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Annual Report and 

Consolidated Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

for 

PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Contents of the Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

Company Information 

Chairman’s Statement 

Directors and Strategic Report 

Report of the Independent Auditors 

Consolidated Income Statement 

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 

Company Statement of Financial Position 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 

Company Statement of Changes in Equity 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 

Company Statement of Cash Flows 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Company Information 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

DIRECTORS: 

  Sir H C Bellingham 
 S J Farrell  
J Taylor 

SECRETARY: 

D Maling 

REGISTERED OFFICE: 

Becket House 
36 Old Jewry 
 London 
 EC2R 8DD 

REGISTERED NUMBER: 

02578942 (England and Wales) 

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS: 

SOLICITORS: 

NOMINATED ADVISOR  
AND BROKER: 

REGISTRARS: 

BANKERS: 

Chapman Davis LLP 
2 Chapel Court 
London 
SE1 1HH 

Travers Smith LLP 
10 Snow Hill 
London 
EC1A 2AL 

Strand Hanson Limited 
26 Mount Row  
London 
W1K 3SQ 

Link Assets Services 
34 Beckenham Road 
Beckenham 
Kent 
BR3 4TU 

Royal Bank of Scotland 
1 Dale Street 
Liverpool 
L2 2PP 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Chairman’s Statement 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

INTRODUCTION 

During 2018, the Board continued to pursue the reinstatement to Pathfinder Minerals plc (“Pathfinder”, the “Company” or, 
together  with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) of the areas previously licensed to Pathfinder in Mozambique under Mining 
Concession  nos.  760C  and  4623C  (now  consolidated  as  Mining  Concession  no.  4623C  (the  “Licence”)).  I  am  very 
encouraged by the progress being made and optimistic about the range of options being proposed to us. As announced 
on  3  June  2019,  the  Board  is  focused  on  gaining  further  clarity  from  the  various  interested  counterparties  on  their 
proposal structures.  I look forward to updating shareholders further if and when progress is made towards a resolution 
that is to the satisfaction of all parties.   

REVIEW OF ACTIVITY FOR THE PERIOD 

In the early part of 2018, Pathfinder reported that it continued to pursue a dual-track strategy to recover control of the 
Licence either through the legal process or by way of a negotiated settlement. The Company subsequently reported that 
the prospects of a negotiated settlement had stalled. 

A general meeting of the Company was requisitioned by certain shareholders on 4 April 2018 proposing changes to the 
composition of the Board.  

On 9 May 2018, Pathfinder announced it had raised £250,000 in order to provide additional working capital; along with 
certain  prospective  management  changes.  The  requirement  for  the  Company  to  proceed  with  the  abovementioned 
requisitioned general meeting was withdrawn on the same date.  

On 22 May 2018, the Supreme Court in Mozambique notified the Company of its request for final written submissions in 
relation  to  Pathfinder's  application  for  recognition  of  the  2012  English  High  Court  ruling  in  its  favour.  The  Company 
complied and lodged final written submissions. The Board has no visibility over the timing of judgment and has received 
no further communication since then from the Supreme Court in Mozambique.  

On 10 August 2018, the Company appointed Strand Hanson Limited as its Nominated Adviser and Broker. 

On 23 October 2018, Pathfinder announced it had raised a further £150,000 for working capital.  

POST THE PERIOD END 

Post the reporting period end, on 11 February 2019, the Company announced it had engaged Africa Focus Group Limited 
("AFG"), a Hong Kong-based company with a Johannesburg consultancy office specialising in mergers and acquisitions in 
southern  Africa,  to  provide  assistance  to  the  Company  in  pursuing  completion  of  a  transaction  with  the  owners  of 
Pathfinder Moçambique, S.A (the current Licence holder) pursuant to which Pathfinder, or a wholly owned subsidiary of 
Pathfinder, would re-establish an interest in the Licence.  

This process has and continues to progress positively and, on 10 April 2019, the Company announced that it was evaluating 
multiple transaction structures, taking into account commercial and regulatory factors, through which the Company could 
hold its interest in the Licence and deliver value for shareholders; and that the principle of a proposed transaction had  
been agreed between Pathfinder and General Jacinto Veloso who, with his family interests, is a 50 per cent shareholder 
in Pathfinder Moçambique, S.A.. 

In parallel, the Board commenced discussions with regards to potential funding strategies (including through partnerships 
or debt provision) to facilitate a transaction and finance further development of the Licence. Discussions are constructive 
and ongoing.  

The Company has raised a further £335,000 via new share issues in April and June 2019.  

VALUE 

Shareholders should not lose sight of the value that lies within the opportunity they have waited so patiently to pursue.  

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Chairman’s Statement 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

Earlier this year, the Board commissioned an independent technical consultant, 2M Mineral Services Limited, to prepare 
a revised Scoping Study on the Licence (the "2019 Report"), which included a revision of the capital and operating costs 
and  pricing  assumptions  that  were  presented  in  the  original URS/Scott  Wilson  2011  scoping  study  report  (the  "2011 
Report"). This revision resulted in an estimated pre-tax net present value ("NPV") at a 10 per cent discount rate of US$1.05 
billion; with projected annual revenues of US$323 million over a mine life of 30 years. The project internal rate of return 
("IRR") is expected  to be approximately  25 per cent. The revised findings represent a near doubling of the previously 
reported equivalent NPV and an increase of 6.1 per cent in the project IRR.  

A summary of the key differences in scoping study outcomes between the 2011 Report and the 2019 Report is set out 
below. 

