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Report and Accounts for year to 31 December 2012

23 May 2013 07:00

RNS Number : 3786F
Condor Gold PLC
23 May 2013
 



For immediate release 23 May 2013

 

CONDOR GOLD PLC

 

Report and Accounts

Year ended 31 December 2012

 

HIGHLIGHTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

Condor Gold PLC ("Condor", the "Company" or the "Group"), an AIM listed company focused on delineating a large commercial reserve on its La India Project in Nicaragua, announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2012.

 

Highlights

 

·; La India Project Mineral Resource increased to 16.2 million tonnes at 4.6 g/t gold for 2,375,000 oz gold in accordance with the CIM Standards code. This includes 5.3 million tonnes at 4.4 g/t for 751,000 oz gold in the Indicated category with the balance in the Inferred Category.

·; Updated Mineral Resource includes open pit resource of 8.21 million tonnes at 3.6g/t for 954,000 oz gold, including 534,000 oz in the Indicated category.

·; 11,010m drilled on La India Project during the period.

·; Drilling and trenching indicated open pit potential at Central Breccia with best drilling intercept of 13.70m (8.8m true width) at 6.70g/t gold from 46.30m.

 

·; Discovery of remnant wallrock gold mineralisation at historic America Mine, a target for open pit resource.

 

·; Acquisition of 86 sq km La Mojarra Concession added to La India Project.

·; £6.75M raised by way of private placements.

 

Post Period Highlights

 

·; Preliminary Economy Assessment (PEA) completed estimating 152,000 oz gold production at 3.8g/t for the first 8 years of a 13 year mine life, cash cost US$575 per oz gold.

·; Geotechnical study underway, 1,700m geotechnical drilling completed, aimed at increasing the size of the open pit resource

·; Increased La India Project land area by 44% to 280 sq km by purchase of HEMCO-SRP-NS Concession.

·; Metallurgical testwork to Pre-Feasibility Study level underway.

·; Environmental and community baseline studies initiated.

·; £7M raised by way of private placement at £1.60 per share in February 2013.

·; 12,000m drilling completed so far in 2013

 

For further information please visit www.condorgold.com or contact:

 

Condor Gold plc

Mark Child, Executive Chairman and CEO

+44 (0) 20 7408 1067

 

Luc English, Country Manager Nicaragua

+505 8854 0753

 

Beaumont Cornish Limited

 

 

Ocean Equities Limited

 Roland Cornish

+44 (0) 20 7628 3396

 

Will Slack

+44 (0) 20 77864385

 

Farm Street Media

Simon Robinson

+44 (0) 7593 340107

 

 

 

 

 

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About Condor Gold plc:

 

Condor Gold plc is an AIM listed exploration company focused on developing gold and silver resource projects in Central America. The Company was admitted to AIM on 31st May 2006 with the stated strategy to prove up CIM/JORC Resources in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Condor has seven 100% owned concessions in La India Mining District ("La India Project"); three 100% owned concessions in three other project areas and 20% in the Cerro Quiroz concession in Nicaragua. In El Salvador, Condor has 90% ownership of four licences in two project areas.

 

Condor's concession holdings in Nicaragua currently contain an attributable CIM/JORC compliant resource base of 2,497,000 ounces of gold equivalent at 4.6 g/t in Nicaragua and an attributable 1,004,000 oz gold equivalent at 2.6g/t JORC compliant resource base in El Salvador. The Resource calculations are compiled by independent geologists SRK Consulting (UK) Limited for Nicaragua, and Ravensgate and Geosure for El Salvador.

 

 

 

 

CONDOR GOLD PLC

 

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

Dear Shareholder,

 

I am pleased to announce Condor Gold PLC's ("Condor" or "the Company" or "the Group", www.condorgold.com) annual report for the 12 month financial year to 31st December 2012. The main event for the year was the publication on 5th November 2012, by SRK Consulting (UK) Limited ("SRK"), of an independent technical Mineral Resource Estimation for La India Project in Nicaragua using the National Instrument 43-101 standard of disclosure in accordance with the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) Standards. The circa 200 page report provides a significant amount of detail about La India Project including but not limited to: the project geology, exploration drilling and sampling, data quality and quantity, data validation, the geological model and the classification and reporting criteria. Shareholders and potential investors should take comfort from the quality of work that has gone into producing a NI 43-101 technical report for La India Project, which in the Board's view has produced a very robust Mineral Resource.

 

The Mineral Resource on La India Project stands at 16.2Mt at 4.6g/t for 2,375,000 oz gold including an open pit resource of 954,000 oz gold at 3.6g/t. The NI 43-101 technical report provides a considerable amount of detail on the Indicated Mineral Resource of 751,000 oz gold at 4.4g/t and Inferred Mineral Resource of 1,624,000 oz gold at 4.6g/t which includes a high grade open pit component with an Indicated Mineral Resource of 534,000 oz gold at 3.9g/t and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 420,000 oz gold at 3.3g/t using a 1.0g/t cut off.

 

SRK completed an NI 43-101 compliant Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA"), announced on the 5th March 2013 based on the 5th November 2012 NI 43-101 Mineral Resource estimation. The PEA for La India Project details average annual gold production of 152,000 oz gold for the first 8 years of an initial mine life of 13 years. 172,000 oz gold production per annum in the first 4 years and 133,000 oz gold production per annum in years 5 to 8. Total production of 1,463,000 oz gold over the Life of Mine is at an average operating cost of US$575 per oz gold; production is split evenly between open pit and underground mining. The NPV of US$325m and IRR of 33% are after a 3% government royalty and 30% corporation tax. The payback period for the capital equipment is 3 years.

 

Since the publication of the NI 43-101 Mineral Resource in November 2012, the Company has designed its drill programmes with a clear focus, firstly on increasing the confidence of the open pit resource on La India Open Pit by converting the Inferred Resource to the higher category of confidence, an Indicated Resource and secondly on increasing the overall open pit resources by drilling additional open pit targets. To this extent, 8,000m of a 10,000m infill drilling programme and 1,700m of geotechnical drilling have been completed on La India Open Pit, 4,000m of a 5,400m drilling programme has been completed on the America historic mine aimed at proving a feeder pit and 1,000m of a 2,000m drilling programme has been completed on the Central Breccia, aimed at proving a second feeder pit.

 

A 1,700m geotechnical drilling programme was completed in the first week of May 2013. It is designed to test the competency and strength of the host rock and determine the optimal pit angles for the La India Open Pit resource. The PEA identifies an open pit containing 800,000 oz gold at a 40-42 degree pit angle at a cash cost of US$682 per oz. Sensitivity analysis on the pit slope angles has shown that by steepening the pit angles to 50 degrees, the cash costs to produce an 800,000 oz gold pit reduces by 18% to US$558 per oz due to lower strip ratios. However, there is circa 500,000 oz gold resource beneath the pit, a maximised open pit would seek to drive the pit down as deep as possible while retaining strong economics. Sensitivity analysis shows that using a US$1,200 gold price and 50 degree pit angle may result in 1.23M oz gold within the open pit extracted at a cash cost of US$702 per oz. A geotechnical report is expected in August 2013, which will help determine the pit angles of La India Open Pit.

 

Condor has embarked on several studies required for a bankable feasibility study ("BFS") on La India Project. The baseline studies required for an Environmental Impact Assessment have started. Hydrogeology studies have commenced. Metallurgical tests are underway. Geotechnical drilling to determine the pit angles for La India Open Pit has been completed. We are currently seeking a mining engineer to join full time to lead the mining studies through to BFS.

 

In December 2012 Condor acquired 100% of the neighbouring 27 sq km La Mojarra Concession for US$1m. The reason for the purchase is that La Mojarra concession lies only 500m to the south of a high grade drill intercept of 21.08m (16.1m true width) at 10.24g/t gold from 193m drill depth in drillhole LIDC152. The gold mineralisation is open to the south and continues to La Mojarra Concession. Condor's geologists have assessed that there is the prospect of a significant buried gold deposit on La Mojarra. In February 2013, Condor acquired 100% of the 86 sq km HEMCO-SRP-NS concession on the western edge of La India Project for US$275,000 paid by issuing new ordinary shares in Condor at a price of £2.00 per share. The reason for the purchase is that the dominant trend of quartz veins that comprise La India Project is from the South-East to the North-West, the HEMCO concession covers a potential 13km strike extension of the America and Mestiza Vein Sets that host a combined Mineral Resource of 739,000 oz gold at 6.6g/t and are open to the North-West. Condor currently owns 100% of seven concessions that comprise La India Project covering an area of 280 sq km.

 

The existing mineral resource is located on less than 10% of La India Project, there remains substantial exploration upside; there is an abundance of gold mineralisation at surface on several locations outside the existing resource area.

 

Condor also holds 100% ownership of three other concessions in Nicaragua; the Estrella and Potrerillos concessions, which contain historic gold mine workings, and the Rio Luna Concession, which contains a JORC Inferred Resource of 694k tonnes at 4.4g/t for 86,000 oz gold equivalent. In addition, the Company has a 20% interest in a fourth Concession, Cerro Quiroz, which contains established gold mineralisation and is adjacent to B2Gold's operating gold mine at La Libertad.

 

In El Salvador, Condor's JORC Resource of 747,000 oz gold and 22.38 million oz silver or 1,120,000 oz gold equivalent at 2.6g/t remained unchanged during the period due to the moratorium on all exploration and mining in El Salvador. In 2011, 10% of the Company's resource in El Salvador was gifted to a UK Charitable Foundation whose beneficiaries are the most needy and poor in that country.

 

The moratorium on metallic mining in the Republic of El Salvador ("El Salvador") has now been in place for just over 5 years. The Government of El Salvador awarded a tender to the Tau Group of Spain www.taugroup.com to complete a Strategic Environmental Study on the benefits of Mining to El Salvador ("EAE") in September 2010. The Tau Group completed the EAE and submitted it to the Government in September 2011; a copy is available on the Internet. 

 

Pacific Rim Mining Corp (TSX:PMU) ("PacRim") has a mineralised resource on its El Dorado Project in El Salvador of 1,712,900 oz gold equivalent. On 1st April 2013 PacRim announced a statement of a claim filed in the Arbitration case against the Government of El Salvador whereby PacRim seeks damages of US$315m. The Arbitration, now in its final, merits-based phase, is being heard under the Salvadoran Investment Law by a Tribunal of three members at the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID") in Washington, DC.

 

We continue to carefully monitor developments in El Salvador in relation to the present moratorium. Although there is a clear risk that the El Salvador exploration licences and related intangible assets may become impaired should the outcome of the Government's consideration be a decision to pass a law prohibiting metallic mining, the Board has concluded, particularly in light of the US$315m damages being claimed by PacRim, that they are not currently impaired. However, in the circumstances, the Board continues its policy of not capitalising further expenditure in relation to the El Salvador projects. The El Salvador assets carrying value included within this report total £4.3m.

 

Turning to the financial results for the year 2012, the operating loss was £3,258,653 (2011: £1,975,408). Additionally, the Company raised £6,788,268 (2011: £2,402,500) through the exercise of options, and two private placements. The Company made foreign exchange losses of £169,824 (2011: gains of £12,404). The increase of cash and cash equivalents was £1,283,822 (2011: decrease of £65,775). The net cash balance at 31st December 2012 was £2,481,503. The Company's net assets have increased in the year from £7,928,833 to £12,781,407.

 

The strategy for 2013 is to progress La India Project through to Pre-Feasibility Study and Bankable Feasibility Study. Condor raised £7M at £1.60 per share in February 2013 and is fully funded for the next 12 months. There are currently 5 drill rigs operating on site. The PEA detailed a potential mine producing an average of 152,000 oz gold at 3.8g/t for the first 8 years of a 13 year mine life, with production split equally between open pit and underground over the life of mine. The current drilling programme is focused on changing the production mix to as much open pit as possible. It may be that the first 4 to 5 year of the mine life is entirely open pit production, with the underground development funded out of future cashflow. This would have the desired effect of removing the upfront capital costs of underground development and increasing the IRR.

 

The open pit production will come primarily from La India Open Pit as the main open pit, possibly supplemented by 2 or 3 feeder pits. The PEA estimates an average production of 88,000 oz gold p.a. from La India Open Pit, yet this uses conservative pit angles. The recently completed 1,700m geotechnical programme and current 10,000m infill drilling programme should increase the size of La India Open Pit resource by 25% to 50% to between 1M oz and 1.2M oz gold. The gold production from La India Open Pit is estimated to increase by a similar percentage to between 110,000 and 125,000 oz gold p.a. over an 8 year period. In addition, the current 5400m drilling programme on the historic America Mine and 2000m drilling programme on the Central Breccia is targeting small open pit resources of around 100,000 oz to 200,000 oz gold, which could be potential feeder pits of 20,000 to 30,000 oz gold p.a. An objective for 2013, is to increase the open pit Indicated Resource from the current 554,000 oz gold to between 1.0m and 1.3m oz gold, which can then be used in a PFS and support open pit production of between 110,000 oz to 130,000 oz p.a. at over 3g/t gold for the first 5 years of a 13 year mine life.

 

 

 

 

 

CONDOR GOLD PLC

 

PROJECT OVERVIEW

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

 

CURRENT CONCESSION HOLDINGS

 

Nicaragua Projects

 

Project

Concession

Ownership

Expiry Date

Area (km²)

La India Project

La India

100% Owned

January 2027

68.50

Espinito Mendoza

100% Owned

November 2026

2.00

Cacao

100% Owned

January 2032

11.90

Santa Barbara

100% Owned

April 2034

16.20

Real de la Cruz

100% Owned

January 2035

7.66

Rodeo

100% Owned

January 2035

60.40

La Mojarra

100% Owned

June 2029

27.00

HEMCO-SRP-NS (to be renamed El Penon)*

100% Owned

August 2035

86.39

Subtotal

280.05

Boaco

Rio Luna

100% Owned

June 2035

43.00

RAAN

Estrella

100% Owned

April 2035

18.00

Nueva Segovia

Potrerillos

100% Owned

December 2031

12.00

La Libertad-Santo Domingo District

Cerro Quiroz

20% Owned

April 2035

22.50

TOTAL

375.55

 

All concessions in Nicaragua are combined exploration and exploitation concessions.

\* The HEMCO-SRP-NS (El Penon) Concession was acquired post-period in 2013.

 

El Salvador Projects

 

Project

Concession

Ownership

Expiry Date*

Area (km²)

La Calera

La Calera

100% Owned

under moratorium

42.00

El Pescadito

El Pescadito

100% Owned

under moratorium

50.00

Carolina

100% Owned

under moratorium

40.50

El Gigante

100% Owned

under moratorium

42.50

TOTAL

175.00

 

*All exploration and mining licences in El Salvador are currently under El Salvador's moratorium on mining and exploration activity. Condor owns 90% interest in El Salvador (remaining 10% gifted to the Condor Resources El Salvador Charitable Foundation).

 

CURRENT GLOBAL CIM/JORC CODE MINERAL RESOURCE

 

The following Mineral Resource estimations have been reported by independent geologists in accordance with the terms and definitions of the CIM/JORC Code. The Mineral Resource Estimations for Nicaragua were completed by SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd. and for El Salvador by Geosure Exploration and Mining Solutions (La Calera and part of Pescadito) and Ravensgate Resources (part of Pescadito).

