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SAVANNAH RESOURCES PLC 
Company No 07307107 

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 

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CONTENTS

BUSINESS REVIEW 

Chairman’s Statement

Chief Executive’s Report

Corporate Social Responsibility

Strategic Report

Project Overviews

GOVERNANCE 

Report of the Directors

Corporate Governance Statement

Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities

Report of the Independent Auditors

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

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

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

COMPANY INFORMATION

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CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT

2018  was  the  year  in  which  our  spodumene  lithium 
project at Mina do Barroso in northern Portugal (“Mina 
do Barroso”) was firmly established as our flagship asset 
due  to  its  strategic  importance  and  impressive  value 
potential  for  shareholders.  Management  therefore 
focused its efforts on developing this asset, while our 
mining  lease  applications  in  Mozambique  and  Oman 
continued to be shepherded through the governmental 
processes in those countries. Our work was supported 
by an oversubscribed fundraise in the third quarter of 
2018  and  we  are  very  grateful  for  the  support 
demonstrated by our shareholders in that exercise. 

For  2019,  our  objective  is  to  reach  a  development 
decision point on the Mina do Barroso project during the 
year once the underway Definitive Feasibility Study is 
completed. The anticipated award of the mining leases 
we applied for in Mozambique last year will allow us to 
accelerate  the  work  programme  on  the  current  Pre­
Feasibility Study and allow the market to reassess the 
value  of  that  project  in  our  portfolio.  Award  of  the 
mining licences we have applied for in Oman would also 
provide greater clarity on those projects. However, with 
Savannah’s  focus  firmly  on  our  more  prospective 
projects  in  Portugal  and  Mozambique,  our  Oman 
projects  are  now  seen  as  lower  priority  and  we  are 
undertaking a strategic review to identify Savannah’s 
best course of action in regard to these projects. 

Portugal 
Following  the  rapid  delineation  of  a  sizeable  Mineral 
Resource at Mina do Barroso (now over 23Mt at 1.02% 
Li2O) and completion of a highly positive Scoping Study, 
multiple work streams were initiated during 2018. These 
workstreams  should  clearly  define  all  aspects  of  the 
project and take us to a decision point on its potential 
development later this year. You will find more details of 
the work which was completed and is continuing in the 
following Chief Executive’s Report on page 6. 

Our work at Mina do Barroso coincides with the rapid 
developments  that  are  taking  place  across  Europe 
(including in the UK) in relation to the development of a 
comprehensive,  regionally  focused,  lithium  battery 
industry.  This  industry  will  combine  extraction  and 
processing of key battery raw materials, such as lithium, 
with 
large  scale  battery  manufacturing.  Once 
established,  this  supply  chain  will  provide  the 
rechargeable,  zero  emission,  batteries  which  are 
expected  to  play  a  key  role  in  the  EU’s  efforts  to 
decarbonise Europe’s economy. 

The  European  Union  has  embraced  the  challenge 
presented by the climate change targets set by the 2015 
Paris Agreement and the IPCC 2018 Special Report and 
is calling for significant reductions in greenhouse gas 
emissions from transport. Based on these targets the EU 
is forecasting annual sales of Zero and Low emissions 
vehicles (essentially fully electric and hybrid vehicles) to 
rise from 0.7M in 2017 to at least 4M in 2030, making 
Europe the second largest market for electric vehicles 
(“EVs”)  behind  China  and  North  America.  Savannah 
plans to play its part in supporting the region’s efforts to 
meet its emission goals by providing a sustainable, local 
supply  of  lithium  concentrate  from  its  Portuguese 
operation which would be sufficient for 0.25­0.55M EVs 
per annum. 

Our  development  plan  for  Mina  do  Barroso  also 
complements Portugal’s own stated ‘Lithium Strategy’ 
which targets the development of Portugal’s in­ground 
lithium  resources  to  support  the  creation  of  a  new 
lithium­based  industry  in  the  country.  The  country  is 
already Europe’s largest producer of lithium, and the 
sixth largest producer in the world, with the material 
used in the country’s large ceramics industry. However, 
the emergence of lithium ion battery applications, first 
in mobile technology and now on a much larger scale for 
electric  vehicles,  provides  Portugal  with  a  great 
opportunity to create many more jobs and greater tax 
revenues from its lithium resources. 

We believe that the acquisition (subject to shareholder 
approval at the forthcoming AGM) of the minority 25% 
stake in the project, which we announced on 15 April 
2019 and which would take Savannah’s ownership to 
100% clearly demonstrates our belief in Mina do Barroso 
and  reiterates  our  objective  to  become  the  most 
significant producer of spodumene lithium in Europe. 
However, we are also conscious of our wider community, 
social  and  environmental  responsibilities  and  we  are 
developing a range of programmes and initiatives that 
will underscore our commitment to deliver not only jobs 
and  prosperity  to  the  region  but  the  very  best 
environmental and social outcomes too. 

We are very conscious of our responsibilities to the local 
community  and  we  are  committed  to  addressing  any 
concerns  in  a  pro­active  way  so  that  the  impacts  of  a 
potential mine development on the local community and 
environment  are  minimised  while  at  the  same  time 
contributing to the development of the local economy and 
the achievement of the continent’s climate change goals. 

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Mozambique 
As one of the world’s largest resource bearing Heavy 
Mineral Sands (“HMS”) projects remaining to be put into 
production,  we  believe  our  Mutamba  consortium 
project with Rio Tinto (“Mutamba”) (“Consortium”) is a 
valuable and strategic long­term asset within the HMS 
industry. The titanium minerals and zircon found in HMS 
deposits are used to manufacture inert white pigments 
and opacifers which have many applications in society 
ranging from white paint through to pharmaceuticals. 
The prices of these minerals have recovered well from 
the lows seen in 2015 as previously high inventory levels 
have been worked down and global economic growth 
rates have been maintained. Hence, Savannah remains 
committed  to  progressing 
its  appraisal  work  on 
Mutamba. 

The 2017 Scoping study results, the involvement of Rio 
Tinto as joint venture partner and offtaker, Mutamba’s 
location  close  to  Rio  Tinto’s  processing  facilities  at 
Richards  Bay  in  South  Africa,  and  the  recovery  and 
positive outlook for the underlying commodity prices, 
all  lead  us  to  believe  that  Mutamba  could  provide 
Mozambique  with  decades  of  social  and  economic 
benefits. 

Three  Mining  Lease  applications  were  submitted  in 
January 2018. To date, the Consortium is yet to receive 
a final decision on the applications, or on the additional 
mining  lease  application  which  was  made  on  an 
adjoining tenement area submitted last September. We 
have maintained an open and constructive dialogue with 
the  Mozambique  Government 
from  which  we 
understand  that  our  applications  continue  to  transit 
through the application process. Based on the feedback 
received, we are hopeful that the mining leases will be 
issued in the coming months. 

Once mining leases are granted the next step will be to 
progress and complete the current Pre­Feasibility Study. 
This  would  see  our  ownership  in  the  joint  venture 
increase from 20% to 35%. Assuming the results support 
the positive conclusions of the 2017 Scoping Study, we 
expect to then complete a Bankable Feasibility Study 
which would lift our ownership in the Consortium to a 
final and majority position of 51%. 

Oman 
As in Mozambique, progress on our copper projects in 
Oman was also impacted by delays to the award of the 
relevant mining licences. We had hoped with the news 

that the last Ministerial letter of ‘no objection’ had been 
received in May 2018, that a positive decision on our 
application  from  Oman’s  Public  Authority  for  Mining 
(“PAM”) would be forthcoming in the second half of the 
year, however this has not proved to be the case. Also, 
the renewal of the Block 4 exploration licence has been 
delayed due to claims by a party in relation to certain 
areas within Block 4. According to our legal advisers in 
Oman, the Group has the right to renew the Block 4 
exploration licence area in full, without any exclusions. 
Hopefully, 2019 will bring resolution for the Group with 
respect  to  the  mining  licence  applications  but  in  the 
meantime we maintain regular dialogue with PAM and 
have provided additional information at PAM’s request. 

As stated above, the combination of the licence delays 
experienced in Oman and the rapid progress at Mina do 
Barroso has meant that our copper projects now have a 
lower priority in our overall portfolio. While award of the 
outstanding mining licences would significantly advance 
these projects, Savannah must evaluate the risk/reward 
opportunity currently presented by Oman against those 
available  elsewhere.  Hence  we  are  undertaking  a 
strategic review to identify Savannah’s best course of 
action with regards to these projects. 

Corporate Update 
Savannah is fortunate to have a large number of long­
term supportive shareholders. It was pleasing to see all 
of the four largest holders in 2017 increasing their share 
positions 
in  2018,  primarily  through  our  record 
oversubscribed  £12.6m  fundraise  in  July.  Al  Marjan 
Limited remained the Company’s largest shareholder 
during the year, increasing its ownership by over 21m 
shares to 208.3m. As the largest of the vendors of the 
Mina do Barroso project, Slipstream Resources saw its 
stake in Savannah rise to 5.1% as various milestones in 
the project acquisition agreement (see Note 19) were 
passed. (It should be noted that the issue of shares to 
the  Mina  do  Barroso  vendors  reduced  Al  Marjan’s 
percentage stake in Savannah from 29.4% to 23.6%). It 
was also pleasing to welcome a number of institutional 
shareholders onto our register through the fundraise. 

In  line  with  the  increasing  significance  of  Mina  do 
Barroso in our portfolio, Savannah took up a Secondary 
listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Quotation Board 
Segment of the Open Market; FWB: SAV) last September 
to  increase  the  company’s  visibility  to  investors  in 
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of the seven regional security exchanges in Germany and 
is  the  third  largest  stock  exchange  in  Europe  behind 
London  and  Euronext,  based  in  Amsterdam.  While 
trading volumes in our shares on FWB have been modest 
to date, we plan to increase our marketing efforts into 
Germany  and  other  European  countries  in  2019  to 
leverage the opportunity created by the listing. 

We  also  continued  to  grow  our  team  in  2018  with  a 
number  of  new  hires  across  differing  parts  of  the 
business. In November we welcomed James Leahy to the 
Board of Savannah as an Independent Non­Executive 
Director. On top of his significant recent listed company 
board experience, including time as Interim Chairman of 
the  listed  lithium  company,  Bacanora  Minerals  Ltd, 
James spent over 30 years working in the capital markets 
with  much  of  his  time  spent  specialising  in  natural 
resources  and  commodity  related  activities.  We  look 
forward to James’ input in our capital market activities 
in 2019 as we continue to move the Mina do Barroso 
project  towards  the  development  decision  point  and 
potential financing. 

Supported by KPMG LLP, the Remuneration Committee 
undertook  a  review  of  remuneration  packages  and 
developed  a  new  remuneration  policy  aimed  at 
rewarding performance, encouraging retention of key 
interests  with  those  of 
staff  and  aligning  their 
shareholders. As announced on 6 March 2019, a new 
long­term incentive plan (“LTIP”) intended to support 
this  policy  was  implemented.  The  LTIP,  which  was 
prepared  with  advice  from  KPMG  LLP,  replaces  the 
Company’s  prior  long­term  incentive  plan  which  was 
implemented in April 2018 (the “2018 Plan”) and for 
which  all  awards  under  it  were  terminated  with  no 
rewards being granted. 

Furthermore,  we 
strengthened  our  Corporate 
Governance  with  the  adoption  of  the  Quoted 
Companies  Alliance’s  Corporate  Governance  Code  in 
September 2018. 

Financial Overview 
As  is  to  be  expected  with  an  active  and  expanding 
resource development group, the Group is reporting a 
loss for the year of £3.4m (2017: £2.8m). During the year 
net  assets  have  increased  to  £25.4m  (2017:  £13.1m) 
predominantly due to the increase in the exploration 
activity, the completion of the scoping study and the 
ongoing execution of the Definitive Feasibility Study in 

the Mina do Barroso lithium project, with additions in 
Exploration and evaluation assets in the lithium project 
of  £6.1m,  of  which  £2.0m  are  payments  of  the 
contingent  consideration  milestones  triggered  during 
the year. Another significant driver in the increase of the 
net assets is the increase in Cash and cash equivalents 
by  £5.3m  as  a  result  of  well  supported  equity 
fundraisings during the year, with a strong cash position 
at  year  end  of  £7.7m.  In  April  and  July  2018,  the 
Company  raised  a  total  of  £14.7m  cash  (before 
expenses)  through  the  issue  of  177,640,185  new 
ordinary shares at a significantly increased average issue 
price  of  8.25p  per  ordinary  share  (2017:  5.25p), 
representing a 57% increase compared to 2017. As part 
of  these  equity  fundraises,  the  Company’s  largest 
shareholder, Al Marjan Ltd, acquired 21,383,839 shares 
for £1.6m in cash. 

Corporate Social Responsibility (“CSR”) 
included  a  separate  Corporate  Social 
We  have 
Responsibility section in our Annual Report for the first 
time this year (see page 12). CSR considerations have 
always been important aspects of how Savannah does 
business,  but  as  we  move  towards  a  development 
decision on our Mina do Barroso project, and hopefully 
operating our first producing asset, we believe there is 
a need to formalise our CSR agenda for the benefit of all 
stakeholders in the Group’s projects. 

We look forward to providing more information on our 
CSR  programmes  in  the  future,  and  trust  in  the 
in  the 
meantime  that  the 
community  sections  of  our  website,  which  were 
introduced  in  late  2017,  have  proved  to  be  a  useful 
source  of  additional  information  for  all  our  project 
stakeholders. 

information  provided 

Outlook 
2019 is set to be another critical year for Savannah. If we 
are able to execute our plans across our project portfolio 
our  company  could  see  material  changes  in  its  size, 
status and, potentially, its value. 

Our immediate next steps across our projects are clear: 
to conclude the appraisal process at Mina do Barroso, 
taking  us  to  a  development  decision  point  on  the 
project; to receive the award of the outstanding mining 
lease applications in Mozambique and complete the Pre­
Feasibility on the Mutamba HMS project; and to conduct 
a strategic review on our Omani copper projects, which 

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will allow us to provide shareholders with clarity on our 
plans for those properties in due course. 

As  ever,  I  am  extremely  thankful  for  the  continued 
efforts of our management and operational teams which 
drive the evolution of Savannah. Equally, their efforts 
could not be maintained without the ongoing support 
of our shareholders. My thanks to you all, and we look 
forward to continuing to build the value of our company 
for the benefit of all stakeholders throughout 2019. 

Matthew King 
Chairman 

Date: 20 May 2019

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I reiterate the Chairman’s comment that 2018 was a very 
important year for the company. 

We made exceptional progress with the Mina do Barroso 
Lithium  Project  in  northern  Portugal  where  we  have 
shaped  what  was  a  relatively  early  stage,  greenfields 
exploration  opportunity  in  2017  into  Europe’s  most 
significant lithium spodumene Mineral Resource by the 
2018­year end. Hundreds of billions of Euros are now 
being  invested  by  the  European  battery  and  electric 
vehicle  industry  to  transform  European  transport  to 
electric mobility. Mina do Barroso will play a key role in 
these developments. We anticipate strong growth for 
lithium from increasingly high­energy­density batteries 
and  increasing  sales  of  EVs  based  on  consumer 
preferences,  government  encouragement  and  a 
broadening EV model range from car manufacturers. 

At the same time, while the lengthy approval processes 
for our mining lease application approvals in Mozambique 
and Oman have been frustrating, they did enable us to 
focus our resources on our project in Portugal where we 
now have a full Definitive Feasibility Study underway. 

Portugal – Mina do Barroso Lithium Project 
Our  strategic  move  in  2017  into  Portugal’s  nascent 
lithium spodumene sector appeared to be followed last 
year by a growing realisation among EU law makers and 
Europe’s wider society that more decisive action must 
be taken for the region to meet its long­term goal of 
reducing  greenhouse  gas  emissions  to  limit  climate 
change. Road transport is the second largest producer 

in  Europe  behind  power 
of  greenhouse  gases 
generation,  and  legislators  are  keen  to  hasten  the 
reduction in vehicle emissions. As a result, increasingly 
tough  emission  targets  and  zero  and  low  emission 
vehicle  (“ZLEV”)  related  incentives  are  being  used  to 
stimulate action by automobile manufacturers. The EU 
is also aware of the pressure on the supply of ‘battery 
technology’ metals globally caused by the introduction 
of similar emission targets in the developed economies 
around  the  world.  As  a  result,  there  is  a  growing 
realisation  that  Europe  must  be  able  to  manufacture 
zero emission battery packs for its automobile industry 
from raw materials sourced locally to obviate potential 
problems 
long  supply  chains  and  supply 
bottlenecks. We believe that Portugal will likely take the 
lead in lithium production within Europe and Mina do 
Barroso is likely to be the vanguard project. 

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The European Commission is vitally concerned about the 
competitive position of the European car industry which 
is a key sector for the European economy. The industry 
is stepping up to the plate with heavy investments in EVs 
– Volkswagen (“VW”) is investing €80 billion and Daimler 
€42 billion in their EV model roll­outs. This is matched by 
heavy investments by both European and international 
groups in battery manufacturing and battery pack plants. 
The figure below outlines the massive transformation 
that is currently underway which, on an industry scale, is 
of similar significance to the funds invested under the 
Marshall Plan in the post­war period. 

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At  the  national  level  there  is  a  clear  focus  by  the 
Portuguese government to foster the development of 
the country’s lithium resources. A government study was 
completed on the subject in 2017 and a series of areas 
in  northern  Portugal  that  are  regarded  as  having 
excellent  lithium  prospectivity  will  be  offered  by 
international tender later in 2019. Savannah is conscious 
of the government’s objective to maximize the value add 
from its lithium resources and an important feature will 
be the development of lithium refining capacity in the 
country. Savannah is in dialogue with groups that are 
interested  in  a  mineral  conversion  plant  in  Portugal 
which would refine Mina do Barroso concentrates as a 
baseload  supplemented  potentially  by  other  local  or 
imported concentrates. This could be the nucleus for a 
whole  range  of  new  industries  for  Portugal  in  the 
downstream lithium value chain. 

At  a  global  level  we  are  already  seeing  significant 
increases in global EV sales. Sales volumes are up by 63% 
year on year, for 2018 to two million units. The Boston 
Consulting Group is forecasting that EV sales will move 
to 25 million vehicles by 2025 a true tipping point for the 
industry.  China  is  preparing  itself  and  its  installed 
manufacturing capacity for lithium­ion batteries rose by 

35.6GWh in January to October 2018, up 90% year on 
year. Meanwhile Europe is the second largest EV market 
with just over 409,000 units sold. 

To the project itself, over the year, our in­house team 
and supporting consultants took Mina do Barroso from 
an early stage prospect with a modest 3Mt resource as 
assessed  in  late  2017  to  an  advanced  development 
project on which a well­defined 20Mt Mineral Resource 
(as at 2018 year end and now 23.5Mt) was established 
along  with  very  attractive  initial  economics  which 
justified  commissioning  of  a  full  Definitive  Feasibility 
Study. In simple terms, I believe we demonstrated that 
the project is the most significant spodumene lithium 
project in Europe. Our task now is to prove this to the 
level  for  financing  of  the  project’s  construction 
supplemented  with  offtake  arrangements  for  the 
spodumene concentrates, and to show that the project 
can  be  developed  and  managed  in  a  disciplined  and 
sustainable  manner  that  will  bring  benefit  for  all 
stakeholders. 

An example of our innovative approach to the project is 
the recycling of water used in the lithium concentration 
process. This includes recovering water from the inert 
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only and negating the need for the construction of dams 
to retain water­bearing waste. 

years and is a testament to the commitment and skills 
of our resource evaluation team. 

The Scoping Study in June helped to quantify the scale 
of the opportunity presented by Mina do Barroso for 
both  the  investment  market  along  with  potential 
strategic investors and off takers and drove our decision 
to fast track the project into a full Definitive Feasibility 
Study.  Based  on  initial  capex  of  US$109m  (excluding 
contingencies)  and  average  annual  production  of 
175,000t of spodumene lithium concentrate over an 11 
year life, the Scoping Study returned a pre­tax NPV8% of 
US$356m, pre­tax IRR of 63% (post tax US$241m and 
48.6% respectively), pre­tax payback of 1.7 years, and 
annual  average  EBITDA  of  US$72m.  All  in  all,  an 
impressive investment case for a mining project and a 
major factor in our decision in April 2019 to propose the 
acquisition  of 
the  outstanding  25%  minority 
shareholding  in  the  project  to  give  Savannah  100% 
ownership  of  Mina  do  Barroso  ahead  of  the 
development decision point. 

With  our  balance  sheet  strengthened  by 
the 
oversubscribed £12.6m equity cash fundraise in July (a 
company record and 7th largest fundraise by an AIM 
mining  company  in  2018),  we  appointed  the  very 
experienced Primero Group as the primary engineering 
group  and  lead  on  the  Feasibility  Study.  Alongside 
Primero we have added a portfolio of leading specialist 
consultancy  firms  covering  the  range  of  technical 
workstreams required for both a Definitive Feasibility 
Impact 
Study  and  the  associated  Environmental 
Assessment. Importantly, the firms consulting on our 
project  study  have  recent  experience  of  working  on 
major international lithium projects and/or in Portugal. 
Hence, while every project is unique, we feel satisfied 
that  we  are  receiving  the  most  relevant  and  expert 
guidance available. 

in  mid­2017 
The  drilling  campaign  which  began 
continued  at  pace  during  the  year.  Ongoing  data 
collection through drilling (and surface sampling) is a key 
input into many of the Feasibility Study workstreams, 
such as resource and reserve definition, mine planning, 
groundwater assessment, geotechnics and the layout of 
site infrastructure. By year end, the drill hole count had 
reached  300  across  eight  lithium  deposits  since  the 
programme began in 2017 and totalled 25,470 metres 
drilled.  The  drilling  programme  was  one  of  the  most 
extensive programmes undertaken in Europe in recent 

The  drilling  to  date  has  been  highly  successful  with 
respect to all its key goals which include: 

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JORC Mineral Resource expansion: By September we 
were able to publish the third resource upgrade for 
the year with the JORC Mineral Resource estimate 
across  just  the  Grandao,  Reservatorio  and  NOA 
orebodies reaching 20.1Mt at 1.04% Li2O (209,000t 
Li2O contained), and including 50% of the contained 
Li2O in the Measured and Indicated categories. This 
was subsequently upgraded again in April 2019 to 
23.5Mt  at  1.02%  Li2O  with  57%  of  the  contained 
lithium in the Measured and Indicated categories 
and included the maiden resource estimate for the 
Pinheiro deposit (2.0Mt at 1.0% Li2O). This larger 
resource  will  now  form  the  basis  for  our  maiden 
JORC Reserve estimate expected later this year. 

Confirmation of additional mineralisation: As stated, 
the current 23Mt resource is spread across only four 
of  the  eight  pegmatite  deposits  on  the  Mina  do 
Barroso (C­100) Mining Lease area identified to date. 
We  plan  to  add  to  these  resources  over  time  to 
extend the anticipated production life of the mine 
past the 11 years used in the Scoping Study. 

While  we  continue  to  add  to  the  Project’s  Mineral 
Resource inventory and identify new deposits on the 
Mina do Barroso Mining Lease area, we also purchased 
an option to acquire a suite of adjacent tenement blocks 
last September which are currently subject to a separate 
Mining  Lease  application.  In  total  the  three  blocks 
(blocks A to C), currently owned by private Portuguese 
company Aldeia & Irmão, S.A. (“Aldeia”) cover an area 
of 2.94km². Our initial reconnaissance work identified a 
number of similarities to the deposits on the Mina do 
Barroso Mining Lease and our intensive due diligence 
drilling  has  now  consistently  intersected  a  lithium 
bearing, spodumene dominant pegmatite with grades 
up to 2.0% Li2O over a strike length of more than 250m 
and a vertical depth of over 120m from near surface. We 
believe the potential for the presence of a significant 
mineralised body has been indicated. Furthermore, we 
are confident the Mining Lease application area could 
provide further significant resource upside to the overall 
Project.  The  blocks  could  also  help  to  provide  more 
flexibility for the layout of the mine infrastructure on 
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The  Option  runs  to  25  June  2019  by  which  time  we 
would be required to commit to the purchase of the 
tenements. If we choose to exercise the option and a 
Mining Lease is granted by September 2024, the total 
purchase price for the acquisition is €3.3m payable over 
a c. 6­year period. These payments would likely be made 
whilst  the  overall  Mina  do  Barroso  project  is  in 
production. 

In  addition  to  the  potential  to  produce  significant 
volumes  of  spodumene  lithium  concentrate,  we  are 
fortunate that Mina do Barroso is not simply a single 
commodity project. We also plan to produce and sell 
feldspar  and  quartz  co­products  into  Portugal’s  and 
Spain’s large ceramics and glass industries. This will have 
the  dual  benefit  of  reducing  the  amount  of  waste 
material  which  the  project  produces  while  providing 
additional revenue streams which significantly improve 
the net production costs of the lithium concentrate and 
will temper overall average commodity price volatility 
for the project. 

In  December,  the  ongoing  metallurgical  test  work 
confirmed  that  three  saleable  products;  high  grade 
feldspar,  high  grade  quartz  and  an  unrefined  mixed 
feldspar and quartz product, could be produced from 
the waste stream of the lithium concentrate recovery 
process. A simultaneous market study by an industry 
expert also reported that current market prices for these 
products  range  from  US$65­100/t,  US$60­100/t  and 
US$40­45/t respectively. This is highly encouraging for 
our ongoing economic studies as the prices quoted were 
significantly higher than those used in our 2018 Scoping 
Study  (US$39/t  for  feldspar  and  US$33/t  for  quartz). 
Further  bulk  test  work  is  now  planned  to  produce 
feldspar and quartz samples for evaluation by potential 
customers as well as detailed studies into the market 
and  capital  and  operating  costs  associated  with 
producing these additional commodities. Work is also 
underway on the possibility of producing a high value 
mica product to assess its suitability for use in building 
materials. 