Key Differences in Scoping Study Outcomes between 2011 and 2019 Scoping Study Reports: 

Estimated Run of Mine production 

Estimated Life of Mine 

Mtpa 

Years 

Estimated Mineral Content Split of Final Product 

Ilmenite 

Rutile 

Zircon 

  Estimated Annual Production (‘000 tonnes) 

Ilmenite 

  Projected Annual Revenues 

  Initial Capital Cost 

  Estimated Pre-tax IRR 

  Estimated Pre-tax NPV @ 10% discount rate 

  Pricing Assumptions (USD/tonne) 

* On an absolute basis 

LEADERSHIP CHANGES 

Rutile 

Zircon 

US$ m 

US$ m 

% 

US$ m 

Ilmenite 

Rutile 

Zircon 

2011 

47.7 

30 

93.4% 

1.8% 

4.8% 

1,245 

24 

65 

247 

686 

18.8% 

529 

125 

677 

1,148 

2019 

47.7 

30 

93.4% 

1.8% 

4.8% 

1,245 

24 

65 

323 

742 

24.9% 

1,046 

173 

908 

1,320 

Change % 

0% 

0% 

0% 

0% 

0% 

0% 

0% 

0% 

+19.4% 

+7.5% 

+6.1%* 

+97.7% 

+38.4% 

+34.1% 

+15.0% 

During 2018, new leadership was appointed with a view to optimising the prospect of a successful recovery of the Licence. 
In August 2018, Nick Trew stepped down from the Board and Simon Farrell and Scott Richardson-Brown joined the Board 
in  the  roles  of  Non-executive  Co-Chairman  and  Executive  Director,  respectively.  Scott  Richardson-Brown  was  later 
appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer.  Throughout the year considerable progress has been made in driving the 
Company’s strategy to a successful conclusion and a huge amount of effort has been devoted to preserving the financial 
health of a non-revenue-generating, listed company working to resolve a complex situation.  

Scott Richardson-Brown left the Company on 3 June 2019 to pursue other business interests, and the Board wishes him 
well with his future endeavours.  John Taylor was appointed as the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer on the same 
date and I am happy to report there has been no let-up in the pace of operations and activity since then.  John is focused 
on assisting Pathfinder in delivering a timely and positive solution to shareholders in what the Board views as a highly 
opportunistic period to reach a final settlement.   

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Chairman’s Statement 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

FINANCIAL RESULTS AND CURRENT FINANCIAL POSITION 

During the period the Company issued 42,111,106 new ordinary shares to raise £400,000 in cash and settle £81,000 in 
corporate fees.  

The financial statements of the Pathfinder Group for the year ended 31 December 2018 follow later in this report. The 
Income Statement shows a loss of £645,000 (2017 - £615,000) of which £61,000 relates to directors' fees and pension 
contributions  that  are  recorded  as  a  liability  in  'Trade  and  other  payables'  but  actual  payment  of  which  had  been 
deferred as described in 'Note 18' to these accounts in order to conserve the Company’s cash resources during this period. 
£24,478 was also expensed relating to the issue of 15,250,000 options to Directors during the period. Since the period 
end, the accrued unpaid directors’ fees and pension liabilities up to 31 May 2019 have been settled in full through the 
issue of new ordinary shares in the Company. 

The  Group's  Statement  of  Financial  Position  shows  net  assets  (excluding  £337,000  of  deferred  fees  and  pension 
contributions described in 'Note 18') at 31 December 2018 of £139,000 (31 December 2017 - £224,000). The assets are 
held largely in the form of cash deposits and receivables. Following the Company’s share issues in April and June 2019 and 
the receipt of cash proceeds from the exercise of warrants, the Company’s cash position as at 27 June 2019 stands at £520,000. 

OUTLOOK 

Discussions are continuing to progress in a positive way both with regards to a transaction in respect of the Licence and 
with prospective funders who are conducting their own asset-level due diligence. Should a transaction be concluded, the 
Board anticipates that the effect on the business would likely be transformational. 

On behalf of the Board, I should like to thank all shareholders for their patience and support while the Board is continuing 
to  do  everything  within  in  its  power  to  recover  the  Licence  on  terms  which  deliver  value  for  Pathfinder’s  existing 
shareholders. I look forward to updating the market on progress in the near future. 

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: 

Sir H C Bellingham - Director 
27 June 2019

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Directors and Strategic Report 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

The directors present their report with the  financial statements of the Company and the Group for the year  ended 
31 December 2018. 

DIVIDENDS 
No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 December 2018. 

An overview of the Group results is presented in the Chairman's Statement. 

EVENTS SINCE THE END OF THE YEAR 
Information relating to events since the end of the year is given in the notes to the financial statements. 

DIRECTORS 
The directors shown below have held office during the period from 1 January 2018 to the date of this report. 

Sir H C Bellingham 
S Farrell (appointed 10 August 2018) 
J Taylor (appointed 3 June 2019) 
S Richardson Brown (appointed 10 August 2018 and resigned 3 June 2019) 
N S Trew (resigned 20 August 2018) 
R P Easby (resigned 10 August 2018) 

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS 
The Company's financial instruments consist entirely of cash that arises directly from its operations.  The main purpose 
of these financial instruments is to fund the Company's operations as well as to manage working capital, liquidity and 
invest surplus funds.   It  is,  and  has  been  throughout the  period  under review, the  Company's policy  not to  enter into 
derivative transactions and no trading in financial instruments has been undertaken. 

POLITICAL DONATIONS AND EXPENDITURE 
No charitable or political contributions were made during the current or previous year. 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS 
As at  27  June  2019  the  following shareholders were beneficially interested in  3% or  more of  the  Company's ordinary 
share capital insofar as the Company is aware and based on information disclosed to the Company by those shareholders 
at this date. 

