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ANNUAL REPORT

2022

Contents

Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

Directors, Officers and Advisers

Strategic Report

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Chairman’s Report

Operations Report

Directors’ Report

Independent Auditors’ Report on the Financial Statements

Group and Company Statements of Financial Position

Group and Company Statements of Comprehensive Income

Group and Company Statements of Changes in Equity

Group and Company Statements of Cash Flows

Notes to the Financial Statements

Holding Company

Galileo Resources Plc

Country of incorporation and domicile

United Kingdom

Nature of business and principal activities

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The Company acts as a holding Company for subsidiary undertakings and investments engaged in the
exploration of natural resources.

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Corporate Information

Directors

Secretarial
Services

Registered
Office

Auditors

Joint Broker

Joint Broker

Colin Bird – Chairman and CEO
Edward P Slowey – Technical Director
Joel M Silberstein – Finance Director
Christopher Molefe – Non-Executive Director
John Richard Wollenberg – Non-Executive Director

Registrars

Banker

Neville Registrars
Neville House, Steelpark Road
Halesowen, West Midlands, B62 8HD

National Westminster Bank Plc
186 Brompton Road
London, SW3 1XJ

Nominated
Advisor

Beaumont Cornish Limited
Building 3
566 Chiswick High Road
London, W4 5YA

UK Solicitors
to the
Company

Fladgate LLP
16 Great Queen Street
London, WC2B 5DG

Link Group
Beaufort House, 51 New North Road
Exeter, EX4 4EP, United Kingdom

7/8 Kendrick Mews
London, SW7 3HG
United Kingdom

PKF Littlejohn LLP
15 Westferry Circus
London, E14 4HD
United Kingdom

Novum Securities Limited
2nd Floor, Lansdowne House
57 Berkeley Square, London, W1J 6ER
United Kingdom

Shard Capital Partners LLP
Floor 3, 70 St Mary Axe
London, EC3A 8BE
United Kingdom

Incorporation No: 05679987

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Chairman’s Report

Dear Shareholder

The year under review has been exceptional from many
points of view and the Company now has a suite of assets,
which we consider to be above average with a number of
them being individual company makers in their own right.

Kalahari Copperbelt: Botswana

We reported during May 2021 that we have completed
our processing, interpretation and drill target selection of
the helicopter geophysical fly-over of the Kalahari licences
and that a number of the concessions have favourable
results, producing the typical signature that warrants further
investigation.

We announced in September 2021 that we completed
the conditional sale of approximately 50% of our licences to
Sandfire Resources Limited (“Sandfire”), with a deferred
payment of up to US$80 million should any of the projects
produce certain levels of contained copper. On completion
of
this agreement, Sandfire agreed to pay Galileo
US$1.5 million of cash and issue 370,477 Sandfire ordinary
shares, which at the time were worth approximately
US$1.8 million. Sandfire agreed to an aggressive two-year
exploration budget of US$4 million, and these work
programmes are currently underway. Sandfire has had
considerable success with its own exploration activities and
is well advanced in constructing its’ first mine in the vicinity
of licences that Galileo sold to Sandfire.

We undertook exploration on our own retained licences,
and although we did not intercept mineralisation in all
cases, we intercepted the typical lithology that hosts copper
and silver mineralisation. We intend to follow up with these
results in the 4th quarter of this year.

Glenover Project: South Africa

In February 2022, we announced that we had completed
the partial sale of the Glenover assets to Afrimat Limited
(“Afrimat”) for ZAR 50.7 million (approximately £2.4 million),
the sale to be completed or
with the remainder of
abandoned before mid-November 2022. A further interim
payment of ZAR 10 million (approximately £0.5 million) was
paid to the company in March 2022 for the sale of vermiculite
mining rights. Should Afrimat complete the entire transaction,
Galileo will be due another ZAR 102 million (approximately
£5.2 million) on completion.

Luansobe & Shinganda projects: Zambia

December 2021 was a very acquisitive month for the
Company in that we acquired the exploration rights to two
major exploration projects in Zambia namely Luansobe and
Shinganda. During the post review period, both of these
projects have been subjected to desk re-evaluation, legacy

Chairman’s Report

Colin Bird
Chairman

core examination and reinterpretation. I am pleased to say
at the time of writing this report both projects are showing
extremely good potential of certainly achieving small mine
status and equally the prospects for a large discovery of
copper and possibly gold in the case of Shinganda.

Lithium & Gold projects: Zimbabwe

In March 2022, we announced that we entered into a
joint venture relationship with B.C. Ventures Limited (“BC
Ventures”) for the rights to acquire a 51% interest against
an expenditure of US$1.5 million for lithium and gold
exploration properties in Zimbabwe. The agreement also
allows for BC Ventures to sell up to 29% at a negotiated
value in exchange for Galileo ordinary shares. In August
2022, we announced that the Company acquired 29% of
BC Ventures for 50 million Galileo ordinary shares.

The Zimbabwean assets are very high in potential and
wide-ranging exploration programmes have already
commenced at both sites. The lithium asset is located
around the area of the old Kamativi tin mine where the
mine dumps are known to contain 0.58% lithium oxide. The
lithium oxide is hosted by pegmatites, often in association
with tin and the presence of the same prospective geology
extending from the Kamativi mine onto our licence is good
reason for optimism for a new lithium discovery. Post
balance sheet we have carried out desk research and
fieldwork exploration. We have taken a suite of samples
over a number of target areas and await the assay results.

An airborne geophysical survey has already been
conducted over the area covered by the gold asset, located
in the vicinity of Bulawayo. Interpreted results are strongly
suggestive of greenstone gold terrane and potentially base
metal lithology. We intend to generate drill targets and hope
to drill during the 4th quarter of 2022.

These two exploration projects are a very exciting
addition to the Company’s portfolio, with high potential and
we will update the market as the results begin to emerge.

Zimbabwe has expressed its welcome to foreign mining
companies to explore and develop and we look forward to
establishing a solid exploration capability in the country.

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Kashitu Project: Zambia

The Kashitu zinc project in Zambia has been subject to a
further review, resulting in a continued commitment to add
initial deposit into
value and hopefully bring a small
production during early 2023.

Star Zinc Project: Zambia

In March 2021 we announced the ceding of ownership
and operation of the Star Zinc project close to Lusaka, as it
was proving difficult due to its close proximity to
municipality housing and industry, even though we had
attempted a small mining approach with a local group. The
possibility of blasting and the use of large trucks appears to
be a limitation on the project, since housing and population
density has increased further since project initiation.

Ferber Project: Nevada USA

The Ferber project in the US, remains in good standing
and we hope to commence a limited drill programme,
before the calendar year end. This programme will
essentially test the prognosis that a large gold-copper skarn
deposit may occur in the project area.

Prospects

The small cap sector of the natural resource stock
markets has been the worst I have experienced in my
career and there remains little sign of recovery. This is
caused generally by the war in the Ukraine, rampant
inflation, and other global geopolitical uncertainty.

At the time of writing all commodities have come off
their price highs, although there are already signs of
recovery, suggesting that the drop off was short lived and
unlikely to be maintained.

Many influential commentators in the commodity sector
are strongly predicting scarcity and thus strong metal prices
for
those companies engaged in the electric vehicle
manufacturing. Recently there have been a number of
examples of manufacturers making arrangements and
contracts with producers, thereby eliminating the trader.
This is unique and strongly suggests that both the EV and
associated industries have real concern over sustainable and
stable supply of critical metals.

Against this background we are convinced that our
portfolio is very well placed with quality projects in the right
arena. The investor “stand-off” cannot be maintained since
history says that the smaller cap explorers are the call
option for tomorrow’s metals. That being so, Galileo is
extremely well placed.

I would like to thank my fellow directors and
management of Galileo for their excellent efforts in what
has been a unique year, producing an enviable portfolio,
whilst – like all small companies – experiencing considerable
head winds against progress.

Colin Bird
Chairman

20 September 2022

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Operations Report

Operational Highlights
ZAMBIA

Operations Report

Edward P Slowey
Technical Director

Zambia projects location map

Luansobe Copper
Period under review

On 30 December 2021, the Company announced that it
(the
had entered into a Joint Venture Agreement
“JV Agreement”) on 29 December 2021 with Statunga
Investments Limited (the “Vendor”), a private Zambian
company that owns the Luansobe Project comprising small-
scale exploration licence No. 28340– HQ-SEL, covering an
area of 918 Hectares granted on 16 February 2021 and with
its initial 4-year term expiring on 15 February 2025.

The JV Agreement provides Galileo the right to earn an
initial 75% interest in a special purpose joint venture
company (the “JV Company”) to be established under
Zambia law to acquire the Licence, and the technical
information and other information and assets related to the
Luansobe Project by making an initial payment of
US$200,000 and a second payment of US$200,000 by
20 February 2022 and issuing 5,000,000 Galileo shares to
the Vendor. All of these conditions were met.

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The Luansobe area is situated some 15km to the
northwest of Mufulira Mine in the Zambian Copperbelt
which produced well over 9Mt of copper metal during its
operation. It forms part of the northwestern limb of the
northwest – southeast trending Mufulira syncline and is
essentially a strike continuation of Mufulira, with copper
mineralisation hosted in the same stratigraphic horizons. At
the Luansobe prospect mineralisation occurs over two
contiguous zones, dipping at 20-30 degrees to the
northeast, over a strike length of about 3km and to a
vertical depth of at
least 1,250m. Two concurrent
development options are being reviewed:

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●

for a small open pit mine of circa
The potential
3-5 million tonnes to exploit the up-dip portion of the
copper deposit in the northwest of the licence area

The prospect for a larger mine to develop the resources
down-dip and along strike to the southeast where drill
data is more sparse

The Company undertook raw data investigation of the
technical information available in relation to the Project and
devised an exploration programme to maximise the value
of the Luansobe Project with a view to completing a Project
Feasibility Study within 18 months of 20 February 2022.

Post period under review

The Company engaged Addison Mining Services (“AMS”)
of the UK to assist with compilation of drill data for 154
holes (drilled 1921 to 2007) and initial 3D modelling of the
deposit. Much historic drill core completed at the Luansobe
Copper Project by Roan Consolidated Mines Ltd (‘RCM’) from
1950 to 1970 was located in remarkably good condition at
the ZCCM-IH archive at Kalulushi on the Copperbelt. In order
to improve confidence in the historic drill data and to
potentially identify unsampled/partially sampled mineral
zones of interest, GeoQuest Consultants of Lusaka was
contracted to evaluate the old holes by carrying out
summary
core
geotechnical
geological
logging, pXRF geochemical screening, core
cutting and re-sampling of drill core. The pXRF testing of
historic drill core at Luansobe, which is subject to full assay
checking, provisionally identified an upper mineralised zone
of moderate copper grade, with some higher-grade
intervals, in several holes extending up to 36m in thickness,
which was not previously reported. The newly discovered
mineralisation is considered by the Company to have the
potential to add incremental value to an open pit mining
operation. Core was cut from a number of these new
intervals for assay testing at a local analytical laboratory.

photography,

logging,

At the Project site, historic drill collars were re-located
which will assist with siting of future confirmatory twin
holes and infill/extension drilling planned for Q3 2022.

Luansobe conceptual open pit cross-section, facing NW

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GeoQuest team carrying out pXRF readings on historic drill core

Historic Luansobe drill core showing zone of copper oxide mineralisation (green colour)

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Shinganda Copper-Gold
Period under review

On 7 December 2021 the Company announced that it
had entered into an Option and Joint Venture agreement
with Garbo Resource Solutions Ltd (“Garbo”), a private
special purpose UK company established to hold the
Shinganda copper-gold property located in Central Zambia.
The property is held as a large-scale exploration licence No.
22990-HQ-LEL, covering an area of 186.76km2, by Garbo
Resource Zambia Ltd., which is 99.4% owned by Garbo. The
principal terms of the agreement are as follows:

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The option agreement gives Galileo the right to earn an
initial 51% interest in the Shinganda copper-gold project
in central Zambia by spending US$0.5m on exploration
and evaluation over two years.

The Company can subsequently increase its interest
through entering into a Joint Venture to develop a
mining operation, ranging from 65% interest for a large
deposit of greater
than 1Mt of contained copper
equivalent, up to an 85% interest in a smaller deposit
of
less than 200,000 tonnes of contained copper
equivalent.

The project area covers part of a major 10km structural
trend (the Gerhard Trend) with two previously developed
small-scale open pit copper-gold mines off the property.
Very limited historic drilling on the property in 1959 is
reported to have intersected 1.07% Cu over a true width of
28.3m at shallow depth within supergene copper oxides.
No gold assays were carried out during this phase of
drilling. Drilling on the Gerhard Trend structure towards the
west of the property by Vale S.A. recorded 2m @ 3.93%
Cu, 1.72g/t Au.

During Q1 2022 Galileo undertook a full review of past
exploration data and prepared a follow-up programme to
comprise grid mapping/prospecting traverses and a

detailed ground magnetic survey around the Shinganda
outcrop area, to be followed by a drilling programme
focussed on testing the tenor and extent of the shallow
copper/gold mineralisation indicated by previous drilling
and nearby mining.

Post period under review

Galileo completed the planned reconnaissance mapping
and sampling exercise over the most prospective western
sector of the exploration licence. A series of north-south
lines about 1km apart were traversed, covering a total of
about 95-line kilometres. The main aim of the survey was
to characterise the lithology, structure and mineralisation of
the licence. Much of the area is covered by a layer of
overburden and duricrust, nevertheless nine target areas
with mineralisation or alteration of interest were identified
during mapping. Almost all were artisanal pit working
exposures with visible copper oxide mineralisation.
Altogether 27 rock grab samples were collected for copper
and gold analysis from the exposed rocks, which were
submitted to the SGS laboratory on the Zambian Copperbelt
for copper and gold assay.

Assay results, as shown in Table 1, returned strongly
anomalous values for copper and gold from many of these,
including 1.42% Cu, 3.14g/t Au from the Shinganda outcrop
and 1.79% Cu, 10.19g/t Au & 3.77% Cu, 1.24g/t Au from
other occurrences within the licence area. The outcome of
the prospecting, showing the presence of copper and gold
mineralisation over an area of at least 12km x 6km on the
Shinganda licence, points to the potential for several
shallow copper-gold deposits on the property or for a
potentially larger target.

Table 1 – Shinganda Prospecting Programme – Selected Grab Sample Assay Results

Sample No. Description

SHR007

Shinganda outcrop area – massive hematite, silicified, with disseminated malachite

SHR009

Shinganda outcrop area – semi-massive hematite, weak visible copper mineralisation

SHR014

South Pit – description as above

SHR016

South Pit – description as above

SHR019

Pit near centre of licence – silicified hematite + disseminated malachite

SHR023

Pit and outcrop of bleached shale with disseminated malachite

SHR025

Small artisanal pit – massive hematite, silicified, with disseminated magnetite

SHR026

As above

Cu%

Au g/t

1.42

1.78

1.07

0.19

3.77

1.10

1.79

1.28

3.14

0.24

0.29

9.76

1.24

0.63

10.19

6.08

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Copper-mineralised hematitic and siliceous boulder
from a pit at the Shinganda outcrop
Assay: 1.42% Cu, 3.14g/t Au

Artisanal excavations near centre of licence area –
grab samples up to 3.77% Cu, 1.24g/t Au

In order to assist with mapping of the structural framework beyond the Shinganda outcrop to the west-northwest, a
Zambian geophysical contractor was engaged to undertake a detailed ground magnetic survey on north-south lines at
100m line spacing, with 10m station intervals, covering 383 line kilometres in total. Results were received and will be
used to help guide future exploration.

Galileo magnetic image of part of the Shinganda licence area with structural interpretation overlay

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Six angled diamond drill holes totalling 963.9m were
completed by the Company at the Shinganda outcrop
occurrence.
These show extensive silicification and
brecciation of the host siltstone sediments, as well as
significant intervals of semi-massive siliceous hematite
mineralisation, along with sometimes visible copper in the
form of malachite, as well as probable chalcocite.

Copper assay results were received for the first four of
these holes (see Table 2) which support and exceed the
results of a historically reported drill intercept at Shinganda.
Best assay results include 50.3m @ 1.53% Cu from 21m
downhole depth in SHDD002, with a sub-interval of 7m @
4.36% Cu, including 2.0m @ 11.31% Cu. Gold assays were
awaited.

Table 2 – Shinganda – Provisional DDH Selected Assay Intervals*

Azimuth

Depth From
(m)

Depth To
(m)

Hole No.

SHDD001

SHDD002

Incl.

Incl.

SHDD003

and

and

SHDD004

Incl.

*Gold assay results awaited

Dip

-50

-50

360

360

-50

360

-55

065

6.0

17.0

21.0

47.0

48.0

58.0

73.0

92.0

7.3

10.0

71.3

54.0

50.0

60.0

77.0

94.0

51.0

20.0

Interval
(m)

11.0

50.3

7.0

2.0

2.0

4.0

2.0

43.7

10.0

Cu%

0.63

1.53

4.36

11.31

0.52

0.54

1.02

1.01

1.61

Further drilling will be completed at the Shinganda prospect and the other established workings on the property will
be tested by trenching and/or drilling during the coming period. In addition, the potential of the licence to host a large
the known
copper-gold resource will be carefully
geochemical/geological/geophysical/drilling and mineral occurrence data.

appraised through a detailed compilation of

all

Copper-bearing massive hematite mineralisation in drill core from hole SHDD002

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Kashitu Zinc
Period under review

A new small-scale exploration licence was issued on
23rd February 2022 covering the core of the Kashitu project
area. The licence will run for four years from the issue date.

The Company has continued to make plans for a drilling
programme at the Kashitu zinc project. Site visits were
previously undertaken to establish the suitability of several
potential drill sites, with the focus on initial testing of a
high-grade willemite zinc silicate vein zone which has been
partially mined previously in a small open pit.

Star Zinc
Period under review

In March 2021, the Company entered into a conditional
agreement with Siege Mining Limited (“Siege”) in relation
to the ceding of ownership and operation of the Star Zinc
Project for US$750,000 (being US$200,000 in relation to
the large-scale exploration licence 19653-HQ-LEL (the “Star
Zinc Project Licence”) (the “Licence Consideration”) and

US$550,000 for Galileo ceding its participation in the Star
Zinc Project and all exploration information which it has in
relation to the Star Zinc Project. The agreement included a
royalty to be paid to the Company on any future sales of
zinc from the Star Zinc Project based on the zinc grade. The
minimum royalty rate being 3% and increasing by 1% for
each US$250 increase in the zinc price above US$2,500 per
tonne up to a maximum of 10%.

ZIMBABWE

Galileo announced an agreement entered into on
4 March 2022 which assigned to Galileo an option granted
under an agreement dated 21 January 2022 between BC
Ventures and Cordoba Investments Limited to acquire a
51% interest in BC Ventures. BC Ventures is the owner of a
highly prospective lithium project in western Zimbabwe
(the Kamativi Lithium Project) and two gold licences
(the Bulawayo Gold Project) close to Bulawayo through
its wholly owned Zimbabwe subsidiary Sinamatella
Investments (Private) Limited. Under the terms of the
agreement the Company commits to spend US$1,500,000
of exploration expenditure within two years.

Location of the Kamativi and Bulawayo Projects in Zimbabwe

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Kamativi Lithium

Zimbabwe is recognised as one of the most prospective
countries in Africa for pegmatite-hosted lithium. Among
other explorers, Prospect Resources Ltd (ASX: PSC)
estimates that its Arcadia open pit lithium deposit, hosted
within a stacked series of pegmatite dykes, contains JORC-
compliant proven and probable ore reserves of 37.4Mt,
grading at 1.22% Li O and 121ppm Ta O . China’s Zhejiang
Huayou Cobalt recently announced that it had agreed a deal
to purchase 100% of the project for US$422m.

The Kamativi Lithium Project comprises EPO 1782,
covering 520km2, and lies on the Kamativi Belt directly
adjacent to, and along strike from the historic Kamativi tin-
tantalum mine which operated from 1936 to 1994. The
Kamativi Mine produced 37,000 tonnes of tin and 3,000
tonnes of tantalum ore from pegmatites, and in 2018
Chimata Gold Corp (Zimbabwe Lithium Company)
announced a new JORC (2012) compliant Indicated Mineral

Resource of 26Mt @ 0.58% Li2O within the Kamativi mine
tailings, confirming that the mine contained significant
quantities of lithium.

