April 27, 2022, and August 5, 2022.
4 Refer to the Company’s news release dated August 12, 2022.
5 Refer to the Company’s news release dated November 2, 2022.
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Financial Highlights
In thousands of CAD, For the three months ended For the nine months ended
except where noted
September 30,
2022
September 30,
2021
September 30,
2022
September 30,
2021
Gold sold Oz Au 12,426 18,753 38,168 36,209
Average realized price1 $/oz 2,255 2,295 2,347 2,278
Average realized price1 AUD$/oz 2,528 2,480 2,588 2,398
Average realized price1 USD$/oz 1,728 1,822 1,830 1,820
Total revenue $ 27,987 42,964 89,547 82,386
Cost of goods sold $ (32,261) (33,577) (112,161) (72,999)
General and exploration expenditure $ (11,378) (9,964) (34,319) (15,213)
Impairment of non-current assets $ (48,255) - (48,255) -
Other income, net $ 4,067 87,688 23,021 88,694
Finance items $ (873) (2,777) (8,093) (13,940)
Income tax expense $ 1,602 (7,884) (596) (7,884)
Net loss for the period after tax $ (59,111) 76,450 (90,856) 61,044
Basic and diluted loss per common share $/share (0.24) 0.31 (0.37) 0.26
EBITDA1 $ (52,049) 91,402 (58,653) 93,789
Adjusted EBITDA1 $ (7,861) 3,714 (33,419) 5,095
Adjusted earnings1 $ (16,525) (3,194) (65,026) (34,355)
Adjusted earnings per common share1 $/share (0.07) (0.01) (0.26) (0.14)
Total cash costs1 $/oz 2,224 1,558 2,288 1,710
Total cash costs1 AUD$/oz 2,494 1,683 2,522 1,800
Total cash costs1 USD$/oz 1,704 1,236 1,784 1,367
AISC1 $/oz 2,991 2,034 2,955 2,457
AISC1 AUD$/oz 3,353 2,198 3,257 2,587
AISC1 USD$/oz 2,292 1,615 2,303 1,963
Novo generated revenue of $28.0 million in Q3 2022 from the sale of 12,426 ounces of gold at an average realized price1
of $2,255 / A$2,528 / US$1,728 per ounce of gold, and $89.5 million in YTD 2022 from the sale of 38,168 ounces of gold
at an average realized price1 of $2,347 / A$2,588 / US$1,830 per ounce of gold.
405,071 tonnes of mineralized material were processed through the Golden Eagle Plant in Q3 2022 equating to an annual
processing rate of approximately 1.6 million tonnes per annum , and 1,198,283 tonnes of mineralized material were
processed in YTD 2022 prior to completion of processing in September 2022.
Processed material had an average head grade of 1.03 g/t Au with average recovery of 90.74% resulting in 13,137 ounces
of gold produced in Q3 2022, and an average head grade of 1.07 g/t Au with average recovery of 91.98% resulting in
39,125 ounces of gold produced6 in YTD 2022.
The Company generated a net loss of $(59.1) million or $(0.24) per share in Q3 2022 and a net loss of $(90.9) million or
$(0.37) per share in YTD 2022.
6 Refer to the Company’s news release dated October 11, 2022.
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Adjusted losses1 were $(16.5) million or $(0.07) per share in Q3 2022 and $(65.0) million or $(0.26) per share in YTD 2022.
Adjustments to net losses for the period include non-operational income, non -cash foreign exchange gains , non-cash
gains resulting from the movement in the fair value of certain marketable securities, and the impairment loss incurred in
Q3 2022.
The Company recognized a non -cash impairment expense of $ 48.3 million related to the Company’s Beatons Creek
Project in Q3 2022 due to uncertainty regarding the timing of the receipt of the Fresh mining approvals and results of the
updated Mineral Resource estimate on the Beatons Creek Project which affect its current economic status5. The carrying
value of the assets which comprise the Beatons Creek Project cash generating unit have now been written down to their
recoverable value.