The  year  also  brought  the  formalisation  of  the 
relationships we have been building with the University 
of Porto and Laboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia 
(“LNEG”), a governmental research and development 
institution. The University of Porto has a notable history 
in  Portugal’s  lithium  industry  with  staff  member, 
Professor Noronha responsible for first identifying the 

presence of lithium in Portugal at the Grandao deposit 
on  our  project  around  thirty  years  ago.  The  new 
“Protocol  of  Cooperation”  between  our  groups 
formalises  the  existing  working  relationship  which  to 
date has included preliminary mineralogical studies and 
a  first  draft  processing  flowsheet  for  the  treatment, 
recovery and concentration of spodumene at Mina do 
Barroso.  This  agreement  is  the  latest  in  a  growing 
number  of  contracts  and  relationships  we  have 
established with Portuguese groups since the start of our 
involvement with Mina do Barosso in 2017. At present 
we  have  Portuguese  companies  conducting  the 
Environmental  Impact  Assessment  on  the  project, 
providing us with legal services, advice on public and 
investor relations, and community and governmental 
engagement. 

Away from the project itself, 2018 also saw us begin the 
process of engaging with a wide range of groups seeking 
to secure long term supplies of lithium. Given the rapid 
evolution of this sector, the universe includes a diverse 
range of potential counterparties including intermediary 
lithium  conversion  businesses,  industrial  chemical 
companies,  battery 
manufacturers, 
manufacturers,  specialist  finance  groups  and  trading 
houses. These discussions, along with associated due 
diligence  programmes  will  continue  during  2019  in 
parallel  with  the  ongoing  project  evaluation  and 
permitting  programmes  and  we  continue  to  receive 
enquiries from further groups keen to also be part of 
Europe’s growing lithium industry. 

automotive 

It  is  worthwhile  briefly  mentioning  the  market  and 
pricing for spodumene concentrates. Some suggest that 
burgeoning lithium demand from the fast growing EV 
sector will encourage a supply response overreaction by 
the lithium hard rock and brines producers. However, 
brines producers operating in South America have not 
been able to step up production to meet demand and 
the  Australian  hard  rock,  spodumene  producers  now 
lead global production. The overall investment climate 
has become more challenging for developers although 
capital is going to those with good quality products from 
mines that operate at the lower end of the cost curve. 
In our case, Mina do Barroso is a robust project with low 
costs as can be seen from the figure below. Additionally, 
the project is located in the European setting where we 
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Savannah’s Mina do Barroso project is set to be a low cost spodumene operation:

Source: Roskill and Piedmont Lithium

During the balance of the year we expect to submit the 
project’s Environmental Impact Assessment report for 
comment  and  approval  by  government  and  other 
stakeholders, complete the Definitive Feasibility Study, 
execute supply contracts with customers for our lithium 
concentrate and co­products, which are pre­requisites 
to securing the finance required to construct the mine. 
We also intend to expand our team to equip us with all 
the skills necessary to build and operate Portugal’s first 
lithium focused mine. To date the work on the Definitive 
Feasibility  Study  has  taken  longer  than  originally 
expected  as  we  incorporate  key  learnings  from  the 
Australian  spodumene  miners  into  our  process  flow 
sheet design and factor the Pinheiro discovery into the 
mining schedule. 

We look forward to making further progress with the 
Mina  do  Barroso  project  in  2019  and  in  delivering 
beneficial  outcome  to  our  shareholders,  our  local 
communities and stakeholders and Portugal. 

Mozambique – Mutamba Mineral Sands Project 
Following the conclusion of the Consortium Agreement 
with  Rio  Tinto  in  late  2016,  and  the  encouragement 
provided  by  the  positive  Scoping  Study  concluded  in 
2017 on the Consortium project, activity in 2018 was 
principally  focused  on  shepherding  the  Mining  Lease 
applications  submitted  at  the  beginning  of  the  year 
through the governmental approval processes. 

The process has been rigorous and extensive involving 
District  and  Provincial  inputs  and  we  remain  hopeful 
based on recent discussions with the Ministry of Mineral 

Resources  and  Energy,  that  Mining  Leases  will  be 
granted in coming months. No guarantees can be given, 
but if this proves correct, our Consortium with Rio Tinto 
will be on a firm footing from which to take the project 
through the pre­feasibility and feasibility stages and into 
anticipated production. 

As  outlined  in  the  Chairman’s  Statement  the  market 
backdrop  to  our  HMS  project  has  continued  to 
strengthen.  The  supply  of  high­grade  mineral  sands 
(ilmenite, rutile and zircon) in 2018 remained tight due 
to  a  combination  of  grade  decline  and  production 
disruptions – and this has underpinned robust prices. 
Our joint venture partner, Rio Tinto, expects long­term 
demand growth to be solid at 3% per year, driven by 
growth in emerging economies. We are fortunate that 
in Rio Tinto we are partnered with the market’s single 
largest participant. 

Oman – Mahab and Maqail Copper Mines 
As with Mozambique, our efforts have been focused on 
obtaining the necessary Mining Licences for the joint 
development of the Mahab 4 and Maqail South copper 
deposits  on  Block  5,  applications  for  which  were 
submitted in June 2016. We were pleased in May 2018 
to receive the last (of the eight) ministerial letters of ‘no 
objection’  required  for  both  projects.  This  final  ‘no 
objection’, which followed the previous submission of all 
the other documentation required, should allow Oman’s 
Public  Authority  for  Mining  (“PAM”)  to  process  and 
approve  the  Licence  applications.  Having  recently 
provided additional information to PAM as part of its 
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resolution in the coming months. We understand that 
the grant of mining licenses for both projects would be 
made under the newly announced mining law once fully 
implemented. 

Summary 
My  thanks  go  to  the  Savannah  staff  for  their  efforts 
across all aspects of our business in 2018 and to our 
shareholders for their ongoing support. 

We  continue  to  take  the  Mina  do  Barroso  Feasibility 
Study and the Environmental Impact Statement forward 
while intensive offtake and financing activities continue 
so that we will be in a position to make a Decision to 
Mine by the year­end. 

Achieving all the goals we have set ourselves for 2019 
means  the  year  is  likely  to  be  even  busier  and  more 
important for the company than 2018. We welcome that 
challenge  and  look  forward  to  providing  Savannah’s 
shareholders with regular updates on our progress. 

David S Archer 
Chief Executive Officer 

Date: 20 May 2019

While we await definitive responses to our two mining 
licence applications, we demonstrated our commitment 
to the projects by completing a drill programme across 
two  prospects  which  have  the  potential  to  provide 
further  material  to  the  central  processing  facility 
outlined in our licence applications. The drilling carried 
out  in  late  2018  identified  narrow  zones  of  copper 
mineralisation. The results are still being analysed and a 
further announcement will be made when the process 
has concluded. 

In relation to Block 4, Savannah recently executed a deed 
of variation to extend the second capital contribution 
period in the earn­in agreement (to Al Thuraya Mining 
LLC) by eighteen months, from four years to five years 
and six months, thus Savannah has until May 2020 to 
earn a stake of 65%. Also, the renewal of the Block 4 
exploration licence has been delayed due to claims by a 
party  in  respect  of  certain  areas  within  Block  4. 
According to our legal advisers in Oman, the Group has 
the right to renew the Block 4 exploration licence area 
in full, without any exclusions. 

After the frustrations caused by the continuing licencing­
related  delays,  particularly  in  respect  of  the  Block  5 
mining licence applications in 2018, we hope that the 
mining licenses will issue and the exploration licences 
will renew. We will continue to engage with PAM and 
other key groups in Oman in a constructive and open 
manner  to  move  the  licencing  processes  forward. 
However, as the Chairman has stated, our Oman copper 
assets must now be deemed as a lower priority in our 
overall  project  portfolio  given  the  success  we  have 
achieved in Portugal, and the scale of the opportunity 
available in Mozambique. Hence we are conducting a 
strategic review in respect of the Oman assets to identify 
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Savannah  Resources  (“Savannah”)  is  committed  to 
operating in a responsible manner and in full compliance 
with the laws and regulations of the countries in which 
we  do  business.  Core  considerations  behind  all  our 
business practices include: 

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Rigorous health and safety standards 

• Minimising  our  environmental  impact  through 

active management 

Staff welfare and empowerment 

Fair and open engagement with all stakeholders 

Sustainability planning and design 

•

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•

Ahead of outlining some of the recent Corporate Social 
Responsibility (“CSR”) activities completed by Savannah 
in this new section of our Annual Report to shareholders, 
we  briefly  outline  the  key  principals  which  form  the 
foundation of our CSR policy. 

Health & Safety 
Providing  a  safe  and  healthy  workplace  for  all  those 
employed  or  visiting  our  projects  is  Savannah’s  top 
priority,  and  we 
target  a  zero­harm  working 
environment.  Compliance  with  applicable  legal  and 
regulatory  requirements  is  viewed  as  a  minimum 
standard  and  we  seek  to  achieve  standards  of 
international best practice. 

Our Health & Safety policies are based on regular risk 
assessment  and  monitoring  programmes,  seeking  to 
reduce risks wherever possible through regular reviews 
of procedures, appropriate staff training and Health & 
Safety 
leadership,  and  comprehensive 
emergency response planning. 

focused 

We are also committed to ensuring the health and safety 
of  communities  located  near  to  our  projects.  Where 
required, this is achieved through offsite monitoring of 
relevant  physical  parameters  (such  as  noise,  dust, 
vibration  and  emissions),  clear  communication  on 
Health  &  Safety  issues  including  clear  signage  and 
instructions, and comprehensive traffic management. 

Human Resources 
Savannah views its staff as its greatest asset. Hence, we 
are committed to providing working environments and 

policies which comply with all relevant Health & Safety 
and labour legislation in our countries of operation. 

We seek to recruit high quality individuals who will help 
our business to achieve its goals in a responsible way and 
our  employment  policy  is  based  on  the  principals  of 
equal opportunities, transparency, fair treatment and 
non­discrimination  at  all  levels  of  our  organisation. 
individual’s 
Employee  selection 
qualifications, past experience, potential and suitability 
for the role concerned, and we place a strong focus on 
training  and  providing  opportunities  for  continued 
professional development. 

is  based  on  an 

Environmental 
Environmental  management  is  integral  to  all  our 
business  activities  and  Savannah  is  committed  to 
minimising the impact of its operations on the natural 
environment.  We  are  also  committed  to  playing  an 
active role in programmes managed by others which are 
designed to generate positive outcomes for the natural 
environment in and around our projects. 

Regular  monitoring  of  key  environmental  indicators, 
emission offsetting strategies, and emergency response 
planning  are  all  fundamental  to  our  environmental 
management  policy.  We  are  also  committed  to 
minimising our environmental impact and net use of raw 
materials and energy through maximising operational 
efficiencies  and  active  waste  management  systems 
(including recycling and reuse), and relevant training for 
all staff. 

our 

believe 

environmental 

We 
stewardship 
responsibilities extend beyond the active lives of our 
operations, and we are committed to sympathetic and 
effective  decommissioning  and  rehabilitation  of  our 
operating  sites  in  a  timely  manner  and  in  line  with 
relevant legislation. 

Community 
Savannah  is  committed  to  maximising  the  direct  and 
indirect  benefits  that  our  projects  can  bring  to  the 
communities we work alongside. We strive to operate in 
a  way  which  respects,  preserves  and  enhances 
community life, local customs and heritage in the areas 
where  we  work.  We  expect  to  go  beyond  the 
requirements set by the relevant legislation regarding 
community engagement and support and will seek to 

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work collaboratively with groups focused on bringing 
positive change in the areas in which we operate. 

Our  community  engagement  programmes  are  based 
around major themes including: 

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Communication: We aim to operate in a transparent 
way  and  are  committed  to  providing  accurate 
information in a timely manner to all stakeholders 
through  a  variety  of  channels.  We  also  wish  to 
encourage productive two­way dialogue with our 
communities allowing concerns and opportunities 
to be flagged easily and actioned. 

Employment & training: We seek to draw staff from 
local  communities  and  will  provide  appropriate 
training and support programmes to develop skills 
amongst the local communities which are relevant 
to our project. 

Education: We welcome the opportunity to provide 
support  to,  and  work  with,  local  educational 
departments  and  institutions  at  all  levels  in  the 
educational  system 
(primary,  secondary  and 
tertiary). 

Consideration & flexibility: We seek opportunities to 
collaborate  and  provide  support  to  our  partner 
communities, local and national authorities, and all 
relevant  groups  working  to  generate  positive 
outcomes  in  areas  close  to  our  operations.  We 
welcome ideas and aim to have a flexible and open­
in  regard  to  the  type  of 
minded  approach 
community programmes we engage with, and the 
means in which we provide our support. 

Supporting  local  business:  We  seek  to  source 
produce and services for our operations from local 
suppliers whenever possible. We believe the long­
term commitment we make to our own projects can 
bring significant benefits for other local businesses. 

The investment we have, and will, make in community 
programmes,  other  local  businesses,  education  and 
training, infrastructure and environmental management 
should  provide  benefits  such  as  hard  assets  and 
transferable  skills  which  will  endure  well  beyond  the 
operating lives of our own projects. 

Recent CSR Activities 
Savannah remained committed to the core values of its 
CSR  policy  during  2018,  and  we  hope  that  the 
information provided in the new community sections of 
our website, which were introduced in late 2017, proved 
to  be  a  useful  additional  source  of  background 
information for all project stakeholders. 

As stated, our top priority is ensuring a safe working 
environment. Unfortunately, one loss time injury was 
reported during 2018 across all of Savannah’s projects 
and sites. Pleasingly, the staff member involved made a 
full recovery and was able to return to work quickly. The 
relevant  equipment  and  operating  procedure  were 
reviewed following the incident and modified to further 
reduce the risk to staff. Savannah will strive to achieve 
zero loss time injuries in 2019. 

Portugal 
We  continued  to  actively  engage  and  communicate 
regularly with all potential stakeholders in the Mina do 
Barroso project during 2018. Our activities included: 

•

Publishing 15 community newsletters 

• Hosting  3 

formal  meetings  with 

the 

local 

communities 

•

Sponsorship of 7 events 

• We also secured use of a property in the centre of 
Covas  do  Barroso  village  which  we  subsequently 
refurbished and opened as our community office in 
April 2019. 

Sustainable Development 
Through the creation of direct and indirect employment, 
generation of tax and royalty revenues, our commitment 
to actively engaging with all stakeholders, and mitigating 
our impact on the environment, we believe Savannah’s 
projects can become a foundation for long term, positive 
development in the locations where we operate. 

Away from the project, Savannah formalised its working 
relationship  with  the  Governmental  Research  and 
Development  (‘R&D’)  institution,  the  LNEG  and  the 
Faculty  of  Sciences  from  the  University  of  Porto  as  a 
“Protocol  of  Cooperation”.  The  partners  are  working 
together on mineralogical studies and flowsheet design 
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in  Europe’s  new 

A government­academic­commercial partnership such 
as  this  complements  the  Portuguese  Government’s 
‘lithium strategy’ which was announced during 2018 and 
frames  the  country’s  desire  to  become  a  significant 
industry. 
player 
Furthermore, we believe, Savannah has already been 
making  a  positive  contribution  to  the  Portuguese 
economy  with  13  Portuguese  nationals  currently 
employed by the Group, and multiple Portuguese firms 
contracted to provide a range of in­country services. 

lithium  battery 

As with all our projects, we believe that with considerate 
and intelligent management, the development of Mina 

do  Barroso  has  the  potential  to  provide  long  term 
benefits  for  the  Boticas  region,  where  the  mine 
development  is  located  and  the  wider  Portuguese 
economy. These benefits include the creation of direct 
and indirect jobs as well as a potential source of finance 
and other resources for community projects. We will 
continue  our  dialogue  with  stakeholders  during  the 
current  Environmental 
Impact  Assessment  and 
Feasibility Study phase of the project. These documents, 
once  completed,  should  provide  a  comprehensive 
narrative on the project and will leave Savannah well 
placed to present and discuss all aspects of the project 
with stakeholders. 

Savannah’s Information Centre in the village of Covas do Barroso:

Mozambique 
Our ongoing community programmes and partnerships 
in 2018 saw Savannah involved with a range of schemes 
covering  infrastructure,  agriculture,  trade  and  public 
health.  The  provision  of  clean  drinking  water  to 
communities  on  the  project  licence  areas  remains  a 
priority and during the year fresh water supplies were 

opened  in  two  villages  which  we  estimate  are  now 
providing  clean  water  to  around  2,000  people.  Local 
agricultural development was supported through the 
partnership with The German Society for International 
Collaboration  (GIZ),  whose  programmes 
included 
distribution of 9,500 coconut tree seedlings to over 900 
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families.  We  also  provided  financial  support  to  the 
Inhambane  Province’s  International  Trade  Fair  and  a 
district investors’ forum, as well as providing materials 

and  other  support  in  the  area  on  national  HIV/AIDS 
awareness day.

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On 14 March 2019, Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai made 
landfall near the city of Beira in Mozambique bringing 
severe flooding, damage to infrastructure and property, 
and  causing  significant 
in  northern 
Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Idai is estimated 
to be the third most significant cyclone on record in the 
south hemisphere and the worst in over 45 years. The 
World Health Organisation estimate that nearly 2 million 
people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance 
following the Cyclone, but rescue and recovery efforts 
have been hampered by the landfall of a second cyclone, 
Kenneth,  which  struck  the  region  on  25  April  2019. 

Savannah Resources has donated to the Cyclone relief 
funds  and  our  colleagues  in  Mozambique  have  also 
committed  their  time  to  provide  practical  assistance 
where possible to the relief efforts. Savannah expresses 
its deepest sympathies and sincerest best wishes to all 
those affected by these cyclones. 

Savannah’s  projects 
lie 
approximately 600km south of Beira, were unaffected 
by the Cyclones.

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Savannah Staff donating food and medical supplies to INGC (National Disasters Management Institute) as part of 
the relief effort following Cyclone Idai:

Oman 
Savannah’s  community  engagement  programme 
continued in Oman during 2019 where it employs a full 
time  community 
liaison  officer.  Regular  monthly 
meetings are held with community leaders providing 
updates  on  the  project  developments  these  meeting 

involved site visits to explain the locations of the work 
and clearly assess impacts. During the field exploration 
activities, Savannah utilises local services from within 
the  communities  to  assist  with  supply  of  water, 
accommodation and meals.

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Section 414A of the Companies Act 2006 (the ‘Act’) requires that the Group inform members as to how the Directors 
have performed their duty to promote the success of the Group, by way of a Strategic Report. 

Set out below are the applicable reporting requirements under the Act for the purposes of the Strategic Report, 
together with guidance to other applicable sections of the 2018 Annual Report, which are incorporated by reference 
into the Group’s Strategic Report. 

Principal Activities, Fair review of the Business and future developments 
The following table provides summary reviews of the principal activities of the group in the year, financial results 
and potential future developments. The comments below build on the commentary provided in the Chairman’s 
Statement on pages 2 to 5 and the Chief Executive’s Report on pages 6 to 11: 

Asset & location      Ownership                  Activities undertaken 

Mina do Barroso 
lithium project, 
Portugal

75% of Savannah 
Lithium Limitada 
(Acquisition of 
outstanding 25% 
stake for 100% 
ownership 
proposed and 
awaiting subject 
to shareholder 
approval)

    •     Exploration  and  Evaluation:  Comprehensive  programmes  were 
completed including mapping, surface and drill based sampling, 
assaying of recovered samples, metallurgical test work to assess 
recovery rate of lithium and other mineral products. 

    •     JORC  Resource  expansion  and  upgrade:  Three  estimates  were 
made during the year based on our ongoing sampling programme, 
culminating in the estimate made in September 2018 (20.1Mt at 
1.04% Li2O). 

    •     Scoping Study completed: The study last June included; mine and 
plant  designs,  production  scheduling,  metallurgical  test  work, 
infrastructure  &  transport  studies,  capital  and  operating  cost 
estimation and, financial modelling and economic evaluation of 
the project. 

                                                                          •     Feasibility Study Commissioned: Following the Scoping Study a 
Feasibility Study was commissioned with Primero Group selected 
as lead engineering group. This study builds on the Scoping Study 
exercise to provide the level of confidence in design and planning 
required to secure project financing and includes; JORC resource 
and reserve estimation, multiple phases of metallurgical test work, 
final  designs  and  schedules  for  (i)  site  layout,  (ii)  mining,  (iii) 
processing and (iv) storage of waste and infrastructure, capital and 
operating  cost  estimation,  labour  studies,  commodity  market 
studies, project risk review. We expect the Feasibility Study to be 
completed later in 2019. 

                                                                          •     Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”): The EIA considers all 
aspects of the environment which may be potentially impacted by 
the project, and also the project’s social and economic context. 
The  EIA  will  evaluate  the  project’s 
its 
implementation, exploitation, deactivation and post­deactivation 
phases. The outcomes of the assessment are a set of actions to be 
undertaken throughout all the operating phases of the project to 
minimise its environmental and social impact. 

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Asset & location      Ownership                  Activities undertaken

                                                                          •     Licencing and permitting: The company engaged with relevant local 
and  central  government  departments,  landowners  and  other 
groups  involved  with  the  approval  processes  relating  to;  the 
amendments  required  to  the  existing  Mining  Lease,  EIA,  land 
access,  etc.  We  expect  to  make  formal  applications  for  the 
government approvals required in 2019. 

                                                                          •     Option  acquired  over  addition  ground:  Savannah  acquired  an 
option on a suite of land blocks adjacent to the Mina do Barroso 
Mining Lease last September. The 3 blocks (blocks A­C), owned by 
private Portuguese company Aldeia & Irmão, S.A. (“Aldeia”) and 
covering an area of 2.94km2 are currently subject to a separate 
mining  lease  application.  Based  on  initial  reconnaissance  we 
believe the Lease application area could provide further resource 
upside to the overall project. The blocks could also help optimise 
the layout of the proposed mine. The Option runs to 25 June 2019 
by when we would be required to commit to the purchase of the 
tenement. 

                                                                          •     Completion  of  contingent  consideration  for  75%  stake:  In 
accordance with the share purchase agreement of 24 May 2017, 
the second and final contingent consideration tranche, consisting 
of 20m Savannah shares and A$1.5m cash, was settled in October 
2018. The second and final consideration was triggered following 
the  announcement  of  the  updated,  20.1Mt  Mineral  Resource 
estimate at Mina do Barroso in September 2018. 

                                                                          •     Community Engagement: in line with the Company’s approach 
with  each  location  it  operates,  it  has  an  active  community 
engagement plan with the aim being that with considerate and 
intelligent management, the development of Mina do Barroso has 
the potential to provide long term benefits for the Boticas region, 
where the mine development is located. 

                                                                          •     Offtake Partner: potential offtake partners identified throughout 
the lithium value chain, and active dialogues are ongoing in respect 
of this. 

                                                                          •     Project Finance: Noah’s Rule were appointed as the Company’s 
debt  adviser  and  active  dialogues  are  ongoing  with  potential 
funding providers.

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Asset & location      Ownership                  Activities undertaken

Mutamba Heavy 
Mineral Sands, 
Mozambique

20% of 
consortium with 
Rio Tinto

     •     Submission of Mining Lease applications: In January, Mining Lease 
applications were submitted to the Ministry of Mineral Resources 
and Energy in Mozambique covering the adjacent Jangamo (188km2) 
and Dongane/Ravene blocks (161km2) and the separate, Chilubane 
(138km2)  deposit  to  the  south.  In  September,  a  Mining  Lease 
application was also made over area EL3617L (119km2). This was the 
final Mining Lease application to be lodged that is covered by the 
Consortium  with  Rio  Tinto  for  the  Mutamba  project  (Jangamo, 
Dongane/Ravene). By Mozambican law, the Ministry has six months 
from the date of submission to respond to applications, but as yet 
has not provided a definitive response to any of the applications 
made, regular communications are maintained with the relevant 
authorities in Mozambique and this process continues to progress. 

                                                                               •     Pre­Feasibility Study: The Scoping phase of the Pre­Feasibility Study 
continued  during  the  year,  albeit  it  was  limited  by  the  licencing 
situation. Timing of the completion of the PFS is subject to the timing 
of Lease approvals. 

Block 4 & 5 
Copper projects, 
Oman

51% of Al Thuraya 
LLC (Block 4); 65% 
of Al Fairuz 
Mining (Block 5)

     •     Mining Licence applications: In May 2018 we received the last (of the 
eight) ministerial letters of ‘no objection’ required for our dual mining 
licence  applications  for  the  Mahab  4  and  Maqail  South  copper 
projects.  Receipt  of  the  final  ‘No  objection’  letter  then  allowed 
Oman’s Public Authority for Mining (PAM) to consider the licence 
applications. We were, however, disappointed to learn that there 
were administrative deficiencies in the original letters sent to the 
Ministries. We understand that all the Ministries have now responded 
again, all favourably. However, we still await the licence approvals 
and remain in regular communication with PAM which has recently 
requested some additional routine information from the Company 
which has been provided. 

                                                                               •     Drilling  programme:  A  drill  programme  (12  holes,  1,065m)  was 
completed  across  the  Bayda  (Blocks  4)  and  Hara  Kilab  (Block  5) 
prospects which have the potential to provide further material to the 
central processing facility outlined in our licence applications. The 
drilling carried out in late 2018 identified narrow zones of copper 
mineralisation.  The  results  are  still  being  analysed  and  a  further 
announcement will be made when the process has concluded. 

