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Annual Report & Accounts
Annual Report & Accounts
For the year ended 31 December 2012
For the year ended 31 December 2012

Contents
for the year ending 31 March 2008

Company Information

Chairman’s Statement

Review of Operations

Directors’ Biographies

Directors’ Report

Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities

Remuneration Report 

Corporate Governance Report

Independent Auditors’ Report – Group 

Group Statement of Comprehensive Income

Group Statement of Financial Position

Group Statement of Changes in Equity

Group Cash Flow Statement

Notes to the Group Financial Statements

Independent Auditors’ Report – Company

Company Statement of Financial Position

Company Statement of Changes in Equity

Company Cash Flow Statement

Notes to the Company Financial Statements

Notice of Annual General Meeting

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Company Information
for the year ending 31 March 2008

Directors

Sally Joy Schofield (Executive Chairman (w.e.f. 5 March 2013))
Mark Jonathan Pryor (Chief Executive Officer)
Rakesh Ramesh Patel (Finance Director)
Rufus Victor Short (Non-Executive Director (appointed 18 February 2013))
Simon Rollason (Non-Executive Director (w.e.f. 5 March 2013))

Company Secretary

David Venus and Company LLP

Registered Office

Nominated Adviser
and Broker

Bankers

Auditors

Solicitors

Registrars

Aston House
Cornwall Avenue
London N3 1LF

FinnCap Limited
60 New Broad Street
London EC2M 1JJ

Barclays Bank plc 
9 High Street
Stony Stratford
Milton Keynes MK11 1HR

HW Fisher & Company
Acre House
11-15 William Road
London NW1 3ER

Harbottle & Lewis
Hanover House
14 Hanover Square
London W1S 1HP

Capita Registrars Limited
The Registry
34 Beckenham Road
Beckenham
Kent BR3 4TU

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Chairman’s Statement
for the year ended 31 December 2012

2012 was a year in which Edenville Energy made significant advances towards our goal of developing a coal-based energy
business  in  and  for  Tanzania.  A  vision  jointly  shared  by  the  government  of  Tanzania  to  support  the  country’s  rapid
industrialisation and increasing demand for energy. 

The Edenville team has added substantial value to the Company’s assets since the virtually unexplored Rukwa Coalfield
projects were acquired in August 2010. Just two drill seasons on, we have a very respectable Measured and Indicated
resource tonnage across three coal projects which are favourably located within the government Mtwara Development
Corridor in southern Tanzania. We are now able to begin evaluation of a near-term production scenario with the future
possibility of supplying a coal fired power station as part of the Tanzanian Government’s commitment to the North-South
Electrification project.

In  April  2012,  we  published  a  maiden  inferred  resource  estimate  for  Mkomolo  of  39  million  tonnes  of  sub-bituminous
thermal coal with a calorific value of 17Mj/kg. This was in line with our expectations and confirmed that, after processing,
the coal could be suitable for power generation. This then provided us with the solid platform we needed to initiate a
second round of intensive drilling which was completed in November 2012.

As part of the second round we drilled an additional 3,139 metres at Mkomolo bringing the total metres drilled to 5,726
metres over 41 holes. These additional drilling results upgraded the resource from the Inferred to Measured and Indicated
categories increasing the overall tonnage from 39 million tonnes (Inferred) to 45 million tonnes (Measured and Indicated).

In parallel we revisited Namwele, a deposit which had seen previous production from a small open pit, providing lump coal
to industries located at Mbeya, 275km to the south by road. Three holes were drilled during 2012 which supplemented
the seven holes we drilled in the second half of 2011.

In  August  2012,  Edenville  exercised  its  second  and  final  option  on  the  Rukwa  Coalfield  project,  covering  Mkomolo,
Namwele and Muze, taking the Company’s interest to 90% with the remaining 10% held by the local partner. 

The final project to be drilled by Edenville as part of the 2012 programme was Muze. Due to operational problems and the
arrival of the rainy season, just five holes (832 metres in total) were drilled. However, these five holes added 5 million
tonnes  (Measured  and  Indicated)  to  the  Company’s  asset  base  and  remain  a  viable  target  and  pipeline  for  additional
tonnage in the future.

Edenville’s projects in context
The coal found in the Rukwa Coalfield projects is typical of that found across Tanzania. The deposits are of a medium size
relative to larger deposits found in the major coal producing countries such as South Africa and the USA. The coal often
requires washing to reduce ash and sulphur content, depending on the intended end use. However, intense pressure on
Tanzania’s energy supply means that coal is in short supply and as a result the price of coal in-country tends to be higher
than elsewhere. As industrialisation of Tanzania increases, so does demand for energy. 

Edenville Energy sees an opportunity to use this growing demand for lower-quality coal to position itself as a supplier to
the Tanzanian domestic markets. 

At present, most of Tanzania’s power is generated by four hydroelectric stations. In recent years, the country has been
experiencing an increase in the frequency and intensity of droughts, which has had a major impact on its ability to generate
sufficient electricity. Load shedding (power cuts) has become extensive and frequent across the country. Coal fired power
stations represent proven technology, generating reliable power at relatively low unit costs, pitched perfectly for base load
power production.

Tanzania offers exceptional growth potential in mining, energy, agriculture and industrial development with GDP forecast
to double by 2020. Rapidly increasing levels of industrialisation and development of natural resources will place additional
demand  on  Tanzania’s  domestic  power  supply.  Development  is  already  hindered  by  lack  of  reliable  base-load  energy
production and new sources of power must be brought on line. 

A combination of good in-country relationships and geographical location means Edenville is well positioned to contribute
towards Tanzania’s expansion in domestic energy production, should the quantity and quality of coal at its Rukwa projects
prove commercially viable.

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Chairman’s Statement
for the year ended 31 December 2012

Financial results
The Group reported an operating loss of £643,852 (2011: £1,216,771) for the year ending 31 December 2012 and had 
net assets at that date of £10,094,602 (2011: £8,682,857).

As at 31 December 2012, the Group had cash reserves of £784,072 (2011: £511,538).

Corporate
In addition to advancing the Company’s coal assets, the past year has seen significant changes on a corporate level. In
October 2012, Edenville was pleased to announce the engagement of finnCap as Nomad and Broker, a relationship which
will help position Edenville in the market as a late stage exploration company gearing up for the transition to early stage
developer. The appointment of Rufus Short as Non Executive Director in February 2013 was another positive addition to
the Company. Rufus’ background in coal, project development and investment banking brings significant strength to the
Edenville Board and we will look to draw on his skills and experience over the course of 2013. 

March  2013  also  saw  Simon  Rollason  step  into  a  Non  Executive  position  after  holding  the  role  of  Chairman  since  the
Company  listed  on  AIM  in  2010.  Simon  has  been  key  in  transforming  Edenville’s  assets  from  a  variety  of  early  stage
development  projects  into  a  solid  portfolio  of  assets  with  real  commercial  potential.  The  Board  would  like  to  thank 
Simon for his hard work and dedication over the past 3 years and are delighted with his decision to remain on board as a
Non Executive Director.

Outlook
Edenville Energy’s business model encompasses both near-term and long-term development of the Rukwa Coalfields. The
initial focus of activities during the coming year will be assessing the commerciality of mining near-surface coal at Rukwa
and/or Mkomolo, beginning with the commissioning of a Scoping Study by Sound Mining Consultants (SMS) of South
Africa  which  commenced  April  2013.  Should  the  outcome  of  the  Scoping  Study  be  positive,  Edenville  will  review  the
options to develop a Phase I mining operation to supply coal into the local market.

In parallel we aim to leverage the opportunities which arise due to our strategic geographical location with respect to the
Tanzanian Government’s proposed North South Electrification Project. Edenville’s coal projects lie in close proximity to the
east of the government approved power line which will link the north of the country to the south. The power line will
service the western and north-western parts of Tanzania, with Edenville’s Rukwa project being ideally located to provide
power to this new line. Whilst the timetable for construction of the power line has not been determined, Edenville’s March
2013  Resource  Statement  clearly  defines  a  quantity  of  coal  suitable  for  coal  fired  power  generation.  We  will  continue
exploring opportunities for potential business partnerships over the coming year.

The vast majority of monies raised to date have been spent on advancing Edenville’s assets in the Rukwa Coalfields and,
unless actively drilling out the projects, our cash burn per month continues to be low, with the Company operating from
the offices of its Finance Director in London and maintaining small, low-cost offices in Tanzania.

In summary, 2013 will be a time of transition for Edenville. The resource statement gives us the clarity and confidence to
embark on a new phase of activity, with the focus firmly on evaluating the commercial potential of our projects. Should the
outcomes be positive then we have the opportunity to realise significant value for shareholders and southern Tanzania
alike. 

Thank you for all your support.

Sally Schofield
Executive Chairman

7 May 2013

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Review of Operations
for the year ended 31 December 2012

Another  positive  year  for  Edenville  ended  with  the  completion  of  the  Resource  drilling  programme  within  the  Rukwa
Coalfields region. Drilling took place at the Mkomolo and Namwele deposits along with first phase drilling at the Muze
Project. 

The JORC compliant Resource now stands at 173 million tonnes (Total Tonnes In Situ – TTIS) in all categories of which 90%
lies  within  the  Mkomolo  and  Namwele  deposits.  Of  this  173  million  total  tonnes  in-situ,  61.5  million  tonnes  are  in  the
Measured  category  whilst  109.6  million  tonnes  are  in  the  Indicated  category;  99%  of  the  total  tonnes  in-situ  is  now
categorised as Measured and Indicated. 

The  previous  Maiden  Inferred  Resource  Statement  was  completed  by  Wardell-Armstrong  International  (WAI)  and
published  in  April  2012.  Recommendations  made  in  this  report  enabled  Edenville  to  plan  a  drill  programme  of
approximately 4,500m to upgrade the Resource. The programme resulted in the Inferred Resource at Mkomolo being
upgraded to a Measured and Indicated Resource as well as completing a Measured and Indicated Resource at Namwele
and the western portion of the Muze deposit, the Central and Eastern zones still to be drilled. 

Sound  Mining  Solutions  (SMS)  of  South  Africa  was  engaged  in  June  2012  to  provide  services  for  borehole  logging;
database  management;  geological  modelling  and  coal  resource  estimation  reporting.  SMS  oversaw  all  the  logging  and
assaying of core and assisted in the training of Edenville’s Tanzanian field team in coal geology and coal logging/database
entry.

During 2012 a total of 19 boreholes were drilled within the Mkomolo Block, with four completed on the Namwele Block
and five within the Muze Block, for a combined total meterage of 4,528.84m. For the purpose of the resource estimate,
SMS used 41 diamond drillholes totalling 5,726.26m at the Mkomolo project, 12 drillholes totalling 1426.9m at Namwele
and 5 drillholes totalling 831.84m at Muze.

As a result of the additional drilling conducted in 2012 SMS was able to construct a more detailed geological model than
previously developed. The previous geological model considered the full coal measure interval thickness per borehole,
and calculated the average sample yield, weighted on the sampled thickness against the barren interval thickness, and
applied this average yield to the coal measure in order to obtain a washed tonnage for the coal measures. The new model,
completed  by  SMS,  identified  individual  coal  zones  within  the  coal  measures,  generating  a  detailed  structural  model. 
A block model was constructed and the qualities interpolated using average washed qualities (with yield equal to zero for
the unsampled waste intervals) effectively excluding the waste interburden from the washed product resource estimate.
Edenville now has an accurate three dimensional structural model which defines coal quality and tonnage.

The  use  of  an  internationally  recognised  coal  assay  Laboratory  (A  H  Knight  of  Glasgow,  UK)  enabled  a  much  faster
turnaround time on sample analysis and reporting of results. The laboratory was able to analyse and report the results
within a month of receiving them, a great improvement from the 6 month turnaround time of the labs used in 2011 drilling
programme.

This drilling campaign and Resource statement now completes the work at both the Mkomolo and Namwele deposits. 
At Muze more drilling is required to expand the resource to the east over areas already mapped as having historic coal
outcrops. 

With the positive results from this 2012 drilling programme and updated JORC Resource of 173 million total tonnes in-situ,
Edenville will explore long-term options regarding a partnership with an Independent Power Plant operator to purchase
the coal outlined for thermal power production. 

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Review of Operations
for the year ended 31 December 2012

Given  the  results  of  the  Resource  Statement,  management  has  now  decided  to  commence  a  scoping  study  on  the
Namwele deposit to explore the viability of commencing a small open pit mining operation. SMS have been engaged to
complete this work which is due to be completed during the 3rd Quarter 2013. The parameters for the scoping study are
to look at producing in the region of 25,000 tonnes of saleable coal monthly for shipping to Mbeya and/or the rail terminal
at Tunduma on the Tanzanian/Zambian border some 225kms from site.

Edenville has concentrated its effort in the Rukwa District but will continue to hold and maintain its uranium or secondary
coal licenses, submitting reports to the Tanzanian Ministry of Energy and Mines in compliance with Tanzanian law. None
of these licences are sufficiently advanced to warrant a drilling programme at the present time. 

As  part  of  our  commitment  to  Community  Social  Responsibility  (CSR),  we  have  supplied  the  local  football  team  with
uniforms and boots as well as roofing for the three local communities for their on-going school and clinic construction
programmes.

M J Pryor
Chief Executive Officer

7 May 2013

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Directors’ Biographies
for the year ended 31 December 2011

Sally Schofield
BEng (Hons) Industrial 
Geology, ACSM, FGS, 
MIMMM, Aged 41
Executive Chairman

Mark Pryor
BSc (Hons) Geology &
Mineralogy, FGS, FSEG,
Pr.Sci.Nat, Aged 53
Chief Executive Officer

Rakesh Patel
BA (Hons) Economics, 
FCCA, CF, Aged 49
Finance Director

Sally’s career has seen her work in commercial, technical and operational capacities
in  geographically  and  politically  diverse  regions  including  Kazakhstan,  Albania,
Central  America,  Brazil  and  Chile.  She  gained  early  exposure  to  the  technical,
corporate  and  investor  relations  functions  of  the  mining  business  before  crossing
sectors to work with RMC, now part of CEMEX, the global building materials giant.
Sally  returned  to  mining  in  2003  and  became  a  Director  of  AIM  –  listed  Latitude
Resources plc, a company with copper and gold assets in Chile. As Chief Operating
Officer  of  that  company  she  relocated  to  Santiago,  Chile,  in  2006  with  direct
responsibility for an exploration program that developed a portfolio of exploration
projects into a saleable asset. Sally then worked for a natural resource focused fund
identifying  potential  investment  opportunities.  Her  business  skills  have  been
recognised  by  several  external  parties,  including  Management  Today,  Courvoisier
Future  500  and  HM  The  Queen.  Sally  graduated  from  the  Camborne  School  of
Mines with a First Class B. Eng (Hons) Industrial Geology in 1995, is a Fellow of the
Geological Society (FGS) and a professional member of IOM3 (MIMMM).

Mark Pryor is an Independent Geological Consultant working with private mining and
exploration groups, based out of the United Kingdom and holds a B.Sc (Hons) degree
from  the  University  of  Aberdeen.  He  has  25  years  of  management  experience  in
advanced  stage  exploration  and  mine  development  projects  worldwide.  He  is  a
‘Qualified  Person’  as  defined  by  the  Securities  Commission  and  regularly  submits
Independent Technical Reports for companies wishing to list on the Stock Exchange
as well as Independent Technical Reports and press releases for quoted companies.
Mark has worked for major and mid-tier mining companies and has many contacts
within  the  venture  capital  sector  of  the  mining  industry.  Mark  has  extensive  global
experience  having  worked  in  Mexico,  EurAsia,  China,  Southern  Africa  and  South
America,  holding  management  positions  in  recognised  companies  in  the  industry
including Placer Dome, Minefinders, Monarch Resources and Anglo American. Mark
is an associate of SRK (UK) Ltd and is a Fellow of the Geological Society, Society of
Economic Geologists and is a registered Natural Scientist (Pr. Sci. Nat).

Rakesh Patel qualified as a chartered certified accountant in 1991. From 1992, he led
the  corporate  finance  division  of  Gerald  Edelman,  chartered  accountants,  dealing
with  acquisitions,  disposals,  mergers,  private  placings  and  stock  market  flotations.
Rakesh was involved in the acquisition of Ryman the Stationer and left the firm in
1996  to  become  group  financial  controller  of  Chancerealm  Limited,  a  group
including Ryman Limited where he was involved in the acquisition and integration of
Contessa  Ladieswear  Limited.  Rakesh  returned  to  Gerald  Edelman  in  1997  until
leaving  in  March  2003  to  join  Adler  Shine  LLP,  chartered  accountants,  where  he
heads the firm’s corporate finance division. 

