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RNS Number : 4630N  Goldstone Resources Ltd  30 September 2021

30 September 2021

 

GOLDSTONE RESOURCES LIMITED

("GoldStone" or the "Company")

Interim Results for the six months ended 30 June 2021

 

GoldStone Resources Limited (AIM: GRL), the AIM quoted gold exploration and
development company focused on bringing the Homase Mine within its
Akrokeri-Homase Gold Project ("AKHM") in Ghana into production, announces its
unaudited interim results for the six-month period ended 30 June 2021.

Overview

·        Continued advancement of the Homase Mine in the highly
prospective Ashanti Region of Ghana.

·        Formal approval received in February 2021 from the Ghanaian
Environmental Protection Authority and the Minerals Commission in respect of
the Environmental Permit, Operating Permit and Water Permit, which permitted
cyanide use enabling us to stack first ore on the Heap Leach Pad in May 2021.

·        A total of US$4.8 million proceeds received during the period
from the exercise of Warrants from supportive existing shareholders.

·        Net assets increased to US$15.5 million (31 December 2020:
US$10.8 million).

Post Period

·        20,000,000 Warrants converted at 1.2 pence per Ordinary Share
set against the loan provided to the Company by Paracale on 28 December 2018,
reducing the balance of the Loan to US$723,669.

·        First batch of loaded carbon produced from the CIS plant for
further processing.

·        US$409,000 raised from the exercise of 10,000,000 Warrants at
3 pence per Ordinary Share.

·        Extension to the maturity date on the US$3 million secured
gold loan announced on 22 June 2020 to 31 August 2022, and agreed a repayment
schedule. (http://www.goldstoneresources.com)

 

For further information, please contact:

 GoldStone Resources Limited
 Bill Trew / Emma Priestley         Tel: +44 (0)1534 487 757
 Strand Hanson Limited
 James Dance / James Bellman        Tel: +44 (0)20 7409 3494
 S. P. Angel Corporate Finance LLP
 Ewan Leggat / Charlie Bouverat     Tel: +44 (0)20 3470 0501

 

Chief Executive Officer's Statement

The advancement to gold production from the Homase Mine within the Company's
Akrokeri-Homase Gold Project ("AKHM") in Ghana remains Goldstone's priority,
and significant progress was made in this regard during H1 2021.

The Company has been responsible for building and commissioning the heap leach
and plant and, once our elution facility has been completed, will commence the
smelting of the gold concentrate and delivery of gold doré bars.

With the award of the Environmental Permit by the Environmental Protection
Agency in February 2021, shortly followed by the granting of our Operating and
Water Permit, mining commenced at the first pit within the Homase Mine in
April, following the pre-stripping and clearing.

The mechanical and electrical components, associated with the dry plant for
the agglomerated ore, transport and stacking, were assembled and commissioned
in March and April, including a screening plant, grasshopper conveyors and an
extendable stacker, which was positioned on the Leach-pad for ore stacking.

The first two cells of the heap leach pad, with a combined area of 13,000m(2),
were commissioned on 13 May 2021, and a total of seven cells will complete
this initial Leach-pad with an area of approximately 73,000m(2). The first two
cells enabled stacking at an initial rate of 100 tonnes per hour to commence,
which is expected to ramp up to a target of 200 tonnes per hour (c.2,500
tonnes per day).

The first ore was stacked on the leach pad on 6 May 2021, and, to date, 87,300
tonnes of ore have been stockpiled, equating to around one month of mine
production at full 3,000 tonne per day heap leach capacity.

The Company had a prolonged wait for approval from the Minerals Commission of
Ghana to start irrigation and leaching of ore placed on the heap leach pad at
the Homase Mine, which was awarded, post period end, on 12 July 2021.  In
August 2021, the Company successfully commissioned the Carbon in Solution
("CIS") plant on-site, and despite some delays, and some initial commissioning
issues with stacking and agglomeration, the Heap Leach Plant is now operating
as planned.  These issues unfortunately meant that the Company's target
production of 25,000 ounces of gold for the first eight months of
production has been delayed.

As at 17 September 2021, the Company had mined 133,000 tonnes of ore and
385,700 tonnes of waste from the first four benches of the Krodua Pit within
the Homase Mine. All indications are that the grade and tonnes mined to date
are within expectations and at a total cash cost, pre-tax, of under US$600
per ounce.  These figures have been derived by the Company and the Board
believes the cash cost lies within the lower quartile of industry cost
standards.