Fair review of 
business

                                           •     The loss of the Group as set out on page 41 amounts to £3,381,161 
(2017: £2,842,285), of which £3,258,458 (2017: £2,835,684) was 
related  to  administrative  costs.  During  2018  the  Group  invested 
£7,248,950 (2017: £5,040,296) on mineral exploration and evaluation 
on  the  licences  it  owns  and  operates,  this  is  capitalised  as  an 
intangible asset as set out in Note 8 in the Financial Statements. This 
is including £1,953,368 (of which £283,283 was settled by the issue 
of shares) paid as contingent consideration relating to the acquisition 
of the lithium asset in Portugal and £4,187,214 on mineral exploration 
and evaluation on the licences in the lithium asset. 

                                                                               •     A  review  of  the  Group’s  prospects  is  included  in  the  Chairman’s 
Statement  on  pages  2  to  5  and  the  Chief  Executive’s  Report  on 
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Principal Risks and Uncertainties 
The Board has identified various risk factors which taken individually or together may have a materially adverse 
effect on the Group’s business. The principal risks and how they are managed are as follows: 

Natural Resource Project Development & Construction Risk 
There can be no guarantee that mineral exploration and evaluation programmes will result in the delineation of a 
commercially viable project. However, to reduce this risk, the Group is focusing its activity primarily on brownfield 
locations, previously delineated resources or established exploration targets. For example, the Mina do Barroso 
project in Portugal already has a granted Mining Lease following exploration work done by previous owners, Blocks 
4 and 5 in Oman feature a number of discontinued mining operations and the areas covered by the Consortium 
with Rio Tinto in Mozambique were subject to exploration prior to our involvement. 

If a commercially viable project is delineated, Savannah will then be exposed to construction and project delivery 
risk factors. These risk factors will include: project financing (see Future Funding Requirements section below); 
licence and permitting (see Licence and title risk section below); key person (see Attraction and Retention of Key 
People section below); and contractor and contract fulfilment/cost overrun. Risk relating to the main project 
contractors will be mitigated by comprehensive tendering and due diligence processes being performed to identify 
competent and financial robust service providers. Contract fulfilment and cost management will be mitigated by 
structuring of contracts to include adequate penalty and incentive clauses. 

Attraction and Retention of Key People 
The success of the Group is dependent on the expertise and experience of the Directors and senior management 
and  the  loss  of  one  or  more  could  have  a  material  adverse  effect  on  the  Group.  The  Board  has  adopted  a 
remuneration policy aimed at rewarding performance, encouraging retention of key staff and aligning their interests 
with those of shareholders. 

Future Funding Requirements 
The Group has an ongoing requirement to fund its exploration and mine development activities and will need to 
obtain additional finance to execute its plans. Potential sources of finance include the established debt and equity 
capital markets, offtake partners which could provide prepayment and working capital facilities in exchange for 
long  term  supply  contracts,  commodity  based  royalty  and  stream  finance  groups  which  can  also  provide 
prepayments in exchange for exposure to future revenue or production streams, and grants or other facilities from 
government or other centralised bodies (e.g. EU). Senior management and the Board closely monitor the cashflows 
of  the  Group  and  this  assists  in  ensuring  expenditure  is  focussed  on  areas  of  greatest  exploration  potential. 
Overheads and administration costs are carefully managed. 

Licence and Title 
The granting, maintaining, amendment and renewal of the appropriate licence or licence equivalent is essential to 
the Group’s exploration and development activities in all the countries in which it operates, and is usually at the 
discretion  of  the  relevant  government  authority.  The  Group  seeks  to  ensure  that  its  activities  are  always  in 
compliance with the relevant licences and associated standards, laws and regulations and will attempt to respond 
in a timely manner to any changes in licence regulations. The costs associated with maintaining and renewing 
licences and complying with all related licence requirements, together with delays experienced in the issuance of 
licences, may have a financial impact on the company through additional costs or extensions to work programmes 
or delays in delivering projects. The licences in the Group’s portfolio have been the subject of legal due diligence in 
order to establish valid legal title and regular communication is maintained with the relevant government authority 
in Portugal, Mozambique and Oman. 

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Country Risk 
A greater or lesser degree of sovereign and political risk exists in all countries. At the reporting date, the Group 
carried out a combination of exploration and mine development work in Portugal, Mozambique and Oman. Each 
of these countries presents a very different risk profile. However, this also means the Group benefits from a 
diversification of country risk. Country risk is further mitigated by ensuring the Group maintains active programmes, 
that  it  prioritises  local  in­country  employment  and  that  it  maintains  working  relationships  at  all  levels  with 
government, administrative bodies, local communities and other stakeholders. The Board actively monitors relevant 
political and regulatory developments. 

Commodity Price 
The Group’s primarily commodity focus is lithium, mineral sands and copper and the price movements in these 
commodities can be volatile. This volatility can be caused by numerous factors beyond the Group’s control. A 
sustained period of significant price volatility may adversely affect the Group operations in the future. Commodities 
risk is currently mitigated by ensuring the Group maintains a diverse portfolio of projects. Assuming all previously 
highlighted development and construction related risks have been mitigated and production is established at one 
or more of our projects, specific commodity price risk may be more actively managed. This could be achieved 
through the use of mechanisms such as long­term sales contracts incorporating minimum pricing levels or hedging 
strategies. In the case of the Mina do Barroso project, the spodumene lithium and its co­products are not currently 
exchange  traded  commodities  and  this  necessitates  entering  into  off­take  agreements  as  part  of  the  project 
financing. 

Analysis of the Development and Performance of the Business 
This information is contained in the Chairman’s Statement on pages 2, and the Chief Executive’s Report on pages 6. 

Analysis of the Position of the Business 
This information is contained in the Chairman’s Statement on pages 2, and the Chief Executive’s Report on pages 6. 

Key Financial Performance Indicators and Milestones 
Our key performance indicators (‘KPIs’) help the Board and executive management assess performance against our 
strategic priorities and business plans. 

Analysis Using Key Financial Performance Indicators and Milestones 

KPIs                                 Description                                Performance 

Cash balance (for 
exploration, 
development and 
going concern 
purposes)

Subscription and 
placing of shares

Cash balance available to 
continue with the activity 
of the Group.

To continue with its 
operating activities as an 
active and growing 
mineral development 
group, Savannah is 
required to raise funds 
from the market.

    At the reporting date the Group’s cash balance was £7.7m 
(2017: £2.5m). This, in conjunction with the raising of future 
cash, which the Directors believe can be secured, will allow 
the  Group  to  continue  working  on  its  development  / 
exploration activities and to meet its financial commitments 
for at least 12 months. 

    During 2018 the Company raised gross proceeds of £14.7m 
(2017:  £8.47m)  cash  via  issuance  of  ordinary  shares  in 
relation to equity fundraises.

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KPIs                                 Description                                Performance

Share Price                     

Share price reflects the 
value added by the 
Company’s Board and 
management teams.

Investment on 
Exploration & 
Evaluation assets 
(‘E&E assets’) and 
Property, Plant and 
Equipment (‘PPE’)

As an active and 
expanding mining 
development group, the 
investment on E&E assets 
and PPE assets show the 
volume of activity which is 
adding value.

    Having opened at 6.625p and risen by 104% to a 51­month 
high of 13.55p on 12 June 2018, the share price fell to close 
the year at 5.3p, a 20% decline (2017: +26.3%). Funds were 
raised at an average price of 8.25p in 2018 (2017: 5.25p), 
representing an increase of 57% y­o­y. 

    During  2018  the  Group  increased  its  investment  in 
exploration activity with additions in E&E assets of £7.2m 
(2017: £5.0m), of which £2.0m (2017: £1.9m) are payments 
of  the  contingent  considerations  associated  to  the 
Portuguese  lithium  project  triggered  during  the  period 
following the reporting of significant increases in the size of 
the Mineral Resource Estimate. Also, there was a decrease 
in the investment in PPE with additions of £0.3m (2017: 
£1.1m) compared to the additions in 2017 which primarily 
related to the one­off nature of the construction of a pilot 
plant in Mozambique in 2017. 

Analysis Using Other Key Performance Indicators and Milestones 

KPIs                                 Description                                Performance 

Project pipeline

As an active mine 
development group, 
management is up to date 
on the changes in the 
market and looking for 
new opportunities to 
increase the potential of 
the Group.

impacting  on  global 

    In recent years there has been (and continues to be) an 
increase  in  the  importance  of  the  lithium­ion  battery 
markets, 
lithium  demand  with 
projections  showing  significant  increases  in  demand.  In 
2016 the Group started its investment in lithium projects 
and  in  2018  acquired  an  option  to  acquire  a  suite  of 
tenement blocks which are currently subject to a separate 
Mining Lease application adjacent to Mina do Barroso from 
Aldeia. 

Mining Lease 
Applications

As a mining development 
group, the grant of mining 
leases as a precursor to 
commencement of 
production is a significant 
milestone.

    During 2018 the Group’s mining licence applications for the 
Maqail  South  and  Mahab  4  copper  projects  in  Oman 
received the final ministerial ‘no objection’ required to be 
considered by the Public Authority of Mining (PAM) for the 
final approval. However, we were, disappointed to learn 
subsequently that there were administrative deficiencies in 
the  original  letters  sent  by  PAM  to  the  Ministries.  We 
understand  that  all  the  Ministries  have  now  responded 
again favourably, to the replacement letters, however, we 
still  await  the  licence  approvals  and  remain  in  regular 
communication  with  PAM  which  has  recently  requested 
some  additional  routine  information  from  the  Company 
which has been provided. Also, the renewal of the Block 4 
exploration licence has been delayed due to claims by a 
party in relation to certain areas within Block 4. According 
to our legal advisers in Oman, the Group has the right to 
renew the Block 4 exploration licence area in full, without 
any exclusions. 

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KPIs                                 Description                                Performance

                                                                                             Mining  Lease  applications  were  also  submitted  to  the 
Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy in Mozambique 
covering; (i) the Jangamo, Dongane/Ravene and Chilubane 
deposits and (ii) EL3617L, the final Mining Lease application 
to be lodged covered by the Consortium with Rio Tinto for 
the Mutamba project. As yet, no formal responses to the 
applications have been received. Regular communications 
are maintained with the relevant authorities in Mozambique 
and this process continues to progress. 

Results in mineral 
resources

As a mining development 
group, the report of 
satisfactory mineral 
resource results is a key 
indicator of the potential 
of the Group and its 
projects.

    Portugal: Three JORC resource updates were announced 
during the year. The last, in September, estimated a total 
resource of 20.1Mt at 1.04% Li2O (vs. 3.2Mt at 1.0% Li2O in 
December  2017).  The  resource  estimate  consisted  of 
Measured resources of 5.5Mt @ at 1.08% Li2O; Indicated 
resources of 4.9Mt @ at 0.93% Li2O; and Inferred resources 
of 9.7Mt @ at 1.1% Li2O for 209,000t of total contained Li2O. 
In addition to the JORC resource estimate, an Exploration 
Target* was estimated at 9.0­15.0Mt at 1.0­1.2% Li2O.  

                                                                                                                          * Cautionary Statement: The potential quantity and grade of the Exploration 
Targets is conceptual in nature, there has been insufficient exploration work 
to estimate a mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will 
result in defining a mineral resource. 

Economic Studies

Satisfactory completion of 
economic studies is a key 
indicator of the viability of 
the Group mining 
development projects.

    Mina do Barroso, Portugal: A Scoping study was completed 
in June. Based on initial capex of US$125m (including a 25% 
contingency) and average annual production of 175,000t of 
spodumene lithium concentrate over an 11­year life, the 
Scoping Study returned a pre­tax NPV8% of US$356m, pre­
tax IRR of 63% (post tax US$241m and 48.6% respectively), 
pre­tax payback of 1.7 years, and annual average EBITDA of 
US$72m.  A  Feasibility  Study  was  commissioned  in  the 
second half of the year which we expect to be completed 
later in 2019. 

                                                                                             Mutamba,  Mozambique:  Scoping  work  on  the  Pre­
Feasibility Study continued. Subject to licencing, we expect 
to complete the Pre­Feasibility Study in 2019. 

                                                                                             Mahab 4 & Maqail South, Oman: The Scoping Study on the 
dual mine development and wider project remains pending 
completion due to the delays associated with licencing and 
associated agreements. 

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Approval of the Board 
This Strategic Report contains certain forward­looking statements that are subject to the usual risk factors and 
uncertainties associated with a mineral development business. While the Directors believe the expectation reflected 
herein to be reasonable in view of the information available up to the time of the Board’s approval of this Strategic 
Report, the actual outcome may be materially different owing to factors either beyond the Group’s control or 
otherwise within the Group’s control but, for example, resulting from a change of strategy. Accordingly, no reliance 
may be placed on the forward­looking statements. 

On behalf of the Board: 

David S Archer 
Chief Executive Officer 

Date: 20 May 2019

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The Mina do Barroso Lithium project, Portugal 
Savannah Resources has been involved with the Mina do Barroso lithium project in Northern Portugal since May 
2017 and currently owns a 75% stake in the project. In April 2019, the Group proposed to acquire the residual 25% 
share in the project from the minority owners in an all share transaction. Shareholder approval is currently being 
sought to allow the issue of the new Savannah shares necessary to complete the transaction. 

Mina do Barroso location: 

Western Europe’s largest spodumene lithium resource 
Located less than 2 hours’ drive from the city of Porto in northern Portugal, the Mina do Barroso project consists 
of a Mining Lease* (5.42km2), which was granted to previous owners of the project in 2006 and is valid for 30 years. 
To date Savannah’s extensive exploration programme, which includes 30,000m of drilling, has identified 8 deposits 
bearing spodumene lithium mineralisation on the Lease. JORC compliant Mineral Resources have been estimated 
on four of these deposits which together represent the largest spodumene lithium resource in Western Europe, 
(currently 23.5Mt at 1.0% Li2O). Many of the lithium deposits on the project remain open to possible extensions 
through further exploration. In addition to the current JORC Resource, an Exploration Target has also been estimated 
on two of the orebodies, Grandao and Reservatorio. which ranges from 9Mt to15Mt at 1.0­1.2% Li2O. Hence, 
Savannah believes significant exploration upside exists beyond the current 23.5Mt Resource. 

* The existing mining lease will need amendment or replacement for Savannah’s proposed mine and concentraitor development.

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Mina do Barroso JORC Mineral Resource Estimate & Exploration Target 

JORC Mineral Resource Estimate (April 2019, 0.5% Li2O cut­off)

Deposit

Grandao

Resource 
Category

Measured

Indicated

Inferred

Sub­total

Tonnes 
(Mt)

6.6

6.4

4.8

17.7

–

–

3.2

3.2

–

–

2.0

2.0

–

0.4

0.3

0.6

6.6

6.8

10.2

23.5

Reservatorio

Measured

Pinheiro

NOA

All Deposits

Indicated

Inferred

Sub­total

Measured

Indicated

Inferred

Sub­total

Measured

Indicated

Inferred

Sub­total

Measured

Indicated

Inferred

Grand total

Exploration Target Summary*

Deposit

Reservatorio

Grandao

Total

Li2O grade 
(%)

Fe2O3 grade  
(%)

Li2O 
contained (t)

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.04

–

–

1.0

1.0

–

–

1.0

1.0

–

1.2

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.02

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.7

–

–

1.4

1.4

–

–

0.7

0.7

–

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.7

0.8

0.9

0.8

71,600

61,300

48,900

181,800

–

–

32,000

32,000

–

–

20,000

20,000

–

4,200

2,900

7,100

71,600

65,400

103,900

241,000

Tonnage

High

7.0

8.0

15.0

Low

5.0

4.0

9.0

Li2O grade (%)

1.0­1.2

1.0­1.2

1.0­1.2

Source: April 2019 JORC Resource update RNS 

* Cautionary Statement: The potential quantity and grade of the Exploration Targets is conceptual in nature, there has been insufficient 
exploration work to estimate a mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in defining a mineral resource 

Positive Scoping Study triggered Feasibility Study 
Following the completion of a Scoping Study on the project in June 2018, Savannah has commissioned a Definitive 
Feasibility Study and an Environmental Impact Assessment Study on the project. Savannah expects the Definitive 
Feasibility Study to be completed later this year and the economic case presented in the Study will form the basis 
for a development decision on the project.

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A major source of lithium for Europe’s e­mobility transition 
As the following table highlights, Savannah’s Mina do Barroso project is expected to produce at least 175ktpa of 
battery  grade  spodumene  concentrate  from  late  2020.  This  concentrate  output,  containing  10.5ktpa  of  Li2O 
(equivalent to ~26ktpa of lithium carbonate or ~29ktpa lithium hydroxide pre­processing losses) could represent 
around 40% of the forecast lithium requirement for the European auto industry in 2025 and 22% of the 2030 
demand. Hence, Mina do Barroso alone could form the base load for a new lithium processing and battery material 
industry in Portugal, which would be of major significance within the EU. Such strategic significance provides 
additional opportunities to Savannah in terms of the customer base it appeals to, and this has been reflected in 
the high calibre of potential off­take partners and / or strategic partners with whom active dialogues are ongoing. 

Not just a lithium project 
In addition to the production of significant volumes of spodumene lithium concentrate, Mina do Barroso also has 
the potential for feldspar and quartz production which is in demand from Portugal’s large ceramics and glass 
industries. Sales of these ‘co­products’ would have the dual benefits of reducing the amount of waste material 
which the project must store and provide additional revenue streams which could significantly improve the net 
production costs of the lithium concentrate. 

Expansion Opportunity 
To  complement  the  ongoing  work  to  identify  and  delineate  more  resources  on  the  Mining  Lease,  Savannah 
purchased an option to acquire a suite of adjacent tenement blocks in September 2018 which are currently subject 
to a separate Mining Lease application. In total the three blocks (blocks A­C), currently owned by private Portuguese 
company Aldeia & Irmão, S.A. (‘Aldeia’), cover an area of 2.94km2. To date intensive due diligence drilling has 
consistently intersected a lithium bearing, spodumene dominant pegmatite with grades of up to 2.00% Li2O over a 
strike length of more than 250m and vertical depth of more than 120m from near surface. We are confident the 
Lease application area could provide both further significant resource upside to the overall Project and more 
flexibility around the layout of the proposed mine. The Option runs to 25 June 2019 by when we would be required 
to commit to the purchase of the tenements. 

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Mina do Barroso Project Scoping Study Key Facts (100% basis): 

Operating Parameters and assumptions

Mineable resource used in Scoping  
(June 2018)

14.4Mt at 1.07% Li2O. All open pit. 
Life of mine strip ratio (waste: ore): 5.2: 1, years 1­4: 1.6:1

Initial life of mine

11 years at 1.3Mtpa throughput rate

Processing route & recovery rate

Crush­grind­Dense Media Separation­flotation (80% recovery)

Concentrate production & spec

175ktpa (minimum), 6% spodumene

Concentrate production as LCE/LHyE 
(Pre­processing losses)

~26ktpa; ~29ktpa. Sufficient for ~0.5M 60kWh car battery packs 
per annum

Co­products

Initial capex

Feldspar (~276ktpa), quartz (~173ktpa) for use in the ceramics and other 
industries

US$109m (Additional contingency of US$24.9m, inc. in financial model)

Sustaining capital & closure costs

US$17.2m

LoM Operating cost (US$/t conc)

US$271/t (US$210/t average in Years 1­4). Costs include all mining, 
processing, transport, shipping/freight, corporate, admin, marketing & 
royalty costs and are net of by­product credits. Yr1­4 costs 1st quartile 
and LoM average 2nd quartile on 2023F global cost curve (source: Roskill)

Financial & economic outcomes

Pricing assumptions (Average  
life of mine)

Spodumene concentrate: US$685/t; Feldspar US$39/t; Quartz US$33/t

Revenue (LoM; Avg pa)

US$1,555m; US$140m

EBITDA (LoM, Avg pa)

US$805m; US$73m

Pre­tax FCF (LoM; Avg pa)

US$651m; US$59m

Net FCF (LoM; Avg pa)

US$458m; US$41m

NPV (8% discount rate)

Pre­tax US$356m; Post­tax US$241m

IRR

Payback

Pre­tax 63.2%; Post­tax 48.6%

Pre­tax 1.7 years; Post­tax 2.1 years

Source: June 2018 Scoping Study and subsequent company press releases 

Mutamba Mineral Sands Project, Mozambique 
Savannah has been active in the Mineral Sands sector (titanium minerals and zircon) in southern Mozambique since 
2013 and in October 2016 completed a Consortium Agreement with Rio Tinto which combined Savannah’s Jangamo 
Project with Rio Tinto’s adjacent Mutamba Project (which included three deposit areas – Jangamo, Dongane and 
Ravene), and its Chilubane Deposit, located 180km to the south west of the Mutamba Project. The enlarged 
collective  Mutamba  Project,  which  is  in  the  Gaza  and  Inhambane  provinces  and  about  450km  northeast  of 
Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, benefits from good infrastructure, including road, power and access to the nearby 
ports of Inhambane and Maxixie approximately 40km away.

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The Mutamba project location: 

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Partnered with Rio Tinto, but Savannah taking the lead 
Savannah is the project operator and currently holds a 20% share in the Consortium. The Group may increase its 
stake in the Consortium up to a 51% by funding and completing Pre­Feasibility and Feasibility Studies on the project. 
Rio  Tinto  contributes  its  existing  Mutamba  camp,  facilities  and  associated  equipment,  and  the  Consortium 
Agreement includes an offtake agreement on commercial terms for the sale of 100% of production to Rio Tinto (or 
an affiliate). Savannah completed a Scoping Study on the project in 2017 and is currently completing the Pre­
Feasibility Study. 

Mutamba’s Mineral Resources: A project of global scale 
The global Mineral Resource estimate for the Mutamba project (Jangamo, Dongane and Ravene) currently stands 
at 4.4 Billion tonnes at 3.9% total heavy minerals (“THM”) comprising both Indicated and Inferred category material 
and containing ilmenite, rutile and zircon. The resource estimate includes a high­grade portion of 92Mt at 6.2% 
THM, which was defined at Ravene. Significant potential also remains to expand the resource beyond its current 
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Mutamba JORC Mineral Resource Estimate (May 2017) 

Deposit

Resource 
Category

Jangamo (13336L)

Indicated

Inferred

Jangamo (3617L)

Inferred

Dongane

Ravene

Total

Inferred

Inferred

Sand 
(Mt)

1,780

200

65

1,400

900

4,400

Source: Mutamba Scoping Study RNS, May 2017 

Heavy 
Minerals 
(%)

Ilmenite (% 
in Heavy 
Minerals)

Ilmenite 
(% in sand)

Rutile 
(% in sand)

Zircon 
(% in sand)

3.8

3.5

4.2

3.8

4.1

3.9

62

63

60

61

56

60

2.4

2.2

2.5

2.3

2.3

2.3

0.06

0.03

0.08

0.07

–

0.05

0.11

0.11

0.15

0.10 

0.10

0.11

Project development concept outlined by 2017 Scoping Study 
The Mutamba Project has the potential for the definition of a large orebody able to sustain a significant mining operation. 
The mineralisation is amenable to a combination of dry mining and dredge mining, with ilmenite being the dominant 
heavy mineral present. Savannah’s overall objective is to build, together with Rio Tinto, a commercial mineral sands presence 
in Mozambique, delivering, via Rio Tinto’s offtake, stable supplies of titanium feedstock and zircon to global markets. 

Mineral sands industry expert TZMI was commissioned to conduct a scoping study to evaluate an initial, low capex, long 
life, dry mining operation. Key findings of the study, which was published in May 2017, are given in the following table. 

Mutamba Mineral Sands: Scoping Study key data (100% basis) 

Operating Parameters and assumptions

Mineable resource

Life of mine (LOM)

Mining rate

Life of mine strip ratio (waste: ore)

Mutamba TZMI Base 
Case Prices  
(US$/t)

Management Case 
One +10% Product 
Price  
(US$/t)

Management Case 
Two +20% Product 
Price  
(US$/t)

451Mt at 6.0% THM (Conceptual mine plan utilising 33% Indicated 
and 67% Inferred resource)

30 years

15Mtpa

2:451

Average annual production

456,000t of ilmenite and 118,000t of non­magnetic concentrate

Pre­production capital expenditure

Contingency

Ilmenite Price (Free on Board, FOB)

Nonmagnetic Concentrate (FOB)

Financial & economic outcomes

Pre­Tax Free Cashflow (LOM)

Pre­Tax Average Annual Free Cashflow

Pre­Tax NPV (10% discount)

IRR (pre­tax)

Payback Period (pre­tax)

Source: Mutamba Scoping Study RNS, May 2017 

US$152m

US$74m

185

250

204

275

222

300

US$1,007M

US$1,347M

US$1,686M

US$41M

US$154M

19%

5yrs

US$52M

US$245M

23%

4yrs

US$62M

US$335M

27%

3yrs

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Current work and key developments to come: Pre­Feasibility Study & Mining Lease applications 
In August 2017, phase one of the Pre­Feasibility Study into the potential development of the Mutamba Mineral 
Sands Project commenced. TZMI was again appointed to complete this phase of the work. Alongside work on the 
Pre­Feasibility Study, a 20 tonne per hour pilot plant was constructed to produce bulk samples of concentrate for 
metallurgical and product test work. 

In January 2018 Submissions for Mining Leases were made to the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy in 
Mozambique covering the adjacent Jangamo (188km2) and Dongane/Ravene blocks (161km2) and the separate, 
Chilubane (138km2) deposit to the south. These were followed in September 2018 by a Mining Lease applications 
over  area  EL3617L  (119km2),  which  was  the  final  Mining  Lease  application  to  be  lodged  for  deposits  on  the 
Consortium’s  ground.  To  date  a  definitive  response  has  not  been  received  from  the  Ministry  to  any  of  the 
applications made. However, Savannah and its partner, Rio Tinto, remain confident that the Mining Leases will be 
granted in the coming months. Once received, these Leases will be a major step towards eventual production at 
Mutamba. However, this will need to be preceded by completion of the current Pre­Feasibility Study and, if the 
Pre­Feasibility carries a positive conclusion on the project’s economics, a Feasibility Study too. 