The Sinamatella licence area encloses extensions and
splays of the Kamativi Tin Mine host unit, including mapped
pegmatites, and it has been reported that there are old tin-
fluorite workings within the Sinamatella property.

The licence area also contains a large extent of the pre-
Cambrian Malaputese Formation which is considered to be
strongly prospective for VMS hosted copper, surrounding the
old Gwaii River Copper Mine and including numerous other
copper prospects and occurrences.

Little exploration has been carried out on the licence area
in the past 25+ years and there is very good historical data
available to advance exploration for
lithium. Early
exploration start-up was planned with the objective of drill
testing as soon as targets have been prioritised.

Kamativi exploration licence area (blue outline) adjoining the mining licence area (in yellow)

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Pegmatite exposure in historic Kamativi trench

Post period under review

Necessary environmental permits were acquired to
facilitate commencement of exploration on the property.
Reconnaissance mapping/sampling site visits were
undertaken and detailed exploration work commenced on
the property, comprising geological mapping, rock grab
sampling and soil sampling aimed at identifying potentially
lithium-bearing pegmatite host rocks on the property.

Bulawayo Gold

Zimbabwe has long been a significant gold producer,
primarily from Greenstone Belt quartz ‘reef’ deposits. The
largest current producer is Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc
from its Blanket Gold Mine, which currently operates at a
depth of about 750m below surface on multiple ore shoots
and produced approximately 55,000 ounces of gold in 2019.
A new deepening of the mine will raise production to
80,000 ounces from 2022 and extend the mine life. To date,
in excess of 1 million ounces of gold have been produced
from the property.

The Company’s Bulawayo Gold Project comprises EPO
1783 and EPO 1784 and covers a large 1,300km2 licence
area near Bulawayo with extensive Greenstone Belt rock

formations that are host to many small to mid-size quartz
reef gold mines and deposits in Zimbabwe. The gold
typically occurs in quartz ‘reef’ and shear zone settings, with
no systematic exploration carried out for more than 25
years due to the previously unfavourable investment
climate in Zimbabwe. Prospective areas with thin
sand/alluvial/Karoo basalt cover have never been explored
and recent grab sampling on the property reports assays
ranging from 3.9-16g/t Au, confirming the prospectivity of
the ground.

The aim is to explore for resources to support the
development of a large scale mine. The licences adjoin and
enclose a number of small-scale gold mines on pre-existing
mining permits which provides the opportunity to integrate
the production from these operations which have a total
historic production reported as more than 1Moz Au.

Galileo plans to integrate multiple regional datasets to
focus exploration on drill targets with potential for high-
grade ‘reef’ deposits and/or bulk mining potential of a
cluster of such deposits.

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Reconnaissance mapping under way near Queen’s Gold Mine on Bulawayo project

Post period under review

At the Bulawayo Gold Project, the Company signed a
contract with Xcalibur Airborne Geophysics (Pty) Ltd. to carry
out a fixed-wing airborne magnetic and radiometric survey
over the full
licence area, with the programme being
completed in June 2022. The survey comprised 12,184 line
km of flying at 100m line spacing covering extensive
Greenstone Belt rock formations that are host to many small
to mid-size quartz reef gold mines and deposits in
Zimbabwe.

The aim of the survey was to map critical structures and
belts linking the many known small-scale gold mines and
deposits
the potential
to help identify targets
development of a medium to large scale mine.

for

Xcalibur aeromagnetic survey plane

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Processed aeromagnetic image of Bulawayo licence area

BOTSWANA
Kalahari Copper-Silver

The interpreted geological setting beneath the Kalahari
sand deposits for the area covered by the Galileo Kalahari
licences is based on regional aeromagnetic and EM data.
This area has strong similarities to the synclinal geological
setting that hosts the world-class Khoemacau Copper-Silver
Project, situated only 25 kilometres due west. The Zone 5
and Zone 5N deposits host a combined sulphide resource of
502Mt @ 1.4% Cu and 17g/t Ag, including 185Mt @ 2.0%
Cu and 27g/t Ag – refer to Cupric Canyon Capital LP's
website www.khoemacau.com for details. The Galileo
licences also lie close to Sandfire Resources’ (ASX:SFR)
Motheo Copper Mine (permitted in July 2021), which
comprises the T3 Copper-Silver Project (60Mt @ 0.98% Cu
& 13.6g/t Ag), where a Definitive Feasibility Study was
completed in December 2020, and the A4 Dome Prospect
(9.8Mt @ 1.36% Cu & 21g/t Ag).

Period under review

During the period the Company entered into two
variation agreements with ASX listed Sandfire Resources
Limited (ASX:SFR) (“Sandfire”) in relation to its conditional
licence sale agreement (the “Licence Sale Agreement”)
with Sandfire. The aim was to facilitate the continuity of
exploration expenditure on the properties pending
completion of
the Licence Sale Agreement. The key
commercial terms of the variation agreements were to
make the following variations to the Licence Sale
Agreement:

●

●

Extend the long stop date for the meeting of the Licence
Sale Agreement conditions;

Sandfire to at completion of the Licence Sale Agreement,
reimburse Galileo up to US$500,000 of exploration
expenditure incurred by Galileo in relation to licence
obligations of certain Included Licences being transferred
to Sandfire (the “Reimbursed Exploration Expenditure”);

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●

●

●

Sandfire’s US$4,000,000 Exploration Commitment under
the Licence Sale Agreement to be reduced by the
amount of the Reimbursed Exploration Expenditure;

PL 368/2018 which was due to expire on 30 September
2021 to be removed from the list of licences to be
transferred to Sandfire as this licence is, with the
agreement of Sandfire, being relinquished; and

Removing the option for Sandfire to elect to pay the
Success Payment under the Licence Sale Agreement by
issuing Sandfire shares to Galileo which means the
Success Payment if due will be paid in cash.

The Licence Sale Agreement transaction was completed

on 22 September 2021.

On 8 November 2021 the Company provided an update
on progress of a drilling campaign on the Kalahari Copper
Belt licences, with more than 5,000 metres of mixed core
and reverse circulation drilling completed on five of the
Kalahari Copper Belt exploration licences. This included work
on both the Company’s retained licences and the Sandfire
Agreement Licences (see RNS dated 16 September 2021),
with the agreement of Sandfire Resources. Amongst the
results reported were:

● Drilling on the Sandfire Agreement Licences intersected
visible copper mineralisation at 242.7m in core hole
BDDD004 on PL366/2018 in the form of vein-hosted
chalcopyrite.

● Galileo drilled in two of its retained licences, PL40/2018
and PL253/2018, with most holes intersecting the
target D’kar/Ngwako Pan Fm contact. One hole on PL40
intersected a 6.32m interval of 2-5% fine-grained
disseminated pyrite at the target horizon level which it
was considered might represent a hydrothermal mineral
system lateral to a copper occurrence.

●

RC drilling was ongoing on PL253/2018 and diamond
drilling had commenced on PL39/2018 with the aim of
testing an extensive airborne EM target on this property,
focussed on the margins of a regional scale dome
feature.

Post period under review

The first phase drilling programme was completed on
PL39 and PL253 and an overview report of the programme
was in preparation incorporating recommendations for
follow-up drilling on the Galileo retained licences.

Drilling in progress on PL40

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NEVADA
Ferber gold-copper project
Period under review

Galileo had previously initiated a project review aimed
at identifying drill targets to test both skarn-type gold-
copper occurrences and small-scale workings and Carlin-

type gold occurrences on its’ 100% held Nevada property.
Several priority drill sites were highlighted, with up to
2,000m drilling planned.

Selected drill target areas within Ferber property

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Historic copper-gold underground workings on Ferber property

Post period under review

in 2022. However,

Due to strong demand for drill machines in Nevada, it
proved difficult to find a contractor to undertake diamond
core drilling at Ferber earlier
the
Company has proceeded with an application for
environmental permit for the planned programme and has
engaged Rangefront Mining Services, based in Elko Nevada,
to assist in seeking quotes from drilling contractors for
Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling with the aim of completing
the planned programme during 2022.

Phase 2: ZAR34.9 million (approximately £1.74 million) of
the Asset Sale Agreement consideration was conditional on
the issue of a vermiculite mining licence to Glenover. On
30 March 2022 the Company announced that it had received
confirmation that all conditions for Afrimat Limited to acquire
the Vermiculite Mining Right from Glenover have been met
and that Glenover has elected for the Vermiculite Mining
Right Consideration to be paid in cash. ZAR10 million
(approximately £0.50 million) was received in Q3 2022 in
respect of its 29% direct shareholding in Glenover.

SOUTH AFRICA
Glenover Phosphate/Rare Earths
Period under review

The Company announced on 9 December 2021 that:
Glenover, in which Galileo has a 29% direct shareholding
entered into an Asset sale agreement with JSE Limited listed
Afrimat Limited (JSE: AFT) (“Afrimat”) for ZAR250 million
(approximately £12.5 million) of certain deposits of
phosphate rock located at the Glenover Mine and mining
rights to mine the Vermiculite Deposit at the Glenover Mine
(the “Asset Sale Agreement”).

Phase 1: ZAR215.1 million (approximately £10.8 million)
of the Asset Sale Agreement consideration is unconditional
and a dividend of ZAR46 million (approximately £2.3 million)
was paid to Galileo during February 2022 in respect of its
29% direct shareholding in Glenover; and

Upon conclusion of phase two of the Glenover Asset Sale
in Glenover shall

interest

Agreement Galileo’s direct
increase to 30.7%.

Glenover also entered into a conditional sale of shares
agreement between Afrimat, Glenover and the shareholders
of Glenover including Galileo Resources SA (Pty) Ltd the
Company’s wholly owned South African subsidiary under
which Glenover has the option to acquire the sale of shares
in and shareholders loans made to Glenover for ZAR300
million (approximately £14.5 million) which was expected to
completed by 15 June 2022, an extension was granted and
the Company expects completion to occur on or before
10 November 2022. If the option is exercised (“Conditional
Share Sale Agreement”). Galileo’s 30.7% share of the gross
Conditional Share Sale Agreement consideration in respect of
its 30.7% direct shareholding in Glenover is ZAR87 million
(approximately £4.3 million).

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1. REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES
Principal activities

Galileo Resources Plc (AIM: GLR) is an opportunity driven
company seeking opportunities for projects where potential
value has not been realised. The current focus is on our
copper and zinc projects in Zambia and gold and lithium
projects in Zimbabwe.

Business review

The function of the business review is to provide a
balanced and comprehensive review of
the Group’s
performance and developments during the year and its
position at the year-end. The review also covers the
principal risks and uncertainties faced by the Group. At this
stage in the Group’s development, the key performance
indicators that the directors monitor on a regular basis are
management of liquid resources, which are cash flows and
bank balances. The results of the Company and the Group
for the year are set out in the audited financial statements
on pages 36 to 42.

A review of the Group’s operations during the year ended
31 March 2022 and future developments are contained in
the Strategic Report on pages 5 to 18.

Financial review

The Group reported earnings of £1,542,576 (2021:
earnings of £87,872) before and after taxation. Basic
earnings are 0.15 pence (2021: earnings of 0.01 pence) per
share.

Risk review

The board and the executive committee keep the risks
inherent in an exploration business under constant review.
The principal risks for an exploration company and the
measures taken by the Company to mitigate them are
detailed below:

Political risk

Political risk is the risk that assets will be lost through
expropriation and unrest or war. The Group minimises
political risk by operating in countries with relatively stable
political systems, established fiscal and mining codes and a
respect for the rule of law. The Company has instigated a
black economic empowerment policy to comply with the
South African mining charter, code of practice and black
economic legislation.

Commodity risk

Commodity risk is the risk that the price earned for
minerals will fall to a point where it becomes uneconomic
to extract them from the ground and process. The principal

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metals in the Group’s portfolio are gold, copper, lithium, rare
earth elements (REEs) and phosphorus (as phosphate). The
prices of these elements have been volatile during the year
but an uptrend is in place. However, commodity prices are
cyclical and prices are subject
to fluctuations. These
fluctuations could adversely affect the Group’s operations.
The potential economics of all the Group’s projects are kept
under close review on a regular basis.

Financial risk

The three main types of financial risk faced by the Group
are credit risk, liquidity risk and currency risk. Liquidity risk
is the risk of insufficient working and investment capital.
The Group’s goal is to finance its exploration and activities
from operational cash flow from operations but in the
absence of such cash flow, and from time to time the Group
relies on the issue of equity share capital to finance its
activities.

The Group finances its overseas operations by purchasing
US Dollar, Zambian Kwacha, Botswana Pula and South
African Rand with Pound Sterling in the United Kingdom and
transferring it to meet local operating costs. The Group does
not hedge its exposure and is therefore exposed to currency
fluctuations between these three currencies and local
currencies, but this policy will be reviewed from time to
time. The Group maintains tight financial and budgetary
control to keep its operations cost effective to mitigate
these financial risks.

Strategic risk

Significant and increasing competition exists for mineral
acquisition opportunities throughout the world. As a result
of this competition, the Group may be unable to acquire
rights to exploit additional attractive mining properties on
terms it considers acceptable. Accordingly, there can be no
assurance that the Group will acquire any interest in
additional operations that would yield reserves or result in
commercial mining operations. The Group expects to
undertake sufficient due diligence where warranted, to help
ensure opportunities are subjected to proper evaluation.

Funding risk

The Group has raised funds via equity contributions from
new and existing shareholders ensuring the Company
remains a going concern until such time that it enters an
offtake agreement/debt
The
directors regularly review cash flow requirements to ensure
the Company can meet financial obligations as and when
they fall due.

financial arrangement.

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Exploration risk

Exploration risk is the risk of investing cash and resources
on projects, which may not provide a return. The Group
addresses this risk by using its skills, experience and local
knowledge to select only the most promising areas to
explore. Mineral exploration and development of the
Group’s mineral exploration properties is speculative in
nature and is contingent upon obtaining satisfactory
exploration results. Mineral exploration and development
involve substantial expenses and a high degree of risk,
which even a combination of experience, knowledge and
careful evaluation may not be able adequately mitigate. The
risk reduces substantially when a Group’s
degree of
properties move from the exploration phase to the
development phase.

Operational risk

Exploration and subsequent mining operations are
subject to hazards normally encountered in exploration,
development and production. Although it is intended to take
adequate precautions during each stage of development to
minimise risk, there is a possibility of a material adverse
impact on the Group’s operations and its financial results.
The Group will develop and maintain policies appropriate
to the stage of development of
its various projects.
Recruiting and retaining skilled and qualified personnel are
critical to the Group’s success. The number of persons skilled
in the acquisition, exploration and development of mining
properties is limited and competition for such persons is
intense. While the Group has good relations with its
employees, these relations may be impacted by changes
in the scheme of labour relations, which may be introduced
by the relevant governmental authorities. Adverse changes
in such legislation may have a material adverse effect on
the Group’s business, results of operations and financial
condition. Members of staff are encouraged to discuss with
management matters of interest to the employees and
subjects affecting day-to-day operations of the Group.

Mining risk

There is no guarantee that the minerals contained in the
various assets can be mined either practically, technically
or at a cost less than the realisable value of the contained
minerals. The cost of development and access may preclude
the development of the mine. Should a mine be developed
there is no assurance that operations can continue since
operations are dependent on product prices, direct
operating cost and the cost of “stay in business” capital.
Mining operations are often challenged by difficult mining
and/or slope stability conditions, variability of grade, excess
water and small faulting. All of these factors could adversely
affect mining production rate and therefore profitability.

Processing risk

REEs are relatively difficult

to process and require
complex chemistry solutions to gain satisfactory recovery
and quality. The recovery of one element may be at the
sacrifice of another rare-earth element and no assurance

can be given that the ultimate suite of elements that can be
recovered can be done so economically. Should the
Company elect to progress to recovery only to concentrate,
then there is no assurance that a global market exists for
the concentrate. Shareholders and investors should be
aware that the cost of building a rare-earth processing plant
is considerably higher than other mineral processing plants
and that the Company may not be able to raise sufficient
finance to build such a plant.

Political stability

The Group is conducting its activities in Botswana, South
Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the United States of America.
Botswana is one of the most stable and low-risk countries
in Africa with a long-established mining industry and
relatively good infrastructure.
It built a tradition of
democratic values which helped maintain political and
to
social stability. Mining is a significant contributor
Botswana’s GDP, and minerals comprise almost 80% of
export earnings. Over the last half century, Botswana has
transformed itself from a severely impoverished nation to a
high-middle-income country and achieving substantial
reductions in poverty and rapid improvements in living
standards.
It has managed its diamond revenues in a
prudent and transparent manner contributing to sizable
savings that can be used to stabilize the economy in case
investments and future
of a downturn and save for
generations. It has allocated a good share of government
spending to health, education, social assistance, and
investment in public infrastructure.

The directors believe that the government of South Africa
supports the development of natural resources by foreign
investors and actively monitors the situation. However,
there is no assurance that future political and economic
conditions in South Africa will not result in the government
of South Africa adopting different policies regarding foreign
development and ownership of mineral resources. Any
changes in policy affecting ownership of assets, taxation,
rates of exchange, environmental protection,
labour
relations, repatriation of income and return of capital, may
affect the Group’s ability to develop the projects. The
Company is complying with current South African mining
charter code of practice and black economic empowerment
legislation (refer to the directors’ report). The politics of the
USA are well understood and transparent with full
democracy. Federal law could change in the USA thereby
affecting the cost of mineral concession ownership. Nevada
Mining Law could change to the detriment of future mining
development. Zambia boasts 10% of the world’s copper
reserves, is the second largest copper producer in Africa and
the eighth globally, remains one of the world’s largest cobalt
producers, and has the world’s largest emerald mine. The
mining industry is an important pillar of the economy
contributing about 12% and 75% of GDP and exports,
respectively. The government is reliant on the mining
industry. Any changes in policy affecting ownership of
assets, taxation, and exchange controls may affect the
Group’s ability to continue with the projects in Zambia.

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Uninsurable risks

Reserve and resource estimates

The Group may become subject to liability for accidents,
pollution and other hazards, which it cannot insure or
against which it may elect not to insure because of
premium costs or for other reasons, such as in amounts,
which exceed policy limits.

Security of tenure

The Group investigates its rights to explore and extract
minerals from all of its material properties and, to the best
of its knowledge; those rights are expected to be in good
standing. However, no assurance can be given that the
Group will be able to secure the grant or the renewal of
existing mineral rights and tenures on terms satisfactory to
it, or that governments in the jurisdiction in which the Group
operates will not revoke or significantly alter such rights or
tenures or that such rights or tenures will not be challenged
or impugned by third parties, including local governments
or other claimants. Although the Group is not aware of any
existing title uncertainties with respect to any of its future
material properties,
there is no assurance that such
uncertainties, if negative, will not result in future losses or
additional expenditures, which could have an adverse
impact on the Group’s future cash flows, earnings, results
of operations and financial condition.

Market perception

Market perception of mining and exploration companies
may change which could impact on the value of investors’
holdings and impact on the ability of the Company to raise
further funds by issue of further shares in the Company.

Environmental factors

All mining operations have some degree of an
environmental risk. Although the directors have made
reasonable assessment, no assurance can be given that no
outstanding or intended claims against disturbance of the
environment exist. Rare earths are often associated with
radioactivity and the Glenover project has amongst other
minerals, radioactive thorium present in the ore. The
directors have considered the significance of this and what
potential problems may be presented due to the presence
of radioactive minerals. They have concluded that the
potential radioactivity will not prevent operations, but no
assurance can be given that the presence of radioactivity
will impact on either capital or operating cost or both. In
addition, the Group will also be subjected to, where
appropriate, clean-up costs and for any toxic or hazardous
substances, which may be produced as a result of its
operation. Environmental
legislation and permitting are
evolving in a non-mining supportive manner, which could
result in onerous standards and enforcement with the risk
of consequential
fines, penalties and closure. As the
Company develops, the directors intend to carry out the
appropriate environmental base-line studies with experts
outsourced from independent environmental consultancies.

The Group’s future reported reserves and resources of
Glenover are only estimates. No assurance can be given
that the estimated reserves and resources will be recovered
or that they will be recovered at the rates estimated.
Mineral and metal reserve and resource estimates are
based on limited sampling and, consequently, are uncertain
because the samples may not be representative. Mineral
and metal reserve and resource estimates may require
revision (either up or down) based on actual production
experience or further sampling. Any future reserve and/or
resource figures will be estimates and there can be no
assurance that the minerals are present, will be recovered
or can be brought into profitable production. Furthermore,
a decline in the market price for natural resources that the
Group may discover or invest in could render reserves
containing relatively lower grades of
these resources
uneconomic to recover and may ultimately result in a
restatement of reserves.