Shareholding 
Shareholder name                                                                                              ordinary shares                               percentage 

Number of 0.1p 

Align Research and related party - R S & C A Jennings 
Mr Nicholas Trew (prior Director) 

28,500,000 
23,208,085 

9.1% 
7.4% 

COMPANY'S POLICY ON PAYMENT OF CREDITORS 
It is the Company's policy to pay suppliers in accordance with the payment terms negotiated with them. The Company's 
average creditor days during the year were 32 days (2017: 20 days). 

RISK EXPOSURE 
The Companies Act 2006 requires the directors to set out in this report how the Group manages its exposure to risk. 

The directors consider that the Company has sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet its foreseeable operational 
requirements. 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
As an AIM-quoted company, the Company and is required to apply a recognised corporate governance code, demonstrate 
how the Group complies with such corporate governance code and where it departs from it. The Board of Pathfinder, 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Directors and Strategic Report 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

which is responsible for the direction and oversight of all of our activities, believes that a sound corporate governance 
policy, involving a transparent set of procedures and practices, is an essential ingredient to the Company’s success both 
in the medium and long term. The application of these policies enables key decisions to be made by the Board as a whole, 
and for the Company to function in a manner that takes into account all stakeholders in the Group, including employees, 
suppliers and business partners. 

The  directors  of  the  Company  have  formally  made  the  decision  to  apply  the  Quoted  Companies  Alliance  Corporate 
Governance Code (the “QCA Code”). The Board recognises the principles of the QCA Code are best suited to companies 
such as Pathfinder, although it must be recognised that Pathfinder is operating in a fairly unique set of circumstances and 
has quite a troubled history with significant recent changes. 

The key governance related matters that occurred during the financial year ended 31 December 2018 was the formal 
adoption of the QCA Code and the Board changes outlined above. 

the  Company’s  detailed 

For 
www.pathfindeminerals.com.  

corporate  governance 

statement  please 

see  Pathfinder’s  website  at 

DISCLOSURE IN THE STRATEGIC REPORT 
Strategic matters relating to the Company throughout the reporting period are outlined in the Chairman's Statement. 

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES 
The directors are responsible for preparing the Report of the directors and the financial statements in accordance with 
applicable law and regulations. 

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year.  Under that law the directors 
have  elected  to  prepare  the  financial  statements in  accordance with  International  Financial  Reporting  Standards as 
adopted by the European Union. Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless 
they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and the Group and of the 
profit or loss of the group for that period.  In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to: 

-  select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; 
-  make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 
-  state that the financial statements comply with IFRS; 
-  prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company 

will continue in business. 

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

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Directors and Strategic Report 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

GOING CONCERN 
The  directors have  considered the  appropriateness of  the  going  concern concept in  the  preparation of  the  financial 
statements,  especially  considering  the  negative  equity  position  the  Company  is  in.  After  a  review  of  the  cash 
requirements of the Company, the directors believe that the Company will have sufficient cash reserves available for at 
least the next 12 months from the date of this report. As disclosed in note 20, the Company has raised £335,000  via 
new share issues, £183,000 from warrant exercise and settled deferred director fees totaling £309,000 after the 
balance sheet date in order to remedy the negative equity position. 

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS 
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies 
Act 2006) of which the Group's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have 
taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Group's 
auditors are aware of that information. 

AUDITORS 
The auditors, Chapman Davis LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. 

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: 

John Taylor - Director 
27 June 2019 

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of 
Pathfinder Minerals Plc 

OPINION 
We have audited  the  financial statements of Pathfinder Minerals Plc (the ‘Parent Company’) and its subsidiaries (the 
‘Group’) for the year ended 31 December 2018 which comprise the Consolidated Income Statement, the  Consolidated 
Statement  of  Comprehensive  Income,  the  Consolidated  and  Parent  Company  Statements  of  Financial  Position,  the 
Consolidated and Parent Company Statements of Changes in Equity, the Consolidated and Parent Company Statements 
of Cash Flows, and the related notes 1 to 20, including the significant accounting policies in note 3.  

The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and International Financial 
Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union. 

In our opinion: 
• 

the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the Group’s and of the Parent Company’s 
affairs as at 31 December 2018 and of the Group’s and the Parent Company’s loss for the year then ended; 
the financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European 
Union; and 
the financial statements have been prepared in accordance  with the requirements of the  Companies Act 
2006 and, as regards the Group financial statements, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation. 

• 

• 

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

CONCLUSIONS REGARDING GOING CONCERN 
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to 
you where: 

• 

• 

the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is 
not appropriate; or 
the directors have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may 
cast significant doubt about the Parent  Company’s ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of 
accounting for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised 
for issue. 

KEY AUDIT MATTERS 
Key audit matters are those  matters that, in our professional judgement, are of most significance in our audit of the 
financial statements of the current period.  Such matters would be addressed in the context of our audit of the financial 
report as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and a separate opinion on such matters would not be provided. 

We have determined that there are no key audit matters to be communicated in our report. 

MATERIALITY 
In planning and performing our audit we applied the concept of materiality. An item is considered material if it could 
reasonably be expected to change the economic decisions of a user of the financial statements. We used the concept of 
materiality to both focus our testing and to evaluate the impact of any misstatements identified. Based on professional 
judgement, we determined overall materiality for the financial statements as a whole to be £32,000, being 5% of the loss 
for the year and less than 7.5% of total liabilities. 

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of 
Pathfinder Minerals Plc 

OTHER INFORMATION 
The Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the 
annual  report,  other  than  the  financial  statements  and  our  auditor’s  report  thereon.  Our  opinion  on  the  financial 
statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we 
do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. 

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing 
so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our  knowledge 
obtained in the  audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or 
apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial 
statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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. 

OPINIONS ON OTHER MATTERS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: 

• 

• 

the  information  given  in  the  Directors and  Strategic  Report  for  the  financial  year  for  which  the  financial 
statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and 

the Directors  and Strategic Report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. 