The Company is committed to aggr essively advancing its highly prospective exploration portfolio and devoted
$23.6 million to such efforts in YTD 2022.
Financial Position
In thousands of CAD,
September 30,
2022
December 31,
2021
December 31,
2020
January 31,
2020
except where noted $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
Cash 65,153 32,345 40,494 28,703
Short-term investments 147 108 195 88
Working capital1 46,448 3,925 14,071 26,051
Marketable securities 20,569 156,209 18,770 14,457
Available liquidity1 71,741 102,868 59,623 42,501
Total assets 267,041 462,682 456,408 158,049
Current liabilities excluding current portion of
financial liabilities 19,492 19,805 12,083 1,082
Non-current liabilities excluding non-current
portion of financial liabilities 37,032 36,342 28,615 -
Financial liabilities (current and non-current) 16,458 75,608 86,271 8,565
Total liabilities 72,982 148,420 126,969 9,647
Shareholders' equity 194,059 314,262 329,439 148,402
The Company held cash and cash equivalents of $ 65.3 million as at September 30, 2022, with a working capital1 balance
of $46.4 million. Subsequent to completion of the New Found Transaction, the Company completed repayment of the
Credit Facility totaling US$40.1 million on August 12, 20224 to become debt free. No prepayment penalties applied to the
Credit Facility repayment, and all residual security interests have been discharged.
Tax payable of $6.1 million represents the estimated capital gains tax payable in Canada on the New Found Transaction
after application of Novo’s available Canadian tax losses through June 30, 2022. The Company will determine its aggregate
capital gains tax li ability through December 31, 2022 in early 2023 and intends to apply available tax losses in order to
decrease any amount payable. Deferred tax liabilities represent the Company’s estimate of capital gains tax payable on
the fair value of the Company’s remaining marketable securities.
Non-IFRS Measures
Certain non -IFRS measures have been included in this news release . The Company believes that these measures, in
addition to measures prepared in accordance with I nternational Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), provide readers
with an improved ability to evaluate its underlying performance and to compare it to information reported by other
companies. The non -IFRS measures are intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in
isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. These measures do not have
any standardized meaning prescribed under IFRS, and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented
by other companies. References to notes in the below tables are references to notes in the Financial Statements.
Average Realized Price
The Company uses the average realized price per ounce of gold sold to better understand the gold price and, once
applicable, cash margin realized throughout a period.
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Average realized price is calculated as revenue from contracts with customers plus treatment and refinery charges
included in dore revenue less silver revenue divided by gold ounces sold.
The following table reconciles this non -IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the
Financial Statements and MD&A.
In thousands of CAD, For the three months ended For the nine months ended
except where noted
September 30,
2022
September 30,
2021
September 30,
2022
September 30,
2021
Revenue from contracts with customers $ 27,987 42,964 89,547 82,386
Treatment and refining charges $ 69 155 173 253
Less: Silver revenue (Note 16) $ (34) (74) (131) (163)
Gold revenue $ 28,022 43,045 89,589 82,476
Gold sold oz 12,426 18,753 38,168 36,209
Average realized price $/oz
2,255 2,295 2,347 2,278
Foreign exchange rate CAD:AUD 1.1210 1.0805 1.1024 1.0529
Average realized price AUD$/oz 2,528 2,480 2,588 2,398
Foreign exchange rate CAD:USD 0.7662 0.7937 0.7795 0.7992
Average realized price USD$/oz
1,728 1,822 1,830 1,820
Total Cash Costs
The Company reports total cash costs on a per gold ounce sold basis. In addition to measures prepared in accordance
with IFRS, such as revenue, the Company believes this information can be used to evaluate its performance and ability to
generate operating earnings and cash flow from its mining operations. The Company uses this metric to m onitor
operating cost performance.
Total cash costs include cost of sales such as mining, processing, mine general and administrative costs, royalties, selling
costs, and changes in inventories less non -cash depreciation and depletion, write -down of inven tories and site share -
based payments where applicable, and silver revenue divided by gold ounces sold to arrive at total cash costs per ounce
of gold sold.
