RE: Questions to investor relations27 Sep 2024 10:58
Hey BigBite :-) Okay, so firstly, I'm a German investor and I'm having this text translated. Please excuse this.
I'll try to explain now and would like to mention that I'm not an expert on balance sheets.
I was wondering how the production costs for mining and milling can fluctuate so much between quarters even though a relatively constant amount of material was always removed. This is because the ore is stated as a cost in stockpile. For example, if we have accumulated 12,000 oz ore in stockpile, then this will be listed on the balance sheet at a cost of e.g. 1,000 USD/ounce.
Since we have built up the inventory, this is listed as profit on the balance sheet. If the real production costs for mining are, for example, 18 million USD, you now deduct the 12 million dollars for the ore in stockpile and it is only 6 million USD.
In the statement of cash flow, however, it comes back to how you can read it in the financial report. I think change in inventory was around USD 13 million in Q1 and around USD 8 million in Q2. If THX had not accumulated this ore in stockpile, the profit would also have been $21 million lower.
I would be happy to let you teach me something better. I can only learn