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ABN 52 119 062 261

ANNUAL REPORT

2022

Corporate Directory

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Peter Unsworth  
Michael Jones  
Paul Ingram  
Frank Bierlein  

Non-Executive Chairman 
Managing Director 
Non-Executive Director 
Non-Executive Director

COMPANY SECRETARY
Bernard Crawford

REGISTERED OFFICE & PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS
26 Richardson Street 
West Perth, WA 6005

Telephone:  +61 (8) 6454 6666 
Facsimile:  +61 (8) 6314 6670

Email: info@impactminerals.com.au 
Web: www.impactminerals.com.au

AUDITORS
Hall Chadwick WA Audit Pty Ltd 
283 Rokeby Road 
Subiaco, WA 6008

SHARE REGISTRY
Computershare Investor Services Pty Ltd 
Level 11, 172 St Georges Terrace 
Perth, WA 6000

Telephone:  +61 (8) 9323 2000 
Facsimile:   +61 (8) 9323 2033

SECURITIES EXCHANGE LISTING
The Company is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Ltd (“ASX”)

Home Exchange: Perth, Western Australia 
ASX Code: IPT, IPTOB

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Impact Minerals Limited

Impact Minerals Limited is an exploration company 
listed on the ASX in November 2006.

The Company manages extensive tenement holdings of 
nearly 4,000 square kilometres within Australia featuring 
significant potential for high-grade mineral deposits of 
gold, silver, lead, zinc, copper, nickel and PGM’s.

The Directors of the Company have extensive 
experience in mineral exploration and a strong history 
of exploration success, business development and 
corporate management.

Impact Minerals intends to build wealth for its 
shareholders through a vigorous campaign of project 
generation and discovery of major mineral deposits 
to move towards profitable mining operations.

Contents

2  Chairman’s Letter

3  Overview: A Year of Transition

4  Review of Operations

33  Directors’ Report

44  Auditor’s Independence Declaration

45  Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income

46  Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

47  Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

48  Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

49  Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

72  Directors’ Declaration

73  Independent Auditor’s Report

79  Shareholder Information

82  Tenement Schedule

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Chairman’s Letter

The year to 30th June 2022 saw a significant strategic change in focus for 
your company from its long standing projects in eastern Australia to a new 
and significant portfolio of battery, precious and strategic metals projects 
in the emerging mineral province of south west Western Australia.

Exploration during the year has focussed on this new portfolio and in 
particular on the flagship Arkun-Beau project centred about 200 km south 
east of Perth and first staked in 2020 following the discovery of the world 
class Julimar platinum group metal discovery in the region. First pass 
reconnaissance soil geochemistry surveys at Arkun-Beau have already 
returned a significant number of anomalies for a range of deposit styles 

including nickel-copper-PGM hosted by mafic rocks, lithium pegmatites as well as rare earth elements and 
rubidium. Follow up work will be a prime focus in the coming year and will involve negotiating numerous 
land access agreements with land owners.

Impact also acquired three further 100% owned projects and entered into four joint ventures on very 
attractive terms during the year bringing the company’s total land position in Western Australia to 
about 4,000 sq km. Preliminary soil geochemistry traverses on all of the new projects have all returned 
significant anomalies for the same range of metals as Arkun and this is very encouraging. These projects 
will also be a focus of work in 2023.

First pass drill programmes were also completed at the Hopetoun joint venture located near the mining 
centre of Ravensthorpe and also the previously acquired Doonia joint venture located 80 km east of 
Kambalda. Data including assays from these drill programmes are still being interpreted with a view to 
determining next steps.

An integral part of the change in strategic focus has been the rationalisation of Impact’s projects in 
eastern Australia. As part of this process during the year Impact completed the sale of two tenements 
which were part of the Commonwealth project to ASX listed company Orange Minerals Limited and 
agreed to the sale of the Blackridge gold project in Queensland. Subsequent to the year end Impact also 
agreed to sell 75% of the Commonwealth Project to unlisted company Burrendong Resources Pty Ltd, 
subject to Burrendong listing on the ASX by mid 2023.

Impact was also pleased to announce that IGO Limited, one of Australia’s leading mining and exploration 
companies, agreed to farm into two tenements which form a small part of the company’s significant 
Broken Hill project in NSW. IGO can spend up to $18 million over 8 years to earn a 75% interest in the 
tenements. A significant deep seated EM conductor has been identified and IGO have indicated that this 
will be drill tested by the end of 2022 if possible.

More details on the Company’s activities and projects are set out in the Review of Operations. We are 
looking forward to an exciting 2023 with maiden drill programmes on a number of our new projects.

Peter Unsworth
Chairman

 
 
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Overview: A Year of Transition

During the Year Impact completed a strategic transition in its exploration programme from eastern Australia to 
Western Australia and assembled a portfolio of 10 projects covering about 4,000 square kilometres (Figure 1). All 
10 projects are very poorly explored and yet have significant potential for the discovery of a wide range of battery, 
strategic and precious metals. Of the ten projects, five are 100% owned (Beau, Arkun, Mineral Hill, Martup Hills and 
Dinninup) and five are joint ventures with private groups (Jumbo, Narryer, Dalgaranga and Hopetoun which were 
commenced during the year, and Doonia). All contain untested geophysical and geochemical targets in emerging 
prospective terranes across Western Australia. 

As part of strategic transition, a 
rationalisation of Impact’s project 
portfolio in eastern Australia was 
continued during the year. The 
company sold two tenements that 
were part of the Commonwealth 
Project (EL8632 and part of 
EL8505) to Orange Minerals NL 
for $180,000 cash and 250,000 
shares in Orange (ASX Release 4th 
February 2021). Orange listed on 
the Australian Stock Exchange in 
December 2021 (ASX:OMX) with the 
shares currently trading at about 
$0.16 per share. Impact’s shares are 
escrowed until October 2022.

In addition Impact still holds 
1,000,000 shares in Australasian 
Metals Limited (ASX:A8G) which it 
received for the sale of the Clermont 
gold project in Queensland at a 
nominal 10 cents per share. The 
shares, which are escrowed until 
April, are currently trading at about 
$0.30 per share.

Impact also agreed to the sale 
of its Blackridge gold project in 
Queensland to an unlisted private 
company. The project comprises 
one small mining lease and three 
exploration licences covering about 
142 sq kilometres. The terms of the 
sale are:

Figure 1: Location of Impact’s projects in Western Australia 

1.  $30,000 cash for the outright 
sale of ML2386 (completed).

2.  $50,000 cash as a non-

3.  A 1% NSR royalty for all gold 

produced after the first 5,000 
ounces of production.

refundable option fee to 
purchase Impact’s 100% owned 
subsidiary company Blackridge 
Exploration Pty Ltd within two 
years for a further $350,000. 
Blackridge holds three 
exploration licences: EPM26806, 
EPM27410 and EPM27571 
(completed).

In August 2022 Impact reached an 
agreement to sell 75% interest in 
the entire Commonwealth project 
to unrelated company Burrendong 
Resources Pty Ltd. Burrendong is 
aiming to conduct an IPO in 2023.

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Review of Operations

1. ARKUN PROJECT, WA (IPT 100%)

Fifteen of these targets were 
covered by a single line soil 
geochemistry traverse, each up 
to several kilometres long along 
gazetted roads and tracks with soil 
samples taken at 100 metre spacings 
along the traverses.

Each traverse was long enough to 
extend well away from the target 
area into areas of “background” 
in order to establish the relative 
anomalism of the various metals in 
the target above background.

A significant number of high priority 
targets for nickel-copper-platinum 
group metals-gold (PGM) and, for 

the first time, lithium-caesium-
tantalum pegmatites, rare earth 
elements (REE) and rubidium were 
defined by the soil geochemistry.

The overall results of the soil 
geochemistry survey are described 
below and presented as additive 
Z scores in the following Figures. 
Further details on some of the 
priority targets identified and the 
sampling and analytical techniques 
used can be found in ASX 
Release 21st September 2021 and 
27th October 2021.

Beau

The Arkun Project, which covers 
about 1,900 square kilometres, is 
centred between York and Corrigin 
130 km east of Perth and was 
staked following the significant 
PGM discovery at Julimar just 75 km 
north east of Perth by Chalice 
Mining Ltd (ASX:CHN) (ASX Release 
29th May 2020). Impact is one of the 
larger ground holders in the region 
(Figure 1.1).

During the year, 17 first pass 
targets for nickel-copper-PEM-
gold and lithium were identified 
by a proprietary geophysical 
method owned by Southern Sky 
Energy Pty Ltd, with input from the 
interpretation of regional magnetic 
data, surface geology maps and 
reconnaissance field checking and 
rock chip samples. This work has 
shown that:

1. 

It is likely that mafic and 
ultramafic rocks are more 
widespread than shown on 
the regional Geological Survey 
maps.

2.  The mafic and ultramafic 

rocks contain low levels of 
PGE up to 25 to 30 ppb 
platinum+palladium+gold in 
rock chip samples in many 
places. This is encouraging as it 
suggests elevated background 
levels of these metals are 
widespread across the 
project area.

3.  Most of the project area is 
covered by residual soils 
and ferricrete with limited 
transported cover meaning 
that quick assessments of 
target areas can be made with 
conventional soil geochemistry 
techniques. 

Figure 1.1: Location of priority targets for follow up on Impact’s tenements.

 
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1.1 NICKEL-COPPER-
PALLADIUM-PLATINUM-
GOLD RESULTS 
The results for nickel-copper-
palladium-platinum and gold 
are shown as additive Z scores 
in Figure 1.2. Gold has been 
included because it shows a strong 
mathematical correlation with the 
other metals. 

It is evident that the central part of 
the Arkun project area stands out as 
being strongly anomalous in all five 
metals and six high priority targets 
and five medium priority targets 
have been identified as warranting 
follow up work. 

Of note is that the targets are 
commonly anomalous in all five 
metals and in particular palladium 
and gold (Figure 1.2). This suggests 
a potential relationship to sulphide 
mineralisation rather than being the 
result of elevated backgrounds of 
only nickel and copper related to 
areas of mafic rocks.

This is an exceptional result 
and supports Impact’s original 
contention that the Arkun area is 
highly prospective for nickel-copper-
PGM mineralisation. 

N4

N3

N1

N2

Figure 1.2: Additive Z scores for Ni-Cu-Pd-Pt-Au across the main Arkun project area. Note the 
large areas of anomalism in the central part of the project area. Four priority areas for follow 
up work are highlighted. Other areas of elevated response are also evident including the Beau 
target to the north.

The drill results are presented as additive Z score indices. Z scores are a standard statistical calculation of the 
number of standard deviations a raw data (assay) value is from the mean of the data. For example a Z score of 
2 indicates a value 2 standard deviations above the mean. The higher the Z score, the more anomalous the data 
point is with respect to the dataset. Z scores are a standard method of normalising data so that statistically 
meaningful associations between datasets can be made. In this case the Z scores for individual metals that 
occur within assemblages specific to the alteration zones around a nickel-copper-PGM deposits are simply 
added together in order to amplify the association.

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Four priority areas, N1 to N4 were described in the ASX Release dated 21st September 2021 and are shown in 
(Figure 1.3). The soil anomalies all cover extensive areas and are coincident with either gravity highs or magnetic lows 
which together may represent mafic-ultramafic intrusions that are potential hosts for nickel-copper-PGM sulphide 
mineralisation.

N1 

N3

N2 

N4 

Figure 1.3: Priority Targets for Ni-Cu-PGM-Au shown on images of regional gravity data and regional magnetic data (bottom right).

Top left: Target N1. Strongly elevated soil geochemistry responses extend over an area of at least 600 metres by 300 metres and occurring close 
to a significant gravity high (warmer colours).

Top right: Target N2. Multiple moderate to strongly elevated soil geochemistry responses extend over several line kilometres with about six areas 
of interest within the one target identified and all coincident with a broad gravity high.

Bottom Left: Target N3. Moderate soil responses over about 1,000 metres are coincident with a moderate gravity high.

Bottom Right: Target N4. Moderate soil responses coincident with the western edge of a magnetic low (cooler colours). The magnetic low may 
represent a mafic intrusion with elevated nickel-copper-PGM at its base on the western side. 

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1.2 LITHIUM-CAESIUM-TANTALUM RESULTS
The results for lithium-caesium-tantalum are shown as additive Z scores in Figure 1.4. The coincidence of the three 
metals together suggests the potential for the source of the anomalies to be lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) 
pegmatites, a key source of hard rock lithium for the emerging battery metals industry. 

It is evident that numerous areas across the Arkun project stand out as being strongly anomalous in all three metals 
and six high priority targets and at least five medium priority targets have been identified as warranting follow up work 
(Figure 1.4).

One of the standout areas is the Beau target, the northern most priority area identified. This target was purchased 
by Impact in 2020 for its nickel-copper-PGM potential and modest soil responses for those metals were returned 
(Figure 1.2). However, there are numerous strong LCT responses in the area as well.

Beau

L3

L2

L1

Figure 1.4: Additive Z scores for Li-Cs-Ta across the main Arkun project area. Note the large areas with very elevated Z scores in the central east 
part of the project area and at Beau to the north. Six priority areas for follow up work are highlighted. Other areas of elevated response are also 
evident.

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Three priority areas, L1 to L3 were described in the ASX Release dated 21st September 2021 (Figure 1.5). There has been 
no previous exploration for lithium at Arkun.

Figure 1.5: Priority Targets for Li-Cs-Ta shown on images of regional magnetic data and regional gravity data (lower image).

Top Left: Target L1. Strongly elevated soil geochemistry responses extend over many hundreds of metres of extent along the traverses. The 
prominent magnetic NW trending magnetic unit is a banded iron formation suggesting much of the area may be a deformed and metamorphosed 
greenstone belt which are hosts to major lithium deposits in Western Australia.

Top Right: Target L2. Moderate soil geochemistry responses occur over several hundred metres in about four places along the traverse. The 
responses are centred over an ovoid feature in the magnetic data interpreted as a granite intrusion that may represent a parent intrusion to LCT 
pegmatites.

Lower Image: Target L3. Moderate soil responses over a prominent gravity low. The low may be caused by a granite intrusion. Note this is the 
same traverse as Target N4 (Figure 4). 

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1.3 RARE EARTH ELEMENT RESULTS
The results for all 15 of the REE are shown as an additive Z scores in Figure 1.6. The REE comprise: lanthanum, cerium, 
praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, 
thulium, ytterbium, and lutetium.

It is evident that the central part of the Arkun project area stands out as being strongly anomalous in the REE and six 
high priority targets and have been identified as warranting follow up work. Numerous other areas of anomalism are 
also present.

Of note is that the targets are generally anomalous in both the light and the more valuable heavy REE (ASX Release 
27th October 2021). 

This is a very exciting outcome for Impact and, also supports the Company’s original contention that the Arkun area is 
a highly prospective part of the Yilgarn Craton. 

Three priority areas, R1 to R3 are shown in more detail in Figure 1.8. The soil anomalies all cover extensive areas and 
occur within larger magnetic granites.

R2

R3

R1

Figure 1.6: Additive Z scores for REE across the Arkun project. Note the large areas of anomalism in the central part of the project area. Seven 
priority areas for follow up work are highlighted. Other areas of elevated response are also evident. 

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1.4 RUBIDIUM RESULTS 
The results for rubidium are shown in Figure 1.7. Numerous areas stand out as being strongly anomalous and four high 
priority targets have been identified for follow up work. Two of these areas, Rb1 and Rb2, are shown in more detail in 
Figure 1.9. Numerous other areas with anomalous rubidium results are also evident (Figure 1.7).

Rb1

Rb2

Figure 1.7: Ionic leach results for rubidium. Four priority areas for follow up work are highlighted. Other areas of elevated response are also 
evident. Note that the low absolute levels of rubidium are a function of the very dilute nature of the chemical digest used in the Ionic Leach assay 
method. 

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1.5 DISCUSSION AND NEXT STEPS
The results of Impact’s first ever soil geochemistry programme at Arkun have outlined a significant number of areas 
for follow up work for a wide range of commodities: nickel-copper-PGM; lithium LCT pegmatites; REE and rubidium.

Follow-up field checking and sampling will continue with the aim of prioritising areas for more detailed soil 
geochemistry and ground geophysical surveys that will extend away from the roads and into the surrounding 
paddocks. 

In order to explore in the paddocks, land access agreements will be required with the relevant land owners and this 
process has commenced. Agreements with about 30 landholders have been signed or are in progress.

R1

R1

R2

R2

R3

Figure 1.8: Priority Targets for REE shown on images of regional magnetic data. Strongly elevated soil geochemistry responses extend over 
distances of many hundreds of metres and are mainly associated with the magnetic units with larger granite bodies. 

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Rb1

Rb2

Figure 1.9: Priority Targets for rubidium shown on images of regional magnetic data. Numerous areas of strongly elevated values for rubidium 
above background are evident.

An airborne EM survey was also completed during the year over 7 priority areas in the Arkun-Beau project area at a 
broad line spacing of 400 metres between survey lines. Six of these areas were previously identified in proprietary 
geophysical data and returned strong soil geochemical responses (N1 to N6) (ASX Release 21st September 2021). 
One further area with a strong geophysical response but limited soil geochemistry response was also surveyed.

Processing of the data will commence shortly with final data expected in late 2023.

Follow up soil geochemistry surveys have also been completed on five priority areas including the Beau area. Samples 
were taken on a nominal 400 m by 400 m or 200 m grid spacing. Results are expected by late 2022.

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2. JUMBO JOINT VENTURE PROJECT (IMPACT 80%)

The Jumbo joint venture project 
comprises one tenement (E70/5852) 
covering 360 km2 and is adjacent 
to Impact’s Arkun project centred 
about 150 km south east of Perth. 

The project contains many of the 
same geological features and 
extensions of the similar structures 
as those considered prospective 
at Arkun and is therefore a natural 
addition to Impact’s large strategic 
ground holding in this very under 
explored part of Western Australia.

During the year significant high 
priority targets for a wide range of 
battery and strategic metals were 
identified in new soil geochemistry 
results from Jumbo.

The soil geochemistry survey 
was limited to one major access 
road across the project area and 
samples were taken mostly at about 
100 metre spacings at the side of 
the road over a distance of about 
30 kilometres (Figures 2.1 to 2.4). 

The traverse was designed to get 
as close as possible to first pass 
geophysical anomalies identified 
by Impact’s joint venture partner, 
Southern Sky Energy Pty Ltd, using 
its proprietary EPR technology.

The results of the soil geochemistry 
survey (combined with the Arkun 
soil results) are presented as additive 
Z scores in Figures 2.1 to 2.4.

Figure 2.1: Additive Z scores for Ni-Cu-Pd-Pt-Au across the Jumbo-Arkun project area. 
Nine priority areas for follow-up work are highlighted including three new ones at Jumbo. 
Other areas of elevated response are also evident including the Beau target to the north.

Figure 2.2: Additive Z scores for Li-Cs-Ta across the Jumbo-Arkun project area. Eight 
priority areas for follow up work are highlighted including two new areas at Jumbo. Other 
areas of elevated response are also evident throughout the project area which will also 
require follow-up work.

