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AnnUAl RePoRT & ACCoUnTS
AnnuAl RepoRt & Accounts
for the year ended 30 September 2014
For the year ended 30 September 2014
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welCoMe To TeRTiARy 
MineRAlS PlC

tertiary minerals plc is an aIm traded 
mineral exploration and development 
company building a strategic position in 
the fluorspar sector.

CoMPAny’S oPPoRTUniTy in FlUoRSPAR (CaF2)
Fluorspar is an essential raw material in the basic chemical, steel and aluminium 
industries and in a growing number of high-tech green technologies and 
pharmaceutical applications.

Fluorspar has a growing economic and strategic importance; defined as a strategic 
mineral in the US with 100% net import reliance; identified by the European 
Commission as a critical raw material facing a supply shortage.

CoMPAny’S AiM
Add value to the Group’s mineral projects through the discovery and development 
of mineral resources and to become a reliable long-term and competitive supplier 
of high quality fluorspar to world markets.

CoMPAny STRATegy
Acquire and develop large fluorspar deposits located close to established 
infrastructure and key markets in stable, democratic and mining friendly 
jurisdictions.

ConTenTS

strategic Report

4 | Group overview

6 | Chairman’s Statement

7 | Financial review & performance

8 | operating review & performance

12 | Fluorspar market Summary

our Governance

14 | Corporate Governance

15 | Corporate responsibility

16 | risks and Uncertainties

17 | board of directors

18 | directors’ responsibilities

19 | directors’ report

Financial statements

21 |  Independent auditor’s report to the  

members of tertiary minerals plc

22 | Consolidated Income Statement

22 |  Consolidated Statement of  

Comprehensive Income

23 |  Consolidated and Company  

Statements of Financial position

24 |  Consolidated Statement  

of Changes in equity

25 |  Company Statement of  

Changes in equity

26 |  Consolidated and Company  
Statements of Cash Flows

27 | notes to the Financial Statements

Annual General Meeting

46 | notice of annual General meeting

47 |   annual General meeting  

explanatory notes 

IbC | Company Information

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HigHligHTS

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2014  
AcHIeveD❯
 ❯ exploitation (mine) permit application submitted for the  

Storuman Fluorspar project in Sweden.

 ❯ Work continuing on Storuman preliminary Feasibility Study.

 ❯ Large maiden JorC compliant mineral resource estimate for the 
mb project in nevada, USa: Indicated 8.9 million tonnes grading 
10.3% fluorspar (CaF2) and Inferred 29.5 million tonnes grading 
10.4% fluorspar (CaF2) at 8% CaF2 cut-off.

 ❯ third drill programme completed at mb project, key objectives: 
Increase the size of the Inferred mineral resource and target 
potential higher grade fluorspar.

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stRAteGIc 

RepoRt

4 | Group overview

6 | Chairman’s Statement

7 | financial review & performance

8 | operating review & performance

12 | fluorspar market Summary

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the principal activity of the Company is that of a holding company for 
its subsidiaries. the principal activity of the Group is the identification, 
acquisition, exploration and development of mineral projects with 
primary focus on fluorspar, the main raw material source of fluorine 
for the chemical, steel and aluminium industries.

oUR FlUoRSPAR PRoJeCT loCATionS
The head office is in Macclesfield in the United 
Kingdom with core operating locations in Storuman 
in Sweden, Lassedalen in Norway and MB 
Project in Nevada, USA.

The Group’s operations in Sweden are undertaken 
through its registered branch Svensk filial till Tertiary 
Gold Limited and in Norway through a UK subsidiary 
Tertiary Gold Ltd. In the USA the Company operates 
through a subsidiary, Tertiary Minerals US Inc. 

SWEDEN
STORUMAN

NORWAY
LASSEDALEN

ACID-SPAR KEY MARKETS

USA,
NEVADA

TERTIARY MINERALS
HEAD OFFICE

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coMpAny’s  
AIMs❯ 

coMpAny’s 
stRAteGy❯ 

coMpAny’s  
BusIness MoDel❯ 

 ❯ become a reliable long-term and 

competitive supplier of high quality 
fluorspar to world markets.

 ❯ add value to the Group’s mineral 

projects. 

 ❯ discovery and development of mineral 

resources.

 ❯  acquire and develop large fluorspar 
deposits located close to established 
infrastructure and key markets in 
stable, democratic and mining friendly 
jurisdictions. 

The Company targets large fluorspar deposits as this is a 
critical factor in offering end users long-term security of supply 
and provides a platform for future expansion.

A critical component to the success of any industrial mineral 
project is proximity to established infrastructure and key 
markets. Industrial mineral projects cannot accommodate 
large infrastructure development costs and product 
transportation costs, particularly during periods of depressed 
commodity prices. This has been a key driver of the 
Company’s project selection process.

Mineral development is a high-risk business with long lead 
times between exploration and production and as a result 
Tertiary seeks projects in stable, democratic and mining 
friendly jurisdictions. This helps satisfy end users’ aim 
that their fluorspar raw materials are ethically sourced with 
minimum long-term supply risk. 

 ❯  Successful, efficient and low costs explorer. 

The Group prefers to acquire 100% ownership of mineral assets at minimal 
expense. This usually involves applying for exploration licences from the 
relevant authority, as was the case for the Storuman and Lassedalen projects. 
In other cases, rights are negotiated with existing project owners for initially 
low periodic payments that rise over time as confidence in the project value 
increases and this was the case for the MB project.

The Group seeks to operate with a low cost base in order to maximise the 
funds that can be spent on exploration and development — value adding 
activities. The Company has 6 full time employees including the two executive 
directors (Managing Director and Chairman) who work with and oversee 
carefully selected and experienced consultants and contractors. The Board of 
Directors comprises two independent non-executive directors, the Managing 
Director and the Executive Chairman. Their profiles are provided on page 17.

The administration costs are reduced through an arrangement governed by a 
Management Services Agreement with Sunrise Resources, whereby Sunrise 
Resources shares Tertiary’s office costs. As at the date of this announcement 
Tertiary is a substantial shareholder (as defined under the AIM Rules) of Sunrise 
Resources plc, holding 10.41%.

The Company’s activities are financed through periodic capital raisings, 
through private share placements and other innovative equity based financial 
instruments. As projects become more advanced the Board will seek to  
secure additional funding from potential end users. This kind of arrangement 
can take many forms, for example through off-take agreements or through joint 
venture partnerships.

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CHAiRMAn’S  
STATeMenT

I have great pleasure in presenting the company’s Annual Report & 
Financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2014.

In last year’s Annual Report we set out in detail 
our established strategy to acquire and develop 
large deposits of fluorspar close to markets and in 
democratic and mining friendly jurisdictions with 
the objective of becoming a reliable, long-term and 
competitive supplier of fluorspar.

In our Strategic Report for 2014 we have reviewed 
our progress against the Strategic Plan and we 
are reporting key milestones on our two principal 
projects which are strategically located in the main 
centres of western world fluorspar consumption, 
Europe and North America.

At the Storuman project in Sweden our years of 
exploration and environmental baseline monitoring 
led to the submission of an Exploitation (Mine) 
Permit application in July. The grant of this permit is 
expected to take 12–18 months during which time 
our preliminary feasibility studies will continue. When 
granted, the Exploitation Permit will secure our rights 
to the deposit for 25 years and clear the way for 
environmental permitting. 

In Nevada, USA, the receipt of very positive results 
from our inaugural two-phase drill programme 
allowed us to announce a maiden Mineral Resource 
of some 38 million tonnes of open-pit mineable 
material grading 10% fluorspar, substantially 
exceeding our initial target. As mineralisation is still 
open along strike in most directions, as well as at 

depth in many holes, we carried out a third phase 
of drilling this autumn. Our objective for Phase 3 
is to expand the Mineral Resource to the north 
and northwest of the existing Mineral Resource. 
Results are eagerly awaited but first indications 
from a deep step out hole over 700m from the 
resource boundary are of multiple thick intersections 
of fluorspar mineralisation in a 300m thick section 
reinforcing my belief that we are just now starting 
to see the world class scope of this remarkable 
deposit. Our direct fluorspar discovery costs at the 
MB project are just 0.17p per tonne of fluorspar 
underlining our credentials as a low cost explorer. 

Because of difficult market conditions and to 
minimise shareholder dilution, we have carried out 
only a modest fundraising in 2014 but we did realise 
a profit on the closing out of our 2013 equity swap 
arrangement earlier this financial year.

I would like to thank all of my co-directors for their 
counsel in 2014 and all of the staff at Tertiary, ably 
led by our Managing Director Richard Clemmey, for 
their loyalty and hard work.

I look forward to meeting shareholders again at the 
Annual General Meeting which is to be held on 
Thursday 5th February 2015 as set out on page 46.

Frustratingly, however, the equity market has not 
recognised the value to the Company of these 
results. This is true of so many exploration and 
development companies at present but ours is a 
cyclical industry and we believe that the progress 
we have made will position the Company at the 
forefront of the next recovery. This consistent 
progress is also important in building credibility and 
support for our ambitions amongst the international 
chemical producers which will eventually become 
our customers and we continue to establish 
ourselves as an active participant in this important 
community.

patrick cheetham 
Executive Chairman 
11 December 2014

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FinAnCiAl Review  
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The Group is currently in the earlier stages of the 
typical mining development cycle and so has 
no income other than cost recovery from the 
management contract with a third party explorer 
and a small amount of bank interest. Consequently 
the Group is not expected to report profits until 
it disposes of, or is able to profitably develop or 
otherwise turn to account its exploration and 
development projects. 

The results for the Group are set out in detail on 
page 22. The Group reports a loss of £358,807 
for the year (2013: £451,160) after administration 
costs of £423,459 (2013: £437,857) and after 
crediting interest of £4,412 (2013: £5,668). The loss 
includes expensed pre-licence and reconnaissance 
exploration costs of £9,214 (2013: £32,131), and 
impairment of deferred exploration costs of £3,254 
(2013: £7,140). Administration costs include 
£71,448 (2013: £88,506) as non-cash costs for 
the value of certain options and warrants held by 
employees and others as required by IFRS 2.

The financial statements show that, at  
30 September 2014, the Group had net current 
assets of £887,072 (2013: £1,298,847). This 
represents the cash position after allowing for 
receivables and trade and other payables. These 
amounts are shown in the Consolidated and 
Company Statement of Financial Position on page 
23 and are also components of the Net Assets 
of the Group. Net assets also include various 
“intangible” assets of the Company. As the name 
suggests, these intangible assets are not cash 
assets but include some of this year’s and previous 
years’ accrued expenditure on minerals projects 

where that expenditure meets the criteria in Note 
1(d) accounting policies. The individual intangible 
assets total £3,051,724 (2013: £2,420,947) and 
breakdown by project is shown in Note 2 to the 
Financial Statements on page 31. 

company can provide a moment in time snapshot 
of the financial health of the Company but do not 
provide a reliable guide to the performance of the 
Company or its Board and its long-term potential to 
create value.

Expenditure which does not meet the criteria in Note 
1(d), such as pre-licence and reconnaissance costs, 
are expensed and add to the Company’s loss. The 
loss reported in any year can also include expenditure 
that was carried forward in previous reporting 
periods as an intangible asset but which the Board 
determines is “impaired” in the reporting period.

The usual financial key performance indicators 
(“KPIs”) are neither applicable nor appropriate to 
measurement of the value creation of a company 
with no turnover and so the Directors consider that 
the detailed information in the Operating Review 
is the best guide to the Group’s progress and 
performance during the year.

FUndRAiSing
Since 2008, when the Company acquired its first 
fluorspar project at Storuman, the Company has 
raised just £4,971,271 in equity and your Board is 
therefore proud of the progress it has made since 
that date, on limited financial resources in a period 
of considerable financial turmoil.

During the 2014 financial year the Company raised 
a total of £737,938 net of expenses from a variety 
of sources as shown in Note 14 of the Financial 
Statements.

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The extent to which expenditure is carried forward 
as intangible assets is a measure of the extent 
to which the value of Company’s expenditure is 
preserved. In the current reporting period an amount 
of £3,254 was impaired for the Rosendal Tantalum 
project.

The intangible asset value of a project does not 
equate to the realisable or market value of a 
particular project which will, in the Directors’ opinion, 
be at least equal in value and often considerably 
higher. Hence the Company’s market capitalisation 
on AIM is usually in excess of the net asset value of 
the Group.

Details of intangible assets, property, plant & 
equipment and investments are set out in Notes 8,  
9 and 10 of the financial statements. 

Administration and overhead costs have been 
shared with Sunrise Resources plc, to the benefit of 
both companies. This cost sharing is continuing.

The Financial Statements of a mineral exploration 

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the Company’s fluorspar projects sit at various 
stages within the typical mining development 
cycle. the company is pleased to report that it is 
on track with the development of its 100% owned 
fluorspar projects towards the aim of becoming 
a reliable long-term and competitive supplier of 
high quality fluorspar to world markets.

In 2014 the Company has more than doubled its 
fluorspar Mineral Resource asset base as defined 
and categorised under the JoRc code 2012*.

*  The Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves prepared by the 
Joint Ores Reserves Committee (JORC) of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Australian Institute of 
Geoscientists and the Minerals Council of Australia. 

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EXPLORATION
MB Fluorspar Project,
Nevada, USA

FEASIBILITY 
& PLANNING
Storuman Fluorspar 
Project, Sweden
Lassedalen Fluorspar 
Project, Norway

DEVELOPMENT

MINING

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SToruMan FluorSpar projecT, Sweden

The Company’s 100% owned Storuman project is 
located in north central Sweden and is linked by the 
E12 highway to the port city of Mo-i-Rana in Norway 
and by road and rail to the port of Umeå on the Gulf 
of Bothnia. A newly constructed bulk rail terminal 
25km from the project site is likely to become an 
important factor in the cost-effective delivery of 
fluorspar to the key European fluorspar market. 

exPloiTATion (Mine) PeRMiT 
APPliCATion
The Company passed an important milestone in July 
2014 by submitting its Exploitation (Mine) Permit 
application to the Swedish Mining Inspectorate. 
In order to submit an Exploitation (Mine) Permit 
application the Company had to complete the 
following key work programmes for the project:

 ❯ Drilling.

