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Corporate Directory 

Directors 

Heath Hellewell – Executive Chairman 
Guy LeClezio – Non-Executive Director 
Stuart Pether – Non-Executive Director 

Joint Company Secretaries 

Jonathan Shellabear 
Natasha Santi 

Registered Office & Principal Place of Business 

Level 1, 28 Ord Street 
WEST PERTH   WA   6005 

+61 8 9212 4600 
+61 8 9212 4699 

Telephone: 
Facsimile: 
Email:                 enquirieis@capmet.com.au 
Website:             capmetals.com.au  

Share Registry 

Automic Pty Ltd 
Level 2, 267 St Georges Terrace 
PERTH   WA   6000 
Telephone: 
Or 

+61 2 9698 5414 
1300 288 664 

Auditor 

William Buck Audit (WA) Pty Ltd 
Level 3, 15 Labouchere Road 
SOUTH PERTH  WA  6151 

Securities Exchange Listing 

Australian Securities Exchange 
ASX Code:  CMM 

Annual General Meeting 

The  Annual  General  Meeting  of  Capricorn  Metals  Ltd  will  be 
held in the Function Room, The Celtic Club, 1st Floor, 48 Ord 
Street,  West  Perth  Australia  at  9  am  on  Thursday  23rd  
November 2017. 

Registered under the Corporations Act 2001 in the State of Western Australia on 22nd September 2006 

Contents 

Chairman’s Letter 
Operating and Financial Review 
Directors’ Report 
Remuneration Report 
Auditor’s Independence Declaration 
Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income  
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 
Notes to the Financial Statements 
Directors' Declaration 
Independent Audit Report 
ASX Additional Information 
Group Tenement Schedule 

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Chairman’s Letter 

Dear Shareholders, 

It is with great satisfaction we present to you the Capricorn Metals Ltd 2017 Annual Report. This past reporting 
period has been a very busy and very exciting year, with many key achievements by staff and consultants, as 
we seek to realise our aim of becoming a significant new Australian gold producer. 

We  continue  working  towards  the  delivery  of  the  Feasibility  Study  for  the  proposed  open  pit  mining  and 
standalone processing facility at Karlawinda. This study will be based on our maiden Ore Reserve estimate for 
the Bibra deposit, completed during the year. Whilst we are confident this study will provide a positive outcome 
and ultimately lead to the development of the project, we see this as just the start for the Company at Karlawinda. 
In parallel with our ongoing development studies we have maintained a very active exploration program as we 
seek to realise the full potential of the Company’s assets and look to maintain the strong growth in our resource 
and reserve base for the proposed operation. 

We are excited by the endowment potential of the entire tenement area at Karlawinda. The opportunities to 
increase the resource at Bibra are significant. Furthermore, the advanced prospects at Francopan and K3, both 
of which have all the hall marks of another major mineralised system, have significant untested potential. In our 
opinion, there is excellent potential for significant new discoveries at Karlawinda and we intend to continue an 
aggressive  exploration  program  to  unlock  these  opportunities  which  should  add  significant  value  to  the 
underlying Karlawinda Gold Project. We consider this as a rare opportunity to be at the start of defining what we 
believe will develop into a significant gold camp.  

We thank you, our shareholders, for your ongoing support and look forward to the continued transition of our 
Company into a profitable gold producer. 

Heath Hellewell 

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OPERATIONS REVIEW 

Highlights 

  Completion of a positive Scoping Study and commencement of the Karlawinda Gold Project Feasibility 

Study. 

  Grant  of  Mining  Lease  M52/1070  following  execution  of  Native  Title  Land  Access  Agreement  for  the 

Karlawinda Gold Project. 

  Upgraded Mineral Resource estimate and release of the Maiden Bibra Ore Reserve statement. 

Karlawinda Gold Project 

The Karlawinda Gold Project is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 65km south-east of the town of Newman. 

Tenure 

Originally acquired in February 2016, Capricorn assumed 100% control of the key mineral tenements covering an area of 290km2 
following  the  final  payment  of  $1.5M  to  the  previous  project  owners  in  August  2016.  Throughout  the  reporting  period  Capricorn 
continued to build its tenement position at Karlawinda to its current total area of 1419km2. A Land Access agreement was executed 
with the single traditional claimant group, the Nyiyaparli, in November 2016. Mining lease M52/1070 was granted over the key ore 
deposit at Bibra and surrounding areas for potential project infrastructure in December 2016, the lease is valid for 21 years. 

Figure 1: Location map & tenement holdings 

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Geology 

The  project  area  is  underlain  by  a  largely  unexplored  and  only  recently  recognised  belt  of  Archaean  greenstone  rocks  that  were 
discovered in 2005. This belt of predominantly volcanic and sedimentary rocks is located on the southern margin of the Sylvania Dome, 
a major structure where Archaean-aged, predominantly granitic basement rocks, thought to be part of the Pilbara Craton, are exposed 
at surface within surrounding younger Proterozoic aged sedimentary basins. 

The Bibra deposit is part of a large-scale Archaean aged gold mineralising system, mineralisation at Bibra is hosted within a package 
of deformed meta-sediments and meta volcanic rocks and is developed on four main parallel, shallow dipping structures. Close to 
surface  in  the  weathered  rock,  oxide  gold  mineralisation  has  been  developed  over  the  structures  from  surface  to  a  depth  of 
approximately 60m. 

Approximately 5km south east of Bibra, previous drilling at the Francopan and K3 prospects has intercepted gold mineralisation with 
similar characteristics in similar host rocks to that which is present at Bibra. 

Strategy 

Following acquisition of the Karlawinda Gold Project, Capricorn immediately initiated a strategy to bring the project into gold production 
via an initial open pit mine and large scale standalone ore processing facility. Underpinning this strategy has been an aggressive 
program of drilling to grow the project resource base at the Bibra deposit to the current estimate of 1,114,000oz (Indicated and Inferred), 
a growth in resource inventory for the project of over 70% since the project acquisition.  

Scoping Study 

A Scoping Study for a mine development at Karlawinda was completed in July 2016. The study, which built on project scoping work 
undertaken by the previous project owners, concluded that a single large open pit mine at the Bibra deposit, feeding a 3Mtpa standalone 
CIL (carbon-in-leach) processing facility on site was economically the most robust of two scenarios considered. 

Feasibility Study 

Following  the  positive  outcome  from  the  scoping  study,  Capricorn  commenced  a  Feasibility  Study  into  the  development  of  the 
Karlawinda Gold Project.  This study is supported by a major 75,000m infill drilling program completed in December 2016.  The aim of 
the program was to upgrade the confidence level in the previous Inferred Mineral Resource at Bibra to the higher confidence Indicated 
category. This drilling program was one of the largest drilling campaigns undertaken by the Australian gold sector in 2016. 

The upgraded Mineral Resource estimation at Bibra deposit currently stands at: 

31 million tonnes @ 1.1g/t Au for 1,114,000 ounces of gold 

Based on this Mineral Resource estimate and the ongoing Feasibility Study work completed at that time, Capricorn released an Ore 
Reserve estimate for Bibra on 7th August 2017. The Bibra Ore Reserve is currently estimated at: 

21,025,000 tonnes @ 1.06g/t Au for 713,000 ounces of gold 

The Karlawinda Gold Project Feasibility Study is scheduled for completion in the coming weeks. 

Exploration 

In  parallel  with  the  ongoing  resource  development  drilling  programs  and  feasibility  work,  Capricorn  has  maintained  a  very  active 
program  of  exploration  activities.  Whilst  most  of  the  work  this  year  was  understandably  focused  around  the  Bibra  deposit  and  its 
immediate extensions, the Company has been pro-actively building on an improved understanding of the mineralisation and controls 
at Bibra, as it continued to build up its regional datasets and refined its future exploration targets.  

This work has been completed in anticipation of a major exploration push for the coming year as the Company now looks towards 
building on the completion of the Feasibility Study and maximizing its investment at Karlawinda. Particularly exciting is the potential of 
the Francopan and K3 prospects where significant mineralisation is already known to occur from previous drilling and the Bundoran 
prospect where there are several coincident geophysical signatures with similar characteristics to the Bibra deposit. As the Company 
moves towards production the leverage off exploration success will be significant for shareholders. 

Corporate 

To  ensure  that  Capricorn  has  the  appropriate  balance  and  blend  of  skills  and  experience  between  the  Board  and  executive 
management,  an  organisational  restructuring  was  undertaken  during  March  2017.  The  restructure  has  laid  the  foundation  for  the 
Company to move forward and deliver on its strategy to become a significant Australian gold producer. 

On the 6th of February 2017, Capricorn announced the execution of a binding agreement with Hawke’s Point Holdings L.P. to raise a 
total of $10 million in new equity through the issue of two tranches of shares at a price of 11.7c per share.  

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Operating and Financial Review (Cont’d) 

The investment by Hawke’s Point, which followed an extensive due diligence process, is a strong endorsement for the Karlawinda 
Gold Project and means that Capricorn is fully-funded through to the completion of the Feasibility Study. On the 28th April, Tranche 
One shares were ratified and Tranche Two shares were approved for issue at a General Meeting of shareholders. 

Madagascar Projects 

As previously reported the Company has an active divestment program for its Madagascan assets, as they are now considered non-
core, with the sole focus to be on the development of the Karlawinda Gold Project. 

During the year, the Company made progress with the following divestment activities in Madagascar: 

  Sale of Madagascar Graphite Ltd to Blackearth Minerals NL (Blackearth). 

$75,000 cash was paid on signing of the Share Sale & Purchase Agreement in February 2017. 

o 
o  Remaining consideration of $75,000 cash and 2,000,000 shares due on completion, expected by 30 November 2017. 
Completion requires Blackearth to complete and initial public offering and receive approval to be added to the official 
list of the Australia Securities Exchange. In addition, a further $1,000,000 cash is due upon a ‘decision to mine’ being 
made by Blackearth within 8 years of completion of this transaction; 

  Sale of equipment and vehicles for $17,722; and 
  Sale of shares in NEXT Source Materials Inc (formerly Energizer Resources Inc.) for $21,330.  

The principal Madagascar assets remaining to be divested include some real estate and mineral lease properties. 

Bibra Ore Reserve 

On 7 August 2017, the Company released its maiden JORC 2012 compliant Ore Reserve estimate of 21,025,000 tonnes @ 1.06g/t 
Au for 713,000 ounces for the Bibra deposit at the Karlawinda Gold Project (see ASX Release dated 7 August 2017), which is based 
on the updated April 2017 Mineral Resource estimate (ASX release 10 April 2017) of 31,331,100 tonnes @ 1.1g/t Au for 1,114,000 
million ounces. 

BIBRA GOLD DEPOSIT JORC OPEN PIT RESERVE STATEMENT (A$1500/ounce assumption) 

PROVED RESERVES 

PROBABLE RESERVES 

TOTAL RESERVES 

Tonnes 
(Mt) 

Grade 
(g/t Au) 

Ounces 
(Moz) 

Tonnes 
(Mt) 

Grade 
(g/t Au) 

Ounces 
(Moz) 

Tonnes 
(Mt) 

Grade 
(g/t Au) 

Ounces 
(Moz) 

- 

- 

- 

21 

1.06 

0.713 

21 

1.06 

0.713 

Date 

August 
2017 

Notes on the August 2017 Ore Reserve:  

1.  Reserves are a subset of Resources 
2.  Ore Reserves conform with and use the JORC 2012 Code definitions 
3.  Ore Reserves are calculated using a gold price of A$1500/ounce 
4.  Ore Reserves are calculated using a cut-off grade between 0.40g/t and 0.47g/t Au 
5.  Mining dilution, estimated by modelling to a Selective Mining Unit (SMU) with dimensions of 5m x6.25m x2.5m result in a reduction of 13% of reportable Au 

ounces  

6.  All figures are rounded to reflect appropriate levels of confidence which may result in apparent errors of summation 

Bibra Mineral Resource  

An updated Mineral Resource for the Bibra deposit was estimated in July 2016 and a further updated Mineral Resource estimate was 
undertaken in April 2017.  

The April 2017 Indicated and Inferred Resource estimate for the Bibra deposit was 31,331,100 tonnes @ 1.10g/t for 1,114,000 ounces 
of contained gold (see ASX release dated 10 April 2017). The resource is reported at a 0.5g/t Au cut-off grade and is constrained 
within an optimised open pit shell using a gold price of A$1750/oz.  

The Bibra JORC-2012 compliant Inferred Resource Estimate as at 30 June 2017, is as follows: 

BIBRA GOLD DEPOSIT JORC OPEN PIT RESOURCE ESTIMATE 

DATE 

April 2017 
July 2016 

Tonnes  
(Mt) 
28.9 
--- 

INDICATED 
Grade  
(g/t Au) 
1.10 
--- 

Ounces 
(Moz) 
1.03 
--- 

Tonnes  
(Mt) 
2.4 
25.5 

INFERRED 
Grade  
(g/t Au) 
1.06 
1.10 

Ounces 
(Moz) 
0.084 
0.914 

Tonnes  
(Mt) 
31.3 
25.5 

TOTAL 
Grade 
(g/t Au) 
1.10 
1.10 

Ounces 
(Moz) 
1.114 
0.914 

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BIBRA GOLD DEPOSIT JORC OPEN PIT RESOURCE ESTIMATE BY DOMAIN 

DOMAIN 

Laterite 
Oxide – Upper Saprolite 
Oxide – Lower Saprolite 
Transitional 
Fresh 

TOTAL 

Tonnes 
1,544,000 
2,318,000 
3,075,000 
2,071,600 
22,322,500 
31,331,100 

Grade (g/t Au) 
1.4 
1.0 
1.0 
1.0 
1.1 
1.1 

Ounces 
67,600 
73,000 
99,850 
65,270 
808,380 
1,114,000 

Notes on the April 2017 Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate: 

1.  Refer to JORC 2012 Table (1) in Appendix 1 of ASX Release on 10 April 2017 for full details. 
2.  Discrepancy in summation may occur due to rounding. 
3.  The mineralisation has been wireframe modelled using a 0.3g/t Au assay cut-off grade. The resource estimate has been reported above a block grade of 0.5g/t Au. 
4.  The resource has been constrained by a A$1750/ounce conceptual optimal pit shell. 
5.  Ordinary kriging was used for grade estimation utilising Surpac software v6.6.2. 
6.  Grade estimation was constrained to blocks within each of the mineralised wireframes. 
7.  See ASX announcement dated 10th April 2016 for Inferred Resource announcement. 

The Bibra JORC-2012 compliant Inferred Resource Estimate as at 30 June 2016, was as follows: 

BIBRA GOLD JORC OPEN PIT INFERRED RESOURCE ESTIMATE  

Domain 
Laterite 
Saprolite 
Transition 
Fresh 
TOTAL 

Tonnes 
2,100,000 
4,300,000 
1,500,000 
17,600,000 
25,500,000 

Grade (g/t Au) 
1.3 
1.0 
1.2 
1.1 
1.1 

Ounces 
85,000 
142,000 
58,000 
629,000 
914,000 

Notes on the July 2016 Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate: 

1.  Refer to JORC 2012 Table (1) in Appendix 1 of ASX release 4 July 2016 for full details. 
2.  Discrepancy in summation may occur due to rounding. 
3.  The mineralisation has been wireframe modelled using a 0.3g/t Au assay cut-off grade.  The resource estimate has been reported above a block grade of 0.5g/t 

Au.   

4.  The resource has been constrained by a A$1750/ounce conceptual optimal pit shell.  
5.  Ordinary Kriging was used for grade estimation utilising Surpac software v6.6.2.   
6.  Grade estimation was constrained to blocks within each of the mineralisation wireframes. 
7.  See ASX announcement dated 4th July 2016 for Inferred Resource announcement. 

Competent Persons Statement 

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results or Mineral Resources is based on information compiled or reviewed 
by Mr. Michael Martin who is Chief Geologist and a full-time employee of the Company. Mr. Michael Martin is a current Member of the 
Australian Institute of Geoscientists and has sufficient experience, which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and types of deposit 
under  consideration  and  to  the  activities  undertaken,  to  qualify  as  a  Competent  Person  as  defined  in  the  2012  Edition  of  the 
“Australasian Code of Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr. Martin consents to the inclusion 
in the report of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears. 

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results or Mineral Resources is based on information reviewed by Mr. Peter 
Langworthy who is Executive General Manager Geology and a full-time employee of the Company. Mr. Peter Langworthy is a current 
Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has sufficient experience, which is relevant to the style of mineralisation 
and types of deposit under consideration and to the activities undertaken, to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 
Edition of the “Australasian Code of Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr. Langworthy consents 
to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears. 

The information in this report that relates to Ore Reserves for Bibra is based on information compiled by Quinton de Klerk. Mr de Klerk 
is an employee of Cube Consulting PL and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FAusIMM, #210114).  Mr 
de Klerk has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the 
activity currently being undertaken to qualify as  a Competent Person as defined  in the 2012  Edition of the “Australasian Code of 
Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr. de Klerk consents to the inclusion in this report of the 
matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears. 