 

Tonnes

Gold

Silver

Gold Equivalent

CIM/JORC

(kt)

Grade

(g/t)

Contained

(koz)

Grade

(g/t)

Contained

(koz)

Grade (g/t)

Contained

(koz)

Attributable Contained

(koz)

Category

 

Nicaragua Projects (100% Condor owned)

La India

5,270

4.4

751

6

965

4.5

767

767

Indicated

Project

10,980

4.6

1,623

7

1,328

4.7

1,648

1,648

Inferred

Total

16,250

4.6

2,374

6

2,293

4.7

2,415

2,415

Ind + Inf

Rio Luna

 

694

3.5

80

56

500

3.9

87

87

Inferred

Total

16,944

4.5

2,454

7

2,793

4.6

2,502

2,502

Ind+Inf

 

El Salvador Projects (90% Condor owned)

Pescadito

7,100

1.9

434

97

22,100

3.9

802

722

Inferred

La Calera

 

6,000

1.6

313

1.4

280

1.6

317

286

Inferred

Total

13,110

1.8

747

53

22,380

2.6

1,119

1,008

Inferred

Grand Total

30,044

3.3

3,201

34

25,173

3.8

3,621

3,510

Inferred

 

Note that tonnage is rounded to nearest 10,000t, gold grade is rounded to nearest 0.1g/t, silver and gold equivalent grade to nearest 1g/t, contained gold and gold equivalent to nearest 1,000oz and contained silver to nearest 10,000oz. Gold equivalent is calculated using silver:gold ratio of 60:1. Attributable gold is calculated as 90% interest in El Salvador licences (remaining 10% gifted to the Condor Resources El Salvador Charitable Foundation).

 

CURRENT LA INDIA PROJECT CIM CODE MINERAL RESOURCE

 

The following Mineral Resource estimations details SRK's CIM compliant Mineral Resource Statement as at 14 September 2012 for the La India Project, as signed off by Ben Parsons, a Competent Person as defined by the CIM Code.

 

SRK MINERAL RESOURCE STATEMENT as of 14 September 2012

 

Area Name

Vein Name

Cut-Off

Indicated

Inferred

Total Indicated & Inferred 

gold

silver 

gold 

silver 

gold 

silver 

Tonnes (kt)

Au Grade (g/t)

Au (Koz)

Ag Grade (g/t)

Ag (Koz)

Tonnes (kt)

Au Grade (g/t)

Au (Koz)

Ag Grade (g/t)

Ag (Koz)

Tonnes (kt)

Au Grade (g/t)

Au (Koz)

Ag Grade (g/t)

Ag (Koz)

La India veinset

La India/ California(1)

1.0 g/t (OP)

4220

3.9

534

6.3

850

3990

3.3

420

5.6

724

8210

3.6

954

5.9

1574

La India(2)

2.3 g/t (UG)

200

7.1

45

7.0

45

250

7.3

59

4.3

35

450

7.2

104

5.5

80

California(2)

2.3 g/t (UG)

370

4.3

52

5.9

70

1950

4.4

276

9.0

568

2320

4.4

328

8.6

638

Arizona(3)

1.5 g/t

430

4.2

58

430

4.2

58

Teresa(3)

1.5 g/t

70

12.4

29

70

12.4

29

Agua Caliente(3)

1.5 g/t

40

9.0

13

40

9.0

13

America veinset

America(3)

1.5 g/t

280

8.0

73

540

5.6

99

830

6.5

172

Escondido(3)

1.5 g/t

90

4.7

13

90

4.6

13

180

4.6

26

Constancia(3)

1.5 g/t

110

9.8

34

240

7.2

56

350

8.0

90

Guapinol(3)

1.5 g/t

750

4.8

116

750

4.8

116

Mestiza veinset

Tatiana(3)

1.5 g/t

1080

6.7

230

1080

6.7

230

Buenos Aires(3)

1.5 g/t

210

8.0

53

210

8.0

53

Espenito(3)

1.5 g/t

200

7.7

50

200

7.7

50

San Lucas

San Lucas(3)

1.5 g/t

330

5.6

59

330

5.6

59

Cristolito-Tatescame

Cristolito-Tatescame(3)

1.5 g/t

200

5.3

34

200

5.3

34

El Cacao

El Cacao(3)

1.5 g/t

590

3.0

58

590

3.0

58

Total

751

965

1,623

1,327

2,374

2,292

Subtotal by areas

La India veinset

1.0 g/t (OP)

4220

3.9

534

6.3

850

3990

3.3

420

5.6

724

8210

3.6

954

5.9

1561

2.3 g/t (UG)

570

5.3

97

6.3

115

2200

4.7

335

8.5

603

2770

4.9

432

8.1

718

1.5 g/t

540

5.8

100

540

5.8

100

America veinset

1.5 g/t

480

7.8

120

1620

5.5

284

2100

6.0

404

Mestiza veinset

1.5 g/t

1490

7.0

333

1490

7.0

333

Other veins

1.5 g/t

1120

4.2

151

1120

4.2

151

Total

751

965

1,623

1,327

2,374

2,292

Subtotal by cut off grade

All veins

 

1.0 g/t (OP)

4220

3.9

534

6.3

850

3990

3.3

420

5.6

724

8210

3.6

954

5.9

1561

2.3 g/t (UG)

570

5.3

97

6.3

115

2200

4.7

336

8.5

603

2770

4.9

432

8.1

719

1.5 g/t

480

7.8

120

4770

5.7

868

5250

5.9

988

Total

751

965

1,623

1,327

2,374

2,293 

(1) Open Pit Mineral Resource is reported at a cut-off grade of 1.0 g/t gold. Cut-off grades are based on a price of US$1400 per ounce of gold and gold recoveries of 90 percent for resources, without considering revenues from other metals. Note optimised pit shells are based on Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources

(2) Underground Mineral Resources beneath the open pit are reported at a cut-off grade of 2.3 g/t gold. Cut-off grades are based on a price of US$1400 per ounce of gold and gold recoveries of 90 percent for resources, without considering revenues from other metals.

(3) Mineral Resources as previously quoted by SRK (22 December 2011) are reported at a cut-off grade of 1.5 g/t.

(4)Mineral Resources are not Ore Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. All figures are rounded to reflect the relative accuracy of the estimate and have been used to derive sub-totals, totals and weighted averages. Such calculations inherently involve a degree of rounding and consequently introduce a margin of error. Where these occur, SRK does not consider them to be material. All composites have been capped where appropriate. The Concession is wholly owned by and exploration is operated by Condor Gold plc

 

CONDOR GOLD PLC

 

OPERATIONS REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

 

NICARAGUA - OPERATIONS REPORT

 

 A conceptual mining study announced at the beginning of the year concluded that mining on La India Project is, at a conceptual level, both technically feasible and economically viable. The study, which only considered mining on a 20 sq km area covering the La India, America and La Mestiza Vein Sets at the core of the Project area concluded that production rates and economics could be significantly improved if it could be demonstrated that parts of the resource are amenable to open pit mining. The exploration strategy for 2012 was to define open-pittable resources within the core area of La India Project prior to undertaking a more detailed Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") of the mining potential. Wide zones of moderate to high-grade gold mineralisation discovered in the walls of the historic La India mine workings in 2011 presented the best exploration target for an open pit resource and so trenching and drilling in the first half of the year was designed to discover and define the best zones of gold mineralisation. The drilling, most of which was undertaken at 50m spacing in order to define the resource at Indicated level of confidence proved very successful; a Whittle open pit mining model run on the La India Vein Set demonstrated that open pit mining along over 1500m strike length to depths of up to 200m below surface was potentially feasible. An updated mineral resource estimation completed in September doubled the resource on the La India Vein Set from 680,000 oz to 1.49M oz and included 8.21Mt at 3.6g/t for 954,000oz gold calculated using parameters suitable for open pit mining.

 

Exploration targets for open pit resources were also identified on the Central Breccia and in the wallrock of the historic America mine workings, both areas fall within a 2.5km radius of the La India open pit resource. Drilling at the Central Breccia returned some wide high-grade intercepts to support the trench results of 2011. With wide zones of gold mineralisation and a favourable topography; the Central Breccia mineralisation occurs on a steep sided hill rising 60m above the surrounding plain, the Central Breccia is considered highly prospective for an open pit resource once further drill definition has been completed. Trench sampling across the surface expression of the historic America Mine workings identified a 600m strike length where the historic mining had only exploited the high-grade core of the gold mineralisation, as was the case at the La India Mine, leaving remnant gold mineralisation in the wallrock. A drilling programme was initiated at the end of the year to test the America Mine wallrock for open pit potential.

 

In addition to the exploration activity Condor further consolidated its position in La India Mining District with completion of the transfer of the Espinito Mendoza Concession and acquisition of La Mojarra Concession expanding the overall project area along strike to the south of La India.

 

From 1 January to 31 December 2012

Project

Concession

Prospect

Rock Chip Samples

Trenches Completed

Trench (m)

Trench Samples

Drill holes Completed

Total Drilling (m)

RC Drilling (m)

RC 1m Samples

Diamond Core Drilling (m)

Core Samples

La India

La India

La India Vein Set

33

48

3233.65

2967

81

10407.47

32 for 2675

2606

49 for 7732.47

3907

America Vein Set

31

41

2402.70

2582

1

156.6

1 for 156.6

124

Mestiza Vein Set

4

9

99.40

102

Cristalito-tatescame

20

5

14.45

20

Central Breccia

13

17

1296.30

1161

3

545.83

3 for 545.83

463

La Mojarra

9

9

99.40

76

HEMCO-SRP-NW (El Penon)

21

Regional

62

13

251.10

248

Totals

193

142

7397

7156

85

11109.90

32 for 2675

2606

53 for 8434.90

4494

Summary of exploration activity completed in 2012.

 

La India Project

 

La India, Espinito Mendoza, Cacao, Santa Barbara, Real de la Cruz, El Rodeo and La Mojarra Concessions

(Condor 100% ownership).

 

At close of period Condor held a 193.66 square kilometre concession package comprising 7 contiguous concessions over nearly the whole of the historic La India Mining District (increased to 8 concessions for 280.05 sq km post-period). An estimated 576,000 ounces of gold at 13.4g/t was produced from the concession area by Noranda Mining over an 18 year period prior to the closure of the La India Mine in 1956. All of the production is believed to have come from Condor's La India Concession, with the bulk coming from two underground mines, La India and America-Constancia, which exploited a combined 3000m strike length of gold mineralised epithermal quartz veins to a maximum depth of 250m below surface.

 

During 2012 the Company completed 85 drill holes for 11,109.90m of drilling, 7372.1m of trench sampling and collected 193 rock chip samples.

 

A strategic decision was made at the beginning of the year to concentrate exploration activity on resource development at the historic centre of gold mining activity; in and around the historic La India and America-Constancia Mines. The strategy was guided by the findings of a Mining Concept Study which concluded that mining is, at a conceptual level, both technically feasible and economically viable in this area. The study, which was undertaken by SRK Consulting (UK) Limited and announced on the 5th March, only considered mining from a 6km by 3km area covering the La India, America and La Mestiza vein sets at the heart of the Project area. The mining concept study was supported by preliminary metallurgical testwork on 50kg of sample material by MetSolve Laboratory in Canada which suggest that the ore could be effectively processed using a combination of gravity concentration and cyanidation. Consideration was not given to potential production using open pit mining; however exploration data from 2011 did suggest that wide zones of moderate to high-grade gold mineralisation with open pit potential do exist within the area of interest which could significantly improve the production economics and production rate. It was decided that exploration for ore zones with open pit mining potential would form a main target of the 2012 exploration programme.

 

Three areas were targeted for open pit resource exploration; remnant gold mineralisation in the walls of the historic La India and America-Constancia mine workings, and gold mineralised breccia zones at the Central Breccia Prospect and surrounding area.

 

La India Vein Set - 1.5Moz at 4.0g/t gold

 

The La India Vein Set consists of a broad zone of anastamosing and sheeted quartz veins and breccias and associated splays and parallel vein known as the India-California vein system, and a cross-cutting set of veins which include the Teresa, Agua Caliente and Arizona veins, collectively referred to as the TACA vein system. Approximately half of the estimated 576,000 oz gold mined from Condor's La India Project Concession area between 1938 and 1956 came from La India Vein Set. All of the veins were exploited, but the majority of the mining was on the India-California veins where La India Mine workings extend along a 1,500m strike length to a maximum depth of 200m below surface. Historical research and exploration has shown that the historic La India Mine only exploited a narrow part of these wide zones using narrow shrinkage stoping mining techniques, leaving significant widths of moderate to high-grade gold mineralisation in the hangingwall and footwall of the historic La India mine workings. The block model for the current mineral resource (below) estimates an average and true thickness of 2.07m at 6.7g/t gold for the unexploited blocks within the historic mine compared to 8.20m at 3.4g/t gold for the gold mineralisation contained within the wallrock.

 

Trench testing to define the grade and width of remnant wallrock gold mineralisation at surface was undertaken where topography and cover allowed. A nominal 50m trench spacing was used and the best coverage was achieved in the hangingwall of the old mine workings in the Southern and Central zones. Intercepts of up to 10m at 2.98g/t gold (Trench LITR069) in the hangingwall of the old mine workings in the Central Zone confirms open pit potential. Over 3000m of trenching was completed on the La India Vein Set during 2012.

 

Two phases of drilling have been undertaken on La India Vein Set during the year. The first phase of 59 drill holes for 7096m tested the open pit resource potential of the most prospective zones identified in 2011 at 50m drill spacing. The drilling successfully delineated several wide zones of moderate to high-grade gold mineralisation that extend from the surface.

• The 650m long 'Central Zone' target which, although historically mined to a depth of up to 200m below surface has been shown to retain significant gold mineralisation in the wallrock of the historic mine workings. Intercepts of up to 26m (25.1m true width) at 7.73g/t gold from only 25m drill depth in the Central-North Zone (drill hole LIRC105) show open pit mining potential, whilst Intercepts such as 12.20m (10.8m true width) at 34.79g/t gold from 173.15m drill depth (drill hole LIDC109) could potentially support open pit or underground developments.

·; The 'South' target where a high-grade zone is recognised at and beyond the southern limit of the historic mine workings. Significant gold mineralisation has been defined at depth with intercepts such as 21.08m (16.1m true width) at 10.24g/t gold from 193.80m drill depth (drill hole LIDC152) open along strike to the South. Gold mineralisation in this zone is progressively weaker near surface to the South such that no gold mineralisation occurs at surface above the high grade example above. Although a near surface intercept of 12m (8.03m true width) at 4.32g/t gold from only 50m drill depth in the South Zone (drill hole LIRC141), some 300m along strike to the south of the Central Zone suggests that at least some of the mineralisation may also be amenable to open pit mining.

·; The 400m strike length of the northern zone was less well explored, with only four RC drill holes used to test a 400m strike length. This wide-spaced drilling confirmed a moderate-grade shoot discovered by a previous explorer with an intercept of 3m (2.9m true width) at 3.06g/t gold from 31m drill depth in drill hole LIRC146 located only 40m along strike of the previous explorers drilling intercept of 7m (6.7m true width) at 3.04g/t gold from 142m drill depth in drill hole DH-LI-06.