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Directors’ Biographies
for the year ended 31 March 2011

Simon Rollason
BSc (Hons) Geology, MIMMM,
FGS, Aged 46
Non Executive Director

Rufus Victor Short
Aged 49
Non Executive Director

Simon  graduated  from  the  University  of  the  Witwatersrand,  South  Africa  in  1990
with  a  B.Sc  (Hons)  degree  in  Geology.  He  has  gained  over  20  years  international
experience  working  in  both  mining  and  geological  exploration.  During  this  time,
Simon has worked in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Far East with both
multi-nationals and junior resources companies. Simon has worked on gold, nickel,
coal,  copper,  base  metals,  uranium  and  precious  stone  projects,  ranging  from
grassroots to producing assets. He has been involved with and managed operations
that  have  varied  from  exploration  and  evaluation  projects  to  successful  feasibility
studies. Simon is a Fellow of the Geological Society and a Member of the Institute of
Materials, Minerals and Mining, the Society of Economic Geologists and the Society
of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.

Rufus  is  a  qualified  surveyor  and  also  holds  an  MSc  in  Mineral  Economics  from
Curtin  University  Western  Australia.  He  has  25  years  experience  in  the  resources
industry  having  worked  in  engineering  and  management  positions  in  Australia,
South East Asia and the FSU with companies such as PanAust, Newcrest and Aurora
Gold.

A  large  part  of  his  experience  has  been  on  development  of  projects  in  remote
locations such as Borneo and Laos and he has worked to build coal, gold, silver and
copper  mines  in  such  locations.  Rufus  has  also  spent  several  years  working  for
various  Australian  mining  consultancies  such  as  AMC.  Rufus  is  currently  an
independent mining consultant having previously worked at Investec plc for 6 years
as an Investment Banker in the resources space. He is a member of the Association
of Mining Analysts.

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Directors’ Report
for the year ended 31 December 2012

The Directors present their annual report and audited Group financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2012.

Principal activity
The principal activity of the Group is the exploration and development of energy commodities predominantly coal and
uranium in Africa.

Business review and future developments
The purpose of this review is to show how the Group assesses and manages risk and uncertainty and adopts appropriate
policy targets. Further details of the Group’s business and expected future developments are also set out in the Chairman’s
Statement on pages 3 and 4 and the Review of Operations on pages 5 and 6.

Exploration approach
The Group actively manages geological exploration on its licences by implementing a phased strategy that progressively
increases  the  level  of  geological  understanding  for  each  licence  to  facilitate  more  focused  exploration  and  resource
development in the longer term. All field work is conducted by citizens of Tanzania under the direct supervision of the
directors of Edenville International (Tanzania) Limited, who in return report directly to the Board of the Group. The Group
also engages internationally recognised consultants to provide further guidance to the Board of the Group. Initial work
consists  of  a  desk-top  review  involving  the  collection,  collation  and  re-interpretation  of  all  available  historical  data,
supplemented  by  regional-scale  geological  reconnaissance  mapping  and  sampling.  This  will  define  the  host  geological
units for mineralisation and allow for progressively more focused and detailed exploration that will potentially lead into a
drilling campaign and ultimately ore body delineation and subsequent mineral resource estimations.

Principal risks and uncertainties and risk management
The  principal  risks  facing  the  Group  are  those  relating  to  the  volatility  of  the  commodities  markets,  reliance  on  the
expertise  of  key  Group  personnel,  risks  connected  with  uncertainties  of  Tanzanian  political,  fiscal  and  legal  systems,
including taxation and currency fluctuations, as well as those regimes in which the Group has direct or indirect interests.

The board and senior management regularly monitor and report on all areas of risk, through formal reports on a monthly
basis as well as through ad hoc communications. Senior management regularly visits operations to understand site-specific
risks as well as to assess local political, fiscal and legal risks. In this regard, the Group maintains a strict policy of compliance
with  local  laws  and  regulations,  and  community  issues  (including  health  and  safety,  community  development,  and
environmental responsibility) are at the forefront of strategic and operational decision-making.

The following are some of the key risks that face the Group:

Exploration and development risk
The  exploration  for  and  development  of  mineral  deposits  involves  significant  risks  which  no  combination  of  careful
evaluation, experience and knowledge can entirely eliminate. While the discovery of an ore body may result in substantial
rewards, few properties which are explored are ultimately developed into producing mines. There is no certainty that the
exploration programmes described in this document will result in the discovery of ore in commercial quantity and quality,
or  result  in  profitable  commercial  mining  operations.  Significant  capital  investment  is  required  to  achieve  commercial
production from successful exploration efforts. 

The commercial viability of a mineral deposit is dependent upon a number of factors. These include the attributes of the
deposit such as size, grade and proximity to infrastructures; current and future mineral prices which can be cyclical; and
government regulations, including those relating to prices, taxes, royalties, land tenure, land use, importing and exporting
of minerals and environmental protection. The effect of these factors, either alone or in combination, cannot be entirely
predicted and their impact may result in the Group not receiving an adequate return on invested capital. 

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Directors’ Report
continued

Conclusions drawn during mineral exploration are subject to the uncertainties associated with all sampling techniques and
to the risk of incorrect interpretation of geological, geochemical, geophysical, drilling and other data.

The Group may carry out some of its exploration activities through joint ventures with others to spread the exploration risk
and to decrease the Group’s financial exposure to individual projects. There can be no guarantee that these partners will
not withdraw for their own reasons.

Operational risks
Mineral exploration operations generally involve a degree of physical risk. The Group’s operations are and will be subject
to all the hazards and risks normally encountered in the exploration of minerals. These include climatic conditions, hazards
of operating vehicles and plant, risks associated with operating in remote areas and security and health risks associated
with work in developing countries.

The  exploration  activities  of  the  Group  are  subject  to  various  federal,  provincial  and  local  laws  governing  prospecting,
development,  production,  taxes,  labour  standards  and  occupational  health,  mine  safety,  toxic  substances  and  other
matters. Exploration activities are also subject to various federal, provincial and local laws and regulations relating to the
protection  of  the  environment.  These  laws  mandate,  among  other  things,  the  maintenance  of  air  and  water  quality
standards,  and  land  reclamation.  These  laws  also  set  forth  limitations  on  the  generation,  transportation,  storage  and
disposal of solid and hazardous waste. Although the Group’s exploration activities are currently carried out in accordance
with all applicable rules and regulations, no assurance can be given that new rules and regulations will not be enacted or
that  existing  rules  and  regulations  will  not  be  applied  in  a  manner  which  could  limit  or  curtail  future  production  or
development. Amendments to current laws and regulations governing operations and activities of exploration, or future
mining and milling, or more stringent implementation thereof, could have a material adverse effect on the value of the
Group’s assets.

The operational risks are mitigated, where possible, as follows:

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the  executive  directors  visit  each  operation  regularly,  when  these  key  risks  are  reviewed  and  actions  taken  as
necessary; 

control  procedures  have  been  communicated  to  operations’  management  who  review  local  procedures  for  Group
compliance; 

the in-country operations team submit regular reports to head office which cover operational progress and analysis of
technical  data.  Results  obtained  from  testing  of  mineral  samples  by  independent  laboratories  are  sent  to  the
operational  team  and  copied  directly  to  the  UK  head  office.  A  strict  quality  assurance/quality  control  procedure,
designed by a leading independent consultancy group, is in place covering all aspects of geological exploration and
sample collection with local staff trained to standards set by the UK head office;

the executive directors visit each operation regularly to review local operational and technical procedures and controls
and compliance with Group procedures and report to the board; and

the head office finance function visits each operation to review local financial controls and compliance with Group
procedures and report to the board.

Human resources
The  Group  is  reliant  on  a  small  team  of  experienced  mining  professionals  for  their  success  and  is  more  than  usually
vulnerable to the adverse effects of losing key personnel. 

Licences
While the Directors have no reason to believe that the existence and extent of any of the Group’s properties are in doubt,
title to mining properties is subject to potential litigation by third parties claiming an interest in them. 

The failure to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including failures to pay taxes, meet minimum expenditure
requirements, or carry out and report assessment work, may invalidate title to portions of the properties where the mineral
rights are held by the Group. 

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Directors’ Report
continued

The  Group  might  not  be  able  to  retain  its  licence  interests  when  they  come  up  for  renewal,  despite  a  possibility  of
discovering ore bodies. Under the Tanzanian Mining Act 2010, at the end of the initial licence term and on renewal, a
company must relinquish 50% of the land area held under licence. The dropped portion may be re-applied for; however,
relinquishing 50% of the licence area does not necessarily devalue the licence. Mineral deposits may cover areas of only a
few Km2 and the process of relinquishment is such that a company will retain the part of the licence that is considered
most prospective for a mineral discovery. If the original licence covers 40km2 the retained ground after relinquishment is
more than sufficient for the discovery of a world class deposit and does not detract from the value of the property. 

While the Group has undertaken all the customary due diligence in the verification of title to its material mineral properties,
this should not be construed as a guarantee of title. The Group’s management team has been operating in Tanzania for a
number of years and have experience in managing the title to its properties. It maintains professional relationships with the
relevant government bodies responsible for the issue and renewal of licences but if there was an indication of an issue over
the title to any of its properties it would seek advice from the Group’s lawyers.

Economic risks
The value of the Group’s properties may be affected by changes in the market price of minerals which fluctuate according
to numerous factors beyond the Group’s control. Changes in interest rates and exchange rates, the rate of inflation and
world supply of and demand for mineral commodities all cause fluctuations in such prices. Such external economic factors
are in turn influenced by changes in international investment patterns, monetary systems and political conditions. Future
mineral price declines could have an adverse effect on the value of the Group’s assets and its ability to raise further funds.

Certain of the Group’s payments, in order to earn or maintain property interests, are to be made in the local currency in
the jurisdiction where the applicable property is located. As a result, fluctuations in the US dollar against the pound and
each of those currencies against local currencies in jurisdictions where properties of the Group are located could have an
adverse effect on the Group’s financial position which is denominated and reported in sterling.

The Group has not insured against any risks. Risks not insured against and for which the Group may become subject to
liability include environmental pollution, political risk and other hazards against which the Group cannot insure or which it
may elect not to insure. The payment of such liabilities may have a material adverse effect on Group’s results of operation
and financial condition.

The market price of commodities is volatile and is affected by numerous factors beyond the Group’s control.

There is the risk that the price earned for minerals will fall to a point where it becomes uneconomic to extract them from
the ground. The prices of these commodities are affected by a number of factors beyond Edenville’s control The principal
commodities in Edenville’s portfolio are uranium and coal. During 2012 the price of uranium dropped 18% over the year
starting January 2012. The price of coal has also fallen 20% (Australian Thermal Coal) over the year starting January 2012.
Subsequent to the year end the price of both commodities has increased. The impact of the price of uranium and coal on
the economics of Edenville project is kept under close review.

Political risks
A  substantial  portion  of  the  assets  of  the  Group  are  located  in  non-UK  jurisdictions.  As  a  result,  it  may  be  difficult  for
investors to enforce judgments obtained against the Company if the damages awarded exceed the realisable value of the
Company’s  UK  assets.  The  political  situations  in  African  countries  may  introduce  a  degree  of  risk  with  respect  to  the
Group’s activities. In the countries where the Group has exploration activities, governments exercise control over such
matters as exploration and mining licensing, permitting, exporting and taxation. Changes of policy by such governments
may adversely impact the Group’s ability to carry out exploration activities. 

Edenville  minimises  political  risk  by  operating  in  countries  considered  to  have  relatively  stable  political  systems,
established fiscal and mining codes and a respect for the rule of law.

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Impact of law and Governmental regulations
The Group’s investments may be subject to the foreign exchange and other laws of various countries that may prevent,
materially delay or at least require governmental approval for, the full or partial repatriation of the Group’s investments.
Foreign  investment  in  companies  in  emerging  countries  may  be  restricted  or  controlled  to  varying  degrees.  These
restrictions  may,  at  times,  limit  or  preclude  foreign  investment  and  increase  the  costs  and  expenses  of  the  Group.
Additionally,  under  certain  circumstances  a  country  may  impose  restrictions  on  capital  remittances  abroad.  The  Group
could be adversely affected by delays in, or refusal to grant any required governmental approval for, repatriation of capital
or  dividends  held  by  the  Group  or  their  conversion  into  foreign  currency.  In  addition,  gains  from  the  disposal  of  such
securities may be subject to withholding taxes, income tax and capital gains tax. 

The Group must comply with, inter alia, the current and future Tanzanian regulations relating to mineral exploration and
production.  The  institution  and  enforcement  of  such  regulations  could  have  the  effect  of  increasing  the  expense  and
lowering the income or rate of return from, as well as adversely affecting the value of, the Group’s assets.

Dependency on a single country
The Group’s current exploration activities are situated entirely in Tanzania. The political situations in Africa may introduce a
degree of risk with respect to the Group’s activities. Risks may include, among others, labour disputes, delays or invalidation
of  governmental  orders  and  permits,  corruption,  uncertain  political  and  economic  environments,  civil  disturbances  and
terrorist actions, arbitrary changes in laws or policies, foreign taxation and exchange controls, opposition to mining from
environmental or other non-governmental organisations, limitations on foreign ownership, limitations on the repatriation of
earnings,  infrastructure  limitations  and  increased  financing  costs.  In  Tanzania,  the  government  exercises  control  over
exploration and mining licensing, permitting, exporting and taxation. The Board believes that the Government of Tanzania
supports  the  development  of  natural  resources.  However,  there  is  no  assurance  that  future  political  and  economic
conditions  in  Tanzania  will  not  result  in  the  Government  of  Tanzania  changing  its  political  attitude  towards  mining  and
adopting different policies respecting the exploration, development and ownership of mineral resources. Any such changes
in policy may result in changes in laws affecting ownership of assets, land tenure and mineral licences, taxation, royalties,
rates of exchange, environmental protection, labour relations, repatriation of income and return of capital, which may affect
the  Group’s  ability  to  undertake  exploration  and  future  mining  operations  in  the  properties  in  respect  of  which  it  has
obtained exploration and mining rights to date and may adversely impact the Group’s ability to carry out its activities.

Management is actively evaluating other coal projects in the African continent in order to expand the Group’s coal resource
base and reduce dependency on Tanzania.

Competition risks
The mineral exploration and mining business is competitive in all of its phases. The Group competes and will compete with
numerous other companies and individuals, including competitors with greater financial, technical and other resources, in
the search for, and the acquisition of, attractive mineral properties. The Group’s ability to acquire properties in the future
will depend not only on its ability to develop its present properties, but also on its ability to select and acquire promising
properties or prospects for mineral exploration. There is no assurance that the Group will continue to be able to compete
successfully with its competitors in acquiring such properties or prospects.

Edenville is aware that it operates in an area considered highly prospective to competitive companies. The management
monitor the activities of other operators and monitor their development and future plans from information available in the
public domain, which allows the company to evaluate whether these competitors pose a threat to our market position.

Financing
The further development and exploration of the various mineral properties in which the Group holds interests is dependent
upon  the  Group’s  ability  to  obtain  financing  through  joint  venturing  projects,  debt  financing,  equity  financing  or  other
means. There is no assurance that the Group will be successful in obtaining the required financing. If the Group is unable
to obtain additional financing as needed some interests may be relinquished and/or the scope of the operations reduced. 

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Financial risks
The Group’s multi-national operations expose it to a variety of financial risks:

(i)

(ii)

Foreign exchange risk
The majority of exploration costs are in United States dollars or Tanzanian schillings. Accordingly, foreign exchange
fluctuations  may  adversely  affect  the  Group’s  financial  position  and  operating  results.  The  Group  will  utilise
exchange rate hedging in the future if appropriate. 

Liquidity risk
Prudent liquidity risk management in the context of the Group implies maintaining sufficient cash in the necessary
currencies to be able to pay creditors as and when they fall due. The Group has a comprehensive system for financial
reporting. The board approves the annual budget which is revised through the year as necessary with the board’s
approval. Monthly results are reported against budgets and variances analysed. Great importance is placed on the
monitoring and control of cash flows, and cash forecasts are reported to the board.

(iii) Credit risk

Cash balances are deposited with banks with a high credit rating.

Key performance indicators
The  Company  is  currently  a  resource  exploration  and  development  entity,  and  consequently  its  assets  comprise
predominantly early phase projects that are not yet at the production stage. As a result, no revenue would be generated
from these projects in the short-term and therefore the key performance indicators for the Company are linked to the
achievements of project milestones, the increase in overall enterprise value and cash position.

The  Board  monitors  relevant  KPIs  which  are  focused  on  managing  the  exploration  and  appraisal  operations.  The  KPIs
monitored by the Group on a monthly basis are as follows:

Financial KPIs

l

l

l

Shareholder return – the performance of the share price versus peer group companies.

Exploration expenditure – by type and by project.

Total expenditure burn rates.

l Corporate overheads as a percentage of total expenditure.

l

The movements in the price of coal and uranium.

Non financial KPIs
l Health and safety –There were no reported health and safety incidents during the year.

l

Liquidity of our shares on AIM – Between March 2012 and December 2012 the average value of shares traded on a
monthly basis as a percentage of market capitalisation was 17.5%.

l Operational success – Relevant information is reported in the ‘Review of Operations’ on pages 5 and 6.

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Results and dividends
The results of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2012 are set out on page 23.