Capricorn Metals confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the 
previous  ASX  announcements  on  Resources  (10/4/2017)  and  Metallurgy  (19/6/2017)  and,  in  the  case  of  estimates  of  Mineral 
Resources, Ore Reserves, Plant operating costs and Metallurgy, all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the 
estimates in the relevant market announcements continue to apply and have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the 
form  and  context  in  which  the  Competent  Persons’  findings  are  presented  have  not  materially  changed  from  previous  market 
announcements. 

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FINANCIAL REVIEW 

Financial Position 

The consolidated loss for the year was $3,293,239 (2016: $3,700,868). In addition, a payment of $75,000 was received in relation to 
the sale of wholly owned subsidiary Madagascar Graphite Ltd. 

During the year, Madagascan operations required parent company funding of $0.1 million, representing a shortfall in the self-funding 
strategy (2016 requirement: $0.3 million).  

The cash balance of the Group at 30 June 2017 was $5.5 million. 

Corporate Transactions 

Blackearth Minerals NL: 

In February 2017, the Company committed to the sale of the wholly owned Mauritian subsidiary, Madagascar Graphite Ltd and its 
assets which comprise 100% ownership of Madagascan subsidiary, Mada-Aust SARL, by way of a Share Sale & Purchase Agreement 
with Blackearth Minerals NL (Blackearth). 

The key terms of the agreement saw the payment of $75,000 non-refundable deposit on signing of the agreement. 

Consideration outstanding comprises a further $75,000 cash and the issue of 2,000,000 ordinary shares in Blackearth, both due on 
completion of the sale which requires Blackearth to successfully complete an initial public offer and receive conditional approval for 
admission to the official list of the Australian Securities Exchange. 

A  further  deferred  consideration  of  $1,000,000  is  payable  upon  a  ‘decision  to  mine’  being  made  by  Blackearth  within  8  years  of 
completion of this transaction. 

The transaction is expected to conclude by 30 November 2017.  

Future Prospects 

The group’s cash balance at 30 June 2017 will be sufficient to see the group through the planned activities in relation to the completion 
of the Feasibility Study at Karlawinda, during the coming year. 

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Directors’ Report 

The directors present their report on the Consolidated Group, comprising Capricorn Metals Ltd (referred to in these financial statements as “Parent” 
or “Capricorn” and its wholly owned subsidiaries (“the Group”), together with the financial report for the year ended 30 June 2017 and the audit report 
thereon.  

1. DIRECTORS 

The directors of the Company at any time during or since the end of the year are set out below. Directors have been in office since the start of the 
financial year to the date of this report unless otherwise stated. 

Mr Heath HELLEWELL 
B.sc Hons, MAIG   
Non-Executive Director – Appointed 3 February 2016 
Executive Chairman – From 14 March 2017 

Mr Hellewell is an exploration geologist with over 22 years of experience in gold, base metals and diamond exploration predominantly in Australia 
and West Africa. Mr Hellewell graduated from Curtin University with an Honours Degree in Geology and is a member of the Australian Institute of 
Geoscientists. Mr Hellewell has previously held senior exploration positions with a number of successful mining and exploration groups including 
DeBeers Australia Pty Ltd and Resolute Mining Limited. Mr Hellewell joined Independence Group NL in 2000 prior to the Company’s IPO and was 
part of the team that identified and acquired the Tropicana project area, eventually leading to the discovery of the Tropicana and Havana gold deposits 
which are now subject to a production joint venture with Anglo Ashanti Australia Ltd. Mr Hellewell ultimately rose to the position of Exploration Manager 
at Independence Group.  

Most recently he was the co-founding Executive Director of Doray Minerals Limited, where he was responsible for the Company’s exploration and 
new business activities. Following the discovery of the Andy Well gold deposits in 2010, Doray Minerals was named “Gold Explorer of the Year” in 
2011 by The Gold Mining Journal and in 2014 Heath was the co-winner of the prestigious “Prospector of the Year” award, presented by the Association 
of Mining and Exploration Companies. 

Mr Hellewell is not an independent director. 

During the past three years Mr Hellewell has held the following other listed company directorships: 

  Non-Executive Director – Core Exploration Ltd (15 September 2014 to present) 
  Non-Executive Director – Duketon Mining Limited (18 November 2014 to present) 

Mr Guy LE CLEZIO   
BA 
Non-Executive Chairman – 4 April 2007 to 14 March 2017 
Non-Executive Director – From 14 March 2017 

Mr Le Clezio holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia.  He has had 20 years’ experience in the mining and exploration 
industry  and  was  an  Executive  Director  of  Eyres  Reed  Ltd  and  Canadian  Imperial  Bank  of  Commerce  who  were  leading  Western  Australian 
stockbrokers specialising in the mining industry. He was a founding director of World Titanium Resources Ltd and a former director of ASX listed 
Windy Knob Resources Ltd. 

Mr LeClezio is an independent director. 

During the past three years Mr Le Clezio has not held any other listed company directorships. 

Mr Stuart PETHER 
B.E Hons, MAUSIM 
Non-Executive Director – Appointed 14 March 2017 

Mr Pether has over 25 years resources industry experience in project development, technical studies, mine operations and corporate management. 
He is equally skilled in open pit and underground mining in a range of commodities including gold, nickel and lead and zinc. A qualified mining 
engineer, he holds a Bachelor in Engineering (Mining Engineering) from the Western Australia School of Mines. 

Mr Pether was previously the Chief Executive Officer for Kula Gold and executive director of the 100% subsidiary Woodlark Mining Limited, the owner 
of the advance development project the Woodlark Island Gold Project in PNG. 

He held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Catalpa Resources where he was responsible for the construction, commissioning and operation of 
the $92 million Edna May Gold Project and represented Catalpa Resources on the Cracow Gold Mine Joint Venture committee with Newcrest Mining. 
Following the merger of Catalpa Resources with Conquest Mining in November 2011, forming Evolution Mining, he took up the position of Vice 
President, Project Development where he was responsible for technical studies and major capital projects, including the construction of the $140 
million Mt Carlton Gold Project in Queensland. 

Prior, he worked in various mining management roles for CBH Resources, PacMin Mining Limited, Dominion Mining and Western Mining Corporation. 

Mr Pether is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 

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Mr Pether is not an independent director, as he is the appointed board nominee of substantial shareholder, Hawke’s Point Holdings I Limited. 

During the past three years Mr Pether has held no other listed company directorships. 

Mr Peter THOMPSON 
B.sc, M.Sc, MAusIMM 
Managing Director – Appointed 3 February 2016 – Resigned 14 March 2017 to take the role of Chief Operating Officer 

Mr Thompson trained as a geologist in Trinity College Dublin and Leicester University, he came to Australia in 1988 and has had a continuous career 
in exploration and mining for gold, nickel and copper. 

Employed by WMC, Anaconda Nickel, Jubilee Mines, St Barbara Ltd, Beaconsfield Gold and Central Asia Resources in a range of roles, he has 
overseen several discoveries, project developments, feasibility studies, acquisitions, divestments and company start-ups. 

Recent responsibilities as CEO of Beaconsfield Resources and Central Asia Resources have been for operating deep underground gold and heap 
leach start-up operations.  

During the past three years Mr Thompson has held the following other listed company directorships: 

  Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director – Central Asia Resources Ltd (4 July 2014 to 8 February 2016) 
  Non-Executive Director – Central Asia Resources Ltd (8 February 2016 to 5 September 2016) 
  Non-Executive Director – Marmota Energy Ltd (26 May 2015 to present) 

Mr Peter LANGWORTHY 
BSc(Hons), MAusIMM  
Non-Executive Director – 24 July 2013 to 2 February 2016 
Executive Director – From 3 February 2016 – Resigned 14 March 2017 to take the role of Executive General Manager – Geology 

Mr Langworthy is a geologist with a career spanning 26 years in mineral exploration and project development in Australia and Indonesia. He has 
specific expertise in building successful teams that have been responsible for significant mineral discoveries and in integrating technically sound 
exploration and resource development strategies into corporate planning. His industry experience includes 12 years in senior management roles with 
WMC Resources, four years with PacMIn Mining as Exploration Manager, five years with Jubilee Mines where he built the team responsible for 
numerous discoveries at the Cosmos Nickel Mine and the Sinclair nickel project, and three years with Talisman Mining as Technical Director. At 
Jubilee he was part of the corporate team responsible for the growth of the company until it was taken over by Xstrata for $23/share. 

During the past three years Mr Langworthy has held the following other listed company directorship: 

  Non-Executive Chairman – Syndicated Metals Limited (20 March 2012 to present) 
  Non-Executive Director – Silver Mines Limited (21 June 2016 to present) 

Mr Jonathan SHELLABEAR 
B.Sc Hons, MBA 
Non-Executive Director – Appointed 5 December 2016 – Resigned 14 March 2017 to take the role of Chief Financial Officer. 

Mr Shellabear has over 25 years’ experience in the Australian and international resources industry as a senior corporate executive and investment 
banker specialising in the mining sector.  Mr Shellabear holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Geology and a Master in Business Administration 
from the University of Western Australia. 

He  has  extensive  capital  markets  and  advisory  experience  in  the  resources  sector  and  has  held  senior  investment  banking  positions  with  NM 
Rothschild & Sons, Deutsche Bank and Resource Finance Corporation. 

Mr  Shellabear  was  previously  the  Managing  Director  and  Chief  Executive  Officer  of  Dominion  Mining  Ltd  which  was  acquired  by  Kingsgate 
Consolidated Ltd in 2011 to create, at that time, Australia’s second largest gold company by market capitalisation. He has also held senior corporate 
roles with Portman Limited (now Cliffs Natural Resources) as General Manager, Business Development and Heron Resources Ltd as Managing 
Director and Chief Executive Officer. 

During the past three years Mr Shellabear has not held any other listed company directorship: 

2. COMPANY SECRETARIES 

Mr Graeme Boden and Mrs Natasha Santi were appointed as Joint Company Secretaries on 30 September 2012.   

Mrs N Santi has 9 years’ experience, as an employee of Boden Corporate Services Pty Ltd, providing company secretarial and accounting services 
to  a  range  of  ASX  listed  and  unlisted  companies.  On  1  April  2017  Mrs  N  Santi  became  a  full-time  employee  of  Capricorn  Metals  and  ceased 
arrangements with Boden Corporate Services. 

On 11 May 2017 Mr Graeme Boden resigned as Joint Company Secretary and Mr Jonathan Shellabear, the Chief Financial Officer was appointed 
Joint Company Secretary.  

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3. MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS  

During the financial year, the directors’ attendance at meetings of directors and committees of directors were as follows: 

Directors’  
Meetings 

Audit 

A 
8 
8 
2 
6 
6 
2 

B 
8 
8 
2 
6 
6 
2 

A 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

Committee Meetings 
Remuneration 
B 
A 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

B 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

Nomination 
A 

B 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

Director 
H Hellewell 
G LeClezio 
S Pether 
P Thompson 
P Langworthy 
J Shellabear 

A = Number eligible to attend 
B = Number attended 

The Full Board sits as the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees when those responsibilities are required to be fulfilled. 

4. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES 

The principal activities of the consolidated entity during the financial year were mineral exploration and project evaluation. There was no change in 
the nature of these activities during the financial year. 

5. OPERATING RESULTS 

The consolidated loss of the consolidated entity after providing for income tax amounted to $3,293,239 (2016: $3,700,868). 

6. DIVIDENDS PAID OR RECOMMENDED 

No dividends were paid or recommended to be paid during the financial year (2016: Nil). 

7. REVIEW OF OPERATIONS 

A review of the consolidated entity's operations during the year and the results of those operations are contained in the Operating and Financial 
Review section of this Annual Report from page 2. 

8. FINANCIAL POSITION 

The net assets of the Group have increased by $6,9897,009 to $30,107,548 during the financial year. This significant increase is largely due to net 
capital raising proceeds of $9,612,383 and the capitalisation of exploration expenditure.  

The directors believe the group is in a financial position to progress its current objectives and strategies. 

9. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN STATE OF AFFAIRS 

Other than as set out elsewhere in the report, there were no significant changes in the state of affairs. 

10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS 

There were no material events arising subsequent to 30 June 2017, to the date of this report which may significantly affect the operations of the 
consolidated entity, the results of those operations and the state of affairs of the consolidated entity in the future, other than: 

 

22 September 2016, 6,000,000 unlisted incentive options were issued under the Incentive Option Plan to Chief Financial Officer, Mr J 
Shellabear. The options are exercisable at $0.15 per share and expire on 5 May 2021. 

11. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 

Likely future developments in the operations of the consolidated entity are referred to in the Operating and Financial Review section of this Annual 
Report. 

12. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 

Mining and exploration operations in Madagascar and Australia are subject to environmental regulation under the Laws of each country.   The Group’s 
current  activities  generally  involve  disturbance  associated  with  exploration  drilling  programmes  in  Australia,  with  only  low-level  activities  in 
Madagascar. There have been no breaches of the Group’s obligations under environmental laws. 

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13. DIRECTORS INTERESTS 

As at the date of this report, the interests of the Directors in shares and options of the Company were: 

Director 
H Hellewell 
G LeClezio  
S Pether 

No. of  
Shares 
102,757,655 
19,444,276 
250,000 

No. of  
Unlisted Options 
1,000,000 
    1,000,000 
- 

14. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 

The Company’s corporate governance statement can be found at the following URL:  

http://capmetals.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170929-CMM-Corporate-Governance-Statement.pdf 

15. REMUNERATION REPORT (AUDITED) 

This report details the nature and amount of remuneration for each Key Management Personnel of Capricorn Metals Ltd. 

The remuneration policy was approved by the Board. Executives receive a base salary, superannuation, fringe benefits, performance incentives and 
retirement  benefits  as  relevant  or  appropriate  to  their  position.    The  remuneration  committee  reviews  executive  packages  annually  by  reference  to 
Company performance, executive performance, comparable information from industry sectors and other listed companies and independent advice.  The 
performance of executives is reviewed annually, by the remuneration committee.   

Executives may be granted unlisted share options from time to time, as determined by the Board. 

The Board expects that the remuneration structure implemented will result in the Company being able to attract and retain executives to manage the 
consolidated entity.  It will also provide executives with the necessary incentives to work towards sustainable growth in shareholder value. 

The  payment  of  bonuses,  options  and  other  incentive  payments  are  reviewed  by  the  remuneration  committee  annually  as  part  of  the  review  of 
executive remuneration, and a recommendation is put to the Board for approval.   The Board can exercise its discretion in relation to approving 
incentives, bonuses and options and can recommend changes to the committee's recommendations.  Any changes must be justified by reference to 
measurable performance criteria. 

Details of Remuneration for Year Ended 30 June 2017: 

Executive Director & Executive Management 

At 30 June 2017, the senior executives of the Company, who are full time employees, had conditions of employment as set out below. Either party 
may terminate their agreement without cause by giving written notice of three months. There is no termination fee payable other than during the term 
of notice. 

Name 

Position 

Mr Heath Hellewell 

Mr Jonathan Shellabear  Mr Peter Langworthy 

Mr Peter Thompson 

Executive Chairman 

Chief Financial Officer 

Salary Package per annum 
Annual leave days per annum 
Options (1) 

$246,375 
25 
1,000,000 

$317,550 
20 
- 

Executive General 
Manager – Geology 
$246,375 
30 
7,300,000 

Chief Operating Officer 

$317,550 
20 
8,500,000 

Note: 

(1) 

In addition to their contracted remuneration set out above 6,000,000 (2016: 10,800,000) unlisted Options were issued as incentives during the 
year ended 30 June 2017 (see (b) equity issued as part of remuneration). 

Non-Executive Directors 

The base fee for a non-executive director is $40,000 per annum. The Company makes contributions at the statutory minimum rate to superannuation 
funds nominated by directors, in addition to the base fee.  

In addition to the base non-executive director fee, Mr G LeClezio was also issued 1,000,000 unlisted options during the year ended 30 June 2017. 

The aggregate amount of remuneration payable to all non-executive directors was set prior to ASX listing, at $200,000 per annum. 

Directors’ fees cover all main board activities and committee memberships. 