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New targets have been identified at 
Jumbo as follows:

Nickel-copper-Platinum Group 
Elements-Gold (Figure 2.1): three 
new priority targets identified. The 
eastern most target has a significant 
gold-dominant response, and which 
covers an area of several hundred 
metres across trend.

Lithium-caesium-tantalum 
(Figure 2.2): two new priority targets 
identified with several lower priority 
areas also warranting follow up. The 
two priority targets are at least a few 
hundred metres wide.

Rare Earth Elements (Figure 2.3): 
three new priority targets identified 
with numerous other lower priority 
areas also warranting follow up.

Rubidium (Figure 2.4): the entire 
soil geochemistry traverse stands 
out as being elevated in rubidium, in 
particular in comparison with Arkun. 

The large area covered by 
elevated REE and rubidium results 
suggests that the Jumbo area 
may be underlain by extensive 
areas of granitoid and pegmatite 
rocks that are enriched in these 
metals compared to Arkun. This is 
encouraging for future exploration.

First pass follow-up field checking, 
and sampling will start in 2023 with 
the aim of prioritising areas for more 
detailed soil geochemistry and 
ground geophysics. Land access 
agreements will be required with 
relevant landowners and this process 
will also be commenced. 

Figure 2.3: Additive Z scores for all REE across the Jumbo-Arkun project area. Seven 
priority areas for follow up work are highlighted including three new areas at Jumbo. Note 
that there several other areas with strong responses within the Jumbo project which will 
also require follow-up work.

Figure 2.4: Rubidium assay values across the Jumbo-Arkun project area. The Jumbo 
project stands out as a very elevated area for rubidium compared to most of the Arkun 
project. This may reflect a higher background for rubidium in this area and therefore may 
be more prospective for this valuable alkali metal.

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3. DINNINUP PROJECT

The Dinninup project comprises 
4 exploration licences covering 
about 485 square kilometres 
located about 350km south west of 
Perth (Overview Figure; E70/5842, 
E70/6111, E70/6112 and E70/6113) 
(ASX Release 22nd April 2022). 

The project was brought to Impact’s 
attention by an unrelated private 
group Fiddler’s Creek Mining 
Company Pty Ltd. As consideration 
for a 100% interest in the project, 
Impact paid $20,000 cash to the 
vendor, and issued 3 million unlisted 
options exercisable at 2.4 cents 
expiring on 31 October 2025. 

The area is underlain by a variety of 
Archaean-aged granites and high-
grade metamorphic rocks including 
gneisses that are cross-cut by 
numerous, mostly northwest trending 
faults and shear zones, as well as 
younger west-northwest trending 
Proterozoic dykes (Figure 3.1). 

A number of areas of interest for 
follow up were identified by 
Southern Sky Energy Pty Ltd using 
their proprietary EPR technology 
and which were close to a major 
access road that traverses the 
project area. A reconnaissance soil 
geochemistry survey was completed 
along the main access road with 
samples taken mostly at about 
100 metre spacings at the side of 
the road over a distance of about 
20 kilometres (Figure 3.1). 

Figure 3.1: Geology of (left) and magnetic data (right) of the Dinninup Project showing major 
structures and the location of the soil geochemistry traverses.

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Ni-Cu-Pd-Pt-Au

Figure 3.2: Additive Z scores for Ni-Cu-Pd-Pt-Au across the Dinninup project area. Three 
priority areas for follow-up work are highlighted

Figure 3.3: Additive Z scores for Li-Cs-Ta across the Dinninup project area. Two priority 
areas for follow up work are highlighted.

Soil Geochemistry Results
The results of the soil geochemistry 
survey are presented as additive 
Z scores in Figures 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4. 
Further details about the soil survey 
and the calculation of Z Scores can 
be found in the ASX Release dated 
22nd April 2022. 

Nine new targets have been 
identified at Dinninup as follows:

Nickel-copper-Platinum Group 
Elements-Gold (Figure 3.2): three 
new priority targets identified. The 
easternmost target has a significant 
response, and which covers an area 
of several hundred metres across 
trend. This anomaly is coincident 
with a series of Proterozoic dykes 
which may be a potential host for 
this style of mineralisation.

Lithium-caesium-tantalum 
(Figure 3.3): two new priority targets 
identified with one area covering at 
least several hundred metres.

Rare Earth Elements (Figure 3.4): 
four new priority targets identified 
with numerous other lower priority 
areas also warranting follow-up.

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Figure 3.4: Additive Z scores for all REE across the Dinninup project area. Four priority areas for follow up work are highlighted. Note that there 
are several other areas with strong responses which will also require follow-up work.

NEXT STEPS
The results of Impact’s first ever 
soil geochemistry programme at 
Dinninup, as at the Company’s other 
projects in the region, Arkun, Beau 
and Jumbo, have outlined a number 
of areas for follow-up work for 
nickel-copper-PGM mineralisation, 
LCT pegmatites and REE. These 
results further confirm the 
prospectivity of this poorly explored 
part of the emerging mineral 
province of south west Western 
Australia.

First pass follow-up field checking, 
and sampling will commence in 
2023, with the aim of prioritising 
areas for more detailed soil 
geochemistry and ground 
geophysics that will extend away 
from the roads and into the 
surrounding paddocks. This work will 
dovetail with continuing on-ground 
follow-up work at Arkun and Jumbo.

In order to explore in the paddocks, 
land access agreements will be 
required with the relevant landowners 
and this process has been initiated.

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4. HOPETOUN (Impact earning 80%)

The Hopetoun project comprises 
two tenements (E74/563 and 
E74/679) covering 75 km2 and is 
located just north of the town of 
Hopetoun, close to the Ravensthorpe 
mining centre (Figure 4.1). The 
project covers part of the Albany 
Fraser Mobile Belt which is 
considered prospective for a variety 
of mineral deposits. The project 
contains six drill ready targets for 
base and precious metals of which 
two were fully permitted for drilling. 
The targets were identified by 
Impact’s joint venture partner using 
the proprietary EPR technology 
owned by Southern Sky Energy Pty 
Ltd and associated soil geochemistry 
anomalies in limited sampling. 

During the year drilling programmes 
were completed at the Top Knotch 
(RC and diamond drilling) and 
Silverstar (diamond drilling) prospects.

The Hopetoun area has received 
very little exploration because of a 
perception that much of the area 
is underlain by barren Proterozoic 
gneisses. In addition, there is 
extensive younger cover which has 
hindered previous explorers.

However, a review of the regional 
airborne magnetic data over the area 
suggests that much of the gneiss 
terrane may be an extension of the 
Ravensthorpe greenstone belt to 
the north which contains numerous 
mines and deposits of lithium 
(Mt Cattlin mine, Allkem Limited, 
ASX:AKE), nickel sulphide (the 
dormant RAV 8 mine and associated 
deposits), copper-gold (including 
the Kundip historic mining centre, 
Medallion Metals Ltd ASX:MM8), 
zinc-lead-copper (Trilogy deposit, 
ASX:MM8) as well as nickel laterite 
(First Quantum Minerals Limited, 
TSX:FM).

Accordingly, Impact on behalf of the 
joint venture has applied for a new 

Figure 4.1: Image of airborne magnetic data over the Ravensthorpe-Hopetoun area showing 
the interpreted extension of the Ravensthorpe greenstone belt south of the Jerdacuttup Fault 
together with the licences in the Hopetoun Joint Venture. The new licence is EL74/730.

exploration licence that is underlain 
by the Munglinup Greiss, as well as 
an extension of the Ravensthorpe 
greenstone belt and associated 
Jerdacuttup Fault. This will also form 
part of the Hopetoun Joint Venture 
(Figure 4.1)

with gabbroic to doleritic units 
interpreted as sills. These mafic 
rocks are anomalous in copper 
(Figure 4.2) No significant intercepts 
were recorded and the source of 
the geophysical and geochemical 
anomalies is unknown.

At the Top Knotch copper-gold 
Prospect the drilling intersected 
a sequence of felsic gneisses 
and granodiorites interlayered 

A follow up detailed soil 
geochemistry survey was completed 
over the area to better refine the 
target and results are awaited. 

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Figure 4.2: Cross section from the Top Knotch Prospect showing the soil geochemistry responses and highlighting the sub- horizontal zones 
of alteration and copper which are increasing in intensity down hole. The location of the one off completed diamond drill holes is also shown.

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At Silverstar, a 25 metre thick 
(true width) shear zone containing 
high-temperature alteration minerals 
with extensive potassium and 
silica alteration was intersected 
and which includes a zone 
up to 20 cm thick with minor 
disseminated chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite 
mineralisation in places. 

In addition, one narrow zone of 
deformed quartz veins about 25 cm 
thick was intersected at 190 metres 
down hole which contains up 
to 5% molybdenite together 
with anomalous bismuth values. 
(Figure 4.3).

The Company emphasises that 
these estimates are based on visual 
observations only and that chemical 
assays will be required to determine 
the absolute amounts of any metals 
present. Final assays were being 
interpreted at the time of this report.

All of this is encouraging and follow 
work including drilling may be 
required. 

Soil geochemistry surveys over 
several other targets was also 
completed. The results of this work 
are awaited.

Figure 4.3: Large “slugs” of grey-blue molybdenite in a zone of fractured quartz veins with associated biotite (dark brown) and chlorite (green).

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5. DOONIA PROJECT, WA (IPT 80%)

Figure 5.1: Location of the Doonia Project in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia.

Impact’s 80% owned Doonia gold 
project lies 75 kilometres east of 
the world class St Ives gold mining 
centre in Western Australia and 
comprises one Exploration Licence 
E15/1790 (Figure 5.1).

The Doonia project was identified 
during a review of the Eastern 
Goldfields for intrusion-hosted 
gold deposits in light of the recent 
major Hemi discovery in the Pilbara 
(De Grey Mining Ltd ASX:DEG). 
The project has been further 
enhanced by the recent discovery of 
significant gold-copper-magnetite 
mineralisation hosted by a magnetic 
porphyry intrusion at the Burns 
project located just 20 km west 
of Doonia (Lefroy Exploration Ltd 
(ASX:LEX)) (Figure 5.1 and ASX 
Release 4th March 2021).

Of note, the Doonia and Burns 
prospects were both first identified 
in the same regional exploration 
programme by WMC Resources 
Limited in the 1990’s with modest 
gold anomalism found in both areas 
in broad spaced aircore drilling. 
However, neither area was followed 
up at the time.

Impact has identified a previously 
unrecognised distinct and coherent 
zoned soil geochemical anomaly 
centred over the small magnetic 
anomalies which comprises a 
core area of gold+bismuth that 
is 2,500 metres long and up to 
1,000 metres wide (Figure 5.2). The 
core area is also characterised by 
anomalous copper-nickel and zinc 
and is partly surrounded by a larger 
halo of arsenic+antimony.

These results are interpreted to be 
potentially related to a gold-bismuth 
mineralised system associated 
with a differentiated mafic to felsic 
intrusion. The system covers a large 
area and is a priority drill target.

The mineralisation at Burns is also 
characterised by a metal association 
of copper-gold-bismuth-arsenic 
(with molybdenum-silver-tellurium 
which were not assayed at Doonia). 
This is a compelling similarity.

During the year a maiden reverse 
circulation drill programme was 
completed to test several soil 
geochemistry and geophysical 
targets. 

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Figure 5.2: Image of regional magnetic data over the Doonia project with warmer colours indicating more magnetic units. A large oval deep-
seated anomaly is centred directly under the project area above which a cluster of near surface anomalies is present and interpreted as possible 
magnetic intrusions. These smaller anomalies are coincident with a gold-bismuth soil geochemistry anomaly (ASX Release 17th November 2020).

Logistical issues and poor ground 
conditions significantly impaired 
the drill programme and only six 
holes out of a planned 12 holes were 
completed. The results of the drill 
programme were being interpreted 
at year end.

One drill hole intersected a pocket 
of abiogenic gas of unknown 
thickness and composition at about 
100 metres down hole. Abiogenic 

gas is a common but not widely 
known phenomenon close to and 
within many gold and nickel mines 
as well as along major faults in the 
Goldfields of Western Australia. 
Impact is currently undertaking an 
assessment of the composition of 
the gas with respect to potential 
safety issues as well as the possible 
areal extent of the pocket and its 
significance.

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6. BROKEN HILL PROJECT

Impact has one of the largest ground 
holdings surrounding the world class 
Broken Hill mine in New South Wales 
(Figure 6.1) 

During the year Impact announced 
that IGO Newsearch Pty Ltd, a 100% 
owned subsidiary of IGO Limited 
(ASX:IGO) had agreed to farm into 
the Company’s Broken Hill nickel-
copper-platinum group metals 
(PGM) prospects in New South 
Wales.

Previous work by Impact had 
established that a large amount 
of deep drilling will be required to 
further explore the exciting nickel-
copper-PGM prospects generated 
at Broken Hill and therefore it was 
appropriate that a well-funded 
partner with excellent credentials 
was brought in to help fund 
what could be quite significant 
expenditures going forward. Impact 
is pleased to have the joint venture 
with IGO, one of Australia’s most 
outstanding exploration and mining 
companies.

The principal terms of the deal, 
which applies only to EL7390 and 
EL8234, two of the 11 tenements that 
comprise Impact’s holdings around 
Broken Hill (Figure 6.1) are: 

Figure 6.1: Impact’s ground holdings around Broken Hill. EL7390 (blue) and EL8234 
(green) are highlighted.

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

 IGO can spend $6 million over 
four years to earn a 51% interest 
in the project (Stage 1 earn in). 
An unincorporated joint venture 
between IGO and Impact will be 
formed at this time.

 IGO can spend a further 
$12 million over a further 
four years to earn a 75% interest 
in the project (Stage 2 earn in). 

5. 

 After Stage 2 is complete, the 
parties can elect to contribute 
pro-rata or dilute. If one party’s 
interest dilutes to less than 10% 
then its interest will convert to a 
1% Net Smelter Royalty. 

 If, after completing Stage 1, 
IGO elects not to proceed 
to Stage 2 or, during Stage 2 
does not meet its expenditure 
requirements, IGO will revert 
to a 49% interest in the project 
giving Impact a majority 51% 
interest.

 A minimum expenditure of 
$500,000 in the first year is 
required. IGO can withdraw 
prior to the minimum 
expenditure being reached by 
paying the lesser amount of 
either the balance of unspent 
minimum expenditure or 
$200,000. 

IGO have completed a detailed 
ground electromagnetic (EM) 
geophysical survey using a deep 
penetrating SQUID system over the 
entire joint venture area including the 
Moorkai Trend and the Little Broken 
Hill Gabbro (Figure 6.1 and 6.2). 

The Moorkai Trend is a nine 
kilometre long ultramafic to mafic 
dyke and chonolith complex that 
is very poorly explored. Drilling 
by Impact at the southern end 
of the Trend has returned high 
grades of nickel-copper-PGM’s 
in the Platinum Springs area in a 
channel-like structure at the base 
of the ultramafic unit (ASX Release 

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9th March 2021). There has been no 
drilling of significance along the rest 
of the Trend.

and/or PGM’s in the basal unit to the 
intrusion over several kilometres of 
trend (ASX Release 15th April 2021). 

At the Little Broken Hill Gabbro, 
Impact completed the first ever 
drill programme across the 
seven-kilometre-long intrusion 
and identified numerous areas of 
highly anomalous nickel, copper 

Extensive further deep drilling is 
required at both prospects and the 
initial work by IGO was aimed at 
identifying specific and large EM 
targets that may represent targets 
for high grade massive sulphide 
deposits.

The farm-in applies only to two 
tenements, EL7390 and EL8234, 
of Impact’s extensive tenement 
holdings at Broken Hill (Figure 6.1). 
The remaining tenements, which 
are all 100% owned by Impact, are 
considered by Impact to be one of 
the most under explored parts of 
Australia given the long history of 
mining at the nearby Broken Hill 
deposit itself. 

There has been limited exploration 
for the best part of 30 years in the 
area and there is significant potential 
on this ground for the discovery 
of major deposits of silver-lead-
zinc and in particular copper. The 
company is considering its options 
for progressing exploration on these 
tenements.

Results of the EM Survey
One significant electromagnetic 
(EM) conductor has been identified 
by IGO at the southern end of the 
Moorkai Trend (Figure 6.2).

The new EM conductor has 
been modelled to have a high 
conductance of about 8,000 
siemens and with the top edge of 
the modelled EM plate centred at a 
depth of about 350 metres below 
surface. It has a length of about 
420 metres and extends for at least 
85 metres down dip moderately to 
the south. 

The conductor is considered 
prospective for massive sulphide 
mineralisation based on its discrete 
dimensions and modelled high 
conductance. It is a priority target 
for follow-up work and IGO plan 
to drill the conductor by the end 
of 2022.

Figure 6.2: Location of newly identified EM plate in relation to the 9 km long Moorkai 
Trend with previous rock chip and drill results (pre-Impact work).

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The EM plate is located 
approximately 1,000 metres 
southeast along strike from the main 
Platinum Springs Prospect where 
previous drilling by Impact returned 
a narrow intercept of high-grade 
massive sulphide mineralisation in 
PSD002 (Figure 6.1 and ASX Release 
23rd February 2016) that returned:

0.6 metres at 11.5 g/t platinum, 
25.6 g/t palladium, 1.4 g/t gold, 
7.6% copper, 7.4% nickel, 44.3 g/t 
silver, 0.16% cobalt, 1.3 g/t 
rhodium, 1.7 g/t iridium, 2.0 g/t 
osmium and 0.8 g/t ruthenium from 
57.1 metres down hole (Figure 6.2).

A down hole EM survey of PSD002 
indicated the massive sulphide had 
a high conductance greater than 
5,000 siemens and similar to that 
modelled for the new conductor 
(Figure 6.3).

6.2 ABOUT THE PLATINUM 
SPRINGS PROSPECT AND 
MOORKAI TREND
The Platinum Springs Prospect 
lies at the southern end of the 
Moorkai Trend, a nine kilometre 
long ultramafic to mafic dyke and 
chonolith complex that is very poorly 
explored (Figures 6.1 and 6.2). 

Although high grade rock chips 
occur along the entire Trend, only 
the southern end has been explored 
in detail but with limited success 
prior to Impact’s work in the area. 
This is because the mineralisation 
appeared to be discontinuous 
and erratic and the controls on its 
distribution were poorly understood.

Work by Impact, including 
extensive drilling, identified high 
grades of nickel-copper-PGM’s in a 
channel-like structure at the base 
of the ultramafic unit and which has 
yet to be followed up (ASX Release 
9th March 2021). 

The channel-like structure was 
identified in close-spaced drilling 
using Impact’s proprietary ratio for 
PGM mineralisation and was the 
first coherent zone of mineralisation 
defined in the area in over 30 years 

Figure 6.3: High grade massive sulphide from PSD02. The sulphide has a conductance in 
excess of 5,000 siemens and similar to that modelled for the new conductor.

Figure 6.4: 1VD mag image showing location of new EM plate in relation to the Moorkai 
intrusive trend with interpreted feeder zone.

of exploration. This work has led to 
a new geological framework within 
which to understand the Moorkai 
Trend (ASX Release 9th March 2021).

The EM conductor is located within 
a major structure to the southeast 
of the main outcrops of the Moorkai 
intrusive complex (Figures 6.2 and 
6.4). It is possible that the Moorkai 
Trend formed in a large (now folded) 
perpendicular structure between 

two major shear zone structures 
which bound the intrusive complex 
(Figure 6.2 and 6.4). 