Pandemic risk

The Group acknowledges the pandemic risk which has
the potential to cause further disruption and continues to
pose a further threat on similar operations worldwide. It
remains the Group’s focus to protect all personnel, site
visitors and stakeholders and at the same time to ensure
business continuity. The necessary changes have taken place
in all the relevant jurisdictions and the Group continues to
monitor government guidance to mitigate the above risk.

2. GOING CONCERN

The Group has sufficient financial resources to enable it
to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable
future, to continue the current development programme
and meet its liabilities as they fall due. The Company has no
external debt or overdrafts. The directors have further
reviewed the Group’s cash flow forecast, and in light of this
review and the financial position at the date of this report,
they are satisfied that the Company and Group have access
to adequate resources to continue in operational existence
for the foreseeable future.

Accordingly, the directors consider it appropriate to
continue to adopt the going-concern basis in preparing
these financial statements. This basis presumes that funds
will be available to finance future operations and that the
realisation of assets and settlement of liabilities, contingent
obligations and commitments will occur in the ordinary
course of business.

3. EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD

Other than the events described in the Chairman’s and
Operations Report and the transactions set out in note 32 of
these financial statements the directors are not aware of
any matter or circumstances arising that should be disclosed
since the end of the financial year.

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4. DIRECTORS’ SHAREHOLDING ANALYSIS

Directors’ direct and indirect interests in the ordinary shares of the Company as at period end were as follows:

Beneficial owner

Colin Bird

John Richard Wollenberg

The Cardiff Property Plc*

At 31 March 2022

At 31 March 2021

Shares

78,605,862

12,675,511

900,000

%

7.17

1.16

0.08

Shares

63,035,000

6,321,341

900,000

92,181,373

8.41

70,256,341

%

6.91

0.69

0.10

7.70

* John Richard Wollenberg and his family are 51.30% shareholders in The Cardiff Property Plc

At the date of this report, Colin Bird holds 78,605,862 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each or 7.08% of the Company’s
issued share capital. This makes him a shareholder in Galileo with potentially significant influence over the affairs of
the Company.

Directors’ interests in the Company’s share option scheme at the end of the period were as follows:

At 31 March 2022

At 31 March 2021

Beneficial owner

Colin Bird

Ed Slowey

Joel Silberstein

John Richard Wollenberg

Chris Molefe

22,000,000

4,000,000

4,000,000

2,500,000

1,600,000

32,100,000

Director’s interest in the Company’s share options scheme at the date of the report were as follows:

Beneficial owner

Colin Bird

Ed Slowey

Joel Silberstein

John Richard Wollenberg

Chris Molefe

Refer to note 27 for directors’ emoluments.

27,000,000

4,000,000

2,000,000

3,250,000

1,850,000

38,100,000

37,000,000

9,500,000

6,000,000

2,500,000

2,600,000

57,600,000

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5. CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND SHARE ISSUE

The Company issued the following new ordinary shares during the period under review.

Date

Opening balance

Number of
ordinary shares

911,976,317

Issue price
(pence)

19-Apr-21

19-May-21

19-May-21

11-Jun-21

24-Aug-21

08-Oct-21

27-Oct-21

27-Oct-21

03-Dec-21

03-Dec-21

03-Dec-21

03-Dec-21

31-Dec-21

28-Feb-22

500,000

250,000

150,000

133,666,664

3,500,000

10,000,000

5,000,000

5,500,000

10,570,862

5,854,170

1,233,000

933,331

2,812,500

5,000,000

0.60

0.60

1.25

1.50

0.60

0.60

0.60

0.60

2.68

2.68

2.68

1.34

0.80

1.125

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Purpose of issue

Warrants exercised

Warrants exercised

Warrants exercised

Placing for cash

Warrants exercised

Warrants exercised

Warrants exercised

Warrants exercised

Shares in lieu of director fees

Shares in lieu of director fees

Settlement of debt

Accrued consulting fees

Warrants exercised

Acquisition

Closing balance

1,096,946,844

Post the period under review the
Company issued the following
ordinary shares:

10-Mar-22

13,741,609

1.09

Acquisition

Total issued shares at the date
of this report

1,110,688,453

Allotment of shares

Pre-emption rights

As ordinary business at the annual general meeting to be
held on 13 October 2022, a resolution will be proposed to
renew the power of your directors to allot equity securities,
pursuant to section 551 of the Companies act 2006, such
power being to equity securities having an aggregate
nominal value of £1,096,947. This authority may be
renewed for five years but,
in common with modern
corporate governance practice, it is your directors’ intention
that the resolution be limited to one year and that its
renewal be proposed at each annual general meeting.

As special business at the annual general meeting to be
held on 13 October 2022, a resolution will be proposed to
renew for a further year the power of your directors to allot
first offering such
equity securities for cash without
securities to existing shareholders. The aggregate nominal
amount of equity securities, which may be allotted in this
way shall not exceed £1,096,947.

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Major Shareholders

The table below presents a list of all shareholders holding 3% and more of the voting rights of the Company as at the

No. of
Ordinary Shares

% of
Voting Rights

155,845,645

120,505,382

114,567,550

78,605,862

56,336,812

54,887,101

41,100,124

35,019,045

14.03

10.85

10.32

7.08

5.07

4.94

3.70

3.15

11.1 Principle One – Business Model and Strategy

The Board has concluded that the highest medium and
long-term value can be delivered to its shareholders by the
adoption of a single strategy for
the Company. The
Company is developing its portfolio of resource companies
in Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and USA. The
Company continues to hold significant stakes in these
projects and companies and remains actively involved with
their development. The Company will continue to seek to
grow the businesses organically and will seek out further
complementary acquisitions that create enhanced value.

11.2 Principle Two – Understanding Shareholder Needs

and Expectations

is

committed

The Board

to maintaining

good
communication and having constructive dialogue with its
shareholders. The Company keeps its private shareholders and
institutional investors informed with regular RNS statements
and its executive directors meet with shareholders during the
year with opportunities to discuss issues and provide
feedback. In addition, all shareholders are encouraged to
attend the Company’s Annual General Meeting. Investors also
have access to current information on the Company through
its website, www.galileoresources.com and via Colin Bird,
Chairman/CEO who is available to answer investor relations
enquiries.

last practicable date:

Name of Holder

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management

Interactive Investor

Jarvis Investment Management

Mr Colin Bird

Raymond James Investment Services

Barclays Wealth

Sandfire Resources NL

Halifax Share Dealing

6. DIVIDENDS

No dividends were declared or paid to shareholders

during the year under review.

7. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

There were no changes to the Board for the period under
review. The directors of the Company during the year and
to the date of this report are disclosed under Corporate
Information on page 2 of this report.

8. SECRETARY

The secretary of the Company is Link Company Matters
Limited, a division of Link Group with address; Beaufort
House, 51 New North Road, Exeter, EX4 4EP, United Kingdom.

9. AUDITORS

A resolution proposing the appointment of, PKF Littlejohn
LLP, was duly passed at the Company’s annual general
meeting.

10. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
The directors, who held office at the date of approval of
this directors’ report, confirm that as far as they are each
aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the
Company’s auditors are unaware, and each director has
taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director
to make himself aware of any relevant audit information
and to establish that the Company’s auditors are aware of
that information.

11. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The QCA Code sets out 10 principles that should be
applied. These are listed below together with a short
explanation of how the Company applies each of the
principles:

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11.3 Principle Three – Considering wider stakeholder

11.4 Principle Four – Risk Management

and social responsibilities

The Board recognises that the long-term success of the
Company is reliant upon the efforts of the employees of
the Company and its contractors, suppliers, regulators, and
other stakeholders. The Board has put in place a range of
processes and systems to ensure that there is close
oversight and contact with its key resources and
relationships. There is an open and confidential dialogue
with each person in the Company to help ensure successful
two-way communication with agreement on goals, targets
and aspirations of the employee and the Company. This
feedback process helps to ensure the Company can respond
to new issues and opportunities that arise to further the
success of employees and the Company. The Company has
on-going relationships with a broad range of
its
stakeholders and provides them with the opportunity to
raise issues and provide feedback to the Company.

In addition to its other roles and responsibilities, the
Audit and Compliance Committee is responsible to the
Board for ensuring that procedures are in place and are
being implemented effectively to identify, evaluate, and
manage the significant risks faced by the Company. The risk
assessment matrix below sets out those risks and identifies
their ownership and the controls that are in place. This
matrix is updated as changes arise in the nature of risks or
the controls that are implemented to mitigate them. The
Audit and Compliance Committee reviews the risk matrix
and the effectiveness of scenario testing on a regular basis.
The following principal risks and controls to mitigate them,
have been identified:

Activity

Risk

Impact

Control(s)

Management

Recruitment and retention
of key staff

Reduction in operating
capability

Regulatory
adherence

Breach of rules

Censure or withdrawal
of authorisation

Strategic

Damage to reputation

Inability to secure new
capital or clients

Stimulating and safe working
environment. Balancing
salary with longer term
incentive plans

Strong compliance regime
instilled at all levels of the
Group

Effective communications
with shareholders and our
joint venture partners.

Inadequate disaster
recovery procedures

Loss of key operational and
financial data

Robust compliance. Secure
off-site storage of data

Financial

Liquidity, market and credit risk

Exploration

Inappropriate controls and
accounting policies

Investing cash and resources
in projects which may not
provide a return

Inability to continue as
going concern
Reduction in asset values

Robust capital management
policies and procedures
Appropriate authority and
investment levels as set by
the Board and Investment
Policies

Incorrect reporting of assets

Audit and Compliance
Committee

Reduction in asset value.
The degree of risk reduces
substantially when a project
moves from the exploration
phase to the development
phase.

Management addresses
this risk by using its skills,
experience, and local
knowledge to select with
best endeavours to explore
the most promising areas

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have

established

procedures,

The Directors

as
represented by this statement, for the purpose of providing
a system of internal control. An internal audit function is
not considered necessary or practical due to the size of the
Company and the close day to day control exercised by the
executive directors. However, the Board will continue to
monitor the need for an internal audit function. The Board
works closely with and has regular ongoing dialogue with
the Company’s financial director, Mr. J Silberstein and has
established appropriate reporting and control mechanisms
to ensure the effectiveness of its control systems.

11.5 Principle Five – A Well-Functioning Board of

Directors

As at the date hereof the Board comprises, the Chairman
and CEO Colin Bird, Technical Director Edward Slowey and
Finance Director, Joel Silberstein and two non-executive
Directors, Christopher Molefe and Richard Wollenberg of
whom both are independent. The Company’s portfolio of
natural resource projects is not extensive. The present scale
of corporate activity in this regard would not justify the
separation of the roles of chairman and CEO and the
Company considers its two non-executive directors are
sufficient for its current range of activities. However, the
Company reviews its governance policy annually having
due regard to the intent of Principle 5 and the Company’s
development. Biographical details of the current Directors
are set out on within Principle Six below. Executive and
non-executive directors are subject
to re-election at
intervals of no more than three years. The letters of
appointment of all Directors are available for inspection at
the Company’s registered office during normal business
hours. All the non-executive Directors are considered to be
part time but are expected to provide as much time to the
Company as is required. The Board elects a chairman to
chair every meeting: normally this would be Colin Bird.

The Board endeavors to meet on a quarterly basis. It has
established an Audit and Compliance Committee and a
Remuneration Committee, particulars of which appear
hereafter. The Board has agreed that appointments to the
Board are made by the Board as a whole and so has not
created a Nominations Committee. The non-executive
Directors are considered to be part time but are expected
to provide as much time to the Company as is required. The
Board considers that
this is appropriate given the
Company’s current stage of operations. It shall continue to
monitor the need to match resources to its operational
performance and costs and the matter will be kept under
review going forward. The Board notes that the QCA
recommends a balance between executive and non-
executive Directors and recommends that there should be
two independent non-executives. As noted above the
Board will review annually further appointments as the
Company’s scale and operational complexity grows.

Attendance at Board and Committee Meetings

The Board conducted three board meetings during the
period to the date of this report. During the period under
review Committee matters were discussed at board level.
Executive and non-executive directors interact on a regular
basis via telephone or other electronic means.

11.6 Principle Six – Appropriate Skills and Experience of

the Directors

The Board currently consists of five directors. In addition,
the Company has employed the outsourced services of Link
Group to act as the Company Secretary.

The Company believes that the current balance of skills
in the Board as a whole reflects a very broad range of
commercial and professional skills across geographies and
industries and each director has experience in public
markets.

The Board recognises that it currently has a limited
diversity and this will form a part of any future recruitment
consideration, if the Board concludes that replacement or
additional directors are required.

The Board shall review annually the appropriateness and
opportunity for continuing professional development
whether formal or informal.

Colin Bird – Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Colin Bird has a Diploma in Mining Engineering, is a
Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
and is a certified mine manager both in the UK and in the
United States of America. The formative part of his career
was spent with the National Coal Board in the UK and
thereafter he moved to the Zambia Consolidated Copper
Mines and then to South Africa to work in a management
position with Anglo American Coal. On his return to the UK
he was Technical and Operations Director of Costain Mining
Limited, which involved responsibility for gold mining
operations in Argentina, Venezuela and Spain. In addition to
his coal mining activities he has been involved in the
management of mining nickel, copper, gold and other
diverse mineral operations. He has founded and floated
several public companies in the resource sector and served
on resource company boards in the UK, Canada and South
Africa. Notably he was on the board of Kiwara Plc which
was successfully sold to First Quantum Plc in February 2010.
In addition, he is chairman of other several publicly quoted
resource companies.

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Edward (Ed) Slowey – Executive Technical Director

Christopher (Chris) Molefe – Non-Executive Director

Directors’ Report

B.Com (Unin); Post graduate diploma (University of Cape
Town). Mr. Molefe was formerly the Chief Executive of Royal
Bafokeng Resources (Pty) Limited and has recently resigned
from Merafe Resources Limited, a publicly listed company
on the JSE Securities. He is currently non-executive director
of Jubilee Metals Group Plc. Mr. Molefe has held several
positions in corporate banking and industry for the previous
20 years. He commenced his career as Group Human
Resource Manager at Union Carbide Africa Corporation. His
subsequent positions include being the Manager of
Corporate Affairs at Mobil Oil Southern Africa (Pty) Limited;
an Executive Director at Black Management Forum; a
Financial Analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank; the Marketing
Manager at African Bank Limited; an Executive Manager at
Transnet (Propnet) (Pty) Limited; and an Executive Director
at Dipapatso Media (Pty).

11.7 Principle Seven – Evaluation of Board Performance
Internal evaluation of the Board, the Committee and
individual Directors is to be undertaken on an annual basis
in the form of peer appraisal and discussions to determine
the effectiveness and performance in various committees
as well as the Directors’ continued independence.

The results and recommendations resulting from the
appraisals for the directors shall identify the key corporate
and financial targets that are relevant to each Director and
their personal targets in terms of career development and
training. Progress against previous targets shall also be
assessed where relevant.

11.8 Principle Eight – Corporate Culture

impact

this will

The Board recognises that their decisions regarding
strategy and risk will impact the corporate culture of the
the
Company as a whole and that
performance of the Company. The corporate governance
arrangements that the Board has adopted are designed to
ensure that the Company delivers long-term value to its
shareholders and that shareholders have the opportunity
to express their views and expectations for the Company in
a manner that encourages open dialogue with the Board.
The Board is very aware that the tone and culture set by the
Board will greatly impact all aspects of the Company as a
whole and the way that employees behave. A large part of
the Company’s activities is centered upon what needs to
be an open and respectful dialogue with employees, clients
and other stakeholders.

Ed Slowey holds a BSc degree in Geology from the
National University of Ireland and is a founder member of
The Institute of Geology of Ireland. He has more than 40
years’ experience in mineral exploration, mining, and
project management. He worked as a mine geologist at
Europe’s largest zinc mine in Navan,
Ireland and was
exploration manager for Rio Tinto in Ireland for more than
a decade, which led to the discovery of the Cavanacaw gold
deposit. He has also operated as an exploration geologist
and consultant in many parts of the world, including Africa,
Europe, America, and the FSU. This work included joint
venture negotiation, exploration programme planning and
management through to feasibility study implementation
for a variety of commodities. As a professional consultant,
work has included completion of CPR’s and 43-101 technical
reports for
international stock exchange listings and
fundraising, while also undertaking assignments for the
World Bank and European Union bodies. In addition, Ed
served as director of several private and public companies,
including the role of CEO and Technical Director at AIM-listed
Orogen Gold Plc which discovered the Mutsk gold deposit
in Armenia.

Joel Silberstein – Executive Finance Director

Mr. Silberstein holds an Honours Bachelor of Accounting
Science degree from the University of South Africa. He
qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Mazars, Cape
Town in 2002, and subsequently joined Toronto-quoted
European Goldfields Limited. There he held the position of
Group Financial Controller and Vice President Finance,
supporting the executive team in growing the company
through its exploration and development phases, until it
was bought by Eldorado Gold in a C$2.5bn deal. He joined
AIM-traded Xtract Resources Plc in mid-2013 and was
appointed finance director in February 2014. He has
subsequently assisted in several corporate transactions,
including those surrounding the Manica gold mining
operations, and he has experience of working in multiple
jurisdictions around the world. He is a member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of South Africa as well a
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England
and Wales.

J Richard Wollenberg – Non-Executive Director

Richard Wollenberg, was, between 1981 and 1996, an
investment consultant with Brown Shipley Stockbroking
Limited and has over the past 25 years, been actively
involved in several corporate acquisitions, mergers and
capital re-organisations of public and private companies.
Mr. Wollenberg is currently Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of The Cardiff Property Plc, a quoted property
investment and development company and is a non-
executive director of Aquila Services Group Plc. He was also
a non-executive director of Kiwara Plc alongside Colin Bird.

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to the ability of

Therefore, the importance of sound ethical values and
behaviours is crucial
the Company
successfully to achieve its corporate objectives. The Board
places great import on this aspect of corporate life and
seeks to ensure that this flows through all that the
Company does. The directors consider that at present the
Company has an open culture facilitating comprehensive
dialogue and feedback and enabling positive and
constructive challenge. The Company has adopted, with
effect from the date on which its shares were admitted to
AIM, a code for Directors’ and employees’ dealings in
securities which is appropriate for a company whose
securities are traded on AIM and is in accordance with the
requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation which came
into effect in 2016.

11.9 Principle Nine – Maintenance of Governance

Structures and Processes

Ultimate authority for all aspects of the Company’s
activities rests with the Board and the respective
responsibilities of the chairman and chief executive officer
(currently a combined role) arising as a consequence of
delegation by the Board. The chairman is responsible for
the effectiveness of the Board, while the Board has
delegated management of the Company’s business and
primary contact with shareholders to the executive officers
of the Company.

Audit and Compliance Committee

This

the committee.

the financial performance of

The Audit and Compliance Committee is chaired by
Christopher Molefe with Richard Wollenberg as the other
member of
committee has
responsibility for monitoring the quality of internal controls
and ensuring that
the
Company is properly measured and reported. It receives
reports from the executive management relating to the
interim accounts and from the executive management and
auditors relating to the annual accounts and the accounting
and internal control systems in use throughout
the
Company. The Audit and Compliance Committee meets not
less than twice in each financial year and it has unrestricted
access to the Company’s auditors.

Remuneration Committee

The Remuneration Committee comprises Richard
Wollenberg as chairman and Christopher Molefe as the
other member of
the committee. The Remuneration
Committee reviews the performance of the executive
directors and employees and makes recommendations
to the Board on matters relating to their remuneration
and terms of employment. The Remuneration Committee
also considers and approves the granting of share options
pursuant to the share option plan and the award of shares
to the Company’s
in lieu of bonuses pursuant
Remuneration Policy.

Nominations Committee

The Board has agreed that appointments to the Board
will be made by the Board as a whole and so has not
created a Nominations Committee.