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(a)  Remuneration for Key Management Personnel of the consolidated entity during the year was as follows:  

2017 

Non-Executive Directors: 
G LeClezio 
S Pether (1) 
H Hellewell (2) 
J Shellabear (3) 

Executive Directors: 
H Hellewell 
P Thompson (4) 
P Langworthy (5) 

Management: 
P Thompson (4) 
P Langworthy (5) 
J Shellabear (3) 
J L Marquetoux 

Company Secretaries: 
G Boden & N Santi (6) 
N Santi (7) 

Total Key Management Personnel 

Short Term Benefits 
Salary &  
Director Fees 
$ 

Other  
Service Fees 
$ 

Post-Employment 
Benefits 

Share Based 
Expense 

Superannuation 
$ 

Annual Leave 
$ 

Value of Options 
$ 

Total 
$ 

Performance related 
% 

40,000 
12,775 
29,200 
9,570 

75,000 
160,000 
100,000 
426,545 

96,667 
75,000 
96,667 
152,031 
420,365 

- 
33,750 
33,750 

880,660 

- 
4,000 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
4,000 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

128,998 
- 
128,998 

132,998 

3,800 
- 
- 
909 

7,125 
13,077 
9,500 
34,411 

9,183 
7,125 
9,183 
- 
25,491 

- 
3,206 
3,206 

63,108 

- 
- 
- 
- 

8,334 
- 
- 
8,334 

16,550 
24,472 
8,590 
- 
49,612 

- 
2,999 
2,999 

60,945 

7,324 
- 
- 
- 

7,324 
- 
- 
14,648 

291,699 
237,021 
- 
- 
528,720 

- 
436 
436 

51,124 
16,775 
29,200 
10,479 

97,783 
173,077 
109,500 
479,604 

414,099 
343,618 
114,440 
152,031 
1,024,188 

128,998 
40,391 
169,389 

543,804 

1,681,515 

14.33 
- 
- 
- 

7.49 
- 
- 

70.44 
68.98 

- 

- 
1.08 

Notes: 
(1) 
(2) 
(3) 

(4) 
(5) 
(6) 

Mr Stuart Pether was appointed a Non-Executive Director on 14 March 2017. 
Mr H Hellewell transitioned from Non-Executive Director to Executive Chairman on 14 March 2017. 
Mr J Shellabear was appointed a Non-Executive Director on 5 December 2016. Mr Shellabear transitioned from Non-Executive Director to Chief Financial Officer on 14 March 2017 and was appointed Joint Company 
Secretary on 11 May 2017. 
Mr P Thompson transitioned from Managing Director to Chief Operating Officer on 14 March 2017. 
Mr P Langworthy transitioned from Executive Director to Executive General Manager – Geology on 14 March 2017. 
Payments made to Mr Graeme Boden through Boden Corporate Services Pty Ltd (BCS) include time spent on Company activities, including accounting and administration by G Boden and other employees of BCS, 
including N Santi as Joint Company Secretary (until 31 March 2017, see 7 below). Mr G Boden resigned as Joint Company Secretary on 11 May 2017. 

(7)  Ms Natasha Santi ceased employment with Boden Corporate Services Pty Ltd and became a direct employee of the Company from 1 April 2017, continuing in the role of Joint Company Secretary.  

There were no bonuses paid to any Key Management Personnel during the year. 

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2016 

Non-Executive Directors: 
G LeClezio 
H Hellewell 
P Woods (1) 
Executive Directors: 
P Thompson (2) 
P Langworthy (3) 

Management: 
J L Marquetoux 

Company Secretaries: 
G Boden & N Santi (4)(5) 

Total Key Management Personnel 

Short Term Benefits 
Salary &  
Director Fees 
$ 

Other  
Service Fees 
$ 

Post-Employment 
Benefits 

Share Based  
Expense 

Superannuation 
$ 

Annual Leave 
$ 

Value of Options 
$ 

Total 
$ 

Performance related 
% 

40,950 
18,250 
24,628 

100,000 
48,450 
232,278 

169,783 

- 

402,061 

3,000 
- 
- 

- 
- 
3,000 

- 

130,134 

133,134 

2,850 
- 
1,299 

8,045 
3,563 
15,757 

- 

- 

- 
- 
- 

8,423 
4,738 
13,161 

- 

- 

- 
- 
- 

64,258 
51,407 
115,665 

- 

- 

15,757 

13,161 

115,665 

46,800 
18,250 
25,927 

180,726 
108,158 
379,861 

169,783 

130,134 

679,778 

- 
- 
- 

35.56 
47.53 

- 

- 

Dr P Woods resigned as a director on 3 February 2016. 
Mr P Thompson was appointed Managing Director on 3 February 2016. 

Notes: 
(8) 
(9) 
(10)  Mr P Langworthy transitioned from a Non-Executive Director to an Executive Director role on 3 February 2016. 
(11)  Mr G Boden resigned as a director on 3 February 2016. Mr Boden did not receive payment of a director’s fee. 
(12) 

Payments made to G Boden through Boden Corporate Services Pty Ltd (BCS) include time spent on Company activities, including accounting and administration by G Boden and other employees of BCS, including N 
Forde as Joint Company Secretary. 

There were no bonuses paid to any Key Management Personnel during the year. 

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(b)  Equity issued as part of remuneration: 

Options: 

During the year ended 30 June 2017, 7,800,000 (2016: 10,800,000) unlisted options, were issued to Key Management Personnel. The options have 
the following terms and vesting profiles. 

7,000,000 options exercisable at $0.20 on or before 31 May 2020, subject to the following vesting periods : 

- 
- 
- 

2,333,333 (one third) vest on 25 November 2017; 
2,333,333 (one third) vest on 25 November 2018; and  
2,333,334 (one third) vest on 25 November 2019. 

800,000 options exercisable at $0.15 on or before 5 May 2021, subject to the following vesting periods: 

- 
- 
- 

266,666 (one third) vest on 11 May 2018; 
266,667 (one third) vest on 11 May 2019; and 
266,667 (one third) vest on 11 May 2020. 

Details of the options issued are as follows: 

Key Management Person 
H Hellewell 
G LeClezio 
P Thompson 
P Langworthy 
N Santi 

Vested 
No. 

Granted 
No. 
1,000,000 
1,000,000 
2,500,000 
2,500,000 
800,000 
7,800,000 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

Grant 
Date 
25/11/2016 
25/11/2016 
25/11/2016 
25/11/2016 
13/06/2017 

Value per 
Option at Grant
Date 
$0.021 
$0.021 
$0.021 
$0.021 
$0.021 

Exercise Price  Expiry Date 
31/05/2020 
31/05/2020 
31/05/2020 
31/05/2020 
05/05/2021 

$0.20 
$0.20 
$0.20 
$0.20 
$0.15 

(c)  Movements in share and options holdings, held by key management personnel: 

Movements in options over equity instruments: 

The movement during the reporting period in the number of options over ordinary shares in the Entity held, directly, indirectly or beneficially, by each 
key management person, including their related parties is as follows: 

Balance 
1 July 2016 

Granted as 
Remuneration 

Exercised 

Expired 

Balance 
30 June 2017 

Vested 
During the Year 

Vested & 
Exercisable 
30 June 2017 

Directors: 
H Hellewell 
G LeClezio 
S Pether (1) 

Management: 
P Thompson  
P Langworthy 
J Shellabear 
JL Marquetoux 

Company 
Secretaries: 
G Boden (2) 
N Santi 

- 
2,000,000 
- 
2,000,000 

6,000,000 
4,800,000 
- 
250,000 
11,050,000 

1,000,000 
1,000,000 
- 
2,000,000 

2,500,000 
2,500,000 
- 
- 
5,000,000 

750,000 
250,000 
1,000,000 

- 
800,000 
800,000 

- 
(1,000,000) 
- 
(1,000,000) 

- 
(1,000,000) 
- 
(1,000,000) 

1,000,000 
1,000,000 
- 
2,000,000 

8,500,000 
7,300,000 
- 
- 
15,800,000 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

2,000,000 
1,600,000 
- 
- 
3,600,000 

2,000,000 
1,600,000 
- 
- 
3,600,000 

- 
- 
- 
(250,000) 
(250,000) 

(750,000) 
(250,000) 
(1,000,000) 

- 
800,000 
800,000 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

14,050,000 

7,800,000 

(1,000,000) 

(2,250,000) 

18,600,000 

3,600,000 

3,600,000 

Note: 
(1) 
(2) 

S Pether was appointed a director on 14 March 2017. 
G Boden resigned as company secretary on 11 May 2017. 

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Movements in Share Holdings: 
The  movement  during  the  reporting  period  in  the  number  of  ordinary  shares  in  the  Entity  held,  directly,  indirectly  or  beneficially,  by  each  key 
management person, including their related parties, is as follows: 

Acquired 

Options Exercised 

Disposed 

Balance 
30 June 2017 

Directors: 
H Hellewell  
G LeClezio 
S Pether (1) 

Management: 
P Thompson  
P Langworthy  
J Shellabear  
JL Marquetoux 

Company Secretaries: 
G Boden (2) 
N Santi 

Balance 
1 July 2016 

102,757,655 
16,444,276 
N/A 
119,201,931 

6,279,974 
5,104,903 
- 
- 
11,384,877 

1,000,000 
- 
1,000,000 

- 
2,000,000 
250,000 
2,250,000 

388,100 
- 
- 
- 
388,100 

- 
- 
- 

- 
1,000,000 
- 
1,000,000 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

131,586,808 

2,638,100 

1,000,000 

Note: 
(1) 
(2) 

S Pether was appointed a director on 14 March 2017. 
G Boden resigned as company secretary on 11 May 2017. 

(d)  Related Party Transactions with Key Management Personnel: 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

- 

102,757,655 
19,444,276 
250,000 
122,451,931 

6,668,074 
5,104,903 
- 
- 
11,772,977 

N/A 
- 
- 

134,224,908 

Apart from details disclosed in this note, no director has entered into a material contract with the Group since the end of the previous financial year 
and there were no material contracts involving directors’ interests existing at year end.  

Transactions between related parties are on usual commercial terms and conditions no more favourable than those available to other parties unless 
otherwise stated.  

The aggregate amounts recognised during the year relating to key management personnel and their related parties are as follows: 

Key Management Person 
P Langworthy (1) 
G Boden (2) 

Transaction 
Exploration programme management 
Corporate services 

2017 
$ 
1,937,760 
128,998 
2,066,758 

2016 
$ 

644,037 
130,134 
774,171 

Note: 
(1) 

(2) 

OMNI GeoX Pty Ltd, of which Mr P Langworthy is a Director and shareholder, provides services in relation to the management and execution 
of the exploration programme, for which fees were billed on hourly rates the same as for other clients, as were due and payable under normal 
terms. The agreement may be terminated by one months’ notice. 
Boden Corporate Services Pty Ltd, of which Mr G Boden is a director, provided services in company secretarial, accounting and administration 
roles for which service fees were billed based on normal market rates, and were due and payable under normal terms. Boden Corporate 
provided these services from 1 October 2013 to 31 May 2017.  

Amounts payable to key management personnel at the reporting date arising from these contract services were as set out below: 

Current payables: 
Trade and other payables 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

62,611 
62,611 

95,914 
95,914 

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Company Performance  

The following table shows the gross revenue, profits, dividends and share price at the end of financial year for the past five financial years ending 30 
June: 

Consolidated Entity 
Revenue 
Net Profit/(Loss) 
Share Price at Year End 
Dividends Paid 

2013 
664,831 
(3,262,572) 
1.9c 
- 

2014 
1,831,271 
229,752 
2.8c 
- 

2015 
1,334,642 
(602,534) 
1.8c 
- 

2016 
700,637 
(3,700,868) 
15.0c 
- 

2017 
425,592 
(3,293,239) 
8.1c 
- 

The Board does not consider earnings during the current and previous four financial years when determining, and in relation to, the nature and amount 
of remuneration of key management personnel. 

- - END OF AUDITED REMUNERATION REPORT - - 

16. NON-AUDIT SERVICES 

No fees were paid or payable to William Buck Audit (WA) Pty Ltd for non-audit services during the year ended 30 June 2017 (2016: Nil). 

17. INDEMNIFYING OFFICERS AND AUDITORS 

The Company has established an insurance policy insuring Directors and officers of the Company against any liability arising from a claim brought 
by a third party against the Company or its Directors and officers, and against liabilities for costs and expenses incurred by them in defending any 
legal proceedings arising out of their conduct while acting in their capacity as a Director or officer of the Company, other than conduct involving a 
wilful breach of duty in relation to the Company. 

In accordance with a confidentiality clause under the insurance policy, the amount of the premium paid to insurers will not be disclosed.  This is 
permitted under S300(9) of the Corporation Act 2001. 

No indemnity has been obtained for the auditor of the group. 

18. SHARE OPTIONS 

At the date of this report, the unissued ordinary shares of Capricorn Metals Ltd under option are as follows: 

Grant Date 
20 April 2016 
25 November 2016 
9 March 2017 
5 May 2017 
13 June 2017 

Date of Expiry 
31 May 2020 
31 May 2020 
5 May 2021 
5 May 2021 
5 May 2021 

Exercise Price 
$0.10 
$0.20 
$0.15 
$0.15 
$0.15 

No.  
Under Option 

10,800,000 
7,000,000 
18,284,101 
10,205,927 
9,400,000 
55,690,028 

1,000,000 options at a price of $0.15 per share were exercised during the year ended 30 June 2017 (2016: Nil).  

19. PROCEEDINGS ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY 

No person has applied for leave of court to bring proceedings on behalf of the Company or intervene in any proceedings to which the Company is a 
party, for the purpose of taking responsibility on behalf of the Company for all or any part of those proceedings. 

20. AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION 

The lead auditor’s independence declaration for the year ended 30 June 2017 has been received and can be found on page 17 of the annual report. 

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors. 

Mr H Hellewell 
Executive Chairman 
Perth, Western Australia  
28 September 2017  

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Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

Revenue 

Other Income 

Fair value loss on other financial assets 

Gain/(loss) on disposal of other financial assets 

Employee benefits expense  

Depreciation expense 

Foreign currency gain 

Administration costs 

Exploration expenditure 

Share-based payments 

Reversal of impairment of receivable 

Impairment of other financial assets 

Impairment of assets & liabilities related to subsidiary disposal group 

Impairment of deferred exploration and evaluation expenditure 

Loss before income tax expense 

Income tax expense 

Net loss attributable to members of the parent entity 

Other Comprehensive Income: 
Items that may be re-classified to profit or loss: 

- Adjustment from translation of foreign controlled entities 
- Revaluation of property asset 

Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to members of the parent entity 

Note 
2(a) 

2(b) 

4 

3 

9 

20 

4 

10 

12 

5 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

189,214 

236,378 

(22,632) 

5,357 

(1,048,075) 

(73,727) 

74 

(1,316,337) 

(152,479) 

(545,221) 

7,328 

(66,885) 

(85,848) 

248,099 

452,538 

(216,868) 

(51,554) 

(685,981) 

(62,673) 

338 

(707,937) 

(257,535) 

(115,665) 

22,673 

- 

- 

(417,000) 

(2,322,216) 

(3,289,853) 

(3,696,781) 

(3,386) 

(4,087) 

(3,293,239) 

(3,700,868) 

16,357 
16,287 

20,395 
2,167,734 

(3,260,595) 

(1,512,739) 

Earnings per share: 
Basic loss per share (cents per share) 
Diluted loss per share (cents per share) 

19 
19 

(0.65) 
(0.65) 

(1.36) 
(1.36) 

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements 

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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 
As at 30 June 2017 

Current Assets 
Cash and cash equivalents  
Other current receivables 
Other current assets 
Other financial assets 

Assets classified as held for sale 
Total Current Assets 

Non-Current Assets 
Property, plant & equipment 
Deferred exploration and evaluation costs 
Total Non-Current Assets 

TOTAL ASSETS 

Current Liabilities 
Trade and other payables 
Other liability 
Short-term provisions 
Total Current Liabilities 

Non-Current Liabilities 
Trade and other payables 
Total Non-Current Liabilities 

TOTAL LIABILITIES 

NET ASSETS 

EQUITY 
Issued capital 
Reserves 
Accumulated losses 

TOTAL EQUITY 

Note 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

6 
8 
7 
4 

10 

9 
12 

13 

14 

15 

16 
17 
18 

5,541,663 
196,169 
23,964 
70,139 
5,831,935 
5,050,000 
10,881,935 

373,498 
20,668,339 
21,041,837 

11,755,911 
119,232 
44,426 
175,629 
12,095,198 
- 
12,095,198 

4,819,707 
8,565,465 
13,385,172 

31,923,772 

25,480,370 

1,346,353 
2,398 
89,057 
1,437,808 

1,867,017 
2,305 
25,931 
1,895,253 

378,416 
378,416 

374,578 
374,578 

1,816,224 

2,269,832 

30,107,548 

23,210,539 

42,121,506 
2,327,978 
(14,341,936) 

32,509,123 
1,750,113 
(11,048,697) 

30,107,548 

23,210,539 

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements. 