As noted above, 87,300 tonnes of ore have been stacked on the Heap Leach pads
and, whilst this is behind our initial forecast schedule, the Company is now
stacking the balance of the stockpile at a consistent 120 tonnes per hour. We
have temporarily paused further mining whilst the existing stockpile is being
depleted and expect to recommence shortly.

The Company is pleased with the initial permeability and dissolution of the
leachate, and the CIS plant is operating well and producing loaded carbon at
the expected recovery rates. The Company is continuing to make improvements to
the CIS plant and investigating further ramping up the speed of stacking and
the subsequent processing. The Company has now taken the first batch of
loaded carbon out of the CIS plant for further processing, but unfortunately
has not yet been able to elute the contained gold.

The Company had been seeking to elute the gold from the loaded carbon at a
nearby rented facility, however approval from the Minerals Commission of Ghana
for use of this facility has not yet been forthcoming. In light of this, the
Company is now accelerating its plans to complete its own elution facility on
site, which we are endeavouring to complete in the shortest possible
timeframe.

The Company expects to increase the planned gold production from the Company's
original guidance of 14,400 ounces, stated in the Definitive Economic Plan
("DEP") announced on 19 June 2019 to around 50,000 ounces of gold per annum
within the first year of production, which would represent an increase of more
than 300% from the original production schedule.

Whilst the Company is ramping up stacking and production, it has paused the
update of the DEP, announced 13 May 2021. The Company expects to complete the
update in early 2022.

 

Corporate Overview

During the period, the Company announced exercise of warrants by the issue of,
in aggregate, 126 million new ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the capital
of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") (the "Warrant Exercise") for consideration
of US$4.8 million. Of this, 102 million warrants were exercised by Asian
Investment Management Services Ltd ("AIMS") and Paracale Gold Limited
("Paracale").  In addition, Paracale exercised 20,352,377 warrants at a price
of 1.2 pence per Ordinary Share, was set against the related US$1,224,000 loan
provided to the Company by Paracale on 28 December 2018, which accrues
interest at a daily compound rate of 6% (the "Loan").  Accordingly, the
amount due in respect of the Warrant Conversion Exercise being £244,229
(c.US$344,362) was satisfied by reducing the total amount of principal and
interest outstanding under the Loan to US$1,036,558 on 1 June 2021.

In March 2021, as consideration for the Deferment of the Gold Loan, announced
14 March 2020, 2,000,000 new Ordinary Shares were issued to AIMS.

On 12 July 2021, the Company reached agreement for settlement of its twenty
outstanding unsecured bonds of US$50,000 each (the "Bonds") with the holders
of the Bonds (the "Bondholders"). The offer was accepted by all Bondholders,
who agreed to full and final settlement of the Bonds in exchange for the issue
of, in aggregate, 12,000,000 Ordinary Shares (the "Bond Settlement Shares")
(the "Bond Settlement Agreement").

Verbal agreement has been received from BCM Investments Limited ("BCM"), which
will be allotted its 3,600,000 Bond Settlement Shares immediately following
signature of a written Bond Settlement Agreement. A further announcement will
be made in due course.

Losses for the six months to 30 June 2021 were approximately US$0.5 million
(30 June 2020: Loss of US$0.3 million).  The financial statements at the
period end show the Group's balance sheet, with net assets standing at US$15.5
million against net assets of US$10.8 million as at 31 December 2020.  The
net assets increased as result of the funding secured during the period, with
warrant exercises.

Having received funding from the Warrants Exercise of US$4.8 million during
the H1 2021, to fund the development of the Homase Mine and general working
capital, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of approximately US$1.5
million as at 30 June 2021 (30 June 2020: US$0.5 million).

Post period end, on 17 July 2021, Paracale exercised 20 million warrants at a
price of 1.2 pence per Ordinary Share, which was set against the related
US$1,224,000 Loan provided by Paracale.  Accordingly, the balance of the Loan
has now been reduced to US$723,669. Interest shall accrue on this outstanding
principal balance in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement.

In addition, the Company received further Warrant Exercise of 10 million
Warrants at a price of 3 pence for consideration of US$409,000.

On 20 September 2021, AIMS agreed to extend the maturity date on the US$3
million secured gold loan announced on 22 June 2020 (the "Gold Loan") to 31
August 2022 (the "Extension").  The Extension restructures the repayment
obligations to enable the Company to ramp up production.  The Company retains
the right to repay the Gold Loan early without penalty.