The following table reconciles this non -IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the
Financial Statements and MD&A.
In thousands of CAD, For the three months ended For the nine months ended
except where noted
September 30,
2022
September 30,
2021
September 30,
2022
September 30,
2021
Gold sold Oz Au 12,426 18,753 38,168 36,209
Total cash cost reconciliation
Cost of sales $ 32,261 33,577 112,161 72,999
Less: Depreciation and depletion* $ (4,587) (4,291) (24,706) (10,921)
Less: Silver Revenue (Note 16) $ (34) (74) (131) (163)
Less: Site share-based compensation $ - - - -
Total cash costs $ 27,640 29,212 87,324 61,915
Cash costs per oz of gold sold $/oz 2,224 1,558 2,288 1,710
Foreign exchange rate CAD:AUD 1.1210 1.0805 1.1024 1.0529
Cash costs per oz of gold sold AUD$/oz 2,494 1,683 2,522 1,800
Foreign exchange rate CAD:USD 0.7662 0.7937 0.7795 0.7992
Cash costs per oz of gold sold USD$/oz
1,704 1,236 1,784 1,367
*Depreciation and depletion are reconciled to aggregate depreciation and depletion in the operating adjustments in the condensed interim consolidated statements of cash flows in the
Financial Statements.
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All-in Sustaining Costs (“AISC”)
The Company believes that AISC more fully defines the total costs associated with producing gold. AISC is calculated
based on the definitions published by the World Gold Council (“ WGC”). The WGC is not a regulatory organization. The
Company calculates AISC as the sum of total cash costs (as descri bed above), sustaining capital expenditures (excluding
significant projects considered expansionary in nature), accretion on decommissioning and restoration provisions,
treatment and refinery charges, payments on lease obligations , site share -based payments where applicable, and
corporate administrative costs less any share -based payments directly attributable to exploration and non -operating
payments on lease obligations, all divided by gold ounces sold during the period to arrive at a per ounce amount.
Other companies may calculate this measure differently as a result of differences in underlying principles and policies
applied. Differences may also arise due to a different definition of sustaining versus expansion capital .
The following table reconciles this non -IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the
Financial Statements and MD&A.
In thousands of CAD, For the three months ended For the nine months ended
except where noted
September 30,
2022
September 30,
2021
September 30,
2022
September 30,
2021
Gold sold Oz Au 12,426 18,753 38,168 36,209
All-in sustaining cost reconciliation
Total cash costs $ 27,640 29,212 87,324 61,915
Sustaining capital expenditures $ 949 - 3,620 -
Accretion on rehabilitation provision (Note 13) $ 317 153 680 335
Treatment and refinery charges $ 69 155 173 253
Payments on lease obligations (Note 11) $ 5,101 4,358 10,782 11,313
Less: non-operating payments on lease
obligations* $ (116) (193) (347) (1,042)
Site share-based compensation $ - - - -
Corporate administrative costs (Note 18) $ 3,205 4,926 10,757 19,979
Less: exploration share-based payments** - (458) (213) (3,793)
Total all-in sustaining costs $ 37,165 38,153 112,776 88,960
AISC per oz of gold sold $/oz 2,991 2,034 2,955 2,457
Foreign exchange rate CAD:AUD 1.1210 1.0805 1.1024 1.0529
AISC per oz of gold sold AUD$/oz 3,353 2,198 3,257 2,587
Foreign exchange rate CAD:USD 0.7662 0.7937 0.7795 0.7992
AISC per oz of gold sold USD$/oz 2,292 1,615 2,303 1,963
*The non-operating payments on lease obligations adjustment includes lease amounts which are not directly related to the Company’s ope rations at the Beatons Creek Project. This figure is not
separately disclosed in the Financial Statements.
**Share-based payment expenses directly attributable to the Company’s exploration staff are excluded from the calculation of AISC. This figure is not separately disclosed in the Financial Statements
and is a subset of the share-based payments expense outlined in Note 18 of the Financial Statements.