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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

Balance at 1 July 2015 

Loss for the year 
Other comprehensive income 
Total comprehensive income 

Issue of shares 
Cost of capital raised 
Share based payments 
Balance at 30 June 2016 

Balance at 1 July 2016 

Loss for the year 
Other comprehensive income 
Total comprehensive income 

Issue of shares 
Cost of capital raised 
Share based payments 
Balance at 30 June 2017 

Note 

Issued 
Capital 
$ 
14,733,538 

Accumulated Losses 
$ 
(7,347,829) 

Foreign Currency 
Translation Reserve 
$ 

Asset Revaluation 
Reserve 
$ 

(754,034) 

- 

- 
- 
- 

18,412,074 
(636,489) 
- 
32,509,123 

(3,700,868) 
- 
(3,700,868) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(11,048,697) 

- 
20,395 
20,395 

- 
- 
- 
(733,639) 

- 
2,167,734 
2,167,734 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,167,734 

Option 
Reserve 
$ 

200,353 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
115,665 
316,018 

Total 
$ 

6,832,028 

(3,700,868) 
2,188,129 
(1,512,739) 

18,412,074 
(636,489) 
115,665 
23,210,539 

32,509,123 

(11,048,697) 

(733,639) 

2,167,734 

316,018 

23,210,539 

- 
- 
- 

10,150,000 
(537,617) 
- 
42,121,506 

(3,293,239) 
- 
(3,293,239) 

- 
- 
- 
(14,341,936) 

- 
16,357 
16,357 

- 
- 
- 
(717,282) 

- 
16,287 
16,287 

- 
- 
- 
2,184,021 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
545,221 
861,239 

(3,293,239) 
32,644 
(3,260,595) 

10,150,000 
(537,617) 
545,221 
30,107,548 

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements 

16 
16 
17 

16 
16 
17 

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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

Cash flows from Operating Activities 
Payments to suppliers and employees 
Payments for exploration expenditure 
Interest received 
Royalties received 
Other Income 
Net cash used in operating activities 

Cash flows from Investing Activities 
Payments for property, plant and equipment 
Proceeds on sale of fixed assets 
Proceeds on sale of financial assets 
Option payment received on potential sale of exploration permits 
Deposit received on sale of Subsidiary 
Proceeds on sale of potential future royalty 
Capitalised exploration expenditure 
Payment for the acquisition of the Karlawinda tenements 
Cash acquired on acquisition of Greenmount Resources Pty Ltd 
Net cash used in investing activities 

Cash flows from Financing Activities 
Proceeds received from the issue of shares 
Costs of capital raised 
Deferred payments under share purchase agreement  
Security deposit 
Net cash flows provided by financing activities 

Net (decrease)/increase in cash held 

Cash and cash equivalent at the beginning of the year 

Effect of exchange rates on cash holdings in foreign currencies  
Cash directly associated with assets classified as held for sale 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year 

Note 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

(1,916,351) 
(121,330) 
93,723 
108,929 
71,127 
(1,763,902) 

(175,138) 
17,887 
21,330 
30,323 
75,000 
- 
(12,405,323) 
(1,500,000) 
- 
(13,935,921) 

10,150,000 
(537,617) 
(26,162) 
(98,364) 
9,487,857 

(1,558,667) 
(273,398) 
34,161 
91,360 
185,691 
(1,520,853) 

(44,488) 
49,550 
200,771 
- 
- 
305,960 
(1,511,517) 
- 
88,225 
(911,499) 

14,133,644 
(636,489) 
(47,996) 
(40,000) 
13,409,159 

(6,211,966) 

10,976,807 

11,755,911 

778,206 

336 
(2,618) 

898 
- 

5,541,663 

11,755,911 

21 

6 

10 

6 

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements. 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements  
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 1 – STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 

The consolidated financial report is a general purpose financial report that has been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, 
Australian Accounting Interpretations and other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board and the Corporations 
Act 2001.  

The financial statements were authorised for issue on 28 September 2017 by the Directors of the Company. 

Compliance with Australian Accounting Standards ensures that the financial statements and notes also comply with International Financial Reporting 
Standards. Material accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are presented below and have been consistently applied 
unless otherwise stated. 

The consolidated financial statements of Capricorn Metals Ltd for the year ended 30 June 2017 comprises the Company and its subsidiaries (together 
referred to as the ‘Group’ or ‘Consolidated Entity’). Capricorn Metals Ltd is a listed public company, incorporated and domiciled in Australia. The 
Group is a for profit entity for financial reporting purposes under Australian Accounting Standards. 

Basis of Preparation: 

Going Concern 

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the settlement of liabilities and the realisation of assets in the 
ordinary course of business. 

For the year ended 30 June 2017 the Group has incurred a loss of $3,293,239 (2016: $3,700,868) and at 30 June 2017 the Group had working capital 
of $4,394,127, excluding assets held for sale, (30 June 2016: $9,860,658) including a cash and cash equivalents balance of $5,541,663 (30 June 
2016: $11,755,911). Net cash used in operating and investing activities in the year to 30 June 2017 was $15,699,823 (2016: $2,432,352). 

The Directors believe that it is appropriate to prepare the financial report on a going concern basis because, although a capital raising may be required 
to fund further exploration and development expenditure, the Directors are confident that a sufficient capital raising can be completed, as has been 
demonstrated during 2017, through the successful placement to raise $10 million. Further, if a sufficient capital raising cannot be made, the Company 
is able to reduce expenditure within the available cash balance. 

Reporting Basis and Conventions 

Except for the cash flow information, the financial report has been prepared on an accruals basis and is based on historical costs modified by the 
revaluation of selected non-current assets, and financial assets and financial liabilities for which the fair value basis of accounting has been applied. 

Accounting Policies: 

(a) 

Principles of Consolidation 

The  consolidated  financial  statements  incorporate  the  financial  statements  of  the  Parent  Entity  and  Entities  (including  special  purpose  entities) 
controlled  by  the  Parent  Entity  (its  subsidiaries).  The  parent  controls  an  entity  when  it  is  exposed  to,  or  has  rights  to,  variable  returns  from  its 
involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity. A list of the subsidiaries is provided in Note 27. 

The financial statements of the subsidiaries are prepared for the same reporting period as the parent entity, using consistent accounting policies. 

In preparing the consolidated financial statements, all intercompany balances and transactions, income and expenses and profit and losses resulting 
from intra-group transactions have been eliminated in full.  

Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control is transferred to the group and cease to be consolidated from the date on which 
control is transferred out of the group.  

Unrealised  gains  or  transactions  between  the  group  and  its  associates  are  eliminated  to  the  extent  of  the  group’s  interests  in  the  associates.  
Unrealised losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of an impairment of the asset transferred.  Accounting policies of 
associates have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the group.   

When the group ceases to have control, joint control or significant influence, any retained interest in the entity is remeasured to its fair value with the 
change in carrying amount recognised in profit or loss.  The fair value is the initial carrying amount for the purposes of subsequently accounting for 
the retained interest as an associate, joint controlled entity or financial asset.  In addition, any amounts previously recognised in other comprehensive 
income in respect of that entity are accounted for as if the group had directly disposed of the related assets or liabilities. This may mean that amounts 
previously recognised in other comprehensive income are reclassified to profit or loss. 

(b) 

Income Tax 

The charge for current income tax expense is based on the profit for the year adjusted for any non-assessable or disallowed items.  It is calculated 
using tax rates that have been enacted or are substantively enacted by the reporting date. 

Deferred tax is accounted for using the balance sheet liability method in respect of temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets 
and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements.  No deferred income tax will be recognised from the initial recognition of an asset 
or liability, excluding a business combination, where there is no effect on accounting or taxable profit or loss.  Deferred tax is calculated at the tax 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 1 – STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont’d) 

rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realised or liability is settled.  Deferred tax is credited in the statement of profit and 
loss and other comprehensive income except where it relates to items that may be credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is adjusted 
directly against equity. 

Deferred income tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that future tax profits will be available against which deductible temporary 
differences can be utilised. 

The amount of benefits brought to account or which may be realised in the future is based on the assumption that no adverse change will occur in 
income taxation legislation and the anticipation that the consolidated entity will derive sufficient future assessable income to enable the benefit to be 
realised and comply with the conditions of deductibility imposed by the law. 

(c) 

Property, Plant and Equipment 

Each class of property, plant and equipment is carried at cost or fair value, less, where applicable, any accumulated depreciation and impairment 
losses.  

Property: 
Land and Buildings are measured using a revaluation model in accordance with paragraph 31 of AASB 116 Property, Plant and Equipment. The 
entire class of property, plant and equipment to which land and buildings belong is subject to review and revalued on the basis of independent 
valuations. Any revaluation adjustment to the carrying amount of land and buildings is recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated 
in equity under the heading of asset revaluation reserve. 

Plant and equipment: 
Plant and equipment are measured on the cost basis less depreciation and impairment losses. 

Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognised as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future 
economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the group and the cost of the item can be measured reliably.  All other repairs and maintenance 
are charged to the income statement during the financial period in which they are incurred. 

Depreciation: 
The depreciable amount of all fixed assets including capitalised lease assets, is depreciated on a reducing balance commencing from the time the 
asset is held ready for use.  

The depreciation rates used for each class of depreciable assets are: 

Class of Fixed Asset   
Buildings   
Plant and Equipment   
Computers 
Motor vehicles 
Field equipment 

  Depreciation Rate 

1% 
7.5% - 50% 
20% 
20% 
40% 

The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at the end of the reporting period.  An asset’s carrying amount 
is written down immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset’s carrying amount is greater than its estimated recoverable amount. 

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing proceeds with the carrying amount.  These gains and losses are included in the statement 
of profit or loss and other comprehensive income. 

(d) 

Assets held for sale 

Non-current assets, or disposal groups comprising assets and liabilities, are classified as held-for-sale if it is highly probable that they will be recovered 
primarily through the sale rather than through continuing use. 

Such assets, or disposal groups, are generally measured at the lower of their carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell. Any impairment loss 
on a disposal group is allocated first to goodwill, and then to the remaining assets, deferred tax assets, employee benefits assets, investment property 
or  biological  assets,  which  continue  to  be  measured  in  accordance  with  the  Group’s  other  accounting  policies.  Impairment  losses  on  initial 
classification as held-for-sale or held-for-distribution and subsequent gains and losses on remeasurement are recognised in profit or loss. 

Once  classified  as  held-for-sale,  intangible  assets  and  property,  plant  and  equipment  are  no  longer  amortised  or  depreciated,  and  any  equity-
accounted investee is no longer equity accounted. 

(e) 

Exploration, Evaluation and Development Expenditure 

Exploration, evaluation and development expenditure incurred is either written off as incurred or accumulated in respect of each identifiable area of 
interest. Tenement acquisition costs are initially capitalised.  Costs are only carried forward to the extent that they are expected to be recouped 
through the successful development of the area, sale of the respective areas of interest or where activities in the area have not yet reached a stage, 
which permits reasonable assessment of the existence of economically recoverable reserves. 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 1 – STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont’d) 

Accumulated costs in relation to an abandoned area are written off in full against profit in the year in which the decision to abandon the area is made. 

When production commences, the accumulated costs for the relevant area of interest are amortised over the life of the area according to the rate of 
depletion of the economically recoverable reserves. 

A regular review is undertaken of each area of interest to determine the appropriateness of continuing to carry forward costs in relation to that area 
of interest. 

Immediate restoration, rehabilitation and environmental costs necessitated by exploration and evaluation activities are expensed as incurred and 
treated  as  exploration  and  evaluation  expenditure.  Exploration  activities  resulting  in  future  obligations  in  respect  of  restoration  costs  result  in  a 
provision to be made by capitalising the estimated costs, on a discounted cash basis, of restoration and depreciating over the useful life of the asset. 
The unwinding of the effect of the discounting on the provision is recorded as a finance cost on the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive 
income. 

(f) 

Financial Instruments 

Recognition and measurement:  
Financial  instruments  are  initially  measured  at  fair  value  on  trade  date,  which  includes  transaction  costs,  when  the  related  contractual  rights  or 
obligations exist.  Subsequent to initial recognition these instruments are measured as set out below. 

Loans and receivables: 
Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market and are stated 
at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method. 

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss: 
Financial assets are classified as “fair value through profit or loss” when they are held for trading for the purpose of short-term profit taking. Such 
assets  are  subsequently  measured  at  fair  value  with  changes  in  carrying  amount  being  included  in  the  statement  of  profit  or  loss  and  other 
comprehensive income. 

Financial liabilities: 
Non-derivative financial liabilities are recognised at amortised cost, comprising original debt less principal payments and amortisation. 

Fair value: 
Fair value is determined based on current bid process for all quoted investments.  Valuation techniques are applied to determine the fair value for all 
unlisted securities, including recent arm’s length transactions, reference to similar instruments and option pricing models. 

Impairment:  
At each reporting date, the group assess whether there is objective evidence that a financial instrument has been impaired.  In the case of available-
for sale financial instruments, a prolonged decline in the value of the instrument is considered to determine whether impairment has arisen. Impairment 
losses are recognised in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income. 

(g) 

Impairment of Debtors 

Impairment of trade receivables is continually reviewed and those that are considered to be uncollectible are written off by reducing the carrying 
amount directly. An allowance account is used when there is objective evidence that the Group will not be able to collect all amounts due according 
to the original contractual terms. Factors considered by the Group in making this determination include known significant financial difficulties of the 
debtor, review of financial information and significant delinquency in making contractual payments to the Group. The impairment allowance is set 
equal to the difference between the carrying amount of the receivable and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the original 
effective interest rate. Where receivables are short‐term discounting is not applied in determining the allowance. 

The amount of the impairment loss is recognised in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income within other expenses. When a 
trade receivable for which an impairment allowance had been recognised becomes uncollectible in a subsequent period, it is written off against the 
allowance account. Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited against other expenses in the statement of profit or loss 
and other comprehensive income. 

(h) 

Impairment of Assets 

At each reporting date, the group reviews the carrying values of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that 
those assets have been impaired.  If such an indication exists, the recoverable amount of the assets, being the higher of the asset’s fair value less 
costs to sell and value in use, is compared to the asset’s carrying value.  Any excess of the asset’s carrying value over its recoverable amount is 
expensed to the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income. 

Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the group estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating 
unit to which the asset belongs. 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 1 – STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont’d) 

(i)  

Interests in Joint Ventures 

The Groups interests in the joint venture entity is recorded using the equity method of accounting in the consolidated financial statements.  Details of 
the Groups interest is provided in Note 11. 

(j)  

Foreign Currency Transactions and Balances 

Functional and presentation currency: 
The functional currency of each of the group’s entities is measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which that entity 
operates.  The consolidated financial statements are presented in Australian dollars which is the parent entity’s functional and presentation currency. 

Transaction and balances: 
Foreign currency transactions are translated into functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the date of the transaction.  Foreign 
currency monetary items are translated at the year-end exchange rate.  Non-monetary items measured at historical cost continue to be carried at the 
exchange rate at the date of the transaction. 

Exchange differences arising on the translation of monetary items are recognised in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income. 

Exchange differences arising on the translation of non-monetary items are recognised directly in equity to the extent that the gain or loss is directly 
recognised in equity; otherwise the exchange difference is recognised in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income. 

Group companies: 
The financial results and position of foreign operations, whose functional currency is different from the Group’s presentation currency, are translated 
as follows: 

- 
- 

- 

Assets and liabilities are translated at exchange rates prevailing at the end of the reporting period; 
Income and expenses are translated at average exchange rates for the period, when the average rate approximates the rate at the date of the 
transaction; and 
Retained earnings are translated at the exchange rates prevailing at the date of the transaction. 

Exchange differences arising on translation of foreign operations with functional currencies other than Australian dollars are  recognised in other 
comprehensive income and included in foreign currency translation reserve in the statement of financial position. These differences are recognised 
in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income in the period in which the operation is disposed of. 

(k) 

Employee Benefits 

Short-term employee benefits: 
Provision is made for the Group’s obligation for short-term employee benefits. Short-term employee benefits are benefits (other than termination 
benefits) that are expected to be settled wholly before 12 months after the end of the annual reporting period in which the employees render the 
related service, including wages, salaries and annual leave entitlements. Short-term employee benefits are measured at the (undiscounted) amounts 
expected to be paid when the obligation is settled. 

The Group’s obligations for short-term employee benefits such as wages, salaries and annual leave are recognised as a part of current trade and 
other payables in the statement of financial position. The Group’s obligations for employees’ long service leave entitlements are recognised as 
provisions in the statement of financial position. 

Other long-term employee benefits: 
Provision is made for employees’ long service leave entitlements not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months after the end of the annual 
reporting period in which the employees render the related service. Other long-term employee benefits are measured at the present value of the 
expected future payments to be made to employees. Expected future payments incorporate anticipated future wage and salary levels, durations of 
service and employee  departures and  are  discounted at rates  determined  by reference to market yields  at the end of the reporting period on 
corporate bonds that have maturity dates that approximate the terms of the obligations.  

Any re-measurements for changes in assumptions of obligations for other long-term employee benefits are recognised in profit or loss in the periods 
in which the changes occur. 

The Group’s obligations for long-term employee benefits are presented as non-current provisions in its statement of financial position, except where 
the Group does not have an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least 12 months after the end of the reporting period, in which case the 
obligations are presented as current provisions. 

Defined contribution superannuation benefits: 
All employees  of the Group, located in Australia receive defined contribution superannuation  entitlements, for which  the Group  pays the fixed 
superannuation guarantee contribution (currently 9.50%  of the employee’s average ordinary salary) to the  employee’s superannuation fund of 
choice. All contributions in respect of employees’ defined contribution entitlements are recognised as an expense when they become payable. The 
Group’s obligation with respect to employees’ defined contribution entitlements is limited to its obligation for any unpaid superannuation guarantee 
contributions  at  the  end  of  the  reporting  period.  All  obligations  for  unpaid  superannuation  guarantee  contributions  are  measured  at  the 

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For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 1 – STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont’d) 

(undiscounted) amounts expected to be paid when the obligation is settled and are presented as current liabilities in the Group’s statement of 
financial position. 