These shear zones may be feeder 
zones to the Moorkai Trend and also 
raise the possibility that the Trend 
continues to the south to southeast 
where similar strongly magnetic rocks 
occur under thin cover (Figure 6.4).

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6.3 THE IMPORTANCE OF 
FEEDER ZONES
Recently published scientific work, 
and by the CSIRO in particular, 
has shown that many chonoliths 
and other steeply dipping 
mafic-ultramafic intrusions that host 
significant massive sulphide deposits, 
commonly have mineralisation within 
conduits that act as feeder zones to 
the entire intrusive complex. 

These feeder zones are priority 
target areas because the research 
work has also shown that within 
intrusions with strong vertical 
magma flow, massive sulphides are 
often deposited as the magma slows 
its ascent and drains back down into 
the main conduit. This “back flow” 
can cause deposition of massive 
sulphides in the feeder zone as 
proposed in a very elegant model for 

chonolith development developed 
by Professor Steve Barnes and 
co-workers at CSIRO (Figure 6.5).

Impact has been using this model to 
help drive its exploration programme 
at Broken Hill (ASX Release 
21st January 2021). Accordingly, the 
Company views the new conductor 
identified by IGO as a compelling 
target.

Figure 6.5: Model for the formation of nickel-copper-PGM deposits within evolving magma conduits including chonoliths. Note the massive 
sulphide within the feeder zones/conduit necks (from Barnes, S.J. et al. Ore Geology Reviews Volume 76, July 2016, Pages 296-316)

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7. COMMONWEALTH PROJECT, NSW (IPT 100%) 

During the year a programme of 
17 reverse circulation drill holes 
were completed at the Apsley 
porphyry copper-gold prospect, 
part of the Company’s 100% owned 
Commonwealth project in the 
Lachlan copper-gold province in 
New South Wales (ASX Release 
23rd August 2021 and Figure 7.1). 
The prospect lies about 15 km south 
of the recent significant Boda-Kaiser 
porphy copper discovery (Alkane 
Resources Ltd ASX:ALK).

The drill holes, which are the first 
ever holes to be drilled at Apsley, 
tested a number of specific 
coincident IP geophysical and soil 
geochemistry anomalies at widely 
spaced reconnaissance intervals 
(ASX Releases 10th August 2020, 
16th February 2021, 12th March 2021, 
16th April 2021 and 23rd August 2021). 

A very large halo of copper was 
defined which is interpreted to 
possibly be part of the outer zone 
of a large alteration system around 
an alkaline porphyry copper-gold 
deposit similar to the Ridgeway 
deposit (155 Mt at 0.73 g/t gold 
and 0.38% copper Newcrest Mining 
Limited (ASX: NCM)) 100 km south 
of Apsley and hosted by rocks of the 
same age and geochemistry as at 
Apsley.

The halo is defined by copper values 
of more than 100 ppm copper 
in continuous zones up to nearly 
250 metres thick and potentially 
extending over an area of at least 
1,000 metres by 1,000 metres in size 
(Figure 7.2). There are numerous 
thinner zones up to about 80 metres 
thick that contain between 200 ppm 
and 250 ppm copper and these 
include one to four metre thick zones 
of higher grades of up to 4,700 ppm 
copper related to zones of narrow 
quartz-sulphide veins. The halo 
also contains widespread low-level 
molybdenum (Figure 7.2).

Figure 7.1: Location and geology of Impacts Commonwealth Project in NSW. 

The halo constitutes a significant 
inventory of copper and very recently 
published scientific work about 
the Ridgeway deposit has shown 
that similar grades of copper up to 
200 ppm define a halo that extends 
only 200 metres to 300 metres 
away from the high grade core of the 
deposit (Figure 7.3). 

From a presentation by 
Prof. D Cooke, Centre for Ore 
Deposit and Earth Science 
(“CODES”) at UTAS at geohug.rocks

The size of the halo is also very 
significant given the reconnaissance 
nature of the drill programme which 
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Figure 7.2: View looking South of the copper halo (red bubbles >100 ppm copper, green bubbles >200 ppm copper) with an associated 
molybdenum halo (>2 ppm molybdenum). Thick intercepts of low to modest grade copper occur over an area of at least about one square 
kilometre.

of many hundreds of metres 
between most drill holes (Figure 7.2). 
The Ridgeway deposit, which lies 
400 metres below surface, was not 
discovered until the drill density 
was at a spacing of 200 metres 
by 200 metres between drill holes 
(Figure 7.3). 

Accordingly there is plenty of scope 
to find a Ridgeway sized deposit 
within the copper halo at Apsley.

Three Areas For Follow Up 
Work Identified
Within the large copper halo 
three broad areas for follow up 
work (T1, T2 and T3: Figure 7.4) 
have been identified based on 
zonation patterns in pathfinder and 
commodity metal assemblages 
which are being increasingly used as 
vectors towards ore in exploration 
for porphyry copper-gold deposits 
(ASX Release 10th August 2020). 

Figure 7.3: Summary of the geology and copper values around the Ridgeway deposit located 
near Orange in NSW. Note the very low levels of copper present in so called “unremarkable” 
altered rocks even as close as 200 metres to 300 metres away from the high grade core (RHS 
of Figure). Distinctive alteration halos only occur within 10’s of metres thick around high grade 
zones. The cross section shows a deposit would be easily missed unless the drill spacing was 
about 200 metres between holes.

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At Apsley, metal assemblages typical 
of the core (Cu-Au) and the so-called 
upper phyllic zone (W, Sn, Bi) which 
lies directly above the core of many 
porphyry copper-gold deposits, can 
be readily identified in the drilling 
data and help define the areas for 
follow up work.

Follow up area T1, is a zone 
of overlap between the core 
assemblage and the upper phyllic 
zone assemblage in the north west 
of the halo. Area T2 is a large zone 

defined mainly by the upper phyllic 
zone and strong alteration present 
in Hole APIPT001 in the centre of the 
halo. Area T3 may represent a target 
at depth in the south east corner of 
the halo (Figure 7.4).

However, the widespread nature of 
the drilling and also the low levels 
of copper and in particular gold 
reported are insufficient at this stage 
to provide more definitive vectors 
to ore. 

This interpretation of the zonation 
at Apsley is based on a widely 
used model for the levels of 
metals present around porphyry 
copper-gold deposits 

NEXT STEPS
The Apsley target was drilled 
because of the strong combined 
geophysical and geochemical 
anomalies. The results, whilst very 
encouraging are not as definitive as 
required for immediate follow up 
drilling. Further drilling is required, 
possibly to some depth, in several 
areas. However, further studies on 
the nature and composition of the 
alteration minerals are required first 
in order to determine further vectors 
to ore.

During the year Impact received 
several unsolicited approaches to 
evaluate the Commonwealth project. 
In August 2022 Impact reached an 
agreement to sell a 75% interest in 
the project to unrelated company 
Burrendong Resources Pty Ltd. 
Burrendong is aiming to conduct an 
IPO in 2023.

Figure 7.4: Maps showing the down hole traces of drill holes showing metal assemblages for 
copper-gold (Cu-Au core) and molybdenum-tungsten-tin (Mo-W-Sn upper phyllic zone) at 
Apsley. Three target areas for follow up work have been identified (T1, T2 and T3).

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At Apsley, metal assemblages typical of the core (Cu-Au) and the so-called upper phyllic zone (W, Sn, Bi) which lies 
directly above the core of many porphyry copper-gold deposits, can be readily identified in the drilling data and help 
define the areas for follow up work.

Follow up area T1, is a zone of overlap between the core assemblage and the upper phyllic zone assemblage in the 
north west of the halo. Area T2 is a large zone defined mainly by the upper phyllic zone and strong alteration present 
in Hole APIPT001 in the centre of the halo. Area T3 may represent a target at depth in the south east corner of the halo 
(Figure 7.4).

However, the widespread nature of the drilling and also the low levels of copper and in particular gold reported are 
insufficient at this stage to provide more definitive vectors to ore. 

This interpretation of the zonation at Apsley is based on a widely used model for the levels of metals present around 
porphyry copper-gold deposits 

NEXT STEPS
The Apsley target was drilled because of the strong combined geophysical and geochemical anomalies. The results, 
whilst very encouraging are not as definitive as required for immediate follow up drilling. Further drilling is required, 
possibly to some depth, in several areas. However, further studies on the nature and composition of the alteration 
minerals are required first in order to determine further vectors to ore.

During the year Impact received several unsolicited approaches to evaluate the Commonwealth project. In August 
2022 Impact reached an agreement to sell a 75% interest in the project to unrelated company Burrendong Resources 
Pty Ltd. Burrendong is aiming to conduct an IPO in 2023.

COMMONWEALTH AND SILICA HILL DEPOSITS
The focus on porphyry copper exploration during the year lead to no work being done at the Commonwealth and 
Silica Hill deposits where Mineral Resources containing 88,800 ounces of gold and 3.3 million ounces of silver have 
been defined (ASX Release August 22nd 2019).

The Mineral Resources were prepared in accordance with the JORC 2012 Code by independent resource consultants 
Optiro and are stated in the tables below.

The Inferred Resource for the Commonwealth deposit at a cut-off of 0.5 g/t gold is:

COMMONWEALTH (MAIN SHAFT TO COMMONWEALTH SOUTH)

Resource 
Classification 
Cut-off  
0.5 g/t gold

Tonnes

Gold (g/t)

Contained 
gold (oz)

Silver (g/t)

Contained 
silver (oz)

Zinc (%)

Lead (%)

Copper (%)

Inferred

912,000

2.4

70,800

44

1,300,000

1.20%

0.50%

0.08

A separate Inferred Mineral Resource (included within the overall resource) has also been calculated for a high grade 
massive sulphide lens at Main Shaft alone to demonstrate the high grade nature of such deposits which are the 
principal target for Impact’s exploration programme. The Main Shaft Inferred Resource is:

MAIN SHAFT MASSSIVE SULPHIDE LENS

Resource 
Classification 
Cut-off  
0.5 g/t gold

Tonnes

Gold (g/t)

Contained 
gold (oz)

Silver (g/t)

Contained 
silver (oz)

Zinc (%)

Lead (%)

Copper (%)

Inferred

142,000

4.5

20,600

161

737,500

4.6

1.7

0.2

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At Silica Hill the maiden Inferred Resource at a 50 g/t silver cut-off is:

Resource Classification  
Cut-off 50 g/t silver

Lode

Tonnes (t)

Silver (g/t)

SILICA HILL

Inferred

Inferred

North

397,000

South

313,000

TOTAL

710,000

89

87

88

Contained 
silver (oz)

1,136,000

871,000

2,007,000

Gold (g/t)

Contained 
gold (oz)

1

0.5

0.8

12,900

5,100

18,000

The resources are open along trend and at depth and extensive further resource definition and extensional drilling is 
required to follow up key intercepts at Main Shaft, Commonwealth South and Silica Hill.

ABOUT THE MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE AT COMMONWEALTH
The mineralisation at Commonwealth-Main Shaft is typical of a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) type system, 
containing high grade gold, silver, zinc, lead and copper mineralisation which occurs at the upper contact of a 
porphyritic rhyolite with the overlying volcanic sedimentary rocks.

The Commonwealth Resource strike length is 400 m and it is open along trend in particular to the south. The 
mineralisation has been defined to a maximum depth of 150 m and is still open.

The total number of holes drilled at the Commonwealth Project by Impact and previous explorers in a number of 
separate drill campaigns is 132. Of these holes, 66 were used in the estimation to define a wireframe model. Impact 
has twinned some of the historical higher grade intersections and these have largely confirmed the grades and widths. 
The average depth of the drill holes is 52 metres highlighting the shallow nature of the deposit. Holes were drilled with 
a variety of azimuths and dips to ensure the mineralised units were intersected at optimal angles.

Quality control measures employed by Impact included the use of certified standards (1% of total sample population), 
field duplicates (2% of total sample population) and blanks (2% of total sample population). No previous quality 
assurance/quality control (QAQC) has been carried out at the Commonwealth Project. Analysis of the standards and 
blanks showed acceptable to good levels of accuracy in the assaying and little contamination. The duplicate samples 
matched the originals with a high degree of precision.

The drill hole database was reviewed and validated. The top cuts used were gold 30 ppm, silver 500 ppm, copper 1% 
and zinc 10%.

Three-dimensional solid wireframes were constructed from sectional interpretations of the mineralisation using a 
nominal 0.5 g/t gold cut-off grade. Drill hole intercepts were composited downhole to 1 m lengths and gold, silver, 
copper, zinc, lead and arsenic grade estimation was carried out using ordinary kriging with hard boundaries.

Three search passes, with increasing search distances and decreasing minimum sample numbers, were employed 
to fully inform the model. All elements filled all cells in the first three search passes.

The Commonwealth Mineral Resource estimate has been classified as an Inferred Mineral Resource in accordance with 
the guidelines of the Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves 
(the JORC Code, 2012). Mineral Resources have been classified on the basis of confidence in geological and grade 
continuity, geological modelling confidence, grade continuity and limited QAQC. No Measured or Indicated Mineral 
Resources have been defined.

The Mineral Resource estimate for the Commonwealth Project has been reported above a 0.5 ppm gold cut-off grade. 
The estimate has been depleted for previous historic mining.

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ABOUT THE MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE AT SILICA HILL
The mineralisation at Silica Hill lies between 60 m and 200 m north east of the Commonwealth deposit. It comprises 
a stockwork of veins and disseminations of gold, silver, zinc, lead and copper minerals typical of certain epithermal 
styles of mineralisation. Visible silver minerals such as proustite and pyrargyrite are common. The mineralisation 
is hosted by a large flow banded rhyolite flow or sill with large phenocrysts of quartz and feldspar throughout the 
unit. Within the rhyolite is a second porphyry unit of a different composition that separates the two main zones of 
mineralisation.

The Silica Hill Resource strike length is 500 metres and it is open along trend in particular to the south. The 
mineralisation has been defined to a maximum depth of 290 metres and is still open.

The Mineral resource comprises two limbs, one being south-south west dipping lode (South Lode) that truncates a 
north- northeast steeply dipping lode (North Lode). These Mineral Resources have a total strike length of 240 metres 
and extend vertically to about 190 metres below surface for the North Lode and to 290 metres below surface for the 
South Lode. The horizontal width is variable ranging from 4 metres to 40 metres and averaging 20 metres where the 
two limbs are separate and 75 metres wide where the two limbs join.

Thirty four drill holes, 10 RC and 24 diamond, have been completed at Silica Hill, all drilled by Impact. Of these holes, 
32 were used in the estimation to define a wireframe model.

Quality control measures employed during drill programmes by Impact included the use of certified standards (1% of 
total sample population), field duplicates (2% of total sample population) and blanks (2% of total sample population). 
Analysis of the standards and blanks showed acceptable to good levels of accuracy in the assaying and little 
contamination. The duplicate samples matched the originals with a high degree of precision.

The drill hole database was reviewed and validated. Three-dimensional solid wireframes were constructed from 
sectional interpretations of the mineralisation using a nominal 15 g/t silver cut-off grade. Drill hole intercepts were 
composited downhole to 1 m lengths and gold and silver grade estimation was carried out using top-cut ordinary 
kriging with hard boundaries.

The top cuts used were respectively 525 g/t silver and 4.8 g/t gold for the north lode and 350 g/t silver and 2.5 g/t 
gold for the south lode.

Three search passes, with increasing search distances and decreasing minimum sample numbers, were employed to 
fully inform the model. For silver 15% of the blocks and for gold 6% of the blocks did not receive an estimate in the first 
three passes. These blocks were assigned the nearest estimated grade.

The Mineral Resource estimate for Silica Hill has been reported above a 50 g/t silver cut-off grade.

The Silica Hill Mineral Resource estimate has been classified as an Inferred Mineral Resource in accordance with the 
guidelines of the Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves 
(the JORC Code, 2012). Mineral Resources have been classified on the basis of confidence in geological and grade 
continuity, geological modelling confidence, grade continuity and limited QAQC. No Measured or Indicated Mineral 
Resources have been defined.

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Directors’ Report

Your Directors present their report on the consolidated entity consisting of Impact Minerals Limited (“the Company”) and 
its subsidiaries (“the Group” or “the Consolidated Entity”) and its subsidiaries at the end of the year ended 30 June 2022.

DIRECTORS
The following persons were Directors of Impact Minerals Limited during the whole of the financial year and up to the 
date of this report unless noted otherwise:

 – Peter Unsworth, Non-Executive Chairman
 – Michael Jones, Managing Director
 – Paul Ingram, Non-Executive Director
 – Frank Bierlein, Non-Executive Director (appointed 13 October 2021)
 – Markus Elsasser, Non-Executive Director (retired 31 January 2022)

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
The principal activity of the Group during the financial year was exploration for deposits of nickel, gold, copper and 
platinum group elements.

FINANCIAL RESULTS
The consolidated loss of the Group after providing for income tax for the year ended 30 June 2022 was $2,399,307 
(2021: $4,760,174).

DIVIDENDS
No dividends have been paid or declared since the start of the financial year. No recommendation for the payment of a 
dividend has been made by the Directors.

OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL REVIEW
During the year Impact continued a significant strategic change in focus from its long-standing projects in eastern 
Australia to a new and significant portfolio of battery, precious and strategic metals projects in the emerging mineral 
province of south west Western Australia.

Exploration during the year has focussed on this new portfolio and in particular on the flagship Arkun-Beau project 
centred about 200 km south-east of Perth and first staked in 2020. Here, first pass reconnaissance soil geochemistry 
surveys along gazetted roads and tracks returned a significant number of anomalies for a range of deposit styles 
including nickel-copper-PGM hosted by mafic rocks, lithium pegmatites as well as rare earth elements and rubidium 
hosted by both weathered and fresh intrusive rocks.

The anomalies all lie within freehold farmland and considerable time was spent during the year negotiating land access 
agreements with landowners. To date about 30 agreements have been signed or are in progress.

An airborne EM survey was also completed over seven priority areas and this data is currently being interpreted along 
with the results of 900 follow up soil samples to identify targets for drilling in early 2023.

Impact also acquired three further 100% owned projects and entered into four joint ventures on very attractive terms 
during the year bringing the company’s total land position in Western Australia to about 4,000 km2.

Preliminary soil geochemistry traverses on the three 100% owned projects, Dinninup, Mineral Hill and Martup Hills as 
well as one of the joint venture projects, Jumbo, adjacent to Arkun, all returned significant anomalies for the same 
range of metals as Arkun and this is very encouraging. A synthesis and interpretation of previous exploration data is 
underway on two of the other joint venture projects, Dalgaranga and Narryer.

First pass drill programmes were also completed at the Hopetoun joint venture located near the mining centre of 
Ravensthorpe and also the previously acquired Doonia joint venture located 80 km east of Kambalda. Data including 
assays from these drill programmes are still being interpreted with a view to determining next steps.