The Directors do not recommend payment of a dividend for the year (2011: nil). The loss is transferred to reserves.

Directors and Directors’ interests
The  Directors  at  the  date  of  these  financial  statements  who  served  during  the  year  and  their  interests  in  the  Ordinary
Shares in the Company are as follows:

Ordinary shares of
0.02p held at
31 December 2012

Ordinary shares of
0.02p held at
31 December 2011

Simon Rollason
Mark Pryor
Rakesh Patel
Sally Schofield

The Directors’ interests in share options as at 31 December 2012 are as follows:

Options at
31 December 2012

Exercise
price

Date of grant

Simon Rollason

Mark Pryor

Rakesh Patel

Sally Schofield

7,471,265
7,471,265
10,000,000

7,471,265
7,471,265
5,000,000

7,471,265
7,471,265
10,000,000

5,000,000

0.87p
0.87p
1.8p

0.87p
0.87p
1.8p

0.87p
0.87p
1.8p

1.8p

29.03.10
29.03.10
21.02.11

29.03.10
29.03.10
21.02.11

29.03.10
29.03.10
21.02.11

21.02.11

Share capital
Details of issues of Ordinary Share capital during the year are set out in note 20.

2,660,603
Nil
Nil
1,319,261

First date
of exercise

29.03.11
29.03.12
08.02.12

29.03.11
29.03.12
08.02.12

29.03.11
29.03.12
08.02.12

08.02.12

2,660,603
Nil
Nil
1,319,261

Final date
of exercise

29.03.20
29.03.20
21.02.21

29.03.20
29.03.20
21.02.21

29.03.20
29.03.20
21.02.21

21.02.21

Policy and practice on payment of creditors
The Group’s policy for all suppliers is to fix terms of payment when agreeing the terms of each business transaction, to
ensure the supplier is aware of those terms and to abide by the agreed terms of payment. The creditor payment days
outstanding for the Group at 31 December 2012 were 18 days (2011: 13 days).

Financial instruments
Details of the use of financial instruments by the Company and its subsidiary undertakings are contained in note 23 of the
financial statements.

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Donations
The Group made charitable donations during the current year of £4,620 (2011: £nil).

Provision of information to auditors
So far as each Director at the date of approval of this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the
Company’s auditors are unaware and each Director has taken all steps that he ought to have taken to make himself aware
of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditors are aware of that information.

Auditors
H.W. Fisher & Company have expressed their willingness to continue in office as auditors and a resolution to re-appoint
them will be proposed at the next Annual General meeting.

This report was approved by the board on 7 May 2013 and signed on its behalf.

M J Pryor
Chief Executive Officer

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Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities
for the year ended 31 December 2012

The Directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable
law and regulations.

Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors
have prepared the Group financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (‘IFRSs’) as
adopted by the European Union. Under company law, the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they
are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group and Company and of the profit or loss of
the Group for that year. The Directors are also required to prepare financial statements in accordance with the rules of the
London Stock Exchange for companies trading securities on the AIM market.

In preparing these financial statements the directors are required to:

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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

l make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

l

l

state whether they have been prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union, subject to any
material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis, unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Group and
Company will continue in business.

The Directors confirm that they have complied with the above requirements in preparing the financial statements.

The  Directors  are  responsible  for  keeping  adequate  accounting  records  that  are  sufficient  to  show  and  explain  the
Company’s  transactions  and  disclose  with  reasonable  accuracy  at  any  time  the  financial  position  of  the  Company  and
enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. They are
also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and the Group, and hence for taking reasonable steps for the
prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Website publication
The Directors are responsible for ensuring the annual report and the financial statements are made available on a website.
Financial  statements  are  published  on  the  Company’s  website  in  accordance  with  legislation  in  the  United  Kingdom
governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements, which may vary from legislation in other jurisdictions.
The maintenance and integrity of the Company’s website is the responsibility of the Directors. The Directors’ responsibility
also extends to the on-going integrity of the financial statements contained therein.

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Remuneration Report
for the year ended 31 December 2012

The  remuneration  committee  comprised  the  Company’s  non-executive  director,  Sally  Schofield,  who  was  the  sole
member of the committee until 5 March 2013. Upon Sally Schofield’s appointment to the Executive Board in the post year
end  period,  Rufus  Short  was  appointed  to  the  remuneration  committee.  The  committee  is,  within  the  agreed  terms  of
reference,  responsible  for  making  recommendations  to  the  directors  on  matters  relating  to  the  Group’s  remuneration
structure, including pension rights, the policy on compensation of executive directors and their terms of employment, with
the objective of attracting, motivating and retaining high quality individuals who will contribute fully to the success of the
Group’s businesses.

As  the  scope  of  operations  expands  the  Company  intend  to  increase  the  number  and  scope  of  the  non-executive
directors. The Company now has two non-Executive directors up from one in the previous period. During the year, the
Remuneration Committee did not operate and all relevant matters were dealt with by the full Board.

Remuneration policy
Salaries are reviewed annually on the basis of market comparisons with positions of similar responsibility and scope in
comparable industries. The full Board takes into account both Group and personal performance in reviewing directors’
salaries.

Non-executive directors’ remuneration
Fees for non-executive directors are determined by the full Board on the basis of market comparisons with positions of
similar responsibility and scope in companies of a similar size in comparable industries. Non-executive directors do not
have service contracts, are not eligible for pension scheme membership and do not participate in any of the Group’s bonus
schemes. They have letters of engagement with the Company and their appointments are terminable on one month’s or
three months’ written notice on either side. 

Service agreements
The  full  Board  has  adopted  current  best  practice  in  respect  of  service  agreements  issued  on  all  new  appointments.
Executive Directors are employed under six month rolling service contracts.

Share options
Details of share options granted to directors are included in the Directors’ Report.

Directors’ remuneration
Details of remuneration of the directors of the Company who served in the year ended 31 December 2012 are set out
below:

Name

Executive
Simon Rollason (moved to Non-Executive 5 March 2013)
Rakesh Patel
Mark Pryor 

Non-Executive
Sally Joy Schofield (appointed Chairman 5 March 2013) 

Fees and
other
remuneration
£

Taxable
benefits
£

62,500
62,500
62,500

20,000

207,500

–
–
–

–

–

2012
Total
£

62,500
62,500
62,500

2011
Total
£

35,000
35,000
35,000

20,000

20,000

207,500

125,000

Share based payment charge in respect of share options granted to directors amounted to £39,999 (2011: £226,293).

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Corporate Governance Report
for the year ended 31 December 2012

Compliance with the UK Corporate Governance code
Under  the  AIM  Rules,  the  Company  is  not  formally  required  to  comply  with  the  UK  Corporate  Governance  Code.
Nevertheless the Company has taken steps to comply with the Code in so far as it can be applied practically, given the size
of the Company and the nature of its operations.

The Company has complied with the provisions set out in Section 1 of the FRC code as annexed to the listing rules of the
Financial Services Authority since its admission to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in August 2003, to the
extent that they are practical for a Group of its size and resources. The directors consider that the Group is not of a size to
warrant the need for a separate nominations committee or internal audit function.

Board of directors
The Board currently comprises an Executive Chairman (Sally Schofield), two further Executive Directors (Mark Pryor and
Rakesh Patel) and two Non-Executive Directors (Simon Rollason and Rufus Short). The Board considers that Rufus Short
is independent of management and free from any business or other relationships which could materially interfere with the
exercise of his independent judgement.

An agreed procedure exists for Directors in the furtherance of their duties to take independent professional advice. With
the prior approval of the Chairman, all Directors have the right to seek independent legal and other professional advice at
the company’s expense concerning any aspect of the company’s operations or undertakings in order to fulfil their duties
and responsibilities as Directors. If the Chairman is unable or unwilling to give approval, Board approval will be sufficient.
Newly appointed Directors are made aware of their responsibilities through the Company Secretary. The Company does
not make any provision for formal training of new Directors.

Conflicts of interest
The Board confirms that it has instituted a process for reporting and managing any conflicts of interest held by Directors.
Under the Company’s Articles of Association, the Board has the authority to approve such conflicts.

Company materiality threshold
The Board acknowledges that assessment on materiality and subsequent appropriate thresholds are subjective and open
to change. As well as the applicable laws and recommendations, the Board has considered quantitative, qualitative and
cumulative factors when determining the materiality of a specific relationship of Directors.

Ethical standards
As part of the Board’s commitment to the highest standard of conduct, the Company adopts a code of conduct to guide
executives, management and employees in carrying out their duties and responsibilities. The code of conduct covers such
matters as:

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l

l

l

l

l

responsibilities to shareholders
compliance with laws and regulations
relations with customers and suppliers
ethical responsibilities
employment practices
responsibility to the environment and the community.

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Board meetings
The Board meets on average every two months. Decisions concerning the direction and control of the business are made
by the Board, and a formal schedule of matters specifically reserved for the Board is in place. 

Generally, the powers and obligations of the Board are governed by the UK Companies Act 2006, and the other laws of
the  jurisdictions  in  which  it  operates.  The  Board  is  responsible,  inter  alia,  for  setting  and  monitoring  Group  strategy,
reviewing trading performance, ensuring adequate funding, examining major acquisition opportunities, formulating policy
on key issues and reporting to the shareholders. These areas are set out in more detail in a formal Schedule of Matters
Reserved for the Board. 

Board committees
There are two board committees, namely the Audit and Remuneration committees consisting of Simon Rollason and Rufus
Short, the two Non-Executive Directors. The appointment of Rufus Short signified the first time that the Company had
retained  the  services  of  two  Non-Executive  Directors.  During  the  year  the  audit  committee  and  the  remuneration
committee did not operate and all relevant matters were dealt with by the full Board. Moving forward, the intention is for
these two committees to operate as follows:

Audit committee
The Committee provides a forum for reporting by the Group’s external auditors. Meetings are held on average once a year
and are also attended, by invitation, by the executive Directors. 

The Audit Committee is responsible for reviewing a wide range of financial matters including the annual and half year
results, financial statements and accompanying reports before their submission to the Board and monitoring the controls
which ensure the integrity of the financial information reported to the shareholders.

Remuneration committee
The  Committee  is  responsible  for  making  recommendations  to  the  Board,  within  agreed  terms  of  reference,  on  the
Company’s  framework  of  executive  remuneration  and  its  cost.  The  Remuneration  Committee  determines  the  contract
terms,  remuneration  and  other  benefits  for  the  Executive  Directors,  including  performance  related  bonus  schemes,
compensation  payments  and  option  schemes.  The  Board  itself  determines  the  remuneration  of  the  Non-Executive
Directors.

Relations with shareholders
Investors  are  encouraged  to  participate  in  the  Annual  General  Meeting  and  are  regularly  advised  of  any  significant
developments  in  the  Company.  The  Company  expects  to  widen  its  investor  base  and  then  meet  regularly  with  any
significant  institutional  shareholders,  fund  managers  and  analysts  as  part  of  an  active  investor  relations  programme  to
discuss long term issues and obtain feedback.

Internal financial control
The  Board  is  responsible  for  establishing  and  maintaining  the  Group’s  system  of  internal  financial  controls.  Internal
financial control systems are designed to meet the particular needs of the Group and the risk to which it is exposed, and
by its very nature can provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance against material misstatement or loss.

The  Directors  are  conscious  of  the  need  to  keep  effective  internal  financial  control,  particularly  in  view  of  the  cash
resources of the Group. Due to the relatively small size of the Group’s operations, the Directors are very closely involved
in the day-to-day running of the business and as such have less need for a detailed formal system of internal financial
control. The Directors have reviewed the effectiveness of the procedures presently in place and consider that they are still
appropriate to the nature and scale of the operations of the Group.

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Managing business risk
The Board constantly monitors the operational and financial aspects of the company’s activities and is responsible for the
implementation and ongoing review of business risks that could affect the Company. Duties in relation to risk management
that are conducted by the Directors include but are not limited to:
Initiate action to prevent or reduce the adverse effects of risk

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l Control further treatment of risks until the level of risk becomes acceptable
Identify and record any problems relating to the management of risk
Initiate, recommend or provide solutions through designated channels

l

l

l Verify the implementation of solutions
l Communicate and consult internally and externally as appropriate
Inform investors of material changes to the company’s risk profile.

l

Ongoing  review  of  the  overall  risk  management  program  (inclusive  of  the  review  of  adequacy  of  treatment  plans)  is
conducted by external parties where appropriate. The Board ensures that recommendations made by the external parties
are  investigated  and,  where  considered  necessary,  appropriate  action  is  taken  to  ensure  that  the  Company  has  an
appropriate internal control environment in place to manage the key risks identified.

Going concern
During the year the Company raised approximately £2,206,000 net of expenses through a placing and, at 31 December
2012, the Group had cash balances totalling £784,072. 

These funds along with the post year end equity financing facility as detailed in the subsequent events note are sufficient
for the Group to meet its current working capital requirements other than to develop and commercialise the Company’s
licences which will necessitate a further capital raising.

Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Group intends to operate within
its cash resources.

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Independent Auditors’ Report – Group
to the members of Edenville Energy plc

We have audited the group financial statements of Edenville Energy Plc for the year ended 31 December 2012 which
comprise  the  Group  Statement  of  Comprehensive  Income,  the  Group  Statement  of  Financial  Position,  the  Group
Statement of Changes in Equity, the Group Cash Flow Statement and related notes. The financial reporting framework that
has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted
by the European Union. 

This report is made solely to the Group’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies
Act  2006.  Our  audit  work  has  been  undertaken  so  that  we  might  state  to  the  Group’s  members  those  matters  we  are
required to state to them in an auditors’ report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not
accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Group and the Group’s members as a body, for our audit work,
for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. 

Respective responsibilities of directors and auditors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities set out on page 16, the Directors are responsible
for  the  preparation  of  the  group  financial  statements  and  for  being  satisfied  that  they  give  a  true  and  fair  view.  Our
responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the group financial statements in accordance with applicable law and
International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices
Board’s Ethical Standards for Auditors. 

Scope of the audit of the financial statements
An  audit  involves  obtaining  evidence  about  the  amounts  and  disclosures  in  the  financial  statements  sufficient  to  give
reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error.
This includes an assessment of: whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Group’s circumstances and have
been  consistently  applied  and  adequately  disclosed;  the  reasonableness  of  significant  accounting  estimates  made  by 
the  directors  and  the  overall  presentation  of  the  financial  statements.  In  addition,  we  have  read  all  the  financial  and 
non-financial information in the annual report to identify material inconsistencies with the audited financial statements. 
If we become aware of any apparent misstatements or inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.

Opinion on financial statements
In our opinion the group financial statements:

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l

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give a true and fair view of the state of the Group’s affairs as at 31 December 2012 and of its loss for the year then
ended;

have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union; and 

have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion the information given in the Directors’ Report for the financial year for which the group financial statements
are prepared is consistent with the group financial statements. 

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Matters on which we are required to report by exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you,
if in our opinion:

l

certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or

l we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Other matters
We  have  reported  separately  on  the  parent  company  financial  statements  of  Edenville  Energy  Plc  for  the  year  ended 
31 December 2012.

Gary Miller (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of H W Fisher & Company
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Acre House
11-15 William Road
London NW1 3ER
United Kingdom

Date: 7 May 2013

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Group Statement of Comprehensive Income
for the year ended 31 December 2012

Administration expenses
Share based payments
Impairment of available for sale financial asset

Group operating loss

Finance income

Loss on operations before taxation

Income tax expense

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive income/(loss)
(Loss)/profit on translation of overseas subsidiary

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Attributable to:
Equity holders of the Company
Non-controlling interest

Loss per Share (pence)
Basic and diluted loss per share

Note

6
24
15

10

11

2012
£

(598,415)
(45,437)
–

2011
£

(511,315)
(259,028)
(446,428)

(643,852)

(1,216,771)

10

4

(643,842)

(1,216,767)

–

–

(643,842)

(1,216,767)

(419,893)

27,839

(1,063,735)

(1,188,928)

(1,063,381)
(354)

(1,188,476)
(452)

12

(0.01p)

(0.04p)

All operating income and operating gains and losses relate to continuing activities.

No separate statement of comprehensive income is provided as all income and expenditure is disclosed above.