Equity-settled compensation: 
The Group provides benefits to employees (including directors) of the Group in the form of share-based payment transactions, whereby employees 
render services in exchange for shares or rights over shares (‘equity-settled transactions’) refer to Note 20.  

The cost of these equity-settled transactions with employees is measured by reference to the fair value at the date at which they are granted. The 
fair  value  of  options  is  determined  by  an  internal  valuation  using  a  Black-Scholes  option  pricing  model.  The  fair  value  of  performance  rights 
determined  by  consideration  of  the  Company’s  share  price  at  the  grant  date  and  consideration  of  the  specific  non-market  vesting  conditions 
applicable to the performance rights.  

The cost of equity-settled transactions is recognised, together with a corresponding increase in equity, over the period in which the performance 
conditions are fulfilled, ending on the date on which the relevant employees become fully entitled to the award (‘vesting date’).  

The cumulative expense recognised for equity-settled transactions at each reporting date until vesting date reflects (i) the extent to which the vesting 
period has expired and (ii) the number of options that, in the opinion of the directors of the Company, will ultimately vest. This opinion is formed 
based on the best available information at balance date. No adjustment is made for the likelihood of market performance conditions being met as 
the effect of these conditions is included in the determination of fair value at grant date.  

No expense is recognised for awards that do not ultimately vest, except for awards where vesting is conditional upon a market condition.  

Where an equity-settled award is cancelled, it is treated as if it had vested on the date of cancellation, and any expense not yet recognised for the 
award is recognised immediately. However, if a new award is substituted for the cancelled award, and designated as a replacement award on the 
date that it is granted, the cancelled and new award are treated as if they were a modification of the original award. 

(l) 

Provisions 

Provisions are recognised when the group has a legal or constructive obligation, as a result of past events, for which it is probable that an outflow of 
economic benefits will result and that outflow can be reliably measured. 

(m) 

Cash and Cash Equivalents 

Cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities 
of three months or less.  

(n) 

Revenue and Other Income 

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised upon the delivery of goods to customers. Interest revenue is recognised on a proportional basis taking 
into account the interest rates applicable to the financial assets. Revenue from the rendering of a service is recognised upon the delivery of the 
service to the customers. Revenue from Royalties are recognised upon delivery of goods to customers or to the minimum monthly contractual amount. 

Rental income is recognised on a straight line basis over the period of the lease term so as to reflect a constant periodic return on the property. 

Revenue is measured at fair value of the consideration received or receivable to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefit will flow to 
the entity and the revenue can be measured reliably.  

All revenue is stated net of the amount of goods and services tax (GST). 

(o)  

Group as a lessor 

Leases in which the Group does not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of an asset are classified as operating leases. Initial 
direct costs incurred in negotiating and arranging an operating lease are added to the carrying amount of the leased asset and recognised over the 
lease term on the same basis as rental income. Contingent rents are recognised as revenue in the period in which they are earned. 

(p) 

 Goods and Services Tax (GST)  

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable from the 
Australian Tax Office.  In these circumstances the GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of an item of the expense.  
Receivables and payables in the statement of financial position are shown inclusive of GST. 

Cash flows are presented in the statement of cash flow on a gross basis, except for the GST component of investing and financing activities, which 
are disclosed as operating cash flows. 

(q) 

 Value Added Tax (VAT)  

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of VAT, except where the amount of VAT incurred is not recoverable from the 
Madagascan tax authority. In these circumstances VAT is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of an item of the expense. 

Receivables and payables in the statement of financial position are shown inclusive of VAT. 

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For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 1 – STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont’d) 

Cash flows are presented in the statement of cash flow on a gross basis, except for the VAT component of investing and financing activities, which 
are disclosed as operating cash flows. 

(r) 

Contributed Equity 

Issued and paid up capital is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received by the Company.  Any transaction costs arising on the issue 
of ordinary shares are recognised directly in equity as a reduction of the share proceeds received. 

(s) 

Comparative Figures 

When required by Accounting Standards, comparative figures have been adjusted to conform to changes in presentation for the current financial 
year.  

(t) 

Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgments 

The  directors  evaluate  estimates  and  judgments  incorporated  into  the  financial  report  based  on  historical  knowledge  and  best  available  current 
information.    Estimates  assume  a  reasonable  expectation  of  future  events  and  are  based  on  current  trends  and  economic  data,  obtained  both 
externally and within the group. 

Key Estimates: 

Impairment 
The group assesses impairment at each reporting date by evaluating conditions specific to the group that may lead to impairment of assets.  Where 
an impairment trigger exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is determined.   Impairment of investments in subsidiaries arises where the carrying 
value of the asset exceeds the net asset position of the subsidiaries and impairment is recognised to the value of the deficit.  Impairment of Intangible 
assets is recognised upon managements’ best estimate that the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the asset considering future cash flows and 
profits arising from the asset. 

Share-Based Payments 
The Group measures the cost of equity-settled transactions with employees by reference to the fair value of the equity instruments at the date at 
which  they  are  granted.  The  fair  value  of  options  is  determined  by  an  internal  valuation  using  a  Black-Scholes  option  pricing  model,  using  the 
assumptions detailed in Note 20. The fair value of performance rights is determined by the share price at the date of valuation and consideration of 
the probability of the vesting condition being met. 

Key Judgements: 

Exploration and Evaluation Expenditure 
Tenement acquisition costs are initially capitalised and then amortised with other exploration and evaluation expenditure written off as incurred.  Costs 
are only carried forward to the extent that they are expected to be recouped through the successful development of the area, sale of the respective 
areas of interest or where activities in the area have not yet reached a stage, which permits reasonable assessment of the existence of economically 
recoverable reserves.  A regular review is undertaken of each area of interest to determine the appropriateness of continuing to carry forward costs 
in relation to that area of interest. The Directors believe that the capitalised exploration expenditure should not be written off at reporting date as the 
tenements areas have been reviewed for impairment indicators and Directors believe no indicators of impairment exist. 

Non-Current Receivables 
Non-Current Receivables includes the tax (VAT) recoverable from the Madagascan tax authority.  The Directors believe the full amount to be non-
recoverable at 30 June 2017 and therefore a provision for impairment has been made. 

Accrued Expenses 
Accrued expenses are amounts in respect of the Share Sale Agreement with WTR Holdings Pty Ltd (formerly Madagascar Resources NL).  The 
liability is only repayable from 70% of the labradorite royalty cash receipts by Mada-Aust SARL and is split between current and non-current portions. 
The directors believe the royalty generating operations will continue at a rate which will pay the liability in accordance with the agreement. The current 
portion of the liability is based on the estimate of the next financial year’s cash receipts with the remaining balance not expected to be settled in the 
next financial year treated as non-current. 

(u)  

Other receivables 

Other  receivables  include  amounts  due  from  customers  for  services  performed  in  the  ordinary  course  of  business.  Receivables  expected  to  be 
collected within 12 months of the end of the reporting period are classified as current assets. All other receivables are classified as non-current assets. 
Other receivables are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any 
provision for impairment. Refer to Note 1(g) for further discussion on the determination of impairment losses. 

(v) 

Other payables 

Other payables are carried at amortised cost and represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Group prior to the end of the financial 
year that are unpaid and arise when the Group becomes obliged to make future payments in respect of the purchase of these goods and services. 
Trade and other payables are presented as current liabilities unless payment is not due within 12 months.  

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 1 – STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont’d) 

(w) 

Adoption of New and Revised Accounting Standards 

The Group has adopted all of the new and revised pronouncements which became mandatory for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 
July 2016. 

Standards and interpretations issued, but not yet adopted: 

Certain new accounting standards and interpretations have been published that are not yet mandatory for 30 June 2017 reporting periods and have 
not  been  early  adopted  by  the  Group.  The  Group’s  assessment  of  the  impact  of  these  new  standards  and  interpretations,  most  relevant  to  the 
consolidated entity, are set out below. 

Mandatory application date/ 
Date adopted by Company 

Must be applied for reporting 
periods commencing on or after 1 
January 2018.  Therefore the 
application date for the Company 
will be for the reporting period 
commencing on 1 July 2018. 

Must be applied for annual 
reporting periods beginning on or 
after 1 January 2018.  Therefore 
the application date for the 
Company will be for the reporting 
period commencing on 1 July 
2018.  

Must be applied for reporting 
periods commencing on or after 1 
January 2019.  Therefore the 
application date for the Company 
will be for the reporting period 
commencing on 1 July 2019. 

Title of standard 

Nature of change 

Impact 

AASB 9 Financial 
Instruments 

AASB 15   

Revenue from contracts 
with customers 

AASB 16 (issued 
February 2016) Leases 

Given the nature of the 
Company’s financial assets and 
financial liabilities, the Company 
does not expect the impact to be 
significant.  

Based on the Company’s 
assessment, the impact is not 
considered to be significant. 

The major sources of revenue 
relate to royalty income from 
labradorite quarrying contracts, 
where a minimum monthly fee is 
payable and from rental income 
generated by the lease of office 
space in the Group property asset.  

Due to the nature of the revenue 
received, the timing of revenue 
recognition is expected to be 
consistent with the current 
practice. 

The group is expecting the 
standard will impact the financial 
statements as they do currently 
have lease obligations totalling 
$786,666 at 30 June 2017.  

A preliminary assessment 
indicates that these arrangements 
will meet the definition of a lease 
under AASB 16, and hence the 
Group will recognise right-of-use 
assets and corresponding 
liabilities in respect of all leases. 

AASB 9 addresses the 
classification, measurement and 
de-recognition of financial assets 
and financial liabilities, impairment 
of financial assets and hedge 
accounting. 

An entity will recognise revenue to 
depict the transfer of promised 
goods or services to customers in 
an amount that reflects the 
consideration to which the entity 
expects to be entitled in exchange 
for those goods or services.  This 
means that revenue will be 
recognised when control of goods 
or services is transferred, rather 
than on transfer of risks and 
rewards as is currently the case 
under AASB 118 Revenue. 

AASB 16 eliminates the operating 
and finance lease classifications 
for lessees currently accounted for 
under AASB 117 Leases. It 
instead requires an entity to bring 
most leases onto its balance sheet 
in a similar way to how existing 
finance leases are treated under 
AASB 117.  An entity will be 
required to recognise a lease 
liability and a right of use asset in 
its balance sheet for most leases.   

There are some optional 
exemptions for leases with a 
period of 12 months or less and 
for low value leases. 

Lessor accounting remains largely 
unchanged from AASB 117. 

Other standards not yet applicable 
There are no other standards that are not yet effective and that would be expected to have a material impact on the entity in the current or future 
reporting periods and on foreseeable future transactions.  

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 2 – REVENUE 

(a) Revenue: 
-  royalties 
-  rental  
-  other 
Total Revenue 

(b) Other Income: 
-  net Interest received 
-  non-refundable deposit (1)(2) 
-  Option payment (3) 
-  sale of fixed assets 
-  sale of potential future royalty 
Total Other Income 

Total Revenue 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

113,963 
65,362 
9,889 
189,214 

87,422 
75,000 
56,234 
17,722 
- 
236,378 

425,592 

119,052 
117,367 
11,680 
248,099 

46,176 
53,126 
- 
47,276 
305,960 
452,538 

700,637 

Note: 
(1) 

Jupiter Mines Et Minerals SARL entered into a leasing arrangement for Labradorite permit 5394 with Mada-Aust SARL which saw the payment 
of a non-refundable deposit totalling $53,126. 

(2)  Blackearth Minerals NL entered into a share sale and purchase agreement to acquire Capricorn’s wholly owned Madagascan subsidiary Mada-

Aust SARL.  An initial non-refundable deposit of $75,000 was paid on signing of the agreement. 

(3)  AAA International Madagascar SARL entered into an option agreement to negotiate for the purchase of all or part labradorite mining permit 

19932. Upon signing of the agreement, a non-refundable deposit of USD 50,000 payable for the one year option term. 

NOTE 3 – EXPENSES 

(a) Employee benefits expense: 
Australia 
Non-executive directors’ fees 
Executive directors’ salary 
Other salaries 
Superannuation 
Annual leave entitlements 
Other employment expenses 
Salary capitalised as exploration and evaluation expenditure 

Mauritius 
Directors remuneration 

Madagascar 
Country manager - J L Marquetoux 
Payroll 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

95,545 
335,000 
443,417 
76,535 
78,296 
7,737 
(382,641) 
653,889 

12,000 
12,000 

152,031 
230,155 
382,186 

97,729 
137,500 
- 
15,757 
10,634 
- 
(39,603) 
222,017 

7,000 
7,000 

169,783 
287,181 
456,964 

Total employee benefits expense 

1,048,075 

685,981 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 4 – OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS 

During the year ended Energizer Resources Inc changed its name to NEXT Source Materials Inc. 

Listed Shares in NEXT Source Materials Inc 
Unlisted Warrants in NEXT Source Materials Inc 

Listed shares in NEXT Source Materials Inc: 

At 1 July 
Fair value increase/(decrease) 
Shares sold 
At 30 June 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

70,139 
- 
70,139 

83,369 
92,260 
175,629 

2017 

2016 

Number 

$ 

Number 

$ 

1,237,000 
- 
(237,000) 
1,000,000 

83,369 
2,743 
(15,973) 
70,139 

3,500,000 
- 
(2,263,000) 
1,237,000 

402,937 
(67,243) 
(252,325) 
83,369 

Financial assets, revalued at fair value through the profit and loss using the closing quoting bid prices at the end of the reporting period represent 
1,000,000 (30 June 2016: 1,237,000) fully paid ordinary shares in Canadian company, NEXT Source Materials Inc.    

Disposal of listed shares: 

Shares disposed  
Proceeds received 
(Loss)/gain on disposal 

Fair value of listed shares and assumptions: 

Fair value per listed share  
Closing quoting bid price per share  
Foreign exchange rate – Australian Dollar per 1 Canadian Dollar 

* The values set out in the table above are subject to rounding. 

Unlisted Warrants in NEXT Source Materials Inc: 

Balance at 1 July 
Fair value decrease 
Fair value decline 
Balance at 30 June 

2017 
$ 

(15,973) 
21,330 
5,357 

2016 
$ 
(252,325) 
200,771 
(51,554) 

2017 

$0.701 
CAD $0.070 
1.00198 

2016 

$0.067 
CAD $0.065 
1.03686 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

92,260 
(25,375) 
(66,885) 
- 

241,885 
(149,625) 
- 
92,260 

The Company holds 3,500,000 Warrants in NEXT Source Materials Inc, convertible at USD $0.14 per warrant and expire 15 April 2019. The fair value 
of the warrants was revalued through the profit and loss using the Black and Scholes valuation method.  

At 30 June 2017, the Directors have considered it is unlikely that, despite the fair value of this investment, any value will be realised and have 
assessed carrying value of this investment as nil. 

Fair value of unlisted warrants and assumptions: 

Fair value per unlisted warrant  
Closing quoting bid price per share  
Foreign exchange rate – Australian Dollar per 1 Canadian Dollar 
Exercise price per warrant  
Foreign exchange rate – Australian Dollar per 1 US Dollar 
Risk free interest rate 
Expected volatility 
Expected life (days) 

* The values set out in the table above are subject to rounding. 

2017 

$0.019 
CAD $0.070 
1.00198 
USD $0.14  
1.30091 
1.725% 
100% 
654 

2016 

$0.026 
CAD $0.067 
1.03686 
USD $0.14 
1.34363 
1.550% 
100% 
1,019 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 5 - INCOME TAX 

(a) Income Tax Expense 
The prima facie tax expense/(benefit) on Profit/(Loss) from ordinary activities is reconciled as follows: 
The Components of tax expense comprise: 

-  Current Tax 
-  Deferred Tax – temporary differences 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

1,960 
1,425 
3,386 

2,690 
1,397 
4,087 

The Prima facie tax on Loss before income tax at 27.50% (2016: 30%) 

(904,710) 

(1,109,034) 

Add/(subtract) the tax effect of: 

-  Tax attributable to foreign subsidiary 
-  Other assessable income not included as accounting income 
-  Non-deductible expenses 
-  Accounting income not included as assessable income 
-  Other deductible expenses 
-  Deferred tax assets / (liabilities) not brought to account 

Income tax expense / (benefit) attributable to entity 

(b) Recognised Deferred Tax Balances 
Deferred Tax Asset 
Deferred Tax Liability 

(c) Unrecognised Deferred Tax Balances 
The following deferred tax assets have not been brought to account: 
Unrecognised deferred tax assets comprise: 
-  Deferred tax assets attributable to tax losses 
-  Transaction costs on equity issue 

3,386 
3,304 
458,114 
(22,196) 
(14,995) 
(424,227) 
3,386 

- 
- 
- 

4,087 
292,523 
190,181 
(3,605) 
(83,007) 
712,942 
4,087 

- 
- 
- 

5,663,748 
- 
5,663,748 

1,735,082 
152,819 
1,887,901 

The tax losses do not expire under current tax legislation.  Deferred tax assets have not been recognised in respect of these items because it is not 
probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the Company can utilise these benefits. 