MATTERS ON WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT BY EXCEPTION 
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Group and its environment obtained in the course of the audit 
we  have  not  identified material misstatements in  the  Directors and  Strategic  Report.  We  have  nothing to  report  in 
respect of the following matters in  relation to  which the  Companies Act 2006 requires us to  report to  you  if,  in  our 
opinion: 

• 

• 

• 

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

the Parent Company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or 

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

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

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTORS 
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities, the directors are responsible for the preparation 
of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as 
the  directors determine is  necessary to  enable  the  preparation of  financial  statements that  are  free  from  material 
misstatement whether due to fraud or error. 

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

AUDITOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
Our objectives are to  obtain  reasonable assurance about whether the  financial statements as  a  whole are  free from 
material  misstatement,  whether  due  to  fraud  or  error,  and  to  issue  an  auditor’s  report  that  includes  our  opinion. 
Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with 
ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. 

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of 
Pathfinder Minerals Plc 

Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could 
reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. 

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting 
Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report. 

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

Keith Fulton (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and 
on behalf of Chapman Davis LLP Chartered 
Accountants and Statutory Auditors 
2 Chapel Court 
London 
SE1 1HH 

27 June 2019 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Consolidated Income Statement 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

Notes 

2018 
   £'000 

CONTINUING OPERATIONS 
Revenue 

Other operating income 
Administrative expenses 

OPERATING LOSS 

Finance income 

LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAX 

Income tax 

LOSS FOR THE YEAR 

Loss attributable to: 
Owners of the parent 

Earnings / (loss)per share expressed 
in pence per share: 
Basic 
Diluted 

 5 

7 

8 

10 

-   

-   
(645)  

(645) 

-   

(645) 

-   

(645) 

(645)  

(0.26) 
(0.26)  

2017 

£'000 

- 

               - 

    (615) 

(615) 

 - 

(615) 

 - 

(615) 

    (615) 

(0.33) 
    (0.33) 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

LOSS FOR THE YEAR 

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE 
YEAR 

Total comprehensive income attributable to: 
Owners of the parent 

    2018 
£'000 

                      2017 

      £'000 

(645) 

- 

(645) 

(645) 

(615) 

 - 

(615) 

(615) 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02578942) 

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 
31 December 2018 

Notes 

11 
12 

13 
14 

15 

16 

ASSETS 
NON-CURRENT ASSETS 

Property, plant and equipment 
Investments 

CURRENT ASSETS 
Trade and other receivables 
Cash and cash equivalents 

TOTAL ASSETS 

EQUITY 
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 
Called up share capital 
Share premium 
Share based payments reserve 
Retained earnings 

TOTAL EQUITY 

LIABILITIES 
CURRENT LIABILITIES 
Trade and other payables 

TOTAL LIABILITIES 

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 

   2018 
£'000 

- 
- 

- 

   192 
 52 

244 

244 

18,458 
12,431 
        25 
(31,110) 

(196) 

440 

440 

244 

   2017 
£'000 

- 
- 

- 

56 
248 

304 

304 

18,416 
11,997 
          - 
(30,465) 

(52) 

356 

356 

304 

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 27 June 2019 and were signed on its behalf by: 

John Taylor - Director 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02578942) 

Company Statement of Financial Position 
31 December 2018 

Notes 

11 
12 

13 
14 

15 

16 

ASSETS 
NON-CURRENT ASSETS 

Property, plant and equipment 
Investments 

CURRENT ASSETS 
Trade and other receivables 
Cash and cash equivalents 

TOTAL ASSETS 

EQUITY 
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 
Called up share capital 
Share premium 
Share based payments reserve 
Retained earnings 

TOTAL EQUITY 

LIABILITIES 
CURRENT LIABILITIES 
Trade and other payables 

TOTAL LIABILITIES 

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 

   2018 
£'000 

- 
- 

- 

   192 
 52 

244 

244 

18,458 
12,431 
        25 
(31,110) 

(196) 

440 

440 

244 

   2017 
£'000 

- 
- 

- 

56 
248 

304 

304 

18,416 
11,997 
          - 
(30,465) 

(52) 

356 

356 

304 

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 27 June 2019 and were signed on its behalf by: 

John Taylor - Director 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

Called up 
share 
capital 
£'000   

Retained 
earnings 
£'000   

Share  
Based 
Payments 
£’000 

Balance at 1 January 2017 

Changes in equity 
Issue of share capital 
Total comprehensive income 

18,345 

(29,850) 

71   
-   

-   
(615)  

Balance at 31 December 2017 

18,416 

(30,465) 

Changes in equity 
Issue of share capital 
Share based payment charge 
Cost of share issue 
Total comprehensive income 

42 
-   
-   
-   

- 
-  
-  
(645)  

Balance at 31 December 2018 

18,458 

(31,110) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

25   
- 
- 

25 

Share 
premium 
£'000   

Total 
equity 
£'000 

11,445 

(60) 

552   
-   

11,997 

623 
(615) 

(52) 

439 
-   
(5)   

481 
   25 
   (5) 
-                  (645) 

12,431 

   (196) 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Company Statement of Changes in Equity 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

Called up 
share 
capital 
£'000   

Retained 
earnings 
£'000   

Share  
Based 
Payments 
£’000 

Balance at 1 January 2017 

Changes in equity 
Issue of share capital 
Total comprehensive income 

18,345 

(29,850) 

71   
-   

-   
(615)  

Balance at 31 December 2017 

18,416 

(30,465) 

Changes in equity 
Issue of share capital 
Share based payment charge 
Cost of share issue 
Total comprehensive income 

42 
-   
-   
-   

- 
-  
-  
(645)  