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REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS

therefore  confident  that  funding  will  continue  to  be 
secured  and  that  it  is  appropriate  to  prepare  the 
Financial  Statements  on  a  going  concern  basis.  The 
Company currently has a number of options in respect 
of  future  financing  and  has  engaged  with  potential 
financiers and sources of capital. However, although the 
Company  has  been  successful  in  the  past  in  raising 
equity finance, the lack of formal agreements means 
there can be no certainty that the additional funding 
required  by  the  Group  and  the  Company  in  the  next 
twelve  months  will  be  secured  within  the  necessary 
timescale. These conditions indicate the existence of a 
material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt 
about the Group and the Company’s ability to continue 
as  a  going  concern,  however  as  aforementioned  and 
evidenced  by  announcements  the  Company  has 
routinely been able to raise funds to progress its highly 
prospective portfolio. The Financial Statements do not 
include the adjustments that would result if the Group 
and  the  Company  was  unable  to  continue  as  a  going 
concern. 

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, BDO LLP, will be proposed for re­appointment 
at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. 

The  Directors  present  their  report  with  the  Financial 
Statements of the Company and the Group for the year 
ended 31 December 2018. 

Dividends 
The  Directors  do  not  recommend  the  payment  of  a 
dividend (2017: £nil). 

Events Since the Reporting Date 
This information is contained in Note 24 to the Financial 
Statements. 

Directors 
The Directors who have held office during the period 
from 1 January 2018 to the date of this report (unless 
otherwise stated) are as follows: 

David S Archer 
Dale J Ferguson 
Matthew J King 
Maqbool Ali Sultan 
Imad Kamal Abdul Redha Sultan 
James Leahy2 
Manohar Pundalik Shenoy1 
Murtadha Ahmed Sultan1 

1 Alternate Director 
2 Appointed on 26 November 2018 

Directors’ Indemnity 
The Group has agreed to indemnify its Directors against 
third party claims which may be brought against them 
and  has  in  place  a  Directors  and  Officers’  insurance 
policy. 

Financial Instruments Risk 
This information is contained in Note 18 to the Financial 
Statements. 

information 

Future Development 
in  the  Chairman’s 
is  contained 
This 
Statement  on  pages  2  to  5  and  the  Chief  Executive’s 
Report on pages 6 to 11. 

Going Concern 
In common with many mineral exploration companies, 
the  Company  raises  equity  funds  for  its  activities  in 
discrete share placements. The Directors believe that the 
Group’s project portfolio is attractive and the cash sums 
of £2.1m and £12.6m raised for new equity, including 
£1.6m from 23.6% shareholder Al Marjan, in Q2 and Q3 
2018 respectively support this view. The Directors are 

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The Directors’ beneficial interests (including the beneficial interests of their immediate family) in the ordinary shares 
of the Company are as follows: 

No. of shares held at
31 December 2018

No. of shares held at 
31 December 2017 

31,792,519 
David S Archer
Matthew J King
1,104,028 
Dale J Ferguson                                                                                                     15,962,8542                                  4,391,0782 
– 
Maqbool Ali Sultan1
– 
Imad Kamal Abdul Redha Sultan1
James Leahy
– 
3,809,524 
Manohar Pundalik Shenoy1
– 
Murtadha Ahmed A Sultan1

–
–
–
3,809,524
–

41,756,649
1,104,028

1 The Directors indicated are representatives of Al Marjan Ltd which held 208,262,589 shares at the reporting date (2017: 186,878,750 shares). 
2 12,375,000 shares (2017: 4,125,000 shares) held indirectly through Slipstream Resources Investments Pty Ltd. 

Details of Directors’ remuneration are disclosed in Note 3. 

Details of Directors’ interests in the share options and warrants are disclosed in Note 22. 

Substantial Shareholding 
At the date of this report the Company has been notified or is aware of the following interest in the Shares of the 
Company of 3% or more of the Company’s total issued Share capital: 

Name of Shareholder

Al Marjan Ltd (Directors1)
Slipstream Resources Investments Pty Ltd
Husain Salman Ghulam Al­Lawati
David Archer (Director)
Karl­Erik von Bahr

No. of shares

208,262,589
45,000,000
42,019,792
41,756,649
30,052,525

% 

23.63% 
5.11% 
4.77% 
4.74% 
3.41% 

On behalf of the Board: 

David S Archer 
Chief Executive Officer 

Date: 20 May 2019 

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The  Company  strives  to  ensure  that  its  corporate 
governance policies and procedures which are in place 
across  the  Group  are  of  a  high  standard.  The  Board 
acknowledges  the  importance  of  good  corporate 
governance and in light of the Group’s size and rate of 
progression, decided to adopt the provisions of the QCA 
Corporate Governance Code in September 2018 (“the 
Code”). 

The Corporate Governance Statement in relation to the 
principles  of  the  QCA  Corporate  Governance  Code  is 
provided 
at 
http://www.savannahresources.com/investor­
relations/corporate­governance/. 

Company 

website 

the 

on 

The Code is described as a practical, outcome orientated 
approach to corporate governance that is tailored for 
small and mid­size companies. It is a valuable reference 
for  growing  companies  wishing  to  follow  good 
governance  practice.  The  Company  has  adopted  the 
Code because it allows it to take a flexible yet adequate 
approach to corporate governance, ensuring that the 
Company places the right people in the right roles and 
to  ensure  that  right  things  are  being  done  to  deliver 
value for all its stakeholders. 

The Board of Directors 
The appointment of Mr. James Leahy as a non­executive 
Director  in  November  2018  means  that  the  Board 
currently comprises of two executive, four non­executive 
Directors  and  two  alternate  Directors.  The  Board 
formally  meets  approximately  every  quarter  and  is 
responsible for setting and monitoring group strategy, 
reviewing budgets and financial performance, ensuring 
adequate 
funding,  examining  major  portfolio 
management matters, formulating policy on key issues 
and reporting to the shareholders. 

Internal Financial Control 
The Board is responsible for establishing and maintaining 
the Group’s system of internal financial controls. Internal 
financial  control  systems  are  designed  to  meet  the 
particular needs of the Group and the risk to which it is 
exposed, and by its very nature can provide reasonable, 
but  not  absolute,  assurance  against  material 
misstatement or loss. The Directors continue to review 
the effectiveness of the procedures presently in place to 
ensure that they are appropriate to the nature and scale 
of the operations of the Group. 

The Audit and Risk Committee 
The Audit Committee has been expanded to include a 
risk function and is now the Audit and Risk Committee. 
In particular, the committee is reviewing inter alia also 
items reported under the Company’s Compliance Policy 
as  well  as  the  AIM  Rules  Compliance  meeting  and 
facilitates the management of the Group’s Risk Register, 
in  conjunction  with  the  Board,  senior  managers  and 
appropriate professional advisers. 

It  comprises  two  non­executive  Directors  and  one 
alternate  Director  –  Matthew  King  (who  chairs  the 
Committee),  James  Leahy  and  Manohar  Shenoy.  The 
Committee’s audit arm is responsible for ensuring that 
the  financial  performance  of  the  Group  is  properly 
reported  on  and  monitored,  and  for  meeting  the 
auditors and reviewing the reports from the auditors 
relating to accounts and internal controls. It also reviews 
the  Group’s  annual  and  interim  Financial  Statements 
before  submission  to  the  Board  for  approval.  The 
Committee’s risk function provides input to the Board in 
its assessment of enterprise risk and the determination 
of risk appetite as part of the overall setting of strategy 
for the Group. It also assists the Board in its oversight of 
the  Group’s  risk  management  framework  including 
monitoring its effectiveness. 

All members of the Board attended a risk workshop in 
December 2018. The purpose of the workshop was to 
further enhance the Board’s consideration of risk so as 
to  reset  the  framework  for  risk  management  as  the 
Group progresses from exploration to production and to 
expand 
to  corporate 
governance. 

the  Company’s  approach 

Finally,  the  Group  has  taken  steps  to  develop  a  risk 
register,  with  the  intention  of  allowing  risks  to  be 
identified, tracked and addressed in order to mitigate 
any potential damage to the Group or its businesses. 
Reporting  on  identified  risks  as  per  the  Group’s  risk 
register has been included as a standard recurring item 
on the Board’s and executive management’s meetings. 

The Remuneration Committee 
The  Remuneration  Committee  comprises  two  non­
executive  Directors  and  one  alternate  Director  – 
Matthew King (who chairs the Committee), James Leahy 
and Manohar Shenoy. It is responsible for reviewing the 
performance of the executive Directors and for setting 
the scale and structure of their remuneration, paying 
due regard to the interests of shareholders as a whole 

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and the performance of the Group. The remuneration 
of  the  Chairman  and  any  non­executive  Director  is 
determined by the Board as a whole, based on a review 
of the current practices in other companies. 

AIM Rule Compliance Committee 
The  AIM  Rule  Compliance  Committee  comprises  one 
non­executive and one executive Director – Matthew 
King (who chairs the Committee) and David Archer, the 
CEO. It is responsible for ensuring that resources and 
procedures are in place to ensure the Company is at all 
times in compliance with the AIM Rules for Companies. 
the  timely 
The  Committee  helped 
implementation  of  the  new  AIM  Rules  regarding 
Corporate Governance prior to the 28 September 2018 
deadline. The Committee is also responsible for ensuring 
that  the  executive  Directors  are  communicating 
effectively with the Company’s Nominated Adviser. 

to  ensure 

is  overseeing 

the  Committee 

Moreover, 
the 
implementation of specific software for the purpose of 
facilitating tracking insiders as defined in MAR and AIM 
Rules and updating the corresponding insider list on an 
ongoing basis. 

Nominations Committee 
The Company does not currently have a Nominations 
Committee as the Board regards nominations matters 
are best dealt with by the full Board having regard to the 
current  size  of  the  Company.  The  desirability  for  a 
Nominations Committee will be reviewed on an annual 
basis. 

Anti­Bribery and Corruption 
It is the Group’s policy to conduct business in an honest 
way, and without the use of corrupt practices or acts of 
bribery to obtain an unfair advantage in line with the UK 
Bribery  Act  2010.  The  Group  takes  a  zero­tolerance 
approach to bribery and corruption and is committed to 
acting professionally, fairly and with integrity in all its 
business dealings and relationships wherever it operates 
and implementing and enforcing effective systems to 
counter bribery. 

The necessary controls and procedures, updated by the 
Board in 2017, in order to comply with the UK Bribery 
Act  2010,  continue  to  be  reviewed  to  ensure 
compliance. 

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

Website Publication 
The Directors are responsible for ensuring the Annual 
Report and the Financial Statements are made available 
on a website. Financial Statements are published on the 
Company’s website in accordance with legislation in the 
United  Kingdom  governing  the  preparation  and 
dissemination of Financial Statements, which may vary 
from legislation in other jurisdictions. The maintenance 
is  the 
and 
responsibility  of 
the  Directors.  The  Directors’ 
responsibility also extends to the ongoing integrity of the 
Financial Statements contained therein. 

integrity  of  the  Company’s  website 

Directors’ Responsibilities 
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic 
Report, 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  Group  and 
Company  Financial  Statements  in  accordance  with 
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as 
adopted by the European Union. Under Company law 
the Directors must not approve the Financial Statements 
unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair 
view of the state of affairs of the Group and Company 
and of the profit or loss of the Group for that period. The 
Directors  are  also  required  to  prepare  Financial 
Statements in accordance with the rules of the London 
Stock Exchange for companies trading securities on the 
Alternative Investment Market. 

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

prepare  the  Financial  Statements  on  the  going 
concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume 
that the Company will continue in business. 

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to the members of Savannah Resources Plc

Opinion 
We have audited the financial statements of Savannah 
Resources Plc (the ‘parent company’) and its subsidiaries 
(the  ‘group’)  for  the  year  ended  31  December  2018 
which  comprise  the  consolidated  statement  of 
comprehensive income, the consolidated and company 
statements of financial position, the consolidated and 
company  statements  of  changes 
in  equity,  the 
consolidated and company statements of cash flow and 
notes to the financial statements, including a summary 
of significant accounting policies. 

The financial reporting framework that has been applied 
in the preparation of the group financial statements is 
applicable  law  and  International  Financial  Reporting 
Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union 
and,  as  regards  the  parent  company  financial 
statements, as applied in accordance with the provisions 
of the Companies Act 2006. 

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 
loss for the year then ended; 

the group financial statements have been properly 
prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the 
European Union; 

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

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

Basis for opinion 
We  conducted  our  audit 
in  accordance  with 
International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and 
law.  Our  responsibilities  under  those 
applicable 
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. 

Material uncertainty in relation to going concern 
We draw attention to note 1 in the financial statements 
concerning the group and parent company’s ability to 
continue as a going concern. The matters explained in 
the note indicate that the group and parent company 
will require additional funding within the next twelve 
months and that there is no certainty that the funding 
required by the group and the parent company will be 
secured  within  the  necessary  timescale.  These 
conditions, along with the other matters as set out in 
note 1, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that 
may  cast  significant  doubt  on  the  group  and  parent 
company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Our 
opinion is not modified in respect of this matter. 

Given the conditions and uncertainties noted above we 
considered going concern to be a Key Audit Matter. We 
performed the following work as part of our audit: 

• We critically challenged the directors’ forecasts to 
assess the group and parent company’s ability to 
meet their financial obligations as they fall due for a 
period  of  at  least  12  months  from  the  date  of 
approval of the financial statements and assessed 
and corroborated the key underlying assumptions, 
including: 

o

o

o

Assessing  the  reasonableness  of  forecast 
expenditure  by  reference  to  Management’s 
planned activity. 

Verification of the available funds to supporting 
documentation. 

Discussion  with  Management  whether  there 
are  any  other  matters  that  may  adversely 
impact upon their assessment of going concern. 

o We  reviewed  documents  which  demonstrate 
ongoing activity in respect of the potential non­
binding financing options. 

We reviewed the disclosures in the financial statements. 

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

KEY AUDIT MATTER

Impairment of Exploration and Evaluation assets 
As detailed in note 8, at the year end the group held three groups of exploration and evaluation assets: lithium projects 
in Portugal, mineral sands in Mozambique and copper projects in Oman. 

Management is required to carry out an assessment at least annually for any indicators of impairment. 

Reviewing indicators of impairment often require significant estimates and judgements and therefore we identified 
this as a key audit matter.

OUR RESPONSE

We considered Management’s assessment of the indicators of impairment, and confirmed there is an ongoing plan to 
develop each of the licence areas. We reviewed the licence agreements and we noted the Mozambique and Oman 
licences expired during the period. We reviewed the application for renewal of the licences and the application for 
new mining licences, and we reviewed written correspondence with the Mozambique and Oman Authorities. We 
confirmed with Management that they expect the licences applications to be approved. 

Given the fact that the licences have currently expired and require government approval for renewal and new mining 
applications, we assessed the appropriateness of the disclosures included in the financial statements given in note 8 
and 1, which describe the uncertainty.

Our application of materiality 

Group materiality

£420,000 (2017: £250,000)

Basis for determining materiality

1.5% of total assets (2017: 1.75%)

Group performance materiality

Basis for performance materiality

Parent company materiality

Basis for determining materiality

£315,000 (2017: £187,500)

75% of group materiality

£310,000 (2017: £225,000)

1.5% of total assets, capped at 74% of group materiality 
(2017:  1.75%  of  total  assets,  capped  at  90%  of  group 
materiality)

Parent company performance materiality

£232,500 (2017: £168,750)

Basis for performance materiality

75% of parent company materiality

We apply the concept of materiality both in planning and performing our audit, and in evaluating the effect of 
misstatements. We consider materiality to be the magnitude by which misstatements, including omissions, could 
influence the economic decisions of reasonable users that are taken on the basis of the financial statements. 
Importantly, misstatements below these levels will not necessarily be evaluated as immaterial as we also take 
account of the nature of identified misstatements, and the particular circumstances of their occurrence, when 
evaluating their effect on the financial statements as a whole. 

We consider total assets to be the most significant determinant of the group’s financial performance used by 
members as the group continues to bring its mining assets through to production. 

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A lower level of materiality, performance materiality, is 
used to determine the financial statement areas that are 
included within the scope of our audit and the extent of 
sample sizes during the audit. 

BDO UK performed the audits of the parent company 
and all components except the Portuguese component, 
Savannah Lithium Lda, which was audited by the BDO 
network member firm in Portugal. 

Whilst materiality for the financial statements as a whole 
was £420,000, each significant component of the group 
was audited to a lower level of materiality ranging from 
£46,000 to £310,000. 

We agreed with the Audit Committee that we would 
report to the Committee all individual audit differences 
identified during the course of our audit in excess of 
£8,400  (2017:  £12,000).  We  also  agreed  to  report 
differences  below  these  thresholds  that,  in  our  view, 
warranted reporting on qualitative grounds. 

An overview of the scope of our audit 
Our  group  audit  was  scoped  by  obtaining  an 
understanding  of  the  group  and  its  environment, 
including  the  group’s  system  of  internal  control,  and 
assessing  the  risks  of  material  misstatement  in  the 
financial statements at the group level. 

Our group audit scope focused on the group’s principal 
operating locations being: 

•

•

•

the Mina do Barroso lithium project in Portugal held 
in Savannah Lithium Lda, 

the Block 4 and Block 5 copper projects in Oman 
held in Al Thuraya LLC and Al Fairuz Mining Co LLC, 
respectively, and 

the Mutamba mineral sands project in Mozambique 
held in AME East Africa Ltd and Matilda Minerals 
Lda, 

which all were subject to a full scope audit. Together 
with the parent company and its group consolidation, 
which  was  also  subject  to  a  full  scope  audit,  these 
represent the significant components of the group. 

These locations which were subject to full scope audit 
procedures represent the principal business units and 
account for 99% of the group’s total assets. 

The  remaining  components  of  the  group  were 
considered non­significant and these components were 
principally  subject  to  analytical  review  procedures, 
together with additional substantive testing over the risk 
areas  detailed  above  where  applicable  to  that 
component. 

The  Group  audit  team  was  actively  involved  in  the 
direction  of  the  audits  performed  by  the  component 
auditors along with the consideration of findings and 
determination of conclusions drawn. As part of our audit 
strategy, a senior member of the audit team performed 
a review of the component audit file which was audited 
by BDO Portugal. We performed the audit procedures in 
respect of the significant risk area that represented the 
Key Audit Matter. 

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 
inconsistencies  or  apparent  material 
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 strategic report and the 
directors’ report for the financial year for which the 
financial statements are prepared is consistent with 
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•

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

Matters  on  which  we  are  required  to  report  by 
exception 
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the 
group  and  the  parent  company  and  its  environment 
obtained  in  the  course  of  the  audit,  we  have  not 
identified material misstatements in the strategic report 
or the directors’ report. 

We have nothing to report in respect of the following 
matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 
requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: 

•

•

•

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

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

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

• we  have  not  received  all  the  information  and 

explanations we require for our audit. 

Responsibilities of directors 
As explained more fully in the directors’ responsibilities 
statement,  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  and  the  parent 
company’s  ability  to  continue  as  a  going  concern, 
disclosing,  as  applicable,  matters  related  to  going 
concern and using the going concern basis of accounting 
unless the directors either intend to liquidate the group 
or the parent company or to cease operations, or have 
no realistic alternative but to do so. 

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

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

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

Council’s 

website 

Use of our report 
This  report  is  made  solely  to  the  parent  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 parent 
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 parent company’s members 
as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the 
opinions we have formed. 

Stuart Barnsdall (Senior Statutory Auditor) 
For and on behalf of BDO LLP, Statutory Auditor 
55 Baker Street 
London 
W1U 7EU 
United Kingdom 

20 May 2019 

BDO LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in 
England and Wales (with registered number OC305127).

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

for the year ended 31 December 2018

CONTINUING OPERATIONS 
Revenue
Administrative expenses
Impairment of intangible assets

OPERATING LOSS
Finance income
Finance costs

LOSS BEFORE AND AFTER TAX ATTRIBUTABLE 
TO EQUITY OWNERS OF THE PARENT

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss: 
Net change in Fair value through other comprehensive income  
of Equity Investments
Items that will or may be reclassified to profit or loss: 
Exchange gains/(losses) arising on translation of foreign operations

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR 
ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY OWNERS OF THE PARENT

Loss per share attributable to equity owners of the parent  
expressed in pence per share: 
Basic and diluted 
From Operations

Notes

8

2018
£

2017 
£ 

–
(3,258,458)
(140,024)

(3,398,482)
17,321
–

– 
(2,835,684) 
– 

(2,835,684) 
948 
(7,549) 

4

(3,381,161)

(2,842,285) 

11

(73,345)

45,644 

384,248

310,903

(197,120) 

(151,476) 

(3,070,258)

(2,993,761) 

7

(0.44)

(0.53) 

The notes form part of these Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

as at 31 December 2018

ASSETS
NON­CURRENT ASSETS 
Intangible assets
Other intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment
Other receivables
Other non­current assets

TOTAL NON­CURRENT ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS 
Investments
Trade and other receivables
Other current assets
Cash and cash equivalents

Assets classified as held for sale
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

TOTAL ASSETS

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY 
Share capital
Share premium
Foreign currency reserve
Warrant reserve
Share based payment reserve
FVTOCI Reserve
Retained earnings

Notes

2018
£

2017 
£ 

8
9
10
13
15

11
13
15
14

16

22
22

17,413,168
342,881
1,437,068
–
253,188

9,809,994 
– 
1,196,084 
239,300 
220,213 

19,446,305

11,465,591 

18,007
330,774
223,733
7,715,435

8,287,949
–
8,287,949

170,203 
155,959 
20,011 
2,455,968 

2,802,141 
138,543 
2,940,684 

27,734,254

14,406,275 

8,814,518
31,060,554
579,126
1,000,221
508,051
(58,737)
(16,485,626)

6,358,504 
18,105,108 
194,878 
1,405,958 
691,194 
– 
(13,612,758) 

TOTAL EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY HOLDERS OF THE PARENT

25,418,107

13,142,884 

LIABILITIES 
NON­CURRENT LIABILITIES 
Loans and borrowings

TOTAL NON­CURRENT LIABILITIES

CURRENT LIABILITIES 
Loans and borrowings
Trade and other payables

Liabilities classified as held for sale
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

TOTAL LIABILITIES

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

21

21
17

25,813

25,813

22,847 

22,847 

16,895
2,273,439

2,290,334
–
2,290,334

2,316,147

10,276 
1,228,757 

1,239,033 
1,511 
1,240,544 

1,263,391 

27,734,254

14,406,275 

The Financial Statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 20 May 2019 and were signed on its behalf 
by: 

David S Archer 
Chief Executive Officer 
Company number: 07307107 
The notes form part of these Financial Statements.

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COMPANY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

as at 31 December 2018

ASSETS
NON­CURRENT ASSETS 
Investments in subsidiaries
Other intangible asset
Other receivables
Other non­current assets

TOTAL NON­CURRENT ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS 
Investments
Trade and other receivables
Other current assets
Cash and cash equivalents

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

TOTAL ASSETS

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY 
Share capital
Share premium
Warrant reserve
Share based payment reserve
FVTOCI Reserve
Retained earnings

TOTAL EQUITY

LIABILITIES 
CURRENT LIABILITIES 
Trade and other payables

TOTAL LIABILITIES

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

Notes

2018
£

2017 
£ 

11
9
13
15

11
13
15
14

16

22
22

17

458,667
333,353
20,844,330
36,800

342,883 
– 
13,699,270 
19,035 

21,673,150

14,061,188 

17,225
130,438
202,180
7,368,469

7,718,312

170,116 
44,841 
– 
2,125,504 

2,340,461 

29,391,462

16,401,649 

8,814,518
31,060,554
1,000,221
508,051
(58,737)
(12,883,510)

6,358,504 
18,105,108 
1,405,958 
691,194 
– 
(10,502,403) 

28,441,097

16,058,361 

950,365

950,365

343,288 

343,288 

29,391,462

16,401,649 

The Company total comprehensive loss for the financial year was £2,523,008 (2017: £1,886,723) (Note 6). 