 

The India Vein is part of a sheeted vein system of sub-parallel veins, the India and California veins, which are close-spaced or merge into stacked vein and breccia zones over significant strike lengths. The drilling demonstrated that the historic mining activity only exploited a narrow high-grade section of the gold mineralised veins. The historic mining, which exploited a 1,500m strike length to a maximum depth of approximately 200m below surface used a narrow vein shrinkage stoping technique, leaving considerable widths of moderate to high-grade gold mineralisation in the hangingwall and footwall of the historic La India mine workings.

 

This drilling campaign, completed at the end of July, provided sufficient data to run an initial Whittle open pit optimisation model on La India Vein Set and undertake a resource update on the La India Vein Set using suitable parameters to differentiate between the open pit and underground components.

 

Drilling resumed in November with a programme designed to convert remaining zones of Inferred Category mineral resource that fall within the bounds of the resource Whittle open-pit to the Indicated level of confidence by infill drilling at 50m spacing. In addition further drilling in the poorly tested northern zone, also at 50m spacing was designed to extend the open pit to the north. By year end 22 drill holes for 3,305.8m had been completed. Assay results in the Central Zone were generally consistent with expectations and appear to validate the geological model used in the current resource. Drilling in the less well explored north zone discovered a new moderate to high-grade shoot with a best near surface intercept of 3.40m (3.2m true width) at 8.06g/t Au from 17m depth (drill hole LIDC164) with down-dip continuity demonstrated by intercepts such as 5m (3.8m true width) at 4.89g/t gold from 233m drill depth (drill hole DH-LI-10A), approximately 200m below surface.

 

Post-Period Activity

Over 7000m of the La India Vein set drilling programme started in November 2012 has been completed. The drilling is on track to upgrade most of the mineral resource that falls within the bounds of the current Whittle open-pit from Inferred to Indicated level of confidence. 800,000 oz of the current 954,000 oz of gold currently in the open pit resource is targeted for definition at Indicated level of confidence in the next resource update. The drilling programme has been increased from the initial 7000m to follow-up on better than expected high-grade intercepts, particularly in the previously under-explored northern zone where the results are expected to extend the open pit to the north and further increase the overall open-pit resource at Indicated level of confidence. Elsewhere assay results are generally consistent with expectations and appear to validate the geological model used in the current resource by confirming the continuity and average grade of the gold mineralisation. The La India Vein Set continues to exhibit both wide moderate grade and narrower high grade mineralisation with highlights including:

·; A near surface intercept of 21m (20.3m true width) at 3.33g/t gold from 4m drill depth in drill hole LIRC240 on the 1050 cross-section should improve the early mine life open-pit economics within the Central Zone, and

·; The first near surface bonanza grade intercept of 4.80m (4.4m true width) at 37.24g/t gold from 14.40m drill depth has been returned from drill hole LIDC239 on the 650 cross-section.

 

Central Breccia

 

The Central Breccia is a gold mineralised hydrothermal breccia discovered through rock chip sampling by Condor geologists in mid-2011. By the end of the reporting period 1392m of trenching, most using a mechanical excavator to excavate beneath 2-3m of transported soil and colluvium, and five diamond core drill holes for 866m of drilling had been completed. Trench sampling has defined a 300m by 150m anomalous envelope of hydrothermally brecciated andesite containing 0.1-0.2g/t gold with at least three irregular shaped high grade zones of gold mineralisation up to 25m wide and between 70m and 150m long with a best trench intercept of 23m at 3.63g/t gold. The drilling has demonstrated that the high-grade gold mineralisation extends to at least 100m below surface with best intercepts of 13.7m (8.8m true width) at 6.70g/t gold (drill hole LIDC097) and 45.8m (29.8m true width) at 4.24g/t gold from 56.35m drill depth (drill hole LIDC101). The Central Breccia gold mineralisation is interpreted as a breccia pipe deposit and is located within a graben-like structure that runs through the centre of the La India gold District. The graben is at the core of the structural system that controls the distribution of gold mineralisation with the faults that form the graben also hosting the principal gold mineralised epithermal veins. The moderate to high-grade gold mineralised breccia zones within the Central Breccia occur within a broader low-grade calcite breccia and are surrounded by a distinctive alteration halo.

 

Calcite stockwork, brecciation and alteration has been recognised along at least a 1000m strike length of the graben structure pointing to the possibility of more hidden gold mineralised breccia pipes in the vicinity. A soil sampling programme on a 25m by 100m grid covering a 1400m long by 600m wide corridor which includes the Central Breccia Prospect was completed to test for geochemical anomalies that might overlie hidden/buried breccia zones. Six hundred samples were collected and analysed for a 31 element suite. Three soil anomalies, with maximum assay results of 0.143g/t gold in soil, were identified for follow-up exploration.

 

Post-Period Activity

In line with the company's policy of targeting open-pittable resources a 2000m drilling programme commenced in April on the Central Breccia area. The drilling programme has two objectives: Firstly, to follow-up on the excellent drilling results returned from three the first five drill holes and provide sufficient drill data for a maiden gold resource estimation on the Central Breccia. Secondly, to drill beneath the soil anomalies identified near to the Central Breccia to test for further buried gold mineralised breccia systems.

 

America Vein Set - 403koz at 6.0g/t gold

 

The America Vein Set is dominated by two veins, the America-Constancia and Guapinol veins which were deposited along structures that converge to depth to form a graben-like structure at the centre of the La India Gold District. The vein Set can be traced for up to 4km strike length within which other subsidiary veins are recognised. The current mineral resource includes only the America-Constancia-Escondido and Guapinol veins with the bulk of the resource contained within the America-Constancia-Escondido veins from where an estimated 40% of the historic gold production, approximately 250,000 oz gold at 13.5g/t, came from underground mine workings. The historic underground America Mine exploited these three intersecting veins along a 2km strike length. Most of the mining was concentrated on a 1,200m strike length of the America-Constancia veins and a 250m strike length of the intersecting Escondido vein to depths of up to 250m below surface.

 

Assay results for eight drill holes for 2071m drilled on the America Vein Set at the end of 2011 confirmed gold mineralisation in the Guapinol and America veins at depth and also intersected a third previously undefined vein, the Natalia Vein over a 200m strike length. Follow-up trenching extended the Natalia Vein strike length to 300m. The results of the drilling on the Guapinol and America veins was included in the September Mineral Resource update, however further drilling will be required on the Natalia Vein in order to provide up-dip and/or down-dip continuity and establish the true thickness of the vein before a Mineral Resource can be calculated on the Natalia Vein.

 

Following the discovery of open-pittable remnant wallrock gold mineralisation on the La India Vein Set the Company identified the previously untested wallrock of the historic America-Constancia Mine as an open pit exploration target. The historic underground gold mining on the America-Constancia Mine was on a similar scale to La India and utilised the same selective narrow shrinkage stoping method to extract similarly high grade ore. Trench sampling at 50m intervals using a mechanical excavator successfully demonstrated the presence of wall rock mineralisation along a 600m strike length of the America-Escondido Vein, with the widest zones encountered where the vein flexes around a 60° change in strike to become the Escondido Vein. Trench intercepts, not adjusted for true width include 17m at 6.05g/t gold in trench LITR122, 30m at 2.64g/t gold in trench LITR123 and 10m at 5.41g/t gold in trench LITR152.

 

Follow-up drill testing was initiated at the end of the year with one drill hole for 156.6m completed. The drill hole (LIDC179), which targeted the flexure zone passed through 8.10m (7.6m true width) of mine cavity where historic mine workings branched in three directions to exploit the Escondido-America and Constancia veins. Despite the extensive underground development the drill hole also intercepted an amalgamated quartz breccia intercept of 4.65m (4.4m true width) at 6.11g/t gold from 92.85m drill depth. Such zones of wallrock gold mineralisation are not included in the current mineral resource (below) which in the area of the old mine workings is estimated using only historic underground grade control data which was restricted to the high grade core of the veins exposed in the historic development drives and raises.

 

Post-period Activity

Over 3,500m of the 4,000m drilling programme testing for remnant gold mineralisation in the wallrock of the historic America-Constancia Mine has been completed since the programme was started at the end of 2012. The widest zones of gold mineralisation have been found in quartz breccia developments where a number of parallel Constancia veins intercept the America-Escondido vein flexure. Drill intercepts of up to 19m at 1.98g/t gold (including 3m at 7.82g/t gold) and 10m at 1.70g/t gold separated by only 6m of waste (drill hole LIRC215) have been returned from a zone of wide moderate to high-grade gold mineralisation along a strike length of between 100m and 150m and a down-dip extent of at least 300m.

 

 

Resource Estimation

 

An updated Mineral Resource Estimation was announced in September 2012 incorporating all the new trench and drill data from the La India Vein Set to that date and also including the results of the previous year's drilling on the America Vein Set that had not been included in the previous December 2011 Resource estimation, but omitting the Central Breccia as that was considered to be at too early an exploration stage to justify inclusion. The Mineral Resource update was completed by independent geologists at SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd and reported in accordance to NI43-101 standard.

 

The latest Mineral Resource Estimation on the project area is a CIM-compliant combined Inferred and Indicated Mineral Resource of 16.2 Mt at 4.6 g/t for 2,375,000 oz gold, including 5.3 Mt at 4.4 g/t for 751,000 oz gold in the Indicated Category. The entire resource is contained within a 9km radius within the La India Project area with 90% of the resource, some 2,226,000 oz gold contained by the three principal vein sets all located within a 6km by 3km area: the India Vein Set contains 1,487,000 oz, the America Vein Set 405,000 oz and the Mestiza Vein Set 334,000 oz gold. In addition there is 2,280,000 oz silver at a grade of 6.5 g/t silver, calculated on the La India and California Veins where sufficient silver assay data has been collected to justify an estimation.

 

The mineral resource has been calculated in three parts using different parameters based on the potential economics and the confidence of the data available. The historically mined India-California veins on La India Vein Set, which contains the bulk of the Mineral Resource with 1,487,000 oz gold at 4 g/t including 631,000 oz gold in the Indicated category, has been separated into potentially open-pittable volume using a 1.0g/t cut-off and a potentially underground volume using a 2.3g/t cut-off. 8.21Mt at 3.6g/t for 954,000 oz gold falls within the US$1,200 per ounce gold optimised Whittle open pit shell whilst 2.77Mt at 5.5g/t for 432,000 oz gold was assigned as potentially mineable by underground methods. The remainder of the La India Vein Set and all other resource areas have been calculated using a 1.5g/t cut-off.

 

Post-Period Development on La India Project

 

Preliminary Economic Assessment

A Preliminary Economic Assessment ('PEA') on the mining potential at La India was undertaken by SRK (UK) Limited based on the data used in the September 2012 Resource Estimation which includes a considerable open pit resource on the La India Vein Set. The PEA envisages mining simultaneously from the La India, America and La Mestiza vein sets, feeding a centralised mill for 1.5Mtpa. The PEA provides for 1,463,000 oz recovered gold at an average grade of 3.8g/t over the Life of Mine ('LOM'). Average annual production is forecast at 152,000 oz gold over the first 8 years. La India Project mine production over the LOM is split almost equally between underground and open pit mining with the open pit mining coming from the India and California veins within La India Vein Set. The Company has identified a number of areas where further exploration, resource development and technical studies could potentially improve the mining economics, including: (1) Increasing the overall and indicated resource within the La India open pit through completion of the current 50m spaced infill and extension drilling. (2) Optimising the open pit design parameters through a 1,700m geotechnical drilling programme, which may result in the steepening the pit angle from the 40° footwall and 42° hangingwall pit wall slopes, thereby allowing either a deeper pit and/or reduced strip ratios and improved economics. (3) Identifying and proving additional open pit resources on La India Project with the America vein Set and central Breccia areas currently being tested.

 

Pre-Feasibility Study Preparation

A number of mine development studies have been initiated post-period aimed at moving quickly towards a pre-feasibility study. These include a 1700m geotechnical drilling programme designed to more accurately establish the optimum pit slope angles that can be supported by an open pit mine at on La India Vein Set. A number of the geotechnical drill holes have been used to install piezometer for water level monitoring as part of the hydrogeological study required for open pit and underground mine design and water management planning, and also as a component of the environmental baseline study required for the future bankable feasibility study and for future mine permitting. Data collection for both the environmental and community baseline studies has commenced in a number of other areas that require a year or more of data including surface water flow, a population census and registration of artisanal mining activity within the concession area.

 

Regional Exploration

Preparatory work for exploration of the existing and newly acquired concession areas outside of the core La India mining area has been initiated. Re-processing of existing ground geophysical data collected by a previous explorer in 2007 identified a number of targets for follow-up exploration and demonstrated the potential benefits of an airborne geophysical survey over the entire La India Project area. A helicopter aeromagnetic and radiometric survey has been commissioned over the entire 800km² area to be flown at 100m line spacing for a total of 3,530 line-kilometres to collect a high-resolution dataset. This survey data will be supported by a satellite-derived topographical survey that will give better than 1m resolution topographical data to aid with structural interpretation and provide an excellent drilling and trenching data control for both the ongoing resource definition work and future exploration activity.

 

New Concession Acquisition

The Company purchased an 86 sq km concession located adjacent and to the North and East of the La India Project area, increasing Condor's concession holding to 280 sq km. The newly acquired Concession, currently known as the HEMCO-SRP-NS concession, and to be re-named El Penon Concession, covers a potential additional 13km strike length of the America and La Mestiza Vein Set trends. Gold mineralisation has been recorded in rockchip samples within 600m of the southern boundary of the Concession. Reconnaissance exploration has revealed at least four locations with quartz veining, an indication of past hydrothermal activity in a geological setting known to have potential for the discovery of economic gold mineralisation. The purchase agreement was signed in January with HEMCO Nicaragua SA ("HEMCO") for a consideration of US$275,000 payable by way of issuing new ordinary shares in Condor Gold plc at £2.00 per share.

 

Other Project Areas

 

Rio Luna Concession

 

The Rio Luna Concession covers an area of 43 square kilometres in the Central Highlands of Nicaragua. Independent Resource Geologists SRK Consulting (UK) Limited estimated a JORC Inferred Mineral Resource of 694kt at 3.5g/t for 80,000 oz gold and 280kt at 56g/t for 500,000 oz silver on five separate resource blocks on three separate vein sets within the concession area. In total this is a gold equivalent Mineral Resource of 87,000 oz gold equivalent at 3.9g/t gold equivalent (using a gold:silver ratio of 1:60). The Mineral Resource estimation was calculated using exploration data from Canadian explorer First Point Minerals Corporation who completed an extensive programme of soil, auger, rock chip, trench and drill sampling between 2004 and 2006. That exploration included 58 exploratory diamond core drill holes for 6,262m that tested a number of selected target zones along three sub-parallel vein sets containing over 18km of gold-bearing epithermal quartz veins identified by surface exploration on the concession area. The current Mineral Resource is confined to five resource blocks where there is sufficient density of trench and drilling data to demonstrate continuity of gold mineralisation along strike and to depth. The resource blocks have a combined strike length of only 1,750m to a depth of less than 150m below surface, except on one cross section where drilling tested to a depth of 250m below surface.

 

This Mineral Resource Estimate demonstrates that where drilling has tested segments of the epithermal veining currently recognised at Rio Luna the gold mineralisation extends to depths of up to 250m below the surface, and gold mineral concentrations are at sufficient grade to warrant further exploration. Gold mineralisation on all five prospects included in the Mineral Resource remains open along strike and to depth. Trenching has already defined surface mineralisation along strike of the resource blocks with some significant mineralised zones remaining to be drill tested and brought into the Mineral Resource.