 ❯ Metallurgical Testwork.

 ❯ Scoping Study.

 ❯ JORC compliant Mineral Resource Estimate.

 ❯ Key stakeholder engagement and consultation.

 ❯ Two years baseline environmental studies.

The resultant technical, economic, social and 
environmental information has been used by the 
Company and its Swedish based consultants 
and advisors to prepare the technical description, 
environmental impact assessment and legal 
documents required for the application. 

The estimated timeline for Exploitation (Mine) Permit 
approval in Sweden can be highly variable but the 
typical timeline is currently between twelve and 
eighteen months. The process requires that the 
Company waits for the approval of the Exploitation 

(Mine) Permit prior to preparing and submitting the 
Environmental Permit Application.

In an effort to eliminate delays in processing the 
Exploitation (Mine) Permit the Company has 
prepared a very thorough application with certain 
elements exceeding what is legally and normally 
required by the Swedish Mining Inspectorate. 
Whilst every effort has been made, the schedule 
for processing and approving Exploitation and 
Environmental Permits is not within the Company’s 
control and this will ultimately govern the time frame 
for the development of the mine.

PReliMinARy FeASiBiliTy STUdy
Preliminary Feasibility Study level metallurgical 
testwork has been ongoing and has been subject 
to a series of delays due to the different mineralogy 
of the two ore zones and unforeseen delays at 
the testwork laboratory. The initial results from the 
testwork of the Upper Ore Zone indicate that acid 
grade fluorspar concentrate can be produced with 
recoveries of more than 80%, meeting the key 
chemical specifications as follows:

 ❯ CaF2 > 97%
 ❯ SiO2 < 1%
The testwork has produced fluorspar concentrate 
with a coarser size distribution than that produced in 
the Scoping Study metallurgical testwork. However, 
this is somewhat finer than the ‘typical’ market 
specification of acid grade fluorspar. The results 
from the testwork of the Lower Ore Horizon indicate 
that finer grinding than that of the Upper Ore Zone 
is required in order to produce an acid grade 
concentrate and recoveries lower than the Upper 
Ore Zone. 

storuman 
Fluorspar  
project

sWeDen

2014  
HIGHlIGHts❯
 ❯ exploitation (mine) permit 
application submitted.

 ❯ preliminary Feasibility 
Study metallurgical 
testwork — close to 
completion.

09

The Company has contracted the services of 
a specialist mineral processing consultancy to 
complete the final phase of Preliminary Feasibility 
Study level metallurgical testwork where it will target 
further optimisation of both grind size and recovery. 
This stage of work is expected to be completed in 
the first quarter of 2015.

Once this critical task is successfully completed the 
Company expects to evaluate different options for 
processing and mine planning and will then execute 
the final elements of the Preliminary Feasibility Study 
including engineering design, mine design, capital 
and operating cost estimation. The current target for 
completing the evaluation and Preliminary Feasibility 
Study is the end of 2015.

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MB FluorSpar projecT, nevada, uSa

usA

MB project, 
nevada

2014  
HIGHlIGHts❯
 ❯ Large maiden JorC 
compliant mineral 
resource estimate.

 ❯ phase 3 drilling 

programme completed.

 ❯ Scoping Study level 

metallurgical testwork – 
programme started.

The MB Property comprises 146 contiguous mining 
claims covering an area more than 2,800 acres and 
is located 19km south-west of the town of Eureka 
in central Nevada, USA. The state of Nevada is 
widely recognised to be one of the most attractive 
mining jurisdictions in the world. Eureka is located 
on US Highway 50 and the main railroad is located 
165km to the north of the deposit providing bulk 
freight distribution to the East and West of the USA. 
Together with Europe, the USA is a key fluorspar 
market currently importing the majority of its 
fluorspar demand. Having distribution access to the 
west coast provides access to Asian markets, which 
may be a target market in the future. 

MAiden JoRC CoMPliAnT MineRAl 
ReSoURCe eSTiMATe
Following the two phases of drilling completed in 
2013, comprising 26 holes and totalling 3,223 metres 
across three areas of the deposit, the Company 
commissioned Wardell Armstrong International Ltd 
(WAI) to complete a maiden JORC 2012 compliant 
Mineral Resource Estimate for the MB Project. This 
Mineral Resource Estimate of 38.4 million tonnes 
grading 10.4% fluorspar (CaF2) was not only a 
significant milestone for the MB Project but also for 
the Company as it more than doubled the Company’s 
100% owned fluorspar Mineral Resources to 7.8 
million tonnes of contained fluorspar.

PHASe 3 dRilling 
The Company moved quickly onto planning the 
next phase of drilling, Phase 3, following the 
completion of the maiden JORC 2012 Mineral 
Resource Estimate. The Phase 3 drilling programme 
completed in November 2014 and comprised a 
further 9 holes totalling 2,516 metres using the 
reverse circulation (percussion) method of

drilling. The key objectives of the Phase 3 drilling 
programme were to:

 ❯ Increase the size of the Inferred Mineral Resource 
by extending the drilling to the north and west of 
the defined Mineral Resource; 

 ❯ Target potential higher grade fluorspar closer to 

the source of mineralisation by drilling to the west 
of defined Mineral Resource.

Results from the drilling programme are expected 
to be reported in due course. However, preliminary 
results from the first hole, a deep (516 metres) 
step out hole drilled 700 metres to the west of the 
current defined Mineral Resource, are encouraging. 
Observations and results suggest multiple thick 
intersections between 60m from surface to over 
360m deep, of significant fluorspar mineralisation 
and indicate the potential to increase the size of the 
current defined large JORC 2012 compliant Mineral 
Resource Estimate. 

MeTAllURgiCAl TeSTwoRK
Composite samples from the Phase 2 drilling 
programme have been submitted to an independent 
testing laboratory for early stage bench scale 
metallurgical testwork. The target of the testwork 
programme is to ascertain the potential for 
producing acid grade fluorspar from the ore. Early 
stage results are expected by the end of June 2015.

THe nexT STeP
Following the receipt of the Phase 3 drilling results the 
Company’s objective is to contract an independent 
consultant to re-model the current JORC compliant 
Mineral Resource Estimate during the first half 
of 2015. The results from the modelling and the 
metallurgical testwork will drive the next step in the 
project whether that be a further phase of drilling and/
or Scoping Study completion by the end of 2015.

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noRWAy

lassedalen  
Fluorspar  
project

lASSedAlen FlUoRSPAR PRoJeCT, 
noRwAy 
The Lassedalen Fluorspar Project is favourably 
located near Kongsberg, 80km to the south-west 
of Oslo in Norway. It is less than 1km from highway 
E134 and approximately 50km from the nearest 
Norwegian port. The Company views this resource 
as strategically important alongside its Storuman 
project for the European market. However, due to 
financial market conditions in 2013/2014 and given 
the commitments on its other fluorspar projects 
and the absence of expenditure obligations, further 
exploration at the Lassedalen project has been 
deferred. The objective in the future is further drilling 
aimed at increasing the size of the current JORC 
compliant Mineral Resource of 4 million tonnes 
grading 25% fluorspar (CaF2). 

oTHeR non-CoRe PRoJeCTS
Finland Gold project
The Company’s gold projects in Finland include the 
Kaaresselkä and Kiekerömaa gold prospects in the 
Lappland Greenstone Belt. This belt hosts a number 
of advanced gold projects and two operating gold 
mines including the six million ounce Kittila Gold 
mine operated by Canadian major, Agnico Eagle 
Mines.

pentoxide (Ta2O5), open at depth. The majority of the 
pegmatite comprises sodium feldspar which is used 
in the manufacture of glass, glazes and in other 
industrial applications. Tantalum is used mainly in 
electronic applications.

The Company’s 2002 PFS evaluation considered 
production of tantalum only using the prevailing 
tantalite price of US$35–40/lb Ta2O5. It showed 
the project to be marginal and no further work was 
carried out. Since 2002, the price for tantalite has 
increased and is currently in the range $80–90/lb  
Ta2O5. A Scandinavian source of tantalum could be 
well perceived as of value by tantalite buyers and 
consumers of tantalum metal who now seek ethically 
sourced, conflict-free supplies in compliance with the 
requirements of the 2011 US Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act. 

As with the other non-core projects the Company is 
currently evaluating how to best valorise the project 
either through joint venture or sale.

Ghurayyah tantalum-niobium-Rare- 
earth project
During 2014 preliminary feasibility studies for 
development of Ghurayyah have continued to be on 
hold pending the issue of a new exploration licence. 

The Kaaresselkä Exploration Licence renewal was 
granted in March 2013 and Kiekerömaa in April 
2014 for a period of three years. The Company is 
currently evaluating how to best valorise the projects 
either through joint venture or sale.

HeAlTH And SAFeTy
The Group has maintained strict compliance with 
its Health and Safety Policy and is pleased to report 
there has been no lost time due to injuries during the 
course of the year.

Rosendal tantalum project
The Rosendal project contains a pegmatite hosted 
JORC compliant Inferred Mineral Resource of  
1 million tonnes grading 255ppm tantalum 

enviRonMenT
No Group company has had or been notified of 
any instance of non-compliance with environmental 
legislation in any of the countries in which they work.

old underground  
Workings at lassedalen

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FlUoRSPAR  
MARKeT SUMMARy*

Key FluoRspAR 
MARKet DynAMIcs❯

 ❯ China accounts for over 

half of the world’s fluorspar 
production.

 ❯ Chinese exports have continued 
to decline since 2000 as internal 
demand has increased.

 ❯ potential for China to become a 

net importer in the future.

 ❯ acid-spar prices have declined 
since late 2012 but the long-
term trend has been upwards 
since 2000 with long-term 
future outlook looking positive.

 ❯ Western europe, Canada and 
the USa are the largest acid-
spar consuming regions outside 
of China, importing more than 
900,000 tonnes per year.
 ❯ Fluorspar is classified as a 
critical raw material by the 
european Commission.

 ❯ USa considers fluorspar as a 
strategic mineral — 100% net 
import reliance.

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The current global demand for fluorspar is 
6.0–6.5 million tonnes per year. Acid-spar, the 
quality of material used as feedstock in fluorine 
based chemicals, represents the largest share 
of the fluorspar market by volume, with current 
demand being around 3.8 million tonnes per year, 
and commands the highest price per tonne in 
comparison to metallurgical-spar, used as a flux in 
steel making, and ceramic grade fluorspar. The two 
primary uses of acid-spar are: 

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 ❯ The manufacture of Aluminium Fluoride (AlF3) 

The global supply and demand for fluorspar has 
seen steady growth over the decade 1998 to 2008. 
In 2009 the global financial crisis contributed to 
a contraction in acid-spar supply and demand 

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followed by a recovery in 2011. From the latter part 
of 2012 and through 2014 demand for acid-spar 
has softened and this has been reflected in the price. 
The China export price for acid-spar (FOB China) is a 
traditional benchmark price and is currently published 
as US$290–310/tonne (Industrial Minerals Magazine). 
The equivalent price delivered into Europe (CIF 
Rotterdam) is published as US$330–360/tonne. 

The current price weakness does not impact the 
Company’s long term strategy as it is not yet in 
production and the positive macroeconomic drivers 
for future prices are essentially unchanged.

China is the leading producer of acid-spar 
representing over 50% of the total output. However, 
during the last decade there has been a continued 
trend of reducing Chinese acid-spar exports. This 
significant reduction in exports is due to a combination 
of growth in internal demand and China’s Government 
policies aimed at guaranteeing domestic supply and 
to protect limited reserves. As the downstream value 

added fluorspar consumer industry continues to grow 
this could possibly result in China becoming a net 
importer of fluorspar in the future.

It is the Company’s view that the Chinese supply-
demand dynamics coupled with the increasing 
global demand outlook for the downstream uses of 
fluorine such as refrigeration, energy reduction in the 
steel and aluminium industry and emerging uses, 
fluoropolymers in lithium batteries for example, will 
increase global demand and price for fluorspar in the 
long term. The new generation of environmentally 
friendly refrigerants, hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs), 
contain an increased proportion of fluorine 
than the older ozone depleting refrigerants, 
hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). 

The largest acid-spar consuming regions outside of 
China are Western Europe, Canada and the USA, 
collectively importing more than 900,000 tonnes 
of acid-spar per year. The uncertainty of Chinese 
acid-spar supply has resulted in increasing pressure 
on these regions to secure long-term sources and 
recent upstream merger and acquisition integration 
in the industry reflects this position.

The changing fluorspar supply-demand dynamics 
have been recognised by the European Commission 
(EC) which in 2010 classified fluorspar as one of the 
fourteen critical raw materials because of its high 
risk of supply shortage and consequent impact on 
the economy. The USA, which currently imports 
material to meet all of its fluorspar demand, also 
considers fluorspar as a strategic mineral.

*   The information in this Fluorspar Market Summary is 

drawn from various sources, including Industrial Minerals 
Magazine, United States Geological Survey, Roskill, UN 
Comtrade and CRU.

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ouR  

GoveRnAnce

14 | Corporate Governance

15 | Corporate responsibility

16 | risks & Uncertainties

17 | board of directors

18 | directors’ responsibilities

19 | directors’ report

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CoRPoRATe  
goveRnAnCe

The Company is committed to high standards of 
corporate governance and the Board seeks to 
comply with the principles of the UK Corporate 
Governance Code (“the Code”), insofar as it is 
appropriate to the Company at this stage in its 
development.