Non-Executive Directors

The Board has adopted guidelines for the appointment of
non-executive directors, which are in place and which are
being observed. These provide for the orderly rotation and
re-election of the directors in accordance with the articles
of association of the Company. In accordance with the
Companies Act 2006, the Board complies with: a duty to
act within their powers; a duty to promote the success of
the Company; a duty to exercise independent judgement;
a duty to exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence; a
duty to avoid conflicts of interest; a duty not to accept
benefits from third parties and a duty to declare any
interest in a proposed transaction or arrangement.

is

The Board

to maintaining

11.10 Principle Ten – Shareholder Communication
committed

good
communication and having constructive dialogue with its
shareholders. The Company keeps its private shareholders and
institutional investors informed with regular RNS statements
and its executive directors meet with shareholders during the
year with opportunities to discuss issues and provide
feedback. In addition, all shareholders are encouraged to
attend the Company’s Annual General Meeting. Investors also
have access to current information on the Company through
its website, www.galileoresources.com and via Colin Bird,
Chairman/CEO who is available to answer investor relations
enquiries.

The Company, when relevant, shall include in its annual
report, any matters of note arising from the audit or
remuneration committees.

12. DIRECTORS’ s172 STATEMENT

The Directors continue to act in a way that they consider,
in good faith, to be most likely to promote the success of
the Company for the benefits of the members as a whole,
and in doing so have regard, amongst other matters to:

●

●

●

●

●

●

the likely consequences of any decision in the long
term;

the interests of the Company’s employees;

the need to foster the company’s business relationships
with suppliers, customers and others;

the impact of
community as well as the environment;

the company’s operations on the

the need to act fairly as between members of the
Company, and

the desirability of
reputation for high standards of business conduct

the company maintaining a

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The standards
include the proper delegation of
responsibilities within a clearly defined framework,
effective accounting procedures and adequate segregation
of duties to ensure an acceptable level of risk. These
controls are monitored throughout the Group and all
employees are required to maintain the highest ethical
standards in ensuring the Group’s business is conducted in
a manner that in all reasonable circumstances is above
reproach. The focus of risk management in the Group is on
identifying, assessing, managing and monitoring all known
forms of risk across the Group. While operating risk cannot
be fully eliminated, the Group endeavors to minimise it by
ensuring that appropriate infrastructure, controls, systems
and ethical behavior are applied and managed within
predetermined procedures and constraints. The directors
are of
the opinion, based on the information and
explanations given by management that the system of
internal control provides reasonable assurance that the
financial records may be relied on for the preparation of
the consolidated annual financial statements. However, any
system of
financial control can provide only
reasonable, and not absolute, assurance against material
misstatement or loss.

internal

In preparing these financial statements, the directors are

required to:

1.

select suitable accounting policies and then apply
them consistently;

2. make judgements and estimates

that are

reasonable and prudent;

3.

4.

state whether applicable IFRSs have been followed,
subject to any material departures disclosed and
explained in the accounts; and

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

The going-concern basis has been adopted in preparing
the consolidated annual financial statements. The directors
have no reason to believe that the Group will not be a
going concern in the foreseeable future, based on forecasts
and available cash resources. These consolidated annual
financial statements support the viability of the Company.
The directors have reviewed the Group’s financial position
at the balance sheet date and for the period ending on the
anniversary of the date of approval of these financial
statements and they are satisfied that the Group has, or
has access to, adequate resources to continue in operational
existence for the foreseeable future.

The Board has always recognised the relationships with
key stakeholders as being central to the long-term success
of the business and therefore seeks active engagement with
all stakeholder groups, to understand and respect their
views, in particular of those with the communities in which
it operates, its host governments, employees and suppliers.
Throughout the year, the Directors continued to exercise all
their duties, whilst having the highest regard to section 172
factors as they assessed and considered proposals from
senior management and governed the company on behalf
of their stakeholders. As with smaller size companies, day-
to-day management, execution of the business strategy and
related policies of the Company is delegated to senior
executives however the Board reviews compliance and legal
matters along with the Company’s key financial and
operational data, diversity,
corporate responsibility,
environmental and stakeholder-related matters over the
course of the financial year. In response to COVID-19, the
Board agreed to a management plan proposed by senior
executives prioritising and maintaining the health and safety
of all employees and contractors. Consideration of the
Company’s conduct towards its stakeholders, suppliers and
employees of the Group is essential when implementing
ways in which the Board’s engagement can be improved to
help the business operate more effectively. Details of the
Board’s decisions for the year ending 31 March 2022 to
promote long-term success, and how it engaged with
stakeholders and considered their interests when making
those decisions, can be found throughout the Strategic
Report, Directors’ and Corporate Governance reports.

13. DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES AND

APPROVAL

financial

statements

The directors are required in terms of the Companies Act
2006 to maintain adequate accounting records and are
responsible for the content and integrity of the consolidated
annual
and related financial
information included in this report. It is their responsibility
to ensure that the consolidated annual financial statements
fairly represent the state of affairs of the Group as at the
end of the financial year and the results of its operations
and cash flows for the period then ended, in conformity
with the applicable UK laws.

The consolidated annual

financial statements are
prepared in accordance with UK-adopted international
accounting standards and are based upon appropriate
accounting policies consistently applied and supported by
reasonable and prudent judgements and estimates. The
directors acknowledge that they are ultimately responsible
for the system of internal financial control established by
the Group and place considerable importance on
maintaining a strong controlled environment.

To enable the directors to meet these responsibilities,
the Board sets standards for internal control aimed at
reducing the risk of error or loss in a cost-effective manner.

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14. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Related party transactions are disclosed in note 25 of the

financial statements.

15. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

For the period under review the Group held no financial
instruments, outside of cash and receivables. Financial risk
management policies are disclosed in note 28 of the
financial statements.

16. POLITICAL AND CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
The Group made no charitable donations (2021: £Nil)

and no political donations (2021: £Nil) during the year.

The Company’s independent auditors, PKF Littlejohn LLP,
audited the Group’s
financial
statement, and their report is presented on pages 31 to 35.

consolidated annual

The Group and Company annual financial statements set
out on pages 36 to 42, which have been prepared on the
going-concern basis, were approved by the Board and
signed on its behalf by:

Colin Bird
Chairman

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Independent Auditors’ Report

Independent Auditors’ Report

TO THE MEMBERS OF GALILEO RESOURCES PLC

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Galileo Resources Plc (the ‘Company’) and its subsidiaries (the ‘Group’)
for the year ended 31 March 2022 which comprise the Group and Company Statements of Financial Position, the Group
and Company Statements of Comprehensive Income, the Group and Company Statements of Changes in Equity, the Group
and Company Statements of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies.
The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and UK-adopted international
accounting standards.

In our opinion, the financial statements:

● give a true and fair view of the state of the Group’s and of the Company’s affairs as at 31 March 2022 and of the Group’s

profit and Company’s loss for the year then ended;

● have been properly prepared in accordance with UK-adopted international accounting standards; and

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

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our
responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial
statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group and Company in accordance with the ethical
requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard as
applied to listed entities, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director’s use of the going concern basis of accounting
in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Our evaluation of the directors’ assessment of the Group’s
and Company’s ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting included:

● Reviewing the inputs to the forecast financial

information and agreeing these to the underlying supporting

documentation

● Audit procedures to ensure that the calculations applied in the forecasts were in accordance with the method and were

mathematically accurate

● Challenging the key assumptions and estimates

● Comparing prior year forecast to actual results

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions
that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group’s or Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant

sections of this report.

Our application of materiality

The scope of our audit was influenced by our application of materiality. We set certain quantitative thresholds for
materiality. These, together with qualitative considerations, helped us to determine the scope of our audit and the nature,
timing and extent of our audit procedures on the individual financial statement line items and disclosures and in evaluating
the effect of misstatements, both individually and in aggregate on the financial statements as a whole.

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Based on our professional judgement, we determined materiality for the financial statements as a whole as follows:

Group financial statements

Company financial statements

Overall materiality

£306,500 (2021: £142,500)

£153,000 (2021: £100,000)

Performance materiality £214,550 (2021: £99,750).

£107,100 (2021: £70,000)

Basis of materiality

2% of Gross assets

Rationale

Gross assets are considered to be an
appropriate benchmark as group activities
are in the exploration stage.
The
exploration assets and investments in
these exploration projects are the most
significant balances
in the financial
statements. We consider the users of the
financial statements, such as investors,
would be most interested in the valuation
of these assets.

2% of Gross assets blended with 2% of loss
before tax

Gross assets are considered to be an
appropriate benchmark as the net investments
in subsidiaries are the most
significant
balances in the Company financial statements.
Loss before tax is also considered to obtain
appropriate coverage of Company expenditure.

For each component in the scope of our group audit, we allocated a materiality that is less than our overall group
materiality. The range of materiality allocated across components was between £70,600 and £83,400 (2021: between
£43,000 and £47,500). Certain components were audited to a local statutory audit materiality that was also less than our
overall group materiality. We agreed with the Audit Committee that we would report to them misstatements identified
during our Group audit above £15,325 (2021: £7,125) and Company audit above £7,650 (2021: £5,000) as well as
misstatements below those amounts that, in our view, warranted reporting for qualitative reasons.

Our approach to the audit

In designing our audit, we determined materiality, as above, and assessed the risk of material misstatement in the
financial statements. In particular, we looked at areas involving significant accounting estimates and judgement by the
directors and considered future events that are inherently uncertain, such as valuation and capitalisation of the exploration
and evaluation intangible assets. Our Group audit scope focused on the principal areas of operation, being North America,
South Africa, Zambia, Botswana and the United Kingdom. We also addressed the risk of material misstatement in the
accounting for the shared profits from joint ventures as this is financially significant to the Group; and the risk of
management override of internal controls, including evaluating whether there was evidence of bias by the directors that
represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.

The audit was performed by us as Group auditors based in London. Each component within the Group was assessed as
to whether they were significant or not significant to the Group by either their size or risk. The Company and subsidiaries
including Galileo Resources SA Proprietary Limited and St. Vincent Minerals US Inc. were considered to be significant due
to identified risk and size. A full scope audit was completed on these significant components.

Key audit matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the
financial statements of the current period and include the most significant assessed risks of material misstatement
(whether or not due to fraud) we identified, including those which had the greatest effect on: the overall audit strategy,
the allocation of resources in the audit; and directing the efforts of the engagement team. These matters were addressed
in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not
provide a separate opinion on these matters.

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How our scope addressed this matter

Independent Auditors’ Report

Valuation and appropriate capitalisation of Intangible
Assets (Note 3)
The Group has intangible assets in relation to capitalised
exploration costs in respect of its exploration and
evaluation in the United States, Zambia and Botswana.
There is the risk that these assets have been incorrectly
capitalised in accordance with IFRS 6 – Exploration for
and Evaluation of Mineral Resources and that there
is a risk that the indicators of impairment have not been
identified as at 31 March 2022.

Particularly for early stage exploration projects where
the calculation of recoverable amount from value in
use calculations is not practical, management’s
assessment of impairment under IFRS 6 requires
estimation and judgement based on the costs that are
being capitalised and whether they meet the criteria
stipulated in IFRS 6.

Shared profit and valuation of investments in joint
ventures (Note 5)
The Group has a joint venture interest over Glenover
Phosphate (Proprietary) Limited. The balance is
accounted for as an investment in joint venture and
follows equity accounting in accordance with IAS 28 –
Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures.

During the year, the Group has shared a profit from this
joint venture amounting to £3,433,000, followed by
dividend distributions from the entity to the Group.

There is a risk that this treatment is not appropriate,
and that indicators of impairment have not been
identified as at 31 March 2022.

Our audit work included:

●

●

Confirmation that the Group has good title to the applicable
exploration licences;

Review of capitalised costs including consideration of
appropriateness for capitalisation under IFRS 6;

● Assessment of progress at the individual projects during the

year and post year-end; and

●

●

Consideration of management’s impairment assessment,
including challenge of key assumptions and

Sensitivity test to reasonably possible changes

The Directors’ judgements in their assessment of impairment
are reasonable and our work did not identify any impairment
indicators regarding the carrying value and recoverability of
intangible assets.

Our audit work included:

● Obtain evidence to support the profit from the entity,

including sales details;

●

Review management’s impairment assessment and provide
challenge of key assumptions made;

● Obtain evidence to support the ongoing value of the
underlying project, including current status of project and
future development plans;

●

Recalculate balances to be included in the consolidation in
respect of this entity;

● Obtain evidence to support the dividend distributions;

●

Review the bank statements to verify the receipt of
distributions.

Based on the results of our audit work carried out, there were no
issues noted that indicate any material misstatement in respect
of shared profit and valuation of investments in joint ventures.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements
and our auditor’s report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual
report. Our opinion on the Group and Company financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to
the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our
responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially
inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to
be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required
to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the
work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required
to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

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Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

● the information given in the strategic report and the directors’ report for the financial year for which the financial

statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

● the strategic report and the directors’ report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Group and the parent company and their environment obtained
in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors’ report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us

to report to you if, in our opinion:

● 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

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

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the directors’ responsibilities and approval paragraph in the directors’ report, the directors
are responsible for the preparation of the Group and Company financial statements and for being satisfied that they give
a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of
financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the Group and Company financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the Group and
the parent company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern
and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the Group or the parent
company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable
assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will
always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered
material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users
taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line
with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The
extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

● We obtained an understanding of the Group and Company and the sector in which they operate to identify laws and
regulations that could reasonably be expected to have a direct effect on the financial statements. We obtained our
understanding in this regard through discussions with management and our experience of the resource exploration
sector.

● We determined the principal laws and regulations relevant to the group and parent company in this regard to be those

arising from:

(cid:1) Listing Rules
(cid:1) Companies Act 2006
(cid:1) The Bribery Act 2010
(cid:1) Anti Money Laundering Legislation
(cid:1) Disclosure rules and Transparency rules for listed entities

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Independent Auditors’ Report

(cid:1) Local industry regulations where exploration activity took place; and
(cid:1) Local tax and employment laws

● We designed our audit procedures to ensure the audit team considered whether there were any indications of non-
compliance by the Group and Company with those laws and regulations. These procedures included, but were not
limited to:

(cid:1) Make enquires of management
(cid:1) Review of board meeting minutes
(cid:1) Review of legal expenses
(cid:1) Review of RNS announcements

● We also identified the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud. We considered, in addition
to the non-rebuttable presumption of a risk of fraud arising from management override of controls, that the potential
for management bias was identified in relation to the impairment of the carrying value of intangible assets and we
addressed this by challenging the assumptions and judgements made by management when auditing that significant
accounting estimate.

● We addressed the risk of fraud arising from management override of controls by performing audit procedures which
included, but were not limited to: the testing of journals; reviewing accounting estimates for evidence of bias; and
evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business;
and reviewing transactions through the bank statements to identify potentially large and unusual transactions that do
not appear to be in line with our understanding of business operations. Aside from the non-rebuttable presumption of
a risk of fraud arising from management override of controls, we did not identify any significant fraud risks.

● We performed followings in respect of matters of non-compliance with laws and regulations including fraud at the

group and component levels:

(cid:1) Make enquires of management
(cid:1) Review correspondences with authorities
(cid:1) Review nominals of legal expenses

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those
leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the
more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial
statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding
irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission
or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting

Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

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 auditor’s 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.

Eric Hindson (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of PKF Littlejohn LLP
StatutoryAuditor

20 September 2022

15 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London E14 4HD

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS – 31 March 2022

35

Group and Company Statements of Financial Position

as at 31 March 2022

FiguresinPoundSterling

Group

Company

Note(s)

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

Assets
Non-current assets
Intangible assets
Investment in subsidiaries
Investment in joint ventures
Loans to joint ventures, associates,
and subsidiaries
Other financial assets

Current assets
Non-current assets held for sale
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Equity and liabilities
Equity
Share capital
Reserves
Accumulated loss

Non controlling interest

Liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Loans from subsidiaries
Other financial liabilities
Deferred tax

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Taxation payable

Total liabilities

3
4
5

6
7

3
9
10

11

6
14
19

15
19

3,875,570
–
2,936,125

792,259
1,994,617

2,114,817
–
1,979,640

345,684
373,521

505,578
2,049,755
–

5,657,509
1,500,975

342,946
3,758,064
–

5,490,220
–

9,598,571

4,813,662

9,713,817

9,591,230

–
119,856
4,648,995

3,952,786
1,359
1,392,955

–
–
1,952,900

–
–
1,389,421

4,768,851

5,347,100

1,952,900

1,389,421

14,367,421

10,160,763

11,666,717

10,980,651

31,996,730
1,223,801
(19,351,353)

13,869,178
117,754

29,705,244
837,700
(21,134,916)

31,996,730
1,516,977
(22,466,482)

9,408,028
–

11,047,225
–

29,705,244
1,614,195
(21,296,240)

10,023,199
–

13,986,932

9,408,028

11,047,225

10,023,199

–
6
–

6

106,232
274,250

380,482

380,488

–
5
425,813

425,819

326,916
–

326,916

752,735

523,097
–
–

523,097

96,395
–

96,395

619,492

640,372
–
–

640,372

317,080
–

317,080

957,452

Total equity and liabilities

14,367,421

10,160,763

11,666,717

10,980,651

These financial statements were approved by the directors and authorised for issue on 20 September 2022 and are signed
on their behalf by:

Colin Bird

Company number: 05679987

Joel Silberstein

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Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

Group and Company Statements of Comprehensive Income

for the year ended 31 March 2022

FiguresinPoundSterling

Group

Company

Note(s)

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

Operating expenses

Operating loss

Investment revenue

Fair value adjustments

Loss on sale of assets

Provision for impairments

Gain on bargain purchase through
business combinations

Profit/(loss) from equity accounted
investments

Profit/(loss) for the year before taxation

Taxation

17

18

7

5

9

31

5

19

(753,321)

(1,472,816)

(583,841)

(2,079,373)

(753,321)

(1,472,816)

(583,841)

(2,079,373)

332,904

141,205

(1,266,967)

(495,842)

–

–

–

–

–

141,205

(472,752)

(495,842)

–

1,569,776

3,433,034

(9,088)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,391,013

151,563

87,872

(1,411,230)

(2,079,373)

–

–

–

Profit/(loss) for the year

1,542,576

87,872

(1,411,230)

(2,079,373)

Other comprehensive income/(loss):

Items which may subsequently be
reclassified to profit or loss:

Exchange differences on translating
foreign operations

Total comprehensive income/(loss)
for the year

21

483,319

(66,549)

–

–

2,025,895

21,323

(1,419,661)

(2,079,373)

Earnings per share in pence

22

0.15

0.01

All operating expenses and operating losses relate to continuing activities.

