REG-Pan African Resources Plc: Revised Production Guidance for the year ending 30 June 2024, Production Guidance for 2025 Financial Year and MTR Project Update

Pan African ResourcesAnnouncement

09/05/2024 07:15

 

 Pan African Resources PLC (Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 3937466 on 25 February 2000) Share code on AIM: PAF Share code on JSE: PAN ISIN: GB0004300496 ADR ticker code: PAFRY ("Pan African" or the "Company" or the "Group")  Pan African Resources Funding Company Limited Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa with limited liability Registration number: 2012/021237/06 Alpha code: PARI  

 

 

Pan African is pleased to provide shareholders and noteholders with an update
as follows:

Group production and cost guidance

 
* Production guidance for the year ending 30 June 2024 (current financial
year) narrowed to between 186,000oz to 190,000oz (previously 180,000oz to
190,000oz)	* In the second half of the financial year, the Group ceased
processing of marginal surface sources at Evander Gold Mines (EGM) due to this
business, which contributed approximately 2,500oz in the first half of the
current financial year, becoming uneconomical
* If production from these sources was maintained in the second half of the
financial year, Group production for the full financial year would have been
in excess of 190,000oz
	
* Group AISC guidance for the current financial year maintained at between
$1,325/oz to
$1,350/oz (assumed exchange rate: ZAR/US$:18.50)
* Production guidance for the 2025 financial year of 215,000oz to 225,000oz.
 

MTR Project (The Project)
* The Project is on schedule for commissioning and steady state production
during December 2024
* Capital cost for the Project remains on budget, with no expenditure overruns
expected
* The Project's financial model, based on its definitive feasibility study
(DFS), was updated to include the latest operating cost and production
estimates, forecast ZAR/US$ exchange rate and US$ gold price. These updates
are as follows:	* Exchange rate and gold price revisions:		* Exchange rate of
ZAR/US$:19.00 (initial DFS model: ZAR/US$:15.50)
* Gold price of US$2,200/oz (initial DFS model: US$1,750/oz)
		
* The updated DFS financial model outputs (relative to the initial DFS model)
are as follows:		* The model Pre-tax NPV increased to US$183 million (initial
DFS model: NPV of US$63 million)
* The ungeared real IRR increased to 41.7% (initial DFS model: IRR of 20.1%)
* Payback on upfront capital investment of ~US$135.1 million reduced to
approximately 2 years (initial DFS model: 3.5 years), post commissioning.
 

An internal pre-feasibility study (PFS) for the Soweto cluster was also
completed in March 2024, based on the drill results from the 2L16 and 2L24
tailings storage facility (TSF). The PFS considered numerous options, with the
most feasible being:
* Development of re-mining, overland piping and pumping infrastructure at the
Soweto cluster resource to process the material at the MTR plant	* Using this
option, the MTR plant's capacity can be expanded to process 1 million tonnes
per month of feed material, compared to the current design capacity of
800ktpm, resulting in a life-of-mine (LOM) of 21 years for the combined Mogale
and Soweto cluster resources. The resultant tailings can be deposited into the
expanded Mogale TSF at the West Wits pit and 1L23-25 footprint.
 

The outcomes of the PFS are as follows:
* Processing of the Soweto Cluster has the potential to expand the MTR
operation
* The MTR plant infrastructure can be expanded to treat 1 million tonnes per
month from year 6 of the MTR operation's LOM
* The addition of the 110 million tonne Soweto Cluster Mineral Resource has
the potential to increase MTR production to approximately 60koz/year over a
21-year LOM
* Total additional capital requirement of US$113 million (approximately US$83
million would be incurred from year 4 to year 6 and US$29 million in year 10
of the MTR's operation)
* At US$2,200/oz and an exchange rate of ZAR/US$:19.00, the Pre-tax NPV
combined for Mogale and the Soweto Cluster is US$283 million, representing an
increase of US$96 million, relative to Mogale's updated standalone financial
model
* The real ungeared IRR increases to 44.0%, relative to the IRR of 41.7% in
the updated Mogale financial model.
The Group will now proceed with the necessary permitting and servitudes
required for the re-mining and processing of the Soweto Cluster, with a final
investment decision in due course.

 

Pan African CEO Cobus Loots commented:

"We are pleased that Pan African will achieve the upper end of our full year
production guidance, and would have exceeded guidance had we continued with
the processing of surface material at Evander in the second half of the
financial year.

 

The robust production results, combined with record Rand gold prices, should
see the Group deliver an excellent financial performance for the year.

 

Our MTR project remains on schedule and on budget, and we look forward to
commissioning it later in 2024. We have now demonstrated that the addition of
the Soweto Cluster resources further improves the economic attractiveness of
this world class project."

 

Final results for the twelve months ended 30 June 2024

 

Pan African will announce its final results for the current financial year on
11 September 2024.

The information contained in this update is the responsibility of the Pan
African board of directors and has not been reviewed or reported on by the
Group's external auditors.

Certain information communicated in this announcement was, prior to its
publication, inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation
596/2014.

Rosebank

9 May 2024

For further information on Pan African, please visit the Company's website at
www.panafricanresources.com

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