 

 

Estrella Concession

 

The Estrella Concession covers an 18 square kilometre area in Nicaragua's historic 'Mining Triangle*' in the northeast of the country. The concession is centred on the historic Estrella Gold Mine. No mine plans or production data are available for the Estrella Mine (also referred to as the Estrella de Venus Mine in old reports), however it is believed that the mine exploited two or more sub-parallel epithermal veins on two or three levels along a strike length of at least a 250m.The mine was worked for only a few years before being destroyed in 1935 during civil unrest: abandoned steel mine trolleys and rail tracks are testament to this period of mechanised mining. The old workings can be traced for approximately 100m where the mineralised structure runs close to the bank of a small river and then for an indeterminate distance beneath the crest of a ridge. The drift that runs next to the river has been reopened by artisanal miners. It is considered likely that the mining relied on gravity dewatering and did not extend below the level of the drainage adit at river level, no deeper than the 10-15m depth exploited by the artisanal miners. It is believed that the mine operated a 20-50 tonne per day capacity mill during production.

 

Trench and underground channel sampling by previous explorers and confirmed by Condor and has returned high grade gold intercepts over a 400m strike length including the historic Estrella Gold Mine and extending along strike up the ridge to the northeast. Two to three parallel epithermal veins separated by short intervals of 5 to 10m of country rock are recognised in old mine workings and trenches. A best trench intercept of 9.0m at 5.44g/t gold reflects the full width of the mineralisation, whilst the channel sampling of the more selectively mined underground workings returned an average intercept of 0.9m at 8.53g/t gold.

 

The challenge on this concession is to extend the size of the mineralised zone beyond the 400m strike length defined to date. It is highly unlikely that the mineralised fluids that deposited this ore body were restricted to an isolated structure and future exploration activity will aim to discover extensions to the known structure and/or other gold mineralised veins in the vicinity.

 

 

* The "Mining Triangle" of the Bonanza-Rosita-Siuna areas of northeast Nicaragua is estimated to have historical production totalling more than 5 million ounces of gold, 4 million ounces of silver, 158,000 tons of copper, and 106,000 tons of zinc.

 

Potrerillos Concession

 

Condor maintains a strategic concession holding covering a 3.5km strike length continuation of the gold mineralised system that hosts the historic San Albino mine workings which contains a recently announced CIM mineral resource of 348 kt at 8.47g/t for 95,000 oz gold equivalent at the Indicated category and 3.371kt at 7.43g/t for 805,000 oz gold equivalent at the Inferred level of confidence (using a 1:60 Au:Ag ratio) as announced by concession holders TSX-listed Golden Reign Resources on 7th January 2013. The San Albino Resource is located less than 500m from the edge of the Potrerillos Concession. Channel sampling of trenches and old mine adits carried out on the Potrerillos Concession between 2007 and 2009 returned intersections of up to 1m at 29.5g/t gold.

 

 

Cerro Quiroz Concession (Condor 20% ownership)

 

Condor holds a 20% interest in the 22.5km² Cerro Quiroz Concession located approximately 15km from the La Libertad Gold Mine which is operated by TSX-listed Canadian mining company B2Gold. B2Gold hold the majority 80% Interest in the Concession and under the terms of the agreement manage and wholly fund exploration up until completion of the first 2,000m of drilling has been completed, after which Condor will be required to provide equity funding to maintain the Company's interest.

 

 

EL SALVADOR - OPERATIONS REPORT

 

Condor has continued to maintain a presence in El Salvador whilst the Government continues the suspension of metallic mining and exploration activity that has been in effect since 2007. The Company recognises that the resolution lies with the Central Government, and Condor has played a leading role in lobbying the Government in favour of a resumption of mining activity since 2007. The Company is engaging in an active dialogue with Government in order to maintain the Company's claim over the unofficially suspended licences and also to position the Company to benefit from other prospective areas that are likely to become available should the Government elect to support metallic mining in the near future.

 

The Ministry of Economy has made public the Strategic Environmental Evaluation (SEE) via its website. Based on the SEE recommendations the Ministries of Economy (MINEC) and Environment (MARN) proposed that all metallic mining and exploration activity be officially suspended until the relevant Government Institutions are strengthened, historical mining liabilities dealt with and the legal framework improved. The remaining exploration companies are lobbying Congress as the umbrella group known as the Salvadoran Industrial Association and the proposal was rejected by Congress. Consequently the unofficial 'moratorium' continues while Congress reviews the feasibility and benefits of mining in the Country.

 

 

CONDOR GOLD PLC

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

 

DIRECTORS' REPORT

 

The Directors present their report with the financial statements of the Company and the Group for the year ended 31 December 2012.

principal activity

The principal activity of the Group in the year under review was that of exploration of gold and silver concessions in El Salvador and Nicaragua. The principal activity of the Company was that of a holding company.

review of developments and future prospects

The Group's financial performance for the year was in line with Directors' expectations. The Group loss after taxation for the year to 31 December 2012 amounted to £3,256,013 (2011: £1,972,147). No dividends were paid during the year.

The Group, at the end of the financial period has interests in seven concessions in the La India Mining District and a further four in four project areas in Nicaragua, and four licences in two project areas in El Salvador. The Company will continue to assess each individually with the intention of focusing on core concessions with the highest probability of producing an economic resource, and principally at La India. The Company is currently investing in the La India concession which is discussed in greater detail in the 'Operations Report and Projects Overview.' Operations in El Salvador are curtailed by the Government moratorium on all exploration and mining in that country. The El Salvador operation has been reduced to an administrative role until environmental and drill permits are awarded, this situation is described in detail in 'Principal Risks and Uncertainties' below.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

The key indicator of performance for the Group is its success in identifying, acquiring, developing and divesting investments in projects so as to create shareholder value.

Control of bank and cash balances is a priority for the Group and these are budgeted and monitored closely to ensure that it maintains adequate liquid resources to meet financial commitments as they arise.

At this stage in its development, quantitative key performance indicators are not an effective way to measure the Group's performance.

However, a qualitative summary of performance in the period in the Chairman's Statement and the Operations Report and Project Overview is an effective way of measuring the key performance of the Company.

directors

The Directors shown below have held office during the year:

M L Child

J Mellon

R Davey

 

 

substantial shareholders

On 26 February 2013 the Company was aware of the following interests in 3% or more of the Company's issued share capital:

Shareholders

Number of ordinary shares

Holding %

Regent Pacific Group

Mr M Child

3,577,274

3,537,500

9.45

9.35

Oracle Management Limited

2,748,675

7.26

Sentry Precious Metals Growth Fund

1,281,056

3.38

 

directors' interests

The Directors in office during the year under review and their interests in ordinary shares and unlisted options of the Company at 31 December 2012 were:

31 December 2012

31 December 2011

Directors

Holding

Number of shares

Number of options

Number of shares

Number of options

M L Child

Direct

3,437,500

950,000

3,475,000

700,000

Indirect

-

-

-

-

R Davey

Direct

32,500

200,000

-

-

Indirect

-

-

-

-

J Mellon

Direct

38,820

-

-

-

Indirect

350,000

300,000

1,000,000

250,000

 

The interests of the Directors in options to subscribe for ordinary shares of the Company were:

Exercise price (p)

Latest exercise date

As at 1 January 2012

Granted during the year

Forfeit/ lapsed/ exercised in the year

As at 31 December 2012

DIRECTORS

M L Child

20

23 December 2013

450,000

-

-

450,000

180

15 April 2016

250,000

-

-

250,000

100

27 June 2017

-

250,000

-

250,000

R Davey

180

10 January 2017

-

100,000

-

100,000

100

27 June 2017

-

100,000

-

100,000

J Mellon

180

15 April 2016

250,000

-

-

250,000

100

27 June 2017

-

100,000

-

100,000

 

No Director had any interests in warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares of the company during the year.

 

 

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

In common with other companies operating in natural resources exploration, the Group's activities are speculative and involve a high degree of risk.

The Group's exploration work involves participation in geological work programmes. Interpretations of the results of these programmes are dependent on judgements and assessments that are speculative and these interpretations are applied in designing further work programmes to which the Company can commit significant resources.

Work programmes often involve drilling and other geological work that present significant engineering challenges that are subject to unexpected operational problems. Furthermore activities generally take place in remote locations that can be subject to unexpected climate events, and possible acts of terrorism, criminal threats and piracy and potential environmental risks.

The Group operates in different countries where political, economic, legal, regulatory and social uncertainties are potential risk factors. In this regard, political uncertainties in El Salvador, in particular in relation to the ongoing moratorium in processing applications for exploration and mining, have resulted in operational delays in that country.

During the past few years to date considerable progress was made in El Salvador:

·; In March 2010, the Government of El Salvador ('GoES') placed a tender for an independent 'Strategic Environment Study on the Metallic Mining Sector in El Salvador' ('EAE') to inform the GoES how to conduct mining in a safe, secure and environmentally friendly manner.

·; In September 2010 the Ministry of Economy ('MINEC') and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Tau Consultora Ambiental of Spain (the 'Tau Group') www.taugroup.com had been awarded the contract for SES.

·; In December 2010, GoES finalised the appointment of a Supervisory Committee to assist GoES on the interpretation of the Tau Group's EAE.

·; In September 2011, the Tau Group completed the EAE and submitted it to GoES, a copy is available on the internet.

·; In May 2012, Condor's Chairman met with the Director of the Department for Regulating Hydrocarbons and Mines at his office in the Ministry of the Economy in San Salvador.

·; The Company has received assurances from a number of relevant Government officials that it will maintain its concession areas following the outcome of the moratorium process.

·; In March 2013 Pacific Rim announced an independent valuation of its 1.7m oz reserves in El Salvador being worth over $300m. Pacific Rim is currently engaged in legal proceedings with GoES over the ongoing moratorium.

It is the Company's view that although the situation remains uncertain and it is unlikely that the necessary environmental and drilling approvals to enable re-commencement exploration programmes on key projects will be forthcoming in the near future, the indications are that the GoES will allow exploration and mining following the EAE, Mining Policy Review and amendments to the current Mining Law. In the meantime operations in El Salvador remain on a care and maintenance basis.

GOING CONCERN

The operations of the Group are currently financed from funds which the Company has raised from shareholders. The Group has not yet earned revenues and is still in the exploration phase of its business. In common with many exploration companies, the Company raises finance for its exploration and appraisal activities in discrete tranches to finance its activities for limited periods only. Further funding will be required from time to time to finance the Company's activities and after the balance sheet date the Company secured £7,000,000 by way of a private placing of new shares. The Directors prepare and monitor cash flow projections based on different funding scenarios and make assumptions about the availability of additional finance in the future.

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors consider the going concern basis to be appropriate based on cash flow forecasts and projections and current levels of commitments, cash and cash equivalents.

Financial Risk management

The Group's operations expose it to financial risks that include credit risk, liquidity risk, and market risks. The Group does not have any debt and is not therefore required to use derivative financial instruments to manage interest rate costs nor is hedge accounting applied.

1. Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Group if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations, and arises principally from the Group's receivables from customers and investment securities.

The Group and the Company's financial assets comprise receivables and cash and cash equivalents. The credit risk on cash and cash equivalents is limited because the counterparties are banks with high credit-ratings assigned by international credit rating agencies. The credit risk on trade and other receivables is limited to the Group's receivable of £93,965. The exposure of the Group and the Company to credit risk arises from default of its counterparty, with maximum exposure equal to the carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents in the Group's Statement of Financial Position. The Group does not have any significant credit risk exposure to any single counterparty or any group of counterparties having similar characteristics. The Group defines counterparties as having similar characteristics if they are connected entities.

The Group does not hold any collateral as security.

2. Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The Group's approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will always have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to the Group's reputation.

 

To ensure liquidity, the Group maintains sufficient cash and cash equivalents on demand to meet its obligations as and when they fall due. The Group actively manages its working finance to ensure that sufficient funds exist for operations and planned expansion.

 

3. Market risks

Market risk is the risk that changes in market prices, such as foreign exchange rates, interest rates and equity prices will affect the Group's income or the value of its holdings of financial instrument. The objective of market risk management is to manage and control market risk exposures within acceptable parameters, while optimising return on risk.

 

(i) Pricing and risks

 

The Directors consider there to be minimal price risk to the business. The Group, however, does have an unlisted equity investment whose price is exposed to market factors and realisation of which is dependent on the existence of willing buyers and therefore beyond the Group's control.

 

(ii) Interest rate cash flow risk

 

The Group does not have interest bearing liabilities. Interest bearing assets are only cash balances that earn interest at a floating rate.

(iii) Foreign exchange risk

 

The Group principally operates in US Dollars. The Directors believe that the contracts for transfers of funds to Central America are so small that there would be no benefit gained from hedging these contracts in the market. As such, currency is bought at the spot rates prevailing on the days transfers are to take place. This situation is monitored on a regular basis, and at present the Group does not have any formal policy for hedging against exchange exposure. The Group may, when necessary, enter into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge against exposure from currency fluctuations, however, the Group has not entered into any currency forward contracts to date.

 

4. Capital risk management

 

The Group manages its capital to ensure that entities within the Group will be able to continue individually as going concerns, while maximising the return to Shareholders through the optimisation of debt and equity balances. The Group manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it, in the light of changes in economic conditions. To maintain or adjust its capital structure, the Group may adjust or issue new shares or raise debt. No changes were made in the objectives, policies or processes during the years ended 31 December 2011 and 31 December 2010. The capital structure of the Group consists of equity attributable to equity holders of the parent, comprising issued capital, reserves and retained losses as disclosed in the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity.

Corporate governance

 

Corporate policies

 

Condor takes its health, safety, environmental and community responsibilities seriously, and has developed policies and systems to ensure that it explores in a safe, low impact and consultative manner, maximising the sustainability of its present and future operations for the benefit of all stakeholders.

 

Health and safety

 

Condor takes the health and safety of its employees and contractors seriously, and strives to exceed statutory obligations and achieve best practice. To this end, a new safety management system has been implemented for its exploration operations.

 

Environment

 

Condor operates in strictly adherence to local and Governmental standards with regard to environmental impact on the local community. This procedure includes pre-exploration checks and post-exploration remediation programs. Currently, no unfulfilled commitments exist to remediate land upon which the Company has conducted exploration work.

 

Community

 

Condor is committed to working consultatively and co-operatively within the communities in which it operates, which includes local subsistence farmers and pastoralists and firmly believes that future mining operations should be to the benefit of all. To this end, Condor personnel participate in cultural awareness programs and have forged close ties with landholders and maintain a constructive dialogue with the Department of Environment and local community representatives. Condor is also a sponsor of many community development and aid programs currently in place including the provision of clean water through drilling water wells, tree planting, the supply of school books and training of locals in both technical and non technical skills to assist their personal development.

 

Compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code

 

The Directors recognise the value of the UK Corporate Goverance Code ("the Code"), and whilst under AIM rules full compliance is not required, the Directors believe that the Company applies the recommendations insofar as is practicable and appropriate for a public Company of its size.

Board of directors

The board of directors at the year end included one executive chairman and two non-executive directors who qualify as independent non-executive directors as defined by the Code. The directors are of the opinion that the recommendations of the Code have been implemented to an appropriate level. The board, through the chairman and non executive directors, maintain regular contact with its advisers and public relations consultants in order to ensure that the board develops an understanding of the views of major shareholders about the company.