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS – 31 March 2022

37

–

–

8

(

(

4

4

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

2

(

(1

–

–

–

–

Group and Company Statements of Changes in Equity

as at 31 March 2022

FiguresinPoundSterling

Group
Balance at 1 April 2020

Loss for the year
Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Issue of shares net of issue costs
Options issued
Warrants exercised
Warrants issued

Total contributions by and distributions to owners
of Company recognised directly in equity

Balance at 1 April 2021

Profit for the year
Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive income for the year

Issue of shares net of issue costs
Shares to be issued(5)
Options issued
Options lapsed
Warrants lapsed
Warrants issued
Warrants exercised

Total contributions by and distributions to owners of
Company recognised directly in equity

Balance at 1 March 2022

Note(s)

Share
capital

Share
premium

Total share
capital

6,168,446

20,300,873

26,469,319

–
–

–

354,163
–
–
–

–
–

–

2,894,249
–
138,057
(150,544)

–
–

–

3,248,412
–
138,057
(150,544)

354,163

6,522,609

2,881,762

3,235,925

23,182,635

29,705,244

–
–

–

184,559
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–

–

2,100,696
–
–
–
–
(27,560)
33,791

–
–

–

2,285,255
–
–
–
–
(27,560)
33,791

184,559

6,707,168

11

2,106,927

2,291,486

25,289,562

31,996,730

11

11

38

GALILEO RESOURCES PLC

W

W

W

Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

Foreign
currency
transaction
reserve(1)

(709,946)

–
(66,549)

(66,549)

–
–
–
–

–

(776,495)

–
483,319

483,319

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–

(293,176)

13

Shares to be
issued
reserve(2)

Merger
reserve(3)

Share based
payment
reserve(4)

Total
reserves

Accumulated
loss

Total
equity

FiguresinPoundSterling

–

–
–

–

–
–
–
–

–

–

–
–

–

–
150,000
–
–
–
–
–

150,000

150,000

1,047,821

283,292

621,167

(21,222,788)

5,867,698

–
–

–

–
–
–
–

–

1,047,821

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–

–
–

–

–
270,595
(138,057)
150,544

283,082

566,374

–
–

–

–
–
(91,194)
(149,793)
–
27,560
(33,791)

–
(66,549)

(66,549)

–
270,595
(138,057)
150,544

283,082

87,872
–

87,872

–
–
–
–

–

87,872
(66,549)

21,324

3,248,412
270,595
–
–

3,519,007

837,700

(21,134,916)

9,408,029

–
483,319

1,542,576
–

1,542,576
483,319

483,319

1,542,576

2,025,895

–
150,000
(91,194)
(149,793)
–
27,560
(33,791)

–
–
91,194
149,793
–
–
–

2,285,255
150,000
–
–
–
–
–

(247,218)

(97,218)

240,987

2,435,255

1,047,821

319,156

1,223,801

(19,351,353)

13,869,178

12

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS – 31 March 2022

39

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

(1

(

–

–

–

–

–

(

(

(

(

–

–

Group and Company Statements of Changes in Equity continued

as at 31 March 2022

FiguresinPoundSterling

Company
Balance at 1 April 2020

Loss for the year

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Issue of shares net of issue costs
Options issued
Warrants exercised
Warrants issued

Total contributions by and distributions to owners of
Company recognised directly in equity

Balance at 1 April 2021

Profit for the year
Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Issue of shares net of issue costs
Shares to be issued(5)
Options lapsed
Warrants lapsed
Warrants issued
Warrants exercised

Total contributions by and distributions to owners of
Company recognised directly in equity

Balance at 31 March 2022

Note(s)

Share
capital

Share
premium

Total share
capital

6,168,446

20,300,873

26,469,319

–

–

354,163
–
–
–

–

–

2,894,249
–
138,057
(150,544)

–

–

3,248,412
–
138,057
(150,544)

354,163

6,522,609

2,881,762

3,235,925

23,182,635

29,705,244

–
–

–

184,559
–
–
–
–
–

–
–

–

2,100,696
–
–
–
(27,560)
33,791

–
–

–

2,285,255
–
–
–
(27,560)
33,791

184,559

6,707,168

11

2,106,927

2,291,486

25,289,562

31,996,730

11

11

(1) Foreign currency translation reserve comprises all foreign currency differences arising from the translation of the financial statements of foreign operations.
(2) Shares to be issued reserve comprises shares to be issued post year end arising out a contractual obligation that existed at year end.
(3) Merger reserve comprises the difference between the fair value of an acquisition and the nominal value of the shares allotted in a share exchange.
(4) Share based payment reserve comprises the fair value of an equity-settled share based payment.
(5) On 4 March Galileo entered into a Deed of Assignment with Cordoba and BC Ventures (the “Deed of Assignment”) under which Cordoba has assigned all its
rights and obligations under the Principal Agreement to Galileo for £150,000 which is being settled by the issue of 13 741 609 new ordinary Galileo Resources
plc shares which will rank pari passu with existing Galileo Resources plc shares.

40

GALILEO RESOURCES PLC

W

W

Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

Foreign
currency
transaction
reserve(1)

Shares to be
issued
reserve(2)

Merger
reserve(3)

Share based
payment
reserve(4)

Total
reserves

Accumulated
loss

Total
equity

FiguresinPoundSterling

–

–

–

–
–
–
–

–

–

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–

–

–

–

–

–
–
–
–

–

–

–
–

–

–
150,000
–
–
–
–

150,000

150,000

1,047,821

283,292

1,331,113

(19,216,866)

8,583,566

–

–

–
–
–
–

–

1,047,821

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–

–

–

–
270,595
(138,057)
150,544

283,082

566,374

–
–

–

–
–
(149,793)
(91,194)
27,560
(33,791)

–

–

(2,079,373)

(2,079,373)

(2,079,373)

(2,079,373)

–
270,595
(138,057)
150,544

283,082

–
–
–
–

–

3,248,412
270,595
–
–

3,519,007

1,614,195

(21,296,239)

10,023,200

–
–

–

(1,411,230)
–

(1,411,230)
–

(1,411,230)

(1,411,230)

–
150,000
(149,793)
(91,194)
27,560
(33,791)

–
–
149,793
91,194
–
–

2,285,255
150,000
–
–
–
–

(247,218)

(97,218)

240,987

2,435,255

1,047,821

319,156

1,516,977

(22,466,482)

11,047,225

12

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS – 31 March 2022

41

Group and Company Statements of Cash Flows

for the year ended 31 March 2022

FiguresinPoundSterling

Group

Company

Note(s)

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

Cash flows from operating activities

Cash used in operations

23

(901,221)

(1,186,567)

(716,617)

(1,110,605)

Net cash from operating activities

(901,221)

(1,186,567)

(716,617)

(1,110,605)

Cash flows from investing activities

Additions to intangible assets
Dividends received from Joint Venture
Distributions from Joint Venture (incl subs, JVs & Assoc)
Movement in investments (incl subs, JVs and Assoc)
Loan movement
Purchase of financial assets
Proceeds on sale of non-current assets held for sale

3

6

(1,559,823)
238,827
2,417,977
–
–
(132,644)
1,132,394

(453,724)
–
–
–
(84,239)
–
–

(162,633)
–
–
(353,262)
(167,289)
(132,644)
35,394

(342,946)
–
–
–
(270,138)
–
–

Net cash flows from investing activities

2,096,529

(537,963)

(780,433)

(613,084)

Cash flows from financing activities

Net proceeds from share issues
Repayment of loans from group companies

11

2,060,529
–

2,761,000
–

2,066,529
–

2,761,000
–

Total cash movement for the year
Cash at the beginning of the year

2,060,529

2,761,000

2,066,529

2,761,000

3,256,041
1,392,955

1,036,471
356,485

563,479
1,389,421

1,037,311
352,110

Total cash at end of the year

10

4,648,995

1,392,955

1,952,900

1,389,421

Other non-cash items changes include the following:

£402,485 includes dividends receivable from Glenover Phosphate of (£582,729) that resulted in and increase and Glenover
loans that were converted to shares amounting to (£180,244) that resulted in a decrease to loan movement.

£220,147 relates to accrued director fees and consulting fees that were settled by the issue of shares.

42

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Notes to the Financial Statements

1. PRESENTATION OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL

STATEMENTS
Galileo Resources PLC is a public company listed on AIM
of the LSE, incorporated and existing under the laws of
England and Wales, having its registered office at 1st Floor,
7/8 Kendrick Mews, London, SW7 3HG, United Kingdom.
The consolidated annual financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with UK-adopted International
Accounting Standard and the Companies Act 2006. The
consolidated annual
financial statements have been
prepared on the historical cost basis, except for certain
financial instruments and acquisitions at fair value, and
incorporate the principal accounting policies set out below.
Cost is based on the fair values of the consideration given
in exchange for assets and they are presented in Pound
Sterling. These annual financial statements were approved
by the board of directors on 20 September 2022.

1.1 Basis of Consolidation

The consolidated annual financial statements incorporate
the annual financial statements of the Company and all
including special purpose entities, which are
entities,
controlled by the Company.

Control exists when the Company has the power to
govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so
as to obtain benefits from its activities.

The results of

subsidiaries are included in the
consolidated annual financial statements from the effective
date of acquisition to the effective date of disposal.

Adjustments are made when necessary to the annual
financial statements of subsidiaries to bring their accounting
policies in line with those of the Group.

All

intra-group transactions, balances,

income and

expenses are eliminated in full on consolidation.

Non-controlling interests in the net assets of consolidated
subsidiaries are identified and recognised separately from
the Group’s interest therein, and are recognised within
equity. Losses of subsidiaries attributable to non-controlling
interests are allocated to the non-controlling interest even
if this results in a debit balance being recognised for non-
controlling interest.

Transactions, which result in changes in ownership levels,
where the Group has control of the subsidiary both before
and after
the transaction, are regarded as equity
transactions and are recognised directly in the statement of
changes in equity.

The difference between the fair value of consideration
paid or received and the movement in non-controlling
interest
for such transactions is recognised in equity
attributable to the owners of the parent.

Where a subsidiary is disposed of and a non-controlling
shareholding is retained, the remaining investment is
measured to fair value with the adjustment to fair value
recognised in profit or loss as part of the gain or loss on
disposal of the controlling interest.

Business combinations

The Group accounts for business combinations using the
acquisition method of accounting. The cost of the business
combination is measured as the aggregate of the fair values
of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed and equity
instruments issued. Costs directly attributable to the
business combination are expensed as incurred, except the
costs to issue debt, which are amortised as part of the
effective interest, and costs to issue equity, which are
included in equity.

Contingent consideration is included in the cost of the
combination at fair value as at the date of acquisition.
Subsequent changes to the assets, liability or equity, which
arise as a result of the contingent consideration, are not
affected against goodwill, unless
are valid
measurement period adjustments.

they

The acquiree’s

identifiable assets,

liabilities and
contingent liabilities which meet the recognition conditions
of IFRS 3 Business combinations are recognised at their fair
values at acquisition date, except for non-current assets (or
disposal group) that are classified as held-for-sale in
accordance with IFRS 5 non-current assets held-for-sale and
discontinued operations, which are recognised at fair value
less costs to sell.

Contingent liabilities are only included in the identifiable
assets and liabilities of the acquiree where there is a
present obligation at acquisition date.

On acquisition, the Group assesses the classification of
the acquiree’s assets and liabilities and reclassifies them
where the classification is inappropriate for Group purposes.
This excludes lease agreements and insurance contracts,
whose classification remains as per their inception date.

Non-controlling interests arising from a business
combination, which are present ownership interests, and
entitle their holders to a proportionate share of the entity’s
net assets in the event of liquidation, are measured either
at the present ownership interests’ proportionate share in
the recognised amounts of the acquiree’s identifiable net
assets or at fair value. The treatment is not an accounting
policy choice but is selected for each individual business
combination, and disclosed in the note for business
combinations. All other components of non-controlling
interests are measured at their acquisition date fair values,
unless another measurement basis is required by IFRSs.

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS – 31 March 2022

43

Notes to the Financial Statements

In cases where the Group held a non-controlling
shareholding in the acquiree prior to obtaining control, that
interest is measured to fair value as at acquisition date. The
measurement to fair value is included in profit or loss for
the year. Where the existing shareholding was classified as
an available-for-sale financial asset, the cumulative fair
value adjustments
to other
comprehensive income and accumulated in equity are
recognised in profit or loss as a reclassification adjustment.

recognised previously

Goodwill is determined as the consideration paid, plus
the fair value of any shareholding held prior to obtaining
control, plus non-controlling interest and less fair value of
the identifiable assets and liabilities of the acquiree. Where
the fair value of identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent
liabilities exceed the fair value of consideration paid, the
gain on bargain purchase is credited in full
to the
consolidated statement of comprehensive income on the
acquisition date.

Goodwill is not amortised but is tested on an annual basis
for impairment. If goodwill is assessed to be impaired, that
impairment is not subsequently reversed.

Goodwill arising on acquisition of foreign entities is
considered an asset of the foreign entity. In such cases the
goodwill
is translated to the functional currency of the
Group at the end of each reporting period with the
adjustment
recognised in equity through to other
comprehensive income.

Investment in associates

An associate is an entity over which the Group has
significant influence and which is neither a subsidiary nor a
joint venture. Significant
to
participate in the financial and operating policy decisions of
the investee but
joint control over
is not control or
those policies.

influence is the power

An investment in associate is accounted for using the
equity method, except when the investment is classified as
held-for-sale in accordance with IFRS 5 non-current assets
held-for-sale and discontinued operations. Under the equity
method,
investments in associates are carried in the
consolidated statement of financial position at cost adjusted
for post-acquisition changes in the Group’s share of net
assets of the associate, less any impairment losses.

Losses in an associate in excess of the Group’s interest in
that associate are recognised only to the extent that the
Group has incurred a legal or constructive obligation to
make payments on behalf of the associate.

Any goodwill on acquisition of an associate is included
in the carrying amount of the investment; however, a gain
on acquisition is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Profits or losses on transactions between the Group and
an associate are eliminated to the extent of the Group’s
interest therein.

When the Group reduces its level of significant influence
or loses significant influence, the Group proportionately
reclassifies the related items, which were previously
accumulated in equity through other comprehensive income
to profit or loss as a reclassification adjustment. In such
cases,
is
measured to fair value, with the fair value adjustment being
recognised in profit or loss as part of the gain or loss on
disposal. Interests in joint ventures

if an investment

investment

remains,

that

A joint venture is a contractual agreement whereby the
Group and other parties undertake an economic activity that
is subject to joint control that is when the strategic financial
and operating policy decisions relating to the activities of
the joint venture require the unanimous consent of the
parties sharing control.

Jointly controlled entities

An interest in a jointly controlled entity is accounted for
using the equity method, except when the investment is
classified as held-for-sale in accordance with IFRS 5 non-
current assets held-for-sale and discontinued operations.
Under the equity method, interests in jointly controlled
entities are carried in the consolidated statement of
financial position at cost adjusted for post-acquisition
changes in the Group’s share of net assets of the jointly
controlled entity, less any impairment losses. Profits or
losses on transactions between the Group and a joint
venture are eliminated to the extent of
the Group’s
interest therein.

joint

control,

accumulated

When the Group loses

the Group
proportionately reclassifies the related items, which were
previously
other
in
comprehensive income to profit or loss as a reclassification
adjustment. In such cases, if an investment remains, that
investment is measured to fair value, with the fair value
adjustment being recognised in profit or loss as part of the
gain or loss on disposal.

through

equity

1.2 Significant judgements and sources of estimation

uncertainty
preparing
is

In

annual

the
statements,
financial
management
required to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the amounts represented in the
annual financial statements and related disclosures. Use of
available information and the application of judgement is
inherent in the formation of estimates. Actual results in the
future could differ from these estimates, which may be
material to the annual financial statements. Significant
judgements include:

Options granted

Management uses the Black Scholes Formula for
subsequent options being granted. Additional details
regarding the estimates are included in note 12 – share-
based payments.

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Recoverability of exploration and evaluation costs

Exploration and evaluation assets are only recognised if

Notes to the Financial Statements

The Company incurs costs directly attributable to
exploration and evaluation. These costs are capitalised to
each individual project, pending a decision on the economic
feasibility of the project. The capitalisation of these costs
gives rise to an intangible asset
in the consolidated
statement of financial position. The costs are capitalised
where it is considered likely that the amount will be
recovered by future exploitation. This requires management
to make estimates and assumptions as to the future events
and circumstances and whether an economically viable
extraction operation can be established. The estimates are
subject to change and in the event that recovery of the
expenditure becomes unlikely, the relevant amount is
written off in the statement of comprehensive income.

Receivables from Group entities

The Company makes assumptions when implementing
the forward-looking ECL model. The model is used to assess
group loans for impairment. Estimates are made regarding
the credit risk and underlying probability of default in each
of the credit loss scenarios, which include production,
failure, divestment and sale.
The Directors make
judgements on the expected likelihood and outcome of
each of the scenarios and these expected values are applied
to the loan balances.

Fair value estimation

The fair value of financial instruments traded in active
markets is based on quoted market prices at the end of the
reporting period. The quoted market price used for financial
assets held by the Group is the current bid price.

The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded
in an active market (for example, over
the counter
derivatives) is determined by using valuation techniques.
The Group uses a variety of methods and makes
assumptions that are based on market conditions existing at
the end of each reporting period. Quoted market prices or
dealer quotes for similar instruments are used for long-term
debt. Other techniques, such as estimated discounted cash
flows, are used to determine fair value for the remaining
financial instruments. The fair value of interest rate swaps
is calculated as the present value of the estimated future
cash flows. The fair value of forward foreign exchange
contracts is determined using quoted forward exchange
rates at the end of the reporting period.

The carrying value less impairment provision of trade
receivables and payables are assumed to approximate their
fair values. 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.

1.3 Exploration and evaluation costs

Exploration and evaluation costs, including the costs of
acquiring licences, are capitalised as exploration and
evaluation assets on an area of interest basis.

the rights of the area of interest are current and either:

(i) the expenditures are expected to be recouped through
successful development and exploitation of the area of
interest; or

(ii) activities in the area of interest have not at the reporting
date, reached a stage which permits a reasonable
the existence or otherwise of
assessment of
economically recoverable reserves and active and
significant operations in, or in relation to, the area of
interest are continuing.

Exploration and evaluation assets are assessed for

impairment if:

(i) sufficient data exist to determine technical feasibility

and commercial viability; and

(ii) facts and circumstances suggest

the carrying
amount exceeds the recoverable amount. For the
purposes of
testing, exploration and
evaluation assets are allocated to cash-generating units
(“CGU”) to which the exploration activity related.

impairment

that

Exploration and evaluation assets are carried forward in

the balance sheet under intangible assets.

1.4 Investment in subsidiaries
Company annual financial statements

In the Company’s separate annual financial statements,
investment in subsidiaries are carried at cost less any
accumulated impairment.

The cost of an investment in a subsidiary is the aggregate

of:

●

the fair value, at the date of exchange, of assets given,
liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments
issued by the Company; plus

●

any costs directly attributable to the purchase of the
subsidiary.

An adjustment to the cost of a business combination
contingent on future events is included in the cost of the
combination if the adjustment is probable and can be
measured reliably.

1.5 Investment in joint ventures
Company annual financial statements

An investment in a joint venture is carried at cost less

any accumulated impairment.

In respect of its interests in jointly controlled operations,
the Company recognises in its annual financial statements:

●

●

the assets that it controls and the liabilities that it incurs;
and

the expenses that it incurs and its share of the income
that it earns from the sale of goods or services by the
joint venture.

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45

Notes to the Financial Statements

In respect of its interest in jointly controlled assets, the

Company recognises in its annual financial statements:

a financial liability or an equity instrument in accordance
with the substance of the contractual arrangement.

●

●

●

●

●

its share of the jointly controlled assets, classified
according to the nature of the assets;

any liabilities that it has incurred;

its share of any liabilities incurred jointly with the other
venturers in relation to the joint venture;

any income from the sale or use of its share of the
output of the joint venture, together with its share of
any expenses incurred by the joint venture; and

any expenses that it has incurred in respect of its
interest in the joint venture.

1.6 Investments in associates
Company annual financial statements

An investment in an associate is carried at cost less any

accumulated impairment.

1.7 Financial instruments

Financial instruments are recognised when the Group
the
becomes a party to the contractual provision of
instrument. These financial
instruments are recognised
initially at fair value. For instruments not at fair value
through profit or loss, any directly attributable transaction
costs are included.

Financial assets are de-recognised if

the Group’s
contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial assets
expire or if the Group transfers the financial assets or
substantially transfers all risk and rewards of the asset to
another party without retaining control. Financial liabilities
are de-recognised if the Group’s obligations specified in the
contract expire or are discharged or cancelled.

Classification

The Group classifies financial

their
component parts, on initial recognition as a financial asset,
a financial liability or an equity instrument in accordance
with the substance of the contractual arrangement.

instruments, or

Classification depends on the purpose for which the
financial instruments were obtained/incurred and takes
place at initial recognition. Classification is reassessed on an
annual basis, except for derivatives and financial assets
designated as at fair value through profit or loss, which shall
not be classified out of the fair value through profit or
loss category. The Group classifies its financial assets as
financial assets at amortised cost and financial assets at fair
value through profit or loss.

Initial recognition and measurement

Financial instruments are recognised initially when the
Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of
the instruments.

The Group classifies financial

their
component parts, on initial recognition as a financial asset,

instruments, or

Financial instruments are measured initially at fair value.
For financial instruments, which are not at fair value through
profit or loss, transaction costs are included in the initial
measurement of the instrument.

Transaction costs on financial instruments at fair value

through profit or loss are recognised in profit or loss.

Regular way purchases of financial assets are accounted

for at trade date.

Subsequent measurement

Financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss
are subsequently measured at fair value, with gains and
losses arising from changes in fair value being included in
profit or loss for the period.

Net gains or losses on the financial instruments at fair
value through profit or loss exclude dividends and interest.

Dividend income is recognised in profit or loss as part of
other income when the Group’s right to receive payment is
established.

Financial assets at amortised cost are subsequently
measured at amortised cost, using the effective interest
method, less accumulated impairment losses.

Financial liabilities at amortised cost are subsequently
measured at amortised cost, using the effective interest
method.

Loans

to/(from)

Group

companies

and

Joint

Arrangements

These include loans to and from holding companies,
fellow subsidiaries, subsidiaries, joint arrangements and
associates and are recognised initially at fair value plus
direct transaction costs.