EBITDA
The Company uses earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ( “EBITDA”) to better understand its
ability to generate liquidity by producing operating cash flow to fund working capital needs, service debt obligations, and
fund capital expenditures.
EBITDA is defined as net earnings before interest and finance expense/income, current and deferred income tax expenses
and depreciation and depletion. EBITDA is also adjusted for non-recurring transactions such as the change in fair value of
derivative instruments, foreign exchanges gains and losses, gains and losses on the disposa l of assets, impairment, and
other income.
The following table reconciles this non -IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the
Financial Statements and MD&A.
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In thousands of CAD, For the three months ended For the nine months ended
except where noted
September 30,
2022
September 30,
2021
September 30,
2022
September 30,
2021
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
Net (loss) / profit for the period (59,111) 76,450 (90,856) 61,044
Interest and finance expense 1,155 2,821 8,568 14,005
Interest and finance income (282) (44) (475) (65)
Current income tax expense / (income) 1,602 7,884 (596) 7,884
Deferred income tax expense - - - -
Depreciation and depletion 4,587 4,291 24,706 10,921
EBITDA (52,049) 91,402 (58,653) 93,789
Other (income) / expenses (Note 21) (4,067) (87,688) (23,021) (88,694)
Impairment of non-current assets (Note 20) 48,255 - 48,255 -
Adjusted EBITDA (7,861) 3,714 (33,419) 5,095
*Depreciation and depletion is reconciled to aggregate depreciation and depletion in the operating adjustments in the consolidated statements of cash flows in the Financial
Statements.
Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share
The Company uses adjusted earnings and adjusted basic and diluted earnings per share to measure its underlying
operating and financial performance.
Adjusted earnings are defined as net earnings adjusted to exclude specific items that are significant, but not reflective of
the Company’s underlying operations, including: foreign exchange (gain) loss, (gain) loss on financial instruments at fair
value, impairment, and non -recurring gains and losses on treatment of marketable securities, sale of exploration and
evaluation assets, and associated tax impacts. Adjusted basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated using the
weighted average number of shares outstanding under the basic and diluted method of earnings per share as determined
under IFRS.
The following tabl e reconciles this non -IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the
Financial Statements and MD&A.
In thousands of CAD, For the three months ended For the nine months ended
except where noted
September 30,
2022
September 30,
2021
September
30, 2022
September 30,
2021
Basic weighted average shares outstanding 249,322,054 245,455,157 248,293,389
237,760,824
Adjusted earning and adjusted basic earnings per
shares reconciliation
Net earnings / (loss) for the period $ (59,111) 76,450 (90,856) 61,044
Adjusted for:
Other (income) / expenses (Note 21) $ (4,067) (87,688) (23,021) (88,694)
Impairment of non-current assets (Note 20) $ 48,255 - 48,255 -
Profit on disposal of exploration asset $ - 160 - (14,589)
Income tax expense / (benefit) $ (1,602) 7,884 596 7,884
Adjusted earnings $ (16,525) (3,194) (65,026) (34,355)
Adjusted basic earnings per share $ (0.07) (0.01) (0.26) (0.14)
Available Liquidity
The Company believes that available liquidity provides an accurate measure of the Company’s ability to liquidate assets
in order to satisfy its liabilities. The Company uses this metric to help monitor its risk profile.
Available liquidity includes cash, short-term investments, and assets which are readily saleable within the next 12 months,
including gold in circuit and stockpiles, receivables, marketable securities (to the extent that an established market exists
for such marketable securities, they are free of any long-term trading restrictions, and sufficient historical volume exists
to liquidate holdings within 12 months), and gold specimens. The market value of certain marketable securities has been
used in the calculation of available liquidity which may not reconcile to the accounting treatment of such marketable
securities. Refer to the MD&A and Notes 3, 4 and 5 of the Financial Statements.
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The following table reconciles this non -IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the
Financial Statements and MD&A.
