Endeavour Reports Strong FY-2022 Results

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Endeavour Mining PLC
Endeavour Mining PLC

ENDEAVOUR REPORTS STRONG FY-2022 RESULTS

Production of 1.4Moz at AISC of $928/oz • Operating cash flow of $1.0 billion • FY-2022 shareholder returns of $299m

OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (for continuing operations)

  • Q4-2022 production of 355koz at an AISC of $954/oz; totalling 1,400koz at an AISC of $928/oz for FY-2022

  • 10th consecutive year of achieving or beating production and AISC guidance

  • Adjusted Net Earnings of $65m, or $0.26/sh in Q4-2022; totalling $405m, or $1.63/sh for FY-2022

  • Net loss attributable to shareholders of $256m, or $1.04/sh, in Q4-2022 (including impairment of $360m); totalling $66m, or $0.27/sh, for FY-2022

  • Operating Cash Flow of $311m, or $1.26/sh, in Q4-2022; totalling $1,017m, or $4.10/sh, for FY-2022

  • Strong financial position at year-end with $121m of net cash, up $45m over the previous year

SHAREHOLDER RETURNS

  • FY-2022 dividend of $200m represents $50m more than the minimum committed dividend for the year

  • Share buybacks continued to supplement shareholder returns with $99m completed in FY-2022

ORGANIC GROWTH

  • Sabodala-Massawa expansion and Lafigué greenfield project construction are both on budget and on schedule for production in Q2 and Q3-2024, respectively 

  • Continued strong exploration focus in 2023 with $70m Group budget; key focus area is the new Tanda-Iguela discovery

  • Group M&I resources remained flat year-on-year at 27.3Moz, while P&P reserves decreased by 1.0Moz to 16.8Moz as near mine exploration partially replaced depletion

London, 9 March 2023 – Endeavour Mining plc (LSE:EDV, TSX:EDV, OTCQX:EDVMF) (“Endeavour”, the “Group” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce its FY-2022 operating and financial results, with highlights provided in Table 1 below.

Table 1: Highlights for Continuing Operations1

All amounts in US$ million unless otherwise specified

THREE MONTHS ENDED

YEAR ENDED

 

31 December 2022

30 September
2022

31 December 2021

31 December 2022

31 December 2021

Δ FY-2022 vs. FY-2021

 

 

OPERATING DATA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Production, koz

355

343

378

1,400

1,436

(3)%

 

Gold sold, koz

352

338

370

1,393

1,478

(6)%

 

All-in Sustaining Cost2, $/oz

954

960

894

928

864

+7%

 

Realised Gold Price, $/oz3

1,758

1,737

1,775

1,807

1,781

+1%

 

CASH FLOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Cash Flow before Changes in WC

281

195

318

1,109

1,133

(2)%

 

Operating Cash Flow before Changes in WC2, $/sh

1.14

0.79

1.28

4.47

4.72

(5)%

 

Operating Cash Flow

311

154

341

1,017

1,132

(10)%

 

Operating Cash Flow2, $/sh

1.26

0.62

1.37

4.10

4.72

(13)%

 

PROFITABILITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EBITDA2

(110)

302

128

827

1,113

(26)%

 

Adj. EBITDA2

288

275

358

1,284

1,464

(12)%

 

Net (Loss)/Earnings Attributable to Shareholders

(256)

58

(87)

(66)

245

(127)%

 

Net (Loss)/Earnings, $/sh

(1.04)

0.23

(0.35)

(0.27)

1.02

(126)%

 

Adj. Net Earnings Attributable to Shareholders2

65

54

148

405

605

(33)%

 

Adj. Net Earnings2, $/sh

0.26

0.22

0.59

1.63

2.52

(35)%

 

SHAREHOLDER RETURNS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholder dividends paid

100

170

130

+31%

 

Share buybacks

24

37

44

99

138

(28)%

 

Total Shareholder Returns

24

137

44

269

268

—%

 

ORGANIC GROWTH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Growth capital spend2

(55)

(30)

(12)

(127)

(63)

+102%

 

FINANCIAL POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

951

833

906

951

906

+5%

 

Principal debt

(830)

(830)

(830)

(830)

(830)

—%

 

Net Cash2

121

3

76

121

76

+59%

 

1From Continuing Operations excludes the Karma mine which was divested on 10 March 2022 and the Agbaou mine which was divested on 1 March 2021. 2This is a non-GAAP measure. Refer to the non-GAAP measure section in this press release. 3 Realised gold price are inclusive of the Sabodala-Massawa stream and the realised gains/losses from the Group’s revenue protection programme. Please refer to non-GAAP measures section for the calculation of the realised gold price for all periods presented.