Loans to Group companies are classified as financial
assets at amortised cost. Loans from Group companies are
classified as financial liabilities measured at amortised cost.

Inter-company loans bear no interest.

Trade and other receivables

Trade and other receivables are measured at initial
recognition at fair value, and are subsequently measured at
amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.
Appropriate allowances for estimated irrecoverable amounts
are recognised in profit or loss in accordance with the
expected credit loss model under IFRS 9.

Trade and other receivables are classified as financial

assets at amortised cost.

Trade and other payables

Trade payables are initially measured at fair value, and
are subsequently measured at amortised cost, using the
effective interest rate method.

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Cash and cash equivalents

1.9 Share-capital and equity

Notes to the Financial Statements

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and
demand deposits, and other short-term highly liquid
investments that are readily convertible to a known amount
of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in
value. These are initially and subsequently recorded at
fair value.

1.8 Tax
Current tax assets and liabilities

Current tax for current and prior periods is, to the extent
unpaid, recognised as a liability. If the amount already paid
in respect of current and prior periods exceeds the amount
due for those periods, the excess is recognised as an asset.

Current tax liabilities (assets) for the current and prior
periods are measured at the amount expected to be paid to
(recovered from) the tax authorities, using the tax rates
(and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively
enacted by the end of the reporting period.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

A deferred tax liability is recognised for all taxable
temporary differences, except
the
deferred tax liability arises from the initial recognition of an
asset or liability in a transaction which at the time of the
transaction, affects neither accounting profit nor taxable
profit (tax loss).

to the extent

that

A deferred tax asset is recognised for all deductible
temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that
taxable profit will be available against which the deductible
temporary difference can be utilised. A deferred tax asset is
not recognised when it arises from the initial recognition of
an asset or liability in a transaction at the time of the
transaction, affects neither accounting profit nor taxable
profit/(tax loss).

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the
tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the
asset is realised or the liability is settled, based on tax rates
(and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively
enacted by the end of the reporting period.

Tax expenses

Current and deferred taxes are recognised as income or
an expense and included in profit or loss for the period,
except to the extent that the tax arises from:

●

●

a transaction or event which is recognised, in the same
or a different period, to other comprehensive income; or

a business combination.

Current tax and deferred taxes are charged or credited to
other comprehensive income if the tax relates to items that
are credited or charged, in the same or a different period,
to other comprehensive income.

Current tax and deferred taxes are charged or credited
directly to equity if the tax relates to items that are credited
or charged, in the same or a different period, directly
in equity.

An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a
residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting all
of its liabilities.

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

1.10 Share-based payments

Goods or services received or acquired in a share based
payment transaction are recognised when the goods or as
the services are received. A corresponding increase in equity
is recognised if the goods or services were received in an
equity-settled share-based payment transaction or a liability
if the goods or services were acquired in a cash-settled
share based payment transaction.

When the goods or services received or acquired in a
transaction do not qualify for

share-based payment
recognition as assets, they are recognised as expenses.

For equity-settled share-based payment transactions the
goods or services received and the corresponding increase
in equity are measured, directly, at the fair value of the
goods or services received provided that the fair value can
be estimated reliably.

If the fair value of the goods or services received cannot
be estimated reliably, or if the services received are
employee services, their value and the corresponding
increase in equity, are measured, indirectly, by reference to
the fair value of the equity instruments granted.

Vesting conditions, which are not market, related (i.e.
service conditions and non-market related performance
taken into consideration when
conditions) are not
the equity instruments
determining the fair value of
granted. Instead, vesting conditions which are not market
related shall be taken into account by adjusting the number
of equity instruments included in the measurement of the
transaction amount so that, ultimately,
the amount
recognised for goods or services received as consideration
for the equity instruments granted shall be based on the
number of equity instruments that eventually vest. Market
conditions, such as a target share price, are taken into
account when estimating the fair value of the equity
instruments granted. The number of equity instruments are
not adjusted to reflect equity instruments which are not
expected to vest or do not vest because the market
condition is not achieved.

If the share-based payments granted do not vest until
the counterparty completes a specified period of service,
Group accounts for those services as they are rendered by
the counterparty during the vesting period, (or on a straight-
line basis over the vesting period).

If the share-based payments vest immediately the

services received are recognised in full.

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS – 31 March 2022

47

Notes to the Financial Statements

1.11 Employee benefits
Short-term employee benefits

monetary item is recognised in profit or loss, any exchange
component of that gain or loss is recognised in profit or loss.

The cost of short-term employee benefits, (those payable
within 12 months after the service is rendered, such as paid
vacation leave and sick leave, bonuses, and non-monetary
benefits such as medical care), are recognised in the period
in which the service is rendered and are not discounted.

Cash flows arising from transactions in a foreign currency
are recorded in South African Rand, US Dollar and Canadian
Dollar by applying to the foreign currency amount the
exchange rate between the functional currency and the
foreign currency at the date of the cash flow.

The expected cost of

is
recognised as an expense as the employees render services
that increase their entitlement or, in the case of non-
accumulating absences, when the absence occurs.

compensated absences

The expected cost of profit sharing and bonus payments
is recognised as an expense when there is a legal or
constructive obligation to make such payments as a result
of past performance.

1.12 Translation of foreign currencies
Functional and presentation currency

Items included in the annual financial statements of each
of the Group entities are measured using the currency of
the primary economic environment in which the entity
operates (functional currency).

The consolidated annual

financial statements are
presented in Pound Sterling, which is the Group’s functional,
and presentation currency.

Foreign currency transactions

A foreign currency transaction is recorded, on initial
recognition in South African Rand, US Dollar and Canadian
Dollar by applying to the foreign currency amount and the
spot exchange rate between the functional currency and
the foreign currency at the date of the transaction.

At the end of the reporting period:

●

●

●

foreign currency monetary items are translated using
the closing rate;

non-monetary items that are measured in terms of
historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using
the exchange rate at the date of the transaction; and

non-monetary items that are measured at fair value in
a foreign currency are translated using the exchange
rates at the date when the fair value was determined.

Exchange differences arising on the settlement of
monetary items or on translating monetary items at rates
different from those at which they were translated on initial
recognition during the period or in previous annual financial
statements are recognised in profit or loss in the period in
which they arise.

to

When a gain or

loss on a non-monetary item is
and
recognised
accumulated in equity, any exchange component of that
gain or loss is recognised to other comprehensive income
and accumulated in equity. When a gain or loss on a non-

comprehensive

income

other

Investments
associates

in subsidiaries,

joint ventures and

The results and financial position of a foreign operation
are translated into the functional currency using the
following procedures:

●

●

●

assets and liabilities for each statement of financial
position presented are translated at the closing rate at
the date of that statement of financial position;

income and expenses for each item of profit or loss are
translated at exchange rates at
the
transactions; and

the dates of

all resulting exchange differences are recognised to
other comprehensive income and accumulated as a
separate component of equity.

Exchange differences arising on a monetary item that
forms part of a net investment in a foreign operation are
recognised initially to other comprehensive income and
accumulated in the translation reserve. They are recognised
in profit or loss as a reclassification adjustment through to
other comprehensive income on disposal of net investment.

Any goodwill arising on the acquisition of a foreign
operation and any fair value adjustments to the carrying
amounts of assets and liabilities arising on the acquisition of
that foreign operation are treated as assets and liabilities of
the foreign operation.

The cash flows of a foreign subsidiary are translated at
the exchange rates between the functional currency and
the foreign currency at the dates of the cash flows.

1.13 Non-current assets held for sale

Non-current assets are classified as held for sale if their
carrying amount will be recovered principally through a sale
transaction rather than through continuing use and a sale is
considered highly probable. The held for sale assets are
measured at the lower of their carrying amount and fair
value less costs to sell, except for certain assets such as
deferred tax assets, which are not
required to. An
impairment loss is recognised for any initial or subsequent
write-down of the asset to fair value less costs to sell. A
gain is recognised for any subsequent increases in fair value
less costs to sell of an asset, but not in excess of any
cumulative impairment loss previously recognised. A gain or
loss not previously recognised by the date of the sale of the
non-current asset is recognised at the date of derecognition.
Non-current assets are not depreciated or amortised while
they are classified as held for sale. Non-current assets
classified as held for sale and the assets of a disposal group

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Notes to the Financial Statements

The directors have reviewed the Group’s financial position at
the balance sheet date and for the period ending on the
anniversary of the date of approval of these financial
statements, they are satisfied that the Group has or has
access to adequate resources to continue in operational
existence for the foreseeable future.

classified as held for sale are presented separately from the
other assets in the balance sheet. The liabilities of a disposal
group classified as held for sale are presented separately
from other liabilities in the balance sheet.

1.14 Going concern

The going concern basis has been adopted in preparing
the consolidated annual financial statements. The directors
have no reason to believe that the Group will not be a going
concern in the foreseeable future, based on forecasts and
available cash resources. These consolidated annual
financial statements support the viability of the Company.

2. NEW STANDARDS AND INTERPRETATIONS
The IASB and IFRS Interpretations Committee have issued the following standards and interpretations with an effective date of
implementation for accounting periods beginning after the date on which the Group’s financial statements for the current
year commenced.

i) New standards and amendments – applicable 1 January 2021
The following standards and interpretations apply for the first time to financial reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January
2021:

Interest rate benchmark reform – Amendments to IFRS 9 “Financial Instruments”
Interest rate benchmark reform – Amendments to IAS 39 “Financial Instruments:
Recognition and Measurement”
Interest rate benchmark reform – Amendments to IFRS 7 “Financial Instruments:
Disclosures”

Effective for
accounting periods
beginning on
or after

1 January 2021
1 January 2021

1 January 2021

Impact

None
None

None

ii) Forthcoming requirements
As at 31 March 2022, the following standards and interpretations had been issued but were not mandatory for annual reporting
periods ending on 31 March 2022.

Effective for
accounting periods
beginning on
or after

COVID-19 related Rent Concessions – Amendments to IFRS 16
Income Taxes – Deferred tax amendments to IAS 12
Property, Plant and Equipment: Proceeds before intended use – Amendments to IAS 16
Reference to the Conceptual Framework – Amendments to IFRS 3
Onerous Contracts: Cost of Fulfilling a Contract – Amendments to IAS 37
Annual Improvements to IFRS Standards 2018–2020
Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current – Amendments

1 March 2021
1 May 2021
1 January 2022
1 January 2022
1 January 2022
1 January 2022
1 January 2023

Expected
Impact

None
None
None
None
None
None
None

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49

Notes to the Financial Statements

3. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

FiguresinPoundSterling

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

Cost/ Accumulated
Valuation amortisation

Carrying
value

Cost/ Accumulated
amortisation

Valuation

Carrying
value

Group
Exploration and evaluation
asset – Botswana
Exploration and evaluation
asset – U.S.A.
Exploration and evaluation
asset - Zambia

Company
Exploration and evaluation
asset – Botswana

1,467,320

1,893,024

515,226

3,875,570

505,578

Reconciliation of intangible assets – Group

–

–

–

–

–

1,467,320

418,324

1,893,024

1,696,493

515,226

–

3,875,570

2,114,817

505,578

342,946

–

–

–

–

–

418,324

1,696,493

–

2,114,817

342,946

Asset
denomination
currency

Opening

Additions
Foreign
through
exchange
business
Additions combinations movements

Reclassify as
non-current
assets held
for sale

Total

2022
Exploration and evaluation
asset – Botswana
Exploration and evaluation
asset – U.S.A.
Exploration and evaluation
asset - Zambia

BWP

418,324

1,047,628

US$

1,696,493

114,723

ZMK

–

515,226

2,114,817

1,677,577

–

–

–

–

1,367

81,807

–

83,174

–

–

–

–

1,467,320

1,893,024

515,226

3,875,570

Asset
denomination
currency

Opening

Additions
Foreign
through
exchange
business
Additions combinations movements

Reclassify
as current
asset held
for sale

Total

2021
Exploration and evaluation
asset – Botswana
Exploration and evaluation
asset – U.S.A.
Exploration and evaluation
asset – Zambia

BWP

–

342,946

2,531,022

(77,018) (2,378,626)

418,324

US$

1,773,859

110,778

ZMW 1,574,160

–

–

–

(188,144)

–

1,696,493

– (1,574,160)

–

3,348,019

453,724

2,531,022

(265,162) (3,952,786)

2,114,817

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Notes to the Financial Statements

FiguresinPoundSterling

3. INTANGIBLE ASSETS (continued)
Reconciliation of intangible assets – Company

Asset
denomination
currency

Opening

Additions
Foreign
through
exchange
business
Additions combinations movements

Reclassify
as current
asset held
for sale

Total

2022
Exploration and evaluation
asset – Botswana
Exploration and evaluation
asset - Zambia

BWP

ZMK

342,946

118,423

–

44,210

342,946

162,633

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

461,368

44,210

505,578

Asset
denomination
currency

Opening

Additions
Foreign
through
exchange
business
Additions combinations movements

Reclassify
as current
asset held
for sale

Total

2021
Exploration and evaluation
asset – Botswana

BWP

–

342,946

–

–

–

342,946

Exploration and evaluation assets are carried at cost adjusted for any foreign currency movements during the period under
review.

Botswana
In Botswana Galileo acquired Crocus-Serv (Pty) Ltd in May 2020 with its copper licences in the highly prospective Kalahari Copper
Belt and nickel-copper-platinum group metal licences in the Limpopo Mobile belt in Botswana. In the Kalahari Copper Belt (‘KCB’),
the Agreement covers 19 prospecting licences (‘PLs’) extending over 14,564km2 located approximately 500km to the northwest
of Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. The KCB extends for over 800km of strike and contains multiple recent copper-silver
discoveries, which are generally stratabound and hosted in metasedimentary rocks. The geological setting is comparable to that
of the Central African Copper Belt and the Kupferschiefer in Poland. The Limpopo Mobile Belt (‘LMB’) project comprises 2 PLs
covering 311km2 on land located about 400km northeast of Gaborone, near the border with Zimbabwe, viz. PL048/2018
(Sampowane) and PL049/2018.

Galileo acquired its Kalahari Copper Belt portfolio with the acquisition of Africibum Co (Pty) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Crocus-Serv (Pty) Ltd. The Company acquired a 100% interest in five prospecting licences PL366/2018, PL367/2018, PL368/2018,
PL122/2020, PL123/2020 and two mining tenement applications in Botswana (the “North East Kalahari Copper Belt Project”)

Botswana – Kalahari Copper Belt Licenses held for sale
On 16 September 2021, Galileo completed its sale of 9 of its Company’s Kalahari Copper Belt Licences (“Included Licenses”) to
Sandfire Resources. Sandfire Resources is an Australian listed company and have an enviable track record of copper/gold discovery,
development execution and operation.

The Included Licenses were sold for a consideration of US$1.5 million in cash. The Company agreed to allow Sandfire to have a
first right of refusal in relation to the acquisition of the 15 Kalahari Copper Belt Licences being retained by the Company.
Consideration for the right of first refusal was settled by the issue of 370,477 Sandfire ordinary shares to the Company equivalent
of US$1.5 million.

Sandfire has an exploration commitment to spend US$4 million on the Included Licences within two years of settlement and if
the US$4 million is not spent, any shortfall will be paid to the Company. A one-off success payment will be paid to the Company
for the first ore reserve reported under JORC Code 2012 edition on the Included Licences which exceeds 200,000 tonnes of
contained copper (the “First Ore Reserve”) in the range of US$10 million to US$80 million depending on the amount of contained
copper in the First Ore Reserve (the “Success Payment”). US$2 million of the Success Payment will be held in escrow for up to
three years pending any claim by Sandfire under the Licence Sale Agreement.

Given the limited exploration conducted on the Included Licences to date and the many years that it could take to establish an
Ore Reserve, there can be no guarantee that any such Success Payment will be forthcoming.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

3. INTANGIBLE ASSETS (continued)
Included Licences to be assigned to Sandfire at completion:

FiguresinPoundSterling

Licence ID

PL 250/2018
PL 251/2018
PL 366/2018
PL 367/2018
PL 122/2020
PL 154/2020
PL 044/2018
PL 045/2018

Title Holder

Beneficial Interest

Crocus-Serv Resources Pty Ltd
Crocus-Serv Resources Pty Ltd
Africibum Co Pty Ltd
Africibum Co Pty Ltd
Africibum Co Pty Ltd
Africibum Co Pty Ltd
Virgo Business Solutions Pty Ltd
Virgo Business Solutions Pty Ltd

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

Zambia – Star Zinc asset held for sale
The Company’s Star Zinc Project is in relation to the large-scale exploration license 19653-HQ-LEL (the “Star Zinc Project License”)
and Galileo’s participation in the Star Zinc Project and all exploration information which it has in relation to the Star Zinc Project
(the “Project Assets”). The Company acquired its interest in the Star Zinc Project in 2017 and as at the period end its carrying
value under exploration and evaluation assets in Zambia was £1,574,160. No income has to date been generated from the Star
Zinc Project. The Star Zinc Project costs to date have been capitalised as exploration and evaluation assets as the Project has been
in the pre-production and pre-sales phase.

On 4 March 2021, the Company entered into a conditional agreement with Siege Mining Limited (“Siege”) in relation to the ceding
of ownership and operation of the Star Zinc Project (the “Star Zinc Project”) for US$750,000 (being US$200,000 in relation to the
large-scale exploration license 19653-HQ-LEL (the “Star Zinc Project License”) (the “License Consideration”) and US$550,000 for
Galileo ceding its participation in the Star Zinc Project and all exploration information which it has in relation to the Star Zinc Project
(the “Project Assets”) (the “Project Consideration”). Galileo will also be paid a royalty (proportion share) based on future sales
of zinc from the Star Zinc Project for Galileo allowing Siege to use Galileo’s information, know-how and commercial experience
in relation to the Star Zinc Project (the “Agreement”). To date, the Company has received US$50,000 from Siege Mining as per
the terms of the agreement entered in March 2021.

Royalties payable under the Agreement are dependent upon the zinc concentrate in ore sold, future price of Zinc and ore produced
at the Star Zinc project. For information but not as a forecast of future production at the Star Zinc Project on 14 November 2018
the Company announced that following a second phase of drilling the tonnage target was between 600,000 to 900,000 tonnes
with an estimated average grade of 10-12% zinc at above 3% cut off grade.

The royalty will vary based on the contained zinc percentage of the ore sold (the “Contained Zinc Percentage”) and the LME Zinc
price at which the ore is sold (the “LME Zinc Price”) The base royalty rate is 3% and will increase by 1% for each US$250 increase
in the Zinc sale price over US$2,500 per tonne up to a maximum of 10% (the “Royalty Rate”) The royalty will be calculated by
multiplying the Contained Zinc Percentage * the LME Zinc price * Royalty Rate.

The Company entered into the Agreement following a period in which it with stakeholders reviewed the options for putting the
Star Zinc Project into operation taking into consideration operational, community and regulatory issues associated with mining a
project that is in the outskirts of Lusaka, and allowing ownership and operational responsibilities to be assumed by a Zambian
mining company, whilst the Company can still participate in the future success of the Star Zinc Project.

The project has continued to encounter a number of challenges from the local community. The mine is situated close to Lusaka,
with its close proximity to housing and residents continuing to move into the area. This has made it increasingly difficult to carry
out mining operations. Restrictions on the use of large trucks and the possibility of blasting has put limitations on the project.
Opposition from local residents continues to grow and with the recent elections and change of government, there is less support
from local authorities for the project.

The Company has not received royalty payments invoiced at year end in the amount of £174,863 and while the Company will
continue to do its utmost to ensure that it receives what it is due in royalties, there remains an element of uncertainty and
therefore the Board are of the opinion that all the amounts relating to project which have been capitalised to date should be
impaired. An impairment of £1,574,160 was recognised in profit or loss after receipt of a £35,394 payment from Siege. Following
a prudent approach management also provided for bad debts against the royalty invoices payable.