The Board of Directors currently comprises the 
Executive Chairman, Managing Director and two 
non-executive directors. The Board considers 
that this structure is suitable for the Company 
having regard to the fact that it is not yet revenue-
earning. In November 2013, the roles of Chairman 
and Managing Director were separated with the 
promotion of Richard Clemmey from Operations 
Director to Managing Director, a move which, 
amongst other things, brings this aspect of 
governance into line with best practice. 

The two non-executive directors have both served 
for more than eleven years and under the terms of 
the Code cannot now be regarded as independent. 
It is proposed that they should continue to seek 
annual re-election rather than every third year as per 
the Articles of Association. The Company has been 
fortunate to secure the services of Donald McAlister 
and David Whitehead during that time and both 
continue to provide valuable advice based on their 
long experience of the mining industry. 

The Board can be strengthened by the appointment 
of independent non-executive directors but is 
satisfied that its composition is currently suitable for 
an AIM listed company 

and to make recommendations to the Board in 
accordance with the requirements of the Code and 
other applicable rules and regulations, insofar as 
they are appropriate to the Group at this stage in its 
development.

ConFliCTS oF inTeReST
The Companies Act 2006 permits directors of 
public companies to authorise directors’ conflicts 
and potential conflicts, where appropriate, and the 
Articles of Association contain a provision to this 
effect.

At 30 September 2014, Tertiary Minerals plc 
held 9.52% of the issued share capital of Sunrise 
Resources plc and the Chairman of Tertiary Minerals 
plc is also Chairman of Sunrise Resources plc. 
Tertiary Minerals plc also provides management 
services to Sunrise Resources plc, in the search, 
evaluation and acquisition of new projects.

Procedures are in place in order to avoid any conflict 
of interest between the Company and Sunrise 
Resources plc.

Role oF THe BoARd
The Board’s role is to agree the Group’s long-term 
direction and strategy and monitor achievement 
of its business objectives. The Board meets four 
times a year for these purposes and holds additional 
meetings when necessary to transact other business. 
The Board receives reports for consideration on all 
significant strategic and operational matters.

Notwithstanding that the non-executive directors are 
not considered to be independent under the terms 
of the Code, they are considered by the Board to 
be independent of management and free from any 
business or other relationship which could materially 
interfere with the exercise of their independent 
judgement. Directors have the facility to take 
external independent advice in furtherance of their 
duties at the Group’s expense and have access to 
the services of the Company Secretary.

The Board delegates certain of its responsibilities 
to the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination 
Committees of the Board. These Committees 
operate within clearly defined, written terms of 
reference.

AUdiT CoMMiTTee
The Audit Committee, composed entirely of non-
executive directors, meets at least twice a year 
and assists the Board in meeting responsibilities in 
respect of external financial reporting and internal 
controls. The Audit Committee also keeps under 
review the scope and results of the audit. It also 
considers the cost-effectiveness, independence and 
objectivity of the Auditor taking account of any non-
audit services provided by them.

ReMUneRATion CoMMiTTee
The Remuneration Committee also comprises 
the non-executive directors. The Remuneration 
Committee meets at least once a year to determine 
the appropriate remuneration for the Company’s 
executive directors, ensuring that this reflects 
their performance and that of the Group, and 
to demonstrate to shareholders that executive 
remuneration is set by Board members who have no 
personal interest in the outcome of their decisions.

In 2014 the Company initiated a long term bonus 
and incentive scheme for the Managing Director. 
The objective of adopting the scheme is to provide 
reward for successfully achieving performance 
targets set by the Board of Directors in line with the 
Company’s Aims and Strategy. The Company has 
in place an Inland Revenue approved share option 
scheme and also issues warrants to subscribe 
for shares to executive directors and employees. 
Directors’ emoluments are disclosed in Note 4 to 
the financial statements and details of directors’ 
warrants are disclosed in Note 17.

The Board is aware that non-executive directors are 
not considered to be independent under the terms 
of the Code if they hold warrants to buy shares in 
the Company and so they no longer participate in 
the issue of warrants. 

noMinATion CoMMiTTee
The Nomination Committee comprises the 
Chairman, Managing Director and the non-executive 
directors. The Nomination Committee meets at least 
once per year to lead the formal process of rigorous 
and transparent procedures for Board appointments 

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The Board takes regular account of the significance 
of social, environmental and ethical matters affecting 
the business of the Group. At this stage in the 
Group’s development the Board has not adopted 
a specific written policy on Corporate Social 
Responsibility as it has a limited pool of stakeholders 
other than its shareholders. Rather, the Board seeks 
to protect the interests of the Group’s stakeholders 
through individual policies and through ethical and 
transparent actions.

enviRonMenT
The Board recognises that its principal activity, 
mineral exploration, has potential to impact on the 
local environment and consequently has adopted 
an Environmental Policy to ensure that the Group’s 
activities have minimal harmful environmental 
impact. Contractors are carefully selected to ensure 
that they have their own environmental policy, 
resources and training in order to carry out field 
activities in line with the Company’s high standards.

The Company engages positively with local 
communities and stakeholders in its project 
locations and in 2014, the Company provided 
modest sponsorship of the local ice hockey team 
in Storuman, Sweden, with particular focus on 
supporting the club in attracting, coaching and 
equipping new youth players to the sport. 

SHAReHoldeRS
As set out above, the Board seeks to protect 
shareholders’ interests by following, where 
appropriate, the guidelines in the Code and the 
directors are always prepared, where practicable, to 
enter into a dialogue with shareholders to promote 
a mutual understanding of objectives. The Annual 
General Meeting provides the Board with an 
opportunity to informally meet and communicate 
directly with investors.

The Group’s activities, carried out in accordance 
with the Environmental Policy, have had only minimal 
environmental impact and this policy is regularly 
reviewed. Where appropriate, all work is carried 
out after advance consultation with all potentially 
affected parties. 

eMPloyeeS
The Group encourages its employees to understand 
all aspects of the Group’s business and seeks 
to remunerate its employees fairly, being flexible 
where practicable. The Group gives full and fair 
consideration to applications for employment 
received regardless of age, gender, colour, ethnicity, 
disability, nationality, religious beliefs, transgender 
status or sexual orientation. The Board takes 
account of employees’ interests when making 
decisions, and suggestions from employees aimed at 
improving the Group’s performance are welcomed.

The Company has adopted an Anti-corruption 
Policy and Code of Conduct.

SUPPlieRS And ConTRACToRS
The Group recognises that the goodwill of its 
contractors, consultants and suppliers is important 
to its business success and seeks to build and 
maintain this goodwill through fair dealings. The 
Group has a prompt payment policy and seeks 
to settle all agreed liabilities within the terms 
agreed with suppliers. The amount shown in the 
Consolidated and Company Statement of Financial 
Position in respect of trade payables at the end of 
the financial year represents 17 days of average 
daily purchases (2013: 59 days).

HeAlTH And SAFeTy
The Board recognises it has a responsibility to 
provide strategic leadership and direction in the 
development of the Group’s health and safety 
strategy in order to protect all of its stakeholders. 
The Company has developed a Health and Safety 
Policy to clearly define roles and responsibilities and 
in order to identify and manage risk.

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RiSKS &  
UnCeRTAinTieS

The Board regularly reviews the risks to which the 
Group is exposed and ensures through its meetings 
and regular reporting that these risks are minimised 
as far as possible. Details of how the directors 
mitigate these risks can be found in the Strategic 
Report starting on page 4. The principal risks and 
uncertainties facing the Group at this stage in its 
development are:

exPloRATion RiSK 
The Company’s business is mineral exploration and 
evaluation which are activities subject to speculative 
technical and economic uncertainty, and whilst the 
directors are satisfied that good progress is being 
made, there is no certainty that the Group will be 
successful in the definition of economic mineral 
deposits, or that it will proceed to the development 
of any of its projects or otherwise realise their value.

ReSoURCe RiSK
All mineral deposits have risk associated with their 
defined grade and continuity. Mineral Reserves 
and Resources are calculated by the Group in 
accordance with accepted industry standards 
and codes (JORC) but are always subject to 
uncertainties in the underlying assumptions 
which include geological projection, metal price 
assumptions and other technical uncertainties.

develoPMenT RiSK
Delays in permitting or changes in permit legislation 
and/or regulation, financing and commissioning a 
project may result in delays to the Group meeting 
future production targets or even in extreme cases 
loss of title.

Changes in commodity prices can affect the 
economic viability of mining projects and affect 
decisions on continuing exploration activity.

Mining And PRoCeSSing TeCHniCAl 
RiSK
Notwithstanding the completion of metallurgical 
testwork, test mining and pilot studies indicating the 
technical viability of a mining operation, variations 
in mineralogy, mineral continuity, ground stability, 
groundwater conditions and other geological 
conditions may still render a mining and processing 
operation economically or technically non-viable.

enviRonMenTAl RiSK
Exploration and development of a project can be 
adversely affected by environmental legislation and 
the unforeseen results of environmental studies 
carried out during evaluation of a project. Once a 
project is in production unforeseen events can give 
rise to environmental liabilities.

FinAnCing & liQUidiT y RiSK
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be 
able to raise working capital for its ongoing activities. 
The Group’s goal is to finance its exploration and 
evaluation activities from future cash flows but until 
that point is reached the Company is reliant on 
raising working capital from equity markets or from 
industry sources. There is no certainty such funds 
will be available when needed. 

PoliTiCAl RiSK
All countries carry political risk that can lead to 
interruption of activity. Politically stable countries 

can have enhanced environmental and social 
permitting risks, risks of strikes and changes to 
taxation whereas less developed countries have 
enhanced risks associated with changes to the 
legal framework, civil unrest and government 
expropriation of assets.

PARTneR RiSK
The Group can be adversely affected if joint 
venture partners are unable or unwilling to perform 
their obligations or fund their share of future 
developments. 

FinAnCiAl inSTRUMenTS
Details of risks associated with the Group’s Financial 
Instruments are given in Note 20 to the financial 
statements on page 43.

inTeRnAl ConTRolS & RiSK 
MAnAgeMenT
The directors are responsible for the Group’s system 
of internal financial control. Although no system 
of internal financial control can provide absolute 
assurance against material misstatement or loss, the 
Group’s system is designed to provide reasonable 
assurance that problems are identified on a timely 
basis and dealt with appropriately and expeditiously.

In carrying out their responsibilities, the directors 
have put in place a framework of controls to 
ensure as far as possible that ongoing financial 
performance is monitored in a timely manner, that 
corrective action is taken and that risk is identified as 
early as practically possible, and they have reviewed 
the effectiveness of internal financial control.

The Board, subject to delegated authority, reviews 
capital investment, property sales and purchases, 
additional borrowing facilities, guarantees and 
insurance arrangements. 

FoRwARd looKing STATeMenTS
This Annual Report contains certain forward looking 
statements that have been made by the directors in 
good faith based on the information available at the 
time of the approval of the Annual Report. By their 
nature, such forward looking statements involve 
risks and uncertainties because they relate to events 
and depend on circumstances that will or may occur 
in the future. Actual results may differ from those 
expressed in such statements.

This Strategic Report was approved by the Board 
of Directors on 11 December 2014 and signed on 
its behalf.

Richard clemmey 
Managing Director

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diReCToRS

pAtRIcK cHeetHAM (54)
Executive Chairman
Key strengths and experience
 ❯ Geologist. 
 ❯ 33 years experience in mineral exploration.
 ❯ 28 years experience in public company management.
 ❯ Founder of the Company, Dragon Mining Ltd, Archaean 

Gold NL and Sunrise Resources plc.

External appointments 
Chairman and founder of Sunrise Resources plc.

DAvID WHIteHeAD (72)
Non-Executive Director†
Key strengths and experience
 ❯ Mining geologist. 
 ❯ 41+ years experience in all aspects of mineral exploration, 

mine development and operations management.
 ❯ 20 years at senior executive level at BHP Billiton.
 ❯ Board director since 2002.

External appointments
Currently a director of Consolidated Mines & Investments Ltd. 
and Chairman of its subsidiary Consolidated Nickel Mines Ltd. 
Both companies are unlisted.

DonAlD McAlIsteR (55)
Non-Executive Director*

Key strengths and experience
 ❯ Accountant.
 ❯ Previously Finance Director at Mwana Africa plc, Ridge 

Mining plc and Reunion Mining.

 ❯ 20+ years experience in all financial aspects of the resource 
industry, including metal hedging, tax planning, economic 
modelling/evaluation, project finance and IPOs.

 ❯ Founding director of the Company.

External appointments 
Currently an independent consultant to the mining industry.

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RIcHARD cleMMey (42)
Managing Director
Key strengths and experience
 ❯ Chartered Engineer.
 ❯ 21+ years experience in developing and managing mining/
quarrying projects worldwide for Derwent Mining, Lafarge, 
Hargreaves (GB) Ltd, Marshalls plc and CFE.

 ❯ Board director since May 2012.

External appointments 
None.

colIn FItcH llM, FcIs
Company Secretary
Key strengths and experience
 ❯ Barrister-at-Law.
 ❯ Previously Corporate Finance Director of Kleinwort Benson, 
Partner and Head of Corporate Finance at Rowe & Pitman 
(SG Warburg Securities) and Assistant Company Secretary 
at the London Stock Exchange.

 ❯ Held a number of non-executive directorships including 
Merrydown plc, African Lakes plc and Manders plc.

External appointments 
Company Secretary for Sunrise Resources plc.

* 

† 

 Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the  
Remuneration Committee.

 Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member  
of the Audit Committee.

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diReCToRS’  
ReSPonSiBiliTieS

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 and integrity 
of the Company’s website is the responsibility of the 
directors. The directors’ responsibility also extends 
to the ongoing integrity of the financial statements 
contained therein.