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

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Group Statement of Financial Position
as at 31 December 2012

Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment
Intangible assets
Equity investments – available for sale

Current assets
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables

Current assets less current liabilities

Total assets less current liabilities 

Non-current liabilities
Provision for deferred tax

Equity
Called-up share capital
Share premium account
Share option reserve
Foreign currency translation reserve
Retained earnings

Attributable to the equity shareholders of the company

Non-controlling interests

Total equity

Note

2012
£

2011
£

13
14
15

16
17

18

68,047
10,379,827
–

17,762
9,454,607
–

10,447,874

9,472,369

258,623
784,072

1,042,695 

104,324
511,538

615,862

(164,567)

(117,212)

878,128

498,650

11,326,002

9,971,019

19

(1,231,400)

(1,288,162)

10,094,602

8,682,857

20

965,588
11,913,686
326,984
(657,327)
(2,474,073)

740,588
9,707,686
289,907
(237,434)
(1,838,945)

10,074,858

8,661,802

19,744

21,055

10,094,602

8,682,857

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 7 May 2013 and signed on
its behalf by:

S. Schofield
Director

Company registration number: 05292528

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Group Statement of Changes in Equity
for the year ended 31 December 2012

Equity interests

Share
capital
£

Share
premium
£

Retained
earnings
account
£

Share
option
reserve
£

Foreign
currency
reserve
£

Non-
controlling
interest
£

Total
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2011

658,922

8,224,353

(644,367)

52,616

(265,273)

8,026,251

38

8,026,289

Issue of share capital
Transfer on exercise 
of warrants
Minority interest on 
fair value adjustment
Share based 
payment charge
Foreign currency 
translation
Loss for the year

Issue of share capital
Cost of issue
Exercise of warrants
Share based 
payment charge
Foreign currency 
translation
Loss for the year

81,666

1,483,333

–

–

–

–

–

21,737

(21,737)

–

–

–

259,028

–

–

–

–

1,564,999

–

–

–

–

1,564,999

–

21,469

21,469

259,028

–

259,028

–
–
– (1,216,315)

–
–

27,839

27,839
– (1,216,315)

–

27,839
(452) (1,216,767)

–

–

–

–
–

200,000
–
25,000

2,300,000
(94,000)
–

–
–
8,360

–
–
(8,360)

–

45,437

–
–
–

–

2,500,000
(94,000)
25,000

45,437

–
–
–

–

2,500,000
(94,000)
25,000

45,437

–
(643,488)

–
–

(419,893)
–

(419,893)
(643,488)

(957)
(354)

(420,850)
(643,842)

–

–
–

–

–
–

At 31 December 2011 740,588

9,707,686

(1,838,945)

289,907

(237,434)

8,661,802

21,055

8,682,857

At 31 December 2012 965,588 11,913,686

(2,474,073)

326,984

(657,327) 10,074,858

19,744 10,094,602

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Group Cash Flow Statement
for the year ended 31 December 2012

Cash flows from operating activities
Operating loss
Impairment of tangible & intangible non-current assets
Depreciation
Share based payments
Increase in trade and other receivables
Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables
Foreign exchange differences

Net cash outflow from operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of exploration and evaluation assets
Purchase of fixed assets
Finance income

Net cash used in investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares
Share issue costs 

Net cash inflow from financing activities

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

17

Year ended
31 December
2012
£

Year ended
31 December
2011
£

Note

(643,852)
–
13,812
45,437
(153,537)
48,292
(34,803)

(1,216,771)
482,964
5,921
259,028
(89,245)
(50,445)
(35,344)

(724,651)

(643,892)

(1,370,377)
(64,288)
10

(1,034,890)
–
4

(1,434,655)

(1,034,886)

2,525,000
(94,000)

1,564,999
–

2,431,000

1,564,999

271,694

511,538
840

784,072

(113,779)

625,639
(322)

511,538

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Notes to the Group Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2012

1 General information

Edenville Energy Plc is a public limited company incorporated in the United Kingdom . The address of the registered
office is Aston House, Cornwall Avenue, London N3 1LF. The company’s shares are listed on AIM, a market operated
by the London Stock Exchange.

The  principal  activity  of  the  Group  is  the  exploration  and  mining  of  energy  commodities  predominantly  coal  and
uranium in Africa.

2 Group accounting policies

Basis of preparation of group financial statements
The Group’s financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS) as adopted by the European Union, IFRIC Interpretations and the parts of the Companies Act 2006 applicable
to companies reporting under IFRS. The Group’s financial statements have also been prepared under the historical
cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of available for sale investments.

The  preparation  of  financial  statements  in  conformity  with  IFRS  requires  the  use  of  certain  critical  accounting
estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgement in the process of applying the Group’s accounting
policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates
are significant to the Group’s financial statements are disclosed in Note 4.

The  Company’s  financial  statements  continue  to  be  prepared  under  IFRS.  Therefore  the  Company’s  financial
statements and the associated notes, together with the auditors’ report on these financial statements, are presented
separately from the Group, starting on page 46.

Standards and interpretations in issue but not yet effective or not yet relevant
At the date of authorisation of these financial statements the following Standards and Interpretations which have not
been applied in these financial statements were in issue but not yet effective:

Effective date
(period beginning
on or after)

IFRS 1, IAS 1,  Amendments resulting from Annual Improvements 2009-2011 Cycle
16, 32, 34
IFRS 1

Amendments for government loan with a below-market rate of interest 
when transitioning to IFRSs
Amendments related to the offsetting of assets and liabilities
Original issue
Amendments to transitional guidance
Amendments for investment entities
Joint Arrangements
Amendments to transitional guidance
Disclosure of interests in other entities
Amendments to transitional guidance
Amendments for investment entities
Fair value measurement
Presentation of Financial Statements – Amendments to revise the way 
other comprehensive income is presented
Employee Benefits – Amended Standard resulting from the Post-Employment 
Benefits and Termination Benefits projects
Separate financial statements
Amendments for investment entities
Investments in associates and joint ventures
Financial Instruments: Presentation – Amendments to application guidance 
on the offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities
Stripping Costs in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine

IFRS 7
IFRS 10

IFRS 11

IFRS 12

IFRS 13
IAS 1

IAS 19

IAS 27

IAS 28
IAS 32

IFRIC 20

1 January 2013

1 January 2013
1 January 2015
1 January 2013
1 January 2013
1 January 2014
1 January 2013

1 January 2013
1 January 2013
1 January 2014
1 January 2013

1 July 2012

1 January 2013
1 January 2013
1 January 2014
1 January 2013 

1 January 2014
1 January 2013

The  Directors  anticipate  that  the  adoption  of  these  Standards  and  Interpretations  in  future  periods  will  have  no
material impact on the Group’s financial statements.

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Notes to the Group Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2012

2 Group accounting policies continued

Share based payments
The Group operates a number of equity-settled, share-based compensation plans, under which the entity receives
services  from  employees  as  consideration  for  equity  instruments  (options)  of  the  Group.  The  fair  value  of  the
employee services received in exchange for the grant of options is recognised as an expense. The total amount to
be expensed is determined by reference to the fair value of the options granted:

l

l

l

including any market performance conditions;

excluding the impact of any service and non-market performance vesting conditions (for example, profitability,
sales growth targets and remaining an employee of the entity over a specified time period); and

excluding the impact of any non-vesting conditions (for example, the requirement of employees to save).

Assumptions about the number of options that are expected to vest include consideration of non-market vesting
conditions.  The  total  expense  is  recognised  over  the  vesting  period,  which  is  the  period  over  which  all  of  the
specified vesting conditions are to be satisfied. At the end of each reporting period, the entity revises its estimates
of the number of options that are expected to vest based on the non-market vesting conditions. It recognises the
impact  of  the  revision  to  original  estimates,  if  any,  in  the  income  statement,  with  a  corresponding  adjustment  to
equity.

When the options are exercised, the Group issues new shares. The proceeds received net of any directly attributable
transaction costs are credited to share capital (nominal value) and share premium when the options are exercised.

Basis of consolidation
The Group’s financial statements consolidate the financial statements of Edenville Energy Plc and all its subsidiary
undertakings (GOA Tanzania Limited, Edenville International (Seychelles) Limited, Edenville International (Tanzania)
Limited and Muze Coal (Tz) Limited) made up to 31 December 2012. Profits and losses on intra-group transactions
are eliminated on consolidation. A separate profit and loss for the parent company, Edenville Energy Plc, has been
omitted under the provisions of s408 of the Companies Act 2006.

Business combinations
The Group adopts the acquisition method in accounting for the acquisition of subsidiaries. On acquisition the cost is
measured at the fair value of the assets given, plus equity instruments issued and liabilities incurred or assumed at
the date of exchange. The assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination
are measured at their fair value at the date of acquisition. Any excess of the fair value of the consideration over the
fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. 

Any deficiency of the fair value of the consideration below the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired is credited
to the income statement in the period of the acquisition.

The results of subsidiary undertakings acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the group statement
of comprehensive income statement from the effective date of acquisition or up to the effective date of disposal. 

Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring the accounting policies
used into line with those used by the group. Inter-company transactions and balances between group companies are
eliminated.

Revenue recognition
Revenue  from  the  sale  of  energy  commodities  is  recognised  upon  delivery  of  goods  to  the  customers.  Interest
income is recognised on a proportional basis taking into account the effective interest rates applicable to the financial
assets.

All revenue is stated net of the amount of sales tax.

Currently the group does not generate any revenue.

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Notes to the Group Financial Statements
continued

2 Group accounting policies continued
Presentational and functional currency
This financial information is presented in pounds sterling, which is the Group’s functional currency.

In preparing the financial statements of individual entities, transaction in currencies other than the entity’s functional
currency (foreign currencies) are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the dates of the transactions. At
each balance sheet date, monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing
at the balance sheet date.

For  the  purposes  of  presenting  consolidated  financial  statements,  the  assets  and  liabilities  of  the  Group’s  foreign
operations (including comparatives) are expressed in pounds sterling using exchange rates prevailing at the balance
sheet  date.  Income  and  expense  items  are  translated  at  the  average  exchange  rate  for  the  period.  Exchange
differences arising, if any, are classified as equity and transferred to the Group’s foreign currency translation reserve.
Such translation differences are recognised in the income statement in the period in which the foreign operation is
disposed of.

Financial assets
Financial assets comprise investments, cash and cash equivalents and receivables. Unless otherwise indicated, the
carrying amounts of the Group’s financial assets are a reasonable approximation of their fair values.

Recognition and measurement
Investments are initially recognised at fair value plus transactions costs for all financial assets not carried at fair value
through profit or loss. Financial assets are derecognised when rights to receive cash flows from investments have
expired or the group has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership. Available for sale financial
assets  and  financial  assets  at  fair  value  through  profit  or  loss  are  subsequently  carried  at  fair  value.  Loans  and
receivables are subsequently carried at amortised cost.

Equity investments available for sale
Equity investments available for sale are non-derivatives that are either designated in this category or not classified
in any of the other categories. Equity investments available for sale do not have a quoted market price in an active
market. They are included in non-current assets unless management intends to dispose of the investment within 
12 months of the balance sheet date. Investments are initially classified at fair value. Gains and losses arising from
changes  in  fair  value  are  recognised  directly  in  equity,  until  the  security  is  disposed  of  or  is  determined  to  be
impaired. The Group assesses at each balance sheet date whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset
or a group of financial assets is impaired. If any such evidence exists the cumulative loss, measured as the difference
between the acquisition cost and the current fair value, less any impairment loss previously recognised in statement
of comprehensive income, is removed from equity and recognised in the statement of comprehensive income.

Where the fair value cannot be reliably measured as a result of a lack of an active market and/or reliable estimates
could not be made the equity investments are measured at cost.

Trade and other receivables
Provision for impairment of trade receivables is made when there is objective evidence that the Group will not be
able to collect all amounts due to it in accordance with the original terms of those receivables. The amount of the
write-down is the difference between the receivables carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future
cash flows.

An assessment for impairment is undertaken at least annually.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and in hand, demand deposits and other short term highly liquid
investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to insignificant risk of changes in
value.

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Notes to the Group Financial Statements
continued

2 Group accounting policies continued

Property, plant and equipment
Property,  plant  and  equipment  are  stated  at  cost  on  acquisition  less  accumulated  depreciation  and  accumulated
impairment losses. 

Depreciation is provided on all property, plant and equipment categories at rates calculated to write off the cost, less
estimated residual value on a reducing balance basis over their expected useful economic life. The depreciation rates
are as follows: 

Fixtures and fittings 
Office equipment 
Motor vehicles

Basis of depreciation 
25% reducing balance 
25% reducing balance
25% reducing balance

Costs capitalised include the purchase price of an asset and any costs directly attributable to bringing it into working
condition for its intended use.

Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are recognised when the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial liabilities comprise only trade and other payables.

All  financial  liabilities  are  recorded  at  amortised  cost,  using  the  effective  interest  method,  with  interest-related
charges being recognised as an expense under finance costs in the Income Statement.

A  financial  liability  is  derecognised  only  when  the  obligation  is  extinguished,  that  is,  when  the  obligation  is
discharged, is cancelled, or expires.

Finance costs
Finance costs of debt, including premiums payable on settlement and direct issue costs are charged to the income
statement on an accruals basis over the term of the instrument, using the effective interest method.

Income taxation
The taxation charge represents the sum of current tax and deferred tax.

The tax currently payable is based on the taxable profit for the period using the tax rates that have been enacted or
substantially enacted by the balance sheet date. Taxable profit differs from the net profit as reported in the income
statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further
excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. 

Deferred taxation
Deferred  tax  is  recognised,  using  the  liability  method,  in  respect  of  temporary  differences  between  the  carrying
amount of the Group’s assets and liabilities and their tax base. Deferred tax liabilities are offset against deferred tax
assets within the same taxable entity or qualifying local tax group. Any remaining deferred tax asset is recognised
only when, on the basis of all available evidence, it can be regarded as probable that there will be suitable taxable
profits, within the same jurisdiction, in the foreseeable future against which the deductible temporary difference can
be utilised. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates that are expected to apply in the periods in which the asset is
realised  or  liability  settled,  based  on  tax  rates  and  laws  that  have  been  enacted  or  substantially  enacted  by  the
balance  sheet  date.  Deferred  tax  is  recognised  in  the  income  statement,  except  when  the  tax  relates  to  items
charged or credited directly in equity, in which case the tax is also recognised in equity.

Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options
are shown in equity as deduction, net of tax, from the proceeds.

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Notes to the Group Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2012

2 Group accounting policies continued

Exploration and evaluation assets
Capitalisation
Certain costs (other than payments to acquire the legal right to explore and costs which are directly attributable to
those payments) incurred prior to acquiring the rights to explore are charged directly to the income statement. All
costs incurred after the rights to explore an area have been obtained, such as geological and geophysical costs and
other  direct  costs  of  exploration  and  appraisal  are  accumulated  and  capitalised  as  intangible  exploration  and
evaluation (“E&E”) assets. These costs are only carried forward to the extent that they are expected to be recouped
through the successful development of the areas or where activities in the areas have not yet reached a stage which
permits reasonable assessment of the existence of economically recoverable reserves. 

E&E costs are not amortised prior to the conclusion of appraisal activities. 

At completion of appraisal activities, if technical feasibility is demonstrated and commercial reserves are discovered,
then,  following  development  sanction,  the  carrying  value  of  the  relevant  E&E  asset  will  be  reclassified  as  a
development and production (“D&P”) asset, but only after the carrying value of the relevant E&E asset has been
assessed for impairment, and where appropriate, its carrying value adjusted. If after completion of appraisal activities
in the area, it is not possible to determine technical feasibility and commercial viability or if the legal right to explore
expires  or  if  the  Company  decides  not  to  continue  exploration  and  evaluation  activity,  then  the  costs  of  such
unsuccessful exploration and evaluation are written off to the income statement in the period the relevant events
occur. 

Impairment
If and when facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an E&E asset may exceed its recoverable
amount an impairment review is performed. 

For E&E assets when there are such indications, an impairment test is carried out by grouping the E&E assets with
the  D&P  assets  belonging  to  the  same  geographic  segment  to  form  the  Cash  Generating  Unit  (“CGU”)  for
impairment testing. The equivalent combined carrying value of the CGU is compared against the CGU’s recoverable
amount and any resulting impairment loss is written off to the income statement. The recoverable amount of the
CGU is determined as the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. 

Goodwill
At the date of acquisition of a subsidiary undertaking, fair values are attributed to the acquired identifiable assets,
liabilities  and  contingent  liabilities.  Goodwill  represents  the  difference  between  the  fair  value  of  the  purchase
consideration and the acquired interest in the fair value of those net assets.

Goodwill is initially recognised at fair value. Any negative goodwill is credited to the income statement in the year of
acquisition. If an undertaking is subsequently sold, the amount of goodwill carried on the balance sheet at the date
of disposal is charged to the income statement in the period of disposal as part of the gain or loss on disposal.

Goodwill is associated with exploration and evaluation assets, the impairment of which is discussed in the accounting
policy note for exploration and evaluation assets.

Going concern
The directors have reviewed the work programme for the mines and the estimated head office costs and consider
that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The group
therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its consolidated financial statements.

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31

Notes to the Group Financial Statements
continued

3

4

Financial risk management
Fair value estimation
The carrying value less impairment provision of trade receivables and payables is assumed to approximate their fair
values, due to their short-term nature. The fair value of financial liabilities for disclosure purposes is estimated by
discounting the future contractual cash flows at the current market interest rate that is available to the group for
similar financial instruments.

Critical accounting estimates and areas of judgement
The Group makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future, which by definition will seldom result in actual
results  that  match  the  accounting  estimate.  The  estimates  and  assumptions  that  have  a  significant  risk  of  causing  a
material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are those in relation to: 

l

l

l

the impairment of intangible exploration and evaluation assets;

the fair value of intangible assets acquired on the acquisition of Edenville International Limited; and

Share based payments.