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4. INVESTMENTS IN SUBSIDIARIES

Name of Company

Skiptons Global Investments Limited
Galileo Resources SA (Pty) Ltd
St Vincent Minerals Incorporated
Enviro Zambia Limited
Enviro Processing Zambia Limited
Camel Valley Holdings Inc
Crocus-Serv (Pty) Ltd
Africibum Co (Pty) Ltd
Virgo Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd
Galileo Mining (Pty) Ltd
Luansobe Mining Ltd

Country of
incorporation

British Virgin Islands
South Africa
United States
Mauritius
Zambia
British Virgin Islands
Botswana
Botswana
Botswana
Zambia
Zambia

Notes to the Financial Statements

FiguresinPoundSterling

31 March
2022
% voting
power

31 March
2021
% voting
power

100
100
100
100
95
100
100
100
100
100
75

100
100
100
100
95
100
100
100
100
100
–

31 March
2022
Carrying
amount

–
–
1,696,493
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
353,262

31 March
2021
Carrying
amount

–
–
1,696,493
1,574,160
–
–
176,191
311,220
–
–
–

2,049,755

3,758,064

The carrying amounts of subsidiaries are shown net of impairment losses.

Galileo holds 100% of the issued share capital in Galileo Resources SA Proprietary Limited, incorporated in the Republic of South
Africa, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Skiptons Global Investment Limited (BVI). The principal activity of Galileo Resources
SA Proprietary Limited is the same as that of Galileo Resources Plc.

Galileo holds 100% of the issued capital in Enviro Processing Zambia Limited, incorporated in the Republic of Zambia, through
its wholly owned subsidiary Enviro Zambia Limited, incorporated in Mauritius. The principal activity of Enviro Processing Zambia
Limited is the same as that of Galileo Resources Plc.

Galileo holds 100% of the issued capital in Crocus-Serv (Pty) Ltd, incorporated in the Republic of Botswana, the holding company
of 100% in Africibum Co (Pty) Ltd and 100% in Virgo Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd, both incorporated in the Republic of Botswana.
The principal activity of Crocus-Serv (Pty) Ltd is the same as that of Galileo Resources Plc.

Galileo holds 100% of the issued capital in Galileo Mining Limited, incorporated in the Republic of Zambia. The principal activity
of Galileo Mining is the same as that of Galileo Resources Plc.

Luansobe Mining Limited
On 30 December 2021, the Company announced that it had entered into a Joint Venture Agreement on 29 December 2021 with
Statunga Investments Limited , a private Zambian company owns the Luansobe Project comprising small-scale exploration licence
No. 28340– HQ-SEL, covering an area of 918 Hectares granted on 16 February 2021 and with its initial 4-year term expiring on
15 February 2025.

The Joint Venture Agreement provides that Galileo has the right to earn an initial 75% interest in a special purpose Company to
be established under Zambia law to acquire the Licence, and the technical information and other information and assets related
to the Luansobe Project by making an initial payment of US$200,000 which was settled in January 2022 and a second payment
of US$200,000 which was settled in February 2022 and issuing 5,000,000 Galileo shares to the Vendor. The subsidiary had no
assets or liabilities at the period end.

The registered addresses of the subsidiaries are as follows:

–

–

–

British Virgin Islands – C/O FGL, 7B Wing Sing Commercial Centre, 12 Wing Lok Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

South Africa – Byls Bridge Office Park, Building 14, Block B, Second floor, Cnr Jean Lane & Olievenhoutbosch Road, Doringkloof,
Centurion, 0157

Zambia – C/O CGCS, 1st Floor, Holy Cross House, Stand No 6149/A, Suez Road, Cathedral Hill, Lusaka, Zambia

– Mauritius – C/O DTOS, 10th Floor, Standard Chartered Tower, 19 Cybercity, Ebene, Mauritius

–

–

United States – C/O Thomas P Erwin, 241 Ridge St Ste 210, Reno, NV 89501, USA

Botswana – Plot 102, Unit 13, Gaborone International Commerce Park, Gaborone, Botswana

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Notes to the Financial Statements

5. INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURES AND ASSOCIATES

Name of Company

FiguresinPoundSterling

31 March
2022
% holding

31 March
2021
% holding

31 March
2022
Carrying
amount

31 March
2021
Carrying
amount

Associate – Glenover Phosphate (Pty) Limited – ordinary shares

35.69

34.0

2,936,125

1,979,640

2,936,125

1,979,640

Glenover Phosphate (Pty) Ltd
The registered address of Glenover is 16 Victoria Ave, Parktown, 2193, South Africa.

Galileo’s direct investment in Glenover is 30.70% and it also has an indirect investment in Glenover through its shareholding in
Galagen Proprietary Limited, a special purpose vehicle incorporated to hold the BEE shareholding in the Glenover project, of
4.99% resulting in a total interest in Glenover of 35.69%. The carrying amounts of Associates are shown net of impairment
losses. Galileo’s share of the equity accounted profit/loss for the Associates is recognised from the date of acquisition on 4 July
2011. Refer to page 18 of the Integrated Report for details of the Glenover project.

As announced on 9 December 2021, Glenover entered into an Asset sale agreement with JSE Limited listed Afrimat Limited (JSE:
AFT) (“Afrimat”) for ZAR250 million (approximately £12.5 million) of certain deposits of phosphate rock located at the Glenover
Mine and mining rights to mine the Vermiculite Deposit at the Glenover Mine (the “Asset Sale Agreement”).

Phase 1: ZAR215.1 million (approximately £10.8 million) of the Asset Sale Agreement consideration is unconditional and a
dividend of ZAR46 million (approximately £2.3 million) was paid to Galileo during February 2022 in respect of its 29% direct
shareholding in Glenover; and

Phase 2: ZAR34.9 million (approximately £1.7 million) of the Asset Sale Agreement consideration was conditional on the issue
of a vermiculite mining licence to Glenover. On 30 March 2022 the Company announced that it had received confirmation that
all conditions for Afrimat Limited to acquire the Vermiculite Mining Right from Glenover have been met and that Glenover has
elected for the Vermiculite Mining Right Consideration to be paid in cash. ZAR10 million (approximately £0.50 million) was
received in Q3 2022 in respect of its 30.70% direct shareholding in Glenover.

Upon conclusion of phase two of the Glenover Asset Sale Agreement Galileo’s direct interest in Glenover increased to 30.7%.

Glenover also entered into a conditional sale of shares agreement between Afrimat, Glenover and the shareholders of Glenover
including Galileo Resources SA (Pty) Ltd the Company’s wholly owned South African subsidiary under which Glenover has the
option to acquire the sale of shares in and shareholders loans made to Glenover for ZAR300 million (approximately £14.5 million)
which is expected to complete by 10 November 2022. If the option is exercised (“Conditional Share Sale Agreement”). Galileo’s
share of the gross Conditional Share Sale Agreement consideration in respect of its 30.69% direct shareholding in Glenover is
ZAR87 million (approximately £4.3 million).

Group

Carrying value at the beginning of the year
Equity accounted profit/(loss) for the year
Effect of change in translation currency
Dividend received
Effect of loan conversion

Carrying value at year end

Current assets
Non-current assets
Current liabilities

Net assets

Income
Interest received/(paid)
Expenses
Taxation

Equity accounted profit/(loss) for the year

31 March
2022

1,979,640
3,433,034
343,913
(3,000,706)
180,244

2,936,125

4,963,825
1,504,428
(317,175)

6,151,078

3,797,500
857
(365,323)
–

3,433,034

31 March
2021

1,834,710
(9,088)
154,017
–
–

1,979,640

220
1,408,685
(423,685)

985,221

–
(4,678)
(4,409)
–

(9,088)

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6. LOANS TO/(FROM) JOINT VENTURES, ASSOCIATES AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to the Financial Statements

FiguresinPoundSterling

Loans to/(from) subsidiaries
Galileo Resources SA (Pty) Ltd
Skiptons Global Investment Ltd
Crocus-Serv (Pty) Ltd
Africibum Co (Pty) Ltd
Virgo Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd

Loans from subsidiaries
St Vincent Minerals

Loans to/(from) subsidiaries are interest free, unsecured
and has no repayment terms
Loans to joint ventures and associates
Glenover Phosphate (Pty) Ltd
SHIP – Concordia

Non-current assets
Non-current liabilities

7. OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS

Fair value through profit or loss
Galagen – Ordinary shares
Galagen – B Preference shares
Cordoba – BC Ventures
Sandfire listed investment

– Galagen

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

–
–
–
–
–

–

–

–

–
–
–
–
–

–

–

–

5,327,047
12,160
(14,020)
40,134
93,651

5,212,913
10,482
24,281
–
4,976

5,458,972

5,252,652

(523,097)

(640,372)

(523,097)

(640,372)

781,265
10,994

335,390
10,294

198,537
–

237,568
–

792,259

345,684

198,537

237,568

792,259
–

345,684
–

5,657,509
(523,097)

5,490,220
(640,372)

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

9
395,234
235,149
1,200,403

8
370,093
–
–

–
–
235,149
1,200,403

1,830,795

370,101

1,435,553

–
–
–
–

–

The above non-listed preference share investment represents the “B” class zero percent coupon rate preference shares issued
by Galagen for its investment in Glenover as part of the Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment “BBBEE” transaction.

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS – 31 March 2022

55

Notes to the Financial Statements

7. OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS (continued)
– Sandfire listed investment
On 16 September 2021, Galileo sold 9 of its Company’s Kalahari Copper Belt Licences to Sandfire Resources. The Company agreed
to allow Sandfire to have a first right of refusal in relation to the acquisition of the 15 Kalahari Copper Belt Licences being retained
by the Company. Consideration for the right of first refusal was settled by the issue of 370,477 Sandfire ordinary shares to the
Company.

Sandfire Resources is an Australian listed company and have an enviable track record of copper/gold discovery, development
execution and operation.

FiguresinPoundSterling

Amortised cost
Galagen
Shinganda Project
Oval Mining

Non-current assets
At fair value through profit or loss
At amortised cost

Total other financial assets

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

116,327
1,680
45,815

163,822

3,420
–
–

3,420

17,928
1,680
45,815

65,422

1,830,795
163,821

370,101
3,420

1,435,553
65,422

1,994,617

373,521

1,500,975

–
–
–

–

–
–

–

On 21 January 2022, Cordoba and BC Ventures entered into an option agreement (the “Principal Agreement”) which provided
Cordoba with an option to acquire 51% of BC Ventures by funding US$1,500,000 of exploration expenditure within 2 years for
BC Venture’s 100% owned Zimbabwean subsidiary Sinamatella Investments (Private) Limited (‘Sinamatella’) holds three Exclusive
Prospecting Orders (‘EPOs’) No’s 1782, 1783 and 1784 in the Kamativi Regional, ‘Bulawayo North’ and ‘Bulawayo South’ areas
in the Republic of Zimbabwe. EPO 1782 is primarily prospective for lithium (tantalum, niobium, tin, tungsten, REE’s and copper)
whilst EPO5 1783 and 1784 are primarily prospective for gold. The three EPOs were issued on 12 March 2021 and have a term
of 3 years.

On 4 March 2022 Galileo entered into a Deed of Assignment with Cordoba and BC Ventures (the “Deed of Assignment”) under
which Cordoba assigned all its rights and obligations under the Principal Agreement to Galileo for £150,000 which has been settled
by the issue of 13,741,609 new ordinary Galileo Resources plc shares which will rank pari passu with existing Galileo Resources
plc shares and will be subject to the lock up and orderly market arrangements described below under the heading Lock up and
orderly market arrangements in relation to the Consideration Shares.

Fair value hierarchy of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss.

For financial assets recognised at fair value, disclosure is required of a fair value hierarchy, which reflects the significance of the
inputs used to make the measurements.

Level 1 represents those assets, which are measured using unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets.

Level 2 applies inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets either directly (as prices) or indirectly (derived
from prices).

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7. OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS (continued)
Level 3 applies inputs, which are not based on observable market data.

Level 1
Sandfire listed investment

Level 3
Galagen – Ordinary shares
Galagen – B Preference shares
Cordoba – BC Ventures

Notes to the Financial Statements

FiguresinPoundSterling

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

1,200,403

1,200,403

–

–

1,200,403

1,200,403

9
395,234
235,149

8
370,093
–

–
–
235,149

630,392

370,101

235,149

–

–

–
–
–

–

Reconciliation of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss measured at level 1
Group – 31 March 2022

Sandfire listed investment

Opening
balance

Gains or
losses in
Additions profit or loss

Total

–

–

1,059,000

141,403

1,200,403

1,059,000

141,403

1,200,403

Reconciliation of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss measured at level 3
Group – 31 March 2022

Galagen – Ordinary shares

Galagen – B Preference shares

Cordoba – BC Ventures

Group – 31 March 2021

Galagen – Ordinary shares

Galagen – B Preference shares

Gains or
Foreign
Opening
losses in
exchange
balance movement profit or loss

8

370,093

–

1

25,141

235,149

370,101

260,291

–

–

–

–

Opening
balance

8

344,515

344,523

Foreign
exchange
movement

Gains or
losses in
profit or loss

–

25,578

28,733

–

–

–

Total

9

395,234

235,149

630,392

Total

8

370,093

370,101

The Group has not reclassified any financial assets from cost or amortised cost to fair value, or from fair value to cost or amortised
cost during the current or prior year.

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS – 31 March 2022

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Notes to the Financial Statements

8. FINANCIAL ASSETS BY CATEGORY
The accounting policies for financial instruments have been applied to the line items below:

FiguresinPoundSterling

31 March 2022

Fair value
Loans and
through
receivables profit or loss

Total

Loans and
receivables

31 March 2021
Fair value
through
profit or loss

Total

GROUP

Other financial assets

163,821

1,830,795

1,994,617

Trade and other receivables

Cash and cash equivalents

119,856

4,648,995

–

–

119,856

4,648,995

1,392,955

3,420

1,359

370,101

–

–

373,521

1,359

1,392,955

4,932,672

1,830,795

6,763,467

1,397,734

370,101

1,767,835

31 March 2022

Fair value
Loans and
through
receivables profit or loss

Total

Loans and
receivables

31 March 2021
Fair value
through
profit or loss

Total

COMPANY

Loans to Group Companies

5,657,509

–

5,657,509

5,490,220

Other financial assets

65,422

1,435,553

1,500,975

–

Cash and cash equivalents

1,952,900

–

1,952,900

1,389,421

7,675,831

1,435,553

9,111,384

6,879,641

–

–

–

–

5,490,220

–

1,389,421

6,879,641

9. TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES
Trade receivables
Provision for impairment

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

615,698
(495,812)

119,886

1,359
–

1,359

–
–

–

–
–

–

As referred to in note 3, the Company entered into a conditional agreement with Siege in relation to the ceding of ownership
and operation of the Star Zinc Project for US$750,000. To date, the Company has received US$50,000 (£35,394) from Siege as
per the terms of the agreement entered in March 2021. Management has assessed the carrying value of the receivable and
considered it prudent to provide for an impairment of the balance of US$700,000 despite continued efforts to collect the
outstanding amount from Siege.

The directors consider that the carrying amount of other trade and other receivables approximates its fair value.

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10. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and cash equivalents consist of:
Bank balances

Credit quality of cash at bank and short-term deposits,
excluding cash on hand.

The credit quality of cash at bank and short-term deposits,
excluding cash on hand that are neither past due nor
impaired can be assessed by reference to external credit
ratings (if available) or historical information about
counterparty default rates:

Credit rating
F1 + (ZAF)

11. SHARE CAPITAL

Authorised share capital

Unlimited ordinary shares of 0.01 pence (2021: 0.01 pence)

Issued share capital

Reported as at 1 April 2021

Share issues

Reported as at 31 March 2022

Reconciliation of share capital:

Ordinary shares of 0.1p

Deferred shares of 4.9p

Share premium

Notes to the Financial Statements

FiguresinPoundSterling

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

4,648,995

1,392,955

1,952,900

1,389,421

4,648,995

1,392,955

1,952,900

1,389,421

4,648,995

1,392,955

1,952,900

1,389,421

4,648,995

1,392,955

1,952,900

1,389,421

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

911,976,317

557,811,947

911,976,317

557,811,947

184,970,527

354,164,370

184,970,527

354,164,370

1,096,946,844

911,976,317 1,096,946,844

911,976,317

1,096,534

5,610,634

911,976

5,610,634

1,096,534

5,610,634

911,976

5,610,634

25,289,562

23,182,636

25,289,562

23,182,636

31,996,730

29,705,246

31,996,730

29,705,246

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Notes to the Financial Statements

11. SHARE CAPITAL (continued)
During the period under review the Company issued new ordinary shares as follows:

Date

Number of ordinary shares

Issue price

Purpose of issue

Opening balance

911,976,317

FiguresinPoundSterling

19-Apr-21

19-May-21

19-May-21

11-Jun-21

18-Aug-21

04-Oct-21

27-Oct-21

27-Oct-21

03-Dec-21

03-Dec-21

03-Dec-21

03-Dec-21

31-Dec-21

22-Feb-22

500,000

250,000

150,000

133,666,664

3,500,000

10,000,000

5,000,000

5,500,000

10,570,862

5,854,170

1,233,000

933,331

2,812,500

5,000,000

Closing balance

1,096,946,844

Post the period under review the Company issued the following
10-Mar-22

13,741,609

Total issued shares at the
date of this report

1,110,688,453

0.60

0.60

1.25

1.50

0.60

0.60

0.60

0.60

0.60

0.70

2.68

1.34

0.80

1.13

1.09

Director RW purchase

Warrants exercised

Warrants exercised

Placing for cash

Warrants exercised

Warrants exercised

Colin Bird Warrants

Warrants exercised

Shares in lieu of director fees

Shares in lieu of director fees

Settlement of debt

Settlement of debt

Warrants exercised

Acquisition

Acquisition

During the period under review the Company issued 133,666,664 ordinary shares to raise £1,904,750 net of costs of £100,250
(2021: 354,164,370 ordinary shares to raise £2,763,343 net of costs of £53,500.)

12. SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS
Share Options

Description

Outstanding at the beginning of the year
Options lapsed
Granted during the year
– 18 May 2020 at a price of 1.3 pence per option
– 18 May 2020 at a price of 1.80 pence per option
– 03 November 2020 at a price of 1.45 pence per option
– 03 November 2020 at a price of 1.85 pence per option

Group and Company
31 March
31 March
2021
2022

68,400,000
(9,700,000)

9,700,000
–

–
–
–
–

17,550,000
17,550,000
11,800,000
11,800,000

Outstanding and exercisable at the end of the year

58,700,000

68,400,000

Post the period under review on 28 July 2022 the Company granted 13,500,000 new options to employees and management
at a strike price of 1.35 pence. The options vest immediately and expires 25 July 2025.

The fair value of options issued prior to the period end was determined by using the Black-Scholes Valuation Model.

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12. SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS (continued)
The following inputs were used (2021):

Strike price in pence

Average spot at grant date (pence)

Expected volatility

Expected option life

Expected dividends

The risk free interest rate

Value of the option

A summary of options held by directors at year end is given below:

Notes to the Financial Statements

FiguresinPoundSterling

1.30

0.83

87%

5

–

29%

0.49

1.80

0.83

87%

5

–

29%

0.44

1.45

0.75

98%

5

–

29%

0.47

1.85

0.75

98%

5

–

29%

0.44

Director

Colin Bird
Richard Wollenberg
Chris Molefe
Joel Silberstein
Edward Slowey

1.30

7,500,000
750,000
500,000
–
500,000

Strike price
1.45

1.80

1.85

Total

7,500,000
750,000
500,000
–
500,000

3,500,000
500,000
300,000
1,000,000
1,500,000

3,500,000
500,000
300,000
1,000,000
1,500,000

22,000,000
2,500,000
1,600,000
2,000,000
4,000,000

9,250,000

9,250,000

6,800,000

6,800,000 32,100,000

A summary of options held by directors at the last practicable date is given below:

Director

Colin Bird
Richard Wollenberg
Chris Molefe
Joel Silberstein
Edward Slowey

Strike price

1.30

1.80

1.45

1.85

1.35

Total

7,500,000
750,000
500,000
–
500,000

7,500,000
750,000
500,000
–
500,000

3,500,000
500,000
300,000
1,000,000
1,500,000

3,500,000
500,000
300,000
1,000,000
1,500,000

15,000,000
–
1,000,000
4,000,000
5,500,000

37,000,000
2,500,000
2,600,000
6,000,000
9,500,000

13,250,000

9,250,000

6,800,000

6,800,000 25,500,000 57,600,000

Warrants
At year-end and at the last practicable date the Company had the following warrants outstanding:

Issue date

15-Sep-20
01-Jun-21
01-Jun-21

Subscription
price
(pence)

2.00
2.25
2.25

Expiry date

15-Oct-22
01-Jun-23
01-Jun-23

Number of
warrants

10,000,000
3,341,666
66,833,332

80,174,998

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12. SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS (continued)
New warrants granted are valued using the Black Scholes model, a commonly used option-pricing model. The calculation of
volatility used in the model is based upon the share price and equity instrument movements during the financial period. The
following factors were taken into consideration when the warrants were valued:

FiguresinPoundSterling

Issue price (pence)

Share price at issue date (pence)

Expected volatility

Expected warrant life (years)

Expected dividends

The risk-free interest rate

Value of the warrant

Reconciliation of the share-based payment reserve
Group and Company

Balance at 1 April 2020
New options granted
New warrants issued
Warrants exercised

Balance at 1 April 2021
New warrants granted
Options lapsed
Warrants expired
Warrants exercised

Balance 31 March 2022

2.00

0.81

91%

2.0

–

29%

0.21

2.25

1.48

93%

2.0

–

29%

0.57

Options
£

149,793
270,595
–
–

420,388
–
(149,793)
–
–

Warrants
£

133,499
–
150,544
(138,057)

145,986
27,560
–
(91,196)
(33,789)

Total
£

283,292
270,595
150,544
(138,057)

566,373
27,560
(149,793)
(91,196)
(33,789)

270,595

48,560

319,155

13. FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION RESERVE
Translation reserve comprises exchange differences on consolidation of foreign subsidiaries, foreign exchange profits or losses
on inter-company loan accounts and revaluation of foreign intangibles recognised as part of a business combination.