The board meets regularly throughout the year and met over 12 times during the year to 31 December 2011. The board is responsible for formulating, reviewing and approving the Group's strategy, financial activities and operating performance. Day-to-day management is devolved to the country manager who is charged with consulting with the board on all significant financial and operational matters. Consequently, decisions are made promptly and following consultation among directors concerned where necessary and appropriate.

All necessary information is supplied to the directors on a timely basis to enable them to discharge their duties effectively, and all directors have access to independent professional advice, at the Company's expense, as and when required.

The participation of both private and institutional investors at the Annual General Meeting is welcomed by the board.

Committees

Each of the following committees has its own terms of reference.

Audit committee

The Audit Committee comprises J Mellon (non-executive director) and R Davey (non-executive director). The committee meets at least twice a year, in regard to the audit work required and completed.

All directors received a copy of the respective audit committee reports prior to these meetings and had an opportunity to comment. The meetings were attended by the auditor.

The chief financial officer and a representative of the external auditor are normally invited to attend meetings. Other directors or staff may be invited to attend, as considered beneficial by the committee.

The Audit Committee's primary responsibilities are to review the effectiveness of the Company's systems of internal control, to review with the external auditor the nature and scope of their audit and the results of the audit, and to evaluate and select external auditors.

Remuneration committee

 

The Remuneration Committee plans to meet at least twice in each year. Its members are J Mellon (non-executive director) and R Davey (non-executive director), both of whom were in attendance at the meetings since their appointment date.

The Group's policy is to remunerate senior executives fairly in such a manner as to facilitate the recruitment, retention and motivation of staff. The Remuneration Committee agrees with the board a framework for the remuneration of the chairman, the executive directors and the senior management of the Group. The principal objective of the committee is to ensure that members of the executive management of the company are provided incentives to encourage enhanced performance and are, in a fair and responsible manner, rewarded for their individual contributions to the success of the company. Non-executive fees are considered and agreed by the board as a whole.

 

Service Contracts

The Company has service contracts with its non-executive directors.

The service contracts also provide that the directors and parties related to the directors are entitled to participate in the share option arrangements operated by the Company as well as consultancy payments.

Details of the contracts currently in place for directors and related parties are as follows:

Annual salary £'000

Consultancy payments £'000

Date of Contract

Unexpired term

Notice period

M L Child

100

50

13 July 2011

-

6 months

J Mellon

-

12

6 April 2011

-

6 months

R Davey

-

25

19 December 2011

-

3 months

 

Subject to the notice requirements described above, there is no provision in the service agreements for compensation to be payable on early termination of the contract.

Supplier payment policy

It is the Group's policy to pay suppliers in accordance with the terms of business agreed with them. The number of days' purchases outstanding for the group as at 31 December 2012 was 30 days (2010: 30 days).

Annual general meeting

Your attention is drawn to the Notice of Meeting enclosed with this report convening the Annual General Meeting of the Company at 2p.m. on 17 June 2013 at the offices of Speechly Bircham; 6 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3LX. The Notice of Meeting sets out and explains the special and ordinary business to be conducted at the meeting.

Directors Insurance

During the year the Company paid £7,568 (2011: £5,300) in respect of Directors professional indemnity insurance.

statement of directors' responsibilities

The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs') as adopted by the EU and applicable law.

Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and the Group and of the profit or loss of the group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

·; select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

·; make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

·; state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

·; prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

They are further responsible for ensuring that the Report of the Directors and other information included in the Annual Report and Financial Statements is prepared in accordance with applicable law in the United Kingdom.

 

The maintenance and integrity of the Condor Gold Plc web site is the responsibility of the directors; the work carried out by the auditor does not involve the consideration of these matters and, accordingly, the auditor accepts no responsibility for any changes that may have occurred in the accounts since they were initially presented on the website.

 

Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of the accounts and the other information included in annual reports may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

 

statement as to disclosure of information to auditor

So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the group's auditor is unaware, and each director has taken all steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Group's auditor is aware of that information.

auditor

The auditor, Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment in accordance with Section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.

on behalf of the board:

 

 

M L Child

Chairman

 

Date: 23 May 2013

 

 

 

 

 

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR TO THE MEMBERS OF

CONDOR GOLD PLC

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

 

We have audited the financial statements of Condor Gold Plc for the year ended 31 December 2012 which comprise the Group and Parent Company Statements of Financial Position, the Group Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Group and Parent Company Cash Flow Statements, the Group and Parent Company Statements of Changes in Equity and the related notes. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union and, as regards the parent company financial statements, as applied in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006.

 

 

 

Respective responsibilities of directors and auditor

 

As explained more fully in the Directors' Responsibilities Statement set out on page 26 and 27, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view.

 

 

Scope of the audit of the financial statements

An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an assessment of: whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the company's circumstances and have been consistently applied and adequately disclosed; the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the directors; and the overall presentation of the financial statements.

In addition, we read all the financial and non-financial information in the Directors' Report and any other surround information to identify material inconsistencies with the audited financial statements. If we become aware of any apparent material misstatements or inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.

Opinion on the financial statements

 

In our opinion:

 

·; the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the group's and of the parent company's affairs as at 31 December 2012 and of the group's loss for the year then ended;

 

·; the group financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union;

 

·; the parent company financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union and as applied in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006; and

 

·; the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

 

 

 

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR TO THE MEMBERS OF

CONDOR GOLD PLC

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

 

Opinion on the other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

 

In our opinion the information given in the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements.

 

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

 

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

 

·; adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

 

·; the parent company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

 

·; certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or

 

·; we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

 

Emphasis of matter - El Salvador assets

 

In forming our opinion on the financial statements, which is not modified, we have considered the adequacy of the disclosure made in

notes 1, 11 and 12 to the financial statements concerning the uncertainty arising from the present moratorium on processing of

permits for mineral exploration and extraction in El Salvador. As set out in note 1, if the necessary permit renewals are not granted this

would result in impairment of the Group's intangible assets and the Company's investments in El Salvador in the future and such

impairment would be material.

 

 

 

 

For members:

Stephen Bullock (Senior statutory auditor)

For and on behalf of Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP (Statutory auditor)

St Bride's House

10 Salisbury Square

London

EC4Y 8EH

 

Date: 23 May 2013

  

For filing

 

Note: The maintenance and integrity of the Condor Gold Plc website is the responsibility of the directors. The work carried out by the auditor does not involve consideration of these matters and accordingly the auditor accepts no responsibility for any changes that may have occurred to the financial statements since they were originally presented on the website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

CONDOR GOLD PLC

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

 

Notes

Year Ended

31.12.12

Year Ended

31.12.11

 

£

£

 

Revenue

-

-

 

 

Administrative expenses

(3,258,653)

(1,975,408)

 

 

Operating loss

6

(3,258,653)

(1, 975,408)

 

 

Finance income

5

2,640

3,401

 

 

Loss before income tax

(3,256,013)

(1,972,007)

 

 

Income tax expense

7

-

(140)

 

 

Loss for the year

(3,256,013)

(1,972,147)

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income:

 

Currency translation differences

(169,824)

12,404

 

Other comprehensive (loss) / income for the year

(169,824)

12,404

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the year

(3,425,837)

(1,959,743)

 

 

 

Loss attributable to:

 

Non-controlling interest

(4,478)

(6,497)

 

Owners of the parent

(3,251,535)

(1,965,668)

 

(3,256,013)

(1,972,147)

 

 

Total comprehensive loss attributable to:

 

Non-controlling interest

(1,898)

(6,479)

 

Owners of the parent

(3,243,949)

(1,953,264)

 

(3,425,837)

(1,959,743)

 

 

Loss per share expressed in pence per share:

 

Basic and diluted (in pence)

10.65

7.28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONDOR GOLD PLC

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

 

Notes

31.12.12

31.12.11

£

£

ASSETS:

NON-CURRENT ASSETS

Property, plant and equipment

Intangible assets

 

 

10

11

 

 

228,167

10,250,474

 

 

59,321

7,064,914

10,478,641

7,124,235

CURRENT ASSETS

Trade and other receivables

Cash and cash equivalents

13

 

520,551

2,481,503

349,968

854,146

3,002,054

1,204,114

TOTAL ASSETS

13,480,695

8,328,349

LIABILITIES:

CURRENT LIABILITIES

Trade and other payables

 

 

15

 

 

544,662

 

 

399,516

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

Other payables

15

154,626

-

TOTAL LIABILITIES

699,288

399,516

NET CURRENT ASSETS

2,457,392

804,598

NET ASSETS

12,781,407

7,928,833

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Called up share capital

 

16

 

6,679,826

 

5,583,451

Share premium

15,928,571

10,000,846

Legal reserves

71

71

Exchange difference reserve

594,280

764,104

Share options reserve

1,873,151

618,840

Retained earnings

(12,294,492)

(9,038,479)

12,781,407

7,928,833

TOTAL EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO:

Non-controlling interest

(66,471)

(64,573)

Owners of the parent

12,847,878

7,993,406

12,781,407

7,928,833

 

The financial statement were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of directors on 23 May 2013 and were signed on its behalf by:

 

 

 

M L Child - Chairman

Company No: 05587987

CONDOR GOLD PLC

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

 

 

Share Capital

Share premium

Legal reserve

Exchange difference reserve

Share option reserve

Retained earnings

Total

Non Controlling Interest

Total Equity

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

At 1 January 2011

4,922,618

7,259,179

71

751,700

163,215

(7,219,400)

5,877,383

-

5,877,383

Comprehensive income:

Loss for the year

-

-

-

-

-

(1,965,668)

(1, 965,668)

(6,479)

(1, 972,147)

Other comprehensive income:

Currency translation differences

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

12,404

 

-

 

-

 

12,404

 

-

 

12,404

Total comprehensive income

4,922,618

7,259,179

71

764,104

163,215

(9,185,068)

3,924,119

(6,479)

3,917.640

Prior year non controlling interest losses

-

-

-

-

-

58,094

58,094

(58,094)

-

New shares issued

660,833

2,741,667

-

-

-

-

3,402,500

-

3,402,500

Share based payment

-

-

-

-

608,693

-

608,693

-

608,693

Share options lapsed

-

-

-

-

(153,068)

153,068

-

-

-

At 31 December 2011

5,583,451

10,000,846

71

764,104

618,840

(8,973,906)

7,993,406

(64,573)

7,928,833

Comprehensive income:

Loss for the year

-

-

-

-

-

(3,251,535)

(3,251,535)

(4,478)

(3,256,013)

Other comprehensive income:

Currency translation differences

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(172,404)

 

-

 

-

 

(172,404)

 

2,580

 

(169,824)

Total comprehensive income

5,583,451

10,000,846

71

591,700

618,840

(12,225,441)

 4,569,467

(66,471)

4,502,996

New shares issued

1,096,375

5,927,725

-

-

-

-

7,024,100

-

7,024,100

Share based payment

-

-

-

-

1,254,311

-

1,254,311

-

1,254,311

At 31 December 2012

6,679,826

15,928,571

71

591,700

1,873,151

 (12,225,441)

12,847,878

(66,471)

12,781,407

 

Share premium reserve represents the amounts subscribed for share capital in excess of the nominal value of the shares issued, net of cost of issue.

 

Legal reserve represents the El Salvadorian statutory reserve calculated on results declared.

 

The exchange difference reserve is a separate component of Shareholders' equity in which the exchange differences, arising from translation of the results and financial positions of foreign operations that are included in the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements, are reported.

 

The share option reserve represents the amount recognised in previous years and the current year relating to the share options granted under the Group's share option scheme.

 

Retained earnings represent the cumulative net gains and losses recognised in the consolidated income statement.

 

 

 

 

 

CONDOR GOLD PLC

 

COMPANY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

 

Notes

31.12.12

31.12.11

£

£

ASSETS:

NON-CURRENT ASSETS

Property, plant and equipment

Investments

Trade and other receivables

 

 

10

12

13

 

 

3,516

3,206,020

8,763,659

 

 

 

-

2,939,654

4,837,053

 

11,973,195

7,776,707

CURRENT ASSETS

Trade and other receivables

Cash and cash equivalents

 

13

 

 

37,309

2,455,596

 

24,964

753,777

2,492,905

778,741

TOTAL ASSETS

14,466,100

8,555,448

LIABILITIES:

CURRENT LIABILITIES

Trade and other payables

 

 

15

 

 

79,935

 

 

114,876

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

Other payables

 

15

 

154,626

 

-

TOTAL LIABILITIES

389,187

114,876

NET CURRENT ASSETS

2,103,718

663,865

NET ASSETS

14,076,913

8,440,572

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Called up share capital

Share premium

Share options reserve

Retained earnings

 

16

 

6,679,826

15,928,571

1,873,151

(10,404,635)

 

5,583,451

10,000,846

618,840

(7,762,565)

TOTAL EQUITY

14,076,913

8,440,572

 

 

 

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of directors on 23 May 2013 and were signed on its behalf by:

 

 

 

 

 

M L Child

Chairman

 

Company No: 05587987

 

 

 

 

CONDOR GOLD PLC

 

COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

 

Share capital

Share premium

Share option reserve

Retained earnings

Total

£

£

£

£

£

At 1 January 2011

4,922,618

7,259,179

169,957

(6,330,093)

6,021,661

Comprehensive income:

Loss for the period

-

-

-

(1,432,472)

(1,432,472)

Total comprehensive income

 

4,922,618

 

7,259,179

 

169,957

 

(7,762,565)

 

4,589,189

New shares issued

660,833

2,741,667

-

-

3,402,500

Share based payment

-

-

601,951

-

601,951

Share options lapsed

-

-

(153,068)

-

(153,068)

At 31 December 2011

5,583,451

10,000,846

618,840

(7,762,565)

8,440,572

Comprehensive income:

Loss for the period

-

-

-

(2,642,070)

(2,642,070)

Total comprehensive income

 

5,583,451

 

10,000,846

 

618,840

 

(10,404,635)

 

5,798,502

New shares issued

1,096,375

5,927,725

-

-

7,024,100

Share based payment

-

-

1,254,311

-

1,254,311

At 31 December 2012

6,679,826

15,928,571

1,873,151

(10,404,635)

14,076,913

 

 

Share premium reserve represents the amounts subscribed for share capital in excess of the nominal value of the shares issued, net of cost of issue.

 

The share option reserve represents the amount recognised in previous years and the current year relating to the share options granted under the Group's share option scheme.