The directors are responsible for preparing the 
Strategic Report, the Directors’ Report and the 
financial statements in accordance with applicable 
law and regulations. 

Company law requires the directors to prepare 
financial statements for each financial year. Under 
that law the directors have 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 AIM Rules of 
the London Stock Exchange for companies trading 
securities on the AIM 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 and the Group will 
continue in business.

Richard clemmey,  
Managing Director

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diReCToRS’  
RePoRT

The directors are pleased to submit their Annual 
Report and audited accounts for the year ended  
30 September 2014. 

The Strategic Report starting on page 4 contains 
details of the principal activities of the Company and 
includes the Operating Review & Performance which 
provides detailed information on the development of 
the Group’s business during the year and indications 
of likely future developments. 

going ConCeRn
In common with many exploration companies, the 
Company raises finance for its exploration and 
appraisal activities in discrete tranches, as and when 
required. When any of the Company’s projects move 
to the development stage, specific project financing 
will be required.

The directors prepare annual budgets and cash flow 
projections that extend beyond 12 months from 
the date of this report. These projections include 
the proceeds of future fundraising and planned 
discretionary project expenditures necessary to 
maintain the Company and Group as going concerns. 
Although the Company has been successful in raising 
finance in the past, there is no assurance that it will 
obtain adequate finance in the future. However, the 
directors have a reasonable expectation that they will 
secure additional funding when required to continue 
meeting corporate overheads and exploration costs 
for the foreseeable future and therefore believe that 
the “going concern” basis is appropriate for the 
preparation of the financial statements. For further 
information see Note 1(b) on page 27.

dividend
The directors are unable to recommend the 
payment of a dividend. 

FinAnCiAl inSTRUMenTS  & oTHeR RiSKS
Details of the Group’s Financial Instruments and 
risk management objectives and of the Group’s 
exposure to risk associated with its Financial 
Instruments is given in Note 20 to the financial 
statements.

The business of mineral exploration and evaluation 
has inherent risks. Details of risks and uncertainties 
that affect the Group’s business are given in the 
Strategic Report starting on page 4.

diReCToRS
The Directors holding office in the period were:

As at 11 December 2014

Barclayshare Nominees Limited
TD Direct Investing Nominees (Europe) Limited SMKTNOMS
HSDL Nominees Limited
Mr Patrick Lyn Cheetham
Ronald Bruce Rowan
Hargreaves Lansdown Limited VRA
HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited 731504
Hargreaves Lansdown Limited HLNOM
Beaufort Nominees Limited SSLNOMS
Hargreaves Lansdown Limited 15942

Number of 
shares

% of share 
capital

20,429,211
16,308,075
10,108,314
9,033,288
8,000,000
6,885,127
6,259,554
5,905,693
5,829,375
5,677,627

11.72
9.36
5.80
5.18
4.59
3.95
3.59
3.39
3.34
3.26

Mr P L Cheetham 
Mr R H Clemmey 
Mr D A R McAlister 
Mr D Whitehead

ACCoUnTing PoliCieS
The financial statements have been prepared on 
the basis of the recognition and measurement 
requirements of International Financial Reporting 
Standards (IFRS), as adopted by the European 
Union, and their interpretations adopted by the 
International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). 
They have also been prepared in accordance with 
those parts of the Companies Act 2006 applicable 
to companies reporting under IFRS. Further details 
of the Group’s accounting policies can be found in 
Note 1 of the financial statements starting on  
page 27.

SHAReHoldeRS
As at the date of this report the following interests 
of 3% or more in the issued share capital of the 
Company appeared in the register:

diSCloSURe oF AUdiT inFoRMATion
Each of the directors has confirmed that so far as 
he is aware, there is no relevant audit information 
of which the Company’s Auditor is unaware, and 
that he 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 Company’s Auditor is aware of that information. 

AUdiToR
Following a competitive tender, the Company has 
appointed Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP as its Auditor 
and a resolution to reappoint them as Auditor of the 
Company and the Group will be proposed at the 
forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

SUPPlieRS And ConTRACToRS
Details of the Group’s policy and payment of 
creditors is disclosed on page 15. This policy will 
continue unchanged in the next financial year.

CHARiTABle And PoliTiCAl donATionS
During the year, the Group made no charitable or 
political donations. However, in 2014 the Company 
provided modest sponsorship of the local ice 
hockey team in Storuman, Sweden.

AnnUAl RePoRT
Copies of the Tertiary Minerals plc Group financial 
statements will be available, free of charge, from 
the Company’s Registered Office or from the offices 
of the Company’s Nominated Adviser, SP Angel 
Corporate Finance LLP, Prince Frederick House, 
35–39 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PP, from mid-
January 2015, and will also be on the Company’s 
website: www.tertiaryminerals.com.

AnnUAl geneRAl MeeTing
Notice of the Company’s Annual General Meeting 
convened for Thursday 5 February 2015 at 2.30 p.m. 
is set out on page 46 of this report. A separate 
Proxy Form is provided together with Explanatory 
Notes giving further information about the proposed 
resolutions.

Approved by the Board of Directors on  
11 December 2014 and signed on its behalf.

Richard clemmey 
Managing Director

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FInAncIAl  
stAteMents

21 |  Independent auditor’s report to the  

members of tertiary minerals plc

22 | Consolidated Income Statement

22 |  Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

23 |  Consolidated and Company Statements of financial position

24 |  Consolidated Statement of Changes in equity

25 |  Company Statement of Changes in equity

26 |  Consolidated and Company Statements of Cash flows

27 | notes to the financial Statements

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21 |  Independent auditor’s report to the  

members of tertiary minerals plc

22 | Consolidated Income Statement

22 |  Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

23 |  Consolidated and Company Statements of financial position

24 |  Consolidated Statement of Changes in equity

25 |  Company Statement of Changes in equity

26 |  Consolidated and Company Statements of Cash flows

27 | notes to the financial Statements

indePendenT 
AUdiToR’S 
RePoRT To 
THe MeMBeRS 
oF TeRTiARy 
MineRAlS PlC 

For The year ended  
30 SepTeMBer 2014

We have audited the financial statements of Tertiary 
Minerals plc for the year ended 30 September 2014 
which comprise the consolidated income statement, 
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 flows and the 
related notes. The financial reporting framework that 
has been applied in their preparation is applicable 
law and International Financial Reporting Standards 
(IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union and, as 
regards the parent company financial statements, 
as applied in accordance with the provisions of the 
Companies Act 2006. 

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

ReSPeCTive ReSPonSiBiliTieS  oF 
diReCToRS And AUdiToRS
As explained more fully in the statement of directors’ 
responsibilities, the directors are responsible for 
the preparation of the financial statements and 
for being satisfied that they give a true and fair 
view. Our responsibility is to audit and express an 
opinion on the financial statements in accordance 
with applicable law and International Standards on 
Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require 
us to comply with the Financial Reporting Council’s 
(FRC’s) Ethical Standards for Auditors. 

SCoPe oF THe AUdiT oF THe FinAnCiAl 
STATeMenTS
A description of the scope of an audit of financial 
statements is provided on the FRC’s website at 
www.frc.org.uk/auditscopeukprivate.

oPinion on FinAnCiAl STATeMenTS
In our opinion: 

 ❯ the financial statements give a true and fair 

view of the state of the group’s and the parent 
company’s affairs as at 30 September 2014 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.

eMPHASiS oF MATTeR — going ConCeRn
In forming our opinion on the financial statements, 
which is not modified, we have considered the 
adequacy of the disclosure made in Note 1(b) to the 
financial statements concerning the group’s and the 
company’s ability to continue as going concerns. As 
explained in Note 1(b) to the financial statements, 
the group will need to raise further funds within the 
next 12 months in order to cover the company’s and 
group’s overheads and carry out the company’s and 
group’s planned discretionary project expenditure. 
As there is no assurance that adequate funds 
will be obtained, these conditions, along with the 
other matters explained in Note 1(b) to the financial 
statements, indicates the existence of a material 
uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about 
the group’s and the company’s ability to continue 
as going concerns. The financial statements do 

21

not include the adjustments that would result if the 
group and company were unable to continue as 
going concerns.

oPinion on oTHeR MATTeRS PReSCRiBed 
By THe CoMPAnieS ACT 2006
In our opinion the information given in the strategic 
report and the directors’ report for the financial year 
for which the financial statements are prepared is 
consistent with the financial statements. 

MATTeRS on wHiCH we ARe ReQUiRed To 
RePoRT By exCePTion
We have nothing to report in respect of the following 
matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us 
to report to you if, in our opinion:

 ❯ 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.

Michael Jayson (senior statutory Auditor) 
For and on behalf of Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP 
Statutory Auditor 
Manchester 
United Kingdom 
11 December 2014

Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP is a limited liability 
partnership registered in England and Wales (with 
registered number OC307043).

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ConSolidATed 
inCoMe 
STATeMenT

For The year ended  
30 SepTeMBer 2014

Pre-licence exploration costs
Impairment of deferred exploration costs
Non-cash movement of liability under Equity Swap Agreement
Administrative expenses 
Operating loss
Interest receivable
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation
Tax on loss on ordinary activities
Loss for the year attributable to equity holders of the parent
Loss per share — basic and diluted (pence)

All amounts relate to continuing activities.

ConSolidATed 
STATeMenT oF 
CoMPReHenSive 
inCoMe

Loss for the year
Other comprehensive income
Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to the income statement:
Movement in revaluation of available for sale investment

Items that could be reclassified subsequently to the income statement:
Foreign exchange translation differences on foreign currency net investments in subsidiaries

For The year ended  
30 SepTeMBer 2014

Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to the equity holders of the parent

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Notes

8

3
7

6

2014 
£
9,214
3,254
(72,708)
423,459
(363,219)
4,412
(358,807)
—
(358,807)
(0.22)

2013 
£
32,131
7,140
(20,300)
437,857
(456,828)
 5,668 
(451,160)
—
(451,160)
(0.31)

2014 
£
(358,807)

2013 
£
(451,160)

(61,896)
(61,896)

(159,045)
(159,045)

(161,845)
(161,845)
(582,548)

(10,204)
(10,204)
(620,409)

Tertiary Minerals plc Annual Report and Accounts 2014❯ Financial StatementsConSolidATed 
And CoMPAny 
STATeMenTS 
oF FinAnCiAl 
PoSiTion

aT 30 SepTeMBer 2014
coMpany nuMBer 03821411

Non-current assets
Intangible assets
Property, plant & equipment
Investment in subsidiaries
Available for sale investment

Current assets 
Receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Restricted cash

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Equity swap

Net current assets
Net assets
Equity 
Called up share capital 
Share premium account
Merger reserve
Share option reserve
Available for sale revaluation reserve
Foreign currency reserve
Accumulated losses
Equity attributable to the owners of the parent

23

Group 
2014 
£

Company
 2014 
£

Group 
2013 
£

Company
 2013 
£

Notes

8
9
10
10

11
12
12

13
14

14

3,051,724
8,856
—
239,626
3,300,206

115,732
942,890
—
1,058,622

(171,550)
—
(171,550)
887,072
4,187,278

1,743,020
8,622,974
131,096
426,721
(148,295)
 (24,741)
(6,563,497)
4,187,278

—
7,804
5,798,903
239,626
6,046,333

96,018
873,326
—
969,344

(99,220)
—
(99,220)
870,124
6,916,457

1,743,020
8,622,974
131,096
426,721
(105,770)
—
 (3,901,584)
 6,916,457

2,420,947
8,605
—
230,251
2,659,803

81,490
1,187,612
366,007
1,635,109

(233,881)
(102,381)
(336,262)
1,298,847
3,958,650

1,617,662
8,008,604
131,096
404,194
(86,399)
 137,104
(6,253,611)
3,958,650

—
6,839
4,896,896
230,251
5,133,986

61,735
1,110,892
366,007
1,538,634

(72,268)
(102,381)
(174,649)
1,363,985
6,497,971

1,617,662
8,008,604
131,096
404,194
(43,874)
—
 (3,619,711)
 6,497,971

These financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 11 December 2014 and were signed on its behalf.