The Financial Statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 20 May 2019 and were signed on its behalf 
by: 

David S Archer 
Chief Executive Officer 
Company number: 07307107

The notes form part of these Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

for the year ended 31 December 2018

(151,476) 

9,746,605 

(2,993,761) 

Total 
equity 
£ 
6,069,945 
(2,842,285) 

                                                                                                                                                             Share  
                                                                                                     Foreign                                          based  
                                                   Share                Share          currency          Warrant         payment            FVTOCI         Retained
                                                 capital         premium            reserve            reserve            reserve            reserve          earnings
                                                           £                        £                        £                        £                        £                        £                        £
At 1 January 2017         4,509,465     11,226,706           391,998           386,794           455,309                        –    (10,900,327)
Loss for the year                             –                        –                        –                        –                        –                        –      (2,842,285)
Other comprehensive  
income                                              –                        –          (197,120)                       –                        –                        –             45,644
Total comprehensive  
income for the year                       –                        –          (197,120)                       –                        –                        –      (2,796,641)
Issue of share capital  
(net of expenses)          1,849,039        7,897,566                        –                        –                        –                        –                        –
Share based  
payment charges                           –                        –                        –                        –           320,095                        –                        –
Lapse of options                             –                        –                        –                        –            (84,210)                       –             84,210
Issue of warrants                           –      (1,019,164)                       –        1,019,164                        –                        –                        –
At 31 December  
2017                                 6,358,504     18,105,108           194,878        1,405,958           691,194                        –    (13,612,758) 13,142,884 
Loss for the year                            –                        –                        –                        –                        –                        –      (3,381,161)
(3,381,161) 
Other comprehensive  
income                                             –                        –           384,248                        –                        –            (58,737)           (14,608)
Total comprehensive  
income for the year                      –                        –           384,248                        –                        –            (58,737)     (3,395,769)
Issue of share  
capital (net of  
expenses)                        2,056,014     12,967,604                        –                        –                        –                        –                        –
Contingent  
consideration                                 –                        –                        –                        –           283,283                        –                        –
Contingent  
consideration  
shares issued                     400,000                        –                        –                        –          (283,283)                       –          (116,717)
Share based  
payment charges                          –                        –                        –                        –             38,580                        –                        –
Exercised options                          –                        –                        –                        –          (202,521)                       –           202,521
Lapse of options                            –                        –                        –                        –            (19,202)                       –             19,202
Issue of warrants                           –            (12,158)                       –             12,158                        –                        –                        –
Exercised warrants                       –                        –                        –          (326,755)                       –                        –           326,755
Lapse of warrants                         –                        –                        –            (91,140)                       –                        –             91,140
At 31 December  
2018                                 8,814,518     31,060,554           579,126       1,000,221           508,051            (58,737)  (16,485,626) 25,418,107 

38,580 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

320,095 
– 
– 

(3,070,258) 

15,023,618 

310,903 

283,283 

– 

The following describes the nature and purpose of each reserve within owners’ equity: 

Reserve
Share capital

Share premium

Description and purpose 
Amounts subscribed for share capital at nominal value. 

Amounts subscribed for share capital in excess of nominal value less costs of fundraising. 

Foreign currency reserve

Gains/losses arising on retranslating the net assets of group operations into Pound Sterling. 

Warrant reserve

Fair value of the warrants issued. 

Share based payment reserve

FVTOCI Reserve

Represents the accumulated balance of share based payment charges recognised in respect of asset acquired 
and share options granted by Savannah Resources Plc, less transfers to retained losses in respect of options 
exercised, lapsed and forfeited. 

Cumulative changes in fair value of equity investments classified at fair value through other comprehensive income 
(FVTOCI). 

Retained earnings

Cumulative net gains and losses recognised in the consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income.

The notes form part of these Financial Statements.

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COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

for the year ended 31 December 2018

                                                 Share              Share
                                               capital       premium
                                                         £                      £

Warrant
reserve
£

Share 
based 
payment
reserve
£

FVTOCI
reserve
£

Retained
earnings
£

Total 
equity 
£ 

At 1 January 2017              4,509,465     11,226,706
Loss for the year                                 –                        –
Other comprehensive  
income                                                  –                        –
Total comprehensive  
income for the year                           –                        –
Issue of share capital  
(net of expenses)               1,849,039        7,897,566
Share based payment  
charges                                                  –                        –
Lapse of options                                 –                        –
Issue of warrants                                –      (1,019,164)
At 31 December 2017      6,358,504     18,105,108
Change in accounting  
policy – IFRS 9 (Note 23)                  –                        –
At 1 January 2018             6,358,504     18,105,108
Loss for the year                                 –                        –
Other comprehensive  
income                                                  –                        –
Total comprehensive  
income for the year                          –                        –
Issue of share capital  
(net of expenses)              2,056,014     12,967,604
Shares issued                         400,000                        –
Share based payment  
charges                                                  –                        –
Exercised options                               –                        –
Lapse of options                                 –                        –
Issue of warrants                               –            (12,158)
Exercised warrants                            –                        –
Lapse of warrants                              –                        –
At 31 December 2018      8,814,518     31,060,554

386,794
–

455,309
–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–
–
1,019,164
1,405,958

–
1,405,958
–

320,095
(84,210)
–
691,194

–
691,194
–

–
–

–

–

–

(8,699,890) 7,878,384 
(1,932,367) (1,932,367) 

45,644

45,644 

(1,886,723) (1,886,723) 

– 9,746,605 

320,095 
–
–
– 
84,210
–
–
– 
–
– (10,502,403) 16,058,361 

(556,454)

–
(556,454) 
– (11,058,857) 15,501,907 
(2,449,663) (2,449,663) 
–

–

–

–
–

–

–

–
–

(58,737)

(14,608)

(73,345) 

(58,737)

(2,464,271) (2,523,008) 

–
–

– 15,023,618 
400,000 
–

–
–
–
12,158
(326,755)
(91,140)
1,000,221

38,580
(202,521)
(19,202)
–
–
–
508,051

–
–
–
–
–
–

38,580 
–
– 
202,521
– 
19,202
– 
–
– 
326,755
– 
91,140
(58,737) (12,883,510) 28,441,097 

The following describes the nature and purpose of each reserve within owners’ equity: 

Reserve
Share capital

Share premium

Warrant reserve

Share based payment reserve

FVTOCI Reserve

Description and purpose 
Amounts subscribed for share capital at nominal value. 

Amounts subscribed for share capital in excess of nominal value less costs of fundraising. 

Fair value of the warrants issued. 

Represents the accumulated balance of share based payment charges recognised in respect of asset acquired 
and share options granted by Savannah Resources Plc, less transfers to retained losses in respect of options 
exercised, lapsed and forfeited. 

Cumulative changes in fair value of equity investments classified at fair value through other comprehensive income 
(FVTOCI). 

Retained earnings

Cumulative net gains and losses recognised in the consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income.

The notes form part of these Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

for the year ended 31 December 2018

Cash flows used in operating activities 
Loss for the year
Depreciation and amortisation charges
Impairment of assets
Share based payment charge
Shares issued in lieu of payments to extinguish liabilities
Finance income
Finance expense
Exchange (gains)/losses

Cash flow from operating activities before changes 
in working capital
Increase in trade and other receivables
Increase in trade and other payables

Net cash used in operating activities

Cash flow used in investing activities 
Purchase of intangible exploration assets
Purchase of other intangible assets
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Purchase of investments
Proceeds from sale of investments
Payments for guarantees for mining activity
Guarantees for acquisition of intangible exploration assets
Interest received

Net cash used in investing activities

Cash flow from financing activities 
Interest paid
Proceeds from issues of ordinary shares (net of expenses)

Net cash from financing activities

Increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Exchange losses on cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

Notes

2018
£

2017 
£ 

10
8
3, 22
3, 16

4

8
9

11
11

15

(3,381,162)
31,194
140,024
38,580
–
(17,321)
–
(54,076)

(2,842,285) 
14,895 
– 
320,095 
98,630 
(948) 
7,549 
75,156 

(3,242,761)
(179,376)
562,925

(2,326,908) 
(71,288) 
39,620 

(2,859,212)

(2,358,576) 

(6,317,118)
(131,173)
(328,768)
(695)
104,461
–
(202,180)
17,321

(3,276,715) 
– 
(1,069,056) 
(87) 
– 
(199,755) 
– 
948 

(6,858,152)

(4,544,665) 

–
14,986,546

14,986,546

5,269,182
2,455,968
(9,715)

(7,549) 
8,257,418 

8,249,869 

1,346,628 
1,172,347 
(63,007) 

7,715,435

2,455,968 

The notes form part of these Financial Statements.

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COMPANY STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

for the year ended 31 December 2018

Cash flows used in operating activities 
Loss for the year
Impairment of financial assets
Share based payment reserve charge
Shares issued in lieu of payments to extinguish liabilities
Finance income
Finance expense
Exchange (gains)/losses

Cash flow from operating activities before changes in working capital
Increase in trade and other receivables
Increase in trade and other payables

Net cash used in operating activities

Cash flow used in investing activities 
Investment in subsidiaries
Loans to subsidiaries
Purchase of other intangible assets
Guarantees for acquisition of intangible exploration assets
Proceeds from sale of investments
Interest received

Net cash used in investing activities

Cash flow from financing activities 
Interest paid
Proceeds from issues of ordinary shares

Net cash from financing activities

Increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Exchange losses on cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

Notes

13
3, 22
3, 16

11

9
15
11

2018
£

2017 
£ 

(2,449,736)
1,325,790
38,580
–
(17,321)
–
(628,473)

(1,731,160)
(103,289)
477,736

(1,932,367) 
– 
320,095 
98,630 
(948) 
4,348 
75,156 

(1,435,086) 
(21,078) 
44,228 

(1,356,713)

(1,411,936) 

(115,784)
(8,049,798)
(131,173)
(202,180)
104,461
17,321

(51,643) 
(5,631,693) 
– 
– 
– 
948 

(8,377,153)

(5,682,388) 

–
14,986,546

14,986,546

5,252,680
2,125,504
(9,715)

(4,348) 
8,257,418 

8,253,070 

1,158,746 
1,029,765 
(63,007) 

7,368,469

2,125,504 

The notes form part of these Financial Statements.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES 
Basis of Preparation 
These  Consolidated  Financial  Statements  and  the  Company  Financial  Statements  have  been  prepared  in 
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards (collectively 
“IFRSs”)  as  adopted  by  the  EU  and  IFRIC  and  with  those  parts  of  the  Companies  Act  2006  applicable  to 
companies reporting under IFRS. The Consolidated Financial Statements and the Company Financial Statements 
have been prepared under the historical cost convention. 

Presentational and Functional Currency 
The  functional  currency  of  the  Company  is  Pound  Sterling.  Each  entity  in  the  Group  determines  its  own 
functional currency and items included in the Financial Statements of each entity are measured using that 
functional currency. The presentational currency of the Group is Pound Sterling. 

Going Concern 
In common with many mineral exploration companies, the Company raises equity funds for its activities in 
discrete share placements. The Directors believe that the Group’s project portfolio is attractive and the cash 
sums of £2.1m and £12.6m raised for new equity, including £1.6m from 23.6% shareholder Al Marjan, in Q2 
and Q3 2018 respectively support this view. The Directors are therefore confident that funding will continue to 
be secured and that it is appropriate to prepare the Financial Statements on a going concern basis. The Company 
currently has a number of options in respect of future financing and has engaged with potential financiers and 
sources of capital. However, although the Company has been successful in the past in raising equity finance, 
the lack of formal agreements means there can be no certainty that the additional funding required by the 
Group and the Company in the next twelve months will be secured within the necessary timescale. These 
conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the Group 
and the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, however as aforementioned and evidenced by 
announcements the Company has routinely been able to raise funds to progress its highly prospective portfolio. 
The Financial Statements do not include the adjustments that would result if the Group and the Company was 
unable to continue as a going concern. 

Basis of Consolidation 
The  Group  accounts  consolidate  the  accounts  of  Savannah  Resources  Plc  and  its  domestic  and  foreign 
subsidiaries, refer to Note 11. The foreign subsidiaries have been consolidated in accordance with IFRS 10 
“Consolidated Financial statements” and IAS 21 “The effects of Foreign Exchange Rates”. 

Inter­company transactions and balances between group companies are eliminated in full. 

Equity Investments 
Before the application of IFRS 9, equity investments, excluding subsidiaries, were accounted for as available for 
sale financial instruments and included on the Statement of Financial Position at fair value with value changes 
being  recognised  in  other  comprehensive  income.  When  these  equity  investments  were  disposed,  the 
cumulative value changes recognised in other comprehensive income were transferred to the income statement 
as a realised profit or loss on disposal. Their change in market value was up to the date of disposal. 

After the application of IFRS 9, equity investments, excluding subsidiaries, are classified at fair value through 
other comprehensive income (FVTOCI). They are carried at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in 
other comprehensive income and accumulated in the fair value through other comprehensive income reserve. 
Upon disposal any balance within fair value through other comprehensive income reserve is reclassified directly 
to retained earnings and is not reclassified to profit or loss. 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES continued 

All equity investments, excluding subsidiaries, held are quoted and traded in an active market. The variability 
in the range of reasonable fair value estimated for these instruments is not significant, therefore, when there 
is no active market for these equity investments the fair value will be estimated using historical market data. 
When there are no active market and a reliable measure of the fair value of the investments is not available 
these are carried at cost, this being the fair value carrying amount on the date of the reclassification. The change 
in market value represents the fair value of shares held at the reporting date less the cost or fair value at the 
start of the financial year. 

An impairment is recognised for equity investments where there is a significant and sustained decrease in the 
market value of the investment. 

Investments in Subsidiaries and Associates 
Investments in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are accounted for at cost within the 
individual accounts of the parent company. These investments are classified as non­current assets on the 
Statement of Financial Position of the parent company. 

Foreign Currencies 
Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded in the functional currency by applying spot exchange 
rate ruling at the date of transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are 
retranslated at the functional currency rate of exchange ruling at the reporting date. Exchange differences 
arising on the retranslation of unsettled monetary assets and liabilities are recognised immediately in profit or 
loss. 

The income statements of individual group companies with functional currencies other than Pound Sterling 
are translated into Pound Sterling at the average rate for the period, on the basis the average rate is a reasonable 
approximation of the spot rates throughout the year, and the Statement of Financial Position translated at the 
rate of exchange ruling on the reporting date. Exchange differences which arise from retranslation of the 
opening net assets and results of such subsidiary undertakings are taken to equity (“foreign currency reserve”). 
On disposal of such entities, the deferred cumulative amount recognised in equity relating to that particular 
operation is transferred to the consolidated Statement of Comprehensive income as part of the profit or loss 
on disposal. 

Intangible Assets 
Exploration and evaluation assets 
Once  an  exploration  licence  or  an  option  to  acquire  an  exploration  licence  has  been  obtained,  all  costs 
associated with mineral property development and investments are capitalised on a project­by­project basis 
pending  determination  of  the  feasibility  of  the  project.  Costs  incurred  include  appropriate  technical  and 
administrative expenses but not general overheads. If a mining property development project is successful, the 
related expenditures will be transferred to property, plant and equipment and subsequently amortised over 
the estimated life of the commercial ore reserves on a unit of production basis. Where a licence is relinquished, 
a project is abandoned, or is considered to be of no further commercial value to the Group, the related costs 
will be written off. 

Unevaluated  mineral  properties  are  assessed  annually  at  reporting  date  for  indicators  of  impairment  in 
accordance with IFRS 6. For the purposes of assessing indicators of impairment, assets are grouped at the 
lowest level for which there are separately identifiable cash flows (cash generating units) as disclosed in Note 8. 

If  commercial  reserves  are  developed,  the  related  deferred  development  and  exploration  costs  are  then 
reclassified as development and production assets within property, plant and equipment. 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES continued 

Acquisitions of Mineral Exploration Licences 
Acquisitions of Mineral Exploration Licences through acquisition of non­operational corporate structures that 
do not represent a business, and therefore do not meet the definition of a business combination, are accounted 
for as the acquisition of an asset. Related future cash consideration is contingent and is not recognised as an 
asset or liability. 

Other Intangible Assets 
Once an option to acquire an exploration licence has been obtained by a Group holding company, with the 
expectation that on execution the exploration licence is to be acquired by a subsidiary, costs are capitalised in 
Other intangible assets. Costs incurred include appropriate technical and administrative expenses but not 
general overheads. On execution of the option by a subsidiary the Other intangible assets are reclassified to 
investments in the Group holding company and classified as exploration and evaluation assets by the subsidiary 
that acquired the licence. 

Property, Plant and Equipment 
Tangible non­current assets used in exploration and evaluation are classified within tangible non­current assets 
as property, plant and equipment. To the extent that such tangible assets are consumed in exploration and 
evaluation the amount reflecting that consumption is recorded as part of the cost of the intangible asset. 

Depreciation is provided on all items of property, plant and equipment in order to write off the cost less 
estimated residual value of each asset over its estimated useful life. 

Plant & Machinery                   4 – 10 years 
Office Equipment                     1 – 4 years 
Motor Vehicles                          4 years 

Financial Instruments 
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised in the Group’s Statement of Financial Position when the 
Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. 

Financial Assets 
Trade and other receivables 
Trade and other receivables are non­derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are 
not quoted in an active market. They are initially recognised at fair value plus transaction costs that are directly 
attributable to their acquisition or issue and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective 
interest rate method, less provision for impairment. 

Under IAS 39, impairment provisions were recognised when there was objective evidence (such as significant 
financial difficulties on the part of the counterparty or default or significant delay in payment) that the Group 
or the Company would be unable to collect all of the amounts due under the terms receivable, the amount of 
such a provision being the differences between the net carrying amount and the present value of the future 
expected cash flows associated with the impaired receivable. 

Under IFRS 9, impairment provisions are recognised based on a forward­looking expected credit loss model. The 
methodology used to determine the amount of the provision is based on whether there has been a significant 
increase in credit risk since initial recognition of the financial asset. For those where the credit risk has not 
increased significantly since initial recognition of the financial asset, twelve month expected credit losses along 
with gross interest income are recognised. For those for which credit risk has increased significantly, lifetime 
expected credit losses along with the gross interest income are recognised. For those that are determined to be 
credit impaired, lifetime expected credit losses along with interest income on a net basis are recognised. 

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The Group derecognises a financial asset only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset 
expires or it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the asset to 
another entity. 

There is no significant difference between carrying value and fair value of trade and other receivables. 

Cash and cash equivalents 
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash in hand and balances held with banks. Cash equivalents are short 
term, highly liquid accounts that are readily converted to known amounts of cash. 

Guarantees 
Guarantees  represents  deposits  held  at  banks  as  security  required  by  the  local  mining  /  environmental 
authorities in relation to exploration / mining licences and applications thereof. They are not expected to be 
converted into cash within less than year and therefore are classified as other non­current assets. Guarantees 
are measured at cost, less any impairment. 

Financial Liabilities 
Other liabilities 
Other liabilities consist of loan and borrowings and trade and other payables, which are initially recognised at 
fair value and subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest method. 

Financial liabilities are derecognised when they are extinguished, that is when the obligation is discharged, 
cancelled or has expired. When a financial liability is derecognised, the cumulative gain or loss in equity (if any) 
is transferred to the consolidated income statement. 

There is no significant difference between the carrying value and fair value of other liabilities. 

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 substantively enacted by the reporting date. 

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all temporary differences that have originated but not reversed at the 
reporting date. A deferred tax asset is recognised to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profits 
will be available against which timing differences can be utilised. 

Operating Leases 
Rentals payable under operating leases are charged to the income statement on a straight­line basis over the 
term of the relevant lease. 

Finance Leases 
Leases of property, plant and equipment where the group, as lessee, has substantially all the risks and rewards 
of ownership are classified as finance leases. Finance leases are capitalised at the lease’s inception at the fair 
value of the leased property or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding 
rental obligations, net of finance charges, are included in other short­term and long­term payables. Each lease 
payment is allocated between the liability and finance cost. The finance cost is charged to the profit or loss 
over the lease period so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the 
liability for each period. The property, plant and equipment acquired under finance leases is depreciated over 
the asset’s useful life or over the shorter of the asset’s useful life and the lease term if there is no reasonable 
certainty that the group will obtain ownership at the end of the lease term. 

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Share­based Payments 
Where equity settled share options are awarded to Directors and employees, the fair value of the options at 
the date of grant is charged to the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income over the vesting period. 
Non­market vesting conditions are taken into account by adjusting the number of equity instruments expected 
to vest at each reporting date so that, ultimately, the cumulative amount recognised over the vesting period is 
based on the number of options that eventually vest. Market vesting conditions are factored into the fair value 
of the options granted. As long as all other vesting conditions are satisfied, a charge is made irrespective of 
whether the market vesting conditions are satisfied. The cumulative expense is not adjusted for failure to 
achieve a market vesting condition. 

Where the terms and conditions of options are modified before they vest, the change in the fair value of the 
options, measured immediately before and after the modification, is also charged to the Consolidated Statement 
of Comprehensive Income over the remaining vesting period. 

Where equity instruments are granted to persons other than employees for goods and services received, the 
fair value of goods and services received is recognised in either the Statement of Comprehensive Income or 
the Statement of Financial Position in accordance with the group’s relevant accounting policies. Where it is not 
possible to reliably value the goods or services received, the fair value is measured by valuing the equity 
instruments granted using an option an option pricing model. The probability of non­vesting conditions being 
satisfied are included in the fair value recognised at the measurement date. 

Where warrants are granted as part of cash subscriptions of new shares in the Company these are designated 
as Investors Warrants. The fair value of the Investors Warrants at the date of grant is charged thus decreasing 
the value of the Share Premium. Fair value is measured by use of a warrant pricing model. 

Joint Arrangements 
The Group is a party to a joint arrangement when there is a contractual arrangement that confers joint control 
over the relevant activities of the arrangement to the Group and at least one other party. Joint control is 
assessed under the same principles as control over subsidiaries. 

The Group classifies its interests in joint arrangements as either: (a) Joint ventures: where the Group has rights 
to only the net assets of the joint arrangement; (b) Joint operations: where the Group has both the rights to 
assets and obligations for the liabilities of the joint arrangement. 

In assessing the classification of interests in joint arrangements, the Group considers: (a) The structure of the 
joint arrangement; (b) The legal form of joint arrangements structured through a separate vehicle; (c) The 
contractual terms of the joint arrangement agreement; and (d) Any other facts and circumstances (including 
any other contractual arrangements). 

The Group accounts for its interests in joint operations by recognising its share of assets, liabilities, revenues 
and expenses in accordance with its contractually conferred rights and obligations. 

Non­current assets held for sale 
Non­current assets and disposal groups are classified as held for sale if their carrying amount will be recovered 
principally through a sale transaction rather than through continuing use. This condition is regarded as met 
only when the asset (or disposal group) is available for immediate sale in its present condition subject only to 
terms that are usual and customary for sales of such asset (or disposal group) and its sale is highly probable. 

Management  must  be  committed  to  the  sale,  which  should  be  expected  to  qualify  for  recognition  as  a 
completed sale within one year from the date of classification. 

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When the Group is committed to a sale plan involving loss of control of a subsidiary, all the assets and liabilities 
of that subsidiary are classified as held for sale when the criteria described above are met, regardless of whether 
the Group will retain a non­controlling interest in its former subsidiary after the sale. 

After the disposal takes place, the Group accounts for any retained interest in the associate or joint venture 
unless the retained interest continues to be an associate or a joint venture, in which case the Group uses the 
equity method. 

Non­current assets (and disposal groups) classified as held for sale are measured at the lower of their carrying 
amount and fair value less costs to sell. 

Key Accounting Estimates and Judgements 
The preparation of financial information in conformity with IFRS requires the use of estimates and assumptions 
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of financial information and the reported 
amounts of expenses during the reporting periods. Although these estimates are based on management’s best 
knowledge of the amounts, event or actions, actual results ultimately may differ from those estimates. 

The key accounting estimates and assumptions are set out below: 

(a) Carrying value of exploration and evaluation assets 

The Group assesses at each reporting period whether there is any indication that these assets may be 
impaired. If such indication exists, the Group estimates the recoverable amount of the asset. In the early 
stages  of  exploration  an  indication  of  impairment  may  arise  from  drilling  and  assay  results  or  from 
management’s decision to terminate the project. Further details are set out in Note 8. 

(b) Share­based payments 

In determining the fair value of share­based payments made during the period, a number of assumptions 
have been made by management. The details of these assumptions related to share options and warrants 
are set out in Note 22. For the calculation of the fair value of the contingent considerations paid in shares 
(Note 19) management has evaluated the probability of each milestone to be triggered. 

(c) Going concern 

In determining the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern the Directors consider a number of factors 
including cashflow forecasts prepared by management. The detail of these factors are set out in Note 1 
Going Concern heading. 

The key judgements are set out below: 

(a) Exploration and evaluation costs 

The Group has to apply judgement in determining whether exploration and evaluation expenditure should 
be capitalised within intangible assets as exploration and evaluation costs or expensed. The Group has a 
policy of capitalising all costs which relate directly to exploration and evaluation costs (as set out above). 
The total value of exploration and evaluation costs capitalised as at each of the reporting dates is set out 
in Note 8. When the Group has applied for exploration and mining licences and these have not been granted 
at the reporting date the management apply judgement in determining if this should be considered as an 
impairment indicator. Management takes into account historic information about timing granting licences 
by the relevant ministers and governments, and the information provided by the Group’s local teams base 
on communications with these bodies. 

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(b)

Impairment of amounts due from subsidiaries 
When applying the expected credit loss model under IFRS 9 Management apply judgement to evaluate if 
there was a significant increase in the credit risk of the loans since initial recognition to determine the 
stage of these loans to conclude if need to be calculated the 12­months expected credit losses or the 
lifetime expected credit losses. To calculate the expected credit losses Management apply judgement to 
define several scenarios and their likelihood with the expected cash flows associated to the recovery of 
the loans, which are compare with the present value of the loans to calculate the expected credit losses. 

(c) Classification of Joint Arrangement 

In determining the accounting treatment of the agreements signed with other non­group companies 
(Note 12) management needed to determine if joint control exists and therefore apply IFRS 11 Joint 
Arrangements. Also, when applying IFRS 11 it was necessary to evaluate the rights and obligations relating 
to  the  agreements  to  conclude  if  it  was  a  Joint  Operation  or  a  Joint  Venture.  During  2017  and  2018 
management concluded that there were no relevant changes affecting the relationship between the Group 
and the other parties and therefore there is no changes to the initial accounting treatment of these 
agreements. 

Accounting Developments During 2018 
The accounting policies adopted are consistent with those of the previous financial year except for those 
included below. Management has reviewed the new standards and amendments to IFRS effective as of 1 January 
2018. The most significant of these, and the effect that these had on the Financial Statements of the Group or 
Company are: 

• 

• 

IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (mandatorily effective for periods beginning on or after 1 
January 2018): Management has reviewed the effect in the Group and Company Financial Statements, and 
it was concluded that this new standard does not have effect in any of these financial statements as the 
Group currently has no revenue. 