Balance at 31 December 2018 

18,458 

(31,110) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

25   
- 
- 

25 

Share 
premium 
£'000   

Total 
equity 
£'000 

11,445 

(60) 

552   
-   

11,997 

  623 
 (615) 

 (52) 

439 
-   
(5)   

481 
   25 
   (5) 
-                  (645) 

12,431 

   (196) 

The notes form part of these financial statements

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

Cash flows from operating activities 

Operating loss 
Adjustments for: 
Share-based payments 
(Increase)/decrease in receivables 
Increase/(decrease) in payables 
Foreign exchange loss 

Net cash from operating activities 

Cash flows from investing activities 
Purchase of tangible fixed assets 
Interest received 

Net cash from investing activities- 

Cash flows from financing activities 
Proceeds on issuing ordinary shares 
Share issue expenses 

Net cash from financing activities 

  2018 
£'000 

    2017 
£'000 

(645) 

  106 
(136) 
    86 
    (2) 

(591) 

 - 
 - 

- 

400 
 (5) 

395 

(615) 

- 
   10 
   96 
     - 

(509) 

 - 
 - 

  - 

664 
(41) 

623 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of 
year 

 (196)                                                    114 

248                                                    134 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 

 52 

248 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Company Statement of Cash Flows 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

Cash flows from operating activities 

Operating loss 
Adjustments for: 
Share-based payments 
(Increase)/decrease in receivables 
Increase/(decrease)  in payables 
Foreign exchange loss 

Net cash from operating activities 

Cash flows from investing activities 
Purchase of tangible fixed assets 
Interest received 

Net cash from investing activities- 

Cash flows from financing activities 
Proceeds on issuing ordinary shares 
Share issue expenses 

Net cash from financing activities 

   2018 
£'000 

(645) 

  106 
(136) 
    86 
    (2) 

(591) 

 - 
 - 

- 

400 
 (5) 

395 

    2017 
£'000 

(615) 

- 
   10 
   96 
     - 

(509) 

 - 
 - 

  - 

664 
(41) 

623 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of 
year 

 (196)                                                    114 

248                                                    134 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 

 52 

248 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

1. 

GENERAL INFORMATION 

Pathfinder Minerals Plc  is  a  public limited company whose ordinary shares are  quoted on  the AIM, a market 
operated  by  the  London  Stock  Exchange;  and  is  incorporated  and  domiciled  in  the  UK.  The  address  of  its 
registered office is Becket House, 36 Old Jewry, London EC2R 8DD. 

The financial statements of Pathfinder Minerals PLC for the year ended 31 December 2018 were authorised for 
issue by the Board on 27 June 2019 and the statement of consolidated financial position signed on the Board's 
behalf by Sir Henry Bellingham. 

2. 

STATUTORY INFORMATION 

Pathfinder Minerals Plc is a public company, limited by shares, registered in England and Wales. The Company's 
registered number and registered office address can be found on the General Information page. 

3. 

ACCOUNTING POLICIES 

Basis of preparation 
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards 
and IFRIC interpretations and  with those parts of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to  companies reporting 
under IFRS. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and are presented 
in the functional currency in £'000. 

As a result of the funding activities undertaken since the year end, the Company has improved its short -term 
liquidity position. The Board has reviewed the Company's cash requirements for the next 12 months and, 
after taking account of reasonably possible changes in both expenditure and equity investment, have concluded 
that the Company should be able to operate within its current level of financing. 

The  directors  have  considered  the  appropriateness of  the  going  concern  concept  in  the  preparation  of  the 
financial statements, especially considering the negative equity position the company is in. After a review of the 
cash  requirements of the Company, the directors believe that  the company will have sufficient cash reserves 
available for at least the next 12 months from the date of this report. As disclosed in note 20, the Company has 
raised £335,000 via new share issues, £183,000 from warrant exercise and settled  deferred director fees 
totaling £309,000 after the balance sheet date in order to remedy the negative equity position. 

After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources 
to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the 
going concern basis in preparing its financial statements. 

Although the Company's direct subsidiary, IM Minerals Limited, itself holds the whole of the issued share capital 
of Companhia Mineira de Naburi SARL, which in turn holds the whole of the issued share capital of Sociedade 
Geral de Mineracao de Moçambique SARL, events in 2011 indicated that the Company does not control either 
of these sub-subsidiaries.  Neither has it been possible to obtain audited accounts for them. Accordingly these 
financial statements consolidate the financial statements of IM Minerals Limited only.  IM Minerals Limited is a 
dormant intermediate holding company. 

Property, plant and equipment 
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful 
life. 

Plant and machinery              -    33% on cost 

Taxation 
Current taxes are based on the results shown in the financial statements and are calculated according to local 
tax rules, using tax rates enacted or substantially enacted by the statement of financial position date. 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

3. 

ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued 

Foreign currencies 
Assets  and  liabilities  in  foreign  currencies are  translated  into  sterling  at  the  rates  of  exchange  ruling  at  the 
statement of financial position date.  Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of 
exchange  ruling  at  the  date  of  transaction.  Exchange  differences  are  taken  into  account  in  arriving  at  the 
operating result. 

Employee benefit costs 
The  group  operates a  defined  contribution pension  scheme.   Contributions payable to  the  Group's pension 
scheme are charged to the income statement in the period to which they relate. 

Cash and cash equivalents 
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and in hand and other short term highly liquid deposits with 
original maturities of three months or less. 

New standards, amendments and interpretations adopted by the Group 

The Group has applied the  following standards and amendments for the  first time for their annual 
reporting period commencing 1 January 2018: 

• 
• 

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments 
IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers 

No retrospective adjustments were required following the adoption of IFRS 9 and IFRS 15. 