R H clemmey  
Managing Director

D A R McAlister 
Director

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ConSolidATed 
STATeMenT oF 
CHAngeS in 
eQUiTy

Group
At 30 September 2012
Loss for the period
Change in fair value
Exchange differences
Total comprehensive loss for 
the year
Recognition of equity swap
Share issue
Share based payments
At 30 September 2013
Loss for the period
Change in fair value
Exchange differences
Total comprehensive loss for 
the year
Recognition of equity swap
Share issue
Share based payments
At 30 September 2014

Share 
capital 
£
1,305,861
 —
—
—

—
—
311,801
—
1,617,662
 —
—
—

—
—
125,358
—
1,743,020

Share
 premium
account 
£
6,826,760
—
— 
—

 —
(123,341)
1,305,185
—
8,008,604
—
— 
—

 —
—
614,370
—
8,622,974

Merger 
reserve 
£
131,096
—
—
—

—
—
—
—
131,096
—
—
—

—
—
—
—
131,096

Share 
option 
reserve 
£
315,688
—
—
—

—
—
—
 88,506
404,194
—
—
—

—
—
—
22,527
426,721

Available
 for sale
revaluation
 reserve 
£
72,646
—
(159,045)
—

(159,045)
—
—
—
(86,399)
—
(61,896)
—

(61,896)
—
—
—
(148,295)

Foreign
currency
 reserve 
£
147,308
—
—
(10,204)

(10,204)
—
—
—
137,104
—
—
(161,845)

(161,845)
—
—
—
(24,741)

Accumulated
 losses 
£
(5,802,451)
(451,160)
—
—

(451,160)
—
—
—
(6,253,611)
(358,807)
—
—

(358,807)
—
—
48,921
(6,563,497)

Total 
£
2,996,908
(451,160)
(159,045)
(10,204)

(620,409)
(123,341)
1,616,986
 88,506
3,958,650
(358,807)
(61,896)
(161,845)

(582,548)
—
739,728
71,448
4,187,278

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STATeMenT  
oF CHAngeS  
in eQUiTy

Share 
capital 
£
1,305,861
—
—

—
—
311,801
—
1,617,662
—
—

—
125,358
—
1,743,020

Share
 premium
account 
£
6,826,760
—
— 

— 
(123,341)
1,305,185
—
8,008,604
—
— 

— 
614,370
—
8,622,974

Merger 
reserve 
£
131,096
—
—

—
—
—
—
131,096
—
—

—
—
—
131,096

Share 
option 
reserve 
£
315,688
—
—

—
—
—
88,506
404,194
—
—

—
—
22,527
426,721

Available
 for sale
revaluation
 reserve 
£
115,171
—
(159,045)

(159,045)
—
—
—
(43,874)
—
(61,896)

(61,896)
—
—
(105,770)

Accumulated
 losses 
£
(3,209,398)
(410,313)
—

(410,313)
—
—
—
(3,619,711)
(330,794)
—

(330,794)
—
48,921
(3,901,584)

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Total 
£ 
5,485,178
(410,313)
(159,045)

(569,358)
(123,341)
1,616,986
88,506
6,497,971
(330,794)
(61,896)

(392,690)
739,728
71,448
6,916,457

Company
At 30 September 2012
Loss for the period
Change in fair value
Total comprehensive
loss for the year
Recognition of equity swap
Share issue
Share based payments
At 30 September 2013
Loss for the period
Change in fair value
Total comprehensive
loss for the year
Share issue
Share based payments
At 30 September 2014

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ConSolidATed 
And CoMPAny 
STATeMenTS oF 
CASH FlowS

For The year ended  
30 SepTeMBer 2014

Operating activity
Total loss after tax
Depreciation charge
Impairment charge
Share based payment charge
Non-cash movement of liability under Equity Swap Agreement
Non-cash additions to available for sale investment
Increase/(decrease) in provision for impairment of loans to subsidiaries
(Increase)/decrease in receivables
Increase/(decrease) in payables
Net cash outflow from operating activity
Investing activity
Interest received
Purchase of intangible assets 
Purchase of property, plant & equipment
Net cash (outflow)/inflow from investing activity
Financing activity
Additional loans to subsidiaries
Issue of share capital (net of expenses)
Net transfer (to)/from restricted cash
Net cash inflow from financing activity
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at start of year
Exchange differences
Cash and cash equivalents at 30 September

Group 
2014 
£

Company
2014 
£

Reclassified 
Group 
2013 
£

Reclassified
Company
 2013 
£

Notes

(363,219)
 6,925 
 3,254
71,449
(72,708)
(71,271)
—
(34,242)
 (62,331)
(522,143)

 4,412
(788,482)
(7,176)
(791,246)

—
739,728
336,333
1,076,061
 (237,328)
 1,187,612
 (7,394)
942,890

(335,153)
5,796
—
71,449
(72,708)
(71,271)
 452 
 (34,283)
26,952
(408,766)

4,359
—
(6,761)
(2,402)

 (902,459)
739,728
336,333
173,602
(237,566)
1,110,892
—
873,326

(456,828)
 8,293 
 7,140
 88,506
 (20,300)
(33,921)
—
(5,554)
 18,709
(393,955)

 5,668
(480,227)
(1,626)
(476,185)

—
1,616,986
(366,667)
1,250,319
 380,179
 841,299
 (33,866)
1,187,612

(415,883)
7,234
—
88,506
(20,300)
(33,921)
 416 
 6,252
(6,915)
(374,611)

5,570
—
(1,304)
4,266

 (574,217)
1,616,986
(366,667)
676,102
305,757
805,135
—
1,110,892

11
13

9

12

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FinAnCiAl 
STATeMenTS

For The year ended  
30 SepTeMBer 2014

BACKgRoUnd
Tertiary Minerals plc is a public company 
incorporated and domiciled in England. It is traded 
on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange 
and its shares also trade on AIM — EPIC: TYM.

The Company is a holding company for a number 
of companies (together, “the Group”) and is 
incorporated and domiciled in England. The Group’s 
financial statements are presented in Pounds 
Sterling (£) which is also the functional currency of 
the Company.

The following accounting policies have been 
applied consistently in dealing with items which 
are considered material in relation to the Group’s 
financial statements.

1.  ACCoUnTing PoliCieS
(a) Basis of preparation 
The financial statements have been prepared on 
the basis of the recognition and measurement 
requirements of International Financial Reporting 
Standards (IFRS), as adopted by the European 
Union. They have also been prepared in accordance 
with those parts of the Companies Act 2006 
applicable to companies reporting under IFRS. 

(b) Going concern
In common with many exploration companies, the 
Company raises finance for its exploration and 
appraisal activities in discrete tranches. Further 
funding is raised as and when required. When any 
of the Group’s projects move to the development 
stage, specific project financing will be required.

The directors prepare annual budgets and cash 
flow projections that extend beyond 12 months 
from the date of this report. These projections 
include the proceeds of future fundraising necessary 
within the next 12 months to meet the Company’s 
and Group’s overheads and planned discretionary 
project expenditures and to maintain the Company 
and Group as going concerns. Although the 

Company has been successful in raising finance 
in the past, there is no assurance that it will obtain 
adequate finance in the future. This represents a 
material uncertainty related to events or conditions 
which may cast significant doubt on the Group and 
Company’s ability to continue as going concerns 
and, therefore, that they may be unable to realise 
their assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal 
course of business. However, the directors have 
a reasonable expectation that they will secure 
additional funding when required to continue 
meeting corporate overheads and exploration costs 
for the foreseeable future and therefore believe 
that the going concern basis is appropriate for the 
preparation of the financial statements.

(c) Basis of consolidation
Investments, including long term loans, in 
subsidiaries are valued at the lower of cost or 
recoverable amount, with an ongoing review for 
impairment.

The Group’s financial statements consolidate the 
financial statements of Tertiary Minerals plc and 
its subsidiary undertakings using the acquisition 
method and eliminate intercompany balances and 
transactions.

The Group has contractual arrangements with other 
participants to engage in joint activities that do not 
create an entity carrying on a trade or business of 
its own. The Group includes its share of assets and 
liabilities in such joint arrangements, measured in 
accordance with the terms of each arrangement, 
which is usually pro rata to the Group’s interest in 
the joint arrangement.

In accordance with section 408 of the Companies 
Act 2006, Tertiary Minerals plc is exempt from 
the requirement to present its own Statement of 
Comprehensive Income. The amount of the loss 
for the financial year recorded within the financial 
statements of Tertiary Minerals plc is £330,794 
(2013: £410,313).

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(d) Intangible assets
exploration and evaluation 
Accumulated exploration and evaluation costs 
incurred in relation to separate areas of interest 
(which may comprise more than one exploration 
licence or exploration licence applications) are 
capitalised and carried forward where:

(1)  such costs are expected to be recouped through 
successful exploration and development of the 
area, or alternatively by its sale; or

(2)  exploration and/or evaluation activities in the 

area have not yet reached a stage which permits 
a reasonable assessment of the existence or 
otherwise of economically recoverable reserves, 
and active and significant operations in, or in 
relation to the areas are continuing.

A bi-annual review is carried out by the directors to 
consider whether any exploration and development 
costs have suffered impairment in value and, if 
necessary, provisions are made according to these 
criteria. The bi-annual impairment review was 
conducted in March 2014 and September 2014.

Accumulated costs where the Group does not yet 
have an exclusive exploration licence and in respect 
of areas of interest which have been abandoned, 
are written off to the income statement in the year 
in which the pre-licence expense was incurred or in 
which the area was abandoned.

development
Exploration, evaluation and development costs 
are carried at the lower of cost and expected 
net recoverable amount. On reaching a mining 
development decision, exploration and evaluation 
costs are reclassified as development costs and all 
development costs on a specific area of interest will 
be amortised over the useful economic life of the 
projects, once they become income generating, and 
the costs can be recouped.

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FinAnCiAl 
STATeMenTS

For The year ended  
30 SepTeMBer 2014

1.  ACCoUnTing PoliCieS continued
(e) property, plant & equipment
All property, plant and equipment assets are stated 
at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation 
is provided by the Group on all property, plant & 
equipment, at rates calculated to write off the cost, 
less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly 
over its expected useful life, as follows:

Fixtures and fittings

20% to 33% per annum.

Useful life and residual value are reassessed 
annually.

(f) Available for sale investments
Available for sale financial assets include non-
derivative financial assets that are either designated 
as such or do not qualify for inclusion in any of the 
other categories of financial assets. Available for 
sale investments are initially measured at cost and 
subsequently at fair value, being the equivalent of 
market value, with changes in value recognised 
in equity. Gains and losses arising from available 
for sale investments are recognised in the income 
statement when they are sold or impaired.

(g) trade and other receivables and 
payables
Trade and other receivables and payables are 
measured at initial recognition at fair value and 
subsequently measured at amortised cost.

(h) cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash at bank 
and in hand and short term bank deposits with a 
maturity of three months or less.

(i) Deferred taxation
Deferred taxation, if applicable, is provided in 
full in respect of taxation deferred by temporary 
differences between the treatment of certain items 
for taxation and accounting purposes. 

Deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that 
they are regarded as recoverable.

(j) Foreign currencies
The Group’s consolidated financial statements 
are presented in Pounds Sterling (£), being the 
functional currency of the Company, and the 
currency of the primary economic environment in 
which the Company operates. Monetary assets 
and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies 
are translated at the rate of exchange ruling at the 
balance sheet date.

For consolidation purposes, the net investment in 
foreign operations and the assets and liabilities of 
overseas subsidiaries, associated undertakings 
and joint arrangements, that have a functional 
currency different from the Group’s presentation 
currency, are translated at the closing exchange 
rates. Income statements of overseas subsidiaries, 
that have a functional currency different from the 
Group’s presentation currency, are translated at 
exchange rates at the date of transaction. Exchange 
differences arising on these transactions are taken 
to the foreign currency reserve.

(k) leasing and hire purchase commitments
Rentals applicable to operating leases where 
substantially all the benefits and risks of ownership 
remain with the lessor are charged to the income 
statement on a straight-line basis.

(l) share based payments
The Company issues warrants and options to 
employees (including directors) and suppliers. For all 
options and warrants issued after 7 November 2002 
the fair value of the services received is recognised 
as a charge measured at fair value on the date of 
grant and determined in accordance with IFRS 2, 
adopting the Black–Scholes–Merton model. The fair 
value is charged to administrative expenses on a 

straight-line basis over the vesting period, together 
with a corresponding increase in equity, based 
on the management’s estimate of shares that will 
eventually vest. The expected life of the options 
and warrants is adjusted based on management’s 
best estimates, for the effects of non-transferability, 
exercise restrictions and behavioural considerations. 
The details of the calculation are shown in Note 15.

(m) equity swap agreements 
The Company entered into an equity swap 
agreement during the year to 30 September 2013. 

At the date of the agreement, the Company was 
required to deposit a sum of money into an escrow 
account. The escrow account balance was treated 
as a restricted cash asset on the Statement of 
Financial Position. The amount deposited was 
adjusted to the net present value of the deposit 
over the term of the agreement, with the adjustment 
being charged to administrative expenses.

The fair value of the agreement was determined by 
independent valuation at the date of the agreement 
and was deducted from the escrow deposit to 
determine the Company’s potential liability under 
the agreement. The liability was entered onto the 
Statement of Financial Position and charged to the 
Share Premium Account, because the agreement 
was entered into as part of the share subscription  
(Note 14). An independent revaluation is obtained 
at the end of each financial year and the liability 
amended, the adjustment being charged to 
administrative expenses.

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1.  ACCoUnTing PoliCieS continued
Upon each of the periodical settlement dates during 
the term of the agreement a proportion of the initial 
escrow deposit was returned to the Company after 
the deduction of any amounts payable under the 
equity swap agreement. At each settlement date, 
an average market price of the Company’s shares 
is calculated and compared to a benchmark price 
and the return payments to the Company are then 
adjusted in accordance with the outcome of the 
comparison. Payments from the escrow account 
on each of the settlement dates are treated as a 
transfer of funds to the Company’s unrestricted 
cash, with the amount of the adjustments being 
charged or credited to administrative expenses.

(n) Judgements and estimations in applying 
accounting policies
In the process of applying the Group’s accounting 
policies above, the Group has identified the 
judgemental areas that have the most significant 
effect on the amounts recognised in the financial 
statements:

intangible fixed assets — exploration and 
evaluation 
Capitalisation of exploration and evaluation 
costs requires that costs be assessed against 
the likelihood that such costs will be recoverable 
against future exploitation or sale or alternatively, 
where activities have not reached a stage which 
permits a reasonable estimate of the existence 
of mineral reserves, a judgement that future 
exploration or evaluation should continue. This 
requires management to make estimates and 
judgements and to make certain assumptions, 
often of a geological nature, and most particularly 
in relation to whether or not an economically viable 
mining operation can be established in future. Such 
estimates, judgements and assumptions are likely to 
change as new information becomes 

available. When it becomes apparent that recovery 
of expenditure is unlikely the relevant capitalised 
amount is written off to the income statement.

impairment
Impairment reviews for deferred exploration and 
evaluation costs are carried out on a project by 
project basis, with each project representing a 
potential single cash generating unit. The Group 
will review information produced by its exploration 
activities and consider whether the carrying value is 
impaired. Assessment of the impairment of assets is 
a judgement based on analysis of the probability of 
future cash flows from the relevant project, including 
consideration of:

(a)  The period for which the entity has the right to 

explore in the specific area and whether this right 
will expire in the near future, and whether the 
right is expected to be renewed.

(b) The availability of funds for expenditure on 

further exploration for and evaluation of mineral 
resources on the specific project.