Impairment – intangible exploration and evaluation assets
The Group is required to perform an impairment review, for each CGU to which the asset relates, when facts and
circumstances suggest that the carrying amount of the asset may exceed its recoverable amount. The recoverable
amount  is  based  upon  the  Directors’  judgements  and  are  dependent  upon  the  discovery  of  economically
recoverable reserves, the ability of the Company to obtain necessary financing to complete the development and
future profitable production or proceeds from the disposal until the technical feasibility and commercial viability of
extracting a mineral resource becomes demonstrable, at which point the value is estimated based upon the present
value of the discounted future cash flows.

Fair value of intangible assets
The  Company  holds  Tanzanian  prospecting  licences  through  its  subsidiary,  Edenville  International  (Tanzania)
Limited. The value of these intangible exploration assets acquired represents the fair value of the consideration paid
by Edenville Energy plc at the time of the acquisition of Edenville International Limited. 

The outcome of ongoing exploration and evaluation, and therefore whether the carrying value of exploration and
evaluation  assets  will  ultimately  be  recovered,  is  inherently  uncertain.  The  directors  have  assessed  the  value  of
exploration and evaluation expenditure carried as intangible assets. In their opinion there has been no impairment
loss to intangible exploration and evaluation assets in the period, other than the amounts charged to the income
statement  with  regards  to  the  Javan  licences.  The  carrying  value  of  these  exploration  and  evaluation  assets  is
£9,126,958 as at 31 December 2012.

Share based payments
The  estimate  of  share  based  payments  costs  requires  management  to  select  an  appropriate  valuation  model  and
make decisions about various inputs into the model including the volatility of its own share price, the probable life of
the options and the risk free interest rate.

Deferred taxation
The deferred taxation liability is based on the fair value adjustment to the cost of the prospecting licences held by
the Company’s subsidiary, Edenville International (Tanzania) Limited on the date of acquisition.

The outcome of on going exploration and evaluation, and therefore whether the carrying value of exploration and
evaluation  assets  will  ultimately  be  recovered,  is  inherently  uncertain.  The  directors  have  assessed  the  value  of
exploration and evaluation expenditure carried as intangible assets. In their opinion there has been no change to the
fair value of the prospecting licenses originally acquired. Any change in the value of these prospecting licences will
result in a change in the deferred tax liability.

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32

Notes to the Group Financial Statements
continued

5

Segmental information
The Board considers the business to have two reportable segments being Coal and Uranium exploration projects.

Other represents unallocated expenses and assets held by the head office. Unallocated assets primarily consist of
cash and cash equivalents.

Exploration Projects
Uranium
£

Coal
£

Emeralds
£

Other
£

Total
£

2012
Consolidated Income Statement
Share based payments
Other expenses

Group operating loss
Finance income

Loss on operations before taxation
Income tax expense

–
29,691

(29,691)
–

(29,691)
–

–
41,083

(41,083)
–

(41,083)
–

Loss for the year

(29,691)

(41,083)

–
–

–
–

–
–

–

45,437
527,641

(573,078)
10

(573,068)
–

45,437
598,415

(643,852)
10

(643,842)
–

(573,068)

(643,842)

2011
Consolidated Income Statement
Impairment of exploration costs 
Impairment of available for sale financial assets
Share based payments
Other expenses

Group operating loss
Finance income

Loss on operations before taxation
Income tax expense

36,536
–
–
29,524

(66,060)
–

(66,060)
–

–
–
–
61,896

(61,896)
–

(61,896)
–

–
446,428
–
–

(446,428)
–

(446,428)
–

–
–
259,028
383,359

36,536
446,428
259,028
474,779

(642,387)
4

(1,216,771)
4

(642,383)
–

(1,216,767)
–

Loss for the year

(66,060)

(61,896)

(446,428)

(642,383)

(1,216,767)

By Business Segment

Coal 
Uranium
Other

Carrying value of
segment assets

2012
£

2011
£

Additions to non-current
assets and intangibles
2011
2012
£
£

Total liabilities

2012
£

2011
£

4,251,645
6,491,399
747,525

2,948,103
6,622,865
517,263

1,348,908
58,610
–

1,027,556
78,515
–

315,026
1,046,587
34,354

298,159
1,069,752
37,463

11,490,569

10,088,231

1,407,518

1,106,071

1,395,967

1,405,374

By Geographical Area

£

£

£

£

£

£

Africa (Tanzania)
Europe

10,743,044
747,525

9,570,968
517,263

1,407,518
–

1,106,071
–

1,361,613
34,354

1,367,911
37,463

11,490,569

10,088,231

1,407,518

1,106,071

1,395,967

1,405,374

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continued

6 Administrative expenses

Staff costs
Other expenses

Share based payment charge

Total administrative expenses on continuing operations

7 Auditors’ remuneration

Fees payable to the Company’s auditor for the audit of the 
parent company and consolidated accounts
Fees payable to the Company’s auditor for the audit related 
assurance services

8

Employees
The average number of employees and directors during the year was as follows:

Administration

9 Directors’ remuneration

Emoluments
Share based payment charge

2012
£

224,410
374,005

598,415
45,437

643,852

2012
£

20,000

–

20,000

2012
Number

11

2012
£

207,500
39,999

247,499

2011
£

125,000
386,315

511,315
259,028

770,343

2011
£

15,750

4,150

19,900

2011
Number

11

2011
£

125,000
226,293

351,293

The highest paid director received remuneration of £62,500 (2011: £35,000).

Remuneration interest in outstanding share options per director is disclosed in the directors’ report.

10 Finance income

Interest income on short-term bank deposits

2012
£

10

2011
£

4

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11

Income tax expense
No corporation tax charge arises in respect of the year due to the trading losses incurred. The Group has Corporation
Tax losses available to be carried forward and used against trading profits arising in future periods of £2,050,009
(2011: £1,528,088).

A  deferred  tax  asset  of  £406,096  (2011:  £300,794)  calculated  at  20%  (2011:  20%)  has  not  been  recognised  in 
respect of the tax losses carried forward due to the uncertainty that profits will arise against which the losses can be
offset.

The tax assessed for the year differs from the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK as follows:

Loss on ordinary activities before tax

Expected tax credit at standard rate of Corporation Tax 20% (2011: 20%)
Disallowable expenditure
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances
Other adjustments
Tax losses carried forward

Tax charge for the year

12 Earnings per share

2012
£

2011
£

(643,842)

(1,216,767)

(128,768)
9,341
888
–
118,539

–

(243,353)
96,593
2,285
17,183
127,292

–

The basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the loss attributable to equity shareholders by the weighted average
number of shares in issue. 

The loss attributable to equity shareholders and weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purposes of
calculating diluted earnings per ordinary share are identical to those used for basic earnings per ordinary share. This
is because the exercise of warrants would have the effect of reducing the loss per ordinary share and is therefore
anti-dilutive.

Net loss for the year attributable to ordinary shareholders

Weighted average number of shares in issue 

Basic and diluted loss per share

2012
£

2011
£

(643,488)

(1,216,315)

4,380,642,635

3,578,852,211

(0.01p)

(0.04p)

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13 Property, plant and equipment

2011

Cost
As at 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2011

Depreciation
As at 1 January 2011
Charge for the year

As at 31 December 2011

Net book value
As at 31 December 2011

2012

Cost
As at 1 January 2012 
Additions

As at 31 December 2012

Depreciation
As at 1 January 2012
Charge for the year
Foreign exchange adjustment

As at 31 December 2012

Net book value
As at 31 December 2012

Plant and
machinery
£

Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
£

Motor
vehicles
£

Total
£

7,471

1,245
1,556

2,801

4,670

4,153

16,691

28,315

692
866

1,558

2,695
3,499

6,194

4,632
5,921

10,553

2,595

10,497

17,762

Plant and
machinery
£

Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
£

4,153
2,042

6,195

1,558
1,020
10

2,588

7,471
–

7,471

2,801
1,168
–

3,969

3,502

Motor
vehicles
£

16,691
62,246

78,937

6,194
11,624
181

17,999

Total
£

28,315
64,288

92,603

10,553
13,812
191

24,556

3,607

60,938

68,047

14

Intangible assets

Evaluation and Exploration Assets

2011

Cost or valuation
As at 1 January 2011
Additions
Foreign exchange adjustment

At 31 December 2011

Accumulated amortisation and impairment
As at 1 January 2011
Impairment charge

As at 31 December 2011

Net book value
As at 31 December 2011

Javan
Licenses
£

36,536
–
–

36,536

–
36,536

36,536

Tanzanian
Licenses
£

Goodwill
(as restated)
£

Total
£

7,061,646
1,073,913
9,417

1,286,890
21,469
1,272

8,385,072
1,095,382
10,689

8,144,976

1,309,631

9,491,143

–
–

–

–
–

–

–
36,536

36,536

–

8,144,976

1,309,631

9,454,607

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14

Intangible assets continued

Evaluation and Exploration Assets

2012

Cost or valuation
As at 1 January 2012
Additions
Foreign exchange adjustment

At 31 December 2012

Accumulated amortisation and impairment
As at 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012

Net book value
As at 31 December 2012

Javan
Licenses
£

36,536
–
–

36,536

36,536

Tanzanian
Licenses
£

Goodwill
£

Total
£

8,144,976
1,370,387
(388,405)

1,309,631
–
(56,762)

9,491,143
1,370,387
(445,167)

9,126,958

1,252,869

10,416,363

–

–

36,536

–

9,126,958

1,252,869

10,379,827

Javan Licences
On 27 May 2009, the Company signed an option agreement with Javan Investments Company Limited, a private
Tanzanian registered company for two prospecting licences in Tanzania. Under the terms of the option agreement,
the Company acquired an initial 25% interest in both licences for a consideration of US$15,000 per licence. In the
opinion of the Directors these licences should be fully impaired in line with IAS 36 and IFRS 6 as at 31 December
2012 on the basis that no further exploration and evaluation expenditure is expected on these licences and there is
no expectation of the Company applying for renewal of the licences in the future.

Tanzanian Licences and Goodwill
The  Tanzanian  licenses  comprise  six  prospecting  licences  acquired  on  the  acquisition  of  Edenville  International
(Tanzania) Limited in 2010. The Licenses covered 598km2 in Tanzania, located in a region displaying viable prospects
for both uranium and coal and occur in a country where the government’s policy for development of the mineral
sector aims at attracting and enabling the private sector to take the lead in exploration mining, development, mineral
beneficiation  and  marketing.  The  value  of  the  assets  obtained  on  acquisition  represents  the  fair  value  of  the
consideration paid to the vendors. The area covered by these original 6 licences has since decreased as the licence
renewal process has focused on smaller areas with the best drill results.

The group has two CGUs: coal and uranium, as disclosed in note 5 segmental information, which are relevant for the
purposes of evaluation licences and goodwill. Goodwill arose as a result of the valuation placed on the 6 Tanzanian
licences acquired on the acquisition of Edenville (Tanzania) Limited. As such the value of Goodwill is linked to the
value of the licences.

Goodwill at the year end totalled £1,252,869. £264,940 has been allocated to coal licences and £987,929 to uranium
licences. The allocation has been made based on the value of the licences on the date of acquisition.

The  carrying  value  of  exploration  and  evaluation  assets  including  goodwill  is  reviewed  annually  to  determine
whether it is in excess of its recoverable amount. The Directors have determined the recoverable amounts using
value  in  use.  The  value  in  use  is  determined  at  the  cash  generating  unit  level,  in  this  case  the  coal  and  uranium
exploration and evaluation assets. 

The group has so far focused on the exploration of specific licences and as such it currently has a resource estimate
on  which  to  value  only  some  of  its  coal  assets.  In  the  absence  of  data  specific  to  the  group’s  other  licences,  the
Directors have determined the fair value of licences and hence goodwill based on comparable neighbouring coal
and uranium exploration and development projects. 

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14

Intangible assets continued
The Directors have used the following assumptions for its uranium licences in South-Western Tanzania, based on
published information from a neighbouring deposit, last updated in November 2011:

l Average annual production of U3O8 Uranium : 4.2 million lbs

l

Initial life of mine :12 years

l Average cash operation costs: US$22.20 per Ib of U3O8 Uranium

l

Total capital costs: US$430 million

The Directors have used the following assumptions for its uranium licences in Northern Tanzania based on published
information from a neighbouring deposit, last updated in June 2010.

l Cash sales price US$50 per lb

l Cash costs US$20 per lb

l

l

Recovery of 80% of 6.7m lbs

Sales split evenly over a 10 year life of mine

l No potential additional resources were included

These  assumptions  were  used  to  arrive  at  an  estimated  recoverable  amount  per  square  kilometre.  A  range  of
discount rates ranging from 10% to 20% were applied to reflect the early exploration stage of the group’s projects.
These  discounted  values  were  then  applied  to  the  licence  area  of  the  group’s  licences,  as  appropriate,  and  an
average value was taken and compared against the initial value placed on the licences. There were no indications of
impairment in the group’s uranium licences and the associated goodwill.

For the coal licences the Directors have considered the success of a neighbouring deposit which covers an area of
61Km² and has a JORC compliant resource of 210 million tonnes. The neighbouring licence also estimates that the
successful drilling programs undertaken in two newly acquired blocks have the potential to add a further 150-200m
tonnes of coal.

The  area  has  been  earmarked  for  a  proposed  US$1.2bn  power  station  with  estimated  returns  of  US$300m.  This
would  result  in  high  licence  valuations  and  given  that  the  group’s  licence  covers  three  times  the  area  of  the
neighbouring mine and if the group replicates the drilling success then the Directors consider that there has been
no impairment in their coal licences.

In addition, based on the most recent resource report, a discounted cash flow model was created for the more recent
coal licences. This model supports the conclusion that the coal licences are not impaired and the key assumptions
are as follows:

l Discount rate of 11%

l Coal price of $100 per tonne

l

Production of 300,000 tonnes a year

l Cash flows considered over a 5 year period

Based on the above, the Directors do not consider the licences they hold and hence Goodwill and non-amortised
intangibles to be impaired.

The calculation of value in use is most sensitive to the following assumptions:

l

Recoverable resources and reserves and future price of coal and uranium

In the Directors’ view no reasonable change in any of the key assumptions would trigger an impairment charge at 
31 December 2012.

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continued

15 Equity investments – available for sale

Fair value
As at 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012

Impairment
As at 1 January 2012 
Impairment in the year

As at 31 December 2012

Net book value
As at 31 December

2012
£

2011
£

446,428

446,428

(446,428)
–

(446,428)

–
(446,428)

(446,428)

–

–

On 13 March 2009, the Company entered into a collaboration and option agreement on a group of emerald mining
licences  in  Tanzania,  Africa,  with  Obtala  Resouces  Plc  (“Obtala”)  and  Obtala’s  subsidiary  Mindex  Invest  Limited
(“Mindex”).

The Company’s focus is now on coal exploration and mining and the directors therefore consider it appropriate to
impair the cost of these emerald mining licences, as the company does not intend to develop these assets. As at 
31 December 2012, the Directors deemed this investment to be permanently impaired and have therefore written
off the carrying amount in the statement of comprehensive income.

16 Trade and other receivables

VAT receivable
Prepayments
Other receivables

2012
£

253,847
3,666
1,110

258,623

2011
£

99,236
4,053
1,035

104,324

There was no provision for impairment of receivables at 31 December 2012 (2011: £nil).

17 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include the following for the purposes of the cash flow statement:

Cash at bank and in hand

2012
£

2011
£

784,072

511,538

The major non-cash transactions in the year relate to the share based payment expense detailed in note 24.

18 Trade and other payables

Trade and other payables
Accruals and deferred income

2012
£

97,020
67,547

2011
£

52,992
64,220

164,567

117,212

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continued

19 Deferred taxation

A  deferred  tax  asset  of  £406,096  (2011:  £300,794)  has  not  been  recognised  in  respect  of  the  tax  losses  carried
forward due to the uncertainty that profits will arise against which the losses can be offset. A deferred tax liability of
£1,231,400  (2011:  £1,288,162)  calculated  at  30%  (2011:  30%)  has  been  provided  in  respect  of  the  potential  tax
liability arising on licenses acquired on the acquisition of Edenville International (Tanzania) Limited.

Provision brought forward
Foreign exchange movement

Provision carried forward

20 Called-up share capital

Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of 0.02p each 
Deferred shares of 0.08p each 

Ordinary shares of 0.02p each 
Deferred shares of 0.08p each 

2012
£

2011
£

1,288,162
(56,762)

1,286,890
1,272

1,231,400

1,288,162

2012
Number

2011
Number

4,571,216,405
64,179,932

3,446,216,405
64,179,932

4,635,396,337

3,510,396,337

2012
£

914,244
51,344

965,588

2011
£

689,244
51,344

740,588

The rights attaching to the deferred shares are as follows:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

no dividend or other distribution shall be paid or made in respect of the deferred shares;

the holders of deferred shares shall not be entitled to receive notice of, or to attend and vote at any general
meeting of the Company;

on a return of capital, whether on a winding-up or otherwise, the holders of deferred shares shall be entitled
to receive only the amount credited as paid up on each share, but only after the holders of each ordinary share
have received the amount paid up or credited as paid up on each share, together with a payment of £10,000
per share;

the Company may transfer the shares without making any payment to the holders thereof, to such persons as
the Company may determine, and acquire the same in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Acts
at a price of 0.08p each.