 

Retained earnings represent the cumulative net gains and losses recognised in the Company's income statement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONDOR GOLD PLC

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

 

31.12.12

31.12.11

£

£

Cash flows from operating activities

Loss before tax

(3,256,013)

(1,972,007)

Share based payment

1,254,311

608,693

Depreciation charges

28,592

34,434

Loss on sale of tangible fixed assets

145

293,693

Impairment charge of intangible fixed assets

41,002

-

Reallocation of tangible fixed assets

-

(13,558)

Finance income

(2,640)

(3,401)

(1,934,603)

(1,052,146)

Decrease/(increase) in trade and other receivables

(170,583)

(220,005)

Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables

299,772

306,896

Income tax paid

-

 (140)

Net cash absorbed in operating activities

(1,805,414)

(965,395)

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of tangible fixed assets

(203,079)

(42,657)

Purchase of intangible fixed assets

(3,734,425)

(2,463,624)

Interest received

2,640

3,401

Net cash absorbed in investing activities

(3,934,864)

(2,502,880)

Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from share issue

 

7,024,100

 

3,402,500

Net cash from financing activities

7,024,100

3,402,500

Increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

1,283,822

(65,775)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

854,146

922,275

Exchange losses on cash and bank

343,535

(2,354)

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

2,481,503

854,146

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONDOR GOLD PLC

 

COMPANY STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

 

Year Ended

Year Ended

31.12.12

31.12.11

£

£

Cash flows from operating activities

Loss before tax

(2,642,070)

(1,585,538)

Share based payment

1,254,311

608,693

Share based payment to subsidiaries treated as investment

(271,468)

(259,295)

Historic share based payment to subsidiaries movement

5,102

(6,744)

Depreciation charges

457

-

Loss on disposal of investments

-

293,693

Finance income

(2,623)

(3,137)

(1,656,291)

(952,328)

Increase in trade and other receivables

(3,938,952)

(2,647,599)

Decrease in trade and other payables

274,311

36,110

Net cash absorbed in operating activities

(7,289,527)

(3,563,817)

Cash flows from investing activities

Interest received

2,623

3,137

Purchase of tangible fixed assets

(3,972)

-

Net cash from investing activities

(1,349)

3,137

Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from share issue

 

7,024,100

 

3,402,500

Net cash from financing activities

7,024,100

3,402,500

Increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

1,701,819

(158,180)

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

753,777

911,957

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

2,455,596

753,777

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONDOR GOLD PLC

 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012

 

 

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

General information

These consolidated financial statements are for Condor Gold Plc and its subsidiary undertakings. The Company is a public company registered in England and Wales on 10 October 2005 and is listed on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange. The address of its registered office is 6 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3LX. The nature of the Group's operation is described in the Directors' report.

Functional and presentation currency

Items included in the financial statements of each of the Group's entities are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (the "Functional currency"). The consolidated financial statements are presented in British pounds ("£") which is the Company's presentation and functional currency.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS and IFRIC interpretations), as adopted by the European Union, and with those parts of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies reporting under IFRS. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for the revaluation of certain financial instruments that are measured at fair value.

 

The operations of the Group are currently financed from funds which the Company has raised from shareholders. The Group has not yet earned revenues and is still in the exploration phase of its business. In common with many exploration companies, the Company raises finance for its exploration and appraisal activities in discrete tranches to finance its activities for limited periods only and further funding will be required from time to time to finance those activities. As referred to in Note 21, after the balance sheet date the Company secured further funding of £7,000,000 by way of a private placing of new shares. The directors prepare and monitor cash flow projections based on different funding scenarios and make assumptions about the availability of additional finance in the future.

 

The directors consider the going concern basis to be appropriate based on cash flow forecasts and projections and current levels of commitments, cash and cash equivalents.

 

The financial statements have been rounded to the nearest pound.

Interpretations and amendments to published standards effective in 2012

 

The following are the new IFRS and IFRIC interpretations and amendments to published standards effective in 2012 that are relevant to the Group:

 

IAS 1 Amendment - Presentation of items of other comprehensive income

IFRS 1 Amendments - Severe hyperinflation and removal of fixed dates for first-time adopters

IFRIC 14 (Amendment) Prepayments of a minimum funding requirement

 

Revised IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures

 

Annual Improvements to IFRS

 

IFRS 7 Amendments to Financial Instruments Disclosures

 

 

The adoption of the above IFRS and IFRIC Interpretations did not result in any substantial changes to the Group's accounting policies nor any significant impact on these financial statements except for presentation and disclosures in the financial statements.

 

Interpretations and amendments to accounting standards

 

The Group has not adopted the following IAS and IFRS and its interpretations that have been adopted by the European Union and are in issue as at the date of this report but not yet effective:

 

 

Reference

 

 

 

Effective date (Annual periods beginning on or after)

IAS 1 Amendment - Presentation of items of other comprehensive income

01/07/2012

IAS 19 Amendment - Employee Benefits

01/01/2013

IAS 12 Amendments - Deferred tax: Recovery of Underlying Assets

01/01/2012

IFRS 7 and IAS 32 Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities

01/01/2013

IAS 27 Separate Financial Statements

01/01/2013

IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures

01/01/2013

IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements

01/01/2013

IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements

01/01/2013

IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities

01/01/2013

IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement

01/01/2013

IFRIC 20: Stripping Costs in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine

01/01/2013

Transition Guidance (Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 11 and IFRS 12)

01/01/2013

 

The directors expect that the adoption of the above pronouncements will have no material impact on the financial statements in the period of initial application.

 

Basis of consolidation

The Group financial statements consolidate the accounts of its subsidiaries; Minerales Morazan S.A. De C.V., Condor S.A., La India Gold S.A. and Cerro Quiroz Gold S.A. under the acquisition method. The financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date that control commences until the date control ceases. Cerro Quiroz Gold S.A. is currently dormant, with no previous trading activity.

 

Entities that the group has significant influence but are not subsidiaries or joint ventures are accounted for as associates. The results and assets and liabilities of the associate were included in the consolidated accounts using the equity method of accounting.

 

All the Group's companies have 31 December as their year end. Consolidated financial statements are prepared using uniform accounting policies for like transactions.

 

Intercompany transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between Group companies are eliminated.

Business combinations

 

On the acquisition of a subsidiary, fair values are attributed to the acquiree's identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities that meet the conditions necessary for recognition, on the basis of fair value at the acquisition date. Those mineral reserves and resources that are able to be reliably measured are recognised in the assessment of fair values on acquisition.

 

Where the cost of acquisition exceeds the values attributable to such net assets, the difference is treated as purchase goodwill. After initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Where the cost of acquisition is less than the value attributable to such net assets, the difference is treated as negative goodwill and is recognised immediately in the income statement.

 

Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost, or deemed cost less accumulated depreciation, and any recognisedimpairment loss.

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.Plant and machinery - 20% on costFixtures and fittings - 50% on costMotor vehicles - 25% on costComputer equipment - 50% on cost

Investments

 

Investments in subsidiaries are stated at cost less provision for any impairment in value.

Financial instruments

 

(a) Financial assets

Financial assets are classified as financial assets at fair value through profit and loss, loans and receivables, held-to-maturity financial assets, and available-for-sale financial assets, as appropriate. The Group determines the classification of its financial assets at recognition. Where financial assets are recognised initially, they are measured at fair value, plus, in the case of investments not at fair value through profit and loss, directly attributable transaction costs.

 

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial assets expire or the Group transfers substantially all risks and rewards of ownership.

 

Financial assets recognised in the statement of financial position as trade and other receivables are classified as loans and receivables. They are recognised initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost less impairment.

 

Cash and cash equivalents are also classified as loans and receivables. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost. Cash and cash equivalents include cash-in-hand and deposits held with banks.

 

Investments which are held for trading are accounted for at fair value through profit and loss. Investments are treated as held for trading if they are:

 

(i) acquired or incurred principally for the purpose of selling or repurchasing in the near term;

 

(ii) part of a portfolio of identified financial instruments that are managed together and for which there is evidence of a

recent actual pattern of short-term profit-taking; or

 

(iii) a derivative (except for derivatives that are designated as effective hedging instruments).

 

In addition, the Group classifies investments as financial assets at fair value through profit and loss where the investment eliminates or significantly reduces valuation or recognition inconsistencies that would otherwise arise from measuring financial assets or financial liabilities, or recognising gains and losses on them, on different bases.

 

The net gain or loss recognised in profit and loss incorporates any dividend or interest earned on the financial asset.

 

(b) Financial liabilities

Liabilities within the scope of IAS 39 are classified as financial liabilities at fair value through profit and loss or other liabilities, as appropriate.

 

A financial liability is derecognised when the obligation under the liability is discharged or cancelled or expires.

 

Financial liabilities included in trade and other payables are recognised initially at fair value and subsequently at amortised cost.

 

Taxation

Current taxes are based on the results shown in the financial statements and are calculated according to local taxrules, using tax rates enacted or substantially enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred income tax is provided using the balance sheet method on temporary difference at the reporting date between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes.

 

Deferred income tax liabilities are recognised for all temporary differences, except:

 

·; Where the deferred income tax liability arises from the initial recognition of goodwill or of an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction , affects neither the accounting profit nor taxable profit; and

 

·; In respect of taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, associates and interests in joint ventures, where the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences can be controlled by the parent, investor or venturer and it is probable that the temporary differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

 

Deferred income tax assets are recognised for all deductible temporary differences, carry forward of unused tax credits and unused tax losses, to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductable temporary differences, and the carry forward of unused tax credits and unused tax losses can be utilised, except:

 

·; Where the deferred income tax asset relating to the deductable temporary difference arise from the initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, affects neither the accounting profit nor taxable profit or loss

 

·; In respect of deductable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, associates and interests in joint ventures, deferred income tax assets are recognised only to the extent that is probable that the temporary differences will reverse in the foreseeable future and taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilised.

Intangible assets - exploration costs, licences and minerals resources

Exploration expenditure comprises costs which are directly attributable to researching and analysing data. Licences include the costs incurred in acquiring mineral rights and, the entry premiums paid to gain access to areas of interest. Mineral resources include amounts paid to third parties to acquire interests in existing projects.

When it has been established that a mineral deposit has development potential, all costs (direct and applicable overheads) incurred in connection with the exploration and development of the mineral deposits are capitalised until either production commences or the project is not considered economically viable.

 

In the event of production commencing, exploration costs, licences and mineral resources are amortised through administrative expenses, over the expected life of the mineral reserves on a unit production basis. Other pre-trading expenses are written off as incurred. For the purposes of impairment testing, intangible assets are allocated to specific projects with each licence reviewed annually. Where a project is abandoned or is considered to be of no further interest, the related costs are written off.

 

Foreign currencies

 

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result.

 

On consolidation of a foreign operation, assets and liabilities are translated at the balance sheet rates, income and expenses are translated at rates ruling at the transaction date. All resulting exchange differences shall be recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity.

 

 

 

 

Share based payments

 

The fair value of equity instruments granted to directors, employees and consultants is charged to the income statement with a corresponding increase in equity. The fair value of share options is measured at grant date, using the Black-Scholes model, and spread over the period during which the employee becomes unconditionally entitled to the award. The charge is adjusted to reflect the number of shares or options that vest, except where forfeiture is due to criteria, as stated in the share option agreements.

 

Revenue recognition

Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Group and the revenue can be reliably measured. Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received, excluding discounts, rebates, and sales taxes or duty. The Group assesses its revenue arrangements against specific criteria in order to determine if it is acting as principal or agent. The Group has concluded that it is acting as a principal in all of its revenue arrangements.

 

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred, which is considered to occur when title passes to the customer. This generally occurs when product is physically transferred onto a vessel, train, conveyor or other delivery mechanisms. Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable.

 

Interest revenue

 

Interest revenue is recognised as it accrues, using the effective interest rate method (EIR).

 

Critical accounting estimates and judgements

 

The preparation of financial information in conformity with generally accepted accounting standards requires management to make estimates and judgements that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as well as the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period.

 

In the process of applying the Group's accounting policies, which are described in note 1, management has made the following assumptions that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial information:

a) Impairment of intangible assets and investment in subsidiaries

The Group tests annually for impairment or more frequently if there are indications that the intangible assets and/or investments might be impaired.

 

Determining whether the intangible assets and/or investments are impaired requires an estimation of the value in use of the cash generating units to which the intangible assets belong to. The value in use calculation requires the Group to estimate the future cash flows expected to arise from the cash-generating unit and the suitable discount rate in order to calculate the present value.

 

In particular, the present moratorium on processing applications for mineral exploration and extraction in El Salvador gives rise to a critical judgement in preparing the financial statements. The factors considered by the Board in arriving at its judgement in relation to El Salvador are set out in note 10, 11 and 12.

 

The situation in relation to the moratorium in El Salvador continues to be closely monitored on an ongoing basis by the directors in the light of local intelligence, and the board remain hopeful that the moratorium in El Salvador will be lifted and that the Company's significant assets in El Salvador will once again be able to be further utilised.

 

b) Share based payments

 

The Group has made awards of options on its un-issued share capital to certain directors and employees as part of their remuneration package.

 

The valuation of these options involved making a number of critical estimates relating to price volatility, future dividend yields, expected life of the options and interest rates. These assumptions are described in more detail in note 17.

 

Classes of equity and reserves

 

Called up share capital represents the nominal value of share in issue at the reporting date.

 

Share premium reserve represents the amounts subscribed for share capital in excess of the nominal value of the shares issued, net of cost of issue.

 

Legal reserve represents the El Salvadorian statutory reserve calculated on results declared.

 

The exchange difference reserve is a separate component of Shareholders' equity in which the exchange differences, arising from translation of the results and financial positions of foreign operations that are included in the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements, are reported.

 

The share option reserve represents the amount recognised in previous years and the current year relating to the share options granted under the Group's share option scheme.

 

Retained earnings represent the cumulative net gains and losses recognised in the consolidated income statement.

 

 

2. REVENUE AND SEGMENTAL REPORTING

 

The Group's operating segments have been determined based on geographical areas.

 

The Group's operations are located in UK, El Salvador and Nicaragua. The Group undertakes only one business activity as described in the Director's Report.

 

 

Revenue and results

 

All transactions between each reportable segment are accounted for using the same accounting policies as the Group uses, as set out in note 1.

 

The segment results are the measures that are reported to the Groups' chairman in order to assess the segments' performance during the period.

The Group has not generated revenue during the year.

 

The Group's results by reportable segment for the year ended 31 December 2012 are as follows:

 

UK

£

El Salvador

£

Nicaragua

£

Consolidation

£

RESULTS

Operating loss

2,644,693

44,796

574,266

3,258,653

Interest income

2,623

17

-

2,640

Income tax expense

-

-

-

-

Included in operating loss

Impairment of intangibles

-

41,002

-

41,002

Depreciation

457

-

23,217

23,674

 

 

3. REVENUE AND SEGMENTAL REPORTING - (continued)

 

 

Assets

 

All transactions between each reportable segment are accounted for using the same accounting policies as the Group uses, as set out in note 1.

 

UK

£

El Salvador

£

Nicaragua

£

Consolidation

£

ASSETS

Total assets

2,496,421

4,319,372

6,664,902

13,480,695

LIABILITIES

Total liabilities

389,187

545

309,556

699,288

 

 

 

 

 

The Group had intercompany debt owed to the UK at 31 December 2012 split segmentally as follows:

Due from El Salvador £1,968,595

Due from Nicaragua £6,795,064

 

 

 

The Group's results by reportable segment for the year ended 31 December 2011 are as follows:

 

UK

£

El Salvador

£

Nicaragua

£

Consolidation

£

RESULTS

Operating (profit)/loss

1,588,675

65,057

321,676

1,975,408

Interest income

3,137

264

-

3,401

Income tax expense

-

-

140

140

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

All transactions between each reportable segment are accounted for using the same accounting policies as the Group uses, as set out in note 1.

 

UK

£

El Salvador

£

Nicaragua

£

Consolidation

£

ASSETS

Total assets

778,741

4,394,293

3,155,315

8,328,349

 

 

UK

£

El Salvador

£

Nicaragua

£

Consolidation

£

LIABILITIES

Total liabilities

114,876

4,461

280,179

399,516

 

 

The Group had intercompany debt owed to the UK at 31 December 2011 split segmentally as follows:

Due from El Salvador £1,921,087

Due from Nicaragua £2,915,966

 

 

4. STAFF COSTS

31.12.12

31.12.11

£

£

Wages and salaries

Social security costs

431,403

20,169

253,095

6,784

451,572

259,879

Staff costs included within additions to exploration costs during the year were £273,926 (2011: £194,095).