(c)  Exploration for and evaluation of mineral 

resources on the specific project has not led to 
the discovery of commercially viable quantities of 
mineral resources and the entity has decided to 
discontinue such activities on the project.

(d) Sufficient data exist to indicate that, although a 
development on the specific project is likely to 
proceed, the carrying amount of the exploration 
and evaluation asset is unlikely to be recovered 
in full from successful development of a mine or 
by the sale of the project.

Impairment reviews for investments in subsidiaries 
and available for sale investments are carried out  
on an individual basis. The Group reviews 
performance indicators of the investment, such as 
market share price, to indicate whether the carrying 
value is impaired.

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Going concern
The preparation of financial statements requires 
an assessment of the validity of the going concern 
assumption. The validity of the going concern 
assumption is dependent on finance being available 
for the continuing working capital requirements of 
the Group. Based on the assumption that such 
finance will become available, the directors believe 
that the going concern basis is appropriate for these 
accounts.

Share based payments
The estimates of share based payments costs 
require that management selects an appropriate 
valuation model and make decisions on various 
inputs into the model including the volatility of its 
own share price, the probable life of the options 
before exercise, and behavioural considerations of 
employees.

valuation of equity swap agreements
Management appoint independent valuers to 
estimate the fair value of the agreement at the 
agreement date and at the end of each financial 
year. The main inputs to the valuation model are 
the length of the agreement and the volatility of the 
Company’s share price. 

valuation of restricted cash
Where the Group deposits cash into restricted 
accounts, a discounted cash flow is applied to 
determine the net present value of the cash at the 
date of deposit. The main estimates to the valuation 
model are the expected term of the deposit and a 
risk free interest rate.

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1.  ACCoUnTing PoliCieS continued
(o) standards, amendments and interpretations not yet effective
The International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and IFRIC have issued the following amendments, none of which have been applied in the consolidated 
financial information on the basis that their effective dates fall in subsequent periods.

The directors do not anticipate that adoption of the below standards or interpretations will have a material impact on the financial statements in the year of initial 
adoption.

Title
Novation of Derivatives and Continuation of Hedge Accounting  
(Amendments to IAS 39) 
Investment Entities (Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 27)
IAS 36 Amendments Recoverable Amount Disclosures for Non-Financial Assets
IFRIC 21 Levies
IAS 19 Amendment — Defined Benefit Plans: Employee Contributions
IFRS 10 and IAS 28 Amendments: Sale or Contribution of Assets between an  
Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture
IAS 27 Amendment — Equity Method in Separate Financial Statements
IAS 16 and IAS 41 Amendments: Agriculture: Bearer Plants
IFRS 14 Regulatory Deferral Accounts
IAS 16 and IAS 38 Amendments: Clarification of Acceptable Methods of  
Depreciation and Amortisation
IFRS 11 Amendments: Accounting for Acquisitions of Interests in Joint Operations
IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers
IFRS 9 Financial Instruments

Issued

Effective Date

June 2013
Oct 2012
May 2013
May 2013
Nov 2013

Sept 2014
Aug 2014
June 2014
Jan 2014

May 2014
May 2014
May 2014
July 2014

Accounting periods beginning on or after
Accounting periods beginning on or after
Accounting periods beginning on or after
Accounting periods beginning on or after
Accounting periods beginning on or after

Accounting periods beginning on or after
Accounting periods beginning on or after
Accounting periods beginning on or after
Accounting periods beginning on or after

Accounting periods beginning on or after
Accounting periods beginning on or after
Accounting periods beginning on or after
Accounting periods beginning on or after

Date

01/01/2014
01/01/2014
01/01/2014
01/01/2014
01/07/2014

01/01/2016
01/01/2016
01/01/2016
01/01/2016

01/01/2016
01/01/2016
01/01/2017
01/01/2018

(p) Reclassifications
Reclassifications to comparative amounts have been made in the Statements of Cash Flows and Investments, Note 10. Within the Cash Flow Statement the 
additions to available for sale investment have been reclassified into net cash outflow from operating activity as these additions are shares issued in lieu of a payment 
for management fees and therefore represent a non-cash movement. The reclassification within Note 10 has been made to recognise the cost of investment in 
Tertiary Gold Limited at original cost. The reclassification being the excess of the cost of investment above the nominal value of shares issued in consideration.

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2.   SegMenTAl AnAlySiS
The Chief Operating Decision Maker is the Board of Directors. The Board considers the business has one reportable segment, the management of exploration 
projects, which is supported by a Head Office function. For the purpose of measuring segmental profits and losses the exploration segment bears only those direct 
costs incurred by or on behalf of those projects. No Head Office cost allocations are made to this segment. The Head Office function recognises all other costs.

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2014
Consolidated Income Statement
Impairment of deferred exploration costs 
Pre-licence exploration costs
Share based payments
Other expenses
Operating Loss
Bank interest received
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation
Tax on loss on ordinary activities
Loss for the year attributable to equity holders 
Non-current assets
Intangible assets:
Deferred exploration costs:
  Kaaresselkä Gold Project, Finland
  Kiekerömaa Gold Project, Finland
  Lassedalen Fluorspar Project, Norway
  Storuman Fluorspar Project, Sweden
  MB Fluorspar Project, USA

Property, plant & equipment
Investment in subsidiaries
Available for sale investment

Current assets 
Receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Restricted cash

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Equity swap

Net current assets
Net assets
Other data
Deferred exploration additions
Exchange rate adjustments to deferred exploration costs

Exploration
 Projects 
£

(3,254)
—
—
—
(3,254)
—
(3,254)
—
(3,254)

283,646
128,589
350,937 
1,604,436
684,116 
3,051,724
—
—
—
3,051,724

—
—
—
—

(79,918)
—
(79,918)
(79,918)
2,971,806

Head 
Office 
£

—
(9,214)
(71,448)
(279,303)
(359,965)
4,412
(355,553)
—
(355,553)

—
—
—
—
—
—
8,856
—
239,626
248,482

115,732
942,890
—
1,058,622

(91,632)
—
(91,632)
966,990
1,215,472

Total 
£

(3,254)
(9,214)
(71,448)
(279,303)
(363,219)
4,412 
(358,807)
—
(358,807)

283,646
128,589
350,937
1,604,436
684,116
3,051,724
8,856
—
239,626
3,300,206

115,732
942,890
—
1,058,622

(171,550)
—
(171,550)
887,072
 4,187,278

788,482
—

—
154,451

788,482
154,451

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2.   SegMenTAl AnAlySiS continued

2013
Consolidated Income Statement
Impairment of deferred exploration costs 
Pre-licence exploration costs
Share based payments
Other expenses
Operating Loss
Bank interest received
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation
Tax on loss on ordinary activities
Loss for the year attributable to equity holders 
Non-current assets
Intangible assets:
Deferred exploration costs:
  Kaaresselkä Gold Project, Finland
  Kiekerömaa Gold Project, Finland
  Lassedalen Fluorspar Project, Norway
  Storuman Fluorspar Project, Sweden
  MB Fluorspar Project, USA

Property, plant & equipment
Investment in subsidiaries
Available for sale investment

Current assets 
Receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Restricted cash

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Equity swap

Net current assets
Net assets
Other data
Deferred exploration additions
Exchange rate adjustments to deferred exploration costs

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Exploration
 Projects 
£

(7,140)
—
—
—
(7,140)
—
(7,140)
—
(7,140)

277,809
123,449
341,365 
1,316,345
361,979 
2,420,947
—
—
—
2,420,947

—
—
—
—

(149,815)
—
(149,815)
(149,815)
2,271,132

Head 
Office 
£

—
(32,131)
(88,506)
(329,051)
(449,688)
5,668
(444,020)
—
(444,020)

—
—
—
—
—
—
8,605
—
230,251
238,856

81,490
1,187,612
366,007
1,635,109

(84,066)
(102,381)
(186,447)
1,448,662
1,687,518

Total 
£

(7,140)
(32,131)
(88,506)
(329,051)
(456,828)
5,668 
(451,160)
—
(451,160)

277,809
123,449
341,365
1,316,345
361,979
2,420,947
8,605
—
230,251
2,659,803

81,490
1,187,612
366,007
1,635,109

(233,881)
(102,381)
(336,262)
1,298,847
 3,958,650

561,077
—

—
(23,661)

561,077
(23,661)

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3.  loSS on oRdinARy ACTiviTieS BeFoRe TAxATion 

The operating loss is stated after charging 
Operating lease rentals — land and buildings
Fees payable to the Group’s Auditor for:
  The audit of the Group’s annual accounts
Fees payable to the Group’s Auditor and its associates for other services:
  The audit of the Group’s subsidiaries, pursuant to legislation
  Other services relating to taxation
  Other services
Depreciation — owned assets

4.  diReCToRS’ eMolUMenTS 

Remuneration in respect of directors was as follows:
P L Cheetham (salary)
R H Clemmey (salary)
D A R McAlister (salary)
D Whitehead (fees)
P L Cheetham (benefit in kind on exercise of share options)
D A R McAlister (benefit in kind on exercise of share options)

The directors are also the key management personnel.

33

2014 
£

2013 
£

18,644

18,206

6,500

3,500
—
1,250
6,925

6,210

3,200
—
1,050
8,293

2014 
£

2013 
£

32,531
79,037
14,667
14,667
56,250
—
197,152

53,343
70,925
12,000
12,000
—
17,715
165,983

The above remuneration amounts are net of the recharges to Sunrise Resources plc as set out in Note 17. They do not include non-cash share based payments 
charged in these financial statements in respect of warrants issued to the directors in the year amounting to £45,970 (2013: £68,072) or Employer’s National 
Insurance contributions of £22,720 (2013: £16,137).

There were no pension contributions made during the year on behalf of Directors (2013: nil).

5.  STAFF CoSTS 

Staff costs for Group and Company, including directors, were as follows:
Wages and salaries 
Social security costs
Share based payments 

2014 
£

2013 
£

182,487
28,247
63,360
274,094

206,261
21,876
81,681
309,818

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5.   STAFF CoSTS continued
The average monthly number of employees, including directors, employed by the Group and Company during the year was as follows: 

Technical employees
Administration employees (including non-executive directors)

2014 
Number
3
4
7

2013 
Number
3
4
7

The cost of employing technical and administrative employees is shared with Sunrise Resources plc as set out in Note 17.

6.  loSS PeR SHARe
Loss per share has been calculated using the loss for the year attributable to equity holders of the parent and the weighted average number of shares in issue during 
the year. 

Loss (£) 
Weighted average shares in issue (No.)
Basic and diluted loss per share (pence)

2014
(358,807)
165,522,417
(0.22)

2013
(451,160)
143,365,584
(0.31)

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

7.  TAxATion on oRdinARy ACTiviTieS
No liability to corporation tax arises for the year due to the Group recording a taxable loss (2013: £nil).

The tax credit for the period is lower than the credit resulting from the loss before tax at the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK — 21 % (2013: 23%). The 
differences are explained below. 

Tax reconciliation
Loss on ordinary activities before tax
Tax at hybrid rate 22% (2013: 23%)
Differences between capital allowances and depreciation
Pre-trading expenditure no longer deductible for tax purposes
Tax effect at 22% (2013: 23%)
Unrelieved tax losses carried forward
Tax recognised on loss from ordinary activities
Total losses carried forward for tax purposes

2014
£

2013
£

(358,807)
(78,938)
(1,280)
548,413
120,369
(41,431)
—
(4,409,816)

(451,160)
(103,767)
3,865
302,192
70,393
33,374
—
(4,598,142)

Factors that may affect future tax charges
The Group has total losses carried forward of £4,409,816 (2013: £4,598,142). This amount would be charged to tax if sufficient profits were made in the future. The 
deferred tax asset has not been recognised as the future recovery is uncertain given the exploration status of the Group. The carried tax loss is adjusted each year 
for amounts that can no longer be carried forward.

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8. 

inTAngiBle ASSeTS

Group
Cost 
At start of year
Additions 
Exchange adjustments
At 30 September
Impairment losses
At start of year
Charge during year
At 30 September
Carrying amounts
At 30 September
At start of year

9.  PRoPeRTy, PlAnT & eQUiPMenT 

Cost
At start of year
Additions 
Disposals
At 30 September 
Depreciation
At start of year
Charge for the year 
Disposals
At 30 September 
Net Book Value 
At 30 September
At start of year

35

Deferred 
exploration
 expenditure 
2014 
£

Deferred 
exploration
 expenditure 
2013 
£

3,675,649
788,482
(154,451)
4,309,680

3,090,911
561,077
23,661
3,675,649

(1,254,702)
 (3,254)
(1,257,956)

(1,247,562)
 (7,140)
(1,254,702)

 3,051,724
2,420,947

 2,420,947
1,843,349

Group 
fixtures and
 fittings 
2014
 £

Company
 fixtures
and fittings 
2014
£

Group 
fixtures and
 fittings 
2013
 £

Company
 fixtures
and fittings 
2013
£

63,082
7,176
(19,714)
50,544

(54,477)
(6,925)
19,714
(41,688)

8,856
8,605

32,508
6,761
(6,263)
33,006

(25,669)
(5,796)
6,263
(25,202)

7,804
6,839

61,456
1,626
—
63,082

(46,184)
(8,293)
—
(54,477)

8,605
15,272

31,204
1,304
—
32,508

(18,434)
(7,235)
—
(25,669)

6,839
12,770

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10. inveSTMenTS
subsidiary undertakings

Company
Tertiary Gold Limited
Tertiary (Middle East) Limited
Tertiary Minerals US Inc.

