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Majestic Gold Corp. Reports 2023 Q3 Results



Majestic Gold Corp.

Vancouver, British Columbia - TheNewswire - November 28, 2023 - Majestic Gold Corp. (“Majestic” or the “Company”) (TSX.V:MJS) reports its financial and operational results for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.  The following financial results are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise stated.

 

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Nine months ended September 30, 2023

  • Gold production was 23,206 ounces, compared to 29,717 ounces produced for the FY2022 comparative period; 

  • Revenue was $40.8 million, compared to $50.5 million for the FY2022 comparative period 

  • Gross profitfrom mining operations was $19.2 million, compared to $28.2 million for the FY2022 comparative  period 

  • Net incomewas $10.3 million, compared to $16.4 million for the FY2022 comparative  period 

  • Cash flow from operating activities, excluding changes in non-cash working capital was $19 million, compared to $25.3 million for the FY2022 comparative  period For computation details, refer to pages 13-15 of the MDA for this Non-IFRS financial measure; 

  • Strong financial position atSeptember 30, 2023. The Company had cash and short-term investments of $63.3 million (December 31, 2022 - $52.7 million) and working capital of $43.8 million (December 31, 2022 - $36.4 million); 

  • Total cash costs and all-in sustaining costs (“AISC”) for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, were $794 per ounce and $925 per ounce, compared to $629 per ounce and $720 per ounce for the FY2022 comparative period. For AISC computation details, refer to pages 13-15 of the MDA for this Non-IFRS financial measure;  

  • Adjusted EBITDA for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, was $19.9 million, compared to $29.7 million for the FY2022 comparative period. For EBITDA computation details, refer to pages 13-15 of the MDA for this Non-IFRS financial measure; an 

  • On November 22, 2023, the Company’s subsidiary Persistence Resources Group Ltd (“PRG”), filed a renewal application to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “HKEX”) for listing of its shares on the Main Board of the HKEX. PRG, together with its sponsor and legal advisors continue progressing through the HKEX listing application process with the HKEX and Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to complete the proposed initial public offering of the shares of Persistence. The HKEX renewal application document can be found at www.majesticgold.com/investors/hkex-application.  

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Three months ended September 30,

Nine months ended September 30,

   

    2023

 

      2022

 

         2023

 

2022

Operating data

               

Gold produced (ozs)

 

6,631

 

9,853

 

23,206

 

29,717

Gold realized net of smelting fees (ozs)

 

6,152

 

9,089

 

21,343

 

27,230

Gold sold (ozs)

 

6,143

 

9,024

 

21,194

 

27,291

Average realized gold price ($/oz sold)

$

1,971

$

1,747

$

1,903

$

1,802

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

 

845

 

580

 

794

 

629

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

 

1,076

 

763

 

1,019

 

816

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

 

1,019

 

672

 

925

 

720

Financial data

               

Total revenues

$

12,236,549

$

16,044,230

$

40,796,173

$

50,501,901

Gross profit (2)

 

5,626,431

 

9,158,949

 

19,203,852

 

28,238,255

Adjusted EBITDA (1)

 

5,716,919

 

9,681,212

 

19,933,646

 

29,662,999

Net income

 

3,012,848

 

5,135,207

 

10,305,153

 

16,397,866

Net income attributable to shareholders

 

2,024,788

 

3,394,308

 

6,734,843

 

10,896,724

Basic and diluted gain per share

 

0.00

 

0.00

 

0.01

 

0.01

           

September 30,

 

 December 31,

           

2023

 

2022

Balance Sheet

               

Cash

       

$

55,865,802

$

    45,362,546

Total assets

         

150,114,924

 

139,605,949

Total current liabilities

         

23,673,961

 

21,059,237

  1. (1)See “Additional Financial Measures” in the Company’s MDA on pages 13-15.  

  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.