On 31 January 2012, the Company issued for cash 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.02p each at 0.25p per share.

On 14 November 2012, 125,000,000 warrants were exercised at an exercise price of 0.02p per share.

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continued

21 Capital and reserves attributable to shareholders

Share capital
Share premium
Other reserves
Retained deficit

Total equity

2012
£

965,588
11,913,686
(330,343)
(2,474,073)

2011
£

740,588
9,707,686
52,473
(1,838,945)

10,074,858

8,661,802

There have been no significant changes to the Group’s capital management objectives or what is considered to be
capital during the year.

22 Capital management policy

The  Group’s  policy  on  capital  management  is  to  maintain  a  low  level  of  gearing.  The  group  funds  its  operation
through equity funding.

The Group defines the capital it manages as equity shareholders’ funds less cash and cash equivalents. 

The Group objectives when managing its capital are:

l

l

l

To safeguard the group’s ability to continue as a going concern.
To provide adequate resources to fund its exploration activities with a view to providing returns to its investors.
To maintain sufficient financial resources to mitigate against risk and unforeseen events.

The group’s cash reserves are reported to the board and closely monitored against the planned work program and
annual budget. Where additional cash resources are required the following factors are taken into account:

l

l

the size and nature of the requirement.
preferred sources of finance.

l market conditions.

l

opportunities to collaborate with third parties to reduce the cash requirement.

23 Financial instruments

The Board of Directors determine, as required, the degree to which it is appropriate to use financial instruments to
mitigate risk with the main risk affecting such instruments being foreign exchange risk, which is discussed below.

Categories of financial instruments

Financial assets
Receivables at amortised cost including cash and cash equivalents:
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other receivables

Total

Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities at amortised cost:
Trade and other payables

Net

2012
£

2011
£

784,072
258,623

1,042,695

511,538
104,324

615,862

164,567

878,128

117,212

498,650

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continued

23 Financial instruments continued

Cash and cash equivalents
This comprises cash held by the Group and short-term deposits. The carrying amount of these assets approximates
to their fair value.

General risk management principles
The  Directors  have  an  overall  responsibility  for  the  establishment  of  the  Group’s  risk  management  framework. 
A  formal  risk  assessment  and  management  framework  for  assessing,  monitoring  and  managing  the  strategic
operational and financial risks of the Group is in place to ensure appropriate risk management of its operations.

The following represent the key financial risks that the Group faces:

Interest rate risk
The Group is not exposed to significant interest rate risks as it does not have any interest bearing liabilities and its only
interest-bearing asset is cash invested on a short-term basis which attracts interest at the bank’s variable interest rate. 

Credit risk
Credit risk arises principally from the Group’s trade receivables and investments in cash deposits. It is the risk that
the counterparty fails to discharge its obligation in respect of the instrument.

The  Group  holds  its  cash  balances  with  reputable  financial  institutions  with  strong  credit  ratings.  There  were  no
amounts past due at the balance sheet date.

The maximum exposure to credit risk in respect of the above at 31 December 2012 is the carrying value of financial
assets recorded in the financial statements.

Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group will not be able to meet its financial obligations as and when they fall due. 

Liquidity risk is managed through an assessment of short, medium and long-term cash flow forecasts to ensure the
adequacy of working capital.

The Group’s policy is to ensure that it will always have sufficient cash to allow it to meet its liabilities when they become
due. To achieve this aim, it seeks to maintain cash balances to meet expected requirements for a period of one year.

Currency risk
The Group is exposed to currency risk as the assets of its subsidiaries are denominated in US Dollars. The Group’s
policy  is,  where  possible,  to  allow  group  entities  to  settle  liabilities  denominated  in  their  functional  currency
(primarily US Dollars) with cash. The Company transfers amounts in sterling or US dollars to its subsidiaries to fund
its operations. Where this is not possible the parent company settles the liability on behalf of its subsidiaries and will
therefore be exposed to currency risk.

The Group has no formal policy is respect of foreign exchange risk; however, it reviews its currency exposure on a
regular basis. Currency exposures relating to monetary assets held by foreign operations are included in the Group’s
income statement. The Group also manages its currency exposure by retaining the majority of its cash balances in
sterling, being a relatively stable currency.

The effect of a 10% rise or fall in the US dollar/Sterling exchange rate would result in an increase or decrease in the
net assets of the group of £826,000.

Fair value of financial assets and liabilities
Fair value is the amount at which a financial instrument could be exchanged in an arm’s length transaction between
informed and willing parties, other than a forced or liquidation sale and excludes accrued interest. Where available,
market values have been used to determine fair values. Where market values are not available, fair values have been
calculated by discounting expected cash flows at prevailing interest rates and by applying year end exchange rates.

The directors consider that there is no significant difference between the book value and fair value of the Group’s
financial assets and liabilities.

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for the year ended 31 December 2011

24 Equity-settled share-based payments

The following options and warrants over ordinary shares have been granted by the Company:

Date

30 September 2008
29 March 2010
21 February 2011

Exercise price

Exercise period

Number of
options/warrants

0.02p
0.87p
1.80p

5 Years
10 Years
9 Years

500,000,000 (warrants)
44,827,587
35,000,000

At the date of grant, the options and warrants were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair
value per option granted and the assumptions used in the calculation were as follows:

The warrants granted on 30 September 2008 were exercisable from the date the company was admitted onto the
AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange for a period of 5 years as a subscription price of 0.02p per
warrant share. All of the warrants had been exercised at 31 December 2012. 

Of the options granted on 29 March 2010, 50% are exercisable from 29 March 2011 and the balance from 29 March
2012. The options are valid for a period of 10 years from the date of grant. There are no vesting conditions.

The options granted on 21 February 2011 are exercisable from 8 February 2012. The options are valid for a period
of 10 years from the date of grant. There are no vesting conditions.

Date of grant
Expected volatility
Expected life
Risk-free interest rate
Fair value per option

30 September 2008
54%
1 year
2.88%
0.012p

29 March 2010
40%
2 year
4.00%
0.133p

21 February 2011
122%
3.5 years
1.99%
0.76p

The charge to the income statement for share based payments for the year ended 31 December 2012 was £45,437
(2011: £259,028).

Movements in the number of options and warrants outstanding and their related weighted average exercise prices
are as follows:

At 1 January
Granted
Exercised

At 31 December

2012

2011

Number of
options

204,827,587
–
(125,000,000)

79,827,587

Weighted
average
exercise price
per share
pence

Number of
options

0.51
–
0.02

1.28

494,827,587
35,000,000
(325,000,000)

204,827,587

Weighted
average
exercise price
per share
pence

0.10
1.80
(0.02)

0.51

The average volatility is used in determining the share based payment expense to be recognised in the year. This was
calculated by reference to the standard deviation of the Company share price. All of the above options are equity
settled.

The weighted average remaining contractual life of options as at 31 December 2012 was 7.6 years (2011: 4.4 years).

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for the year ended 31 December 2011

25 Reserves

The following describes the nature and purpose of each reserve:

Share Capital

Share Premium

Share Option Reserve

Foreign Currency Translation Reserve

represents the nominal value of equity shares

amount subscribed for share capital in excess of the nominal value

fair value of the employee equity settled share option scheme as
accrued at the balance sheet date

gains/losses  arising  on  retranslating  the  net  assets  of  overseas
operations into pounds sterling

Retained Earnings

Cumulative net gains and losses less distributions made

26 Related party transactions

During  the  year  ended  31  December  2012,  the  Group  paid  £62,500  (2011:  £35,000)  to  Adler  Shine  LLP  for  the
services  of  Rakesh  Patel,  director.  Rakesh  Patel  is  a  partner  in  Adler  Shine  LLP.  The  Group  also  paid  £23,354 
(2011:  £18,975)  to  Adler  Shine  LLP  for  accounting  services  provided  in  the  year  and  £20,000  (2011:  £nil)  for
assistance in the share placing in January 2012.

During  the  year  ended  31  December  2012,  the  Group  paid  the  following  amounts  to  Obtala  Resources  plc,  a
company of which Simon Rollason is a director:

Secretarial support
Travel and subsistence

£

£4,900
£50,810

(2011: £8,000)
(2011: £5,332)

The  Group  has  a  fully  impaired  equity  investment  (note  15)  in  Mindex  Invest  Limited,  a  subsidiary  of  Obtala
Resources Plc. Simon Rollason is a director of Obtala Resources Plc.

At the year end the Group owed the director, Simon Rollason £2,523 (2011; £2,587). During the year the Group paid
£20,000 (2011: £nil) to Simon Rollason for assistance in the share placing in January 2012.

During the year the company paid Mark Pryor and Sally Schofield £nil (2011: £20,000 each) for assisting with the
reverse takeover and admission to AIM, prior to their appointment to the board.

Key  management  personnel  are  those  persons  having  authority  and  responsibility  for  planning,  directing  and
controlling activities of the Group, and are all directors of the company. For details of their compensation please refer
to the Remuneration report.

27 Operating leases

At the year end the group had annual commitments under non-cancellable operating leases as set out below:

Operating lease which expire:
within one year

Land and Buildings

2012
£

2011
£

–

12,422

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Notes to the Group Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2011

28 Events after the reporting date

Subsequent to the year end, Edenville Plc entered into an equity financing facility (“EFF”) agreement with Darwin
and  Henderson  Volantis,  an  existing  shareholder.  It  provides  Edenville  with  a  facility  of  up  to  £5  million  which
(subject to certain limited restrictions) can be drawn down at any time over the next three years. The timing and
minimum subscription price of any draw down is always at the complete control and sole discretion of the Company.
There are no penalty fees payable for not using the facility. 

Edenville is under no obligation to make a draw down and may make draw downs at its discretion, up to the total
value of the EFF, by way of issuing subscription notices to Darwin. Following delivery of a subscription notice, Darwin
will subscribe and the Company will allot to Darwin new ordinary shares of 0.02 pence each in Edenville (‘Ordinary
Shares’). 

As part of the EFF arrangements, Edenville has entered into a warrant arrangement with Darwin dated 26 March
2013 to subscribe for up to 47,500,000 Ordinary Shares, such warrants to be exercisable at 0.4p any time prior to
the expiry of 36 months from the date of the warrant agreement. 

29 Ultimate controlling party

The Group considers that there is no ultimate controlling party.

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Independent Auditors’ Report – Company
to the members of Edenville Energy plc

We have audited the parent company financial statements of Edenville Energy Plc for the year ended 31 December 2012
which comprise the company Statement of Financial Position, company Statement of Changes in Equity, company Cash
Flow  Statement  and  related  notes.  The  financial  reporting  framework  that  has  been  applied  in  their  preparation  is
applicable  law  and  International  Reporting  Standards  (IFRSs)  as  adopted  by  the  European  Union  and  as  applied  in
accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006.

This  report  is  made  solely  to  the  Company’s  members,  as  a  body,  in  accordance  with  Chapter  3  of  Part  16  of  the
Companies  Act  2006.  Our  audit  work  has  been  undertaken  so  that  we  might  state  to  the  Company’s  members  those
matters we are required to state to them in an auditors’ report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by
law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company’s members as a body,
for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Respective responsibilities of directors and auditors
As explained more fully in the Directors’ Responsibilities Statement set out on page 16, the Directors are responsible for
the preparation of the parent company financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. Our
responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the parent company financial statements in accordance with applicable
law and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing
Practices Board’s Ethical Standards for Auditors.

Scope of the audit of the financial statements
An  audit  involves  obtaining  evidence  about  the  amounts  and  disclosures  in  the  financial  statements  sufficient  to  give
reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error.
This includes an assessment of: whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Parent Company’s circumstances
and  have  been  consistently  applied  and  adequately  disclosed;  the  reasonableness  of  significant  accounting  estimates
made by the directors and the overall presentation of the financial statements. In addition, we have read all the financial
and non-financial information in the annual report to identify material inconsistencies with the audited financial statements.
If we become aware of any apparent misstatements or inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.

Opinion on financial statements
In our opinion the parent company financial statements:

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give a true and fair view of the state of the Company’s affairs as at 31 December 2012;

have  been  properly  prepared  in  accordance  with  IFRSs  as  adopted  by  the  European  Union  and  as  applied  in
accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006; and 

have been properly prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion:

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the information given in the Directors’ Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is
consistent with the parent financial statements. 

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to the members of Edenville Energy plc

Matters on which we are required to report by exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you
if, in our opinion:

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adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not
been received from branches not visited by us; or

the parent company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or

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Other matters
We have reported separately on the group financial statements of Edenville Energy Plc for the year ended 31 December
2012.

Gary Miller (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of H W Fisher & Company
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Acre House
11-15 William Road
London NW1 3ER
United Kingdom

Date: 7 May 2013

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Company Statement of Financial Position
as at 31 December 2012

Non-current assets
Intangible assets
Investment in subsidiaries
Equity investments – available for sale
Property, plant & equipment

Current assets
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables

Current assets less current liabilities 

Total assets less current liabilities and net assets

Equity
Called-up share capital
Share premium account
Share option reserve
Profit and loss account

Total equity

Note

2012
£

2011
£
(as restated)

4
5
6
7

8
9

10

11

–
10,164,907
–
13,321

–
8,490,470
–
17,762

10,178,228

8,508,232

5,985
741,541

747,526

34,354

713,172

5,773
511,490

517,263

37,464

479,799

10,891,400

8,988,031

965,588
11,913,686
326,984
(2,314,858)

740,588
9,707,686
289,907
(1,750,150)

10,891,400

8,988,031

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 7 May 2013 and signed on
its behalf by:

S. Schofield
Director

Company registration number: 05292528

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Company Statement of Changes in Equity
for the year ended 31 December 2012

At 1 January 2011

658,922

8,224,353

(646,541)

Share
capital
£

Share
premium
£

Retained
earnings
account
£

Share
option
reserve
£

52,616

–
(21,737)
259,028
–

Total
£

8,289,350

1,564,999
–
259,028
(1,125,346)

Issue of share capital
Transfer on exercise of warrants
Share based payment charge
Total comprehensive loss for the year

At 31 December 2011

Issue of share capital
Cost of issue
Exercise of warrants
Share based payment charge
Total comprehensive loss for the year

81,666
–
–
– 

740,588

200,000
–
25,000
–
–

1,483,333
–
–
–

–
21,737
–
(1,125,346)

9,707,686

(1,750,150)

289,907

8,988,031

2,300,000
(94,000)
–
–
–

–
–
8,360
–
(573,068)

–
–
(8,360)
45,437
–

2,500,000
(94,000)
25,000
45,437
(573,068)

At 31 December 2012

965,588

11,913,686

(2,314,858)

326,984

10,891,400

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Company Cash Flow Statement
for the year ended 31 December 2012

Cash flows from operating activities
Operating loss
Impairment of tangible and intangible non-current assets
Depreciation
Share based payments
Increase in trade and other receivables
Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables

Net cash outflow from operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities
Finance income

Net cash inflow from investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares
Investment in subsidiary
Share issue costs 

Net cash inflow from financing activities

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

9

Year ended
31 December
2012
£

Year ended
31 December
2011
£

Note

(573,078)
–
4,441
45,437
(212)
(3,110)

(1,125,351)
482,964
5,921
259,028
4,772
(23,044)

(526,522)

(395,710)

10

10

4

4

2,525,000
(1,674,437)
(94,000)

1,564,999
(1,274,256)
–

756.563

230,051

511,490

741,541

290,743

(104,963)

616,453

511,490

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Notes to the Company Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2012

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation of company financial statements
The Company financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation
of  available  for  sale  investments,  and  in  accordance  with  International  Financial  Reporting  Standards  (IFRS)  as
adopted  by  the  European  Union,  IFRC  interpretations  and  the  parts  of  the  Companies  Act  2006  applicable  to
companies  reporting  under  IFRS.  The  Company  has  elected  to  take  the  exemption  under  section  408  of  the
Companies  Act  2006  from  presenting  the  Parent  Company  Income  Statement.  The  loss  after  tax  for  the  Parent
Company for the year was £573,068 (2011: £1,125,346).