An integral part of the change in strategic focus has been the rationalisation of Impact’s projects in eastern 
Australia. As part of this process during the year Impact completed the sale of two tenements which were part of 
the Commonwealth project to Orange Minerals Limited (“Orange”) for $180,000 cash and 250,000 shares. Orange 
listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in December 2021 (ASX:OMX). Impact also still holds 1,000,000 shares 
in Australasian Metals Limited (ASX:A8G) which it received for the sale of the Clermont project in Queensland in 
early 2021.

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In addition, the Company also agreed to the sale of the Blackridge gold project in Queensland under the following 
terms:

 – $30,000 cash for the outright sale of ML2386; 
 – $50,000 cash as a non-refundable option fee to purchase Impact’s subsidiary company Blackridge Exploration Pty 
Ltd within two years for $350,000 and which holds three exploration licences EPM26806, EPM27410 and EPM27571; 
and

 – a 1% NSR royalty for all gold produced after the first 5,000 ounces of production. 

Subsequent to the year end, Impact also agreed to sell 75% of the Commonwealth Project to unlisted company 
Burrendong Resources Pty Ltd. The sale is subject to Burrendong listing on the ASX by mid-2023.

Impact is now considering its options for its last remaining project in eastern Australia, the Broken Hill Project. During 
the year Impact entered into an agreement whereby IGO Limited, one of Australia’s leading mining and exploration 
companies agreed to farm into two tenements which form a small part of the Broken Hill project and which are 
prospective for deposits of nickel, copper and PGM. IGO can spend up to $18 million over 8 years to earn a 75% interest 
in the tenements. As part of the first-year exploration programme IGO has completed a major ground electromagnetic 
survey over the two tenements concerned. A significant deep-seated conductor has been identified and IGO have 
indicated that this will be drill tested by the end of 2022 if possible.

FINANCIAL
As at 30 June 2022, the Group had net assets of $18,557,017 (2021: $15,632,776) including cash and cash equivalents of 
$3,816,089 (2021: $3,415,778).

Competent Persons Statement
The review of operations contained in this report is based on information compiled by Dr Mike Jones, a Member of the 
Australian Institute of Geoscientists. He is a director of the Company and works for Impact Minerals Limited. He has 
sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and types of deposits under consideration and to 
the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 edition of the Australasian 
Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code). Dr Jones has 
consented to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which 
it appears.

Impact Minerals confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information 
included in previous market announcements and in the case of mineral resource estimates, that all material assumptions 
and technical parameters underpinning the estimates continue to apply and have not materially changed.

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE STATE OF AFFAIRS
Significant changes in the state of affairs of the Group during the financial year were as follows:

 – In March 2022, the Company raised $2,000,000 (before costs) via a placement of 166,666,667 new shares at an 

issue price of 1.2 cents each.

 – In June 2022 the Company completed a Renounceable Rights Issue raising $3,199,999 (before costs) via the issue of 
290,908,970 new shares at an issue price of 1.1 cents each together with one free attaching listed option exercisable 
at $0.02 on or before 2 June 2024 for every two new shares subscribed for (145,454,389 Listed Options). A further 
12,800,000 listed options were issued to the underwriter as part consideration for their services.

EVENTS SINCE THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR
In August 2022 the Company announced that it had agreed to implement a Share Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with 
Burrendong Minerals Limited (“Burrendong”) whereby Burrendong would acquire 75% of the shares in Impact’s wholly 
owned subsidiary Endeavour Minerals Pty Ltd (“Endeavour”). The principal assets of Endeavour are the Commonwealth 
Project tenements (EL8504, EL8505, EL5874, EL8212 and EL8252). Burrendong intends to list on the ASX.

There has not arisen in the interval between the end of the financial year and the date of this report any other item, 
transaction or event of a material and unusual nature likely, in the opinion of the Directors, to affect significantly the 
operations, the results of those operations, or the state of affairs of the Group in future financial years.

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  35 

LIKELY DEVELOPMENTS AND EXPECTED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The Directors are not aware of any developments that might have a significant effect on the operations of the Group in 
subsequent financial years not already disclosed in this report.

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
The Group is subject to significant environmental regulation in respect of its exploration activities. Tenements in 
Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland are granted subject to adherence to environmental conditions 
with strict controls on clearing, including a prohibition on the use of mechanised equipment or development 
without the  approval of the relevant government agencies, and with rehabilitation required on completion of 
exploration activities. These regulations are controlled by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety 
(Western Australia), the Department of Industry (New South Wales) and the Department of Natural Resources, Mines 
and Energy (Queensland).

Impact Minerals Limited conducts its exploration activities in an environmentally sensitive manner and the Group is not 
aware of any breach of statutory conditions or obligations.

Greenhouse gas and energy data reporting requirements
The Directors have considered compliance with the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 which 
requires entities to report annual greenhouse gas emissions and energy use. The Directors have assessed that there are 
no current reporting requirements for the year ended 30 June 2022, however reporting requirements may change in 
the future.

INFORMATION ON DIRECTORS 

Peter Unsworth 

B.Com (Non-Executive Chairman), Director since 28 April 2006

Experience and expertise Mr Unsworth, formerly a chartered accountant, has more than 40 years’ experience in the 
corporate finance, investment, and securities industries and has a wealth of management 
experience with both public and private companies. A former Executive Director with a 
leading Western Australian stockbroking company, Mr Unsworth has been a Director of a 
number of public exploration and mining companies. He is a former Director and Chairman of 
the Western Australian Government owned Gold Corporation (operator of The Perth Mint).

Other current  
directorships

None

Former directorships in  
last three years

Stealth Global Holdings Limited (appointed July 2018, retired October 2019)

Special responsibilities

Chair of the Board

Interests in shares and 
options

Ordinary shares – Impact Minerals Limited

Unlisted options – Impact Minerals Limited

Listed options – Impact Minerals Limited

19,994,440

35,000,000

2,000,171

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Impact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022

Michael Jones 

PhD, MAIG (Managing Director), Director since 31 March 2006

Experience and expertise Dr Jones completed undergraduate and post-graduate studies in Mining and Exploration 
Geology at Imperial College, London. His PhD work on gold mineralisation saw him move 
to Western Australia in 1988 to work for Western Mining Corporation exploring for gold 
and nickel deposits in the Yilgarn. From 1994, he consulted to the exploration and mining 
industry specialising in the integration of geological field mapping and the interpretation of 
geochemical, geophysical and remotely sensed data for target generation. 

Dr Jones has worked on over 80 projects both in Greenfields and near mine exploration in 
a wide variety of mineralised terrains and was the founding Director of Lithofire Consulting 
Geologists in Perth, Australia. He was also the team leader during the discovery of a 
significant gold deposit at the Higginsville Mining Centre, near Kalgoorlie and an iron ore 
deposit near Newman, both in Western Australia.

Other current  
directorships

Former directorships in  
last three years

None

None

Special responsibilities

Managing Director

Interests in shares and 
options

Ordinary shares – Impact Minerals Limited

Unlisted options – Impact Minerals Limited

Listed options – Impact Minerals Limited

9,643,814

71,000,000

964,380

Paul Ingram 

B.AppSc, AIMM, MICA (Non-Executive Director), Director since 27 September 2009

Experience and expertise Mr Ingram is a geologist with extensive experience in managing major mineral exploration 

programs for several publicly listed companies and has been involved in the mining 
sector for over forty years. He has designed and implemented innovative techniques for 
exploration in remote areas and has managed projects in countries throughout Australia 
and east Asia.

Other current  
directorships

A-Cap Resources Limited (Director since June 2009)

Besra Gold Inc. (Director since September 2020)

Former directorships in  
last three years

None

Special responsibilities

None

Interests in shares and 
options

Ordinary shares – Impact Minerals Limited

Unlisted options – Impact Minerals Limited

Listed options – Impact Minerals Limited

725,850

20,000,000

72,584

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Frank Bierlein 

PhD (Non-Executive Director), Director since 13 October 2021

Experience and expertise Dr Bierlein is a geologist with 30 years of experience as a consultant, researcher, lecturer 

and industry professional. Dr Bierlein has held exploration and generative geology 
management positions with QMSD Mining Co Ltd, Qatar Mining, Afmeco Australia and 
Areva NC, and consulted for, among others, Newmont Gold, Resolute Mining, Goldfields 
International, Freeport-McMoRan, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. He 
was a non- executive director of Gold Australia Pty Ltd from 2015 to 2019 and chaired 
the Advisory Board of a Luxemburg- based private equity fund between 2014 and 
2021. Dr Bierlein has worked on six continents spanning multiple commodities, and 
over the course of his career has published and co-authored more than 130 articles 
in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Dr Bierlein obtained a PhD (Geology) from the 
University of Melbourne, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG), and 
a member of both the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) and the Society of Geology 
Applied to Mineral Deposits.

Other current  
directorships

PNX Metals Limited (Director since June 2021)

Blackstone Limited (Director since November 2021)

Firetail Resources Limited (Director since November 2021)

Former directorships in  
last three years

None

Special responsibilities

None

Interests in shares and 
options

COMPANY SECRETARY

Unlisted options – Impact Minerals Limited

8,000,000

Bernard Crawford 

B.Com, CA, MBA, AGIA ACG (appointed 4 April 2016)

Mr Crawford is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years’ experience in the resources industry in Australia and overseas. 
He has held various positions in finance and management with NYSE, TSX and ASX listed companies. Mr Crawford is the 
CFO and/or Company Secretary of a number of public companies. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the 
University of Western Australia, a Master of Business Administration from London Business School and is a Member of 
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and the Governance Institute of Australia.

MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS
The number of formal meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors held during the year ended 30 June 2022, and the 
number of meetings attended by each Director were:

Peter Unsworth

Michael Jones

Paul Ingram

Frank Bierlein

Markus Elsasser

Number of 
meetings 
attended

Number of 
meetings 
eligible to 
attend

7

7

7

5

4

7

7

7

5

4

The directors also have a number of informal meetings with management during the year, both in person and by 
conference call.

RETIREMENT, ELECTION AND CONTINUATION IN OFFICE OF DIRECTORS
Mr Peter Unsworth, being a Director retiring by rotation who, being eligible, will offer himself for re-election at the 
Annual General Meeting.

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Impact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022

REMUNERATION REPORT (AUDITED)
The Directors present the Impact Minerals Limited 2022 Remuneration Report, outlining key aspects of the Company’s 
remuneration policy and framework, and remuneration awarded this year.

The report contains the following sections:

a)  Key management personnel covered in this report

b)  Remuneration governance and the use of remuneration consultants

c)  Executive remuneration policy and framework

d)  Relationship between remuneration and the Group’s performance

e)  Non-executive director remuneration policy

f)  Voting and comments made at the Company’s last Annual General Meeting

g)  Details of remuneration

h)  Service agreements

i)  Details of share-based compensation and bonuses

j) 

Equity instruments held by key management personnel

k)  Loans to key management personnel

l)  Other transactions with key management personnel.

A)  KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL COVERED IN THIS REPORT
Non-Executive and Executive Directors (see pages 35 to 37 for details about each director)

Name

Position

Peter Unsworth

Non-Executive Chairman

Michael Jones

Managing Director

Paul Ingram

Non-Executive Director

Frank Bierlein

Non-Executive Director

Markus Elsasser

Non-Executive Director

B)  REMUNERATION GOVERNANCE AND THE USE OF REMUNERATION CONSULTANTS
The Company does not have a Remuneration Committee. Remuneration matters are handled by the full Board of the 
Company. In this respect the Board is responsible for:

 – the over-arching executive remuneration framework;
 – the operation of the incentive plans which apply to executive directors and senior executives (the executive team), 

including key performance indicators and performance hurdles;

 – remuneration levels of executives; and
 – non-executive director fees.

The objective of the Board is to ensure that remuneration policies and structures are fair and competitive and aligned 
with the long-term interests of the Company.

In addition, all matters of remuneration are handled in accordance with the Corporations Act requirements, especially 
with regards to related party transactions. That is, none of the Directors participate in any deliberations regarding their 
own remuneration or related issues.

Independent external advice is sought from remuneration consultants when required, however no advice was sought 
during the year ended 30 June 2022.

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C)  EXECUTIVE REMUNERATION POLICY AND FRAMEWORK
In determining executive remuneration, the Board aims to ensure that remuneration practices are:

 – competitive and reasonable, enabling the Company to attract and retain key talent;
 – aligned to the Company’s strategic and business objectives and the creation of shareholder value;
 – transparent and easily understood; and
 – acceptable to shareholders.

All executives receive consulting fees or a salary, part of which may be taken as superannuation, and from time to time, 
options. The Board reviews executive packages annually by reference to the executive’s performance and comparable 
information from industry sectors and other listed companies in similar industries.

All remuneration paid to specified executives is valued at the cost to the Group and expensed. Options are valued using 
a Black-Scholes option pricing model.

D)  RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REMUNERATION AND THE GROUP’S PERFORMANCE
Emoluments of Directors are set by reference to payments made by other companies of similar size and industry, 
and by reference to the skills and experience of Directors. Fees paid to Non-Executive Directors are not linked to the 
performance of the Group. This policy may change once the exploration phase is complete and the Group is generating 
revenue. At present the existing remuneration policy is not impacted by the Group’s performance including earnings 
and changes in shareholder wealth (e.g. changes in share price) with the exception of incentive options issued to 
Directors, subject to shareholder approval. 

The Board has not set short term performance indicators, such as movements in the Company’s share price, for the 
determination of Non-Executive Director emoluments as the Board believes this may encourage performance which 
is not in the long-term interests of the Company and its shareholders. The Board has structured its remuneration 
arrangements in such a way it believes is in the best interests of building shareholder wealth in the longer term. The 
Board believes participation in the Company’s Incentive Option Scheme motivates key management and executives 
with the long-term interests of shareholders.

E)  NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REMUNERATION POLICY
The Board policy is to remunerate Non-Executive Directors at commercial market rates for comparable companies for 
their time, commitment and responsibilities. Non-Executive Directors receive a Board fee but do not receive fees for 
chairing or participating on Board committees. Board members are allocated superannuation guarantee contributions 
as required by law, and do not receive any other retirement benefits. From time to time, some individuals may choose to 
sacrifice their salary or consulting fees to increase payments towards superannuation.

The maximum annual aggregate Non-Executive Directors’ fee pool limit is $250,000 as approved by shareholders at 
the Company’s 2016 Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) held on 9 November 2016.

Fees for Non-Executive Directors are not linked to the performance of the Group. Non-Executive Directors’ 
remuneration may also include an incentive portion consisting of options, subject to approval by shareholders.

F)  VOTING AND COMMENTS MADE AT THE COMPANY’S LAST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Impact Minerals Limited received more than 90% of “yes” votes on its Remuneration Report for the 2021 financial year. 
The Company did not receive any specific feedback at the AGM or throughout the year on its remuneration practices.

Directors’ Reportcontinued40 

Impact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022

G)  DETAILS OF REMUNERATION
The following table show details of the remuneration received by the Group’s key management personnel for the 
current and previous financial year.

Short-term employment 
benefits

Post-
employment 
benefits

Salary & fees
$

Non-
monetary 
benefit
$

Super-
annuation
$

Share-based payments

Shares
$

Options
$

Total
$

% of 
remuneration 
to total from 
shares and 
options
%

59,361

246,880

32,877

23,836

21,096

384,050

56,240

246,879

28,585

31,300

363,004

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

5,936

–

3,288

2,384

–

11,608

5,343

–

2,715

–

8,058

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

91,000

156,297

175,000

421,880

56,000

56,000

56,000

92,165

82,220

77,096

434,000

829,658

25,015

51,795

13,701

13,701

86,598

298,674

45,001

45,001

104,212

475,274

58.2

41.5

60.8

68.1

72.6

–

28.9

17.3

30.4

30.4

–

Name

2022

Directors

P Unsworth

M Jones

P Ingram

F Bierlein(1)

M Elsasser(2)

TOTALS

2021

Directors

P Unsworth

M Jones

P Ingram

M Elsasser

TOTALS

(1)  Appointed 13 October 2021.

(2)  Retired 31 January 2022.

No components of remuneration are linked to the performance of the Group.

H)  SERVICE AGREEMENTS
M Jones, Managing Director
 Dr Jones is remunerated pursuant to an ongoing Consultancy Services Agreement. Dr Jones was paid fees of $246,880 
for the year ended 30 June 2022. The notice period (other than for gross misconduct) is three months.

I)  DETAILS OF SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION AND BONUSES
Options
Options over ordinary shares in Impact Minerals Limited are granted under the Employee Option Acquisition Plan 
(“Option Plan”). Participation in the Option Plan and any vesting criteria are at the Board’s discretion and no individual 
has a contractual right to participate in the Option Plan or to receive any guaranteed benefits. Any options issued to 
Directors of the Company are subject to shareholder approval. Options issued to Directors in the 2022 financial year 
were approved by shareholders at the 2021 Annual General Meeting.

Further information on the fair value of share options and assumptions is set out in Note 24 to the financial statements.

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J)  EQUITY INSTRUMENTS HELD BY KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
 The following tables detail the number of fully paid ordinary shares and options over ordinary shares in the Company 
that were held during the financial year and the previous financial year by key management personnel of the Group, 
including their close family members and entities related to them.

Options

2022

Directors

Opening 
balance at  
1 July

Granted as
remuneration

Options 
exercised

Net change 
(other)

Balance at  
30 June

Vested 
but not 
exercisable

Vested and 
exercisable

Vested 
during the 
year

P Unsworth 30,000,000 13,000,000

–

(5,999,829)

37,000,171

M Jones

66,000,000 25,000,000

– (19,035,620) 71,964,380

P Ingram

16,000,000 8,000,000

F Bierlein

–

8,000,000

M Elsasser(1) 16,000,000 8,000,000

–

–

–

(3,927,416) 20,072,584

–

8,000,000

n/a

n/a

TOTALS

128,000,000 62,000,000

– (28,962,865)

137,037,135

–

–

–

–

–

–

37,000,171

71,964,380

20,072,584

8,000,000

n/a

137,037,135

–

–

–

–

–

–

2021

Directors

P Unsworth 32,000,000

M Jones

71,000,000

P Ingram

17,000,000

M Elsasser

17,000,000

TOTALS

137,000,000

(1)  Retired 31 January 2022.

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(2,000,000) 30,000,000

– 30,000,000 13,000,000

(5,000,000) 66,000,000

– 66,000,000 28,000,000

(1,000,000) 16,000,000

(1,000,000) 16,000,000

(9,000,000) 128,000,000

–

–

–

16,000,000

7,000,000

16,000,000

7,000,000

128,000,000 55,000,000

During the year, no ordinary shares in the Company were issued to Directors as a result of the exercise of remuneration 
options.

Shareholdings

2022

Directors

P Unsworth

M Jones

P Ingram

F Bierlein

M Elsasser(1)

TOTALS

2021

Directors

P Unsworth

M Jones

P Ingram

M Elsasser

TOTALS

(1)  Retired 31 January 2022.

Opening 
balance
at 1 July

Granted as
remuneration

Options
exercised

Net change
(other)

Balance
at 30 June

15,994,098

7,715,052

580,680

–

23,310,402

47,600,232

15,994,098

7,715,052

580,680

23,310,402

47,600,232

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4,000,342 19,994,440

1,928,762

9,643,814

145,170

725,850

–

n/a

–

n/a

6,074,274 30,364,104

–

–

–

–

–

15,994,098

7,715,052

580,680

23,310,402

47,600,232

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Impact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022

The assessed fair value at grant date of options granted to individuals is allocated equally over the period from 
grant date to vesting date, (and the amount included in the remuneration tables above). Fair values at grant date are 
determined using a Black-Scholes option pricing model that takes into account the exercise price, the term of the 
option, the impact of dilution, the share price at grant date and expected volatility of the underlying share, the expected 
dividend yield and the risk-free interest rate for the term of the option.