Exchange differences on consolidation of foreign subsidiaries
Foreign exchange profits or losses on inter-company loan accounts
Foreign intangibles recognised as part of a business combination

Group

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

1,067,373
(1,409,364)
48,815

909,982
(1,712,447)
25,970

(293,176)

(776,495)

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14. OTHER FINANCIAL LIABILITIES

Held at amortised cost

Fer-Min-Ore

Non- current liabilities

At amortised cost

15. TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES

Trade and other payables

Accrued expense

Notes to the Financial Statements

FiguresinPoundSterling

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

6

6

6

5

5

5

–

–

–

–

–

–

31,649

74,583

56,083

270,833

21,812

74,583

46,247

270,833

106,232

326,916

96,395

317,080

16. FINANCIAL LIABILITIES BY CATEGORY
The accounting policies for financial instruments have been applied to the line items below:

Other financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

Taxation

Trade and other payables

Loans from group companies

Group –
31 March 2022

Group –
31 March 2021

Financial
liabilities at
amortised
cost

6

106,232

274,250

Financial
liabilities at
amortised
cost

5

Total

5

326,916

326,916

–

–

Total

6

106,232

274,250

380,488

380,488

326,921

326,921

Company –
31 March 2022

Company –
31 March 2021

Financial
liabilities at
amortised
cost

Financial
liabilities at
amortised
cost

Total

96,395

96,395

523,097

523,097

317,080

640,372

Total

317,080

640,372

619,492

619,492

957,453

957,453

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Notes to the Financial Statements

17. OPERATING LOSS

Operating loss for the year is stated after accounting for the following:

Premises – contractual amounts

Employee costs – including management

(Profit)/loss on exchange differences

Share based payment expense

18. INVESTMENT REVENUE

Dividends received

19. TAXATION

NORMAL TAXATION

Current period provision

Taxation relating to prior periods

Total current tax

DEFERRED TAXATION

Originating from reversal of temporary differences

Total deferred tax

Total tax expense

Reconciliation of the tax expense

Reconciliation between accounting profit and tax expense.

Accounting profit

Tax at the applicable tax rate

Tax effect of adjustments on taxable income

Expenses not allowed for tax purposes

Tax on equity accounted (profits)/losses

Non-taxable income

Tax losses carried forward

DEFERRED TAXATION
Deferred tax liability

Reconciliation of deferred tax liability
Opening balance
Deferred tax arising from assets held for sale
Deferred tax recognised on profit on sale of assets

Closing balance

FiguresinPoundSterling

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

25,266

110,454

(33,809)

25,200

81,226

9,728

25,200

110,454

(33,809)

–

270,595

332,904

332,904

(274,250)

–

(274,250)

425,813

425,813

151,563

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

25,200

81,039

9,728

270,595

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,391,013

87,877 (1,411,230)

(2,079,373)

247,461

16,992

(268,134)

(395,081)

–

–

1,451

(610,557)

2,123

1,757

1,100

127,696

–

(31,126)

(303,534)

(33,253)

667,021

282,662

300,287

267,385

274,250

–

–

–

Group

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

425,813

425,813

425,813

–

(425,813)

–

–
425,813
–

425,813

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Notes to the Financial Statements

19. TAXATION (continued)
As announced on 16 September 2021, Galileo concluded the sale of 9 of its Company's Kalahari Copper Belt Licences to Sandfire
Resources. As part of the transaction, during the previous financial year when the transaction was still subject to certain conditions
precedent the Galileo recognised a deferred tax liability in the amount of £425,813. The transaction was completed during the
period under review and the corresponding tax charge recognised in profit or loss.

The applicable tax rate is calculated with reference to the weighted average tax rate across the reporting jurisdictions for the
period under review. The weighted average tax rate for the year under review was 17.79% (2021: 19.60%). No provision has
been made for 2022 tax as the Group has no taxable income. The estimated Group tax losses available for set off against future
taxable income is £10,618,703 (2021: £6,868,214). The Group did not recognise a deferred tax asset in respect of the losses
carried forward as the Group is not expected to generate taxable profits in the foreseeable future.

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31,310

31,750

31,310

31,750

Group – 31 March 2021

20. AUDITORS’ REMUNERATION

Current year

21. OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Components of other
comprehensive income

Gross

Group – 31 March 2022

Tax

Net

Gross

Tax

Net

Exchange differences through
other comprehensive income

483,319

–

483,319

(66,549)

–

(66,549)

22. EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic earnings per share
Basic earnings per share is determined by dividing profit or loss attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the parent by the
weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year. In accordance with IAS 33, the share options do not
have a dilutive impact on earnings per share, which are set out in the consolidated income statement.

Group

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

Reconciliation of profit attributable to equity holders of the parent to loss for the year

Profit for the year attributable to equity holders of the parent

2,025,895

21,323

Adjusted for:

Foreign exchange differences on translation of foreign operations during the year

Profit for the year

Weighted average number of shares in issue

Basic earnings per share (pence)

(483,319)

1,542,576

66,549

87,872

1,038,799,984

765,428,083

0.15

0.01

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23. CASH USED IN OPERATIONS

Profit/(loss) before taxation

Adjustments for:

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

1,391,013

87,872 (1,411,230)

(2,079,373)

Gain on bargain purchase from business combinations

–

(1,569,776)

(Profit)/loss from equity accounted investments

(3,433,034)

9,088

Dividends received from trading

Fair value gains

Impairments

Loss on sale of non-current assets

Foreign exchange differences

Share based payment expenses

Other non-cash items

Shareholder dividends received from associate

Changes in working capital:

Trade and other receivables

Trade and other payables

24. COMMITMENTS
The Group had no material commitments at the year-end date.

(332,904)

(141,205)

495,842

1,266,967

(28,866)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

270,595

(2,388)

–

(118,497)

869

–

–

–

(141,205)

495,842

472,752

(15,501)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

661,106

–

270,595

–

–

–

(537)

17,173

(117,275)

37,067

(901,221)

(1,186,567)

(716,617)

(1,110,605)

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25. RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS
Loan accounts – owed by related parties
– Galileo Resources SA (Pty) Ltd
– Skiptons Global Investment Ltd
– Glenover
– SHIP – Concordia
– Crosuc-Serv (Pty) Ltd
– Virgo Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd
Amounts paid – to related parties
– Lion Mining Finance Limited (“LMF”)
Galileo paid rent and administrative service cost to LMF. Colin Bird is
a director of both Galileo and LMF.
– Colin Bird
During the period under review Galileo reimbursed C. Bird for
expenses Incurred in carrying out his duties as a director

During the period under review the Company issued 5,000,000
ordinary shares to Colin Bird pursuant to his exercise of 5,000,000
warrants at a strike of 6 pence per warrant

During the period under review the Company issued 10,570,862
ordinary shares to Colin Bird in lieu of accrued director remuneration.
Refer to note 11.
– Richard Wollenberg
During the period under review the Company issued 5,854,170
ordinary shares to Richard Wollenburg in lieu of accrued director
remuneration. Refer to note 11.

Notes to the Financial Statements

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

–
–
961,509
10,994
–
–

–
–
335,390
10,294
–
–

4,927,425
12,160
274,314
–
14,020
93,651

5,212,913
10,482
237,568
–
24,281
4,976

25,200

31,007

25,200

31,007

–

24,633

–

24,633

30,000

65,000

41,250

–

–

–

30,000

65,000

41,250

–

–

–

Refer to the directors report on page 22 of this report for details of options granted to directors during the period.

26. EMPLOYEE COST (EXCLUDING DIRECTORS)

Employees
Senior management
Average number of employees excluding directors

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

14,200
92,040
2

8,900
88,855
2

14,200
65,378
2

8,900
54,250
2

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Notes to the Financial Statements

27. DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION

Executive
Colin Bird
Edward Slowey
Joel Silberstein
Andrew Sarosi

Subtotal

Non-executive
Christopher Molefe
Richard Wollenberg

Subtotal

Total

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

36,500
19,000
41,500
–

97,000

16,000
15,000

31,000

12,833
11,500
26,555
10,000

60,888

19,250
15,500

34,250

36,500
19,000
41,500
–

97,000

16,000
15,000

31,000

128,000

95,638

128,000

12,833
11,500
26,555
10,000

60,888

19,250
15,500

34,250

95,638

At year end an amount of £42,083 (2021: £225,833) was accrued towards outstanding director fees payable as follows:

Colin Bird
Andrew Sarosi
Richard Wollenberg
Chris Molefe

Total

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

22,500
–
15,833
3,750

80,833
77,500
63,750
3,750

22,500
–
15,833
3,750

80,833
77,500
63,750
3,750

42,083

225,833

42,083

225,833

Refer to note 12 for directors’ interests in the Company’s share option scheme.

The Company has received shareholder approval to issue shares to directors in lieu of Deferred Fees. Shares issued in lieu of
Deferred Fees will be issued on a quarterly basis for services that have been provided to the Company during that month
(payment in arrears). The shares shall be issued at a price representing the monthly average weighted share price over the month
during which the services have been rendered. Refer to note 11 of this report for details of shares issued to directors in lieu of
arrear director remuneration.

28. RISK MANAGEMENT
Capital risk management
The Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to
provide returns for shareholder and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the
cost of capital.

The capital structure of the Group consists of cash and cash equivalents disclosed in note 10 and equity as disclosed in the
statement of financial position.

In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group may adjust the amount of dividends paid to shareholder, return
capital to shareholder, issue new shares or sell assets to reduce debt.

Consistent with others in the industry, the Group monitors capital on the basis of the gearing ratio.

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28. RISK MANAGEMENT (continued)
Financial risk management
The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk.

The Group’s overall risk management programme focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to minimise
potential adverse effects on the Group’s financial performance. Risk management is carried out under policies approved by the
Board. Group treasury identifies, evaluates and hedges financial risks in close co-operation with the Group’s operating units. The
Board provides written principles for overall risk management, as well as written policies covering specific areas, such as foreign
exchange risk, interest rate risk, credit risk, use of derivative financial instruments and non-derivative financial instruments, and
investment of excess liquidity.

Liquidity risk
Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash and marketable securities, the availability of funding
through an adequate amount of committed credit facilities and the ability to close out market positions.

The Group’s risk to liquidity is a result of the funds available to cover future commitments. The Group manages liquidity risk
through an ongoing review of future commitments and credit facilities.

Cash flow forecasts are prepared and adequate utilised borrowing facilities are monitored.

The table below analyses the Group’s financial liabilities and net settled derivative financial liabilities into relevant maturity
groupings based on the remaining period at the statement of financial position to the contractual maturity date. The amounts
disclosed in the table are the contractual undiscounted cash flows. Balances due within 12 months equal their carrying balances
as the impact of discounting is not significant.

Group

At 31 March 2022

Trade and other payables

Other financial liabilities

At 31 March 2021

Trade and other payables

Other financial liabilities

Company

At 31 March 2022

Trade and other payables

At 31 March 2021

Trade and other payables

Less than
1 year

Between 2
and 5 years

380,482

–

–

6

Less than
1 year

Between 2
and 5 years

326,916

–

–

5

Less than
1 year

Between 2
and 5 years

96,395

–

Less than
1 year

Between 2
and 5 years

317,080

–

Interest rate risk
The Group’s interest rate risk arises from cash held and short-term deposits. The Company does not face any significant interest
rate risk as it has no borrowings.

Credit risk
Credit risk consists mainly of cash deposits, cash equivalents, and trade debtors. The Company only deposits cash with major banks
with high quality credit standing and limits exposure to any one counterparty.

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS – 31 March 2022

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Notes to the Financial Statements

28. RISK MANAGEMENT (continued)
Financial assets exposed to credit risk at year-end were as follows:

Financial instrument

Trade and other receivables

Cash and cash equivalents

Other financial assets

Group

Company

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

119,856

1,359

–

–

4,648,995

1,392,955

1,952,900

1,389,421

1,994,617

373,521

1,500,975

–

Loans to Group companies and other related entities

792,259

–

5,657,509

5,490,220

Foreign exchange risk
The Group is exposed to fluctuations in foreign currencies arising from having deposits in various currencies as well as the
purchase of goods and services in currencies other than the Group’s measurement currency.

Galileo Group operates internationally, and the Pound Sterling exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from various currency
exposures primarily with respect to the USD, ZMW, ZWD, BWP and ZAR. Galileo Group is exposed to currency risk on cash reserves,
deposits received, trade receivables, and trade payables. The most significant of these being the inter-company loans, which it
holds with its subsidiaries Galileo Resources SA (ZAR) and St Vincent Minerals (USD).

The Group does not hedge its foreign exchange on funding of projects as management is of the opinion that it would not have
reduced these foreign currency fluctuations. Currency movements mainly include movements that arise as a result of South
African Rand denominated projects that are revalued at each period end.

The Group has certain investments in foreign operations, whose net assets are exposed to foreign currency translation risk.

Currency exposure arising from the net assets of the Group’s foreign operations is managed primarily through borrowings
denominated in the relevant foreign currencies. This minimises the sensitivity to the exchange risk.

The table below classifies the Group’s foreign currency risk between the different functional currencies as at year-end, and the
respective balance thereof: Exchange rates used for conversion of foreign items were:

ZAR : £ (Average)

ZAR : £ (Spot)

USD : £ (Average)

USD : £ (Spot)

BWP : £ (Average)

BWP : £ (Spot)

1:0.0493

1:0.0524

1:0.7319

1:0.7615

1:0.0660

1:0.0675

(2021: 1 : 0.0469)

(2021: 1 : 0.0490)

(2021: 1 : 0.7648)

(2021: 1 : 0.7264)

(2021: 1 :0.0679)

(2021: 1 :0.0663)

The Group reviews its foreign currency exposure, including commitments on an ongoing basis.

29. GOING CONCERN
The annual financial statements have been prepared on the basis of accounting policies applicable to a going concern. This basis
presumes that funds will be available to finance future operations and that the realisation of assets and settlement of liabilities,
contingent obligations and commitments will occur in the ordinary course of business.

The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent on a number of factors. The most significant of these is
that the directors continue to procure funding for the ongoing operations for the Company and that the operations have the
continued support of the holding company.

The directors have also considered the Group’s ability to fund its planned projects and general operating costs. They consider the
Group as sufficiently funded and anticipate that as projects come on line, the new cash raised will be sufficient to further develop
current and future planned projects and provide adequate working capital. Throughout the development of projects, executive
management and the directors will monitor the timing and funding requirements of each project to ensure that the Group
remains a going concern.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

30. SEGMENTAL REPORTING ON INCOME AND LOSSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO VARIOUS OPERATIONAL

SEGMENTS

Business unit
The Company’s investments in subsidiaries and associates, that were operational at year-end, operate in four geographical
locations being South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and USA, and are organised into one business unit, namely Mineral
Assets, from which the Group’s expenses are incurred and future revenues are expected to be earned. This being the exploration
for and extraction of its mineral assets through direct and indirect holdings. The reporting on these investments to the board
focuses on the use of funds towards the respective projects and the forecasted profit earnings potential of the projects.

The Company’s investment in Zambia and Zimbabwe did not contribute to the operating profit or losses and is excluded from the
segmental analysis.

Geographical segments
An analysis of the profit/(loss) on ordinary activities before taxation is given below:

31 March
2022

31 March
2021

Rare earths, aggregates and iron ore and manganese

South Africa

3,433,034

(9,088)

Copper

Gold

Corporate costs

Total

Botswana

117,599

1,569,776

United States

8,170

–

United Kingdom

(2,167,790)

(1,472,821)

1,391,013

87,877

31. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
As announced on 21 May 2020 Galileo Resources PLC acquired 100% of the issued capital of Crocus-Serv (Pty) Ltd (“Crocus”)
including 21 exploration prospecting licenses (“PLs”) of which 19 in the Kalahari Belt and 2 in the Limpopo Belt covering an area
of 14875 square kms. The Kalahari Belt 19 licenses extends over 14564 square kms. Limpopo Belt 2 PLs covering 311 square kms.

The acquisition of Africibum a wholly owned subsidiary of Crocus as well as Virgo Business Solutions also a wholly owned
subsidiary of Crocus was completed on 17 October 2020 following due diligence work done by Galileo. The Acquisition Agreement
was subject to various Conditions Precedent being satisfied within a 30 day period and includes completion of satisfactory due
diligence by Galileo and Galileo and Africibum obtaining necessary regulatory approvals or waivers and shareholders approvals
pursuant to the AIM Rules or any other laws or statute.

The effective date of the acquisition is 21 May 2020 when Galileo acquired 100% of Crocus-Serv (Pty) Ltd The following table
summarises the recognised amounts of assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of the acquisition.

Intangibles

Deferred tax

Shareholder loans

Non-controlling interest

Fair value of consideration

Pre-existing relationships settled

Gain on bargain purchase

Group

31 March
2022

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

31 March
2021

2,531,022

(442,757)

(21,005)

2,067,260

–

(497,484)

–

1,569,776

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS – 31 March 2022

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Notes to the Financial Statements

31. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS (continued)
The only fair value adjustment was made to intangibles with a resultant upward fair value adjustment of £2 million recognised
on the acquisition date.

The gain on bargain purchase arose following on an acquisition by Galileo of 100% of Crocus-Serv (Pty) Ltd. Refer to note 1.2
Significant judgements and sources of estimation uncertainty on page 44.

There were no acquisitions made by Crocus-Serv (Pty) Ltd in the previous period. There were also no transactions recognised that
would require separate disclosure from the assets and liabilities acquired. The acquired assets did not contribute to the group’s
revenue and earnings for the period under review.

32. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Issue of Options
On 28 July 2022, the Company announced that options to subscribe for 39,000,000 new ordinary shares of the Company were
granted to the directors of the Company and key officers and employees at an exercise price of 1.35 pence per share, vesting
immediately. The options have a term of five years.

Agreement to acquire a further 29% shareholding in B.C Ventures Limited
On 10 August 2022, the Company announced that further to its announcement of 7 March 2022, the details regarding an
addendum dated 9 August 2022 (the “Addendum”) to an agreement dated 21 January 2022 between B.C. Ventures Limited (“BC
Ventures”) and Cordoba Investments Limited (the “Principal Agreement”) to acquire a 51% interest in BC Ventures which was
assigned to the Company on 4 March 2022. Under the Addendum, the Company is to acquire a 29% shareholding in BC Ventures
for the issue of 50,000,000 Galileo Resources plc shares (the “Consideration Shares”)

The Addendum was entered into on 9 August 2022 and amends the terms of the Principal Agreement as below:

1.

The Company is to acquire 29% of BC Ventures in consideration of the issue of the Consideration Shares.

2.

3.

The Consideration Shares are subject to the following lockup and orderly market arrangements and cannot be sold during
the lockup periods.

The period for the expenditure of US$1.5 million to be incurred by the Company under the Principal Agreement to acquire
51% of BC Ventures has been extended six months to 21 July 2024.

4. All provisions of (i) the Principal Agreement, and (ii) the Deed of Assignment remain unamended and in full force and effect.

As such the Company’s share of any pro rata costs will be 80% post completion.

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