Standards and interpretations in issue but not yet effective or not yet relevant
At the date of authorisation of these financial statements the following Standards and Interpretations which have not
been applied in these financial statements were in issue but not yet effective:

IFRS 1, IAS 1,  Amendments resulting from Annual Improvements 2009-2011 Cycle
16, 32, 34
IFRS 1

Amendments for government loan with a below-market rate of interest 
when transitioning to IFRSs
Amendments related to the offsetting of assets and liabilities
Original issue
Amendments to transitional guidance
Amendments for investment entities
Joint Arrangements
Amendments to transitional guidance
Disclosure of interests in other entities
Amendments to transitional guidance
Amendments for investment entities
Fair value measurement
Presentation of Financial Statements – Amendments to revise the way 
other comprehensive income is presented
Employee Benefits – Amended Standard resulting from the Post-Employment 
Benefits and Termination Benefits projects
Separate financial statements
Amendments for investment entities
Investments in associates and joint ventures
Financial Instruments: Presentation – Amendments to application guidance 
on the offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities
Stripping Costs in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine

IFRS 7
IFRS 10

IFRS 11

IFRS 12

IFRS 13
IAS 1

IAS 19

IAS 27

IAS 28
IAS 32

IFRIC 20

Effective date
(period beginning
on or after)

1 January 2013

1 January 2013
1 January 2015
1 January 2013
1 January 2013
1 January 2014
1 January 2013

1 January 2013
1 January 2013
1 January 2014
1 January 2013

1 July 2012

1 January 2013
1 January 2013
1 January 2014
1 January 2013 

1 January 2014
1 January 2013

The  Directors  anticipate  that  the  adoption  of  these  Standards  and  Interpretations  in  future  periods  will  have  no
material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

Reclassification of prior period comparative
During the year, the company reclassified the 2011 inter-company receivable from Edenville International (Tanzania)
of £1,456,912 from current assets to investment in subsidiaries. The company concluded that this amount represents
long  term  funding  that  will  be  recoverable  upon  the  commercialisation  or  sale  of  their  interest  in  Edenville
International (Tanzania) Limited and as such, should be presented within non-current assets.

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Notes to the Company Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2012

1 Accounting policies continued

Share based payments
The  Company  operates  a  number  of  equity-settled,  share-based  compensation  plans,  under  which  the  entity
receives services from employees as consideration for equity instruments (options) of the Company. The fair value
of  the  employee  services  received  in  exchange  for  the  grant  of  options  is  recognised  as  an  expense.  The  total
amount to be expensed is determined by reference to the fair value of the options granted:

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including any market performance conditions;

excluding the impact of any service and non-market performance vesting conditions (for example, profitability,
sales growth targets and remaining an employee of the entity over a specified time period); and

excluding the impact of any non-vesting conditions (for example, the requirement of employees to save).

Assumptions  about  the  number  of  options  that  are  expected  to  vest  include  consideration  of  non-market  vesting
conditions. The total expense is recognised over the vesting period, which is the period over which all of the specified
vesting  conditions  are  to  be  satisfied.  At  the  end  of  each  reporting  period,  the  entity  revises  its  estimates  of  the
number of options that are expected to vest based on the non-market vesting conditions. It recognises the impact of
the revision to original estimates, if any, in the income statement, with a corresponding adjustment to equity.

When  the  options  are  exercised,  the  Company  issues  new  shares.  The  proceeds  received  net  of  any  directly
attributable transaction costs are credited to share capital (nominal value) and share premium when the options are
exercised.

Segmental reporting
The  Company  does  not  have  separately  identifiable  business  or  geographical  segments  which  are  material  to
disclose.

Revenue recognition
Revenue  from  the  sale  of  energy  commodities  is  recognised  upon  delivery  of  goods  to  the  customers.  Interest
income is recognised on a proportional basis taking into account the effective interest rates applicable to the financial
assets.

All revenue is stated net of the amount of sales tax. Currently the Company does not generate any revenue.

Presentational and functional currency
This financial information is presented in pounds sterling, which is the Company’s functional currency.

Financial assets
Financial assets comprise investments, cash and cash equivalents and receivables. Unless otherwise indicated, the
carrying amounts of the Company’s financial assets are a reasonable approximation of their fair values.

Equity investments available for sale
Equity investments available for sale are non-derivatives that are either designated in this category or not classified
in any of the other categories. Equity investments available for sale do not have a quoted market price in an active
market. They are included in non-current assets unless management intends to dispose of the investment within 12
months  of  the  balance  sheet  date.  Investments  are  initially  classified  at  fair  value.  Gains  and  losses  arising  from
changes  in  fair  value  are  recognised  directly  in  equity,  until  the  security  is  disposed  of  or  is  determined  to  be
impaired. The Company assesses at each balance sheet date whether there is objective evidence that a financial
asset  or  a  group  of  financial  assets  is  impaired.  If  any  such  evidence  exists  the  cumulative  loss,  measured  as  the
difference between the acquisition cost and the current fair value, less any impairment loss previously recognised in
statement of comprehensive income, is removed from equity and recognised in the statement of comprehensive
income.

Where the fair value cannot be reliable measured as a result of a lack of an active market and/or reliable estimates
could not be made the equity investments are measured at cost.

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Notes to the Company Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2012

1 Accounting policies continued

Financial assets continued
Trade and other receivables
Provision for impairment of trade receivables is made when there is objective evidence that the Company will not be
able to collect all amounts due to it in accordance with the original terms of those receivables. The amount of the
write-down is the difference between the receivables carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future
cash flows.

An assessment for impairment is undertaken at least annually.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and in hand. demand deposits and other short term highly liquid
investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to insignificant risk of changes in
value.

Property, plant and equipment
Property,  plant  and  equipment  are  stated  at  cost  on  acquisition  less  accumulated  depreciation  and  accumulated
impairment losses. 

Depreciation is provided on all property, plant and equipment categories at rates calculated to write off the cost, less
estimated residual value on a reducing balance basis over their expected useful economic life. The depreciation rates
are as follows:

Fixtures and fittings 
Office equipment 

Basis of depreciation 
25% reducing balance 
25% reducing balance

Costs capitalised include the purchase price of an asset and any costs directly attributable to bringing it into working
condition for its intended use.

Financial liabilities
Financial  liabilities  are  recognised  when  the  Company  becomes  a  party  to  the  contractual  provisions  of  the
instrument. Financial liabilities comprise only trade and other payables.

All  financial  liabilities  are  recorded  at  amortised  cost,  using  the  effective  interest  method,  with  interest-related
charges being recognised as an expense under finance costs in the Income Statement.

A  financial  liability  is  derecognised  only  when  the  obligation  is  extinguished,  that  is,  when  the  obligation  is
discharged, is cancelled, or expires.

Finance costs
Finance costs of debt, including premiums payable on settlement and direct issue costs are charged to the income
statement on an accruals basis over the term of the instrument, using the effective interest method.

Income taxation
The taxation charge represents the sum of current tax and deferred tax.

The tax currently payable is based on the taxable profit for the period using the tax rates that have been enacted or
substantially enacted by the balance sheet date. Taxable profit differs from the net profit as reported in the income
statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further
excludes items that are never taxable or deductible.

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Notes to the Company Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2012

1 Accounting policies continued

Deferred taxation
Deferred  tax  is  recognised,  using  the  liability  method,  in  respect  of  temporary  differences  between  the  carrying
amount of the Company’s assets and liabilities and their tax base. Deferred tax liabilities are offset against deferred
tax assets within the same taxable entity. Any remaining deferred tax asset is recognised only when, on the basis of
all available evidence, it can be regarded as probable that there will be suitable taxable profits in the foreseeable
future against which the deductible temporary difference can be utilised. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates
that are expected to apply in the periods in which the asset is realised or liability settled, based on tax rates and laws
that have been enacted or substantially enacted by the balance sheet date. Deferred tax is recognised in the income
statement, except when the tax relates to items charged or credited directly in equity, in which case the tax is also
recognised in equity.

Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options
are shown in equity as deduction, net of tax, from the proceeds.

Exploration and evaluation assets
Capitalisation
Certain costs (other than payments to acquire the legal right to explore and costs which are directly attributable to
those payments) incurred prior to acquiring the rights to explore are charged directly to the income statement. All
costs incurred after the rights to explore an area have been obtained, such as geological and geophysical costs and
other  direct  costs  of  exploration  and  appraisal  are  accumulated  and  capitalised  as  intangible  exploration  and
evaluation (“E&E”) assets. These costs are only carried forward to the extent that they are expected to be recouped
through the successful development of the areas or where activities in the areas have not yet reached a stage which
permits reasonable assessment of the existence of economically recoverable reserves. 

E&E costs are not amortised prior to the conclusion of appraisal activities. 

At completion of appraisal activities, if technical feasibility is demonstrated and commercial reserves are discovered,
then,  following  development  sanction,  the  carrying  value  of  the  relevant  E&E  asset  will  be  reclassified  as  a
development and production (“D&P”) asset, but only after the carrying value of the relevant E&E asset has been
assessed for impairment, and where appropriate, its carrying value adjusted. If after completion of appraisal activities
in the area, it is not possible to determine technical feasibility and commercial viability or if the legal right to explore
expires  or  if  the  Company  decides  not  to  continue  exploration  and  evaluation  activity,  then  the  costs  of  such
unsuccessful exploration and evaluation are written off to the income statement in the period the relevant events
occur.

Impairment
If and when facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an E&E asset may exceed its recoverable
amount an impairment review is performed. 

For E&E assets when there are such indications, an impairment test is carried out by grouping the E&E assets with
the  D&P  assets  belonging  to  the  same  geographic  segment  to  form  the  Cash  Generating  Unit  (“CGU”)  for
impairment testing. The equivalent combined carrying value of the CGU is compared against the CGU’s recoverable
amount and any resulting impairment loss is written off to the income statement. The recoverable amount of the
CGU is determined as the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.

Investment in subsidiaries
Fixed asset investments in subsidiary undertakings held by the company (see note 5) are shown at cost less provision
for impairment. The cost of acquisition includes directly attributable professional fees and other expenses connected
with the acquisition. In addition, investment in subsidiaries includes long term loans made to the subsidiaries where
recovery  of  the  loan  is  not  probable.  The  2011  figure  has  been  reclassified  from  current  assets  to  investment  in
subsidiaries.

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Notes to the Company Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2012

1 Accounting policies continued

Impairment
The  carrying  amounts  of  non-current  assets  are  reviewed  for  impairment  if  events  or  changes  in  circumstances
indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. If there are indicators of impairment, an exercise is undertaken
to determine whether the carrying values are in excess of their recoverable amount. Such a review is undertaken on
an asset by asset basis, except where such assets do not generate cash flows independent of other assets, in which
case the review is undertaken at the cash generating unit level.

If the carrying amount of an asset or its cash generating unit exceeds the recoverable amount, a provision is recorded
to reflect the asset or cash generating unit at the lower amount.

Going concern
During  the  year  the  Company  raised  approximately  £2,206,000  net  of  expenses  through  a  placing  and,  at 
31 December 2012, the Group had cash balances totalling £784,072. 

These  funds  along  with  the  post  year  end  equity  financing  facility  as  detailed  in  the  subsequent  events  note  are
sufficient for the Group to operate without the requirement to raise further capital in the foreseeable future.

Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Company intends to operate
within its cash resources.

2

Critical accounting estimates and areas of judgement
The Company makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future, which by definition will seldom result in actual
results  that  match  the  accounting  estimate.  The  estimates  and  assumptions  that  have  a  significant  risk  of  causing  a
material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are those in relation to: 

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Share based payments.

Impairment of intangible exploration and evaluation assets
The Company is required to perform an impairment review, for each CGU to which the asset relates, when facts and
circumstances suggest that the carrying amount of the asset may exceed its recoverable amount. The recoverable
amount is based upon the Directors’ judgements and is dependent upon the discovery of economically recoverable
reserves,  the  ability  of  the  Company  to  obtain  necessary  financing  to  complete  the  development  and  future
profitable  production  or  proceeds  from  the  disposal  until  the  technical  feasibility  and  commercial  viability  of
extracting a mineral resource becomes demonstrable, at which point the value is estimated based upon the present
value of the discounted future cash flows.

The outcome of ongoing exploration and evaluation, and therefore whether the carrying value of exploration and
evaluation  assets  will  ultimately  be  recovered,  is  inherently  uncertain.  The  directors  have  assessed  the  value  of
exploration and evaluation expenditure carried as intangible assets. In their opinion there has been no impairment
loss  to  intangible  exploration  and  evaluation  assets  in  the  period  other  than  the  amounts  charged  to  the  income
statement with regards to the Javan licences.

Share based payments
The  estimate  of  share  based  payments  costs  requires  management  to  select  an  appropriate  valuation  model  and
make decisions about various inputs into the model including the volatility of its own share price, the probable life of
the options and the risk free interest rate.

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Notes to the Company Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2012

3

Staff costs
The average number of employees and directors during the year was as follows:

Administration

2012
Number

4

2011
Number

4

Directors’ remuneration
The aggregate directors’ emoluments, including compensation for loss of office, in the year were:

Emoluments
Share based payments

4

Intangible exploration and evaluation assets

Cost
As at 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012

Impairment
As at 1 January 2012 
Impairment in the year

As at 31 December 2012

Net book value
As at 31 December 2012 and 31 December 2011

2012
£

207,500
39,999

247,499

2011
£

125,000
226,293

351,293

2012
£

2011
£

36,536

36,536

(36,536)
–

(36,536)

–
(36,536)

(36,536)

–

–

Licences
On 27 May 2009, the Company signed an option agreement with Javan Investments Company Limited, a private
Tanzanian registered company for two prospecting licences in Tanzania. Under the terms of the option agreement,
the Company acquired an initial 25% interest in both licences for a consideration of US$15,000 per licence. In the
opinion of the Directors these licences should be fully impaired in line with IAS 36 and IFRS 6 as at 31 December
2012. On the basis that no further exploration and evaluation expenditure is expected on these licences and there
is no expectation of the Company applying for renewal of the licences in the future.

The Directors have considered the following factors when undertaking their impairment review of the intangible
assets:

(a)  Geology and lithology on each licence as outlined in the last CPRs (independent Competent Person’s Reports
from the mining and earth resources consultancy company, Wardell Armstrong International Limited).

(b)  The expected useful lives of the licences and the ability to retain the licence interests when they come up for

renewal.

(c)  Comparable information for large mining and exploration companies in the vicinity of each of the licences.

(d)  History of exploration success in the regions being explored.

(e) 

Local infrastructure, climatic and logistical issues.

(f)  Geopolitical environment.

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5

Investment in subsidiaries

Company

Fair value
At 1 January 
Additions

At 31 December

Shares in
subsidiaries

Loans to
subsidiaries
£

2012
£

Total

2011
£
(as restated)

7,033,558
–

1,456,912
1,674,437

8,490,470
1,674,437

7,213,398
1,277,072

7,033,558

3,131,349

10,164,907

8,490,470

Investment  in  subsidiaries  includes  £7,033,558  relating  to  the  acquisition  of  Edenville  International  (Seychelles)
Limited and its subsidiary Edenville International (Tanzania) Limited which holds prospecting licenses. The Tanzanian
licenses initially comprised six prospecting licences acquired on the acquisition of Edenville International (Tanzania)
Limited in 2010. The Licenses covered 598km2 in Tanzania, located in a region displaying viable prospects for both
uranium and coal and occur in a country where the government’s policy for development of the mineral sector aims
at  attracting  and  enabling  the  private  sector  to  take  the  lead  in  exploration  mining,  development,  mineral
beneficiation  and  marketing.  The  value  of  the  assets  obtained  on  acquisition  represent  the  fair  value  of  the
consideration paid to the vendors.

The Directors have considered the following factors when undertaking their impairment review of the subsidiaries:

(a)  Geology and lithology on each licence as outlined in the last CPRs (independent Competent Person’s Reports
from the mining and earth resources consultancy company, Wardell Armstrong International Limited).

(b)  The expected useful lives of the licences and the ability to retain the licence interests when they come up for

renewal.

(c)  Comparable information for large mining and exploration companies in the vicinity of each of the licences.

(d)  History of exploration success in the regions being explored.

(e) 

Local infrastructure.

(f)  Climatic and logistical issues.

(g)  Geopolitical environment.

Based  on  the  above  the  Directors  do  not  consider  any  of  the  licenses  held  by  Edenville  International  (Tanzania)
Limited to be impaired and therefore to not consider the investment in its subsidiary to be impaired.

Holdings of more than 20%
The Company holds more than 20% of the share capital of the following companies:

Subsidiary undertaking

Country of incorporation

Class

Shares held

GOA Tanzania Limited
Edenville International (Seychelles) Limited
Edenville International (Tanzania) Limited
Muze Coal (Tz) Limited

UK
Seychelles
Tanzania
Tanzania

*These shares are held by Edenville International (Seychelles) Limited.

**These shares are held by Edenville International (Tanzania) Limited.

Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary

100%
100%
99.5%*
65%**

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for the year ended 31 December 2012

6

Equity investments – available for sale

Fair value
As at 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012

Impairment
As at 1 January 2012 
Impairment in the year

As at 31 December 2012

Net book value
As at 31 December 2011 and 31 December 2012

2012
£

2011
£

446,428

446,428

(446,428)
–

(446,428)

–
(446,428)

(446,428)

–

–

On 13 March 2009, the Company entered into a collaboration and option agreement on a group of emerald mining
licences  in  Tanzania,  Africa,  with  Obtala  Resouces  Plc  (“Obtala”)  and  Obtala’s  subsidiary  Mindex  Invest  Limited
(“Mindex”).