Interest will continue to accrue at the default rate of 17% until January
2022, then will revert to the original interest rate of 14% until maturity.
In conjunction with the Extension, the Company has agreed a repayment schedule
for the Gold Loan and accrued and ongoing interest, as set out below:

 

 Month          Gold Loan payments

                (in kilos of gold)
 October 2021   5
 November 2021  6
 December 2021  8
 January 2022   8
 February 2022  8
 March 2022     8
 April 2022     8
 May 2022       8
 June 2022      8
 July 2022      8
 August 2022    7.4

 

In the event that any payment is not made when due in accordance with the
agreed repayment schedule, this will be deemed an event of default.  Any
interest that is not paid when due will accrue interest at the default rate of
17% until payment.

Other

On 18 January 2021, the Company reached an agreement with a former director of
the Company, for full and final settlement of damages awarded by the South
African Labour Court in December 2018, pursuant to which 1,800,000 new
Ordinary Shares were issued to the former director. This represented full and
final settlement of the damages awarded to him by the South African Labour
Court and the Company has been indemnified against any future claims by the
former director.

Outlook

I look forward to keeping shareholders updated as we move towards production
and would like to thank the team, my fellow Board members, and all our
stakeholders in Ghana and internationally for their continued support.

Emma Priestley
Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Consolidated statement of financial position

as at 30 June 2021

 

                                                         30 June       30 June       31 December

 in united states dollars                        notes   2021          2020          2020
                                                         unaudited     unaudited     audited
 Assets
 property, plant and equipment                   7       20,926,500    407,198       491,208
 intangible assets - exploration and evaluation          -

                                                 6                     9,927,752     14,339,772
 total non-current assets                                20,926,500    10,334,950    14,830,980

 trade and other receivables                             85,102        3,380,488     2,145,576
 cash and cash equivalents                               1,537,600     505,462       701,384
 total current assets                                    1,622,702     3,885,950     2,846,960
                                                         22,549,202    14,220,900    17,677,940

 total assets

 Equity
 share capital - ordinary shares                         5,742,974     3,484,580     3,913,963
 share capital - deferred shares                         6,077,013     6,077,013     6,077,013
 share premium                                           31,400,794    27,222,084    28,080,853
 foreign exchange reserve                                6,684         (70,114)      (82,149)
 capital contribution reserve                            555,110       555,110       555,110
 share options reserve                                   3,535,197     3,535,197     3,535,197
 accumulated deficit                                     (31,783,539)  (30,916,914)  (31,234,911)
 total equity                                            15,534,233    9,886,956     10,845,076

 Liabilities
 provision for rehabilitation                    7       901,284       -             -
 borrowings                                      8       -             2,368,992     1,300,000
 non-current liabilities                                 901,284       2,368,992     1,300,000
 trade and other payables                                593,558       664,952       1,001,998
 borrowings                                      8       5,520,127     1,300,000     4,530,866
 current liabilities                                     6,113,685     1,964,952     5,532,864
 total liabilities                                       7,014,969     4,333,944     6,832,864
 total equity and liabilities                            22,549,202    14,220,900    17,677,940

 

 

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income

for the 6 months ended 30 June 2021

 

                                                                                         6 months ended  6 months ended  year ended

                                                                                         30 June 2021    30 June 2020    31 December

 in united states dollars                                                        notes                                   2020
                                                                                         unaudited       unaudited       audited
 continuing operations
 administrative expenses                                                                 (548,628)       (266,156)       (577,153)
 operating loss                                                                          (548,628)       (266,156)       (577,153)
 finance expense                                                                         -               (25,942)        (32,942)
 net finance cost                                                                        -               (25,942)        (32,942)

 loss before and after tax from continuing operations                            5       (548,628)       (292,098)       (610,095)
 Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit and loss:                                                         (30,088)

 foreign exchange translation movement

                                                                                         88,833          (18,053)

 total comprehensive loss for the period                                                 (459,795)       (310,151)       (640,183)
 loss per share from operations
 basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to the equity holders of the  4       (0.002)         (0.001)         (0.002)
 company during the period (expressed in cent per share)

 

 

Consolidated statement of changes in equity

for the 6 months ended 30 June 2021

 

 in united states dollars                 share capital     share capital     share premium  foreign exchange reserve  capital contribution reserve  share options reserve  accumulated deficit  total equity