Investment in subsidiary undertakings
Ordinary shares — Tertiary (Middle East) Limited
Ordinary shares — Tertiary Gold Limited
Ordinary shares — Tertiary Minerals US Inc.
Loan — Tertiary (Middle East) Limited
Less — Provision for impairment
Loan — Tertiary Gold Limited
Loan — Tertiary Minerals US Inc.
At 30 September

Available for sale investment

Company
Sunrise Resources plc

Available for sale investment
Value at start of year
Additions to available for sale investment
Movement in valuation of available for sale investment
At 30 September

Country of 
 incorporation/
registration
England & Wales
England & Wales 
Nevada, USA

Type and percentage 
of shares held at 
30 September 2014
100% of ordinary shares
100% of ordinary shares
100% of ordinary shares

Country of 
incorporation/
registration
England & Wales

Type and percentage 
of shares held at 
30 September 2014
 9.52% of ordinary shares

Group 
2014 
£
230,251
71,271
(61,896)
239,626

Company
 2014 
£
230,251
71,271
(61,896)
239,626

Principal activity
Mineral exploration
Mineral exploration
Mineral exploration

Company
 2014 
£
1
224,888
1
680,135
(680,135)
4,858,599
715,414
5,798,903

Reclassified
Company
 2013 
£
1
224,888
1
679,683
(679,683)
4,323,807
348,199
4,896,896

Principal activity
Mineral exploration

Group 
2013 
£
355,375
33,921
(159,045)
230,251

Company
 2013 
£
355,375
33,921
(159,045)
230,251

The additions to available for sale investment are shares issued in lieu of a payment for management fees.

The fair value of the available for sale investment is equal to the market value of the shares in Sunrise Resources plc at 30 September 2014, based on the closing 
mid-market price of shares on the AIM Market. 

These are level one inputs for the purpose of the IFRS 7 fair value hierarchy.

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11.  ReCeivABleS 

Trade receivables
Other receivables
Prepayments
At 30 September

The Group aged analysis of trade receivables is as follows:

2014 Trade receivables 
2013 Trade receivables

12. CASH And CASH eQUivAlenTS 

Cash at bank and in hand
Short-term bank deposits 
At 30 September

37

Company
 2013 
£
43,173
1,195
17,367
61,735

Total 
carrying
 amount
£
50,062
43,173

Company
 2014 
£
50,062
28,388
17,568
96,018

30 days 
or less
£
50,062
43,173

Group
2013 
£
43,173
16,497
21,820
81,490

Over 
30 days
£
—
—

Company
 2014 
£
27,806
845,520
873,326

Group
2013 
£
160,003
1,027,609
1,187,612

Company
 2013 
£
83,283
1,027,609
1,110,892

Group
2014 
£
50,062
43,025
22,645
115,732

Not 
impaired
£
50,062
43,173

Group
2014 
£
97,370
845,520
942,890

Restricted cash
In order to satisfy any payments under the equity swap agreement (Note 14), the Company deposited £400,000 in an escrow account in May 2013. At  
30 September 2014 the amount held in escrow was nil (2013: £366,007).

13. TRAde And oTHeR PAyABleS

Trade payables 
Other taxes and social security costs 
Accruals
Other payables 
At 30 September

Group
2014 
£
54,962
45,960
64,469
6,159
171,550

Company
 2014 
£
23,890
45,960
23,211
 6,159
99,220

Group
2013 
£
125,042
10,516
95,822
2,501
233,881

Company
 2013 
£
20,274
10,516
38,977
 2,501
72,268

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14.  SHARe CAPiTAl 

Allotted, called up and fully paid 
Ordinary shares of 1p each 
At 30 September

2014 
No.

2014
£

2013 
No.

2013
£

174,302,034
174,302,034

1,743,020
1,743,020

161,766,214
161,766,214

1,617,662
1,617,662

For The year ended  
30 SepTeMBer 2014

During the year to 30 September 2014 the following 
share issues took place:

An issue of 200,000 1.0p ordinary shares at 2.375p 
per share, being a share warrant exercise, for a total 
consideration of £4,750 (14 January 2014).

An issue of 2,000,000 1.0p ordinary shares at 7.5p 
per share, being a share warrant exercise, for a total 
consideration of £150,000 (25 February 2014).

An issue of 1,490,000 1.0p ordinary shares at 12p 
per share, being a drawdown under the Equity 
Finance Facility (Note 15), for a total consideration of 
£167,178 net of expenses (15 April 2014).

An issue of 7,304,348 1.0p ordinary shares at 
5.75p per share, by way of placing, for a total 
consideration of £378,000 net of expenses  
(11 July 2014).

An issue of 41,472 1.0p ordinary shares at 5.75p 
per share to two directors, in satisfaction of 
directors’ fees, for a total consideration of £2,385 
(19 August 2014).

An issue of 1,500,000 1.0p ordinary shares at 
2.375p per share, being a share warrant exercise by 
a director, for a total consideration of £35,625  
(9 September 2014).

During the year to 30 September 2013 a total of 
31,180,000 1.0p ordinary shares were issued, at an 
average price of 5.731p, for a total consideration of 
£1,616,986 net of expenses.

The total amount of transaction fees debited to the 
Share Premium account in the year was £53,622 
(2013: £160,638).

In the year to 30 September 2014 the Company 
made a transfer from Share Option Reserve to 
Accumulated Losses of £48,921 (2013: Nil) in 
recognition of a reversal of previous charges arising 
from expired unexercised warrants.

equity swap
On 23 May 2013 the Company entered into funding 
arrangements with YA Global Master SPV (“YAGM”) 
whereby, in addition to the issue of 26,000,000 
ordinary shares to YAGM under a subscription 
agreement, the Company and YAGM entered 
into an equity swap agreement over a notional 
11,818,176 ordinary shares in the Company. Under 
the terms of the equity swap, upon each of 12 
monthly settlement dates an average market price 
of the Company’s shares was to be calculated 
and compared to a benchmark price of 5.78p per 
share. If the average market price exceeded the 
benchmark price then a sum became payable to the 

Company by YAGM, if the average market price was 
less than the benchmark price then a sum became 
payable to YAGM by the Company, depending on 
the amount by which the average market price 
exceeded or fell short of the benchmark price. 

On 8 November 2013, the Equity Swap Agreement 
(Note 14) between the Company and YA Global 
Master SPV Ltd (“YAGM”) was settled. The parties 
agreed that all remaining monthly settlements were 
to be accelerated and included in a new settlement 
date at a price of 5.5p per share. On that settlement 
date, the remaining escrow funds of £366,666 
were distributed between the Company (£336,333) 
and YAGM (£30,333) with no further liability. For 
comparison at 30 September 2013 the Company’s 
liability to YAGM was £102,381.

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For The year ended  
30 SepTeMBer 2014

15. wARRAnTS And oPTionS gRAnTed 
Unexercised warrants 
Issue date 
09/12/08 
09/12/08 
07/12/09 
07/12/09 
17/12/10 
17/12/10 
17/12/10 
01/09/11 
01/09/11 
01/09/11 
01/09/11 
26/01/12 
26/01/12 
26/01/12 
10/01/13 
10/01/13 
10/01/13 
14/01/14 
14/01/14 
14/01/14 

Unexercised options 
Issue date
31/01/05

Exercise
price
 2.375p
 2.375p
 4.375p
 4.375p
 6.25p
 6.25p
 6.25p
 6.75p
 6.75p
11.00p
11.00p
9.75p
9.75p
9.75p
7.63p
7.63p
7.63p
11.25p
11.25p
11.25p

Exercise
price
10.0p

Number
200,000
200,000
2,300,000
600,000
2,300,000
200,000
400,000
250,000
250,000
250,000
250,000
2,300,000
200,000
200,000
1,700,000
200,000
300,000
1,050,000
200,000
300,000

Number
50,000

Exercisable
Any time before expiry 
Any time before expiry
Any time before expiry
Any time before expiry
Any time before expiry
Any time before expiry
Any time before expiry
Any time before expiry
Any time before expiry
Any time before expiry
Any time after 01/09/2015
Any time before expiry
Any time before expiry
Any time before expiry
Any time before expiry
Any time before expiry
Any time before expiry
Any time after 14/01/2015
Any time after 14/01/2015
Any time after 14/01/2015

Exercisable
Any time before expiry

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Expiry
dates
09/03/15
09/03/15
07/03/15
07/03/15
17/03/16
31/12/15
17/03/16
01/09/16
01/09/16
01/09/16
01/09/16
26/01/17
31/12/15
26/01/17
10/01/18
31/12/15
10/01/18
14/01/19
31/12/15
14/01/19

Expiry
Dates
31/01/15

Warrants and options are issued for nil consideration 
and are exercisable as disclosed above. They are 
exchangeable on a one for one basis for each 
ordinary share of 1.0p at the exercise price on the 
date of conversion.

On 15 June 2012 the Company entered into a 
three year Equity Financing Facility (“EFF”) with 
Darwin Strategic Limited (“Darwin”). The agreement 
provides the Company with the facility to draw down 
up to £10 million, by issuing subscription notices 
requiring Darwin to subscribe for ordinary shares of 
the Company on certain terms and conditions. 

In conjunction with the EFF agreement, the 
Company entered into a warrant agreement allowing 
Darwin to subscribe for up to 2,000,000 new 
Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company at 
7.5p per share, exercisable at any time before  
15 June 2015. All of these warrants were exercised 
on 20 February 2014. 

share based payments
The Company has an Inland Revenue approved 
share option scheme for all employees. Options are 
exercisable at a price equal to the market price of 
the Company’s shares on the date of grant. 

The vesting period is three years. If the options 
remain unexercised after a period of ten years from 
the date of grant the options expire. Options may be 
forfeited if the employee leaves the Company.

In addition, the Company issues warrants to 
directors and employees, outside of the approved 
scheme, on varying terms and conditions.

On 16 September 2014 the Company extended the 
warrant expiry dates by three months of unexercised 
warrants issued in years 2008 to 2011 due to the 
proximity of a Close Period to the original expiry 
date. Certain of these warrants have an earlier expiry 
date due to employees’ termination of employment.

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For The year ended  
30 SepTeMBer 2014

15. wARRAnTS And oPTionS gRAnTed continued
Details of the share warrants and options outstanding during the year are as follows:

Outstanding at start of year
Granted during the year
Exercised during the year
Forfeited during the year
Expired during the year
Outstanding at 30 September
Exercisable at 30 September

2014

2013

Number of
 warrants 
and share
 options
17,410,000
1,550,000
 (3,700,000)
— 
(1,560,000) 
13,700,000
11,900,000

Weighted 
average
 exercise 
price 
Pence
6.738
11.25
5.145
—
—
7.422
6.849

Number of
 warrants 
and share
 options
15,710,000
2,200,000
 (500,000)
— 
— 
17,410,000
15,210,000

Weighted 
average
 exercise 
price 
Pence
6.470
7.630
2.375
—
—
6.738
6.326

The warrants and options outstanding at 30 September 2014 had a weighted average exercise price of £0.07 and a weighted average remaining contractual life  
of two years. 

In the year ended 30 September 2014, warrants were granted on 14 January 2014. The aggregate of the estimated fair values of the warrants granted on this date 
is £66,740. In the year ended 30 September 2013, warrants were granted on 10 January 2013. The aggregate of the estimated fair values of the warrants granted 
on this date is £64,364.

No options were granted in the year ended 30 September 2014 or the year ended 30 September 2013.

The inputs into the Black–Scholes–Merton Option Pricing Model are as follows:

Weighted average share price
Weighted average exercise price
Expected volatility
Expected life
Risk-free rate
Expected dividend yield

2014
9.00p
11.25p
80%
4 years
1.88%
0%

2013
6.10p
7.63p
80%
4 years
1.12%
0%

Expected volatility was determined by calculating the historical volatility of the Company’s share price over the previous four years. The expected life used in the 
model has been adjusted based on management’s best estimate for the effects of non-transferability, exercise restrictions and behavioural considerations.

The Company recognised total expenses of £71,448 and £88,506 related to equity-settled share based payment transactions in 2014 and 2013 respectively.

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For The year ended  
30 SepTeMBer 2014

16. oPeRATing leASe CoMMiTMenTS 
The Company rents office premises under an operating lease agreement. The current lease term is for one year, expiring on 30 November 2014. No contingent rent 
is payable. The lease is eligible for renewal on expiry. 

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are:

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Office accommodation:
Within one year

The Company does not sub-lease any of its leased premises.

Lease payments recognised in loss for the period amounted to £18,644 (2013: £18,206). 

17.  RelATed PARTy TRAnSACTionS
Key management personnel
The directors holding office in the period and their beneficial interests in the share capital of the Company are:

P L Cheetham*

D A R McAlister

D Whitehead

R H Clemmey

* Includes 2,843,625 shares held by K E Cheetham, wife of P L Cheetham. 

Shares 
Number
11,876,913

494,048

29,003

6,333

At 30 September 2014
Warrants

Number
1,500,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
500,000
500,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
250,000
250,000
250,000
250,000
1,000,000
350,000

Exercise 
price
4.375p
6.250p
9.750p
7.630p
11.250p
4.375p
6.250p
9.750p
4.375p
6.250p
9.750p
6.750p
6.750p
11.000p
11.000p
7.630p
11.250p

Expiry date
07/03/2015
17/03/2016
26/01/2017
10/01/2018
14/01/2019
07/03/2015
17/03/2016
26/01/2017
07/03/2015
17/03/2016
26/01/2017
01/09/2016
01/09/2016
01/09/2016
01/09/2016
10/01/2018
14/01/2019

2014 
Land &
 buildings 
£

2013 
Land &
 buildings 
£

3,120

3,044 

At 30 September 2013

Shares 
Number
10,376,913

Warrants 
Number
7,500,000

481,579

1,000,000

—

1,000,000

6,333

2,000,000

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17.  RelATed PARTy TRAnSACTionS 

continued

The directors have no beneficial interests in the 
shares of the Company’s subsidiary undertakings 
as at 30 September 2014. The directors of the 
Company are the directors of all Group companies.