On 1 January 2018 (the date of initial application of IFRS 9), the Group’s management assessed which 
business models apply to the financial assets held by the Group and classified its financial instruments 
into the appropriate IFRS 9 categories. No reclassifications were required. 

New standards, amendments and interpretations not yet adopted 

At the date of authorisation of these financial statements, the following Standards and Interpretations 
which have not been applied in these financial statements, were in issue but not yet effective for the 
year presented: 

• 

• 

IFRS 16 in respect of Leases which will be effective for accounting periods beginning on or after 
1 January 2019. 
IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts (effective date 1 January 2021). 

There are no other IFRSs or IFRIC interpretations that are not yet effective that would be expected to 
have a material impact on the Group. 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

Critical accounting estimates and judgements 
The preparation of financial information in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, in the case 
of the Group using International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union, requires the 
directors to make estimates and judgements that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, income and 
expenditure and  the  disclosures made  in  the  financial  statements.   Such  estimates and  judgements must  be 
continually evaluated based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events. 

Details of accounting estimates and judgements that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised 
in the financial statements have been disclosed under the relevant note or accounting policy for each area where 
disclosure is required. 

4. 

SEGMENTAL REPORTING 

The Group has one activity only.  Of the Group's administrative expenses, £73,000 (2017: £21,000) was spent in 
Mozambique relating to legal and consulting.  The whole of the value of the Group's and the Company's net assets 
in  their  respective  financial  statements  at  31  December  2018  and  2017  was  attributable  to  UK  assets  and 
liabilities. 

5. 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 

Group and Company 

Loss from operations has been arrived at after charging: 

Directors Remuneration 
Share based payment charge – Director options issue 
Legal Fees 
Nomad Fees 
Audit fees 

    2018 
£'000  

(645) 
195 
          25 
80 
70 
10 

2017 
£'000  

(615) 
278 
- 
43 
46 
10 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

6. 

EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS 

There were no employees, other than the directors. 

The following tables set out and analyse the remuneration of directors for the years ended 31 December 2018 
and 2017. 

Year ended 31 December 2018: 

Contributions to 

Total 

Salary  
£000  

Benefits  
in kind  
£000  

Total  
emoluments  
£000  

Pension  
schemes  
£000  

Share based 
  Payments 
payments 
£00 
    £000   

  Remuneration 
  2018 
  £000 

Henry 
Bellingham 
 S Farrell 
 S Richardson Brown 
 Nicholas Trew 
 Robert Easby 

30  

9 
9 
105  
38  

191 

-  

-  

-  
- 
-  

- 

30  

9 
9 
105  
38  

191 

-  

- 
- 
4  
-  

4 

5 

10 
10 
- 
- 

25 

35 

19 
19 
109 
38 

220 

Year ended 31 December 2017: 

Henry 
 Bellingham 
Nicholas Trew 
Robert Easby 

  Contributions to 

Benefits 
in kind  
£000  
-  

Total 
emoluments  
£000  
48  

pension 
schemes 
£000 
- 

Total 
remuneration 
2017 
£000 
48 

5 
-  

9 
5 

155 
60  

302 
263 

15 
- 

20 
15 

170 
60 

322 
278 

Salary  
£000  
48  

150 
60  

293 
258 

No share options were exercised by the directors, and no shares were received or receivable by any director in 
respect of qualifying services under a long-term incentive scheme. 

7. 

NET FINANCE INCOME 

Finance income: 

Deposit account interest 

2018 

£'000 

2017 
£'000 

- 

- 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

8. 

INCOME TAX 

Analysis of tax expense 
No liability to UK corporation  tax arose for the year ended 31 December 2018 nor for the year ended 
31 December 2017. 

Factors affecting the tax expense 
The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is 
explained below: 

Loss before income tax 

2018 

£'000 
(645) 

2017 

£'000 
(615) 

Loss multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19% 
(2017 - 19%) 

(123) 

(117) 

Effects of: 
Non-deductible expenses (£25,000 Share Issue Expense) 
Income not chargeable to tax 
Unrelieved tax losses carried forward 

Tax expense 

5 
- 
118 

- 

- 
(32) 
148 

- 

9. 

LOSS OF PARENT COMPANY 

As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the income statement of the parent company is not 
presented as part of these financial statements.  The parent company's loss for the financial year was £645,240 
(2017 - £615,224). 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

10. 

LOSS PER SHARE 

Basic loss per share is calculated, as set out in the tables below, by dividing the loss attributable to ordinary 
shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. 

A diluted loss per share has not been calculated as the effect of the exercise of outstanding warrants and options 
would be anti-dilutive. 

2018 
Weighted 
average 
number 
of 
shares 

Per-share 
amount 
pence 

Loss 
£'000 

Basic 

Earnings/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders 

(645) 

250,218,268 

(0.26) 

Diluted 
Adjusted earnings 

(645) 

250,218,268 

(0.26) 

2017 
Weighted 
average 
number 
of 
shares 

Per-share 
amount 
pence 

Loss 
£'000 

Basic 

Earnings/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders 
Effect of dilutive securities 

(615) 
- 

185,404,008 
- 

(0.33) 
- 

Diluted 
Adjusted earnings 

(615) 

185,404,008 

(0.33) 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

11. 

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT 

Group 

COST 

At 1 January 2018 

At 31 December 2018 

DEPRECIATION 
At 1 January 2018 
Charge for year 

At 31 December 2018 

NET BOOK VALUE 
At 31 December 2018 

At 31 December 2017 

Company 

COST 

At 1 January 2018 

At 31 December 2018 

DEPRECIATION 
At 1 January 2018 
Charge for year 

At 31 December 2018 

NET BOOK VALUE 
At 31 December 2018 

At 31 December 2017 

Plant and 
machinery 
£'000 

2 

2 

2 
- 

2 

- 

- 

Plant and 
machinery 
£'000 

2 

2 

2 
- 

2 

- 

- 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

12. 