                                          ordinary shares   deferred shares

 balance as at 1 January 2020             3,484,580         6,077,013         27,222,084     (52,061)                  555,110                       229,688                (30,624,816)         6,891,598
 total comprehensive loss for the period  -                 -                 -              -                         -                             -                      (292,098)            (292,098)
 translation movement                     -                 -                 -              (18,053)                  -                             -                      -                    (18,053)
 share warrants granted in period         -                 -                 -              -                         -                             3,305,509              -                    3,305,509
 balance as at 30 June 2020               3,484,580         6,077,013         27,222,084     (70,114)                  555,110                       3,535,197              (30,916,914)         9,886,956
 total loss for the period                -                 -                 -              -                         -                             -                      (317,997)            (317,997)
 translation movement                     -                 -                 -              (12,035)                  -                             -                      -                    (12,035)
 share warrants exercised in period       405,084           -                 810,168        -                         -                             -                      -                    1,215,252
 share issue in period                    24,299            -                 48,601         -                         -                             -                      -                    72,900
 balance as at 31 December 2020           3,913,963         6,077,013         28,080,853     (82,149)                  555,110                       3,535,197              (31,234,911)         10,845,076
 total loss for the period                -                 -                 -              -                         -                             -                      (548,628)            (548,628)
 translation movement                     -                 -                 -              88,833                    -                             -                      -                    88,833
 share warrants exercised in period       1,776,839         -                 3,037,133      -                         -                             -                      -                    4,813,972
 share issue in period                    52,172            -                 282,808        -                         -                             -                      -                    334,980
 balance as at 30 June 2021               5,742,974         6,077,013         31,400,794     6,684                     555,110                       3,535,197              (31,783,539)         15,534,233

 

 

Consolidated statement of cash flow

for the 6 months ended 30 June 2021

 

                                                            6 months ended  6 months     year ended

                                                            30 June         ended        31 December

 in united states dollars                                   2021            30 June      2020

                                                                            2020
                                                            unaudited       unaudited    audited
 cash flow from operating activities
 operating loss for the period/year                         (548,628)       (266,156)    (577,153)
 adjusted for:
 -     depreciation                                         12,739          5,152        14,617
 -     foreign exchange differences                         88,833          (18,053)     (30,088)
 -     provisions                                           -               -            25,737
 changes in working capital:
 -     trade and other receivables                          -               (125,006)    -
 -     trade and other payables                             (408,440)       215,914      329,937
 net cash used in operating activities                      (855,496)       (188,149)    (236,950)

 cash flow from investing activities
 capitalisation of exploration costs                        (746,640)       (1,458,481)  (4,185,534)
 acquisition of property, plant and equipment               (2,066,238)     (388,036)    (481,511)
 net cash used in investing activities                      (2,812,878)     (1,846,517)  (4,667,045)

 cash flow from financing activities
 proceeds from loan                                         -               1,150,000    3,000,000
 repayment of loan                                          (344,362)       -            -
 proceeds from bonds                                        -               1,300,000    1,300,000
 redemption of bonds                                        (300,000)       -            -
 proceeds from share issue                                  5,148,952       -            1,215,251
 net cash received from financing activities                4,504,590       2,450,000    5,515,251

 net decrease in cash and cash equivalents                  836,216         415,334      611,256
 cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period/year  701,384

                                                                            90,128       90,128
 cash and cash equivalents at end of the period/year        1,537,600       505,462      701,384

 

 

Notes to the unaudited consolidated financial statement

 

1.          General information

 

The financial statements present the consolidated results of the Company and
its subsidiaries (the "Group") for each of the periods ending 30 June 2021, 30
June 2020 and 31 December 2020.

 

As permitted, the Group has chosen not to adopt International Accounting
Standard 34 'Interim Financial Reporting' in preparing these interim financial
statements.  The condensed consolidated interim financial statements should
be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements for the year ended
31 December 2020, which have been prepared in accordance with International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union.

 

The unaudited interim financial information set out above does not constitute
statutory accounts.  The information has been prepared on a going concern
basis in accordance with the recognition and measurement criteria of
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European
Union.  Except as described below, the accounting policies applied in
preparing the interim financial information are consistent with those that
have been adopted in the Group's 2020 audited financial statements.
 Statutory financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 were
approved by the Board of Directors on 27 June 2021 and delivered to the
Registrar of Companies.  The report of the auditors on those financial
statements was unqualified.  The Directors approved these unaudited condensed
interim financial statements on 29 September 2021.