Details of the parent company’s investment in 
subsidiary undertakings are shown in Note 10.

sunrise Resources plc 
During the year the Company recharged costs of 
£163,136 (2013: £134,277) to Sunrise Resources 
plc being shared overheads of £23,671 (2013: 
£22,977), costs paid on behalf of Sunrise Resources 
plc of £11,816 (2013: £5,802), staff salary costs of 
£44,207 (2013: £52,583) and directors’ salary costs 
of £83,442 (2013: £52,915). The salary costs in 
Notes 4 and 5 are shown net of these recharges.

Shares and warrants held in Sunrise Resources plc by the Tertiary Minerals plc directors are as follows:

At the balance sheet date an amount of £50,050 
(2013: £43,157) was due from Sunrise Resources 
plc, which was repaid in November 2014. 

P L Cheetham, a director of Tertiary Minerals plc, is 
also a director of Sunrise Resources plc.

P L Cheetham*

D A R McAlister 
D Whitehead
R H Clemmey

At 30 September 2013
Warrants

Shares 
Number
19,355,675

550,000
—
—

Number
2,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
2,222,222
—
—
500,000
500,000
500,000

Exercise 
price
0.575p
0.850p
2.500p
1.250p
0.850p
0.550p
0.600p
—
—
1.250p
0.850p
0.550p

Expiry date
08/03/2015
07/03/2015
07/03/2016
24/02/2017
19/03/2018
14/01/2019
31/03/2016
—
—
24/02/2017
19/03/2018
14/01/2019

At 30 September 2012

Shares 
Number
12,942,462

Warrants 
Number
10,500,000

550,000
—
—

—
—
—

* Includes 5,500,000 shares held by K E Cheetham, wife of P L Cheetham.

18.  PoST BAlAnCe SHeeT evenT
Subsequent to the year-end, on 1 October 2014, 3,000,000 warrants were issued to Richard Clemmey, the Managing Director, exercisable after year one, at prices 
between 9p and 21p, with vesting periods from one to four years.

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19.  CAPiTAl MAnAgeMenT
The Group’s capital requirements are dictated by its project and overhead funding requirements from time to time. Capital requirements are reviewed by the Board 
on a regular basis.

The Group manages its capital to ensure that entities within the Group will be able to continue as going concerns, to increase the value of the assets of the business 
and to provide an adequate return to shareholders in the future when exploration assets are taken into production.

The Group manages the capital structure and makes adjustments to it in the light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of its assets. In 
order to maintain or adjust the capital structure the possibilities open to the Group in future include issuing new shares, consolidating shares, returning capital to 
shareholders, taking on debt, selling assets and adjusting the amount of dividends paid to the shareholders.

20.  FinAnCiAl inSTRUMenTS
At 30 September 2014, the Group’s and Company’s financial assets consisted of available for sale investments, trade receivables and cash and cash equivalents. At 
the same date, the Group and Company had no financial liabilities other than trade and other payables due within one year and had no agreed borrowing facilities as 
at this date. There is no material difference between the carrying and fair values of the Group and Company’s financial assets and liabilities.

The carrying amounts for each category of financial instruments held at 30 September 2014, as defined in IAS 39, are as follows:

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Loans & receivables
Available for sale investments
Financial liabilities at amortised cost
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit and loss

Group 
2014 
£
1,035,976
239,626
125,589
—

Company
 2014 
£
951,776
239,626
53,260
—

Group 
2013 
£
1,613,949
230,251
223,365
102,381

Company
 2013 
£
1,521,927
230,251
61,752
102,381

Risk management
The principal risks faced by the Group and 
Company resulting from financial instruments are 
liquidity risk, foreign currency risk and, to a lesser 
extent, interest rate risk and credit risk. The directors 
review and agree policies for managing each of 
these risks as summarised below. The policies have 
remained unchanged from previous periods as 
these risks remain unchanged. 

liquidity risk
The Group currently holds cash balances in Sterling, 
US Dollars, Swedish Kronor, Euros, Canadian 
Dollars and Saudi Riyals to provide funding for 
exploration and evaluation activity, whilst the 

Company holds cash balances in Sterling and US 
Dollars. The Group and Company are dependent on 
equity fundraising through private placings which the 
directors regard as the most cost-effective method 
of fundraising. The directors monitor cash flow in 
the context of their expectations for the business 
to ensure sufficient liquidity is available to meet 
foreseeable needs.

currency risk
The Group’s financial risk management objective is 
broadly to seek to make neither profit nor loss from 
exposure to currency risks. The Group is exposed to 
transactional foreign exchange risk and takes profits 
and losses as they arise, as in the opinion of the 

directors, the cost of hedging against fluctuations 
would be greater than the related benefit from doing 
so. Where a material order is made in a different 
currency, funds are converted to that currency at 
prevailing rates and held on short term treasury 
deposits at prevailing fixed interest rates pending 
payment.

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20.  FinAnCiAl inSTRUMenTS continued
Bank and cash balances, including the Group’s share of funds in the Ghurayyah joint arrangement, were held in the following denominations:

United Kingdom Sterling
United States Dollar
Swedish Krona
European Euro
Canadian Dollar
Saudi Riyal

 Group

Company

2014 
£
855,269
69,016
9,011
9,296
263
35
942,890

2013 
£
1,064,527
113,509
7,730
1,791
49
6
1,187,612

2014 
£
854,478
18,848
—
—
—
—
873,326

2013 
£
1,062,153
48,739
—
—
—
—
1,110,892

Surplus funds in all currencies are placed with 
NatWest bank on a number of short term treasury 
deposits at varying fixed rates of interest, but the 
Group held only one US Dollar treasury deposit at 
30 September 2014.

The Company and the Group are exposed to 
changes in the US Dollar/UK Sterling exchange 
rate mainly in the Sterling value of US Dollar 
denominated financial assets and any profit or loss 
arising from such changes reports to equity.

Sensitivity analysis shows that the Sterling value of 
its US Dollar denominated financial assets at  
30 September 2014 would increase or decrease 
by £3,451 for each 5% increase or decrease in the 
value of Sterling against the Dollar.

Neither the Company nor the Group is exposed to 
material transactional currency risk.

Interest rate risk
The Group and Company finance their operations 
through equity fundraising and therefore do not 
carry borrowings.

Fluctuating interest rates have the potential to affect 
the loss and equity of the Group and the Company 
insofar as they affect the interest paid on financial 
instruments held for the benefit of the Group. The 
directors do not consider the effects to be material 
to the reported loss or equity of the Group or the 
Company presented in the financial statements.

credit risk
The Company has exposure to credit risk through 
receivables such as VAT refunds, invoices issued 
to related parties and its joint arrangements for 
management charges. The amounts outstanding 
from time to time are not material other than for VAT 
refunds which are considered by the directors to be 
low risk.

The Company has exposure to credit risk in respect 
of its cash deposits with NatWest bank and this 
exposure is considered by the directors to be low.

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MeeTing

coMpany no.03821411

or agreement notwithstanding that the power 
conferred by this resolution has expired. 

This resolution revokes and replaces all 
unexercised powers previously granted to the 
directors to allot equity securities as if section 
561(1) of the 2006 Act did not apply but without 
prejudice to any allotment of equity securities 
already made or agreed to be made pursuant to 
such authorities.

As a member of the Company you are entitled to 
appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of your rights 
to attend, speak and vote at a general meeting of 
the Company. Please refer to the Notes on reverse 
of separate Proxy Form.

By order of the Board.

c D t Fitch 
Company Secretary 
11 December 2014 

Registered Office:  
Sunrise House  
Hulley Road 
Macclesfield 
Cheshire  
SK10 2LP  

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General 
Meeting of Tertiary Minerals plc will be held in the 
Fourth Floor Meeting Room at Arundel House, 
13–15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London, 
WC2R 3DX on Thursday 5 February 2015, at  
2.30 p.m. for the following purposes:

oRdinARy BUSineSS
1.  To receive the Accounts and Reports of the 

Directors and of the Auditor for the year ended 
30 September 2014.

2.  To re-elect Mr D Whitehead who is retiring as a 

director of the Company.

3.  To re-elect Mr D A R McAlister who is retiring as 

a director of the Company.

4.  To reappoint Crowe Clark Whitehill as Auditor of 

the Company and to authorise the directors to 
fix their remuneration.

SPeCiAl BUSineSS
ordinary Resolution
5.  That, in accordance with section 551 of the 

Companies Act 2006, the Directors be generally 
and unconditionally authorised to allot shares 
in the Company or grant rights to subscribe 
for or to convert any security into shares in 
the Company (“Rights”) up to an aggregate 
nominal amount of £1,000,000 (consisting 
of 100,000,000 ordinary shares of 1p each) 
provided that this authority shall, unless 
renewed, varied or revoked by the Company, 
expire at the end of the next Annual General 
Meeting of the Company to be held after the 
date on which this resolution is passed, save 
that the Company may, before such expiry, 
make an offer or agreement which would or 
might require shares to be allotted or Rights to 
be granted and the directors may allot shares 
or grant Rights in pursuance of such offer or 
agreement notwithstanding that the authority 
conferred by this resolution has expired. 

This authority is in substitution for all previous 
authorities conferred on the directors in 
accordance with section 551 of the 2006 Act.

special Resolution
6.  That subject to the passing of resolution 5, the 
directors be given the general power to allot 
equity securities (as defined by section 560 of 
the 2006 Act) for cash, either pursuant to the 
authority conferred by resolution 5 or by way 
of a sale of treasury shares, as if section 561(1) 
of the 2006 Act did not apply to any such 
allotment, provided that this power shall be 
limited to:

(a)  the allotment of equity securities in 

connection with an offer by way of a rights 
issue to the holders of ordinary shares in 
proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) 
to their respective holdings but subject to 
such exclusions or other arrangements as 
the Board may deem necessary or expedient 
in relation to treasury shares, fractional 
entitlements, record dates, legal or practical 
problems in or under the laws of any territory 
or the requirements of any regulatory body or 
stock exchange; and

(b) the allotment (otherwise than pursuant to 

paragraph (a) above) of equity securities up to 
an aggregate nominal amount of £1,000,000 
(consisting of 100,000,000 ordinary shares of  
1 pence each).

The power granted by this resolution will expire 
on the conclusion of the Company’s next Annual 
General Meeting (unless renewed, varied or 
revoked by the Company prior to or on such 
date) save that the Company may, before such 
expiry make offers or agreements which would 
or might require equity securities to be allotted 
after such expiry and the directors may allot 
equity securities in pursuance of any such offer 

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The Annual General Meeting of Tertiary Minerals plc 
will be held on at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday 5 February 
2015 in the Fourth Floor Council Room at Arundel 
House, 13–15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, 
London, WC2R 3DX. The business of the meeting  
is as follows:

oRdinARy BUSineSS
Resolution 1
The Board is required to present to the meeting for 
approval the Accounts and the Reports of Directors 
and the Auditor for the year ended 30 September 
2014 which can be found on pages 4 to 26.

Resolutions 2 and 3
The two non-executive directors, Mr D Whitehead 
and Mr D A R McAlister, have both served the 
Company for more than eleven years and under 
the terms of the UK Corporate Governance Code 
cannot now be regarded as independent. As in 
previous years, it is proposed that they seek annual 
re-election rather than re-election every third year as 
stated in the Articles of Association. The Company 
has been fortunate enough to secure the services 
of these two non-executive directors during their 
period of office and both continue to provide 
valuable advice based on their long experience of 
the mining industry.

Biographical details of the directors can be found on 
page 17.

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Resolution 4
The Company’s Auditor, Crowe Clark Whitehill 
LLP, was appointed during the year, following a 
competitive tender. The Auditor is offering itself for 
reappointment and if elected will hold office until 
the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting 
at which accounts are laid before shareholders. 
This resolution will also allow the directors to fix the 
remuneration of the Auditor. 

Resolution 6
This resolution will be proposed as a Special 
Resolution in the event that Resolution 5 is passed 
by shareholders. Resolution 6 is proposed to give 
the directors authority to issue shares other than 
by way of rights issues which are, for regulatory 
reasons, complex, expensive, time consuming 
and impractical for a company the size of Tertiary 
Minerals plc.

A similar authority granted at last year’s Annual 
General Meeting is due to expire at the coming 
Annual General Meeting. 

The resolution will, if passed, authorise directors 
to allot shares or grant rights over shares of the 
Company where they propose to do so for cash and 
otherwise than to existing shareholders pro rata to 
their holdings, for example through a placement of 
shares. 

If given, this authority will expire at the conclusion of 
the Annual General Meeting in 2016.

SPeCiAl BUSineSS
Resolution 5
This resolution is to give the directors authority to 
issue shares. The last such authority was put in 
place by a meeting of shareholders held on  
19 February 2014 but it will expire at the coming 
Annual General Meeting. 

Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 requires 
that directors be authorised by shareholders before 
any share capital can be issued.

At this stage in its development the Company relies 
on raising funds from the equity markets, through 
the issue of shares, from time to time and unless 
this resolution is put in place the Company will 
not be in a position to continue to raise funds to 
continue its activities.

If given, this authority will expire at the conclusion of 
the Annual General Meeting in 2016.

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Silk Point
Queens Avenue
Macclesfield
Cheshire 
SK10 2BB
United Kingdom
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AUdiToR 
Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP
3rd Floor
The Lexicon
Mount Street
Manchester
M2 5NT
United Kingdom

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

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Sunrise House
Hulley Road
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 2LP
United Kingdom

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Derbyshire
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London
EC2A 1NT
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The Registry
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125 Old Broad Street
London 
EC2N 1AR
United Kingdom

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Stock Code: TYMSilk Point 
Queens Avenue 
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 2BB 
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44 (0)845 868 4580
Fax: +44 (0)1625 838 559
www.tertiaryminerals.com 

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