K)  LOANS TO KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
There were no loans to individuals or members of key management personnel during the financial year or the previous 
financial year.

L)  OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
There were no other transactions with key management personnel during the financial year or the previous 
financial year. 

END OF REMUNERATION REPORT (AUDITED)

SHARES UNDER OPTION
Unissued ordinary shares of the Company under option at the date of this report are as follows: 

Date options granted

8 Nov 2018

8 Nov 2019 and 15 Nov 2019

30 Apr 2021

30 Nov 2021

16 Mar 2022

21 Apr 2022

22 Apr 2022

3 June 2022 (Listed)

TOTAL

Expiry date

Issue price of 
shares

Number 
under option

30 Nov 2022

$0.0375 20,000,000

5 Nov 2023

$0.0149 93,000,000

29 Apr 2023

$0.03

4,000,000

31 Oct 2025

$0.0217 83,000,000

15 Mar 2023

$0.03

500,000

31 Oct 2025

$0.024

4,000,000

22 April 2025

$0.024

3,000,000

2 Jun 2024

$0.02 158,254,389

365,754,389

No option holder has any right under the options to participate in any other share issue of the Company or any 
other entity.

SHARES ISSUED ON THE EXERCISE OF OPTIONS
There were no shares issued on the exercise of options during the year and up to the date of this report.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT
The Company’s 2022 Corporate Governance Statement has been released as a separate document and is located on 
the Company’s website at http://www.impactminerals.com.au/corporate-governance/.

PROCEEDINGS ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP
No person has applied to the Court under section 237 of the Corporations Act 2001 for leave to bring proceedings on 
behalf of the Company, or to intervene in any proceedings to which the Company is a party, for the purpose of taking 
responsibility on behalf of the Company for all or part of those proceedings.

Directors’ ReportcontinuedImpact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022 

  43 

INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
During the financial year, the Company paid a premium to insure the Directors and Officers of the consolidated entity 
against any liability incurred as a Director or Officer to the extent permitted by the Corporations Act 2001. The contract 
of insurance prohibits the disclosure of the nature of the liabilities covered or the amount of the premium paid.

The Group has not entered into any agreement with its current auditors indemnifying them against claims by a third 
party arising from their position as auditor.

NON-AUDIT SERVICES
The Company may decide to employ the auditor on assignments additional to their statutory audit duties where the 
auditor’s expertise and experience with the Company and/or the Group are important.

Details of the amounts paid or payable to the auditor (Hall Chadwick WA Audit Pty Ltd) for audit and non-audit 
services provided during the year are set out in Note 19. During the year ended 30 June 2022, no fees were paid or 
were payable for non-audit services provided by the auditor of the consolidated entity (2021: $Nil).

AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
A copy of the Auditor’s Independence Declaration as required under section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 is set 
out on the following page.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.

Peter Unsworth 
Chairman

Perth, 28 September 2022

Directors’ Reportcontinued44 

Impact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022

Auditor’s Independence Declaration

To the Board of Directors 

AUDITOR’S 
CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 

INDEPENDENCE  DECLARATION  UNDER  SECTION  307C  OF  THE 

As lead audit Director for the audit of the financial statements of Impact Minerals Limited for the financial year 

ended 30 June 2022, I declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief, there have been no contraventions 
of: 

• 

• 

the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit; and 

any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit. 

Yours Faithfully 

HALL CHADWICK WA AUDIT PTY LTD 

MARK DELAURENTIS  CA 
Director 

Dated this 28th day of September 2022 
Perth, Western Australia 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Impact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022 

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Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss  
and Other Comprehensive Income
for the year ended 30 June 2022

Revenue from operating activities

Other income

Corporate and administration expense

Depreciation expense

Employee benefits expense

Impairment of exploration expenditure

Occupancy expense

Loss before tax from continuing operations

Income tax expense

Loss for the year from continuing operations

Other comprehensive income (OCI)

Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss

Change in the fair value of financial assets through OCI

Other comprehensive income for the year (net of tax)

Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to the owners of Impact 
Minerals Limited

Notes

3(a)

3(a)

3(b)

11

5

10

Consolidated

2022
$

3,509

444,385

2021
$

15,630

140,152

(751,010)

(717,709)

(16,956)

(39,072)

(886,164)

(383,217)

(1,121,911)

(3,712,774)

(71,160)

(63,184)

(2,399,307)

(4,760,174)

–

–

(2,399,307)

(4,760,174)

27,500

27,500

45,000

45,000

(2,371,807)

(4,715,174)

Cents
per share

Cents
per share

Loss per share attributable to the owners of Impact Minerals Limited

Basic and diluted loss per share

18

(0.11)

(0.26)

The Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
for the year ended 30 June 2022

ASSETS

Current Assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables

Other current assets

Assets held for sale

Total Current Assets

Non-Current Assets

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

Property, plant and equipment

Exploration expenditure

Other non-current assets

Total Non-Current Assets

TOTAL ASSETS

LIABILITIES

Current Liabilities

Trade and other payables

Short-term provisions

Total Current Liabilities

TOTAL LIABILITIES

NET ASSETS

EQUITY

Issued capital

Option reserve

Transactions with non-controlling interest

Financial asset reserve

Accumulated losses

TOTAL EQUITY

Notes

Consolidated

2022
$

2021
$

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

3,816,089

3,415,778

107,172

76,013

3,482,942

38,999

27,047

115,141

7,482,216

3,596,965

222,500

145,000

27,710

25,319

11,195,288

11,993,262

273,055

262,555

11,718,553

12,426,136

19,200,769

16,023,101

508,446

299,789

135,306

643,752

643,752

90,536

390,325

390,325

18,557,017

15,632,776

15

58,426,867

53,787,639

16(a)

16(b)

16(c)

1,406,016

901,996

(1,161,069)

(1,161,069)

72,500

45,000

17

(40,187,297) (37,940,790)

18,557,017

15,632,776

The Consolidated Statement of Financial Position should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
for the year ended 30 June 2022

Issued
capital
$

Option
reserve
$

Financial 
asset
reserve
$

Transactions 
with non-
controlling 
interest
$

Accumulated 
losses
$

Total
equity
$

At 1 July 2020

46,931,843

1,005,268

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive loss for the 
year (net of tax)

Transactions with owners in their 
capacity as owners

–

–

–

Shares issued

Share issue costs

7,303,750

(502,114)

–

–

–

–

–

Fair value of options issued

–

169,238

Exercise of options

54,160

(54,160)

Fair value of options expired

–

(218,350)

–

–

45,000

45,000

–

–

–

–

–

(1,161,069) (33,398,966)

13,377,076

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(4,760,174)

(4,760,174)

–

45,000

(4,760,174)

(4,715,174)

–

–

–

–

218,350

7,303,750

(502,114)

169,238

–

–

At 30 June 2021

At 1 July 2021

53,787,639

901,996

45,000

(1,161,069)

(37,940,790)

15,632,776

53,787,639

901,996

45,000

(1,161,069) (37,940,790)

15,632,776

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive loss for the 
year (net of tax)

Transactions with owners in their 
capacity as owners

Shares issued

Share issue costs

Fair value of options issued

Fair value of options expired

–

–

–

5,199,999

(560,771)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

656,820

(152,800)

–

27,500

27,500

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(2,399,307)

(2,399,307)

–

27,500

(2,399,307)

(2,371,807)

–

–

–

5,199,999

(560,771)

656,820

152,800

–

At 30 June 2022

58,426,867

1,406,016

72,500

(1,161,069) (40,187,297)

18,557,017

The Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
for the year ended 30 June 2022

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Payments to suppliers and employees

Interest received

Other income received

Research and development tax rebate

Government grants

Notes

Consolidated

2022
 $ 

2021
 $ 

(1,017,759)

(1,027,057)

3,996

28,904

245,622

–

20,589

27,700

93,502

67,470

Net cash flows used in operating activities

25

(739,237)

(817,796)

Cash flows from investing activities

Payments for property, plant and equipment

Payments for exploration activities

Payments for the acquisition of tenements

Proceeds from disposal of tenements

Net cash flows used in investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from issue of shares

Share issue costs

Net cash flows from financing activities

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year

(19,347)

(26,842)

(3,485,753)

(4,840,546)

(255,000)

(103,750)

210,000

–

(3,550,100)

(4,971,138)

5,199,999

7,245,000

(510,351)

(471,714)

4,689,648

6,773,286

400,311

984,352

3,415,778

2,431,426

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF THE YEAR

6

3,816,089

3,415,778

The Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

Impact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
for the year ended 30 June 2022

NOTE 1: CORPORATE INFORMATION
The consolidated financial report of Impact Minerals 
Limited for the year ended 30 June 2022 was authorised 
for issue in accordance with a resolution of the Directors 
on 28 September 2022.

Impact Minerals Limited is a for-profit company 
incorporated in Australia and limited by shares which are 
publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange. 
The nature of the operation and principal activities of 
the consolidated entity are described in the attached 
Directors’ Report.

The principal accounting policies adopted in the 
preparation of these consolidated financial statements 
are set out below and have been applied consistently 
to all periods presented in the consolidated financial 
statements and by all entities in the consolidated entity.

NOTE 2: STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE
These general purpose financial statements have been 
prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting 
Standards, other authoritative pronouncements of the 
Australian Accounting Standards Board, Urgent Issues 
Group Interpretations and the Corporations Act 2001. 

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

b)  Going concern
The financial report has been prepared on the going 
concern basis, which contemplates the continuity of 
normal business activity and the realisation of assets 
and the settlement of liabilities in the ordinary course of 
business.

The Consolidated Group incurred a loss for the year 
of $2,399,307 (2021: loss of $4,760,174); included in 
this loss were impairment expenses of $1,121,911 (2021: 
$3,712,774). During the year the Consolidated Group 
incurred net cash outflows from operating activities 
of $739,237 (2021: $817,796). As at 30 June 2022 the 
Consolidated Group had a cash balance of $3,816,089 
(2021: $3,415,778).

Compliance with IFRS
The consolidated financial statements of Impact 
Minerals Limited also comply with International 
Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the 
International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). 

Management have prepared a cash flow forecast, which 
indicates that the Consolidated Group will have sufficient 
cash flows to meet all commitments and working capital 
requirements for the 12 month period from the date of 
signing this financial report. 

New and amended accounting standards and 
interpretations adopted by the Group
No new standards or interpretations relevant to the 
operations of the Group have come into effect for the 
reporting period.

Accounting Standards that are mandatorily 
effective for the current reporting year
There are no new or amended accounting standards and 
interpretations relevant to the operations of the Group 
that come into effect in subsequent reporting periods at 
this time.

The Directors have determined that there is no 
material impact of the new and revised Standards and 
Interpretations on the Group and, therefore, no material 
change is necessary to Group accounting policies

a)  Basis of measurement

Historical cost convention
These consolidated financial statements have been 
prepared under the historical cost convention, except 
where stated.

Based on the cash flow forecast and other factors 
referred to above, the Directors are satisfied that the 
going concern basis of preparation is appropriate. In 
particular, given the Company’s history of raising capital 
to date, the Directors are confident of the Company’s 
ability to raise additional funds as and when they are 
required. 

c)  Principles of consolidation

Subsidiaries
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the 
assets and liabilities of all subsidiaries of the Company 
as at 30 June 2022 and the results of all subsidiaries for 
the year then ended. The Company and its subsidiaries 
together are referred to in this financial report as the 
Group or the consolidated entity.

Subsidiaries are all entities (including structured entities) 
over which the Group has control. The Group controls 
an entity when the Group is exposed to, or has rights to, 
variable returns from its investment with the entity and 
has the ability to affect those returns through its power 
to direct the activities of the entity.

The acquisition method of accounting is used to account 
for business combinations by the Group.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statementscontinued50 

Impact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022

NOTE 2: STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE 
(CONTINUED)
c)  Principles of consolidation (continued)
Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on 
which control is transferred to the Group. They are 
de-consolidated from the date that control ceases.

Intercompany transactions, balances and unrealised 
gains on transactions between Group companies 
are eliminated. Unrealised losses are also eliminated 
unless the transaction provides evidence of an 
impairment of the transferred asset. Accounting 
policies of subsidiaries have been changed where 
necessary to ensure consistency with the policies 
adopted by the Group.

Non-controlling interests in the results and equity of 
subsidiaries are shown separately in the Consolidated 
Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive 
Income, Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, 
and the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 
respectively.

d)   Critical accounting judgements and 

key sources of estimation uncertainty
The application of accounting policies requires the 
use of judgments, estimates and assumptions about 
carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not 
readily apparent from other sources. The estimates 
and associated assumptions are based on historical 
experience and other factors that are considered to be 
relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed 
on an ongoing basis. Revisions are recognised in the 
period in which the estimate is revised if it affects 
only that period, or in the period of the revision and 
future periods if the revision affects both current and 
future periods.

e)  Segment reporting
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent 
with the internal reporting provided to the chief 
operating decision maker. The chief operating decision 
maker, who is responsible for allocating resources and 
assessing performance of the operating segments, has 
been identified as the Board of Directors of Impact 
Minerals Limited.

f)  Functional and presentation of currency
The consolidated financial statements are presented in 
Australian dollars, which is the Group’s functional and 
presentational currency.

g)  Leases
Leases in which a significant portion of the risks and 
rewards of ownership are not transferred to the Group as 
lessee are classified as operating leases. Payments made 
under operating leases (net of any incentives received 
from the lessor) are charged to profit or loss as incurred 
over the period of the lease.

Leases in which a significant portion of the risks and 
rewards of ownership are transferred to the Group as lessee 
are classified as finance leases. At the commencement date 
of a lease, the Group recognises a liability to make lease 
payments (i.e., the lease liability) and an asset representing 
the right to use the underlying asset during the lease 
term (i.e., the right-of-use asset). The Group separately 
recognises the interest expense on the lease liability and the 
depreciation expense on the right-of-use asset. 

h)  Employee benefits

Short-term obligations
Liabilities for wages and salaries, including non-monetary 
benefits, annual leave and accumulating sick leave 
expected to be settled within 12 months after the end 
of the period in which the employees render the related 
service, are recognised in respect of employees’ services 
up to the end of the reporting period and are measured 
at the amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities 
are settled. The liability for annual leave and accumulating 
sick leave is recognised in the provision for employee 
benefits. Liabilities for non-accumulating sick leave are 
recognised when the leave is taken and measured at the 
rates paid or payable. All other short-term employee 
benefit obligations are presented as payables.

The obligations are presented as current liabilities in the 
Statement of Financial Position if the entity does not have 
an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least 
12 months after the reporting date, regardless of when 
the actual settlement is expected to occur.

Other long-term obligations
The liability for long service leave and annual leave which is 
not expected to be settled within 12 months after the end 
of the period in which the employees render the related 
service, is recognised in the provision for employee benefits 
and measured as the present value of expected future 
payments to be made in respect of services provided by 
employees up to the end of the reporting period using 
the projected unit credit method. Consideration is given 
to expected future wage and salary levels, experience of 
employee departures and periods of service. Expected 
future payments are discounted using market yields at the 
end of the reporting period on national government bonds 
with terms to maturity and currency that match, as closely 
as possible, the estimated future cash outflows.

Share-based payments
The Group provides benefits to employees of the 
Company in the form of share options. The fair value of 
options granted is recognised as an employee benefits 
expense with a corresponding increase in equity. 
The fair value is measured at grant date and spread 
over the period during which the employees become 
unconditionally entitled to the options. The fair value of 
the options granted is measured using a Black-Scholes 
option pricing model, taking into account the terms and 
conditions upon which the options were granted.

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NOTE 2: STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE 
(CONTINUED)
h)  Employee benefits (continued)
The cost of equity-settled transactions is recognised, 
together with a corresponding increase in equity, on a 
straight-line basis over the vesting period. The amount 
recognised as an expense is adjusted to reflect the 
actual number that vest.

The dilutive effect, if any, of outstanding options is 
reflected as additional share dilution in the computation 
of earnings per share.

Termination benefits
Termination benefits are payable when employment is 
terminated before the normal retirement date, or when 
an employee accepts voluntary redundancy in exchange 
for these benefits. The Group recognises termination 
benefits when it is demonstrably committed to either 
terminating the employment of current employees 
according to a detailed formal plan without possibility of 
withdrawal or providing termination benefits as a result 
of an offer made to encourage voluntary redundancy. 
Benefits falling due more than 12 months after the end 
of the reporting period are discounted to present value. 
No termination benefits, other than accrued benefits and 
entitlements, were paid during the period.

i)  Goods and services tax (GST)
Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the 
amount of associated GST, unless the GST incurred is not 
recoverable from the taxation authority. In this case, it is 
recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset 
or as part of the expense.

Receivables and payables are stated inclusive of the 
amount of GST receivable or payable. The net amount 
of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation 
authority is included with other receivables or payables 
in the Statement of Financial Position.

Cash flows are presented on a gross basis. The GST 
components of cash flows arising from investing or 
financing activities which are recoverable from, or 
payable to the taxation authority, are presented as 
operating cash flows.

j)  Financial instruments

Financial assets

Initial recognition and measurement
Financial assets are classified, at initial recognition, as 
subsequently measured at amortised cost, fair value 
through Other Comprehensive Income (OCI), and fair 
value through profit or loss.

The classification of financial assets at initial recognition 
depends on the financial asset’s contractual cash flow 
characteristics and the Group’s business model for 
managing them. With the exception of trade receivables 
that do not contain a significant financing component or 

for which the Group has applied the practical expedient, 
the Group initially measures a financial asset at its fair 
value plus, in the case of a financial asset not at fair value 
through profit or loss, transaction costs.

In order for a financial asset to be classified and 
measured at amortised cost or fair value through OCI, it 
needs to give rise to cash flows that are ‘solely payments 
of principal and interest (SPPI)’ on the principal amount 
outstanding. This assessment is referred to as the SPPI 
test and is performed at an instrument level.

The Group’s business model for managing financial assets 
refers to how it manages its financial assets in order to 
generate cash flows. The business model determines 
whether cash flows will result from collecting contractual 
cash flows, selling the financial assets, or both. 

Purchases or sales of financial assets that require 
delivery of assets within a time frame established by 
regulation or convention in the marketplace (regular way 
trades) are recognised on the trade date, i.e. the date 
that the Group commits to purchase or sell the asset.

Financial assets designated at fair value through 
OCI (equity instruments) 
This is the category most relevant to the Group. Upon initial 
recognition, the Group can elect to classify irrevocably its 
equity investments as equity instruments designated at fair 
value through OCI when they meet the definition of equity 
under IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation and are 
not held for trading. The classification is determined on an 
instrument-by-instrument basis. 

Gains and losses on these financial assets are never 
recycled to profit or loss. Dividends are recognised as other 
income in the statement of profit or loss when the right of 
payment has been established, except when the Group 
benefits from such proceeds as a recovery of part of the 
cost of the financial asset, in which case, such gains are 
recorded in OCI. Equity instruments designated at fair value 
through OCI are not subject to impairment assessment. 