The average monthly number of Group and Company employees during the year were as follows:

 

Group

Company

2012

2011

2012

2011

Directors

Employees

3

82

3

111

3

-

3

-

85

114

3

3

 

 

Directors remuneration, which form part of key management personnel is described below. There are no other key management personnel in the opinion of the directors.

 

Short Term Employee Benefits:

 

Salary Payments

 

Related Party Payments *

 

 

Total

2012

2011

2012

2011

2012

2011

£

£

£

£

£

£

M L Child

100,000

56,000

50,000

75,400

150,000

131,400

K P Eckhof

-

3,000

-

3,500

-

6,500

J Mellon

-

-

12,000

9,000

12,000

9,000

R Davey

41,100

-

-

-

41,100

-

Total

168,000

68,000

50,000

78,900

218,000

146,900

 

* Refer to note 18 for listing of related parties

The Company has adopted a discretionary bonus scheme by which bonuses are paid to directors, employees and consultants and used by the recipients to subscribe for new Ordinary Shares at market value. A total of up to 15 percent of the total share capital in issue from time to time will be made available for this purpose without the Board having first obtained the consent of the Shareholders. The amount of any bonus payable under this scheme will be subject to approval by the remuneration committee. At the year end no bonuses were paid.

 

No share options have been exercised by the directors.

 

 

 

 

 

The interests of the directors in options to subscribe for ordinary shares of the Company were:

 

Exercise price (p)

Latest exercise date

As at 1 January 2012

Granted during the year

Exercised in the year

 Lapsed in the year

As at 31 December 2012

DIRECTORS

M L Child

 

 

J Mellon

 

R Davey

20

180

100

180

100

180

100

23 Dec 2013

15 Apr 2016

27 Jun 2017

15 Apr 2016

27 Jun 2017

10 Jan 2012

27 Jun 2017

450,000

250,000

-

250,000

-

-

-

-

-

250,000

-

100,000

100,000

100,000

-

-

-

-

-

--

-

-

-

-

-

--

450,000

250,000

250,000

250,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

 

The options all have a life of five years from the date they were issued. The exercise price varies dependent on the date of issue.

 

There are no vesting conditions attached to these options. However, if the individual's engagement with the company is terminated, the options lapse within 30 days.

 

The market price of the shares at 31 December 2012 was 156p (2011: 137.50p).

 

The market price during the year ranged from 48p to 196p (2011: 85p to 182.50p).

 

No directors had any interests in warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares of the company during the year.

 

5. FINANCE INCOME

31.12.12

31.12.11

£

£

Deposit account interest

2,640

3,401

 

 

6. LOSS BEFORE TAX

 

The loss before tax is stated after charging:

 

31.12.12

31.12.11

£

£

Depreciation - owned assets

457

-

Auditor's remuneration: Audit of company

 

19,500

 

19,248

Foreign exchange differences

72,563

30,067

Impairment of intangible assets (See note 11)

41,002

-

Rent - operating leases

 

8,335

 

10,757

-

 

 

7. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge

31.12.12

31.12.11

£

£

Current tax:

Tax

 

-

 

140

Total tax charge in income statement

-

140

Reconciliation of the tax charge

31.12.12

31.12.11

£

£

Loss before tax

(2,642,070)

(1,972,147)

Loss before tax multiplied by standard rate of

Corporation tax in the UK of 20% (2011: 20%)

 

(528,414)

 

(394,401)

Effects of:

Non-taxation income/(non-deductable expenses)

Deferred tax not provided

 

(2,434)

530,848

 

(7,350)

401,751

Differences in overseas taxation rates

-

-

Total tax charge in income statement

-

-

A deferred tax asset has not been recognised in respect of deductable temporary differences relating to certainlosses carried forward at the year end, as there is insufficient evidence that taxable profits will be available inthe foreseeable future against which the deductible temporary difference can be utilised. The unrecognised deferred tax asset was £2.3million (2011: £1.8million).

 

 

8. LOSS OF PARENT COMPANY

 

As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the profit and loss account of the parent Company is not presented as part of these financial statements. The parent Company's loss for the financial year was £2,642,070 (2011: £1,432,472).

 

9. LOSS PER SHARE

 

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period.A reconciliation is set out below:

31.12.12

31.12.11

Basic EPS

£

£ *

Loss for the period

3,256,013

1,959,743

Weighted average number of shares

30,570,427

26,925,588

Loss per share (in pence)

(10.65)

(7.28)

In accordance with IAS 33 and as the Group has reported a loss for the year, the share options are anti-dilutive.

 

*Rebased in line with IAS 33 for the share consolidation on 25 June 2012.

 

10. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Improvements to rental property

Plant & machinery

Fixtures & fittings

Motor vehicles

Computer equipment & software

 

Totals

£

£

£

£

£

£

Group

Cost or valuation:

 

At 1 January 2011

906

14,055

19,924

46,146

43,894

124,925

Additions

340

2,172

7,787

29,337

3,021

42,657

Disposals

-

-

-

-

(855)

(855)

Reclassification

(977)

-

-

14,535

-

13,558

Exchange difference

(69)

(229)

(611)

(2,584)

(1,305)

(4,798)

At 31 December 2011

200

15,998

27,100

87,434

44,755

175,487

Additions

115,839

52,573

5,655

22,397

6,615

203,079

Disposals

-

-

-

-

(145)

(145)

Exchange difference

(16)

(812)

(1,622)

(6,181)

(1,782)

(10,413)

At 31 December 2012

116,023

67,759

31,133

103,650

49,443

368,008

Accumulated depreciation and impairment:

 

At 1 January 2011

-

(2,179)

(18,063)

(30,596)

(34,157)

(84,995)

Charge for period

-

(14,085)

59

(17,075)

(3,333)

(34,434)

Disposals

-

-

-

-

855

855

Reclassification

-

2,714

191

1,108

(4,013)

-

Exchange difference

-

(1)

376

1,150

883

2,408

At 31 December 2011

-

(13,551)

(17,437)

(45,413)

(39,765)

(116,166)

Charge for period

(11,602)

(2,183)

(2,170)

(9,982)

(2,654)

(28,591)

Disposals

-

-

-

-

-

-

Exchange difference

-

168

(643)

 

6,625

(1,234)

4,916

At 31 December 2012

(11,602)

(15,566)

(20,250)

(48,770)

(43,653)

(139,841)

Net Book Value:

At 31 December 2011

200

2,447

9,663

42,021

4,990

59,321

At 31 December 2012

104,421

52,193

10,883

54,880

5,790

228,167

 

The current year depreciation charge for the subsidiaries of £28,134 (2011: £6,190) is included within the addition to exploration costs in the year.

 

10. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - (continued)

 

Company

Fixtures & fittings

Computer Equipment

Totals

£

£

£

Cost:

At 1 January 2011 and 1 January 2012

-

11,186

11,186

Additions

2,338

1,634

3,972

At 31 December 2012

2,338

12,820

15,158

Depreciation:

At 1 January 2011

-

(11,186)

(10,281)

Charge for the year

Disposals

-

-

-

-

(905)

-

At 1 January 2012

-

(11,186)

(11,186)

Charge for the year

(139)

(318)

(457)

Disposals

-

-

-

At 31 December 2012

(139)

(11,504)

(11,643)

Net Book Value:

At 31 December 2011

-

-

-

Net book Value:

At 31 December 2012

2,199

1,316

3,515

 

 

 

 

11. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Exploration costs

£

Mineral resources

£

Licences

 

£

Total£

Group

Cost or valuation:

At 1 January 2011

3,738,862

3,620,141

472,036

7,831,039

Additions

2,463,624

-

-

2,463,624

Disposals

-

(293,693)

-

(293,693)

Exchange difference

17,148

-

-

17,148

At 31 December 2011

6,219,634

3,326,448

472,036

10,018,118

Additions

3,734,425

-

-

3,734,425

Disposals

-

-

-

-

Exchange difference

(507,863)

-

-

(507,863)

At 31 December 2012

9,446,196

3,326,448

472,036

13,244,680

Accumulated depreciation and impairment:

At 1 January 2011

(1,817,658)

(663,510)

(472,036)

(2,953,204)

Impairment for year

-

-

-

-

At 1 January 2011

(1,817,658)

(663,510)

(472,036)

(2,953,204)

Impairment for year

(41,002)

-

-

(41,002)

At 31 December 2012

(1,858,660)

(663,510)

(472,036)

(2,994,206)

Net Book Value:

At 31 December 2011

4,401,976

2,662,938

-

7,064,914

At 31 December 2012

7,587,536

2,662,938

-

10,250,474

 

During the prior year the Group increased its' holding in La India Gold SA to 100%, the additional 20% holding was acquired at £nil cost as in line with certain conditions of the concession swap agreement in the prior year.

 

During the prior year the Company donated 10% of its' stake in Minerales Morazan S.A. de C.V. to the Condor Resources El Salvador Charitable Trust, a related Charity, set up for the prevention and relief of poverty in the Republic of El Salvador.

 

In assessing whether an impairment is required for the carrying value of an asset, its carrying value is compared with its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of the asset's fair value less costs to sell and value in use. Given the nature of the Group's activities, information on the fair value of an asset is usually difficult to obtain unless negotiations with potential purchasers or similar transactions are taking place. Consequentially, unless indicated otherwise, the recoverable amount used in assessing the impairment charges described below is value in use. The group generally estimates value in use using a discounted cash flow model.

 

 

11. INTANGIBLE ASSETS (CONTINUED)

 

The calculation of value in use is most sensitive to the following assumptions:

·; Production volumes

·; Discount rates

·; Metal prices

·; Operating costs

 

In arriving at its assessment as to whether an impairment review is required in relation to its Nicaragua assets, which amounted to £5,938,972 (2011: £2,680,235) at the balance sheet date, the following factors were considered:

 

The exploration assets are in good standing;

·; Substantive expenditure is planned on further exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources in Nicaragua project areas;

·; Results from exploration for evaluation of mineral resources to date lead the directors to believe that the projects can be development into significant commercial reserves;

·; Sufficient data exists to indicate that the carrying amount of the exploration and evaluation asset is likely to be recovered in full from successful development or by sale.

·; Condor's Nicaraguan concessions have an average life of 20years outstanding.

·; La India Project Mineral Resource increased to 16.2 million tonnes at 4.6 g/t gold for 2,375,000 oz gold in accordance with the CIM Standards code. This includes 5.3 million tonnes at 4.4 g/t for 751,000 oz gold in the Indicated category with the balance in the Inferred Category.

·; Updated Mineral Resource includes open pit resource of 8.21 million tonnes at 3.6g/t for 954,000 oz gold, including 534,000 oz in the Indicated category.

·; 11,010m drilled on La India Project during the period.

·; Drilling and trenching indicated open pit potential at Central Breccia with best drilling intercept of 13.70m (8.8m true width) at 6.70g/t gold from 4,630m.

·; Discovery of remnant wallrock gold mineralisation at America historic mine, a target for open pit resource.

·; Acquisition of 86 sq km La Mojarra Concession added to La India Project.

·; £6.75M raised by way of private placements.

 

 

In light of the above, the Board does not consider the Nicaragua exploration licences and related intangible assets to require impairment reviews and has continued to capitalise exploration expenditure in relation to those projects.

 

In arriving at its assessment as to whether an impairment review is required in relation to its El Salvador assets, which amounted to £4,311,502 (2011 £4,385,168) at the balance sheet date, the following were considered in the context of the ongoing moratorium in that country;

 

·; Whilst the Company's exploration licences in El Salvador are currently suspended as a result of the moratorium on mining activities they have not been revoked, nor have they expired.

·; The Company has received assurances from a number of relevant government officials that it will maintain its concession areas following the outcome of the moratorium process.

·; Exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources in the El Salvador project areas show excellent potential through additional drilling. The gold resource of 747,000 oz has the potential to double to 1.5m oz and the silver resource has the potential to increase from 22.4m oz to over 50m oz, which would be a large commercial reserve.

·; Gold and silver prices have increased significantly since the El Salvador projects were last drilled.

·; Condor remains committed to continuing its exploration and evaluation activities in the El Salvador project areas

·; Another company with 1.7m oz reserves in El Salvador recently announced details of an independent valuation of its assets in excess of $300 million.

·; The directors consider the most likely outcome of the present moratorium will be a resumption of mining activities in El Salvador.

 

 

12. INVESTMENTS

Company

Equity in subsidiary undertakings

Capital contribution

Total

£

£

£

Cost:

1 January 2011

3,625,719

11,843

3,637,562

Capital contribution relating to share based payment

-

259,295

259,295

Disposals

(293,693)

-

(293,693)

31 December 2011

3,332,026

271,138

3,603,164

Capital contribution relating to share based payment

-

271,468

271,468

Disposals

-

(5,102)

(5,102)

At 31 December 2012

3,332,026

537,504

3,869,530

Impairment:

Charge at 1 January 2011

(663,510)

-

(663,510)

 

At 31 December 2011 and 31 December 2012

 

(663,510)

 

-

 

 (663,510)

 

Net Book Value:

At 31 December 2011

2,668,516

271,138

2,939,654

At 31 December 2012

2,668,516

537,504

3,206,020

 

In assessing whether an impairment is required for the carrying value of an asset, reference has been made to the underlying intangible assets discussed in note 11.

 

Included within investments above is £2,643,238 (2011: 2,643,238) in relation to El Salvadorian assets.

 

The capital contribution relating to share based payments relates to 255,300 share options granted by the Company to employees of a subsidiary undertaking in the Group during the year, and a further 345,000 from the prior year. Refer to note 17 for further details of share options.

 

 

The Company's investments at the balance sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following:

 

Name

Country of incorporation

Interest

%

Class of shares

Nature of the business

Share capital and reserves

Loss for the year

£

£

Minerales Morazan S.A. de C.V.

El Salvador

90

Ordinary

Gold and silver exploration

(664,707)

(44,779)

Condor S.A.

Nicaragua

100

Ordinary

Gold and silver exploration

(900,206)

(409,415)

La India Gold S.A.

Nicaragua

100

Ordinary

Gold and silver exploration

(9,090)

(164,851)

Cerro Qurioz Gold S.A.

Nicaragua

20

Ordinary

Gold and silver exploration

-

-

 

During the prior year the Company donated 10% of its stake in Minerales Morazan S.A. de C.V. to Condor Resources El Salvador Charitable Trust, a related Charity, set up for the prevention and relief of poverty in the Republic of El Salvador.

 

 

13. TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES

 

Group

Company

31.12.12

31.12.11

31.12.12

31.12.11

£

£

£

£

Current:

Other receivables

Prepayments

 

482,698

37,853

 

321,033

28,935

 

1,800

35,509

 

1,800

23,164

520,551

349,968

37,309

24,964

Non-current:

Amounts owed by Group undertakings

Provision

 

-

-

 

-

-

 

10,419,672

(1,656,013)

 

6,493,066

(1,656,013)

-

-

8,763,659

4,837,053

520,551

349,968

8,800,968

4,862,016

 

In assessing whether an impairment is required for the carrying value of an asset, reference has been made to the underlying intangible assets discussed in note 11.