NOTE 6 – CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 

Cash at bank 

NOTE 7 – OTHER CURRENT ASSETS 

Prepayments 
Other 
Total Other Current Assets 

NOTE 8 – OTHER CURRENT RECEIVABLES  

Interest 
Other receivables 
Bank guarantees (1) 
Total Other Current Receivables 

Note: 

2017 
$ 
5,541,663 

2016 
$ 

11,755,911 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

22,963 
1,001 
23,964 

41,312 
3,114 
44,426 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

5,714 
52,091 
138,364 
196,169 

12,015 
67,217 
40,000 
119,232 

(1)  Bank guarantees are made up of the following: 

- 
- 

$40,000 is held as security for the credit card facility and bears 2.2% interest 
$98,364 is held as security for the office lease and bears 2.2% interest.  

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 9 – PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT 

Plant & Equipment – At cost 
Less accumulated depreciation 
Total Plant & Equipment 

Field Equipment – At cost 
Less accumulated depreciation 
Total Field Equipment 

Motor Vehicles – At cost 
Less accumulated depreciation 
Total Motor Vehicles 

Total Plant and Equipment 

Land and Buildings – At cost 
Fair value re-measurement (1) 
Less accumulated depreciation 
Total Land & Buildings 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

441,246 
(167,862) 
273,384 

218,941 
(118,827) 
100,114 

29,699 
(29,699) 
- 

376,376 
(201,282) 
175,094 

337,629 
(195,335) 
142,294 

181,175 
(178,856) 
2,319 

373,498 

319,707 

- 
- 
- 
- 

2,500,000 
2,167,734 
(167,734) 
4,500,000 

Total Property, Plant and Equipment 

373,498 

4,819,707 

Note: 
(1) 

See Note 10. 

(a)   Movements in carrying amounts 

Movement in the carrying amounts for each class of property, plant and equipment between the beginning and the end of the current financial year: 

Land & 
Buildings 
$ 
2,347,774 

 Plant & 
Equipment 
$ 
164,581 

Field 
Equipment 
$ 
146,377 

- 
- 
(15,508) 
2,167,734 
- 
4,500,000 

- 
(16,287) 
16,287 
(4,500,000) 
- 
- 

40,043 
(122) 
(29,408) 
- 
- 
175,094 

159,629 
- 
(38,867) 
- 
(22,472) 
- 
295,856 

11,358 
(2) 
(15,439) 
- 
- 
142,294 

20,443 
(165) 
(18,573) 
- 
(43,885) 
- 
143,999 

Motor Vehicles 
$ 

6,787 

- 
(2,150) 
(2,318) 
- 
- 
2,319 

2,319 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(2,319) 
- 

Total 
$ 
2,665,519 

51,401 
(2,274) 
(62,673) 
2,167,734 
- 
4,819,707 

182,072 
(165) 
(73,727) 
16,287 
(4,566,357) 
(2,319) 
373,498 

Carrying amount at 30 June 2015 

Additions 
Disposals 
Depreciation expense 
Fair value re-measurement (1) 
Currency translation differences 
Carrying amount at 30 June 2016 

Additions  
Disposals 
Depreciation expense 
Fair value re-measurement (1) 
Reclassified as held for sale (1) 
Currency translation differences 
Carrying amount at 30 June 2017 

Note: 
(1) 

See Note 10. 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 10 – ASSETS HELD FOR SALE 

Assets held for sale comprises: 

Property Asset (1) 

Subsidiary disposal group:(2) 

tenement holdings  
operating & fixed assets 
liabilities  
Impairment of assets & liabilities 

Total Assets Held for Sale 

(1)  Property Asset 

2017 
$ 
4,500,000 
4,500,000 

550,000 
186,347 
(100,499) 
(85,848) 
550,000 

5,050,000 

The Company intends to dispose of a freely held property asset located in Antanarirvo, Madagascar within the next 12 months. 

The  Board  of  Directors  have  determined  a  fair  value  of  $4,500,000  for  the  Group’s  freehold  land  and  buildings  based  on  the  market  valuation 
performed by Messrs Cabinet D’Expertise Razafindratandra in October 2015 of 11,323,422,000 Ariary (AUD $4,899,899). Messrs Cabinet D’Expertise 
Razafindratandra have appropriate qualifications and recent experience in the fair value measurement of properties in the relevant locations. 

The fair value of the freehold land  was determined based on the market comparable approach that reflects recent transaction prices for similar 
properties. 

(2)  Subsidiary Disposal Group 

In February 2017, the Company committed to the sale of a wholly owned Mauritian subsidiary, Madagascar Graphite Ltd and its assets which comprise 
100%  ownership  of  Madagascan  subsidiary,  Mada-Aust  SARL,  by  way  of  a  Share  Sale  &  Purchase  Agreement  with  Blackearth  Minerals  NL 
(Blackearth). 

The key terms of the agreement saw the payment of $75,000 non-refundable deposit on signing of the agreement. 

Consideration outstanding comprises a further $75,000 cash and the issue of 2,000,000 ordinary shares in Blackearth, both due on completion of the 
sale which requires Blackearth to successfully complete an initial public offer and receive conditional approval for admission to the official list of the 
Australian Securities Exchange. 

Further deferred consideration of $1,000,000 is payable upon a ‘decision to mine’ being made by Blackearth within 8 years of completion of this 
transaction. 

The fair value of the disposal is equal to the consideration due under the Share Sale & Purchase Agreement totaling $550,000. 

NOTE 11 – INTERESTS IN JOINT VENTURES 

The Company had been in various joint venture arrangements with Canadian TSX listed company, NEXT Source Materials Inc (formerly Energizer 
Resources Inc) (“NEXT”). At the commencement of the 2016 financial year the only elements of that relationship which remained in effect were: 

-  A payment by NEXT of CAD $1,000,000 upon the commencement of commercial production at the Molo graphite project. 
-  A royalty calculated as 1.5% of Net Smelter Return on all production from Molo. 

On 29 April 2016, Capricorn sold the royalty to a third party, for upfront cash consideration of CAD $300,000, with an additional CAD $1,000,000 
payable by the third party in the event that NEXT commences commercial production at Molo.  

The potential production payments (CAD $2,000,000) have not been included as contingent assets, as the fair value at the date of this report is nil. 

The former joint venture tenements remain in the name of Capricorn subsidiaries, pending registration of the transfers which have been lodged with 
the Madagascan government. 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 12 – DEFERRED EXPLORATION & EVALUATION COSTS 

Madagascar: 
At 1 July 
Impairment 
Reclassified as held for sale asset (2) 
At 30 June 

Australia: 
At 1 July 
Acquisition of Karlawinda Gold Project (1) 
Capitalised exploration expenditure 
At 30 June 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

967,000 
(417,000) 
(550,000) 
- 

7,598,465 
- 
13,069,874 
20,668,339 

3,289,216 
(2,322,216) 
- 
967,000 

- 
5,700,000 
1,898,465 
7,598,465 

Total Deferred Exploration & Evaluation Costs 

20,668,339 

8,565,465 

Note: 
(1) 
(2) 

The Karlawinda Gold Project was acquired through the acquisition of Greenmount Resources Pty Ltd on 3 February 2016. See Note 28. 
See Note 10. 

NOTE 13 – CURRENT TRADE & OTHER PAYABLES 

Unsecured liabilities: 
Trade Payables 
Accrued Payables – Operating (1) (2) 
Accrued Payables – World Titane Holdings Ltd (3) 
Total Current Trade & Other Payables 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

939,466 
376,887 
30,000 
1,346,353 

231,629 
1,575,388 
60,000 
1,867,017 

Note: 
(1) 

(2) 
(3) 

2016: Includes the final instalment of $1,500,000, due to Independence Group NL for the completion of the acquisition of the Karlawinda Gold 
Project tenements by wholly owned subsidiary, Greenmount Resources Pty Ltd. 
2017: Includes $330,584 of stamp duty payable in relation to the acquisition of Greenmount Resources Pty Ltd. 
Accrued payables include amounts in respect of the Share Purchase Agreement with WTR Holdings Pty Ltd (formerly Madagascar Resources 
NL) estimated to be payable within the next 12 months. WTR Holdings Pty Ltd transferred its receivable to World Titane Holdings Ltd (WTH) 
in December 2016. The liability owed to WTH is only repayable from 70% of the labradorite royalty cash receipts actually received by Mada-
Aust SARL from the one remaining specified lessee. 

NOTE 14 – SHORT TERM PROVISIONS 

Provision for annual leave: 
Opening 1 July 
Additional provisions 
Amounts used 
Foreign exchange adjustments 
Liabilities directly associated with assets classified as held for sale 
Closing 30 June 

Number of employees at year end: 

Australia 
Madagascar 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

25,931 
128,135 
(54,005) 
479 
(11,483) 
89,057 

9 
15 
24 

16,893 
37,197 
(28,704) 
545 
- 
25,931 

2 
21 
23 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 15 – NON-CURRENT TRADE & OTHER PAYABLES 

Unsecured liabilities: 
Accrued Payables (1) 
Total Non-Current Trade & Other Payables 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

378,416 
378,416 

374,578 
374,578 

Note: 
(1) 

Accrued payables are amounts in respect of the Share Purchase Agreement with WTR Holdings Pty Ltd (formerly Madagascar Resources 
NL).  This portion of the liability is only repayable from 70% of the labradorite royalty cash receipts actually received by Mada-Aust SARL and 
is not expected to be settled in the next financial year.  

The agreement provides that repayment is due only from amounts received in cash from royalty payers. Two of the three companies ceased 
operations during 2011 and have returned the tenements to the Company. The term of the remaining royalty agreement ends 30 June 2030. 

NOTE 16 – ISSUED CAPITAL 

572,379,458 fully paid ordinary shares (2016: 485,909,373) 

Ordinary shares: 
At 1 July 
Shares issued during the year: 
- 2 December 2015 (1) 
- 3 February 2016 (2) 
- 3 February 2016 (3) 
- 5 May 2016 (4)  
- 19 September 2016 (5) 
- 10 March 2017 (6) 
- 5 May 2017 (7) 
Costs of capital raised 
At 30 June 

2017 
$ 
42,121,506 
42,121,506 

2016 
$ 
32,509,123 
32,509,123 

2017 

2016 

No. 

$ 

No. 

$ 

485,909,373 

32,509,123 

165,346,421 

14,733,538 

- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000,000 
54,852,304 
30,617,781 
- 
572,379,458 

- 
- 
- 
- 
150,000 
6,417,720 
3,582,280 
(537,617) 
42,121,506 

6,290,055 
171,636,476 
45,454,546 
97,181,875 
- 
- 
- 
- 
485,909,373 

131,475 
4,146,955 
1,500,000 
12,633,644 
- 
- 
- 
(636,489) 
32,509,123 

There are no preference shares on issue. 

Note: 
(1) 

2 December 2015: 6,290,055 fully paid ordinary shares were issued to directors, subsequent 
to shareholder approval received on 26 November 2015. The shares were issued as payment 
for accrued director fees totalling $131,475. The shares were issued as follows: 

Shares Issued 

1,097,499 
1,493,181 
1,646,250 
2,053,125 
6,290,055   

Issue Price 
(per share) 
$0.030 
$0.022 
$0.020 
$0.016 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

(7) 

3 February 2016: 171,636,476 shares were issued for the acquisition of Greenmount Resources Pty Ltd. See Note 28. 

3 February 2016: 45,454,546 shares were issued at a price of $0.033 per share on completion of a placement. 

5 May 2016: 97,181,875 shares were issued at a price of $0.13 per share on completion of a placement. 

19 September 2016: 1,000,000 shares were issued at a price of $0.15 per share on the exercise of unlisted options by Non-Executive Director, 
Mr G LeClezio. 

10 March 2017: 54,852,304 shares were issued at a price of $0.117 per share as completion of Tranche 1 of the placement to Hawke’s Point 
Holdings I Limited. In addition, 18,284,101 free attaching options were also issued with an exercise price of $0.15 per share and an expiry date 
of 5 May 2020. 

5 May 2017: 30,617,781 shares were issued at a price of $0.117 per share as completion of Tranche 2 of the placement to Hawke’s Point 
Holdings I Limited. In addition, 10,205,927 free attaching options were also issued with an exercise price of $0.15 per share and an expiry date 
of 5 May 2020. 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 16 – ISSUED CAPITAL (Cont’d) 

Ordinary  shares  participate  in  dividends  and  the  proceeds  on  winding  up  of  the  parent  entity  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  shares  held.  At 
shareholders’ meetings each ordinary share is entitled to one vote when a poll is called, otherwise each shareholder has one vote on a show of 
hands. 

The Company does not have authorised capital or par value in respect of its shares. 

Stock Exchange Listing: 

Total issued capital is 572,379,458 (2016: 485,909,373) shares, of which 572,379,458 (2016: 314,272,897) are listed on the Australian Securities 
Exchange (ASX) at the date of this report. 

Options: 

The following options were on issue during the year: 

2017 

2016 

Weighted Av.  
Exercise Price 

Number of  
Options 

Weighted Av.  
Exercise Price  

Number of  
Options 

(a)  Options exercisable at $0.15 on or before  

30 November 2016: 
Balance at beginning of year 
Exercised 
Lapsed 
Balance at end of year 

(b)  Options exercisable at $0.10 on or before  

31 May 2020: 
Balance at beginning of year 
Issued during the year 
Balance at end of year 

(c)  Options exercisable at $0.20 on or before  

31 May 2020: 
Balance at beginning of year 
Issued during the year 
Balance at end of year 

(d)  Options exercisable at $0.15 on or before  

5 May 2021: 
Balance at beginning of year 
Issued during the year 
Balance at end of year 

Fair value: 

$0.15 
$0.15 
$0.15 
- 

$0.10 
- 
$0.10 

- 
$0.20 
$0.20 

- 
$0.15 
$0.15 

7,500,000 
(1,000,000) 
(6,500,000) 
- 

10,800,000 
- 
10,800,000 

- 
7,000,000 
7,000,000 

- 
31,890,028 
31,890,028 

$0.15 

- 
$0.15 

- 
$0.10 
$0.10 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

7,500,000 

- 
7,500,000 

- 
10,800,000 
10,800,000 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

The fair value of services rendered in return for share options granted is based on the fair value of share options granted, measured using the Black-
Sholes option pricing formula. There were 38,890,028 share options granted during the year ended 30 June 2017 (2016: 10,800,000). 

Fair Value of Options & Assumptions: 
Grant date 
Expiry date 
Number granted 
Fair Value at grant date (per option) 
Share Price at grant date 
Exercise price 
Expected share price volatility  
Expected life of option (days) 
Expected dividends 
Risk free interest rate 

Directors 

29/11/16 
31/05/20 
7,000,000 
$0.021 
$0.100 
$0.200 
60% 
1,283 
- 
1.97% 

Employees 
13/06/17 
05/05/21 
3,400,000 
$0.021 
$0.088 
$0.150 
50% 
1,422 
- 
1.84% 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 17 – RESERVES 

Share based payment reserve: 
Opening balance 1 July 
Share based payments for the year 
Closing balance 30 June 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

316,018 
545,221 
861,239 

200,353 
115,665 
316,018 

This reserve is used to record the value of equity benefits provided to employees and directors as part of their remuneration. Refer to Note 20 and 
the Remuneration Report for further details. 

Foreign currency translation reserve: 
Opening balance 1 July 
Translation movement for the year 
Closing balance 30 June 

This reserve records exchange differences arising on translation of foreign controlled subsidiaries. 

Asset revaluation reserve: 
Opening balance 1 July 
Revaluation movement for the year 
Closing balance 30 June 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

(733,639) 
16,357 
(717,282) 

(754,034) 
20,395 
(733,639) 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

2,167,734 
16,287 
2,184,021 

- 
2,167,734 
2,167,734 

This reserve records fair value re-measurement recorded on the Groups land & building asset held in Madagascar. 

NOTE 18 – ACCUMULATED LOSSES 

Opening balance 1 July 
Loss for the year 
Closing balance 30 June 

NOTE 19 – EARNINGS PER SHARE 

Earnings used in calculating basic and diluted earnings per share: 
- 

Loss attributable to members of the parent entity 

Basic and diluted loss per share: 
- 

cents per share  

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding at 30 June 

As at 30 June 2017 there are 49,690,028 (2016: 18,300,000) unlisted options on issue.  

2017 
$ 

(11,048,697) 
(3,293,239) 
(14,341,936) 

2016 
$ 
(7,347,829) 
(3,700,868) 
(11,048,697) 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

(3,293,239) 

(3,700,868) 

Cents 

Cents 

(0.65) 

(1.36) 

Number 

Number 

508,216,370 

271,652,335 

As the Group incurred a loss for the year (2016: Loss), the options on issue have no dilutive effect, therefore the diluted earnings per share is equal 
to the basic earnings per share.  