 

There are no IFRSs or IFRIC interpretations that are effective for the first
time for the financial year commencing 1 January 2021 that would be expected
to have a material impact on the Group.

 

The financial information for the 6 months ended 30 June 2021 and the 6 months
ended 30 June 2020 have not been audited.

 

The business is not subject to seasonal variations. No dividends have been
paid in the period (2020: US$ Nil).

 

2.          Risks and uncertainties

 

The key risks that could affect the Group's short and medium term performance
and the factors that mitigate those risks have not substantially changed from
those set out in the Group's 2020 Annual Report and Financial Statements, a
copy of which is available on the Company's website:
www.goldstoneresources.com (http://www.goldstoneresources.com) .  The Group's
key financial risks are the availability of adequate funding and foreign
exchange movements.

 

3.          Critical accounting estimates and judgements

 

The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial
statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the end of the reporting period. Significant items
subject to such estimates are set out in note 2(d) of the Group's 2020 Annual
Report and Financial Statements.  The nature and amounts of such estimates
have not changed significantly during the interim period.  The unaudited
condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared under
the historical cost convention as modified by the measurement of certain
investments at fair value.

 

4.          Earnings per share

                                             6 months ended  6 months ended  year ended

                                             30 June         30 June         31 December

 in united states dollars                    2021            2020            2020
                                             unaudited       unaudited       audited
 loss attributable to shareholders           (548,628)       (292,098)       (610,095)
 weighted average number of ordinary shares  271,403,038     250,050,253     252,004,667
 basic and diluted earnings per share        (0.002)         (0.001)         (0.002)

 

5.          Operating segments

 

The Group has two reportable segments, exploration and corporate, which are
the Group's strategic divisions.  For each of the strategic divisions, the
Group's CEO, deemed to be the Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM"), reviews
internal management reports on at least a monthly basis.  The Group's
reportable segments are:

 

Exploration and Evaluation: the exploration operating segment is presented as
an aggregation of the Homase and Akrokeri licences (Ghana).  Expenditure on
exploration activities for each licence is used to measure agreed upon
expenditure targets for each licence to ensure the licence clauses are met.

 

Corporate: the corporate segment includes the holding company costs in respect
of managing the Group.  There are varying levels of integration between the
corporate segment and the combined exploration activities, which include
resources spent and accounted for as corporate expenses that relate to
furthering the exploration activities of individual licences.

 

information about reportable segments for the year ended 31 December 2020

 in united states dollars          exploration    corporate      total

 reportable segment expenditure    -              (610,095)      (610,095)

 reportable segment (loss)         -              (610,095)      (610,095)

 reportable segment assets         14,359,654     3,318,286      17,677,940

 reportable segment liabilities    (504,905)      (6,327,959)    (6,832,864)

 

information about reportable segments for the period ended 30 June 2020

 in united states dollars          exploration    corporate      total

 reportable segment expenditure    -              (292,098)      (292,098)

 reportable segment (loss)         -              (292,098)      (292,098)

 reportable segment assets         10,601,550     3,619,350      14,220,900

 reportable segment liabilities    (36,130)       (4,297,814)    (4,333,944)

 

 

information about reportable segments for the period ended 30 June 2021

 in united states dollars          exploration    corporate      total

 reportable segment expenditure    -              (548,628)      (548,628)

 reportable segment (loss)         -              (548,628)      (548,628)

 reportable segment assets         20,986,537     1,562,665      22,549,202

 reportable segment liabilities    (1,109,658)    (5,905,311)    (7,014,969)

 

6.          Intangible assets - exploration and evaluation

 

The Group's intangible assets comprise wholly of exploration and evaluation
assets in respect of the Homase-Akrokeri project in Ghana.

 

 in united states dollars                 Total

 balance as at 31 December 2019           8,256,380

 Additions                                1,671,372

 balance as at 30 June 2020               9,927,752

 Additions                                4,412,020

 balance as at 31 December 2020           14,339,772

 additions                                746,640

 transfer to assets under construction    (15,086,412)

 balance as at 30 June 2021               -

 

Once commercially viable reserves are established and development is
sanctioned, exploration and evaluation assets are transferred to assets under
construction, see note 7.