The Company’s focus is now on coal exploration and mining and the directors therefore consider it appropriate to
impair the cost of these emerald mining licences, as the company does not intend to develop these assets. As at 
31 December 2012, the Directors deemed this investment to be permanently impaired. 

7

Property, plant and equipment

2011

Cost
As at 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2011

Depreciation
As at 1 January 2011
Charge for the year

As at 31 December 2011

Net book value
As at 31 December 2011

2012

Cost
As at 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012

Depreciation
As at 1 January 2012
Charge for the year

As at 31 December 2012

Net book value
As at 31 December 2012

Plant and
machinery
£

Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
£

Motor
vehicles
£

Total
£

7,471

1,245
1,556

2,801

4,670

4,153

16,691

28,315

692
866

1,558

2,695
3,499

6,194

4,632
5,921

10,553

2,595

10,497

17,762

Plant and
machinery
£

Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
£

Motor
vehicles
£

Total
£

7,471

2,801
1,168

3,969

3,502

4,153

16,691

28,315

1,558
649

2,207

1,946

6,194
2,624

8,818

10,553
4,441

14,994

7,873

13,321

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Notes to the Company Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2012

8

Trade and other receivables

Current
Other receivables
Prepayments

2012
£

2,319
3,666

5,985

2011
£

1,719
4,054

5,773

9

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include the following for the purposes of the cash flow statement:

Cash at bank and in hand

10 Trade and other payables

Trade and other payables
Accruals and deferred income

11 Share capital

Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of 0.02p each 
Deferred shares of 0.08p each 

Ordinary shares of 0.02p each 
Deferred shares of 0.08p each 

2012
£

2011
£

741,541

511,490

2012
£

–
34,354

34,354

2011
£

14,714
22,750

37,464

2012
Number

2011
Number

4,571,216,405
64,179,932

3,446,216,405
64,179,932

4,635,396,337

3,510,396,337

2012
£

914,244
51,344

965,588

2011
£

689,244
51,344

740,588

The only rights attached to the deferred shares are as follows:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

no dividend or other distribution shall be paid or made in respect of the Deferred Shares;

the holders of deferred shares shall not be entitled to receive notice of, or to attend and vote at any general
meeting of the Company;

on a return of capital, whether on a winding-up or otherwise, the holders of deferred shares shall be entitled to
receive only the amount credited as paid up on each share, but only after the holders of each ordinary share have
received the amount paid up or credited as paid up on such share, together with a payment of £10,000 per share;

the Company may transfer the shares without making any payment to the holders thereof, to such persons as
the Company may determine, and acquire the same in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Acts
at a price of 0.08p each.

On 31 January 2012, the company issued for cash 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.02p each at 0.25p per share.

On 14 November 2012, 125,000,000 warrants were exercised at an exercise price of 0.02p per share.

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Notes to the Company Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2012

12 Deferred taxation

A deferred tax asset of £410,002 (2011: £302,065) calculated at 20% (2011: 20%) has not been recognised in respect
of the tax losses carried forward due to the uncertainty that profits will arise against which the losses can be offset.

13 Capital management policy

The Company’s policy on capital management is to maintain a low level of gearing. The company funds its operation
through equity funding.

The Company defines the capital it manages as equity shareholders funds less cash and cash equivalents. 

The Company’s objectives when managing its capital are:

l

l

l

To safeguard the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

To provide adequate resources to fund its exploration activities with a view to providing returns to its investors.

To maintain sufficient financial resources to mitigate against risk and unforeseen events.

The company’s cash reserves are reported to the board and closely monitored against the planned work program
and annual budget. Where additional cash resources are required the following factors are taken into account.

l

l

the size and nature of the requirement.

preferred sources of finance.

l market conditions.

l

opportunities to collaborate with third parties to reduce the cash requirement.

14 Financial instruments

The Board of Directors determine, as required, the degree to which it is appropriate to use financial instruments 
to  mitigate  risks  with  the  main  risk  affecting  such  instruments  being  foreign  exchange  risk,  which  is  discussed
below.

Categories of financial instruments

Financial assets
Receivables at amortised cost including cash and cash equivalents:
Cash and cash equivalents
Other receivables

Total

Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities at amortised cost:
Trade and other payables

Net

2012
£

2011
£

741,541
5,985

747,526

511,490
5,773

517,263

34,354

713,172

37,464

479,799

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for the year ended 31 December 2012

14 Financial instruments continued

Cash and cash equivalents
This comprises cash held by the Company and short-term deposits. The carrying amount of these assets approximates
to their fair value.

General risk management principles
The Directors have an overall responsibility for the establishment of the Company’s risk management framework. 
A  formal  risk  assessment  and  management  framework  for  assessing,  monitoring  and  managing  the  strategic
operational and financial risks of the Company’s is in place to ensure appropriate risk management of its operations.

The following represent the key financial risks that the Company faces:

Interest rate risk
The Company is not exposed to significant interest rate risks as it does not have any interest bearing liabilities and its
only interest-bearing asset is cash invested on a short-term basis which attract interest at the banks variable rate.

Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will default on its contractual obligations, resulting in financial loss. Credit
risk  arises  from  cash  and  cash  equivalents  and  credit  exposures  on  outstanding  receivables  and  committed
transactions. 

There were no amounts past due at the balance sheet date.

The maximum exposure to credit risk in respect of the above at 31 December 2012 is the carrying value of financial
assets recorded in the financial statements.

Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as and when they fall due. 

Liquidity risk is managed through an assessment of short, medium and long-term cash flow forecasts to ensure the
adequacy of working capital.

The Company’s policy is to ensure that it will always have sufficient cash to allow it to meet its liabilities when they
become due. To ensure this aim, it seeks to maintain cash balances to meet expected requirements for a period of
one year.

Fair value of financial assets and liabilities
The directors consider that there is no significant difference between the book value and fair value of the Company’s
financial assets and liabilities.

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for the year ended 31 December 2012

15 Equity-settled share-based payments

The following options and warrants over ordinary shares have been granted by the Company:

Date

30 September 2008
29 March 2010
21 February 2011

Exercise price

Exercise period

Number of
options/warrants

0.02p
0.87p
1.80p

5 Years
10 Years
9 Years

500,000,000 (warrants)
44,827,587
35,000,000

At the date of grant, the options and warrants were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair
value per option granted and the assumptions used in the calculation were as follows:

The warrants granted on 30 September 2008 are exercisable from the date the company was admitted onto the AIM,
a market operated by the London Stock Exchange for a period of 5 years as a subscription price of 0.02p per warrant
share. All of the warrants had been exercised at 31 December 2012.

Of the options granted on 29 March 2010, 50% are exercisable from 29 March 2011 and the balance from 29 March
2012. The options are valid for a period of 10 years from the date of grant. There are no vesting conditions.

The options granted on 21 February 2011 are exercisable from 8 February 2012. The options are valid for a period
of 10 years from the date of grant. There are no vesting conditions.

Date of grant
Expected volatility
Expected life
Risk-free interest rate
Expected dividend yield
Possibility of ceasing employment before vesting
Fair value per option

30 September 2008
54%
1 year
2.88%
–
–
0.012p

29 March 2010
40%
2 year
4.00%
–
–
0.133p

21 February 2011
122%
3.5 years
1.99%
–
–
0.76p

The charge to the income statement for share based payments for the year ended 31 December 2012 was £45,437
(2011: £259,028).

Movements in the number of options and warrants outstanding and their related weighted average exercise prices
are as follows:

At 1 January
Granted
Exercised

At 31 December

2012

2011

Number of
options

204,827,587
–
(125,000,000)

Weighted
average
exercise price
per share
pence

Number of
options

0.51
–
(0.02)

494,827,587
35,000,000
(325,000,000)

79,827,587

1.28

204,827,587

Weighted
average
exercise price
per share
pence

0.10
1.80
(0.02)

0.51

The weighted average remaining contractual life of options as at 31 December 2012 was 7.6 years (2011: 4.4 years).

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for the year ended 31 December 2012

16 Reserves

The following describes the nature and purpose of each reserve:

Share Capital

Share Premium

Share Option Reserve

represents the nominal value of equity shares

amount subscribed for share capital in excess of the nominal value

fair value of the employee equity settled share option scheme as
accrued at the balance sheet date

Retained Earnings

cumulative net gains and losses less distributions made

17 Related party transactions

During the year ended 31 December 2012, the Company paid £62,500 (2011: £35,000) to Adler Shine LLP for the
services  of  Rakesh  Patel,  director.  Rakesh  Patel  is  a  partner  in  Adler  Shine  LLP.  The  Company  also  paid  £23,354
(2011: £18,975) to Adler Shine LLP for accounting services provided in the year.

During the year ended 31 December 2012, the Company paid the following amounts to Obtala Resources plc, a
company of which Simon Rollason is a director:

Secretarial support
Travel and Subsistence

£

£4,900
£50,810

(2011: £8,000)
(2011: £5,332)

The  Company  has  a  fully  impaired  equity  investment  (note  15)  in  Mindex  Invest  Limited,  a  subsidiary  of  Obtala
Resources Plc. Simon Rollason is a director of Obtala Resources Plc.

At the year end the Company owed the director, Simon Rollason £2,523 (2011; £2,587).

During the year the Company paid Mark Pryor and Sally Schofield £nil (2011: £20,000 each) for assisting with the
reverse takeover and admission to AIM, prior to their appointment to the board.

Key  management  personnel  are  those  persons  having  authority  and  responsibility  for  planning,  directing  and
controlling activities of the Group, and are all directors of the company. For details of their compensation please refer
to the Remuneration report.

During the year the Company paid £1,674,437 to or on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary, Edenville International
(Tanzania)  Limited.  The  amount  due  from  Edenville  International  (Tanzania)  Limited  at  year  end  was  £3,131,349
(2011: £1,456,912). This amount has been included within investment in subsidiaries.

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for the year ended 31 December 2012

18 Events after the reporting date

Subsequent to the year end, Edenville Plc entered into an equity financing facility agreement (“EFF”) with Darwin
and  Henderson  Volantis,  an  existing  shareholder.  It  provides  Edenville  with  a  facility  of  up  to  £5  million  which
(subject to certain limited restrictions) can be drawn down at any time over the next three years. The timing and
minimum subscription price of any draw down is always at the complete control and sole discretion of the Company.
There are no penalty fees payable for not using the facility. 

Edenville is under no obligation to make a draw down and may make draw downs at its discretion, up to the total
value of the EFF, by way of issuing subscription notices to Darwin. Following delivery of a subscription notice, Darwin
will subscribe and the Company will allot to Darwin new ordinary shares of 0.02 pence each in Edenville. 

As part of the EFF arrangements, Edenville has entered into a warrant arrangement with Darwin dated 26 March
2013 to subscribe for up to 47,500,000 Ordinary Shares, such warrants to be exercisable at 0.4p any time prior to
the expiry of 36 months from the date of the warrant agreement. 

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Notice of Annual General Meeting
for the year ended 31 March 2011

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the 2013 Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 60 New Broad Street,
London EC2M 1JJ at on 30 May 2013 at 11:00 a.m. to consider and, if deemed fit, to approve the following resolutions, of
which 1 to 6 (inclusive) will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and 7 will be proposed as a special resolution:

Ordinary Business

1.

2.

3.

4.

5. 

To receive the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2012 together with the reports thereon of
the directors and the auditors of the Company.

To  appoint  Rufus  Short  as  a  director  who  is  retiring  in  accordance  with  article  96  of  the  Company’s  articles  of
association (the ‘articles’) and, being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.

To reappoint Rakesh Patel as a director who is retiring in accordance with article 91.1 of the Company’s articles and,
being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.

To reappoint Mark Pryor as a director who is retiring in accordance with article 91.1 of the Company’s articles and,
being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.

To reappoint HW Fisher & Company as auditors of the Company in accordance with Section 489 of the Companies
Act 2006, until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which audited accounts are laid before
members and to authorise the directors to determine their remuneration.

Special Business

6.

That the directors of the Company be and they are hereby authorised generally and unconditionally pursuant to and
in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (“the Act”) to exercise all the powers of the Company to
allot  equity  securities  (as  defined  by  section  560  of  the  Act)  other  than  the  issue  of  Warrants  pursuant  to  the
Subscription  Warrant  Instrument  dated  10  September  2008,  up  to  an  aggregate  nominal  amount  of  £600,000
provided that this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the Company’s next Annual General Meeting save that
the Company may, pursuant to this authority, make offers or agreements before the expiry of this authority which
would  or  might  require  relevant  securities  to  be  allotted  after  such  expiry  and  the  directors  may  allot  relevant
securities in pursuance of such offers or agreements as if the authority conferred by this resolution had not expired.

7.

That:
(a)

the directors be and they are hereby empowered pursuant to section 570 of the Act to allot equity securities
(within the meaning of section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by resolution 6
above as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to such allotment, provided that this power shall be limited
to the allotment of equity securities:

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

in  connection  with  an  offer  of  equity  securities  by  way  of  rights  to  the  holders  of  ordinary  shares  in
proportion (as nearly as may be) to their respective holdings of ordinary shares on a record date fixed by
the  directors  but  subject  to  such  exclusions  or  other  arrangements  as  the  directors  may  consider
necessary or expedient to deal with problems under the laws of any territory or the requirements of any
regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory or in connection with fractional entitlements or
otherwise howsoever; or

the issue of Warrants pursuant to the Subscription Warrant Instrument dated 10 September 2008; or

(other than pursuant to paragraph (i) and (ii) above) having (in the case of equity securities (as defined
in section 560 Act)) a nominal amount or (in the case of any other equity securities) giving the right to
subscribe  for  or  convert  into  relevant  shares  having  a  nominal  amount,  not  exceeding  in  aggregate
£600,000;

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Notice of Annual General Meeting
for the year ended 31 March 2011

The power conferred by paragraph (a) above shall expire at the conclusion of the Company’s next Annual General
Meeting save that the Company may, before the expiry of such power, make offers or agreements which would or
might require equity securities to be allotted in pursuance of such offers or agreements as if the power conferred
hereby had not expired.

By order of the board

For and on behalf of
David Venus & Company LLP
Secretary

Date: 3 May 2013

Registered Office
Aston House
Cornwall Avenue
London N3 1LF

Notes
1.

A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint more than one proxy, to exercise all or any
of  his  rights  to  attend,  speak  and  vote  in  his  place  on  a  show  of  hands  or  on  a  poll  provided  that  each  proxy  is
appointed to a different share or shares. Such proxy need not be a member of the Company.

2.

3. 

To be valid, the completed and signed form of proxy must be returned to the Company’s registrars Capita Registrars
at PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TU not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for the meeting.
Lodging a form of proxy does not preclude a member from attending and voting at the meeting.

Pursuant to Regulation 41 of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001, the Company specifies that only those
shareholders of the Company on the register at 6.00p.m. on 28 May 2013 be entitled to attend or vote at the meeting
in respect of shares registered in their name at the time. Changes to the register after that time will be disregarded
in determining the rights of any person to attend or vote at the meeting.

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Notice of Annual General Meeting
continued

Explanatory notes on the resolutions

Resolution 1
The  directors  must  present  to  members  the  accounts  and  the  reports  of  the  directors  and  auditors  in  respect  of  each
financial year.

Resolution 2 
In accordance with Article 96 of the Company’s articles of association, any director appointed by the directors during the
year,  either  to  fill  a  vacancy  or  as  an  additional  director,  shall  hold  office  only  until  the  next  following  annual  general
meeting, where they will stand for re-appointment. Accordingly, Rufus Short, appointed by the directors on 18 February
2013, is standing for re-appointment.

Resolutions 3 and 4
In accordance with Article 91.1 of the Company’s articles of association, any director who is still in office at the start of the
annual  general  meeting  which  falls  nearest  to  the  third  anniversary  of  the  annual  general  meeting  at  which  he  was
appointed  or  last  re-appointed  shall  retire  by  rotation.  Accordingly,  Rakesh  Patel  and  Mark  Pryor,  having  last  been 
re-appointed as directors at the 2010 AGM, are retiring by rotation and standing for re-appointment.

Resolution 5
HW Fisher & Company are being proposed as the auditors of the Company until the conclusion the next general meeting
at which accounts are presented. The directors are to be given authority to fix their remuneration.

Resolution 6
The Company’s power to issue additional securities is exercised by the directors. The directors must be authorised by
ordinary resolution of the shareholders to exercise that power.

Resolution 7
Under the Company’s articles of association any new shares to be issued must first be offered to existing shareholders in
proportion to the number of shares already held by them. The shareholders may by special resolution waive this right and
permit  the  directors  to  issue  additional  shares  without  first  offering  them  to  existing  shareholders.  Authority  is  being
sought to allow the directors to issue up to an additional nominal amount of £600,000 and is in addition to the authority
granted in respect of the issue of Warrants pursuant to the Subscription Warrant Agreement dated 10 September 2008.
This authority will lapse at the conclusion of the Company’s next Annual General Meeting.

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