49,690,028 (2016: 18,300,000) unlisted options which could potentially dilute the basic earnings per share in the future have been excluded from the 
diluted earnings per share calculation as they are not dilutive for the current year presented. 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 20 – SHARE BASED PAYMENTS 

Options: 

All options refer to options over ordinary shares of Capricorn Metals Ltd which are exercisable on a one for one basis. 

During  the  year  ended  30  June  2017,  10,400,000  options  were  granted  to  key  management  personnel  &  employees  of  the  Company  (2016: 
10,800,000 options). 

The fair value of the options is calculated at the grant date using a Black–Scholes pricing model and allocated to each reporting period in accordance 
with the vesting profile of the options. 

The value recognised is the portion of the fair value of the options allocated to the reporting period. The factors and assumptions used in determining 
the fair value on grant date of options issued during the financial year as follows: 

Granted during 2017: 

Number of 
Options 

Grant 
Date 

Expiry 
Date 

Fair Value per 
Option 

Exercise  
Price 

Share Price on 
Grant Date 

Risk Free Interest
Rate (%) 

Estimated 
Volatility 
(%) 

Number Vested  
as at 
30 June 2017 

7,000,000 (1) 

29/11/2016 

31/05/2020 

3,400,000 (2) 

13/06/2017 

31/05/2021 

$0.021 

$0.021 

$0.200 

$0.150 

$0.100 

$0.088 

1.97% 

1.84% 

60% 

50% 

- 

- 

In the table above, the following vesting profiles have been adopted: 

(1)  2,333,333 vest on 29 November 2017, 2,333,333 vest on 29 November 2018 and 2,333,334 vest on 29 November 2019. 
(2)  1,133,333 vest on 11 May 2018, 1,133,333 vest on 11 May 2019 and 1,133,334 vest on 11 May 2020. 

Granted during 2016 and outstanding at 30 June 2017: 

Number of 
Options 

Grant 
Date 

Expiry 
Date 

Fair Value per 
Option 

Exercise  
Price 

Share Price on 
Grant Date 

Risk Free Interest
Rate (%) 

Estimated 
Volatility 
(%) 

Number Vested  
as at 
30 June 2017 

10,800,000 

20/04/16 

31/05/20 

$0.105 

$0.100 

$0.140 

2.01 

100 

3,600,000 

In the table above, the following vesting profile has been adopted: 

3,600,000 vest on 20 April 2017, 3,600,000 vest on 20 April 2018 and 3,600,000 vest on 20 April 2019. 

The expected volatility is based on the historic volatility (calculated based on the weighted average remaining life of the share options), adjusted for 
any expected changes to future volatility due to publicly available information.   

No dividends have been assumed to be paid during the life of the options. No options were exercised during the year (2016: Nil). 

Expenses arising from share-based payment transactions: 

Total expenses arising from share-based payment transactions recognised during the period were as follows: 

Options 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

545,221 

115,665 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 21 – NOTE TO THE STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS  

Reconciliation of cash flow from operations, with loss after income tax: 

Loss after income tax 
Non-cash flows in result: 

Depreciation 
Impairment 
Fair value gain on financial assets 
Foreign currency translation 
Share based payment 

Cash flows in result not classified as cash flows from operations: 

Profit on sale of fixed assets 
Profit/(Loss) on sale of financial assets 
Profit on sale of potential future royalty 
Option payment received on potential sale of exploration permits 
Deposit received on sale of Subsidiary 

Changes in assets and liabilities: 

Increase in income taxes payable 
(Increase) in other current assets 
Increase/(Decrease) in payables and accruals 

Cashflow used by Operations 

Non-cash investing and financing activities: 

2017 
$ 
(3,293,239) 

2016 
$ 
(3,700,868) 

73,727 
558,885 
22,632 
(6,965) 
545,221 

(17,722) 
(5,357) 
- 
(56,234) 
(75,000) 

1,426 
(137,910) 
626,634 
(1,763,902) 

62,673 
2,322,216 
216,868 
19,497 
115,665 

(47,276) 
51,555 
(305,960) 
- 
- 

1,397 
(204,929) 
(51,691) 
(1,520,853) 

There were no non-cash investing and financing activities during the year ended 30 June 2017. During the year ended 30 June 2016, 171,636,476 
ordinary shares were issued for the acquisition of Greenmount Resources Pty Ltd (See Note 28). 

NOTE 22 – COMMITMENTS 

Exploration Commitments 

Madagascar 

The Group has no statutory obligations to perform minimum exploration work on its tenements; however, the Company needs to maintain an active 
work program to retain its interests.  For the 2017 calendar year tenement rents of approximately $85,000 per annum were payable to maintain 
ownership over the tenement areas.  33% of the tenement rents were recouped from other parties.  

Australia 

The Group is obligated to meet the minimum expenditure commitments on its tenements held in Western Australia or may face forced relinquishment 
of all or part of the tenement. 

As at 30 June 2017 there are 7 granted tenements with an annual expenditure commitment totalling $310,000 and one granted mining lease with an 
annual expenditure commitment of $297,600. 

Operating Lease Commitments 

The Group leases office premises in West Perth, Western Australia under normal commercial lease arrangements. The office lease was entered into 
for an initial 5 year period commencing 1 May 2017. In addition, the Group entered into a lease arrangement on a printer from 22 May 2017. The 
lease is for a term of 5 years. 

Lease Commitments: Group as lessee 
Operating leases: 

-  Within one year 
- 

Later than one year but not later than five years 

Aggregate lease expenditure contracted for at reporting date but not recognised as liabilities 

Other commitments 

Capricorn Metals Ltd has bank guarantees totalling $138,364. See Note 8. 

CAPRICORN METALS LTD ABN 84 121 700 105  

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

141,268 
645,398 
786,666 

- 
- 
- 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 23 – CONTINGENT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

There were no contingent assets or liabilities at 30 June 2017 (2016: Nil). 

NOTE 24 – EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO REPORTING DATE 

There were no material events arising subsequent to 30 June 2017 to the date of this report which may significantly affect the operations of the 
consolidated entity, the results of those operations and the state of affairs of the consolidated entity in the future, other than: 

 

22 September 2016, 6,000,000 unlisted incentive options were issued under the Incentive Option Plan to Chief Financial Officer, Mr J 
Shellabear. 

NOTE 25 – FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS 

(a) 

Capital risk management: 

Management controls the capital of the Group in order to ensure that the Group can fund its operations and continue as a going concern.   

There are no externally imposed capital requirements.  

Management effectively manages the Group’s capital by assessing the Group’s financial risks and adjusting its capital structure in response to changes 
in these risks and in the market. These responses include the management of debt levels, distributions to shareholders and share issues.   

There have been no changes in the strategy adopted by management to control the capital of the Group since the prior year. 

(b) 

Market risk: 

The Group’s financial instruments consist mainly of deposits with banks, accounts receivable and payable.  The Group does not speculate in the 
trading of derivative instruments.  

There has been no change to the Group’s exposure to market risks or the manner in which it manages and measures the risk from the previous year. 

(c) 

Foreign currency risk: 

The Group is exposed to fluctuations in foreign currencies arising from the sale and purchase of goods and services in currencies other than the 
Group’s functional and presentation currency. 

As a result of subsidiary companies being registered in Madagascar, the Group's statement of financial position can be affected by movements in 
the AUD$/Ariary exchange rates. The Group do not seek to hedge this exposure. There is no formal foreign currency management policy, however 
the Group monitors its foreign currency expenditure and foreign subsidiary requirements. 

The following table shows the foreign currency risk on the financial assets and liabilities of the Groups operations denominated in currencies other 
than the functional currency of the operations.   

2017 
Cash 
Receivables 
Payables 
Statement of Financial Position exposure 

2016 
Cash 
Receivables 
Payables 
Statement of Financial Position exposure 

MGA 

5,891 
49,520 
(14,185) 
41,226 

MGA 

34,227 
67,217 
(12,661) 
88,783 

Net Financial Assets/(liabilities) in AUD 
AUD 
EURO 
USD 
5,535,579 
146,649 
(1,332,168) 
4,350,060 

- 
- 
- 
- 

193 
- 
- 
193 

Total AUD 

5,541,663 
196,169 
(1,346,353) 
4,391,479 

Net Financial Assets/(liabilities) in AUD 
EURO 
USD 
AUD 

11,721,401 
52,015 
(1,854,356) 
9,919,060 

88 
- 
- 
88 

Total AUD 

11,755,911 
119,232 
(1,867,017) 
10,008,126 

195 
- 
- 
195 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 25 – FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Cont’d) 

(d) 

Interest rate risk:  

At the reporting date, the interest rate profile of the Group’s interest bearing financial instruments was: 

Variable rate instruments: 
- Financial assets 

Cash flow sensitivity analysis for variable rate instruments: 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

5,541,663 

11,755,911 

A change of 100 basis points in interest rates at the reporting date would have increased (decreased) equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown 
below. This analysis assumes that all other variables remain constant. The analysis is performed on the same basis for 2016. 

Variable rate instruments 

(e) 

Liquidity risk: 

2017 

2016 

100 bp  
increase 
55,416 

100 bp  
decrease 
(55,416) 

100 bp  
increase 
117,559 

100 bp  
decrease 
(117,559) 

Liquidity risk arises from the possibility that the Group might encounter difficulty in settling its debts or otherwise meeting its obligations related to 
financial liabilities. 

The Group manages liquidity risk by monitoring forecast cash flows and ensuring that adequate facilities are maintained.  

The following are the contractual maturities of the Group’s financial liabilities: 

Trade and other payables: 
- at 30 June 2017 
- at 30 June 2016 

(f) 

Credit risk: 

Carrying Amount 
$ 

Contractual Cash 
Flows 
$ 

6 Months or Less 
$ 

1,346,353 
1,867,017 

(1,346,353) 
(1,867,017) 

(1,346,353) 
(1,867,017) 

Credit risk is managed to ensure that customers are of sound credit worthiness and monitoring is used to recover aged debts and assess receivables 
for impairment.   

Credit terms are generally 30 days from the invoice date.   

The  Group  has  no  significant  concentration  of  credit  risk  with  any  single  party  with  the  exception  of  the  TVA  receivable  from  the  Madagascan 
government relating to taxes paid on the Business Sale Agreement and Long Term Lease Agreement. These taxes are recoverable long term in 
accordance with existing Madagascan taxation law. The Group has assessed the non-current TVA receivable as non-recoverable, and has recorded 
a provision for impairment of the full amount.  

Risk is also minimized by investing surplus funds in financial institutions with a high credit rating. 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 25 – FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Cont’d) 

(g) 

Financial instruments measured at fair value: 

The financial instruments recognised at fair value in the statement of financial position have been analysed and classified using a fair value hierarchy 
reflecting the significance of the inputs used in making the measurements.  

The fair value hierarchy consists of the following levels: 
-  quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1); 
-  inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (as prices) or indirectly (derived 

from prices) (Level 2); and  

-  inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs) (Level 3). 

Level 1 

Level 2 

Level 3 

Total 

30 June 2017 
Financial assets: 
Available-for-sale financial assets: 
- listed investments 
- unlisted warrants 

30 June 2016 
Financial assets: 
Available-for-sale financial assets: 
- listed investments 
- unlisted warrants 

70,139 
- 
70,139 

83,369 
- 
83,369 

- 
- 
- 

- 
92,260 
92,260 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

70,139 
- 
70,139 

83,369 
92,260 
175,629 

Included within Level 1 of the hierarchy are the NEXT Source Materials Inc shares listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The fair values of these 
financial assets have been based on the closing quoted bid prices at the end of the reporting period, excluding transaction costs. 

In  determining the fair value of  unlisted investments included in  Level  2  of the hierarchy,  which include  unlisted warrants  held in NEXT Source 
Materials Inc, the Black Scholes option pricing model has been used to calculate a fair value based on the income approach valuation and inputs as 
set out in Note 4.  

No transfers between the levels of the fair value hierarchy occurred during the current or previous reporting period. 

The directors consider that the carrying value of all financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised in the consolidated financial statements 
approximate to their fair value. 

(h) 

Financial liability and financial asset maturity analysis: 

Financial liabilities –   Due for payment: 
Payables 
Payable for Share Purchase Agreement 
Total expected outflows 
Financial Assets – Cash flows realisable: 
Cash 
Assets 
Receivables 
Total Inflow on Financial Instruments 

Within 1 year 

1 to 5 years 

Total 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

1,508,307 
30,000 
1,538,307 

1,835,254 
60,000 
1,895,254 

- 
378,416 
378,416 

- 
374,578 
374,578 

5,544,281 
70,139 
276,116 
5,890,536 

11,755,911 
175,629 
119,232 
12,050,772 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

1,508,307 
408,416 
1,916,723 

5,544,281 
70,139 
276,116 
5,890,536 

1,835,254 
434,578 
2,269,832 

11,755,911 
175,629 
119,232 
12,050,772 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 26 – STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS BY SEGMENT 

Identification of reportable segments:  

The Group has identified its operating segments based on the internal reports that are reviewed and used by the Board of Directors (as the chief 
operating decision makers) in assessing performance and determining the allocation of resources. 

The group is managed primarily on the basis of geographical location as the Group’s operations inherently have different risk profiles and performance 
assessment criteria.  Operating segments are therefore determined on the same basis.  Reportable segments are therefore disclosed as geographical 
segments being Australia, Madagascar and Mauritius. 

Basis for accounting for purpose of reporting by operating segments: 

  Accounting policies adopted: 

Unless otherwise stated, all amounts reported to the Board of Directors, being the chief operating decision makers with respect to operating segments, 
are determined in accordance with accounting policies that are consistent to those adopted in the annual financial statements of the Group outlined 
in Note 1. 

 

Intersegmental transactions: 

Intersegment loans are recognised at the consideration received net of transaction costs.  Intersegment loans are not adjusted to fair value based on 
market interest rates.   

2017 
Revenue 
Revenue 
Other income 
Total segment revenue 

Result 
Segment Result 
Profit/(Loss) before Income tax  

Assets 
Segment Assets 
Segment Liabilities 

Other 
Acquisition of non-current assets 
Depreciation expense 

2016 
Revenue 
Revenue 
Other income 
Total segment revenue 

Result 
Segment Result 
Profit/(Loss) before Income tax  

Assets 
Segment Assets 
Segment Liabilities 

Other 
Acquisition of non-current assets 
Depreciation expense 

Australia 

Madagascar 

Mauritius 

Elimination 

Consolidated Entity 

- 
162,626 
162,626 

189,214 
73,752 
262,966 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

189,214 
236,378 
425,592 

(3,017,516) 
(3,017,516) 

(133,581) 
(130,195) 

(24,500) 
(24,500) 

(117,642) 
(117,642) 

(3,293,239) 
(3,289,853) 

26,043,170 
(1,799,513) 

2,519,807 
(19,917) 

178,393 
19,790 

1,679 
53,937 

Australia 

Madagascar 

Mauritius 

- 
351,819 
351,819 

249,099 
100,719 
348,818 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

3,360,795 
3,206 

31,923,772 
(1,816,224) 

- 
- 

180,072 
73,727 

Elimination 

Consolidated Entity 

-
-
-

248,099 
452,538 
700,637 

(2,936,913) 
(2,936,913) 

(785,522) 
(781,435) 

(29,192) 
(29,192) 

50,759
50,759

(3,700,868) 
(3,696,781) 

26,137,230 
(2,239,568) 

2,673,365 
(70,105) 

45,858 
2,609 

5,543 
60,064 

- 
- 

- 
- 

(3,330,225)
39,842

25,480,370 
(2,269,831) 

-
-

51,401 
62,673 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 27 – RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES 

(a) Key Management Personnel: 

Mr H Hellewell 

Executive Chairman 

Transitioned from Non-Executive Director to Executive Chairman – 14 March 2017 

Mr G LeClezio  

Non-Executive Director 

Transitioned from Non-Executive Chairman to Non-Executive Director – 14 March 
2017 

Mr Stuart Pether 

Non-Executive Director 

Appointed 14 March 2017 

Mr P Thompson  

Chief Operating Officer 

Transitioned from Managing Director to Chief Operating Officer – 14 March 2017 

Mr P Langworthy 

Executive General Manager - Geology 

Transitioned from Technical Director to Executive General Manager - Geology – 14 
March 2017 

Mr J Shellabear 

Chief Financial Officer 
Joint Company Secretary 

Mr J Marquetoux 

CFO & Gerant (Madagascar) 

Appointed Non-Executive Director 5 December 2017. Transitioned from Non-
Executive Director to Chief Financial Officer – 14 March 2017. Appointed Joint 
Company Secretary 11 May 2017. 

Mr G Boden  

Joint Company Secretary 

Resigned as Company Secretary – 11 May 2017. 

Mrs N Santi  

Joint Company Secretary 

Key Management Personnel Remuneration: 

Key management personnel remuneration has been included in the Remuneration Report section of the Directors Report.   