Derecognition 
A financial asset (or, where applicable, a part of a financial 
asset or part of a group of similar financial assets) is 
primarily derecognised (i.e. removed from the Group’s 
consolidated statement of financial position) when: 

 – The rights to receive cash flows from the asset have 

expired; or 

 – The Group has transferred its rights to receive cash 
flows from the asset or has assumed an obligation 
to pay the received cash flows in full without 
material delay to a third party under a ‘pass-
through’ arrangement; and either (a) the Group has 
transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of 
the asset, or (b) the Group has neither transferred 
nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of 
the asset, but has transferred control of the asset. 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statementscontinued52 

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NOTE 2: STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE (CONTINUED)
j)  Financial instruments (continued)
The Group considers a financial asset in default when contractual payments are 90 days past due. However, in certain cases, 
the Group may also consider a financial asset to be in default when internal or external information indicates that the Group 
is unlikely to receive the outstanding contractual amounts in full before taking into account any credit enhancements held by 
the Group. A financial asset is written off when there is no reasonable expectation of recovering the contractual cash flows.

Financial liabilities

Initial recognition and measurement
Financial liabilities are classified, at initial recognition, as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, loans and 
borrowings, payables as appropriate. 

All financial liabilities are recognised initially at fair value and, in the case of loans and borrowings and payables, net of 
directly attributable transaction costs. 

The Group’s financial liabilities include trade and other payables. 

NOTE 3: REVENUE AND EXPENSES
a)  Revenue from operating activities

Interest income

Gain on sale of tenements (Note 9)

Research and development tax rebate

Other government rebates

Other income

Total revenue from operating activities

Consolidated

2022
$

3,509

114,859

245,622

–

83,904

447,894

2021
$

15,630

–

93,502

16,430

30,220

155,782

Revenue is measured at fair value of the consideration received or receivable. Amounts disclosed as revenue are net of returns, 
trade allowances, rebates and amounts collected on behalf of third parties. Interest income is recognised as it accrues.

Amounts received or receivable from the Australian Tax Office (ATO) in respect of the Research and Development Tax Rebate 
(R&D Rebate) are recognised in Other Income for the year in which the claim is lodged with the ATO. Management assesses 
its research and development activities and expenditures to determine if these are likely to eligible under the R&D Rebate.

b)  Employee benefits expense

Wages, salaries and other remuneration expenses

Directors’ fees

Superannuation fund contributions

Share-based payment expense (Note 24)

Total employee benefits expense

Consolidated

2022
$

143,893

137,169

19,702

585,400

886,164

2021
$

110,795

116,125

17,459

138,838

383,217

NOTE 4: SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Group operates in one geographical segment, being Australia and in one operating category, being mineral exploration. 
Therefore, information reported to the chief operating decision maker (the Board of Impact Minerals Limited) for the purposes 
of resource allocation and performance assessment is focused on mineral exploration within Australia. The Board has 
considered the requirements of AASB 8: Operating Segments and the internal reports that are reviewed by the chief operating 
decision maker in allocating resources and have concluded at this time that there are no separately identifiable segments.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial StatementscontinuedImpact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022 

  53 

NOTE 5: INCOME TAX

a)  Major components of income tax expense are as follows:

  Current income tax expense/(benefit)

  Deferred income tax expense/(benefit)

 Income tax expense reported in the Consolidated Statement of 
Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income

b)   The prima facie tax on loss from ordinary activities before  

income tax is reconciled to the income tax as follows:

Consolidated

2022
$

2021
$

–

–

–

–

–

–

Loss from ordinary activities before income tax expense

(2,399,307)

(4,760,174)

 Prima facie tax benefit on profit from ordinary activities before  
income tax at 25% (2021: 26%)

Tax effect of permanent differences:

–  Share-based expense

–  Non-deductible expenses

–  Government grant received

–  Tax losses not recognised

Income tax expense/(benefit) on pre-tax profit

c)  Deferred tax assets and (liabilities) are attributable to the following:

  Accrued expenses

  Capital raising costs

Exploration expenditure

Plant and equipment

Provision for employee entitlements

  Other

Tax losses

d)  Unrecognised deferred tax assets

 Deferred tax assets have not been recognised in respect of the following items as the 
Directors do not believe it is appropriate to regard realisation of future tax benefits as 
probable:

–  Tax losses

–  Capital losses

(599,827)

(1,309,048)

146,350

2,024

38,180

2,805

(61,405)

(30,231)

512,858

1,298,294

–

–

6,375

186,392

8,392

143,135

(2,949,330)

(2,617,229)

(6,928)

(6,963)

33,826

(10)

24,897

1,460

2,729,675

2,446,308

–

–

6,867,006

7,029,303

444,481

488,929

7,311,487

7,518,232

The income tax expense or benefit for the period is the tax payable on the current period’s taxable income based on the 
applicable income tax rate for each jurisdiction, adjusted by changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities attributable to 
temporary differences and to unused tax losses.

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NOTE 5: INCOME TAX (CONTINUED)
The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of the tax laws enacted or substantively enacted at the end 
of the reporting period. Management periodically evaluates positions taken in tax returns with respect to situations in 
which applicable tax regulation is subject to interpretation. It establishes provisions where appropriate on the basis of 
amounts expected to be paid to the tax authorities.

Deferred tax assets are recognised for deductible temporary differences and unused tax losses only if it is probable that 
future taxable amounts will be available to utilise those temporary differences and losses.

The Company and its wholly-owned Australian controlled entities have formed a tax consolidated group. The head 
entity of the tax consolidated group is Impact Minerals Limited.

No deferred tax asset has been recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position in respect of the amount 
of either these losses or other deferred tax expenses. Should the Company not satisfy the Continuity of Ownership Test, 
the Company will be able to utilise the losses to the extent that it satisfies the Same Business Test.

NOTE 6: CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash at bank and on hand

Short-term deposits

Consolidated

2022
$

2021
$

3,791,089

890,778

25,000

2,525,000

3,816,089

3,415,778

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

The weighted average interest rate for the year was 0.16% (2021: 0.36%).

The Group’s exposure to interest rate risk is set out in Note 23. The maximum exposure to credit risk at the end of the 
reporting period is the carrying amount of each class of cash and cash equivalents mentioned above.

NOTE 7: TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES

Current

Debtors

GST

Other

Consolidated

2022
$

2021
$

77,716

28,788

668

107,172

–

35,095

3,904

38,999

Trade receivables are normally due for settlement within 30 days. They are presented as current assets unless collection 
is not expected for more than 12 months after the reporting date.

Collectability of trade receivables is reviewed on an ongoing basis. Debts which are known to be uncollectible are 
written off by reducing the carrying amount directly. A provision for doubtful receivables is established when there 
is objective evidence that the Group will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the 
receivables. 

The amounts held in trade and other receivables do not contain impaired assets and are not past due. Based on the 
credit history of these trade and other receivables, it is expected that these amounts will be received when due. The 
Group’s financial risk management objectives and policies are set out in Note 23.

Due to the short-term nature of these receivables, their carrying value is assumed to approximate their fair value.

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NOTE 8: OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

Prepayments

Deposits

NOTE 9: ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

Tenements held for sale

Consolidated

2022
$

43,929

32,084

76,013

Consolidated

2022
$

3,482,942

3,482,942

2021
$

–

27,047

27,047

2021
$

115,141

115,141

In February 2021, the Company announced that it had reached an agreement for the sale of tenement EL8632 and the 
northern part of block EL8505 in the Company’s Lachlan Fold Belt portfolio to Orange Minerals Pty Ltd an unrelated 
company. As at 30 June 2021 these tenements were held as Assets Held for Sale - $115,141. During the year the sale was 
completed, and the Company recognised a gain on the sale of the tenements of $114,859 (Note 3). The Company also 
holds 250,000 shares in Orange Minerals NL.

In April 2022, the Company announced that it had sold Mining Lease ML 2386 to Peter Campbell FT Pty Ltd (“PCFT”) 
an unrelated Company for $30,000. The Company also granted PCFT an option (“Option”) to buy all of the shares in 
Blackridge Exploration Pty Ltd (“Blackridge” a wholly owned subsidiary of Impact). The assets of Blackridge are three 
exploration licences EPM26806, EPM27410 and EPM27571. PCFT paid the non-refundable Option Fee of $50,000 
in August 2022 and has two years to exercise the Option. Upon exercise of the Option, PCFT will pay $350,000 
for the shares in Blackridge and the Company will retain a 1% gross gold royalty after the first 5,000 ounces have 
been recovered from any of the tenements. At 30 June 2022 the Blackridge tenements were held at their fair value 
($342,942).

In August 2022 the Company announced that it had agreed to implement a Share Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with 
Burrendong Minerals Limited (“Burrendong”) whereby Burrendong would acquire 75% of the shares in Impact’s wholly 
owned subsidiary Endeavour Minerals Pty Ltd (“Endeavour”). The principal assets of Endeavour are the Commonwealth 
Project tenements (EL8504, EL8505, EL5874, EL8212 and EL8252). Burrendong intends to list on the ASX.

Burrendong paid Impact a non-refundable exclusivity fee of $25,000 for eight weeks. The exclusivity period can be 
extended by for a further eight weeks for a second non-refundable payment of $25,000.

The principal terms of the SPA are to include:

 – on execution of the SPA Impact to receive a non-refundable payment of $250,000;
 – following execution of the SPA Burrendong will have nine months to complete an ASX listing;
 – upon listing Impact will receive a further $250,000 in cash, a 19.9% interest in the newly listed company and will also 

retain a 25% interest in the project.

 – the project will operate under an Incorporated Joint Venture with Burrendong to sole fund exploration until the 

earlier of the first $5 million of expenditure or a Decision to Mine.

 – normal dilution clauses will subsequently apply and if Impact reduces to less than a 10% interest it will convert to a 

royalty of 2% NSR; and

 – Impact shareholders will be entitled to a priority right to subscribe for up to $3,000,000 worth of shares.

At 30 June 2022 the Company’s 75% interest in the Commonwealth tenements was held at their fair value ($3,140,000).

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NOTE 10: FINANCIAL ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Opening balance

Additions

Change in fair value (Note 16(c))

Closing balance

Consolidated

2022
$

145,000

2021
$

–

50,000

100,000

27,500

45,000

222,500

145,000

In February 2021, the Company announced that it had reached an agreement for the sale of tenement EL8632 and the 
northern part of block EL8505 in the Company’s Lachlan Fold Belt portfolio to Orange Minerals Pty Ltd an unrelated 
company. The consideration being (a) a non-refundable deposit of $15,000; (b) $50,000 in shares in a company to be 
listed (ultimately Orange Minerals NL ASX:OMX); (c) $180,000 in cash; and (c) a 1% Net Smelter Royalty.

During the current reporting period the sale was completed, and the Company recognised a gain on the sale of the 
tenements of $114,859. The Company holds 250,000 shares in Orange Minerals NL.

The Company also holds 1,000,000 shares in Australasian Metals Ltd (ASX:A8G).

Financial assets are recognised and derecognised on settlement date where the purchase or sale of an investment 
is under a contract whose terms require delivery of the investment within the timeframe established by the market 
concerned. They are initially measured at fair value, net of transaction costs, except for those financial assets classified 
as fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value. Transaction costs of financial assets carried 
at fair value through profit or loss are expensed in profit or loss.

The Group classifies its financial assets as either financial assets at fair value though profit or loss (“FVPL”), fair value 
though other comprehensive income (“FVOCI”) or at amortised cost. The classification depends on the entity’s 
business model for managing the financial assets and the contractual terms of the cash flows.

For investments in equity instruments, the classification depends on whether the Group has made an irrevocable 
election at the time of initial recognition to account for the equity investment at FVPL or FVOCI.

Financial assets at FVOCI
For assets measured at FVOCI, gains and losses will be recorded in other comprehensive income. There is no 
subsequent reclassification of fair value gains and losses to profit or loss following the derecognition of the investment. 
Dividends from such investments continue to be recognised in profit or loss as other income when the Group’s right to 
receive payments is established. Impairment losses (and reversal of impairment losses) on equity investments measured 
at FVOCI are not reported separately from other changes in fair value. The Group has elected to measure its listed 
equities at FVOCI.

Assets in this category are subsequently measured at fair value. The fair values of quoted investments are based on 
current bid prices in an active market.

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NOTE 11: EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION

Opening balance 

Exploration expenditure incurred during the year

Sale of Lachlan Fold Belt tenements (refer Note 9)

Sale of Clermont Project

Sale of the Blackridge Project (refer Note 9)

Sale of 75% interest in the Commonwealth Project (refer Note 9)

Impairment expense

Closing balance 

Consolidated

2022
$

2021
$

11,993,262

10,946,163

3,939,357

4,975,014

–

–

(115,141)

(100,000)

(475,420)

(3,140,000)

–

–

(1,121,911)

(3,712,774)

11,195,288

11,993,262

The Group recognised an impairment charge of $110,525 in relation to the disposal of its Blackridge project and 
$949,045 in relation to the disposal of a 75% interest in its Commonwealth project. Further impairment losses of 
$62,341 were booked following a review of the Group’s remaining tenements.

Exploration and evaluation expenditure, including the costs of acquiring licences and permits, are capitalised as 
exploration and evaluation assets on an area of interest basis. Costs incurred before the Group has obtained the legal 
rights to explore an area are recognised in the Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income.

Exploration and evaluation assets are only recognised if the rights of the area of interest are current and either:

i) 

ii) 

 the expenditures are expected to be recouped through successful development and exploitation or from sale of 
the area of interest; or

 activities in the area of interest have not at the reporting date reached a stage which permits a reasonable 
assessment of the existence or otherwise 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 sufficient data exists to determine technical feasibility 
and commercial viability, and facts and circumstances suggest that the carrying amount exceeds the recoverable 
amount. For the purposes of impairment testing, exploration and evaluation assets are allocated to cash-generating 
units to which the exploration activity relates. The cash generating unit shall not be larger than the area of interest.

Once the technical feasibility and commercial viability of the extraction of minerals in an area of interest are 
demonstrable, exploration and evaluation assets attributable to that area of interest are first tested for impairment and 
then reclassified to mineral property and development assets within property, plant and equipment.

When an area of interest is abandoned or the directors decide that it is not commercial, any accumulated costs in 
respect of that area are written off in the financial period the decision is made.

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NOTE 12: OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS

Deposits paid

NOTE 13: TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES

Trade creditors

Other payables and accruals

Consolidated

2022
$

273,055

273,055

2021
$

262,555

262,555

Consolidated

2022
$

2021
$

432,436

252,485

76,010

47,304

508,446

299,789

These amounts represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Group prior to the end of the financial year 
and which are unpaid. Trade creditors are unsecured, non-interest bearing and are normally settled on 30-day terms. 
The Group’s financial risk management objectives and policies are set out in Note 23. Due to the short-term nature of 
these payables, their carrying value is assumed to approximate their fair value.

NOTE 14: PROVISIONS

Short-term

Employee entitlements

NOTE 15: CONTRIBUTED EQUITY
a)  Share capital

Ordinary shares fully paid

Consolidated

2022
$

2021
$

135,306

135,306

90,536

90,536

Consolidated

2022
$

2021
$

58,426,867

53,787,639

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NOTE 15: CONTRIBUTED EQUITY (CONTINUED)
b)  Movements in ordinary shares on issue

Balance at 30 June 2020

Share issued during the year:

–  Placement(a)

–  Share issue(b)

–  Option conversion(c)

–  Share issue(d)

–  Placement(e)

–  Transaction costs

Balance at 30 June 2021

Share issued during the year:

–  Placement(f)

–  Rights issue(g)

–  Transaction costs

Balance at 30 June 2022

Consolidated

Number

$

1,559,494,630

46,931,843

216,333,333

3,245,000

838,065

2,708,434

18,750

54,160

1,996,215

40,000

242,424,242

4,000,000

–

(502,114)

2,023,794,919

53,787,639

166,666,667

2,000,000

290,908,970

3,199,999

–

(560,771)

2,481,370,556

58,426,867

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

(g) 

 In July 2020, the Company raised $3,245,000 (before costs) via a placement of 216,333,333 new shares at an issue price of 
1.5 cents each.
 During the prior reporting period the Company issued a total of 838,065 new shares as part consideration for geological 
consulting services in relation to the identification of, and application for, the Doonia project (tenement E15/1790).
 During the prior reporting period the Company issued 2,708,434 new shares for nil consideration on the cashless exercise 
of 8,000,000 employee options.
 In January 2021, the Company issued 1,996,215 new shares as part consideration for geological consulting services in 
relation to the grant of the five tenements in the Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia (Arkun project) refer Note (b) above.
 In April 2021, the Company raised $4,000,000 (before costs) via a placement of 242,424,242 new shares at an issue price 
of 1.65 cents each.
 In March 2022, the Company raised $2,000,000 (before costs) via a placement of 166,666,667 new shares at an issue 
price of 1.2 cents each.
 In June 2022 the Company completed a Renounceable Rights Issue raising $3,199,999 (before costs) via the issue of 
290,908,970 new shares at an issue price of 1.1 cents each together with one free attaching listed option exercisable at $0.02 on 
or before 2 June 2024 for every two new shares subscribed for (145,454,389 Listed Options). A further 12,800,000 listed options 
were issued to the underwriter as part consideration for their services. 

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. 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. Ordinary shares have the right to receive dividends as 
declared, and in the event of winding up the Company, to participate in the proceeds from the sale of all surplus assets 
in proportion to the number of and amounts paid up on shares held. Ordinary shares entitle their holder to one vote, 
either in person or by proxy, at a meeting of the Company.

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NOTE 15: CONTRIBUTED EQUITY (CONTINUED)
c)  Movements in options on issue

Balance at beginning of the financial year

Options granted - unlisted

Options granted - listed

Options exercised

Options expired

Balance at the end of the financial year

Refer to Note 24 for details of share-based payments.

NOTE 16: RESERVES
a)  Option reserve

Opening balance

Fair value of options issued(a)

Options exercised

Transfer to retained earnings upon expiry/lapse of options

Balance at the end of the financial year

Consolidated

2022
Number

2021
Number

157,000,000 176,500,000

90,500,000

4,000,000

158,254,389

–

–

(8,000,000)

(40,000,000)

(15,500,000)

365,754,389

157,000,000

Consolidated

2022
$

2021
$

901,996

1,005,268

656,820

–

169,238

(54,160)

(152,800)

(218,350)

1,406,016

901,996

(a) 

 During the year 87,000,000 Director and employee options were issued. The fair value of Director and employee options 
is determined at grant date and is expensed over the vesting period for those options. During the year (i) 500,000 unlisted 
$0.03 options expiring on 15 March 2023 were issued to the lead manager of the April 2022 Placement as part consideration for 
their services (these options were valued at $500); (ii) 3,000,000 unlisted $0.024 options expiring on 22 April 2025 were issued 
as part consideration for the acquisition of the Dinninup Project (these options were valued at $21,000); and (iii) 12,800,000 listed 
$0.02 options expiring on 2 June 2024 were issued to the lead manager of the June 2022 Renounceable Rights Issue as part 
consideration for their services (these options were valued at $49,920).