INVESTMENTS 

Company 

COST 
At 1 January 2018 

and 31 December 2018 

PROVISIONS 
At 1 January 2018 
and 31 December 2018 

NET BOOK VALUE 
At 31 December 2018 

At 31 December 2017 

Shares in 
group 
undertakings 
£'000 

34,806 

34,806 

- 

- 

The Group or the Company's investments at  the Statement of Financial Position date in  the share capital of 
companies include the following: 

Subsidiaries 

I M Minerals Limited 
Registered office: United Kingdom 
Nature of business: Holding company 

Class of shares: 
Ordinary 

Companhia Mineira de Naburi SARL 
Registered office: Mozambique 
Nature of business: Mining 

Class of shares: 
Ordinary 

% 
holding 
100.00 

% 
holding 
100.00 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

12. 

INVESTMENTS - continued 

Company 

Sociedade Geral de Mineracao de Moçambique SARL 
Registered office: Mozambique 
Nature of business: Dormant 

Class of shares:                                                                                  holding 
Ordinary                                                                                              100.00 

% 

IM Minerals Limited held the shares in Companhia Mineira de Naburi SARL which held titanium dioxide mining 
concessions in the Republic of Mozambique.  In November 2011 the original vendors of IM Minerals' subsidiary, 
Companhia Mineira de Naburi SARL ("CMdN"), advised the Company that they had procured the cancellation of 
IM Minerals' shares in CMdN and the transfer of its assets (the mining licences) to another company controlled 
by them.  Whilst the Company is taking legal and other action in order to recover the shares and the licences, 
the  Company,  in  the  interest  of  accounting  prudence,  made  full  provision  in  the  2011  financial  statements 
against the cost of its investment in IM Minerals. 

13. 

TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES 

Current: 
Other debtors 
VAT 
Prepayments and accrued income 

14. 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 

Bank accounts 

15. 

SHARE CAPITAL 

Group 

2018 
£'000 

2017 
£'000 

Company 

2018 
£'000 

2017 
£'000 

09 

109 
4  
79  

192 

35 
 7 
14 

56 

          109 
4 
79 

           192 

35 
  7 
14 

56 

Group 

Company 

2018 
£'000 
52 

2017 
£'000 
248 

2018 
£'000 
52 

2017 
£'000 
248 

a)  Called up, allotted, issued and fully paid Ordinary shares of 0.1p each 

Number: 

Class: 

272,930,288 
183,688,116 

Ordinary 
Deferred 

Nominal 
value: 
0.1p 
9.9p 

2018 
£'000   
273   
18,185   

2017 
£'000 
231 
18,185 

18,458 

18,416 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

15. 

CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL - continued 

During the year the company made the following issues of Ordinary shares of 0.1p each for cash consideration: 

25,000,000 Ordinary shares of 0.1p each at a premium of 0.9p per share; and 
11,111,106 Ordinary shares of 0.1p each at a premium of 1.25p per share. 

In addition, 6,000,000 Ordinary shares of 0.1p each at a premium of 1.25p were issued in return for corporate 
services provided by a third party. 

b)  Share options & warrants in issue 

Exercise Price 
3p 
1.5p 
1.75p 
1.75p 

Expiry Date 
15 November 2021 
17 May 2021 
20 September 2023 
21 October 2021 

Number 
6,875,000 
25,000,000 
21,250,000 
11,111,111 

16. 

TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES 

Current: 
Trade creditors 
Social security and other taxes 
Other creditors 
Accruals and deferred income 

Group 

2018 
£'000  

2017 
£'000 

Company 

2018 
£'000 

2017 
£'000 

29  
-  
401  
10  

440 

12 
11 
324 
10 

356 

29 
- 
403 
10 

442 

12 
11 
324 
10 

356 

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PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

17. 

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES 

i) 

ii) 

As part of the agreement for the purchase of the shares in its subsidiary, Companhia Mineira de Naburi 
SARL (CMdN), the Company's subsidiary, IM Minerals Limited, agreed to pay the vendors a further sum of 
$9,900,000 if, following further exploration and appraisal, an agreement is reached for the construction 
of a facility for the processing of  ore  extracted from the  Naburi mineral sands deposit.   This sum has 
since  been  reduced  by  advances of £90,083, made by IM Minerals Limited, and £75,933, made by the 
Company, to one of the vendors, Mr Diogo Cavaco. 

Similarly, as part of its agreement for the purchase of the whole of the issued share capital of Sociedade 
Geral de  Mineracao  de  Moçambique  SARL,  CMdN  has  agreed  to  pay  the  vendors,  BHP  Billiton,  a 
further  sum  of $9,500,000 if,  following further exploration and appraisal, an agreement is reached for 
the construction of a facility for the processing of ore extracted from the Moebase mineral sands deposit.   
This obligation is guaranteed by IM Minerals Limited 

The Company has entered into a fixed period consultancy agreement, until 30 September 2019, with 
Africa Focus Group Limited ("AFG") (the "Consultancy Agreement"), a Hong Kong-based company with a 
Johannesburg consultancy office specialising in mergers and acquisitions in southern Africa. Under the 
Consultancy Agreement, AFG will provide assistance to the Company in pursuing completion of a legally 
binding transaction with the owners of Pathfinder Moçambique, S.A pursuant to which Pathfinder or a 
wholly owned subsidiary of Pathfinder would acquire, or otherwise be reinstated with or receive transfer 
of, direct ownership and effective control of Mining Concession 4623C on such terms and conditions as 
the  Company, at its sole  discretion, may agree with  the owners of Pathfinder Moçambique,  S.A.  (the 
"Proposed Transaction"). 