 

7.          Property, plant and equipment

 

 in united states dollars                          gold samples  plant and equipment and motor vehicles  assets under construction  total
 Cost
 1 January 2020                                    4,570         282,141                                 -                          286,711
 additions                                         -             481,511                                 -                          481,511
 31 December 2020                                  4,570         763,652                                 -                          768,222
 transfers from intangibles                        -             -                                       15,086,412                 15,086,412
 additions                                         -             255,285                                 4,205,050                  4,460,335
 increase in provision for rehabilitation

                                                   -             -                                       901,284                    901,284
 31 June 2021                                      4,570         1,018,937                               20,192,746                 21,216,253

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 in united states dollars          gold samples  plant and equipment and motor vehicles  assets under construction  total
 Depreciation
 1 January 2020                    -             262,397                                 -                          262,397
 charge for the year               -             14,617                                  -                          14,617
 31 December 2020                  -             277,014                                 -                          277,014
 charge for the period             -             12,739                                  -                          12,739
 31 June 2021                      -             289,753                                 -                          289,753

 

 Net Book Value
 31 December 2020          4,570  486,638  -           491,208
 31 June 2021              4,570  729,184  20,192,746  20,926,500

 

 

8.          Borrowings

                            6 months ended  6 months ended  year ended

                            30 June         30 June         31 December

 in united states dollars   2021            2020            2020
                            unaudited       unaudited       audited
 shareholder loan           -               1,306,507       -
 gold loan                  -               1,062,485       -
 bonds                      -               -               1,300,000
 non-current borrowings     -               2,368,992       1,300,000
 shareholder loan           1,041,282       -               1,346,642
 gold loan                  3,478,845       -               3,184,224
 bonds                      1,000,000       1,300,000       -
 current borrowings         5,520,127       1,300,000       4,530,866
 total borrowings           5,520,127       3,668,992       5,830,866

 

Shareholder loan

The Company entered into a loan agreement with Paracale Gold Limited
("Paracale"), the Company's major shareholder, in December 2018, for a loan of
up to US$1.2 million.

 

The loan accrues interest at 6.0% per annum, compounded daily against the
loan's outstanding balance, until it is repaid.  The loan will be repaid in
full on or before 2 June 2022.

 

In consideration of entering into the loan agreement, Paracale, were issued
with 40,352,377 warrants to subscribe for such number of ordinary shares of 1
penny each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise
price of 1.2p per share, at any time during the period through to 2 June
2022.

 

Gold Loan

The Company entered into a loan agreement with Asian Investment Management
Services Limited ("AIMS") in June 2020, for a gold loan of up to 2,000 troy
ounces of gold at a price of US$1,500 per troy ounce, equating to a value of
US$3.0 million before expenses.

 

On 20 September 2021, AIMS agreed to extend the maturity date on the US$3
million secured gold loan announced on 22 June 2020 (the "Gold Loan") to 31
August 2022 (the "Extension").  The Extension restructures the repayment
obligations to enable the Company to ramp up production.  The Company retains
the right to repay the Gold Loan early without penalty.

Interest will continue to accrue at the default rate of 17% until January
2022, then will revert to the original interest rate of 14% until maturity.
In conjunction with the Extension, the Company has agreed a repayment schedule
for the Gold Loan and accrued and ongoing interest, as set out below:

 

 Month          Gold Loan payments

                (in kilos of gold)
 October 2021   5
 November 2021  6
 December 2021  8
 January 2022   8
 February 2022  8
 March 2022     8
 April 2022     8
 May 2022       8
 June 2022      8
 July 2022      8
 August 2022    7.4

 

In the event that any payment is not made when due in accordance with the
agreed repayment schedule, this will be deemed an event of default.  Any
interest that is not paid when due will accrue interest at the default rate of
17% until payment.

 

Bonds

The Company issued twenty six unsecured bond notes of US$50,000 each to
certain existing and new investors, raising, in aggregate, US$1.3 million
before expenses.  Paracale Gold and BCM, the Company's major shareholders,
each subscribed for six bonds with a value of, in aggregate, US$0.3 million
respectively.   During the period, six of the bond notes were redeemed.

 

In consideration of entering into the Bonds, a total of 52,000,000 warrants
were issued to subscribe for such number of Ordinary Shares at the Exercise
Price, at any time during the period through to 22 June 2022.

 

9.          Availability of interim report

The interim report is available on the Company's website
www.goldstoneresources.com. (http://www.goldstoneresources.com.)

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