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (mandatorily effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018): This 
does not have a material impact in the Group Financial Statements as the main financial instruments are 
cash and cash equivalents and trade payables. The main financial instruments in the Company Financial 
Statements are cash and cash equivalents and amounts due from subsidiaries. After application of IFRS 9 
the Company has recognised an impairment on the amounts due from subsidiaries (Note 13 and Note 23). 

Accounting Developments Not Yet Adopted 
There are a number of standards and interpretations which have been issued by the International Accounting 
Standards Board that are effective in future accounting periods that the Group has decided not to adopt early. 
The most significant of these, and the effect that this will have on the Financial Statements of the Group or 
Company is IFRS 16 Leases (mandatorily effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019). This will 
not have a material impact in the Group and Company Financial Statements as they do not have significant 
leases in place. 

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2. SEGMENTAL REPORTING 

The Group complies with IFRS 8 Operating Segments, which requires operating segments to be identified on 
the basis of internal reports about components of the Group that are regularly reviewed by the chief operating 
decision maker, which the Company considers to be the Board of Directors. In the opinion of the Directors, the 
operations of the Group comprise of exploration and development in Oman, exploration and development in 
Mozambique, exploration and development in Portugal, exploration in Finland, headquarter and corporate 
costs and the Company’s third party investments. 

Based on the Group’s current stage of development there are no external revenues associated to the segments 
detailed below. For exploration and development in Oman, Mozambique, Portugal and Finland the segments 
are calculated by the summation of the balances in the legal entities which are readily identifiable to each of 
the segmental activities. In the case of the Investments, this is calculated by analysis of the specific related 
investment instruments. Recharges between segments are effectively at cost and included in each segment 
below. Inter­company loans are eliminated to zero and not included in each segment below. 

                                                                               Mozambique                             
                                                                Oman              Mineral             Portugal            Finland             HQ and                            
                                                             Copper                 Sands              Lithium           Lithium         corporate    Investments      Elimination

                                                                        £                          £                          £                       £                        £                        £                        £

Total 

£ 

2018 
Revenue                                         –                       –                       –                    –      1,398,308                      –    (1,398,308)
Interest Income                            –                  157                       –                    –           17,164                      –                      –
Share based  
payments                                       –                       –                       –                    –           38,580                      –                      –
38,580 
Loss for the year             (247,895)        (647,656)        (646,033)     (152,485)   (1,687,093)                    –                      – (3,381,162) 
Total assets                    5,213,999       5,077,253       9,334,988                933      8,089,074           18,007                      – 27,734,254 
Total non­current  
assets                              5,017,160       4,928,172       9,130,820                    –         370,153                      –                      – 19,446,305 
Additions to  
7,623,090 
non­current assets          553,846           505,256       6,212,870                    –         351,118                      –                      –
Total current assets         196,839           149,081           204,168                933      7,718,921           18,007                      –
8,287,949 
Total liabilities                 (116,311)          (50,060)        (933,626)         (2,258)   (1,213,891)                    –                      – (2,316,146) 

– 
17,321 

                                                                               Mozambique                             
                                                                Oman              Mineral             Portugal            Finland             HQ and                            
                                                              Copper                  Sands               Lithium            Lithium         corporate     Investments      Elimination

                                                                        £                          £                          £                       £                        £                        £                        £

Total 

£ 

2017 
Revenue                                         –                       –                       –                    –         639,108                      –        (639,108)
Interest Income                            –                       –                       –                    –                 948                      –                      –
Finance costs                       (2,035)            (1,166)                      –                    –            (4,348)                    –                      –
Share based  
320,095 
payments                                       –                       –                       –                    –         320,095                      –                      –
Loss for the year             (308,616)        (631,731)        (171,056)          (8,164)   (1,722,718)                    –                      –
(2,842,285) 
Total assets                    4,365,898       4,640,081       2,902,257        138,543      2,189,293         170,203                      – 14,406,275 
Total non­current  
assets                              4,224,672       4,387,977       2,833,907                    –           19,035                      –                      – 11,465,591 
Additions to  
non­current assets           951,312       2,801,960       2,823,802                    –           19,035                      –                      –
Total current assets         141,226           252,104             68,350        138,543      2,170,258         170,203                      –
Total liabilities                 (112,807)        (398,825)        (411,302)          (1,511)       (338,946)                    –                      –

6,596,109 
2,940,684 
(1,263,391) 

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3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS 

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows: 

Operational
Non­operational

Staff Costs (excluding Directors)

Salaries
Bonus
Social security and other employee expenses
Pension
Share based payment expense (see Note 22)

Group

Company 

2018
No

39
17

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No

Group

2017
No

43
15

58

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No

1,527,761
131,752
106,112
24,241
38,580

1,828,446

1,266,934
150,467
66,262
13,187
85,195

1,582,045

2018
No

1
5

6

2018
No

395,134
88,805
51,922
24,241
38,580

598,682

2017 
No 

1 
4 

5 

Company 

2017 
No 

332,833 
142,208 
29,145 
13,187 
85,195 

602,568 

The  Group  numbers  in  the  above  table  includes  £666,922  (2017:  £654,947)  which  was  capitalised  as  an 
intangible asset. 

The Group bonus in 2017 included £98,630 paid in Company shares. No bonus in shares has been paid in 2018. 

Directors’  Remuneration

Salaries
Bonus
Social security
Pension
Share based payment expense (see Note 22)

£
2018

435,786
170,191
57,656
19,704
–

683,337

£ 
2017 

428,066 
76,927 
56,039 
16,750 
234,900 

812,682 

The numbers in the above table include £125,541 (2017: £116,658) of Directors’ Remuneration which was 
capitalised as an intangible asset in relation to the provision of specific technical services. 

A gross gain (before taxes) of £337,933 (2017: nil) on the exercise of share options was attributable to the 
Directors.  The  costs  related  to  these  exercised  options  were  charged  in  the  Consolidated  Statement  of 
Comprehensive Income when the options were vested in prior years. 

The Directors’ remuneration is paid by the Company. 

The Directors are considered to be the key management of the Group. 

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The remuneration of Directors who held office during the year was as follows: 

                                                                                        Directors’                                                                                         Directors’  
                                                                                emoluments 2018                                                                          emoluments 2017 

                                                Salary           Bonus     Non­cash        Pension             Total           Salary           Bonus     Non­cash         Pension
                                                                                             share                                                                                                    share 
                                                                                         options                                                                                                options 

Total 

                                                                  £                    £                    £                    £                    £                    £                    £                    £                     £

£ 

Executive Directors 
Dale J Ferguson                 144,484          71,3111                  –                    –       215,795       148,066          28,9272        52,200                     – 229,193 
David S Archer                   247,200          98,8801                  –          19,704       365,784       240,000          48,0002      182,700           16,750 487,450 

Non­Executive Directors 
Matthew J King                    40,000                    –                    –                    –          40,000          40,000                    –                    –                     –
James Leahy                           4,103                    –                    –                    –            4,103                    –                    –                    –                     –
Maqbool  
Ali Sultan                                         –                    –                    –                    –                    –                    –                    –                    –                     –
Imad Kamal  
Abdul Redha Sultan                      –                    –                    –                    –                    –                    –                    –                    –                     –
Manohar  
Pundalik Shenoy                            –                    –                    –                    –                    –                    –                    –                    –                     –
Murtadha  
Ahmed A Sultan                             –                    –                    –                    –                    –                    –                    –                    –                     –

40,000 
– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

                                            435,787       170,191                    –          19,704       625,682       428,066          76,927       234,900           16,750 756,643 

1 Bonuses unpaid as at 31 December 2018 

2 Bonuses unpaid as at 31 December 2017 

Supported by KPMG LLP, the Remuneration Committee undertook a review of remuneration packages and 
developed a new remuneration policy aimed at rewarding performance, encouraging retention of key staff and 
aligning their interests with those of shareholders. A new long­term incentive plan (“LTIP”) LTIP intended to 
support this policy was implemented in March 2019 and is designed to incentivise the Company’s Executive 
Management Team. The LTIP, which was prepared with advice from KPMG LLP, replaces the Company’s prior 
long­term incentive plan which was implemented in April 2018 (the “2018 Plan”). The 2018 Plan and all awards 
under it were terminated with no rewards being granted. 

The LTIP has been established to encourage long­term value creation for Savannah’s shareholders and to align 
the interests of the participants with shareholders. Awards under the LTIP take the form of options over the 
Company’s ordinary shares of 1 pence each, (the “Options”) which are only exercisable from the third anniversary 
of the date of grant (subject to several market standard specific exceptions), at an exercise price determined by 
the Remuneration Committee. Once exercised, these shares cannot be sold until five years from the date of grant 
of  the  Option,  except  to  the  extent  necessary  to  meet  the  costs  of  exercise,  or  where  the  Remuneration 
Committee agrees to any reasonable request from an Option holder to make an earlier disposal. The Board 
believes that the implementation of the LTIP will incentivise the participants and will also help Savannah to attract 
and retain talented individuals in the future as the Company expedites the development of its mining projects. 
The  LTIP  allows  for  up  to  7.5%  of  the  Company’s  issued  share  capital  to  be  allocated  to  employees.  The 
Remuneration Committee has adopted a policy whereby up to 5% of the Company’s issued share capital should 
be made available via the LTIP to the Executive Management Team only, with the balance being available to 
other employees. These percentages will be reviewed annually by the Company’s Remuneration Committee. 
The LTIP also includes malus and clawback clauses. 

The LTIP is a share option scheme of the kind commonly adopted by listed companies and 8,950,000 Options 
with an exercise price of 10p were issued in March 2019. The exercise price of 10p represented an 87% premium 
to the closing share price on the preceding business day. 

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4. LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAX 

The loss before income tax is stated after charging 

Depreciation and amortisation
Auditors’ remuneration: 
– Statutory audit of the Group Financial Statements
– Non­audit services
Fees payable to associated firms of the auditor for audit of subsidiaries
Fees payable to associated firms of the auditor for non­audit services
Foreign exchange loss / (gain)
Operating lease payments
Share based payments
Bonus paid in shares

2018
£

2017 
£ 

31,194

14,895 

46,700
21,358
25,415
9,527
(54,076)
94,920
38,580
–

44,000 
30,960 
14,700 
8,056 
90,759 
119,082 
320,095 
98,630 

5.

INCOME TAX 
Analysis of the Tax Charge 
No liability to UK corporation tax arose on ordinary activities for the year ended 31 December 2018 nor for the 
year ended 31 December 2017. 

Factors Affecting the Tax Charge 
The reasons for the difference between the actual tax charge for the year and the standard rate of corporation 
tax in the United Kingdom applied to the result for the year are as follows: 

2018
£

2017 
£ 

Loss on ordinary activities before tax

(3,381,161)

(2,842,285) 

Loss on ordinary activities multiplied by the standard rate 
of corporation tax in the UK of 19% (2017­ 20%)

Effects of: 
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes
Different tax rates applied in overseas jurisdictions
Tax losses carried forward

Total income tax

(642,421)

(568,457) 

116,593
31,777
494,051

–

133,229 
101,268 
333,960 

– 

Deferred Tax 
The Group has carried forward losses amounting to £8,993,040 as at 31 December 2018 (2017: £6,937,380). 
As the timing and extent of taxable profits are uncertain, the deferred tax asset arising on these losses has not 
been recognised in the Financial Statements. 

6. LOSS OF PARENT COMPANY 

As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the profit and loss account of the parent company is 
not presented as part of these Financial Statements. The parent company’s total comprehensive loss for the 
financial year was £2,523,008 (2017: £1,886,723). 

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7. EARNINGS PER SHARE 

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders by the 
weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. 

Diluted earnings per share is calculated using the weighted average number of shares adjusted to assume the 
conversion of all dilutive potential ordinary shares. 

In accordance with IAS 33 as the Group is reporting a loss for both this and the preceding year the share options, 
warrant options and warrants are not considered dilutive because the exercise of share options would have 
the effect of reducing the loss per share. 

Reconciliations are set out below. 

Basic Loss Per Share 
Losses attributable to ordinary shareholders: 
Total loss for the year
Weighted average number of shares
Loss per share – total loss for the year from continuing operations

8.

INTANGIBLE ASSETS 

Cost 
At 1 January 2017
Additions
Transfer to Assets classified as Held for Sale
Exchange differences

At 31 December 2017
Additions
Transfer from Assets classified as Held for Sale
Exchange differences

At 31 December 2018

Amortisation and impairment 
At 1 January 2017
At 31 December 2017
Impairment charged in the year

At 31 December 2018

Net Book Value 
At 1 January 2017
At 31 December 2017

At 31 December 2018

2018
£

2017 
£ 

(3,381,161)
766,442,525
0.0044

(2,842,285) 
538,585,436 
0.0053 

Exploration and 
evaluation 
£ 

5,066,750 
5,040,296 
(118,804) 
(178,248) 

9,809,994 
7,248,950 
137,128 
357,120 

17,553,192 

– 
– 
140,024 

140,024 

5,066,750 
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8.

INTANGIBLE ASSETS continued 
Refer to Note 11, Note 16 and Note 19 for detail of additions with consideration satisfied by the issue of shares. 

The exploration and evaluation assets referred to in the table above comprise expenditure in relation to 
exploration licences in Oman, Mozambique, Portugal and Finland. The Directors consider that for the purposes 
of assessing impairment, the above exploration and evaluation expenditure is allocated to the following licence 
areas, representing the Group’s Cash Generating Units (“CGUs”). 

Mozambique Minerals Sands
Oman Copper
Portugal Lithium

2018
£

2017 
£ 

3,645,207
4,868,220
8,899,741

17,413,168

3,047,021 
4,087,859 
2,675,114 

9,809,994 

The  Directors  have  reviewed  the  carrying  value  of  the  CGUs  and  have  not  identified  any  indicators  of 
impairment,  except  in  Finland.  Therefore,  there  is  no  impairment  charge  in  2018  or  2017  for  Oman, 
Mozambique  and  Portugal.  After  review  of  the  impairment  indicators  for  the  licence  areas  in  Finland  an 
impairment charge of £140,024 has been recognised for the total value of the assets allocated to that licences. 
There were no disposals in 2018. 

In Oman, during 2018 the Group’s mining licence applications for the Maqail South and Mahab 4 copper projects 
in Block 5 received the final ministerial ‘no objection’ required to be considered by the Public Authority of 
Mining (PAM) for the final approval. However, there were administrative deficiencies in the original letters sent 
to the Ministries. Management understand that all the Ministries have now responded again favourably, and 
the Group is awaiting for the licence approvals and remains in regular communication with PAM. 

Block 4 exploration licence renewal has been delayed by around six months due to claims by a party claiming 
to have rights to certain areas within Block 4. According to our legal advisers in Oman, the Group has the right 
to renew the Block 4 exploration licence area in full, without any exclusions. The Board expects the matter to 
be resolved and the Block 4 licence renewed in due course. 

In Mozambique the “Rights to work over areas” relating to licences number 9230C (562L), 9229C (566L), and 
9228C (1336L), held by Rio Tinto, cover the Jangamo, Dongane, Ravene and Chilubane deposits. These “Rights 
to work over areas” expired in January 2018, prior to which an application for three mining concessions over 
the same areas were submitted. The licences were issued with provisional Concession numbers on the 11 April 
2018. Legally the Ministry had 6 months to respond to the applications but in practise it is not uncommon to 
have significant overruns on this timing due to the sheer volume of information provided. The Ministry has 
been in regular contact with Matilda Minerals and Rio Tinto and the Ministry has verbally confirmed that the 
process is proceeding positively. The Board is confident that the Concessions will be issued in due course. 

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9. OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS 

Group:

Cost 
At 1 January 2017
At 31 December 2017
Additions

At 31 December 2018

Net Book Value 
At 1 January 2017
At 31 December 2017
At 31 December 2018

Company:

Cost 
At 1 January 2017
At 31 December 2017
Additions

At 31 December 2018

Net Book Value 
At 1 January 2017
At 31 December 2017
At 31 December 2018

Other intangible  
assets 
£ 

– 
– 
342,881 

342,881 

– 
– 
342,881 

Other intangible  
assets 
£ 

– 
– 
333,353 

333,353 

– 
– 
333,353 

In July 2018 the Company entered into an exclusive due diligence and option agreement for the potential 
acquisition of a three block Mining Lease for lithium, feldspar and quartz (the “Proposed Licence Area”) (once 
granted) totalling 2.94 km². Following the completion of the due diligence procedures with satisfactory results, 
in September 2018 the Company elected to enter into an option to acquire the Proposed Licence Area which 
is governed by a certain Pledge and Purchase Agreement following the grant of a mining lease from relevant 
government/competent authorities (the “Aldeia Option”). The Aldeia Option would, if not exercised earlier, 
endure until no later than 25 June 2019 whereby the Company would be required to commit to the purchase 
of  the  Proposed  Licence  Area  once  granted  by  the  relevant  Portuguese  government  bodies.  The  total 
consideration of the exclusive due diligence and the Aldeia Option was Eur 373,000 (GBP £333,353), of which 
the Company paid Eur 148,000 (GBP £131,173) during 2018. 

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10. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT 

                                                                Motor
                                                             vehicles
                                                                          £
Cost 
At 1 January 2017                                36,607
Additions                                               41,197
Exchange differences                           (2,441)

At 31 December 2017                         75,363
Additions                                               72,419
Exchange differences                             3,631

At 31 December 2018                       151,413

Depreciation 
At 1 January 2017                                21,164
Charge for year                                     12,539
Exchange differences                           (2,059)

At 31 December 2017                         31,644
Charge for year                                     21,352
Exchange differences                             2,219

At 31 December 2018                         55,215

Net Book Value 
At 1 January 2017                                15,443
At 31 December 2017                         43,719

At 31 December 2018                         96,198

Office
Equipment
£

Plant and  
Machinery
£

–
1,044,021
50,444

1,094,465
164,179
18,870

1,277,514

–
–
–

–
–
–

–

11,401
12,760
(249)

23,912
5,176
2,110

31,198

10,674
2,356
(743)

12,287
9,842
2,058

24,187

727
11,625

7,011

Land
£

–
45,656
619

46,275
9,361
709

56,345

–
–
–

–
–
–

–

Total 
£ 

48,008 
1,143,634 
48,373 

1,240,015 
251,135 
25,320 

1,516,470 

31,838 
14,895 
(2,802) 

43,931 
31,194 
4,277 

79,402 

–
1,094,465

1,277,514

–
46,275

56,345

16,170 
1,196,084 

1,437,068 

The  pilot  plant  located  in  Mozambique  has  not  been  depreciated  during  the  year  because  is  not  fully 
commissioned. 

The above property, plant and equipment is allocated to the following licence areas, representing the Group’s 
Cash Generating Units (“CGUs”): 

Mozambique Minerals Sands
Oman Copper
Portugal Lithium

2018
£

2017 
£ 

1,282,458
–
154,610

1,437,068

1,102,890 
5,776 
87,418 

1,196,084 

The Management has evaluated the existence of impairment indicators of the property, plant and equipment 
allocated to the licence areas together with the impairment review performed for the exploration and evaluation 
assets, and it has concluded that there are no indicators of impairment. The carrying value of the property, 
plant and equipment assets is not impaired and therefore an impairment charge has not been included in 2018 
or 2017. 

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11. INVESTMENTS 

Group 

At 1 January 2017
Additions at cost
Change in market value of investment

At 31 December 2017
Additions at cost
Disposals
Change in market value of investment
Impairment

At 31 December 2018

Shares in  
investments at 
FVTOCI 
£ 

124,472 
87 
45,644 

170,203 
25,610 
(104,461) 
(71,910) 
(1,435) 

18,007 

After the application of IFRS 9 management has elected to designate these equity investments as fair value 
through other comprehensive income (FVTOCI). 

In 2018 the Company disposed of 6.9 million shares in a listed company, with a realised gain of £68,717 that 
was already recognised in Retained Earnings as part of the calculation of the change in market value of the 
investment. There was no disposal of shares in 2017. At 31 December 2018 the Company does not hold 
additional shares in this company. 

In January 2018 as part of the agreement with its partners in Al Fairuz Mining Company LLC (note 11) the 
Company issued 1,000,000 ordinary shares in the Company and received 312,500 shares in a listed company 
(Note 16). The fair value of these shares is the quoted value at the reporting date, being the fair value hierarchy 
level 1. 

The fair value of the rest of shares held by the Company is the quoted value at the reporting date. The fair value 
hierarchy in 2018 and 2017 for these shares is level 1 as the valuation is based wholly on quoted prices. 

Company

Non­Current 
At 1 January 2017
Additions

At 31 December 2017
Additions

At 31 December 2018

Shares in 
subsidiaries 
£ 

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51,852 

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11. INVESTMENTS continued 

Current 
At 1 January 2017
Change in market value of investment

At 31 December 2017
Additions at cost
Disposals
Change in market value of investment
Impairment

At 31 December 2018

Shares in  
investments at 
FVTOCI 
£ 

124,472 
45,644 

170,116 
24,915 
(104,461) 
(71,910) 
(1,435) 

17,225 

In November 2018 the Group incorporated a new subsidiary Savannah Advisory Services Ltd, to deal with the 
Group’s service contracts. The company is a wholly­owned subsidiary of Savannah Resources Plc (“SAV”). 

During May 2017, the Group incorporated two new subsidiary entities: Savannah Resources Portugal B.V. 
(“SRPBV”), being a wholly­owned subsidiary of SAV, and AME Portugal Pty Ltd (“AMEPPty”), being a wholly­
owned  subsidiary  of  SRPBV.  In  May  2017,  the  Company  entered  into  an  agreement  to  acquire  100%  of 
Slipstream PORT Pty Ltd (“SPPty”), thereby acquiring an effective 75% interest in Savannah Lithium Lda (“SL”) 
(formerly Slipstream Resources Portugal Lda) . SL is a Portuguese entity which is the holder of a series of highly 
prospective lithium projects with near­term production potential in the north of Portugal. 

In consideration for acquiring 100% of the issued share capital of SPPty, the Group paid AUD$ 1,000,000 (~GBP 
£560,000) in cash and issued 20,000,000 (equivalent to GBP £1,300,000) ordinary shares in the Company. In 
addition, the purchase of SPPty dictated future milestone payments, which were satisfied in 2018, as disclosed 
in Note 19. 

In August 2017, the Group acquired a further 20% of the issued share capital of Matilda Minerals Lda, increasing 
its interest in the entity to 100%. The Group paid an aggregate consideration of AUD$ 100,000 (~GBP £56,000), 
satisfied by the issue of 1,194,074 ordinary shares in the Company. 

In September 2017 a new 100% subsidiary company, Savannah Resource Lithium B.V. was set up with an initial 
investment of €100 (~£92) in the ordinary share capital. 

In October 2016 Savannah Resources Plc, through its subsidiary AME East Africa Limited (“AME”), entered into 
a Consortium Agreement (“CA”) with Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Limited (“Rio Tinto”) whereby both 
parties would combine their respective projects in Mozambique to form an unincorporated consortium. On 
signing of this CA, AME owned 10% of the combined Mutamba Project and Rio Tinto owned the remaining 
90%. After delivery of Scoping Study in May 2017, AME’s interest in the Mutamba Consortium increased to 
20%. AME can earn into up to 51% in the Project by achieving prescribed milestones. Based on the terms of 
the CA, both AME and Rio Tinto have joint control, and therefore this is a joint arrangement under IFRS. Detailed 
information about the CA is included in Note 12. 

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11. INVESTMENTS continued 

On 11 May 2016 the Group through its subsidiary African Mining & Exploration Limited acquired 100% of 
Finkallio Oy, paying a consideration of EUR 6,000 (~£5,310). The Group subsequently obtained through Finkallio 
Oy licences for lithium exploration projects in Finland. The Group is in the process of divesting its investment 
in Finkallio Oy, and at 31 December 2018 the exploration and evaluation assets held on the Company have 
been fully impaired. 

In November 2014 the Group entered into an earn­in agreement (“Earn­in”) to acquire up to a 65% interest in 
Al Thuraya LLC (“Al Thuraya”) which wholly owns the highly prospective Block 4 Copper Project in Oman. As 
per the Earn­in agreement, in order for the Group to achieve a 51% shareholding in Al Thuraya, they were 
required to make a capital contribution of USD $2,000,000 (~GBP £1,498,000) within two years of entering the 
earn­in agreement and a further USD $2,600,000 (~GBP £1,948,000) cash within four years to receive a further 
14% shareholding in Al Thuraya. In March 2019 a deed of variation was executed between the parties to extend 
the second capital contribution period, by eighteen months, to five years and six months. These funds will be 
used for geological development activities. During the 2018 financial year the Group made capital contributions 
of USD $441,763 (GBP £331,000) (2017: USD $595,096), being the total contribution as at 31 December 2018 
of USD $3,512,249 (GBP £2,758,000) (2017: USD $3,070,486). In September 2016 the Group earned the 51% 
interest in Al Thuraya after achieving the capital contribution of USD $2,000,000 as per the Earn­in agreement. 

In October 2016 a novation agreement was executed between Savannah Resources Plc, Savannah Resources 
B.V. (“SRBV”), Al Thuraya and the existing shareholders of Al Thuraya, in which Savannah Resources Plc assigned 
to SRBV its rights and obligations pursuant to the Earn­In agreement to acquire up to 65% interest in Al Thuraya. 
The consideration to be paid by SRBV for this assignment amount to EUR 1,909,403 (£1,716,000), was calculated 
based on the capital contributions made by Savannah Resources Plc to Al Thuraya in USD at that date of 
executing the novation agreement of the contract. 