The total remuneration paid to Key Management Personnel of the Group during the year are as follows: 

Short term benefits 
Other service fees 
Post – employment benefits 
Share Based Payments 
Annual Leave 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

880,660 
132,998 
63,108 
543,804 
60,945 
1,681,515 

402,061 
133,134 
15,757 
115,665 
13,161 
679,778 

(b) Related Party Transactions with Key Management Personnel: 

Apart from details disclosed in this note, no director has entered into a material contract with the Group since the end of the previous financial year 
and there were no material contracts involving directors’ interests existing at year end.  

Transactions between related parties are on usual commercial terms and conditions no more favourable than those available to other parties unless 
otherwise stated.  

The aggregate amounts recognised during the year relating to key management personnel and their related parties are as follows: 

Key Management Person 
P Langworthy (1) 
G Boden (2) 

Transaction 
Exploration programme management 
Corporate services 

2017 
$ 
1,937,760 
128,998 
2,066,758 

2016 
$ 

644,037 
130,134 
774,171 

Note: 
(1) 

(2) 

OMNI GeoX Pty Ltd, of which Mr P Langworthy is a Director and shareholder, provides services in relation to the management and execution 
of the exploration programme, for which fees were billed on hourly rates the same as for other clients, as were due and payable under normal 
terms. The agreement may be terminated by one months’ notice. 
Boden Corporate Services Pty Ltd, of which Mr G Boden is a director, provided services in company secretarial, accounting and administration 
roles for which service fees were billed based on normal market rates, and were due and payable under normal terms. Boden Corporate 
provided these services from 1 October 2013 to 31 May 2017.  

Amounts payable to key management personnel at the reporting date arising from these contract services were as set out below: 

Current payables: 
Trade and other payables 

CAPRICORN METALS LTD ABN 84 121 700 105  

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

62,611 
62,611 

95,914 
95,914 

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For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 27 – RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES (Cont’d) 

(c) Controlled Entities: 

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Capricorn Metals Ltd and the subsidiaries set out in the following table. 

Subsidiaries 
Mada-Aust SARL 
Mazoto Minerals SARL (1) 
Energex SARL 
Mining Services SARL 
St Denis Holdings SARL  
Madagascar Graphite Ltd (2) 
MGY Mauritius Ltd (3) 
Malagasy Graphite Holdings Ltd (4) 
Greenmount Resources Pty Ltd (5) 

% Ownership 

Country 
Madagascar 
Madagascar 
Madagascar 
Madagascar 
Madagascar 
Mauritius 
Mauritius 
Australia 
Australia 

Principal activity 
Exploration  
Exploration 
Dormant 
Exploration Services 
Commercial Property 
Investment Holding 
Investment Holding 
Investment Holding 
Exploration 

2017 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 

2016 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 

Note: 
(1) 
(2) 
(3) 
(4) 
(5) 

A 1% interest is held in trust for Capricorn Metals Ltd. 
Incorporated 23 November 2015. 
Incorporated 12 November 2015. 
Incorporated 30 October 2015. 
Acquired 3 February 2016 (See Note 28). 

The subsidiaries noted above are all controlled entities and are dependent on the parent entity for financial support.  

During the year no loans were capitalised as investment (2016: Nil).  

Additional loans were made as follows:   

- Madagascan operations: $96,867 (2016: $332,687). 
- Australian operations: $14,442,874 (2016: 1,922,766) 

At the year end, total net loans from the parent company to these subsidiaries amount to $20,274,370 (2016: $513,770). Loans to subsidiaries total 
$27,348,526 (2016: $7,000,060) with a provision for impairment of $7,074,157 (2016: $6,486,290). 

NOTE 28 – ASSET ACQUISITION 

Acquisition of Subsidiary Company – Greenmount Resources Pty Ltd 

On 3 February 2016, Capricorn Metals Ltd acquired all the voting shares of Greenmount Resources Pty Ltd (“Greenmount”) by Share Sale Agreement.  

The acquisition of Greenmount was considered an asset acquisition for accounting purposes as the acquired assets did not meet the definition of a 
business as defined in the Australian Accounting Standards. The directors have determined that the fair value consideration of the acquisition was 
$4,146,955. 

The fair value consideration of the acquisition is based upon the following: 

Independent Valuation of Karlawinda Gold Project 
Outstanding acquisition liabilities 

Other net assets acquired 
Fair value 

The consideration paid was 171,636,476 ordinary shares. 

$ 
5,700,000 
(1,635,540) 
4,064,460 
82,495 
4,146,955 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Cont’d) 
For the year ended 30 June 2017 

NOTE 29 – PARENT ENTITY DISCLOSURES 

The  following  information  has  been  extracted  from  the  books  and  records  of  the  parent  and  has  been  prepared  in  accordance  with  Australian 
Accounting Standards. 

Assets: 
Current Assets 
Non-Current Assets 
Total Assets 

Liabilities: 
Current Liabilities 
Non-Current Liabilities 
Total Liabilities 

Shareholders’ Equity: 
Issued Capital 
Reserves 
Accumulated Losses 
Total Shareholders’ Equity 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

5,263,524 
25,752,655 
31,016,179 

612,860 
378,416 
991,276 

42,121,506 
861,239 
(12,957,842) 
30,024,903 

11,942,159 
11,579,970 
23,522,129 

297,126 
374,578 
671,704 

32,509,123 
316,018 
(9,974,716) 
22,850,425 

Statement of Comprehensive Income: 
Net loss attributable to members of the parent entity 

(2,983,126) 

(2,914,529) 

Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to members of the parent entity 

(2,983,126) 

(2,914,529) 

The Parent entity has not entered into any contractual commitments for the acquisition of property plant and equipment at the date of this report.  

Guarantees entered into by Parent entity: 

As at 30 June 2017, the Group has the following financial guarantees: 

- 
- 

$40,000 is held as security for the credit card facility and bears 2.2% interest 
$98,364 is held as security for the office lease and bears 2.2% interest.  

NOTE 30 – AUDITORS REMUNERATION 

Amount payable to William Buck Audit (WA) Pty Ltd 
-  Auditing or reviewing the financial report 

2017 
$ 

2016 
$ 

27,050 

24,050 

Amounts payable to other audit firms for the audit and review of the financial reports of subsidiary companies was $6,315 (2016: $3,671) 

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Directors’ Declaration  

The Directors of the Company declare that: 

1. 

the financial statements and notes, as set out on pages 18 to 46 are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001 and: 

(a) 

comply with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001; and 

(b) 

give a true and fair view of the financial position as at 30 June 2017 and of the performance for the year ended on that date of the 
consolidated entity; 

2. 

the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have each declared that: 

(a) 

the financial records of the Company for the financial year have been properly maintained in accordance with section 286 of the 
Corporations Act 2001; 

(b) 

the financial statements and notes for the financial year comply with the Accounting Standards; and 

(c) 

the financial report also complies with International Financial Reporting Standards as disclosed in Note 1; and 

(d) 

the financial statements and notes for the financial year give a true and fair view; 

3. 

4. 

the remuneration disclosures that are contained in the Remuneration Report in the Directors Report comply with the Corporations Act 2001 
and the Corporations Regulations 2001. 

in the directors’ opinion there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they become 
due and payable. 

This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors and is signed for and on behalf of the Directors by: 

Mr H Hellewell 
Executive Chairman 

Perth, Western Australia 
28 September 2017 

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ASX Additional Information  

1. 

Listed Shares  

The shareholder information set out below was applicable as at 22 September 2017. 

a) 

Distribution of Share Holdings  

Size of Holding 

No. of Shareholders 

No. of Shares 

1 - 1,000 
1,001 - 5,000 
5,001 - 10,000 
10,001 - 100,000 
100,001 and over 
Total Shareholders  

38 
53 
175 
642 
342 
1,250 

7,837 
207,892 
1,426,082 
28,372,375 
542,365,272 
572,379,458 

There are 99 Shareholders with less than a marketable parcel at a price of $0.09, totalling 258,155 shares.  

b) 

Voting Rights 

The voting rights attached to the ordinary shares are governed by the Constitution. 

On a show of hands every person present who is a Member or representative of a Member shall have one vote and on a poll, every Member present 
in person or by proxy or by attorney or duly authorised representative shall have one vote for each share held.  None of the options have any voting 
rights. 

c) 

Twenty Largest Shareholders 

Shareholder 
Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 
Centrepeak Resources Group Pty Ltd 
Nedlands Nominees Pty Ltd 
Merrill Lynch (Australia) Nominees Pty Limited 
Harmanis Holdings Pty Ltd 
Ellenbrook Investments Pty Ltd 
Resource Discovery Pty Ltd 
J P Morgan Nominees Australia Limited 
BNP Paribas Noms Pty Ltd 
Running Water Limited 
Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 
Mr Jules LeClezio 
Mr Bradley James Drabsch 
Pershing Australia Nominees Pty Ltd 
Peter Robert Thompson 
OMNI GeoX Pty Ltd 
Mutual Investments Pty Ltd 
Sassey Pty Ltd 
HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited 
Quantum Holdings Pty Ltd 
Precision Opportunities Fund Ltd 
Top Twenty Shareholders 
Total Issued Capital  

d) 

Substantial Shareholders 

No. of Shares 

86,040,627 
74,221,378 
28,536,277 
23,102,817 
17,851,616 
17,671,673 
14,135,322 
13,374,738 
12,725,246 
12,690,513 
11,800,757 
11,700,000 
8,711,936 
8,578,435 
5,522,398 
5,104,903 
5,000,000 
5,000,000 
4,719,163 
4,550,000 
4,500,000 
375,537,799 
572,379,458 

The names of the substantial shareholders listed in the Company’s share register as at 22 September 2017 were: 

Shareholder 
Hawke’s Point Holdings I Limited 
Centrepeak Resources Group Pty Ltd 
Acorn Capital Limited 
Total 

e) 

On Market Buy-Back 

There is currently no on-market buy-back in place 

No. of Shares 

85,470,085 
74,221,378 
34,704,712 
94,396,175 

% 
15.03 
12.97 
4.99 
4.04 
3.12 
3.09 
2.47 
2.33 
2.22 
2.22 
2.06 
2.04 
1.52 
1.50 
0.96 
0.89 
0.87 
0.87 
0.82 
0.79 
0.79 
65.61 
100.00 

% 
14.93 
12.97 
6.06 
33.96 

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ASX Additional Information (Cont’d) 

2. 

a) 

Unquoted Securities – Options 

Distribution of Option Holdings  

Size of Holding 

100,001 and over 
Total Optionholders  

b) 

Voting Rights 

No. of Optionholders 
13 
13 

No. of Options 

55,690,028 
55,690,028 

Unlisted options do not entitle the holder to any voting rights. 

c) 

Holder of More Than 20% of Unquoted Options 

As at 22 September 2017 the Company has on issue 55,690,028 Unquoted Options over ordinary shares. The names of security holders holding 
more that 20% of a class of Unquoted Option are listed below. 

Optionholder 
Jericho Exploration Pty Ltd 
Peter Robert Thompson 
Hawke’s Point Holdings I Limited 
Holders individually less than 20% 
Total 

Exercisable at $0.10 
Expiring 31/05/2020 
4,800,000 
6,000,000 
- 
- 
10,800,000 

Exercisable at $0.20 
Expiring 31/05/2020 

2,500,000 
2,500,000 
- 
2,000,000 
7,000,000 

Exercisable at $0.15 
Expiring 05/05/2021 
- 
- 
28,490,028 
9,400,000 
37,890,028 

d) 

Details of options on issue 

The following Unquoted Options are on issue: 

No. of Options 

3,600,000 
3,600,000 
3,600,000 
2,333,333 
2,333,333 
2,333,334 
18,284,101 
10,205,927 
3,133,333 
3,133,333 
3,133,334 
55,690,028 

Exercise Price 
$0.10 
$0.10 
$0.10 
$0.20 
$0.20 
$0.20 
$0.15 
$0.15 
$0.15 
$0.15 
$0.15 

Vesting Date 
20/04/2017 
20/04/2018 
20/04/2019 
25/11/2017 
25/11/2018 
25/11/2019 
09/03/2017 
05/05/2017 
11/05/2018 
11/05/2019 
11/05/2020 

Expiry Date 
31/05/2020 
31/05/2020 
31/05/2020 
31/05/2020 
31/05/2020 
31/05/2020 
05/05/2021 
05/05/2021 
05/05/2021 
05/05/2021 
05/05/2021 

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Tenement Schedule 

Australia: 

Lease 

Project 

Company 

Blocks 1 

Status 

Date of Grant/ 
Application 

Expiry 

Tenements 

E52/1711 
E52/2247 
E52/2398 
E52/2409 
E52/3323 
E52/3363 
E52/3364 
E52/3450 
E52/3474 
E52/3533 
E52/3541 
E52/3543 
E52/3554 
E52/3562 
E52/3571 
Total Blocks 

Karlawinda 
Karlawinda 
Karlawinda 
Karlawinda 
Karlawinda 
Karlawinda 
Karlawinda 
Karlawinda 
Karlawinda 
Karlawinda  
Karlawinda  
Karlawinda  
Karlawinda 
Karlawinda  
Karlawinda  

Miscellaneous Licences 

L52/174 
L52/175 
L52/177 
L52/178 
L52/179 
L52/180 
L52/181 
Mining Lease 
M52/1070 

Karlawinda  
Karlawinda  
Karlawinda  
Karlawinda  
Karlawinda  
Karlawinda 
Karlawinda  

Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 

Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 
Greenmount 

33 
16 
15 
8 
11 
36 
44 
16 
128 
109 
7 
8 
19 
20 
10 
480 

22.17 ha 
39.07 ha 
12.20 ha 
21.41 ha 
127.83 ha 
20.63 ha 
1.00 ha 

Granted 
Granted 
Granted 
Granted 
Granted 
Granted 
Granted 
Granted 
Granted 
Application 
Application 
Application 
Application 
Application 
Application 

Application 
Application 
Application 
Application 
Application 
Application 
Application 

05/08/2004 
21/07/2009 
28/04/2010 
15/06/2010 
11/03/2016 
13/01/2017 
07/03/2017 
13/01/2017 
03/07/2017 
23/03/2017 
19/04/2017 
20/04/2017 
29/05/2017 
16/06/2017 
10/08/2017 

25/08/17 
25/08/17 
25/08/17 
25/08/17 
25/08/17 
14/09/17 
15/09/17 

04/08/2018 
20/07/2019 
27/04/2020 
14/06/2020 
10/03/2021 
12/01/2022 
06/03/2022 
12/01/2022 
02/07/2022 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

Karlawinda 

Greenmount 

2975.07 ha 

Granted 

23/11/2016 

22/11/2037 

Note: 
1. 

The area measurement for one block can vary between 2.8 – 3.2 km2 

Madagascar: 

Title 
Number 
3432 
5391 
5392 
5393 
5394 
19932 
25093 
25094 
25095 
25605 
25606 
39750 
39751 

Permit Type 

PR 
PE 
PE 
PE 
PE 
PE 
PE 
PE 
PE 
PR 
PR 
PR 
PR 

Total Carres 

Grant  
Date 
21-Sep-15 
20-Nov-02 
20-Nov-02 
20-Nov-02 
20-Nov-02 
10-Mar-06 
18-Jan-07 
18-Jan-07 
18-Jan-07 
18-Jun-01 
18-Jun-01 
21-Sep-15 
21-Sep-15 

Expiry  
Date 
20-Sep-18 
19-Nov-42 
19-Nov-42 
19-Nov-42 
19-Nov-42 
09-Mar-46 
17-Jan-47 
17-Jan-47 
17-Jan-47 
17-Jun-11 
17-Jun-11 
20-Sep-18 
20-Sep-18 

Term 
(Years) 
3 
40 
40 
40 
40 
40 
40 
40 
40 
10 
10 
3 
3 

Project Name 

Ampanihy - Central (Big 'S') 
Ampanihy - Ianapera 
Ampanihy - Ianapera 
Ampanihy - Ianapera 
Ampanihy - Maniry 
Ampanihy - Maniry 
Ampanihy - Ianapera 
Ampanihy - Ianapera 
Ampanihy - Maniry 
Ampanihy - Maniry 
Ampanihy - Maniry 
Ampanihy - Central (Big 'S') 
Ampanihy - Central (Big 'S') 

Total Carres  
(New - 0.391km2) 
48 
16 
16 
16 
48 
112 
16 
16 
48 
80 
16 
16 
160 
608 

Interest  
% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100%     
100% 
100% 
100% 
100%  
100%     
100% 
100% 

Note 

5 
5 
4,5 
5 
3,5 

5 
5 
2 
1,5 
1,5 
5 
5 

Note: 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 

Renewal awaiting confirmation from BCMM. All annual fees have been paid up to 31 December 2017. 
Leased to SQNY – Royalty and partial tenement fees payable to subsidiary Mada-Aust SARL. 
Leased to Jupiter Mines and Minerals – Royalty and annual tenement fees payable to MDA. 
Leased to Hery Lala Alain Raharinavio – Royalty on small blocks. 
Subject to sale to Blackearth Minerals NL upon the completion of the sale of Madagascar Graphite Ltd under the Share Sale & Purchase 
Agreement. 

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