September 30, 2022 December 31, 2021 December 31, 2020 January 31, 2020
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
Cash 65,153 32,345 40,494 28,703
Short-term investments 147 108 195 88
Gold in circuit 165 788 3 -
Stockpiles - 4,732 565 -
Receivables 4,019 6,127 1,806 6,657
Marketable securities 2,160 58,691 16,477 6,979
Gold specimens 97 77 83 74
Available liquidity 71,741 102,868 59,623 42,501
September 30, 2022
# of shares
Share
price
Foreign
exchange
Adjusted value
$'000
Kalamazoo Resources Limited Ordinary Shares 10,000,000 $0.20 0.888 1,777
GBM Resources Ltd Ordinary Shares 11,363,637 $0.04 0.888 383
2,160
December 31, 2021
# of shares
Share
price
Foreign
exchange
Adjusted value
$'000
Kalamazoo Resources Limited Ordinary Shares 10,000,000 $0.38 0.942 3,579
GBM Resources Ltd Ordinary Shares 11,363,637 $0.12 0.942 1,232
New Found Gold Corp Common Shares * 6,000,000 $8.98 1 53,880
58,691
*The December 31, 2021 figure represents the number of free-trading New Found common shares held by the Company at the time.
Working Capital
Working capital is defined as current assets less current liabilities and is used to monitor the Company’s liquidity.
The following table reconciles this non -IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the
Financial Statements and MD&A.
September 30, 2022 December 31, 2021
$'000 $'000
Current assets 76,158 49,385
Current liabilities 29,710 45,460
Working capital 46,448 3,925
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
The decision by the Company to produce at the Beatons Creek Project in 2021 was not based on a Feasibility Study of
Mineral Reserves demonstrating economic and technical viability and, as a result, there was an increased uncertainty of
achieving any particular level of recovery of minerals or the cost of such recovery, inc luding increased risks associated
with developing a commercially mineable deposit. Production did not achieve forecast. Historically, such projects have a
much higher risk of economic and technical failure. There was no guarantee that anticipated productio n costs would be
achieved. Failure to achieve the anticipated production costs has had, and continues to have, a material adverse impact
on the Company’s cash flow and profitability.
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The Company cautions that its declaration of commercial production effect ive October 1, 2021 7 only indicated that
Beatons Creek was operating at anticipated and sustainable levels, and it did not indicate that economic results would
be realized.
QP STATEMENT
Dr. Quinton Hennigh (P.Geo .) is the qualified person, as defined under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects, responsible for, and having reviewed and approved, the technical information contained
in this news release. Dr. Hennigh is the non-executive co-chairman and a director of Novo.
ABOUT NOVO
Novo explores and develops its prospective land package covering approximately 10,500 square kilometres in the Pilbara
region of Western Australia, including Beatons Creek, along with two joint ventures in the Bendigo region of Victoria,
Australia. In addition to the Company’s primary focus, Novo seeks to leverage its internal geological expertise to deliver
value-accretive opportunities to its shareholders. For more information, please contact Leo Karabela s at (416) 543-3120
or e-mail [email protected].
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Novo Resources Corp.
“Michael Spreadborough”
Michael Spreadborough
Executive Co-Chairman & Acting CEO
Forward-looking information
Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking information (within the meaning of Canadian securities
legislation) including, without limitation, that the Company will determine its aggregate capital gains tax liability through
December 31, 2022 in early 2023 and intends to appl y available tax losses in order to decrease any amount payable .
These statements address future events and conditions and, as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievem ents to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the statements. Such factors include, without
limitation, customary risks of the resource industry and the risk factors identified in the MD&A which is available under
Novo’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date those statements are
made. Except as required by applicable law, Novo assumes no obligation to update or to publicly announce the results of
any change to any forward -looking statement contained or incorporated by reference herein to reflect actual results,
future events or developments, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting the forward -looking
statements. If Novo update s any forward -looking statement(s), no inference should be drawn that the Company will
make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.
7 Refer to the Company’s news release dated October 12, 2021.