In 2014 a new 100% subsidiary company, SRBV was set up to be the immediate parent company of Gentor 
Resources Limited (“GRL”) with an initial investment of €100 (~£81) in the ordinary share capital. On 10 April 
2014 the Group entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of Gentor Resources Inc.’s subsidiary, GRL, which 
in turn holds interests in Al Fairuz Mining Co LLC (“Al Fairuz”), Sohar Mining LLC (formerly Gentor Resources 
LLC), and Al Zuhra Mining LLC (“Al Zuhra”) (subsequently disposed in 2016) through its subsidiary, SRBV. GRL 
has a 65% interest in Al Fairuz (Block 5). 

In 2014 as consideration for acquiring 100% of the issued share capital of GRL, the Company initially paid cash 
consideration of USD $800,000. Additionally milestone payments, to be satisfied (up to 50% payable in ordinary 
shares in the Company) as follows: (a) USD $1,000,000 (~GBP £785,000) upon a formal final investment decision 
for the development of the Block 5 Licence; (b) USD $1,000,000 (~GBP £785,000) upon the production of the 
first saleable concentrate or saleable product from ore derived from the Block 5 Licence; (c) USD $1,000,000 
(~GBP £785,000) within six months of the payment of the Contingent Consideration in (b). The Company will 
be responsible for all of the funding of the projects. This funding will be in the form of loans which would be 
reimbursed prior to any dividend distribution to shareholders (Note 19). 

The Company had the following subsidiary undertakings, either directly or indirectly, at 31 December 2018, 
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11. INVESTMENTS continued 

Subsidiary

Registered office

Nature of business

Savannah Advisory Services  
Limited2
AME East Africa Limited2
Matilda Minerals Limitada5
Panda Recursos Limitada3
Savannah Resources B.V.2
Gentor Resources Limited3
Sohar Mining L.L.C3,17
Finkallio Oy3
African Mining &  
Exploration Limited2
Savannah Resources  
Portugal B.V2
AME Portugal Pty Ltd3
Slipstream PORT Pty Ltd3
Savannah Lithium Limitada3,6
Savannah Resources  
Lithium B.V2

Joint Operations 
Al Fairuz Mining L.L.C.3
Al Thuraya Mining L.L.C.3

Holding Company
Holding Company
Mining & exploration
Mining & exploration

United Kingdom7
United Kingdom7
Mozambique8
Mozambique9
The Netherlands10 Holding Company
Holding Company
British Virgin Is.11
Dormant
Oman12
Mining & exploration
Finland14

Class of 
share 

Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary

% Holding 

100% 
100% 
100% 
99.99% 
100% 
100% 
70%1 
100% 

United Kingdom7

Dormant

Ordinary

100% 

Netherlands10
Australia16
Australia15
Portugal16

Holding Company
Holding Company
Holding Company
Mining & exploration

Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary

100% 
100% 
100% 
75%1 

Netherlands10

Holding Company

Ordinary

100% 

Oman12
Oman13

Mining & exploration
Mining & exploration

Ordinary
Ordinary

65%4 
51%4 

1 These entities have been consolidated 100% despite the Group owning less than 100% of the voting rights. 
This is due to the Company having earn­in contracts whereby the Company is the only contributing party and 
has the ability to control the operations. 

2 Directly held by Savannah Resources Plc 

3 Indirectly held by Savannah Resources Plc 

4 See details of joint operations in Note 12 

5 99.99% Indirectly held by AME East Africa Limited and 0.01% Directly held by Savannah Resources Plc. 

6 Formerly Slipstream Resources Portugal Limitada 

7 Salisbury House, London Wall, London, EC2M 5PS, United Kingdom 

8 Damiao de Gois, no 438, Sommerschield, Maputo, Mozambique 

9 Rua 1301, Num 97, Sommerschield, Maputo, Mozambique 

10 Strawinskylaan 3127, 8e verdieping, 1077ZX Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

11 Trident Chambers, P.O. Box 146, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110, Virgin Islands, British 

12 P.O.Box 1053, P.C.130, Azaiba, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman 

13 P.O.Box 54, P.C.100, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman 

14 c/o Bokf.byrå Mattans Ab, Storalånggatan 57 A 1, 65100 VASA, Finland 

15 Level 20, 16 Carrington Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia 

16 Rua Jose Eigenmann, No 90, parish of Nogueira, municipality of Braga, Portugal, 4715­199 

17 Formerly Gentor Resources L.L.C 

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12. JOINT ARRANGEMENTS 

Unincorporated consortium Mutamba Project 
In October 2016 Savannah Resources Plc, through its subsidiary AME East Africa Limited (AME), entered into a 
consortium agreement (“Consortium Agreement”) with Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Limited (Rio Tinto) 
whereby both parties would combine their respective projects in Mozambique to form an unincorporated 
consortium. On signing of this Consortium Agreement AME own 10% of the combined Mutamba Project and 
Rio Tinto own the remaining 90%. AME can earn into up to 51% in the Project by achieving the following 
milestones: 

(a)  Upon the Group completing the Phase 1 work programme (Scoping Study) it will have a 20% participating 

interest in the Project; 

(b)  Upon the Group completing Phase 2 of the work programme (Pre­Feasibility study) it will have a 35% 

participating interest in the Project; 

(c)   Upon  the  Group  completing  Phase  3  of  the  work  programme  (Feasibility  study)  it  will  have  a  51% 

participating interest in the Project. 

In May 2017 the Group completed the Phase 1 milestone with the delivery of the Scoping Study, increasing its 
interest in the combined Mutamba Project to 20%. 

The Consortium is managed by a Consortium committee with two representatives from each party, and chaired 
by  an  AME  representative.  AME  is  the  operator  of  the  Project,  and  it  is  responsible  for  preparing  and 
implementing the work programme and budget approved by the Consortium committee. Based on the terms 
of the agreement both AME and Rio Tinto have joint control, and therefore this is a joint arrangement under 
IFRS. 

The Consortium is currently unincorporated, and each party have rights to the assets, and obligations to the 
liabilities, relating to the arrangement, therefore it is considered a Joint Operation. AME is responsible for all 
funding related to the combined Project up until the delivery of a Feasibility Study. Since the execution of the 
Consortium Agreement in 2016 the Group has capitalised £2,366,186 (2017: £1,853,458) in exploration and 
evaluation assets and £1,122,092 (2017: £1,102,890) in property, plant and equipment, relating to the combined 
project. 

Shareholders’ agreement for Al Fairuz Mining L.L.C. 
In 2014 Savannah Resources Plc, through the acquisition of its subsidiary Gentor Resources Limited, became 
party to a shareholders’ agreement for Al Fairuz with The Al Fairuz Brothers. 

Al Fairuz is managed by a Management Committee which, up until completion of a feasibility study, consist of 
four members, two representatives from each party, and is chaired by a Savannah member. After completion 
of the feasibility study Savannah is entitled to appoint a fifth member. 

Savannah  is  the  operator  of  the  Project,  and  it  is  responsible  for  preparing  and  implementing  the  work 
programme and budget approved by the Management Committee. Based on the terms of the agreement both 
Savannah and The Al Fairuz Brothers have joint control, and therefore this is a joint arrangement under IFRS. 

Each party has rights to the assets, and obligations to the liabilities, relating to the arrangement, therefore it is 
considered a Joint Operation. Savannah is responsible for all of the funding of the projects. This funding will be 
in the form of loans which would be reimbursed prior to any dividend distribution to shareholders. Since the 
acquisition of Al Fairuz the Group has capitalised £2,718,627 (2017: £2,313,216). 

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12. JOINT ARRANGEMENTS continued 

Earn­in agreement for Al Thuraya Mining L.L.C. 
In 2014 Savannah Resources Plc entered into an earn­in agreement in Al Thuraya Mining LLC. 

Savannah Resources plc is the operator of the Project and has appointed two of the four members in the Board 
or Al Thuraya. According with the Earn­in agreement there are certain activities that shall only be undertaken 
by the Company if all Shareholders have given their prior consent. Based on the terms of the agreement both 
Savannah and the other Shareholders have joint control, and therefore this is a joint arrangement under IFRS. 

Each party has rights to the assets, and obligations to the liabilities, relating to the arrangement, therefore it is 
considered a Joint Operation. Savannah is responsible for all of the funding of the project. This funding will be 
in the form of capital contributions. Since the acquisition of Al Thuraya the Group has capitalised £2,149,594 
(2017: £1,774,644). 

13. TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES 

Non­Current: 
Other receivables – VAT
Amounts due from subsidiaries

Current: 
VAT recoverable
Other receivables

Group

Company 

2018
£

2017
£

2018
£

2017 
£ 

–
–

–

239,300
–

239,300

–
20,844,330

– 
13,699,270 

20,844,330

13,699,270 

133,728
197,046

330,774

51,069
104,890

155,959

–
130,438

130,438

9,207 
35,634 

44,841 

The carrying value of trade and other receivables classified at amortised cost approximates fair value. 

The Company applies the expected credit loss model to measure expected credit losses for amounts due from 
subsidiaries. The company considered the probability of a default. The loans to subsidiaries are interest free 
and are repayable on demand. 

The Company expects that the carrying value of the intercompany loan receivable may not be fully recoverable 
as the subsidiaries may not generate sufficient future profits to settle the amounts owing and accordingly, these 
amounts have been partially impaired owing to the adoption of IFRS 9 (see Note 23). Repayment of the loans 
is subject to the Directors’ assessment of the Group’s requirements and availability of appropriate liquid 
resources. Among other things, the Company’s expected credit loss model includes consideration of various 
risks affecting the success of underlying projects of subsidiaries. When determining the expected credit losses 
Management  has  taken  into  account  that  the  intercompany  loans  are  related  to  projects  that  are  in  the 
exploration stage. Management has concluded that the success of the project is the most important factor that 
will drive credit losses. During the next 12 months this will be affected by the results in mineral resources, the 
commodity prices, the capability of the Parent Company to obtain funds to develop the projects and the success 
obtaining exploration and mining licences. Several scenarios and their likelihood have been considered to 
calculate the expected cash flows for the loans associated to each project and the expected credit losses as at 
the reporting date. The Company has applied IFRS 9 in the current period and estimates that an expected credit 
loss calculated of £1.3m arises on the receivables from the subsidiaries, and £0.6m relating to prior periods. 

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13. TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES continued 

Movements in the impairment allowance for amounts due from subsidiaries for the year ended 31 December 
2018 is as follows: 

Company 

At 31 December 2017
Restated through opening retained earnings under IFRS 9
At 1 January 2018
Charged during the year

At 31 December 2018

Amounts due  
from subsidiaries 
£ 

– 
556,454 
556,454 
1,325,790 

1,882,244 

The breakdown of the Amounts due from subsidiaries as at 31 December is as follows: 

                                                                                                                                                                   Company 

Amounts due from subsidiaries: 
Outstanding amount
Impairment

14. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 

2018
£

2017 
£ 

22,726,574
(1,882,244)

13,699,270 
– 

20,844,330

13,699,270 

Group

Company 

2018
£

2017
£

2018
£

2017 
£ 

Cash at bank and in hand

7,715,435

2,455,968

7,368,469

2,125,504 

15. OTHER CURRENT AND NON­CURRENT ASSETS 

Non­Current: 
Guarantees
Other

Other Non­Current Assets

Current: 
Guarantees
Other

Group

Company 

2018
£

213,645
39,543

253,188

202,180
21,553

223,733

2017
£

199,755
20,458

220,213

–
20,011

20,011

2018
£

–
36,800

36,800

202,180
–

202,180

2017 
£ 

– 
19,035 

19,035 

– 
– 

– 

The Non­Current Assets – Guarantees are deposits required by the local mining / environmental authorities in 
relation to exploration / mining licences and applications thereof. 

The Current Assets – Guarantees are guarantees required as part of the Aldeia Option (Note 9) executed as 
part of the Portuguese project during September 2018.

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16. SHARE CAPITAL 

Allotted, issued and fully paid

At beginning of year
Issued during year: 
Share placements1
Bonus paid in shares
Exercise of share options2
Exercise of warrants2
In lieu of cash for acquisition of assets3
Issued as condition of JV agreement4

2018

2017 

£0.01
ordinary
shares
number

£0.01 
ordinary 
shares 
number

£

£ 

635,850,386

6,358,504

450,946,455

4,509,465 

177,640,185
–
12,980,112
13,981,112
40,000,000
1,000,000

1,776,402
–
129,801
139,811
400,000
10,000

161,423,950
1,688,870
–
–
21,791,111
–

1,614,239 
16,889 
– 
– 
217,911 
– 

6,358,504 

At end of year

881,451,795

8,814,518

635,850,386

1 In respect of the Share placements in 2018 the net proceeds were £14,010,819 of which £12,234,417 has 
been recorded in share premium. The gross proceeds were £14,651,253. 

2 Refer to Note 22 for details of share options and warrants exercised. 

3 Refer to Note 11 and Note 19 for details of shares issued in lieu of cash for acquisition of assets and payment 
of contingent consideration. No share premium has been recorded for these transactions. 

4 Refer to Note 11 for details of shares issued to joint venture partner. £14,915 has been recorded in share 
premium for this transaction. 

The par value of the Company’s shares is £0.01. 

17. TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES 

Current: 
Trade payables
Other payables
Accruals
Amounts owing to subsidiaries

Group

2018
£

2017
£

1,027,100
82,571
1,163,768
–

2,273,439

481,436
45,054
702,267
–

1,228,757

Company 

2018
£

183,914
69,711
692,380
4,360

950,365

2017 
£ 

149,155 
28,052 
161,740 
4,341 

343,288 

Accruals  represent  mainly  work  done  in  2018  in  the  projects  in  Portugal  (feasibility  study  and  drilling 
programme), professional fees in the Group for which invoices have not been received at the reporting date, 
and the payment to be made during 2019 in relation to the Aldeia Option executed as part of the Portuguese 
project during September 2018. Trade and other payables amounts relate mainly to balances that are capitalised 
and therefore these are included in investing not operating cash flows. 

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18. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS 

Financial Instruments – Risk Management 
In  common  with  all  other  businesses,  the  Group  is  exposed  to  risks  that  arise  from  its  use  of  financial 
instruments. This note describes the Group’s objectives, policies and processes for managing those risks and 
the methods used to measure them. Further quantitative information in respect of these risks is presented 
throughout these Financial Statements. 

There have been no substantive changes in the Group’s exposure to financial instrument risks, its objectives, 
policies and processes for managing those risks or the methods used to measure them from previous periods 
unless otherwise stated in this note. 

Principal Financial Instruments 
The principal financial instruments used by the Group, from which financial instrument risk arises, are as follows: 

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

loan receivables 

trade and other receivables 

cash at bank 

trade and other payables 

loans and borrowings 

investments 

other non­current assets – guarantees 

other current assets – guarantees 

Trade and other payables fall due for payment within 3 months from the reporting date. 

Liquidity Risk 
At the reporting date the Group’s cash balance was £7.7m (2017: £2.5m). This, in conjunction with the raising 
of future cash, which the Directors believe can be secured, will allow the Group to continue working on its 
development/exploration activities and to meet its financial commitments for at least 12 months. In common 
with many non­revenue generating companies, the Company will need to raise funds for its development 
activities. The Group’s policy continues to be to ensure that it has adequate liquidity by careful management 
of its working capital. 

Foreign Exchange Risk 
The Group is exposed through its operations to foreign exchange risk which arises because the Group has 
overseas operations located in Mozambique whose functional currency is MZN, in Oman whose functional 
currency is OMR which is pegged to the USD at a rate of 1 OMR to 2.6 USD and in Portugal and Finland whose 
functional currency is Euro. The Group’s net assets arising from overseas operations are exposed to currency 
risk resulting in gains or losses on retranslation into Pound Sterling. 

Foreign exchange risk also arises when individual group entities enter into transactions denominated in a 
currency other than their functional currency. The Group’s policy is, where possible, to allow group entities to 
settle liabilities denominated in their functional currency (Euro, OMR, MZN or Pound Sterling) with the cash 
remitted  to  their  own  operations  in  that  currency  where  practical.  Where  group  entities  have  liabilities 
denominated in a currency other than their functional currency (and have insufficient reserves of that currency 
to settle them) cash already denominated in that currency will, where possible, be transferred from elsewhere 
within the Group. 

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18. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS continued 

Market Risk 
The Group holds equity investments in companies traded on active markets (see Note 11). The Directors believe 
that the exposure to market price risk from this activity is acceptable in the Group’s circumstances. 

The effect of a 10% increase in the value of the equity investments held at the reporting date would, all other 
variables held constant, have resulted in an increase in other comprehensive income and net assets of £1,723 
(2017: increase in other comprehensive income and net assets of £17,011). A 10% decrease in their value would, 
on the same basis, have decreased other comprehensive income and net assets by the same amount. 

Credit Risk 
The Company is exposed to credit risk on its receivables from its subsidiaries. The subsidiaries are exploration 
and development companies with no current revenue and therefore, whilst the receivables are due on demand, 
they are not expected to be paid until there is a successful outcome on a development project resulting in 
revenue being generated by a subsidiary. In application of IFRS 9 the Company has calculated the expected 
credit loss from these receivables (Note 13). 

The  Group  is  exposed  to  credit  risk  in  cash  and  cash  equivalents  and  deposits  with  banks  and  financial 
institutions. Only reputable banks and financial institutions which are rated by recognised rating agencies are 
accepted by the Company in the UK. The Group policy is to maintain the majority cash and cash equivalents 
within the Company in the UK and funds are remitted to other Group entities on a monthly basis to settle 
liabilities as they fall due, to avoid credit risk associated to foreign jurisdictions banks. The Group policy is also 
to operate at least with two banks in each country when possible. 

Financial instruments by category (Group) 

Financial assets 

Amortised cost

Fair value 
through Other 
comprehensive 
income 
(Loans and (Available for
receivables
sale at fair
value 2017)
2017)
£
£

–
253,188
223,733
7,715,435

8,192,356

–
220,213
2,455,968

2,676,181

18,007
–
–
–

18,007

125,062
–
–

125,062

Available 
for sale 
at cost
£

–
–
–
–

–

45,141
–
–

45,141

Total 
£ 

18,007 
253,188 
223,733 
7,715,435 

8,210,363 

170,203 
220,213 
2,455,968 

2,846,384 

As at 31 December 2018 
Investments
Other non­current assets
Other current assets
Cash and cash equivalents

Total financial assets

As at 31 December 2017 
Investments
Other non­current assets
Cash and cash equivalents

Total financial assets

See review of the fair value hierarchy of available for sale assets measured at fair value in Note 11. 

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18. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS continued 

Financial liabilities 

As at 31 December 2018 
Trade and other payables
Loans and borrowings

Total financial liabilities

At 31 December 2017 
Trade and other payables
Loans and borrowings

Total financial liabilities

Financial liabilities 
at amortised cost
£

Total 
£ 

2,273,439
42,708

2,316,147

2,273,439 
42,708 

2,316,147 

1,228,757
33,123

1,261,880

1,228,757 
33,123 

1,261,880 

The Group’s net exposure to foreign exchange risk at the reporting date was as follows: 

                                                                                              Functional Currency of Entity 
GBP
2017
£

Total
2018
£

MZN
2018
£

EUR
2018
£

GBP
2018
£

MZN
2017
£

Total 
2017 
£ 

Foreign currency 
financial assets 
USD
EUR
AUD

Total

2,468,014
2,381,502
797,215

5,646,731

76,259
–
–

76,259

56,688 2,600,961
– 2,381,502
802,634

5,419

271,964
359,004
37

181,138
–
–

453,102 
359,004 
37 

62,107 5,785,097

631,005

181,138

812,143 

                                                                                         Functional Currency of Entity 

                                          GBP         MZN         OMR          EUR         Total          GBP         MZN         OMR
                                         2018         2018         2018         2018         2018         2017         2017         2017
                                               £                £                £                £                £                £                £                £
Foreign currency 
financial liabilities 
USD                              47,525        9,366        5,595                –      62,486      35,842   245,137                – 280,979 
AUD                            407,826                –                –                –   407,826   107,706                –      24,697 132,403 
1,128 
EUR                            224,050                –                –                –   224,050        1,128                –                –
OMR                               9,249                –                –                –        9,249        1,541                –                –
1,541 
GBP                                         –                –                –        3,430        3,430 

Total 
2017 
£ 

Total                           688,650        9,366        5,595        3,430   707,041   146,217   245,137      24,697 416,051 

The effect of a 10% strengthening of the USD against GBP at the reporting date on the USD denominated cash 
and equivalents carried at that date would, all other variables held constant, have resulted in a decrease in 
pre­tax loss for the year and increase of net assets of GBP £236,689 (2017: £41,191). A 10% weakening in the 
exchange rate would, on the same basis, have increased pre­tax loss and decreased net assets by GBP £288,705 
(2017: £50,345). 

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18. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS continued 

The effect of a 10% strengthening of the EUR against GBP at the reporting date on the EUR denominated cash 
and equivalents carried at that date would, all other variables held constant, have resulted in a decrease in pre­
tax loss for the year and increase of net assets of GBP £216,917 (2017: £36,194). A 10% weakening in the 
exchange rate would, on the same basis, have increased pre­tax loss and decreased net assets by GBP £264,102 
(2017: £44,237). 

The effect of a 10% strengthening of the AUD against GBP at the reporting date on the EUR denominated cash 
and equivalents carried at that date would, all other variables held constant, have resulted in a decrease in pre­
tax loss for the year and increase of net assets of GBP £73,178. A 10% weakening in the exchange rate would, 
on the same basis, have decreased pre­tax loss and increased net assets by GBP £88,924. 

Capital Disclosures 
The Group’s objectives when maintaining capital are: 

•

•

to safeguard the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, so that it can continue to provide returns 
for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders, and 

to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital. 

In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group may issue new shares and seek other financial 
structures as debts (project finance), royalties, equity, or combinations thereof. 

19. GROUP CONTINGENT LIABILITIES 

Details of contingent liabilities where the probability of future payments is not considered remote are set out 
below, as well as details of contingent liabilities, which although considered remote, the Directors consider 
should be disclosed. The Directors are of the opinion that provisions are not required in respect of these matters, 
as at the reporting date have not been triggered, it is not probable that a future sacrifice of economic benefits 
will be required or the amount is not capable of reliable measurement. 

Deferred consideration payable in relation to the acquisition of Gentor Resources Ltd (Oman copper project) 
On 15 July 2014 the Company completed the acquisition of interests in the highly prospective Block 5 and 
Block 6 copper projects in the Semail Ophiolite belt in the Sultanate of Oman from the TSX­Venture listed Gentor 
Resources Inc. The Company paid initial consideration of USD $800,000 (~GBP £628,000) with the following 
deferred consideration required to complete the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of Gentor 
Resources Ltd (“GRL”): 

1. Deferred Consideration (up to 50% payable in Savannah Resources Plc shares) 

(a) a milestone payment of USD $1,000,000 (~GBP £785,000) upon a formal final investment decision for the 

development of the Block 5 Licence; 

(b) a  milestone  payment  of  USD  $1,000,000  (~GBP  £785,000)  upon  the  production  of  the  first  saleable 

concentrate or saleable product from ore derived from the Block 5 Licence; and 

(c) a milestone payment of USD $1,000,000 (~GBP £785,000) within six months of the payment of the Deferred 

Consideration in (b). 

2. Other Information 

(a)

the Company will be responsible for all of the funding of the projects. This funding will be in the form of a 
loan which would be reimbursed prior to any dividend distribution to shareholders. 

In September 2016 Savannah Resources B.V. terminated its interest in Al Zuhra Mining LLC (Block 6). This has 
not impacted the aforementioned deferred consideration. 

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19. GROUP CONTINGENT LIABILITIES continued 

Contingent consideration payable in relation to the acquisition of Slipstream PORT Pty Ltd (Portugal lithium 
project) 
On 24 May 2017 the Group acquired a series of highly prospective lithium projects with near­term production 
potential in the north of Portugal. The Group paid an initial consideration of AUD$ 1,000,000 (~GBP £554,000) 
in cash and issued 20,000,000 ordinary shares in the Company, with additional milestone payments, to be 
satisfied by cash and the issue of ordinary shares in SAV. All the milestones were triggered during 2018 and 
settlement of the contingent consideration in cash and shares was also completed during 2018 as follows: 

(a)

(b)

In February 2018 the Company announced the completion of a revised JORC 2012 – Compliant Inferred 
Mineral Resource Estimate of 9.1Mt at 1.03% Li2O and first milestone was triggered. The Company paid 
AUD$ 1,500,000 (~GBP £842,028) in cash and issued 20,000,000 ordinary shares in the Company in March 
2018 (Note 16). 

In September 2018 the Company announced the completion of a revised JORC 2012 – Compliant Inferred 
Mineral Resource Estimate of 20.1Mt at 1.04% Li2O and second milestone was triggered. The Company 
paid AUD$ 1,500,000 (~GBP £828,058) in cash and issued 20,000,000 ordinary shares in the Company in 
October 2018 (Note 16). 

The equity contingent considerations of £283,283 is measured at fair value as at 24 May 2017, the acquisition 
date, and recognised this year using a valuation technique based on estimated fair value of the assets as at 
acquisition date and management’s assessment of the probability of the milestones being achieved. This equity 
contingent consideration should have been recognised in the prior year financial statements. It is considered 
to be an immaterial amount and has been included as a share based payment this year. The difference of 
£116,717 between the fair value of the equity contingent considerations as at 24 May 2017 and the nominal 
value of the shares issued was debited to the retained earnings. 

At 31 December 2018 all contingent considerations payables in relation to the Portugal lithium project has been 
paid and there are no additional contingent liabilities. 

20. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES 

Details of Directors’ remuneration are disclosed in Note 3. During the year £198,287 (2017: £159,224) was 
payable to Blue Bone Consulting Pty Ltd (a company controlled by Dale Ferguson) for consultancy fees and 
bonus of which £83,196 (2017: £33,924) remained unpaid. The amounts payable to Blue Bone Consulting Pty 
Ltd have been included in the Directors’ remuneration in Note 3. 