In consideration of the provision of services under the Consultancy Agreement, the Company shall, only 
following the effective legal completion of the Proposed Transaction, pay AFG a fee in cash of £1,000,000 
(inclusive of any VAT) (the "Fee"). The Fee is conditional on and only becomes due and payable if the 
Company has successfully raised sufficient funds to make payment of the Fee in full. The Company has 
agreed to use its reasonable endeavors to take the necessary steps to procure that sufficient funds are 
raised by the Company to enable satisfaction of the payment obligation within a reasonable period after 
completion of the Proposed Transaction. 

While there is no legal obligation or other form of undertaking by the Company to do so nor any other 
informal arrangement with AFG to that effect, the Company intends to consider in good faith a request 
by AFG (if made)  to allow  the  Fee (when due and payable) to be used to subscribe for new ordinary 
shares in  the Company in due course (the "New  Shares"). In the event  that this does  occur any such 
arrangement, to allow the Fee to be used to pay up a subscription of New Shares, shall be on the basis 
that the aggregate number of New Shares issued to AFG shall not exceed 9 per cent of the entire issued 
share capital of the Company at the time of such issue and as enlarged by the issue of the New Shares. 

If  at  any  time  prior  to  the  earlier  of  the  termination  of  the  Consultancy  Agreement,  the  end  of  the 
Consultancy Agreement or the completion of the Proposed Transaction, more than 50 per cent of the 
entire issued share capital of Company is held by a single shareholder, together with its concert parties, 
following  a  successful  takeover  offer,  then  the  Company  shall  pay  to  AFG  an  abort  fee  in  cash  of 
£250,000. 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

18. 

RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES 

In order to ease the pressure on the company's cash resources, the following directors deferred payment of their 
contracted salaries or fees and, where applicable, pension contributions. The amounts deferred, and included in 
other creditors, were as follows: 

Salary/ fees 
deferred at  
1 January 
2018 
£000 

Pension 
contributions 
deferred at 1 
January 2018 
£000 

Salary/fees 
deferred 
during the 
year 
£000 

Pension 
contributions 
deferred during 
the year 

Salary/fees 
deferred at 31 
December 
2018 

Pension 
contributions 
deferred at 31 
December 2018 

£000 

£000 

£000 

NS Trew 
JP Normand 
 H Bellingham 
R P Easby 
J P McKeon 
S Farrell 
S Richardson Brown 

Total 

130  
27  
44  
37  
1  
-  
-  

239 

34  
4  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  

38 

9  
-  
13  
16  
-  
9  
9  

56 

4  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  

4 

139  
27  
57  
53  
1  
9  
9  

295 

38 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

42 

Following the end of the reporting period (as disclosed in note 20) amounts totaling £309,333 were settled in 
relation to deferred salaries & fees by the issue of 13,293,927 ordinary shares. 

Details of directors' remuneration are given in note 6 above. 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

19. 

SHARE BASED PAYMENTS 

The Company granted the following share options to directors on 21 September 2018: 

Director 

H C Bellingham 
S Farrell 
S Richardson Brown 

Number of 
shares the 
subject of 
options or 
warrants 

6,000,000 
6,000,000 
3,250,000 

15,250,000 

Exercise price 
per share 

Latest exercise date 

1.75p  20 September 2023 
1.75p  20 September 2023 
1.75p  20 September 2023 

The Company used the Black-Scholes model to determine the value of the options and the inputs were as 
follows:  

Share price at grant (pence) 
Fair Value price at grant (pence) Expected volatility (%) 
Expected life (years) 
Risk free rate (%)  
Expected dividends (pence)  

Issued 21/09/18 

1.28p 
24.71% 
5 years 
1% 
- 

Expected volatility was determined by using the Company’s share price for the preceding 12 months.  

The total share-based payment expense in the year for the Company was £24,478 expense in relation to options 
(2017: £nil) and £nil finance charges in relation to warrants (2017: nil).  

20. 

EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD 

Post the reporting period end, on 11 February 2019, the Company announced it had engaged Africa Focus Group 
Limited ("AFG"), a Hong Kong-based company with a Johannesburg consultancy office specialising in mergers and 
acquisitions in southern Africa, to provide assistance to the Company in pursuing completion of a transaction with 
the owners of Pathfinder Moçambique, S.A (the current Licence holder) pursuant to which Pathfinder, or a wholly 
owned subsidiary of Pathfinder, would re-establish an interest in the Licence. Details of the engagement have been 
included at note 17. 

On 10 April 2019, the Company announced the updated scoping study on the licence and the issue of 10,000,000 
new ordinary shares at 2p  to raise £200,000.  In addition, the  Company  announced the issue of,  in aggregate, 
7,500,000 new Ordinary Shares at 2.0p per share to a current director and certain former directors in satisfaction 
of deferred salary that has been accrued. 

On 10 April 2019, the Company also granted a total of 7,500,000 share options exercisable at 2.50p over a 3 year 
period to Scott Richardson Brown. 

On 3 June 2019, the Company announced the appointment of John Taylor as Chief Executive Officer and a director 
and the resignation of Scott Richardson Brown as Chief Executive Officer and a director. 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued 
for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 

On 5 June 2019, the Company announced a cash subscription for 4,909,091 new Ordinary shares at 2.75p to raise 
£135,000 in cash. The Company also settled past accrued director fees amounting to £159,333 by the issue of 
5,793,927  new  shares  Pursuant  to  the  share  placement  and  settlement  share  issue  the  Company  issued  one 
warrant for each new share exercisable at 3.5p over a three year period. 

During  the  month  of  June  2019  the  Company  received  warrant  exercise  proceeds  of  £183,016  and  issued 
11,892,564 new shares.  

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