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MAJESTIC GOLD CORP. Reports 2022 Q1 Results



Majestic Gold Corp.

Vancouver, British Columbia – TheNewswire - May 12, 2022 - Majestic Gold Corp. (“Majestic” or the “Company”) (TSXV:MJS) reports its financial and operational results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.  The following financial results are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise stated.

 

This release should be read in conjunction with the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the quarter end March 31, 2022 and associated Management Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) which are available on SEDAR www.sedar.com and on the Company’s website www.majesticgold.com.         

 

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Three months ended March 31, 2022

  • Gold production increased by 94% to 10,071 ounces, from 5,203 ounces produced forthe FY2021 comparative period; 

  • Gold revenue was $17 million, an increase of 194% from $5.8 million for the FY2021 comparative period; 

  • Gross profitfrom mining operations increased by 194% to $9.3 million, from $3.2 million for the FY2021 comparative period 

  • Net incomewas $5.4 million, an increase of 15% from $4.7 million for the FY2021 comparative period;  

  • Adjusted EBITDA was $9.5 million, compared to $3.5 million for the same period in FY2021. For EBITDA computation details, refer to pages 14-16 of the MDA for this Non-IFRS financial measure; 

  • Total cash costs and all-in sustaining costs (“AISC”) were $659 per ounce and $813 per ounce, compared to $450 per ounce and $758 per ounce for the same period in FY2021; For AISC computation details, refer to pages 14-16 of the MDA for this Non-IFRS financial measure;  

  • On March 30, 2022, the Company announced that its 94% owned subsidiary, SINOGOLD Resources Holdings Group Co., Ltd. ("Sinogold") has submitted its application for listing of shares in the capital of Sinogold (the "Shares") on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "HKEX") concurrent with the proposed initial public offering of newly issued Shares of Sinogold representing 25% of its total issued and outstanding Shares upon successful listing of the Shares; 

  • On May 2, 2022, the Company announced results from its geochemical sampling program at its Australian tenements, confirming a northwest trending lithium anomaly coincident with elevated rubidium and potassium in the southwestern portion of the grid. The Company intends to follow up this program with a phase 2 program consisting of closer spaced grid geochemical sampling and a ground magnetometer survey in order to better define targets for a possible phase one drill program. 

   

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

   

Three months ended
March 31, 2022

 

Three months ended March 31, 2021

Operating data

       

Gold produced (ozs)

 

 10,071

 

5,203

Gold realized net of smelting fees (ozs)

 

 9,168

 

4,802

Gold sold (ozs)

 

 9,185

 

3,030

Average realized gold price ($/oz sold)

$

 1,847

$

1,904

Total cash costs ($/oz sold) (1)

 

 659

 

450

Total production costs ($/oz sold) (1)

 

 830

 

857

All-in sustaining costs per ounce ($/oz sold) (1)

 

 813

 

758

Financial data

       

Gold revenues

$

 16,966,985

$

5,770,486

Gross profit (2)

 

 9,343,917

 

3,174,867

Adjusted EBITDA (1)

 

 9,524,776

 

3,535,653

Net income

 

 5,417,860

 

4,706,643

Net income attributable to shareholders

 

 3,477,452

 

3,272,458

Basic and diluted income per share

 

 0.01

 

0.00

     

March 31,

 2022

 

December 31,

2021

Balance Sheet

       

Cash and cash equivalents

$

 42,073,176

$

 34,867,831

Total assets

 

 134,969,306

 

 128,037,022

Total current liabilities

 

 25,456,090

 

 24,764,929

  1. (1)See “Additional Financial Measures” in the Company’s MDA on pages 14-16.  

  2. (2)“Gross profit” represents total revenues, net of cost of goods sold.  

About Majestic Gold

Currently focused in China, Majestic Gold Corp. is a British Columbia based company engaged in commercial gold production at the Songjiagou Gold Mine in eastern Shandong Province, China, with exploration properties located in Australia, China and Canada. Additional information on the Company and its projects is available at www.sedar.com and on the Company’s website at www.majesticgold.com.

 

For further information, please contact:

Stephen Kenwood, P.Geo., President and CEO

Telephone: (604) 560-9060

Email: info@majesticgold.com

Website: www.majesticgold.com

  

Cautionary Notes

Certain statements contained herein may constitute forward‐looking statements and are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities laws. Forward‐looking statements are statements which relate to future events. Such statements include estimates, forecasts and statements as to management's expectations with respect to, among other things, business and financial prospects, financial multiples and accretion estimates, future trends, plans, strategies, objectives and expectations, including with respect to production, exploration drilling, reserves and resources, exploitation activities and events or future operations. Information inferred from the interpretation of drilling results and information concerning mineral resource estimates may also be deemed to be forward-looking statements, as it constitutes a prediction of what might be found to be present when, and if, a project is actually developed.

 

In some cases, you can identify forward‐looking statements by terminology such as "may", "should", "expects", "plans, "anticipates", believes", "estimates", "predicts", "potential", or "continue" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry's actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward‐looking statements.

 

While these forward‐looking statements, and any assumptions upon which they are based, are made in good faith and reflect our current judgment regarding the direction of our business, actual results will almost always vary, sometimes materially, from any estimates, predictions, projections, assumptions or other future performance suggestions herein. Except as required by applicable law, Majestic Gold does not intend to update any forward‐looking statements to conform these statements to actual results