21. GROUP COMMITMENTS 

Finance lease 

2018

Finance Lease Commitments 
No later than 1 year
Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years
Later than 5 years

Total finance lease commitments

Current liabilities
Non­current liabilities

Minimum 
lease
payments
£

18,367
26,533
–

Interest
£

1,472
720
–

Present 
value 
£ 

16,895 
25,813 
– 

42,708 

16,895 
25,813 

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21. GROUP COMMITMENTS continued 

2017

Finance Lease Commitments 
No later than 1 year
Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years
Later than 5 years

Total finance lease commitments

Current liabilities
Non­current liabilities

Minimum 
lease
payments
£

11,234
24,088
–

Interest
£

958
1,241
–

Present 
value 
£ 

10,276 
22,847 
– 

33,123 

10,276 
22,847 

The finance leases are for the lease of motor vehicles in Portugal. The Group has the right to purchase the 
vehicle outright at the end of the lease term by paying a nominal amount. The Group intention is to exercise 
this option and the value of the lease has been classified in Property, Plant and Equipment (Note 10). 

Operating lease 

Operating Lease Commitments 
No later than 1 year
Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years
Later than 5 years

Total operating lease commitments

2018
£

196,337
1,078
–

197,415

2017 
£ 

111,249 
351 
– 

111,600 

The operating lease commitments are for business premises in Oman, Mozambique, Portugal and the UK. 

Other Commitments 
In 2014 the Group entered into an agreement to acquire shares in Al Thuraya LLC (“Al Thuraya”), owner of the 
highly prospective Block 4 Copper Project. In September 2016 the Group earned a 51% interest in Al Thuraya 
after achieving the capital contribution of USD $2,000,000 as per the Earn­in agreement. The total contributions 
as at 31 December 2018 are USD $3,512,249, and therefore a further USD $1,087,751 cash contribution is 
required if the Company wishes to guarantee a further 14% shareholding in Al Thuraya to achieve a 65% interest 
(Note 11). 

In October 2016 Savannah Resources Plc, through its subsidiary AME East Africa Limited (AME), entered into a 
consortium agreement (“CA”) with Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Limited whereby both parties would 
combine their respective projects in Mozambique to form an unincorporated consortium. See details of the CA 
in Note 12. 

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22. SHARE OPTIONS AND WARRANTS 

Share options and warrants to subscribe for Ordinary Shares in the Company are granted to certain employees, 
Directors and investors. Some of the options issued vest immediately and others over a vesting period and may 
include performance conditions. Options are forfeited if the employee leaves the group before the options 
vest. 

                                                                                         2018                                                               2017 
                                                                                       Weighted                                                      Weighted 
                                                                                          average      Weighted                                  average Weighted 
remaining 
                                                                                          exercise     remaining                                 exercise
life 
                                                                  Number               price                  life         Number               price

Share Options 
Opening Balance                       31,923,443                5.7p                            24,523,443                4.8p
Granted                                          1,000,000                8.0p                3.07    11,700,000                7.5p
Lapsed                                          (1,143,334)               5.1p                      –     (4,300,000)               5.5p
Exercised                                    (12,980,109)1             3.6p                      –                      –                      –

Closing Balance                         18,800,000                7.2p                1.78    31,923,443                5.7p

Investor Warrants 
Opening Balance                       66,562,109                5.7p                      –    15,321,561                4.6p
Granted                                             343,432              11.3p                2.62    51,240,548                6.0p
Lapsed                                          (2,800,000)            11.0p                      –                      –                      –
Exercised                                    (13,981,113)2             3.6p                      –                      –                      –

Closing Balance                         50,124,428                6.1p                1.71    66,562,109                5.7p

– 
3.20 
– 
– 

1.77 

– 
2.73 
– 
– 

2.24 

1 Weighted average share price at the date of exercise was 9.3p. 
2 Weighted average share price at the date of exercise was 10.6p. 

Share schemes outstanding at 31 December 2018 are as follows: 

                                            Outstanding      Exercisable    Outstanding      Exercisable 
                                          31 December  31 December  31 December  31 December         Exercise
                                                         2018                 2018                 2017                 2017               Price
Share Options 
February 2014                       3,000,000        3,000,000        3,000,000        3,000,000                8.8p
March 2016                           2,100,000        2,100,000        2,100,000        2,100,000                2.8p
December 2016                    1,500,000        1,500,000        1,500,000            750,000                7.6p
March 2017                         10,700,000      10,700,000      10,700,000      10,700,000                7.6p
August 2017                              500,000                        –            500,000                        –                6.2p
January 2018                         1,000,000            500,000                        –                        –                8.0p

                                              18,800,000      17,800,000      17,800,000      16,550,000 

Investor Warrants 
September 2016                   1,410,449        1,410,449        1,410,449        1,410,449                5.0p
March 2017                           1,480,952        1,480,952        1,480,952        1,480,952                7.4p
July 2017                              11,165,477      11,165,477      12,542,977      12,542,977                6.0p
October 2017                      35,724,118      35,724,118      37,216,619      37,216,619                6.0p
August 2018                              343,432            343,432                        –                        –              11.3p

                                              50,124,428      50,124,428      52,650,997      52,650,997 

Expiry 
Date 

25/02/19 
16/03/20 
21/12/20 
28/02/21 
17/08/21 
25/01/22 

30/09/19 
07/03/20 
14/07/20 
25/10/20 
13/08/21 

All of the options granted attract a share based payment charge. 

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22. SHARE OPTIONS AND WARRANTS continued 

The fair value of the options and warrants at the date of grant have been measured using the Black­Scholes 
pricing model that takes into account factors such as the option life, share price volatility and the risk free rate. 
Volatility was calculated with reference to the Company’s historical share price volatility up to the grant date 
to reflect a term approximate to the expected life of the option. 

The Directors’ interests in the share options and warrants of the Company are as follows: 

At 31 December 2018 

Quantity at
1 Jan 2018

5,321,776
2,000,000
1,500,000
7,000,000

11,111,112
2,857,143

Share Options 
Dale Ferguson
Dale Ferguson
Matthew King
David Archer

Warrants 
David Archer
David Archer

At 31 December 2017 

Quantity
granted
during
the year

Exercised
during
the year

Options / 
Warrants
at 31 Dec
2018

Exercise
price

Date of
the grant

–
–
–
–

(5,321,776)
–
–
–

–
2,000,000
1,500,000
7,000,000

3.0p
7.59p
3.0p
7.59p

21/07/13
01/03/17
16/03/16
01/03/17

First
date of
exercise

20/07/14
01/03/17
16/03/16
01/03/17

Final 
date of 
exercise 

20/07/18 
28/02/21 
15/03/20 
28/02/21 

– (11,111,112)
–
–

–
2,857,143

3.0p
6.0p

24/09/13
14/07/17

24/09/13
14/07/17

19/07/18 
14/07/20 

Quantity
granted
during
the year

Lapsed
during
the year

Quantity at
1 Jan 2017

Share Options 
Dale Ferguson
Dale Ferguson
Matthew King
David Archer

Warrants 
David Archer
David Archer

5,321,776
–
1,500,000
–

–
2,000,000
–
7,000,000

11,111,112
–

–
2,857,143

–
–
–
–

–
–

Options / 
Warrants
at 31 Dec
2017

5,321,776
2,000,000
1,500,000
7,000,000

Exercise
price

Date of
the grant

3.0p
7.59p
3.0p
7.59p

21/07/13
01/03/17
16/03/16
01/03/17

First
date of
exercise

20/07/14
01/03/17
16/03/16
01/03/17

Final 
date of 
exercise 

20/07/18 
28/02/21 
15/03/20 
28/02/21 

11,111,112
2,857,143

3.0p
6.0p

24/09/13
14/07/17

24/09/13
14/07/17

19/07/18 
14/07/20 

The range of inputs of the options and warrants granted in the financial year were as follows: 

Share Options
Stock price
Fair value of option
Exercise Price
Expected volatility
Expected life
Risk free rate

Investor Warrants
Stock price
Fair value of option
Exercise Price
Expected volatility
Expected life
Risk free rate

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January 2018 
6.2p 
2.9p 
8.0p 
70% 
4 years 
1.1% 

August 2018 
8.9p 
3.5p 
11.3p 
70% 
3 years 
0.9% 

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22. SHARE OPTIONS AND WARRANTS continued 

This fair value is the cost that is charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income and is spread over the 
expected vesting period which, for non­market vesting conditions (as noted above), is revised at each period 
end. If the issue was a share issue cost, the charge is to the Share Premium account. 

Share options granted 
During the 2018 financial year 1,000,000 (2017: 11,700,000) share options were issued to employees to assist 
with the recruitment, reward and retention of key employees. These options vest upon the employee meeting 
service and/or performance conditions. 

Investor warrants issued 
During the 2018 financial year 343,432 (2017: 51,240,548) warrants were issued in relation to placements in 
2018. The warrants vested immediately on issue. 

23. EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES 

The Group and the Company adopted IFRS 9 with a transaction date of 1 January 2018. The Group and the 
Company have chosen not to restate comparatives on adoption of IFRS 9 and, therefore, the changes due to 
the application of IFRS 9 are not reflected in the prior year financial statements. Rather, these changes have 
been processed at the date of initial application and recognised in the opening equity balances. The application 
of IFRS 9 has not had significant impact in the Group financial instruments and therefore no changes were 
required. 

The following tables show the adjustments recognised for each line item of the Company financial statements 
affected. 

Total comprehensive loss
ASSETS 
NON­CURRENT ASSETS 
Other receivables

TOTAL NON­CURRENT ASSETS

TOTAL ASSETS

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY 
Retained earnings

TOTAL EQUITY

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

Adjustment

(a)

31/12/2017
£
1,886,723

IFRS 9
£
556,454

01/01/2018 
£ 
2,443,177 

(a)

13,699,270

(556,454)

13,142,816 

14,061,188

16,401,649

(556,454)

13,504,734 

(556,454)

15,845,195 

(a)

(10,502,403)

(556,454)

(11,058,857) 

16,058,361

16,401,649

(556,454)

15,501,907 

(556,454)

15,845,195 

(a) The company applied the expected credit loss model when calculating impairment losses on its financial 
assets measured at amortised costs, being the financial assets affected the Amounts due from subsidiaries. 
This resulted in increased impairment provisions and greater judgement due to the need to factor in 
forward looking information when estimating the appropriate amount of provisions. In applying IFRS 9 to 
the amounts due from subsidiaries the company considered the probability of a default. The Company has 
considered  the  risk  of  default  and  the  expected  cash  flow  in  several  scenarios  at  01  January  2018, 
concluding  that  there  is  an  expected  credit  loss  of  £556,454,  resulting  in  an  increased  charge  in  the 
statement  of  profit  or  loss  and  other  comprehensive  income  for  the  year  ended  31  December  2017 
compared to IAS 39. 

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24. EVENTS SINCE THE REPORTING DATE 

In March 2019 a deed of variation was executed to extend the second capital contribution period included in 
the earn­in agreement entered to acquire Al Thuraya. The period has been extended by eighteen months, from 
four years to five years and six months (note 11). 

In  March  2019  a  new  long­term  incentive  plan  (“LTIP”)  LTIP  prepared  with  advice  from  KPMG  LLP  was 
implemented. The LTIP replaces the Company’s prior long­term incentive plan which was implemented in April 
2018 (see Note 3 for further details). 

In April 2019 the Company entered into a “term sheet” to acquire the minority 25% shareholding in Savannah 
Lithium Lda, which owns the Mina do Barroso Lithium Project in Portugal. The transaction will take Savannah’s 
ownership of the Project to 100%. Consideration is to be satisfied through the issue of 163 million new ordinary 
shares in Savannah at USD $0.073 (circa. 5.63p) per share valuing the transaction at circa USD $11.9m. The 
transaction is subject to Savannah entering into a legally binding Share Purchase Agreement with the Vendors 
and will be subject to shareholders approving the requisite resolutions to issue new ordinary shares at the 
Company’s 2019 AGM. 

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Savannah Resources Plc (‘the Company’) will be held at 
St. James Room 1, Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5ED, on 18 June 2019 at 10:00 am for the 
purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolutions which will be proposed as ordinary 
resolutions in the cases of resolutions 1­6 and as special resolutions in the cases of resolution 7 and 8. 

ORDINARY BUSINESS 
1

To receive the report of the Directors and the audited Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended 
31 December 2018. 

2

3

4

5

To  re­appoint  James  Leahy  who  retires  as  a  Director  in  accordance  with  article  23.2(a)  of  the  Articles  of 
Association at the conclusion of the meeting and, being eligible, offering himself for re­election as a Director 
of the Company. 

To re­appoint Matthew King who retires as a Director in accordance with article 23.2(b) of the Articles of 
Association at the conclusion of the meeting and, being eligible, offering himself for re­election as a Director 
of the Company. 

To re­appoint Imad Kamal Abdul Redha Sultan who retires as a Director in accordance with article 23.2(b) of 
the Articles of Association at the conclusion of the meeting and, being eligible, offering himself for re­election 
as a Director of the Company. 

To re­appoint BDO LLP as auditors of the Company to act until the conclusion of the next Annual General 
Meeting and to authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors. 

ORDINARY RESOLUTION 
6

That in substitution for all existing and unexercised authorities, the Directors of the Company be and they are 
hereby generally and unconditionally authorised for the purpose of section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 
(‘the Act’) to exercise all or any of the powers of the Company to allot equity securities (within the meaning of 
Section 560 of the Act) up to a maximum nominal amount of £6,510,000 provided that this authority shall, 
unless previously revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting, expire on the earlier of the conclusion 
of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or 15 months after the passing of this Resolution, unless 
renewed or extended prior to such time except that the Directors of the Company may before the expiry of 
such period make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after the 
expiry of such period and the Directors of the Company may allot relevant securities in pursuance of such offer 
or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired. 

SPECIAL RESOLUTION 
7

Subject to the passing of the immediately preceding Resolution, the Directors of the Company be and they are 
hereby empowered pursuant to section 570 of the Act to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560 of 
the Act) pursuant to the authority conferred upon them by the preceding Resolution as if section 561(1) of the 
Act did not apply to any such allotment provided that the power conferred by the Resolution, unless previously 
revoked or varied by special resolution of the Company in general meeting, shall be limited to a maximum 
aggregate nominal value of £1,630,000 pursuant to the share purchase agreement for 25% of the issued quota 
capital of Savannah Lithium Lda and shall expire on the earlier of the date of the next Annual General Meeting 
of the Company or 15 months from the date of the passing of this Resolution save that the Company may before 
such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after 
such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the power 
conferred hereby had not expired. 

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8

That in substitution for all existing and unexercised authorities, save for that granted pursuant to Resolution 7 
above, and subject to the passing of Resolution 6 above, the Directors of the Company be and they are hereby 
empowered pursuant to section 570 of the Act to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560 of the Act) 
pursuant to the authority conferred upon them by the preceding Resolution as if section 561(1) of the Act did 
not apply to any such allotment provided that the power conferred by the Resolution, unless previously revoked 
or varied by special resolution of the Company in general meeting, shall be limited: 

(a) to the allotment of ordinary shares arising from the exercise of options, warrant options and warrants 

outstanding at the date of this resolution; 

(b) to the allotment of equity securities in connection with a rights issue or open offer in favour of ordinary 
shareholders where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interest of all such shareholders 
are proportionate (as nearly as may be) to the respective numbers of the ordinary shares held by them 
subject only to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors of the Company may consider 
appropriate to deal with fractional entitlements or legal and practical difficulties under the laws of, or the 
requirements of any recognised regulatory body in, any territory; 

(c) the grant of a right to subscribe for, or to convert any equity securities into Ordinary Shares otherwise than 

under sub­paragraph (a) above, up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of £580,000; and 

(d) to the allotment (otherwise than pursuant to sub­paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above) of equity securities up 
to an aggregate nominal amount of £3,140,000 (approximately 30% of the Company’s issued share capital 
plus 30% of the shares expected to be issued under resolution 7 above) in respect of any other issues for 
cash consideration; 

and shall expire on the earlier of the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or 15 months 
from the date of the passing of this Resolution save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer 
or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors 
may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not 
expired. 

If you are a registered holder of Ordinary Shares in the Company, whether or not you are able to attend the meeting, 
you may use the enclosed form of proxy to appoint one or more persons to attend and vote on a poll on your behalf. 
A proxy need not be a member of the Company. 

A form of proxy is provided. 

This may be sent by facsimile transfer to 01252 719 232 or by mail using the reply paid card to: 

The Company Secretary 
Savannah Resources Plc 
c/o Share Registrars Limited 
The Courtyard 
17 West Street 
Farnham 
Surrey GU9 7DR 

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In either case, the signed proxy must be received no later than 48 hours (excluding non­business days) before the 
time of the meeting, or any adjournment thereof. 

Registered Office:                            By order of the Board 

Salisbury House                               Christopher Michael McGarty 
London Wall                                     Company Secretary 
London 
EC2M 5PS 

20 May 2019 

Registered in England and Wales Number: 07307107 

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Notes to the Notice of Annual General Meeting 
Entitlement to Attend and Vote 
1. Pursuant to Regulation 41 of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001, the Company specifies that only 
those members registered on the Company’s register of members 48 hours (excluding non­business days) before 
the time of the Meeting shall be entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting. 

Appointment of Proxies 
2.

If you are a member of the Company at the time set out in note 1 above, you are entitled to appoint a proxy to 
exercise all or any of your rights to attend, speak and vote at the Meeting and you should have received a proxy 
form with this notice of meeting. You can only appoint a proxy using the procedures set out in these notes and 
the notes to the proxy form. 

3. A proxy does not need to be a member of the Company but must attend the Meeting to represent you. Details 
of how to appoint the Chairman of the Meeting or another person as your proxy using the proxy form are set 
out in the notes to the proxy form. If you wish your proxy to speak on your behalf at the Meeting you will need 
to appoint your own choice of proxy (not the Chairman) and give your instructions directly to them. 

4. You may appoint more than one proxy provided each proxy is appointed to exercise rights attached to different 
shares. You may not appoint more than one proxy to exercise rights attached to any one share. To appoint more 
than one proxy, please contact the registrars of the Company, Share Registrars Limited on 01252 821 390. 

5. A vote withheld is not a vote in law, which means that the vote will not be counted in the calculation of votes 
for or against the resolution. If no voting indication is given, your proxy will vote or abstain from voting at his 
or her discretion. Your proxy will vote (or abstain from voting) as he or she thinks fit in relation to any other 
matter which is put before the Meeting. 

Appointment of Proxy Using Hard Copy Proxy Form 
6. The notes to the proxy form explain how to direct your proxy how to vote on each resolution or withhold their 

vote. 

To appoint a proxy using the proxy form, the form must be: 

–

–

–

Completed and signed; 

Sent or delivered to Share Registrars Limited at The Courtyard, 17 West Street, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7DR, 
sent by facsimile transmission to 01252 719 232 or emailed to voting@shareregistrars.uk.com; and 

Received by Share Registrars Limited no later than 48 hours (excluding non­business days) prior to the 
Meeting. 

In the case of a member which is a Company, the proxy form must be executed under its common seal or signed 
on its behalf by an officer of the Company or an attorney for the Company. 

Any power of attorney or any other authority under which the proxy form is signed (or a duly certified copy of 
such power or authority) must be included with the proxy form. 

Appointment of Proxy by Joint Members 
7.

In the case of joint holders, where more than one of the joint holders purports to appoint a proxy, only the 
appointment submitted by the most senior holder will be accepted. Seniority is determined by the order in 
which the names of the joint holders appear in the Company’s register of members in respect of the joint 
holding (the first­named being the most senior). 

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Changing Proxy Instructions 
8. To change your proxy instructions simply submit a new proxy appointment using the methods set out above. 
Note that the cut­off time for receipt of proxy appointments (see above) also apply in relation to amended 
instructions; any amended proxy appointment received after the relevant cut­off time will be disregarded. 

Where you have appointed a proxy using the hard­copy proxy form and would like to change the instructions 
using another hard­copy proxy form, please contact Share Registrars Limited on 01252 821 390. 

If you submit more than one valid proxy appointment, the appointment received last before the latest time for 
the receipt of proxies will take precedence. 

Termination of Proxy Appointments 
9.

In order to revoke a proxy instruction you will need to inform the Company using one of the following methods: 

By sending a signed hard copy notice clearly stating your intention to revoke your proxy appointment to Share 
Registrars Limited at The Courtyard, 17 West Street, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7DR or by facsimile transmission to 
01252 719 232. In the case of a member which is a Company, the revocation notice must be executed under its 
common seal or signed on its behalf by an officer of the Company or an attorney for the Company. Any power 
of attorney or any other authority under which the revocation notice is signed (or a duly certified copy of such 
power or authority) must be included with the revocation notice. 

In either case, the revocation notice must be received by Share Registrars Limited no later than 48 hours 
(excluding non­business days) prior to the Meeting. 

If you attempt to revoke your proxy appointment but the revocation is received after the time specified then, 
subject to the paragraph directly below, your proxy appointment will remain valid. 

Appointment of a proxy does not preclude you from attending the Meeting and voting in person. If you have 
appointed a proxy and attend the Meeting in person, your proxy appointment will automatically be terminated. 

Issued shares and total voting rights 
10. As at 20 May 2019, the Company’s issued share capital comprised 881,451,795 ordinary shares of £0.01 each. 
Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote at a general meeting of the Company and, therefore, the total 
number of voting rights in the Company as at 20 May 2019 is 881,451,795. 

Communications with the Company 
11. Except  as  provided  above,  members  who  have  general  queries  about  the  Meeting  should  telephone  the 
Company Secretary, Christopher Michael McGarty, on 0207 117 2489 (no other methods of communication 
will be accepted). You may not use any electronic address provided either in this notice of general meeting; or 
any related documents (including the chairman’s letter and proxy form), to communicate with the Company 
for any purposes other than those expressly stated. 

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CREST 
12. CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service 
may do so for the Annual General Meeting and any adjournment(s) thereof by using the procedures described 
in the CREST Manual. 

CREST Personal Members or other CREST sponsored members, and those CREST members who have appointed 
a voting service provider(s) should refer to their CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s), who will be able 
to take the appropriate action on their behalf. 

In order for a proxy appointment or instruction made using the CREST service to be valid, the appropriate CREST 
message (a “CREST Proxy Instruction”) must be properly authenticated in accordance with Euroclear UK & 
Ireland Limited’s specifications and must contain the information required for such instructions, as described 
in the CREST Manual (available via euroclear.com/CREST). 

The message, regardless of whether it relates to the appointment of a proxy or to an amendment to the 
instruction given to a previously appointed proxy must, in order to be valid, be transmitted so as to be received 
by the issuer’s agent (ID: 7RA36) by the latest time(s) for receipt of proxy appointments specified above. For 
this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time (as determined by the timestamp applied to the 
message by the CREST Applications Host) from which the issuer’s agent is able to retrieve the message by 
enquiry to CREST in the manner prescribed by CREST. After this time, any change of Instructions to proxies 
appointed through CREST should be communicated to the appointee through other means. 

CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers should note that 
Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited does not make available special procedures in CREST for any particular messages. 
Normal system timings and limitations will therefore apply in relation to the input of CREST Proxy Instructions. 
It is the responsibility of the CREST member concerned to take (or, if the CREST member is a CREST personal 
member or sponsored member or has appointed a voting service provider(s), to procure that his or her CREST 
sponsor or voting service provider(s) take(s)) such action as shall be necessary to ensure that a message is 
transmitted  by  means  of  CREST  by  any  particular  time.  In  this  connection,  CREST  members  and,  where 
applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers are referred, in particular, to those sections of the 
CREST Manual concerning practical limitations of the CREST system and timings. 

The Company may treat as invalid a CREST Proxy Instruction in the circumstances set out in Regulation 35(5)(a) 
of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001. 

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COMPANY INFORMATION

DIRECTORS:

SECRETARY:

REGISTERED OFFICE:

Matthew James Wyatt King
David Stuart Archer
Dale John Ferguson
Maqbool Ali Sultan
Imad Kamal Abdul Redha Sultan
James Leahy
Manohar Pundalik Shenoy
Murtadha Ahmed Sultan

Dominic Traynor
Salisbury House
London Wall
London EC2M 5PS

Salisbury House 
London Wall 
London EC2M 5PS 

Chairman 
Executive Director 
Executive Director 
Non­Executive Director 
Non­Executive Director 
Non­Executive Director 
Alternate Director 
Alternate Director 

C M McGarty 
c/o Salisbury House 
London Wall 
London EC2M 5PS 

REGISTERED NUMBER:

07307107 (England and Wales) 

AUDITORS:

BANKERS:

NOMINATED ADVISOR:

BROKER:

EQUITY ADVISOR:

SOLICITORS:

REGISTRARS:

BDO LLP 
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors 
55 Baker Street 
London W1U 7EU 

NatWest Bank Plc 
St James’ & Piccadilly Branch 
PO Box 2DG, 208 Piccadilly 
London W1A 2DG 

SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP 
Prince Frederick House 
35­39 Maddox Street 
London W1S 2PP 

finnCap Ltd 
60 New Broad Street 
London EC2M 1JJ 

Whitman Howard Ltd 
Connaught House 
1­3 Mount Street 
London W1K 3NB 

Druces LLP 
Salisbury House 
London Wall 
London EC2M 5PS 

Share Registrars 
The Courtyard, 17 West Street 
Farnham 
Surrey GU9 7DR 

WEBSITE:

www.savannahresources.com

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SAVANNAH RESOURCES PLC 
Company No 07307107 

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 

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