The options reserve is used to recognise the fair value of options issued to employees and contractors. The details of 
share-based payments made during the reporting period are shown at Note 24.

b)  Transactions with non-controlling interest
The transactions with non-controlling interest reserve records items related to the acquisition of shares in 
Invictus Gold Limited.

c)  Financial asset reserve

Opening balance

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (Note 10)

Closing balance

Consolidated

2022
$

45,000

27,500

72,500

2021
$

–

45,000

45,000

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NOTE 17: ACCUMULATED LOSSES

Balance at the beginning of the financial year

Net loss attributable to members

Transfer from financial asset reserve

Transfer from share option reserve upon lapse of options

Balance at the end of the financial year

NOTE 18: LOSS PER SHARE

Basic and diluted loss per share

Consolidated

2022
$

2021
$

(37,940,790)

(33,398,966)

(2,399,307)

(4,760,174)

–

–

152,800

218,350

(40,187,297)

(37,940,790)

2022
Cents

(0.11)

2021
Cents

(0.26)

The following reflects the income and share data used in the calculations of basic and diluted loss per share:

Profits/(losses) used in calculating basic and diluted loss per share

(2,399,307)

(4,760,174)

2022
$

2021
$

Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in calculating  
basic loss per share

2022
Number

2021
Number

2,093,716,040 1,802,937,566

Basic loss per share
Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the loss attributable to owners of the Group, excluding any costs of 
servicing equity other than ordinary shares by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the 
financial year, adjusted for bonus elements in ordinary shares issued during the year.

Diluted earnings per share
Diluted earnings per share adjusts the figures used in the determination of basic earnings per share to take into account 
the after income tax effect of interest and other financing costs associated with dilutive potential ordinary shares, and 
the weighted average number of additional ordinary shares that would have been outstanding assuming the conversion 
of all dilutive potential ordinary shares. 

The issue of potential ordinary shares is antidilutive when their conversion to ordinary shares would increase earnings 
per share or decrease loss per share from continuing operations. The calculation of diluted earnings per share has 
therefore not assumed the conversion, exercise, or other issue of potential ordinary shares that would have an 
antidilutive effect on earnings per share.

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NOTE 19: AUDITOR’S REMUNERATION

Audit services

Hall Chadwick WA Audit Pty Ltd

–  Audit and review of the financial reports

Total remuneration

NOTE 20: CONTINGENT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Contingent assets
The Group had contingent assets in respect of:

Consolidated

2022
$

2021
$

35,500

35,500

34,750

34,750

Future bonus and royalty payments
In September 2018 the Company completed the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Drummond East Pty Ltd, the holder 
of its seven Pilbara licences, to Pacton Gold Inc. (Pacton). Under the terms of the Sale Agreement Pacton must pay a 
CAD$500,000 Bonus to the Company upon publishing a measured, indicated or inferred gold resource of more than 
250,000 ounces on the licences. The Company retains a 2% NSR royalty on the licences with Pacton retaining the right 
to buy back 1% of the royalty for CAD$500,000 at any time.

During the year the completed the sale of tenement EL8632 and the northern part of block EL8505 in the Company’s 
Lachlan Fold Belt portfolio to Orange Minerals Pty Ltd (this company ultimately listed as Orange Minerals NL ASX:OMX) 
(“Orange”). Impact retains a 1% Net Smelter Royalty over the project.

Contingent liabilities
The Group had contingent liabilities in respect of:

Future royalty payments
In March 2016, Impact Minerals Limited completed the acquisition of tenement EL7390 from Golden Cross Resources 
Limited (“Golden Cross”) for $60,000 cash. Golden Cross retains a royalty equal to 1% of gross revenue on any minerals 
recovered from the tenement. At its election, Impact has the right to buy back the royalty for $1.5 million cash at any 
time up to a decision to mine, or leave the royalty uncapped during production.

During the 2021 financial year the Company completed the acquisition five tenements in the Yilgarn Craton of Western 
Australia (“Arkun project”) from Milford Resources Pty Ltd (”Milford”). Milford retains a 1% net smelter royalty on any 
minerals recovered.

During the 2021 financial year the Company acquired tenement EL70/5424 from Beau Resources Pty Ltd (”Beau”). 
Beau retains a 2% gross revenue royalty on any minerals recovered.

During the financial year the Company acquired tenements E70/5761 and E70/5780 from Beau. Beau retains a 2% gross 
royalty on all products extracted from the tenements.

NOTE 21: EVENTS OCCURRING AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD
In August 2022 the Company announced that it had agreed to implement a Share Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with 
Burrendong Minerals Limited (“Burrendong”) whereby Burrendong would acquire 75% of the shares in Impact’s wholly 
owned subsidiary Endeavour Minerals Pty Ltd (“Endeavour”). The principal assets of Endeavour are the Commonwealth 
Project tenements (EL8504, EL8505, EL5874, EL8212 and EL8252). Burrendong intends to list on the ASX.

There have been no other events subsequent to the reporting date which are sufficiently material to warrant disclosure.

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NOTE 22: COMMITMENTS
In order to maintain an interest in the exploration tenements in which the Group is involved, the Group is committed 
to meet the conditions under which the tenements were granted. The timing and amount of exploration expenditure 
commitments and obligations of the Group are subject to the minimum expenditure commitments required as per 
the Mining Act 1978 (Western Australia), the Mining Act 1992 (New South Wales) and the Mineral Resources Act 1989 
(Queensland) and may vary significantly from the forecast based upon the results of the work performed which will 
determine the prospectivity of the relevant area of interest. 

As at balance date, total exploration expenditure commitments on granted tenements held by the Group that 
have not been provided for in the financial statements and which cover the following 12 month period amount to 
$2,723,444 (2021: $2,112,089). For the period greater than 12-months to five years, commitments amount to $8,748,542 
(2021: $5,143,297). These obligations are also subject to variations by farm-out arrangements, or sale of the relevant 
tenements.

Commitments in relation to the lease of office premises are payable as follows:

Consolidated

2022
$

2021
$

5,455

20,002

–

–

–

–

5,455

20,002

Within one year

Later than one year but not later than five years

Later than five years

NOTE 23: FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
Financial risk management

Overview
The Group has exposure to the following risks from their use of financial instruments:

 – Interest rate risk
 – Credit risk
 – Liquidity risk
 – Commodity risk.

This note presents information about the Group’s exposure to each of the above risks, their objectives, policies and 
processes for measuring and managing risk, and the management of capital.

The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of the risk management 
framework.

Risk management policies are established to identify and analyse the risks faced by the Group, to set appropriate risk 
limits and controls, and to monitor risks and adherence to limits. Risk management policies and systems are reviewed 
regularly to reflect changes in market conditions and the Group’s activities.

The Board oversees how management monitors compliance with the Group’s risk management policies and procedures 
and reviews the adequacy of the risk management framework in relation to the risks faced by the Group.

The Group’s principal financial instruments are cash, short-term deposits, receivables and payables.

Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of a financial instrument or cash flows associated with the instrument will 
fluctuate due to changes in market interest rates. Interest rate risk arises from fluctuations in interest-bearing financial 
assets and liabilities that the Group uses.

Interest-bearing assets comprise cash and cash equivalents which are considered to be short-term liquid assets. It is 
the Group’s policy to settle trade payables within the credit terms allowed and therefore not incur interest on overdue 
balances.

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NOTE 23: FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Interest rate risk (continued)
The following table sets out the carrying amount, by maturity, of the financial instruments that are exposed to interest 
rate risk:

Floating 
interest
rate
$

Fixed interest rate maturing in

1 year or
less
$

Over 1 to 
5 years
$

More than 
5 years
$

Non-
interest 
bearing
$

Total
$

Consolidated – 2022

Financial assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables

Weighted average interest rate

Financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

Weighted average interest rate

Consolidated – 2021

Financial assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables

Weighted average interest rate

Financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

Weighted average interest rate

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

25,000

–

25,000

0.32%

–

–

–

2,525,000

–

2,525,000

0.66%

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3,791,089

3,816,089

107,172

107,172

3,898,261

3,923,261

–

–

508,446

508,446

508,446

508,446

–

–

890,778

3,415,778

38,999

38,999

929,777

3,454,777

–

–

299,789

299,789

299,789

299,789

–

–

Fair value sensitivity analysis for fixed rate instruments
The Group does not account for any fixed rate financial assets or liabilities at fair value through profit or loss. Therefore, 
a change in interest rates at the reporting date would not affect profit or loss.

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NOTE 23: FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Interest rate risk (continued)

Cash flow sensitivity analysis for variable rate instruments
A change of 100 basis points in interest rates at the reporting date would have increased/(decreased) equity and profit 
or loss by the amounts shown below:

Consolidated – 2022

Financial assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash flow sensitivity (net)

Consolidated – 2021

Financial assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash flow sensitivity (net)

Carrying 
value at 
period end
$

Profit or loss

Equity

100 bp 
increase
$

100 bp 
decrease
$

100 bp 
increase
$

100 bp 
decrease
$

3,816,089

22,239

22,239

(22,239)

(22,239)

22,239

22,239

(22,239)

(22,239)

3,415,778

13,433

13,433

(13,433)

(13,433)

13,433

13,433

(13,433)

(13,433)

Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Group if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet 
its contractual obligations and arises principally from the Group’s receivables from customers and investment securities. 
The Group trades only with recognised, creditworthy third parties. It is the Group policy that all customers who wish to 
trade on credit terms are subject to credit verification procedures. In addition, receivable balances are monitored on an 
ongoing basis with the result that the Group’s exposure to bad debts is not significant. The maximum exposure to credit 
risk is the carrying value of the receivable, net of any provision for doubtful debts.

With respect to credit risk arising from the other financial assets of the Group, which comprise cash and cash 
equivalents, the Group’s exposure to credit risk arises from default of the counter party, with a maximum exposure 
equal to the carrying amount of these instruments. This risk is minimised by reviewing term deposit accounts from time 
to time with approved banks of a sufficient credit rating which is AA and above.

Exposure to credit risk
The carrying amount of the Group’s financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure. The Group’s maximum 
exposure to credit risk at the reporting date was:

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables

Consolidated

2022
$

2021
$

3,816,089

3,415,778

107,172

38,999

3,923,261

3,454,777

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Impact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022

NOTE 23: FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Foreign currency risk
Exposure to foreign exchange risk may result in the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument fluctuating 
due to movement in foreign exchange rates of currencies in which the Group holds financial instruments which are 
other than the AUD functional currency of the Group. The Group’s exposure to foreign currency risk is minimal at this 
stage of its operations.

Commodity price risk
The Group’s exposure to commodity price risk is minimal at this stage of its operations.

Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The Group’s 
approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will always have sufficient liquidity to meet its 
liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking 
damage to the Group’s reputation.

The Group’s objective is to maintain a balance between continuity of funding and flexibility. The following are the 
contractual maturities of financial liabilities:

Consolidated – 2022

Trade and other payables

Trade and other receivables

Consolidated – 2021

Trade and other payables

Trade and other receivables

Carrying
amount
$

Contractual
cash flows
$

6 months
or less
$

508,446

508,446

508,446

508,446

508,446

508,446

107,172

107,172

107,172

107,172

107,172

107,172

299,789

299,789

299,789

299,789

299,789

299,789

38,999

38,999

38,999

38,999

38,999

38,999

Fair value of financial assets and liabilities
The fair value of cash and cash equivalents and non-interest bearing financial assets and financial liabilities of the Group 
is equal to their carrying value.

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 shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimal capital 
structure to reduce the cost of capital. The management of the Group’s capital is performed by the Board.

The capital structure of the Group consists of net debt (trade payables and provisions detailed in Notes 13 and 14 
offset by cash and bank balances) and equity of the Group (comprising contributed issued capital, reserves, offset by 
accumulated losses detailed in Notes 15, 16 and 17).

The Group is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements. None of the Group’s entities are subject to 
externally imposed capital requirements.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial StatementscontinuedImpact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022 

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NOTE 24: SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS
Share Option Plan
The Group has a Director and Employee Option Acquisition Plan (“Option Plan”) for Directors, employees and 
contractors of the Group. In accordance with the provisions of the Option Plan executives and employees may be 
granted options at the discretion of the Directors. Options issued to Directors are subject to approval by shareholders.

Each share option converts into one ordinary share of Impact Minerals Limited on exercise. No amounts are paid or 
are payable by the recipient on receipt of the option. The options carry neither rights of dividends nor voting rights. 
Options may be exercised at any time from the date of vesting to the date of their expiry.

The following share-based payment arrangements were in existence during the reporting period:

Option series

Number

Grant date

Expiry date

Vesting date

Exercise price

38(1)

40,000,000

8 Nov 2018

30 Nov 2021

30 Nov 2019

$0.03

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46(2)

47(a)

47(b)

48(3)

49(4)

20,000,000

8 Nov 2018

30 Nov 2022

30 Nov 2020

$0.0375

37,000,000

8 Nov 2019

5 Nov 2023

Immediate

37,000,000

8 Nov 2019

5 Nov 2023

5 Nov 2020

9,500,000

15 Nov 2019

5 Nov 2023

Immediate

9,500,000

15 Nov 2019

5 Nov 2023

5 Nov 2020

4,000,000

30 Apr 2021

29 Apr 2023

Immediate

83,000,000

30 Nov 2021

31 Oct 2025

Immediate

500,000

16 Mar 2022

15 Mar 2023

Immediate

1,000,000

21 Apr 2022

31 Oct 2025

18 Mar 2023

3,000,000

21 Apr 2022

31 Oct 2025

18 Mar 2024

3,000,000

22 Apr 2022

22 Apr 2025

Immediate

158,254,389

3 Jun 2022

2 Jun 2024

Immediate

$0.0149

$0.0149

$0.0149

$0.0149

$0.03

$0.0217

$0.03

$0.024

$0.024

$0.024

$0.02

Fair value at
grant date

$0.00382

$0.00432

$0.00677

$0.00677

$0.00677

$0.00677

$0.0076

$0.007

$0.001

$0.0084

$0.0084

$0.007

$0.0039(5)

(1)   Expired during the reporting period.

(2)  Unlisted Options issued to lead manager of April 2022 Placement.

(3)  Unlisted Options issued as part consideration of the acquisition of the Dinninup Project.

(4)  Listed Options issued as part of the June 2022 Renounceable Rights Issue. 

(5) 

 12,800,000 of the listed options were issued to the lead manager of the Renounceable Rights Issue and have been valued at 
$0.0039 per option.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statementscontinued68 

Impact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022

NOTE 24: SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS (CONTINUED)
Share Option Plan (continued)

Fair value of share options granted during the year
The fair value of share options at grant date is determined using a Black-Scholes option pricing model that takes 
into account the exercise price, the term of the option, the share price at grant date, the expected price volatility of 
the underlying share and the risk-free rate for the term of the option. The fair value of options is determined at grant 
date and is expensed over the vesting period for those options. No director or employee options were issued during 
the reporting period. The fair value of Director and employee share options expensed during the year was $585,400 
(2021: $138,838).

The model inputs for options granted during the year ended 30 June 2022 are as follows: 

Inputs

Exercise price

Grant date

Vesting date

Expiry date

Share price at grant date

Expected price volatility 

Risk-free interest rate

Expected dividend yield

Issue 45

Issue 47

$0.0217

$0.024

30 Nov 2021

21 Apr 2022

immediate

1,000,000 on 
18 Mar 2023 
3,000,000 on 
18 Mar 2024

31 Oct 2025

31 Oct 2025

$0.013

90.8%

1.31%

0%

$0.016

88.2%

2.8%

0%

Movements in share options during the year
Movement in the number of share options on issue during the year:

Outstanding at the beginning of the year

Granted during the year

Exercised during the year

Expired during the year

Outstanding at the end of the year

Exercisable at the end of the year

2022

2021

Number of
options

157,000,000

248,754,389

Weighted 
average
exercise price
$

Number of
options

Weighted 
average
exercise price
$

0.02

0.02

176,500,000

4,000,000

0.03

0.03

–

–

(8,000,000)

0.0149

(40,000,000)

365,754,389

361,754,389

0.03

0.02

0.02

(15,500,000)

157,000,000

157,000,000

0.07

0.02

0.02

The weighted average remaining contractual life of share options outstanding at the end of the year was 2.03 years 
(2021: 1.72 years).

Notes to the Consolidated Financial StatementscontinuedImpact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022 

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NOTE 24: SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS (CONTINUED)
Share Option Plan (continued)

Share options outstanding at the end of the year
Share options issued and outstanding at the end of the year have the following exercise prices:

Expiry date

30 November 2021

30 November 2022

5 November 2023

29 April 2023

15 March 2023

31 October 2025

31 October 2025

2 June 2024 (Listed)

22 April 2025

Totals

Exercise price
$

2022
Number

2021
Number

0.03

0.0375

0.0149

0.03

0.03

0.0217

0.024

0.02

0.024

–

40,000,000

20,000,000

20,000,000

93,000,000

93,000,000

4,000,000

4,000,000

500,000

83,000,000

4,000,000

158,254,389

3,000,000

–

–

–

–

365,754,389

157,000,000

NOTE 25: RECONCILIATION OF CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Cash flows from operating activities

Profit/(Loss) for the year

Non-cash flows in profit/(loss):

–  Depreciation

–  Share-based remuneration

–  Exploration expenditure write-off

–  Government grants receivable

–  Gain on sale of tenements

Changes in assets and liabilities

–  Decrease/(Increase) in trade and other receivables

–  Decrease/(Increase) in other current assets

– 

– 

Increase/(Decrease) in trade creditors and accruals

Increase in provisions

Net cash used in operating activities

Non-cash investing and financing activities
There were no non-cash investing and financing activities during the year.

Consolidated

2022
$

2021
$

(2,399,307)

(4,760,174)

16,956

585,400

39,072

138,838

1,121,911

3,712,774

–

51,040

(114,859)

–

(50,064)

(45,666)

101,622

44,770

1,497

8,187

(13,277)

4,247

(739,237)

(817,796)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statementscontinued70 

Impact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022

NOTE 26: RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURE
a)  Parent entity

Impact Minerals Limited

Ordinary

Australia

b)  Subsidiaries

Class

Country of 
incorporation

Aurigen Pty Ltd

Siouville Pty Ltd

Invictus Gold Limited

Drummond West Pty Ltd(i)

Endeavour Minerals Pty Ltd(ii)

Blackridge Exploration Pty Ltd(iii)

Class

Country of 
incorporation

Ordinary

Australia

Ordinary

Australia

Ordinary

Australia

Ordinary

Australia

Ordinary

Australia

Ordinary

Australia

(i)  Drummond West Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Invictus Gold Limited.
(ii)  Endeavour Minerals Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Invictus Gold Limited.
(iii)  Blackridge Exploration Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Drummond West Pty Ltd.

c)  Key management personnel compensation

Short-term employee benefits

Post-employment benefits

Share-based payments

Ownership

2022
%

–

Ownership

2022
%

100

100

100

100

100

100

2021
%

–

2021
%

100

100

100

100

100

100

2022
$

2021
$

384,050

363,004

11,608

434,000

829,658

8,058

104,212

475,274

Detailed remuneration disclosures are provided in the Remuneration Report on pages 38 to 42. A total of $246,880 
(2021: $246,879) was capitalised as exploration expenditure.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial StatementscontinuedImpact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022 

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NOTE 27: PARENT ENTITY DISCLOSURE

Financial Performance

Profit/(loss) for the year

Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive profit/(loss)

Financial Position

ASSETS

Current assets

Non-current assets

TOTAL ASSETS

LIABILITIES

Current liabilities

TOTAL LIABILITIES

NET ASSETS

EQUITY

Issued capital

Option reserve

Financial asset reserve

Transactions with non-controlling interest

Accumulated losses

TOTAL EQUITY

2022
$

2021
$

(2,399,307)

(4,760,174)

–

–

(2,399,307)

(4,760,174)

7,482,216

3,596,965

9,403,845

10,111,428

16,886,061

13,708,393

640,874

640,874

387,446

387,446

16,245,187

13,320,947

58,426,867

53,787,639

1,406,016

72,500

901,996

45,000

(1,161,069)

(1,161,069)

(42,499,127) (40,252,619)

16,245,187

13,320,947

No guarantees have been entered into by Impact Minerals Limited in relation to the debts of its subsidiaries.