 

 

14. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Group uses financial instruments such as trade receivables and payables and other items that arise directly from its operations. The main purpose of these financial instruments is to help finance the Group's operations.

A financial instrument is any contract that gives rise to both a financial asset of one enterprise and a financial liability or equity instrument of another enterprise.

The Group's financial instruments, which are recognised in the balance sheet, comprise financial assets at fair value recognised through profit and loss, cash and cash equivalents, receivables and payables. The information about the extent and nature of these recognised financial instruments, including significant terms and conditions that may affect the amount, timing and certainty of future cash flows are disclosed in the respective notes below, where applicable.The Group does not generally enter into derivative transactions (such as interest rate swaps and forward foreign currency contracts) and it is, and has been throughout the period under review, the Group's policy that no trading in financial instruments shall be undertaken.

 

There were no financial instruments not recognised in the balance sheet of the Company and the Group.

 

14.1 Financial instruments by category

Group

Company

31.12.12

31.12.11

31.12.12

31.12.11

£

£

£

£

Assets as per balance sheet

Loans and receivables:

Other receivables

520,551

349,968

37,309

24,964

Cash and cash equivalents

2,481,503

854,146

2,455,596

753,777

Total

3,002,054

1,204,114

2,492,905

778,741

 

 

Group

Company

31.12.12

31.12.11

31.12.12

31.12.11

£

£

£

£

Liabilities as per balance sheet

Loans and receivables:

Trade and other payables

361,996

332,943

335,496

61,443

Accrued expenses

337,292

66,573

53,691

53,433

Total

699,288

399,516

389,187

114,876

 

The Directors consider the carrying value of the financial assets and liabilities to approximate their fair values.

 

 

14.2 Financial risk management objectives and policies

The Company's activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: currency risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow interest-rate risk. These risks are limited by the Group's financial management policies and practices described below:

 

(a) Foreign currency exchange risks

 

The Group does not hedge its foreign currencies. The directors believe that the contracts for transfers of funds to Central America are so small, there would be no benefit gained from hedging these contracts on the market. The situation is monitored on a regular basis. Transactions with vendors are mainly denominated in a number of currencies. Therefore the directors consider that the currency exposure arising from these transactions is not significant to the Group.

 

At present the Group does not have any formal policy for hedging against exchange exposure. The Group may, when necessary, enter into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge against exposure from currency fluctuations, however, the Group has not entered into any currency forward contracts to date.

The following significant exchange rates were applied during the year:

Average rate

Reporting date spot rate

2012

2011

2012

2011

USD 1

0.6311

0.6250

0.6191

0.6416

NIO 1

0.0273

0.0274

0.0257

0.0278

(b) Credit risk

As the Group had no turnover during the year; there is no significant concentration of credit risk. The Group does not have written credit risk management policies or guidelines.

The Group's cash is held in reputable banks. The carrying amount of these financial assets represent the maximum credit exposure.

 

No collateral was held as security and other credit enhancements during the period. No financial assets are impaired or past due at the end of the reporting period.

 

(c) Liquidity risks

To ensure liquidity, the Group maintains sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet its obligations as and when they fall due.

(d) Cash flow and fair value interest rate risks

The Group has no interest-bearing liabilities. Interest rates on bank deposits are based on the relevant national inter bank offered rates. The Group has no fixed interest rate assets.

The main financial risks for the Group are set out on page 1 of the Directors' Report. At 31 December 2012 the currency and interest rate profile of the financial assets and liabilities of the Group was as follows:

31.12.12

31.12.11

£

Weighted average interest rate

£

Weighted average interest rate

Financial assets:

GBP - cash and cash equivalents

2,556,146

0.20%

748,368

0.62%

USD - cash and cash equivalents

(90,262)

0.00%

99,878

1.42%

NIO - cash and cash equivalents

15,619

0.00%

5,900

0.00%

Total

2,481,503

854,146

 

A decrease of 1% on the interest rates offered by the bank will result in a decrease in interest receivable of £2,640 (2011: £5,639).

(e) The Group prepares budgets and forecasts to project its future spend, and manages the capital available accordingly.

 

 

15. TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES

Group

Company

31.12.12

31.12.11

31.12.12

31.12.11

£

£

£

£

Current:

Trade payables

35,460

273,226

19,247

59,443

Social security and other taxes

16,053

33,707

5,766

-

Other payables

155,857

2,000

155,857

2,000

Accrued expenses

337,292

90,583

53,691

53,433

544,662

399,516

234,561

114,876

Non-current:

Other payables

154,626

-

154,626

-

154,626

-

154,626

-

Total

699,288

399,516

389,187

114,876

 

No interest is charged on the trade payables. The Company and the Group has financial risk management policies in place to ensure that all payables are paid within the credit time frame. The directors do not consider that is a material risk to the Group.

 

 

16. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL AND SHARE PREMIUM

Number of shares (thousands)

Ordinary shares

£

Share premium

£

 

Total

£

At 31 December 2010

492,262

4,922,618

7,259,179

12,181,797

 

Proceeds from shares issued

 

66,083

 

660,833

 

 

2,741,667

 

3,402,500

 

At 31 December 2011

 

558,345

 

5,583,451

 

10,000,846

 

12,584,296

Consolidation of share capital

27,917

Proceeds from shares issued

5,482

1,096,375

 

5,927,725

7,024,100

At 31 December 2012

33,399

6,679,826

15,928,571

22,608,397

 

On 25 June 2012 the Company underwent a share consolidation, whereby all 1p ordinary shares were consolidated into 20p ordinary shares.

 

The company has one class of ordinary shares which carry no right to fixed income nor have any restrictions attached.

 

 

 

17. EQUITY-SETTLED SHARE OPTION SCHEME AND WARRANTS

a) Share Options

The Company has established a share option scheme for Directors, employees and consultants to the Group.

 

The options all have a maximum life of five years from the date they were issued. The exercise price is dependent on the date of issue.

 

There are no vesting conditions attached to these options, however, if the individual's engagement with the Company is terminated, the options lapse within 30 days.

 

Details of the share options outstanding during 2011 were as follows:

 

 

 

Date of Grant

 

 

1 January 2011 No. of shares

 

 

 

Issued in Year

 

 

 

Exercised in year

 

 

Forfeit or lapsed in year

 

 

31 December 2011

Date from which options are first exercisable

 

 

 

 

Lapse date

24/03/2006

6,950,000

-

-

(6,950,000)

-

31/05/2006

30/05/2011

23/12/2008

16,100,000

-

(3,000,000)

-

13,100,000

31/05/2006

30/05/2011

31/12/2010

1,950,000

-

-

-

1,950,000

01/01/2011

30/12/2015

15/04/2011

-

17,900,000

-

-

 17,900,000

16/04/2011

14/04/2015

15/08/2011

-

1,250,000

-

-

1,250,000

16/08/2011

14/08/2015

10/10/2011

-

400,000

-

-

400,000

11/10/2011

09/10/2015

25,000,000

19,550,000

(3,000,000)

(6,950,000)

34,600,000

 

 

Details of the share options outstanding during 2012 were as follows:

 

 

 

Date of Grant

 

 

1 January 2012 No. of shares (restated*)

 

 

 

Issued in Year

 

 

 

Exercised in year

 

 

Forfeit or lapsed in year

 

 

31 December 2012

Date from which options are first exercisable

 

 

 

 

Lapse date

23/12/2008

555,000

-

(100,000)

-

455,000

24/12/2010

23/12/2013

10/09/2009

100,000

-

(47,500)

-

52,500

11/09/2010

10/09/2014

31/12/2010

97,500

-

(47,500)

-

50,000

01/11/2011

31/12/2015

15/04/2011

895,000

-

-

(62,500)

832,500

16/04/2012

15/04/2016

15/08/2011

62,500

-

-

-

62,500

16/07/2012

18/08/2016

10/10/2011

10/01/2012

27/06/2012

20,000

-

 

-

-

 

100,000

 

748,300

-

 

-

 

-

-

 

-

 

(13,000)

20,000

100,000

735,300

11/10/2012

 

 11/01/2012

 

 27/06/2013

10/10/2016

10/01/2017

 

27/06/2017

1,730,000

847,000

(195,000)

(75,500)

2,307,800

 

* The number of shares shown here have been restated for the share consolidation on 25 June 2012.

 

The weighted average exercise price per share is 116p (2011: 110p) and the average contractual life is 5 years (2011: 4 years).

 

 

The estimated fair value of the options granted in 2012 was £1,176,058 (2011: £1,116,182) and has been fully recognised within administration expenses, on a pro-rata basis over the vesting period. This fair value has been calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The inputs into the model were as follows:

 

2012

2011

Share price

Exercise price

Expected volatility

Expected life (yrs.)

Risk free rate

Expected dividend yield

156p

100p

140%

3

3.5%

-

137.4p

180p

129.38%

3

3.5%

-

A movement from the share option reserve of £1,254,311 (2011: £455,625) was made during the year reflecting the movements on issued warrants and options during the year.

 

Expected volatility was determined with reference to the historical volatility of the Company's share price. The expected life used in the model has been adjusted, based on management's best estimate, for the effects of non-transferability, exercise restrictions and behavioural considerations.

 

The weighted average remaining contractual life of the share options outstanding at the end of the period is 3 years (2011: 2 years).

 

b) Warrants

 

During the previous year the Company issued warrants to its consultants for services provided.

 

The warrants all have a maximum life of two and a half years from the date they were issued.

 

No warrants were outstanding during 2012.

 

The estimated fair value of the warrants granted in 2012 was £nil (2011: £nil).

 

This fair value has been calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model as detailed above.

 

 

18. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

 During the year the Company received consultancy advice from the following related parties:

 

 

Company

 

 

Related party

 

31.12.12

£

 

31.12.11

£

Outstanding at year end

£

Iguana Resources Pty Ltd

K P Eckhof

-

3,500

-

Burnbrae Limited

J Mellon

12,000

9,000

-

Axial Associates Limited

M L Child

50,000

75,400

-

 

All key management receives their remuneration from the subsidiary they work for. The remuneration of key management in the subsidiaries is capitalised within exploration costs.

 

During the year the Company loaned funds to its subsidiaries details of which are set out below:

 

 

Condor S.A. (Nicaragua)

 

31.12.12

£

 

31.12.11

£

Brought forward loan balance

751,293

331,841

Additional loans during the period

1,093,477

419,451

Closing balance

1,844,770

751,293

 

 

Minerales Morazan S.A. (El Salvador)

31.12.12

£

31.12.11

£

Brought forward loan balance

1,921,087

1,869,095

Additional loans during the period

47,508

51,992

Closing balance

1,968,595

1,921,087

 

 

La India Gold S.A. (Nicaragua)

31.12.12

£

31.12.11

£

Brought forward loan balance

2,164,673

-

Additional loans during the period

2,785,621

2,164,673

Closing balance

4,950,294

2,164,673

 

 

19. OPERATING LEASES

 

The Group has no operating lease commitments at the end of 2012 or 2011.

 

20. CONTROLLING PARTY There is no ultimate controlling party.

 

21. POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS

 

On 5 February 2013 the Company announced that it was purchasing the HEMCO concession adjacent to the La India project. This acquisition was funded by the issue of 87,330 new shares at £2 per share.

 

Additionally, since the period end, the Company has secured further funding of £7,000,000 by way of private placing of 4,375,000 new ordinary shares and 1,458,333 warrants, to aid the company in focusing on providing a large commercial reserve on its 1,620,000oz gold resource at La India Project in Nicaragua. The warrants have a 2 year life, and an exercise price of £2.20.

 

22. CONTINGENT LIABILITY

 

The Company has a contingent liability to make further payment for La Mojarra concession, upon the receipt of a drilling permit from the local authorities, at the balance sheet date this had not been received. The amounts that will become due upon receipt of the drilling permits for this concession would be $200,000 and $250,000 in shares.

 

The Company has an additional contingent liability in relation to a claim from an ex-consultant of the Company for £300,000, the Company is vigorously defending this claim and current internal expectations of costs are around £75,000.

 

 

Note: 

 

The financial information set out above comprises non-statutory accounts. The financial information for the year ended 31 December 2012 has been extracted from the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012 on which the report of the auditors was unqualified.

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4th Jul 20235:17 pmRNS£1M Raise, Exercise Warrants Dir/PDMR Shareholding
10th May 20236:16 pmRNSResult of AGM
10th May 202310:55 amRNSConfirmation of time for Condor AGM
31st Mar 20231:54 pmRNSDirector/PDMR Shareholding
28th Mar 20237:00 amRNSAnnual Financial Report
14th Mar 20234:35 pmRNSPrice Monitoring Extension
13th Mar 20234:35 pmRNSPrice Monitoring Extension
13th Mar 20237:40 amRNSCondor Gold Provides an Update on Sale of Assets
13th Mar 20237:31 amRNSCondor Gold Provides an Update on Sale of Assets
13th Mar 20237:00 amRNSCondor Gold Provides an Update on Sale of Assets
22nd Dec 202210:05 amRNSAppointment of Denham Eke as a Non-Exec Director
21st Dec 20222:44 pmRNSFundraise of £3.3m, Results of Open Offer, Placing
5th Dec 20227:00 amRNSProposed Open Offer to Raise up to £3.9M
30th Nov 20228:01 amEQSCondor Gold entertaining potential buyers for La India gold project
28th Nov 20227:00 amRNSFundraise via Convertible Loan Note & Open Offer
22nd Nov 20227:00 amRNSStrategy Update, Advisor Appt to Sell the Assets
14th Nov 20227:00 amRNSUnaudited results for the 3rd Quarter
9th Nov 20224:40 pmRNSSecond Price Monitoring Extn
9th Nov 20224:35 pmRNSPrice Monitoring Extension
27th Oct 20225:49 pmRNSCondor Gold Comment on US Sanctions
26th Oct 20227:00 amRNSCNR Files Feasibility Study Tech Report on SEDAR
13th Oct 20224:41 pmRNSSecond Price Monitoring Extn
13th Oct 20224:36 pmRNSPrice Monitoring Extension
12th Oct 20227:00 amRNSJim Mellon assumes Chairmanship of Condor Gold
13th Sep 20224:35 pmRNSGrant of Options
12th Sep 20227:00 amRNSCondor Feasibility Study For La India Open Pit
17th Aug 20227:00 amRNSMineral Resource Update for La India Project
16th Aug 20227:00 amRNSUnaudited Interim Results
4th Aug 20227:00 amRNSMetallurgical Test Results for La India Open Pit
29th Jul 20223:40 pmRNSTotal Voting Rights
18th Jul 20227:00 amRNSExercise of Warrants, Director’s Dealing and TVR
6th Jul 20223:53 pmRNSTotal Voting Rights and Holdings in Company
14th Jun 20222:05 pmRNSSecond Price Monitoring Extn
14th Jun 20222:00 pmRNSPrice Monitoring Extension
14th Jun 20227:00 amRNSCondor Gold Raises £3.25m Via Private Placement
23rd May 20227:00 amRNSLa India Open Pit Drill Results
13th May 20227:00 amRNSResults for the three months ended 31 March 2022
12th May 20224:58 pmRNSResults of Annual General Meeting
29th Mar 20227:00 amRNSResults For The Year Ended 31 December 2021
10th Mar 20227:00 amRNSAll Assay Results Received for La Mestiza Open Pit
13th Jan 20224:55 pmRNSExercise of Options and Issue of Shares

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