Impact Minerals Limited’s commitments are disclosed in Note 22.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statementscontinued72 

Impact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022

Directors’ Declaration

The Directors of Impact Minerals Limited declare that:

1. 

in the Directors’ opinion, the financial statements and notes set out on pages 45 to 71 and the Remuneration Report 
in the Directors’ Report are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including:

a.  giving a true and fair view of the consolidated entity’s financial position as at 30 June 2022 and of its 

performance, for the financial year ended on that date; and

b.  complying with Australian Accounting Standards (including the Australian Accounting Interpretations), 

Corporations Regulations 2001 and mandatory professional reporting requirements.

2.  the financial statements also comply with International Financial Reporting Standards as disclosed in Note 2; and

3.  there are reasonable grounds to believe that the consolidated entity will be able to pay its debts as and when they 

become due and payable.

The Directors have been given the declarations required by Section 295A of the Corporations Act 2001 by the Managing 
Director and Chief Financial Officer for the financial year ended 30 June 2022.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.

Peter Unsworth 
Chairman

Perth, Western Australia 
28 September 2022

Directors’ Declarationfor the year ended 30 June 2022Impact Minerals Ltd Annual Report 2022 

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Independent Auditor’s Report
to the Members

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT 
TO THE MEMBERS OF IMPACT MINERALS LIMITED 

Report on the Audit of the Financial Report 

Opinion 

We  have  audited  the  financial  report  of  Impact  Minerals  Limited  (“the  Company”)  and  its  subsidiaries  (“the 

Consolidated Entity”), which comprises the consolidated statement of financial position as at  30 June 2022, 

the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, the consolidated statement of 
changes in  equity  and the  consolidated statement  of  cash flows for the year then ended, and  notes to the 

financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies, and the directors’ declaration. 

In our opinion: 

a. 

the accompanying financial report of the Consolidated Entity is in accordance with the Corporations Act 

2001, including: 

(i) 

giving a true and fair view of the Consolidated Entity’s financial position as at 30 June 2022 and 

of its financial performance for the year then ended; and 

(ii) 

complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001. 

b. 

the financial report also complies with International Financial Reporting Standards as disclosed in Note 
2. 

Basis for Opinion 

We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards.  Those standards require that we 

comply with relevant  ethical requirements relating to  audit engagements and plan and perform the  audit to 
obtain  reasonable  assurance  about  whether  the  financial  report  is  free  from  material  misstatement.  Our 

responsibilities under those standards are further described in the  Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of 
the Financial Report section of our report.  We are independent of the Consolidated Entity in accordance with 

the  auditor  independence  requirements  of  the  Corporations  Act  2001  and  the  ethical  requirements  of  the 
Accounting  Professional  and  Ethical  Standards  Board’s  APES  110  Code  of  Ethics  for  Professional 

Accountants (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the financial report in Australia. We have also fulfilled 

our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code. 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our 

opinion. 

Key Audit Matters 

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit 

of the financial report of the current period.  These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the 
financial report as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on 
these matters. 

 
 
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Key Audit Matter 

How our audit addressed the Key Audit Matter 

Exploration  and  Evaluation  Expenditure  - 
$11,195,288 

(Refer to note 11) 

Mineral  exploration  expenditure  is  a  key  audit 

matter due to: 

•  The  significance  of  the  balance  to  the 
Consolidated Entity’s financial position; and 

•  The level of judgement required in evaluating 
the 
management’s 
requirements of AASB 6 Exploration for and 

application 

of 

Evaluation of Mineral Resources (“AASB 6”). 
AASB  6  is  an  industry  specific  accounting 

Our audit procedures included but were not limited to: 

•  Assessing management’s determination of its areas 
of  interest  for  consistency  with  the  definition  in 
AASB  6. This  involved analysing the tenements in 

which the Consolidated Entity holds an interest and 
the  exploration  programmes  planned  for  those 

tenements; 

•  For  each  area  of  interest,  we  assessed  the 
to 
tenure  by 
registries  and 

Consolidated  Entity’s 
corroborating 

rights 
to  government 

standard 
significant 

requiring 

the  application  of 
judgements,  estimates  and 

evaluating agreements in place with other parties as 
applicable; 

industry  knowledge.  This  includes  specific 

requirements 
be 
capitalised  as  an  asset  and  subsequent 

expenditure 

for 

to 

requirements  which  must  be  complied  with 
for capitalised expenditure to continue to be 

carried as an asset. 

•  We considered the activities in each area of interest 
to  date  and  assessed  the  planned  future  activities 

for each area of interest by evaluating budgets for 
each area of interest; 

•  We  tested  the  additions  to  capitalised  expenditure 
for  the  year  by  evaluating  a  sample  of  recorded 

expenditure  for  consistency  to  underlying  records, 
the capitalisation requirements of the Consolidated 

Entity’s  accounting  policy  and  the  requirements  of 
AASB 6; 

•  We considered the activities in each area of interest 
to  date  and  assessed  the  planned  future  activities 

for each area of interest by evaluating budgets for 
each area of interest; 

•  We assessed each area of interest for one or more 
of  the  following  circumstances  that  may  indicate 

impairment of the capitalised expenditure: 

•  The licenses for the right to explore expiring in the 
near future or are not expected to be renewed; 

•  Substantive  expenditure  for  further  exploration  in 
the specific area is neither budgeted or planned; 

•  Decision  or  intent  by  the  Consolidated  Entity  to 
discontinue activities in the specific area of interest 

Independent Auditor’s Reportcontinued 
 
 
 
 
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Key Audit Matter 

How our audit addressed the Key Audit Matter 

due  to  lack  of  commercially  viable  quantities  of 
resources. 

•  Data indicating that, although a development in the 
specific  area  is  likely  to  proceed,  the  carrying 

amount  of  the  exploration  asset  is  unlikely  to  be 
recovered  in  full  from  successful  development  or 

sale. 

Assets classified as held for sale - $3,482,942 

Our audit procedures included but were not limited to: 

(Refer to Note 9) 

•  Review of the Agreements; 

•  Assessment  of 

the 

the 
measurement  and  classification  of  the  assets  to 
ensure  they  were  recorded  at  the  lower  of  the 

transactions 

to  verify 

carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell; and 

•  Assessing 

the  appropriateness  of 

the  related 

disclosures in the financial statements. 

•  The Company announced a Share Purchase 
Agreement  with  Burrendong  Minerals 

Limited  to  dispose  of  75%  of  the  shares  in 
Impact’s wholly owned subsidiary Endeavour 

Minerals Pty Ltd.  The principal assets of the 
subsidiary  are  the  Commonwealth  Project 

tenements 

(EL8504,  EL8505,  EL5874, 

EL8212 and EL8252).   At balance date the 
the 
Company’s 

interest 

75% 

in 

Commonwealth  tenements  was  carried  at 
$3,140,000. 

•  The  Company  granted  Peter  Campbell  FT 
Pty  Ltd  an  option  to  buy  all  the  shares  in 

Blackridge Exploration Pty Ltd.  The principal 
licenses 
assets  are 

three  exploration 

EPM26806, EPM27410 and EPM27571.  At 
balance date the Company’s tenements  the 

Blackridge 

tenements  was  carried  at 

$342,942. 

As a result of these transactions the assets were 

from  Capitalised  Exploration 
reclassified 
Expenditure to Assets Held for Sale. The assets 

were carried at the lower of cost or net relisable 
value. 

We  considered  this  as  a  key  audit  matter 

because  of 
transactions. 

the  size  and  nature  of 

the 

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Other Information  

The  directors  are  responsible  for  the  other  information.  The  other  information  comprises  the  information 

included in the Consolidated Entity’s annual report for the year ended 30 June 2022, but does not include the 
financial report and our auditor’s report thereon. 

Our opinion on the financial report does not cover the other information and accordingly we do not express 
any form of assurance conclusion thereon. 

In connection with our audit of the financial report, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in 
doing  so,  consider  whether  the  other  information  is  materially  inconsistent  with  the  financial  report  or  our 

knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. 

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. 

Responsibilities of the Directors for the Financial Report 

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and 
fair  view  in  accordance  with  Australian  Accounting  Standards  and  the  Corporations  Act  2001  and  for  such 

internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that 

gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In Note 2, the 
directors also state in accordance with Australian Accounting Standard  AASB 101 Presentation of Financial 

Statements, that the financial report complies with International Financial Reporting Standards.  

In preparing the financial report, the directors are responsible for assessing the Consolidated Entity’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 Consolidated Entity or to cease 

operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. 

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report 

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based on our audit. Our objectives are to 
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is 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 the Australian 

Auditing Standards 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 this financial report. 

As part of an audit in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards, we exercise professional judgement 
and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also: 

• 

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or 
error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is 
sufficient  and  appropriate  to  provide  a  basis  for  our  opinion.  The  risk  of  not  detecting  a  material 

misstatement  resulting  from  fraud  is  higher  than  for  one  resulting  from  error,  as  fraud  may  involve 

collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls. 

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• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

Obtain an understanding of internal controls relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures 
that  are  appropriate  in  the  circumstances,  but  not  for  the  purpose  of  expressing  an  opinion  on  the 

effectiveness of the Consolidated Entity’s internal control. 

Evaluate  the  appropriateness  of  accounting  policies  used  and  the  reasonableness  of  accounting 

estimates and related disclosures made by the directors. 

Conclude on the appropriateness of the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting and, 
based  on  the  audit  evidence  obtained,  whether  a  material  uncertainty  exists  related  to  events  or 

conditions  that  may  cast  significant  doubt  on  the  Consolidated  Entity’s  ability  to  continue  as  a  going 
concern.  If  we  conclude  that  a  material  uncertainty  exists,  we  are  required  to  draw  attention  in  our 

auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial report or, if such disclosures are inadequate, 

to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our 
auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Consolidated Entity to cease to 

continue as a going concern. 

Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial report, including the disclosures, 
and  whether  the  financial  report  represents  the  underlying  transactions  and  events  in  a  manner  that 

achieves fair presentation. 

Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business 
activities within the Consolidated Entity to express an opinion on the financial report. We are responsible 
for  the  direction,  supervision  and  performance  of  the  Consolidated  Entity  audit.  We  remain  solely 

responsible for our audit opinion. 

We communicate with the directors regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit 
and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during 

our audit. 

We  also  provide  the  directors  with  a  statement  that  we  have  complied  with  relevant  ethical  requirements 

regarding  independence,  and  to  communicate  with  them  all  relationships  and  other  matters  that  may 
reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards. 

From the matters communicated with the directors, we determine those matters that were of most significance 

in the audit of the financial report of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe 
these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or 

when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report 
because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest 

benefits of such communication. 

Report on the Remuneration Report 

We have audited the Remuneration Report included in the directors’ report for the year ended 30 June 2022.  

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation and presentation of the remuneration report 

in accordance with s 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the 
remuneration report, based on our audit conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. 

Independent Auditor’s Reportcontinued 
 
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Auditor’s Opinion 

In our opinion, the Remuneration Report of  the Company, for the year ended 30 June 2022, complies with 

section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. 

HALL CHADWICK WA AUDIT PTY LTD 

MARK DELAURENTIS  CA 
Director 

Dated this 28th day of September 2022 
Perth, Western Australia 

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Shareholder Information
as at 16 September 2022

Additional information required by the Australian Securities Exchange Limited and not shown elsewhere in this report is 
as follows.

1.  DISTRIBUTION OF HOLDERS OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Analysis of number of equity security holders by size of holding:

1 - 1,000

1,001 - 5,000

5,001 - 10,000

10,001 - 100,000

100,001 and over

Total

The number of holders of less than a marketable parcel of ordinary fully paid shares is 1,779.

2.  SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS
Substantial shareholders (i.e. shareholders who hold 5% or more of the issued capital):

ABC BETEILIGUNGEN AG

MRS SUSANNE BUNNENEBERG

Shareholders

160

100

115

2,008

2,208

4,591

Number of 
shares

Percentage 
held

201,729,905

200,199,999

8.13

8.07

3.  VOTING RIGHTS
(a)  Ordinary shares
Each shareholder is entitled to receive notice of and attend and vote at general meetings of the Company. At a general 
meeting, every shareholder present in person or by proxy, representative of attorney will have one vote on a show of 
hands and on a poll, one vote for each share held.

(b)  Options
No voting rights.

4.  QUOTED SECURITIES ON ISSUE
The Company has 2,481,370,556 quoted shares on issue (ASX:IPT).  
The Company has 158,254,389 quoted options on issue exercisable at $0.02 on or before 2 June 2024 (ASX:IPTOB).

5.  ON-MARKET BUY BACK
There is no current on-market buy back.

6.  UNQUOTED EQUITY SECURITIES

Options exercisable at $0.0375 on or before 30 November 2022

Options exercisable at $0.03 on or before 15 March 2023

Options exercisable at $0.03 on or before 29 April 2023

Options exercisable at $0.0149 on or before 5 November 2023

Options exercisable at $0.024 on or before 22 April 2025

Options exercisable at $0.0217 on or before 31 October 2025

Options exercisable at $0.024 on or before 31 October 2025

Number
on issue

Number of 
holders

20,000,000

500,000

4,000,000

93,000,000

3,000,000

83,000,000

4,000,000

5

2

3

6

1

9

1

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continued

7. TWENTY LARGEST HOLDERS OF QUOTED ORDINARY SHARES

Shareholder

BNP PARIBAS NOMS PTY LTD 

DEUTSCHE BALATON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

WHALE WATCH HOLDINGS LIMITED

BNP PARIBAS NOMINEES PTY LTD ACF CLEARSTREAM

DEUTSCHE BALATON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

CITICORP NOMINEES PTY LIMITED

MR YUNG WING HO & MRS KATHERINE KAM LING HO   20,588,070 

MR WALTER LEONARD PARSONS STONE

MR GEORGE DAVID BUTKERAITIS

BNP PARIBAS NOMINEES PTY LTD 

TOWNS CORPORATION PTY LTD 

MR POH SENG TAN

DR LEON EUGENE PRETORIUS

NETWEALTH INVESTMENTS LIMITED 

BERNE NO 21 PTY LTD

AVIANA HOLDINGS PTY LTD

IAE STUDY IN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 

PAUL THOMSON FURNITURE PTY LTD 

P J ENTERPRISES PTY LIMITED 

MR MARK ANDREW TKOCZ

 20,000,000 

 19,875,000 

 19,071,331 

 18,300,000 

 17,000,000 

 15,000,000 

 14,164,135 

 13,500,000 

 13,157,895 

 13,000,000 

 12,987,261 

 12,982,391 

 12,339,071 

Number of 
shares

Percentage
held

 257,356,374 

10.37

 138,000,000 

 70,000,000 

 61,205,572 

 32,240,364 

 22,109,738 

5.56

2.82

2.47

1.30

0.89

0.83

0. 81

0.80

0.77

0.74

0.69

0.6 1

0.57

0.54

0.53

0.52

0.52

0.52

0.50

802,877,202

32.36

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Shareholder Information
continued

8.  TWENTY LARGEST HOLDERS OF QUOTED OPTIONS EXERCISABLE AT $0.02 ON OR BEFORE 

2 JUNE 2024

Shareholder

MR ROBERT XONG SENG TANG 

MR MARK ANDREW TKOCZ

KLINGBIEL HOLDINGS PTY LTD 

MR GLENN RAYMOND SKENDER

MR BRENDAN JON LINDSAY

BNP PARIBAS NOMS PTY LTD 

MR MD AKRAM UDDIN

DR LEON EUGENE PRETORIUS

MR GUY LEON BANDUCCI

MR OWEN HUNTER WALDRON & MRS JANET CHRISTINE WALDRON

MR MD AKRAM UDDIN

PAUL THOMSON FURNITURE PTY LTD 

ALBIANO HOLDINGS PTY LTD 

MATTHEW BURFORD SUPER FUND PTY LTD 

SUPER SECRET PTY LTD 

MR GEORGE DAVID BUTKERAITIS

EUTHENIA TYCHE PTY LTD

ERIC GOLF PTY LTD

SUPERHERO SECURITIES LIMITED 

BERNE NO 21 PTY LTD

Number of 
shares

Percentage
held

 11,812,500 

 10,632,403 

 5,587,500 

 5,000,000 

 4,545,455 

 3,213,090 

 2,991,407 

 2,500,000 

 2,500,000 

 2,500,000 

 2,463,225 

 2,450,000 

 2, 272,728 

 2,000,000 

 2,000,000 

 1,987,500 

 1,869,395 

 1 , 8 1 8 , 1 8 1 

 1,795,486 

 1,750,000 

7.46

6.72

3.53

3.16

2.87

2.03

1.89

1. 58

1.58

1.58

1.56

1.55

1 .4 4

1.26

1.26

1.26

1.18

1.15

1.13

1.11

71,688,870

45.30

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Tenement Schedule

Project / Tenement

Location

Status

IPT Interest at end of quarter

Commonwealth

New South Wales

EL5874

EL8212

EL8252

EL8504

EL8505

EL8632

Broken Hill

New South Wales

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Queensland

Western Australia

Under options to buy

Sold

Under options to buy

Under options to buy

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

–

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

EL7390

EL8234

EL8636

EL8674

EL8609

EL9036

EL9037

EL9115

EL9294

EL9384

Blackridge

EPM26806

ML2386

EPM27571

EPM27410

Arkun

E70/5424

E70/5430

E70/5431

E70/5432

E70/5433

E70/5434

E70/5490

E70/5504

E70/5505

E70/5816

Tenement Schedule
continued

Project / Tenement

Location

Status

IPT Interest at end of quarter

Doonia

E15/1790

Jumbo

E70/5852

Western Australia

Western Australia

Dalgaranga

Western Australia

E59/2620

Narryer

E52/3967

E52/3985

Hopetoun

E74/563

EL74/730

E74/679

Dinninup

E70/5842

E70/6111

E70/6112

E70/6113

Martup

E70/5761

Mineral Hill

E70/5780

Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Earning In

Application

Earning In

Granted

Application

Application

Application

Granted

Granted

80%

80%

80%

80%

80%

–

–

–

100%

–

–

–

100%

100%

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