RNS Number : 4360S
Mineral & Financial Invest. Limited
09 March 2023
 

MINERAL AND FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Unaudited First Quarter 2023 NAV was up 17% yr/yr.

HIGHLIGHTS

·    NAV on 30 September 2023 was £7,792,467, up 17% from £6,662,892

·    NAVPS2 was 20.93p as at 30 September 2022, an increase of 12.5% yr/yr.

·    Since 2018 NAVPS2 has increased by an average of 32.7% per annum.

·    Unaudited EPS2 FD was 0.81p for the Q1-2023 period vs. 0.34p in Q1-2022.

·    Investment portfolio up to £7,829,735, up 26.7% Yr/Yr from £6,179,118.

·    M&FI continues to significantly outperform its benchmarks.

Camana Bay, Cayman Islands - 9 March 2023 - Mineral and Financial Investments Limited (LSE-AIM: MAFL) ("M&FI" "MAFL" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an unaudited quarterly update of its financial performance and its Net Asset Value for the quarter ending 30 September 2022. At the end of the first quarter, the NAV was £7,967,046, up 21.4%, from £6,569,892 one year ago. The Net Asset Value Per Share was 21.4p at the end of the Q1-2023 period, up 15.1% year on year. Unaudited gross profit for the quarter was £622,028 and the net profit was £493,925 or 1.29p on a fully diluted basis for the quarter ending 30 September 2022. The Company's working capital at the period end was £8,060,046[1].

The following is a summary of the NAV, updated to include this unaudited NAV calculation:

NAV SUMMARY OF HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

(Table 1)


30 Sept. 2018

30 Sept.

2019

30 Sept.

2020

30 Sept.

2021

30 Sept.

2022

2022/ 2021

% Ch.

2022 / 2018

CAGR (%)

Net Asset Value

£2,358,580

£5,346,041

£5,568,940

£6,662,892

£7,792,467

17.0%

34.8%

NAVPS[2] (FD)

6.75p

15.15p

15.77p

18.59p

20.93p

12.5%

32.7%

FTSE 350 Mining Index

17,707

18,135

18,180

19,257

9,883

-48.7%

-13.6%

GS Commodity Index

486.3

403.6

350.2

557.7

607.8

9.0%

5.7%

Baker Steel Natural Resource Trust

51.0p

69.8p

75.1p

97.0p

80.4p

-17.1%

9.0%

 

The Company's year-on-year NAVPS growth of 12.5%, although better than most of our peers, was lower than the average NAVPS growth of 32.7% (CAGR) since September 2018. Our investment portfolios increased to £7,829,735 up 26.7% from £6,179,118 a year ago. The period captured the impact of the conflict in Ukraine, which was very challenging for markets overall; additionally global interest rates increased in an effort to curtail inflationary growth. The increases in metal commodity prices after the period end, cash holdings increased with the receipt of US$2.5m in early December 2022 from our partner Ascendant Resources, as part of the earn-in agreement on Lagoa Salgada. Additionally, certain corporate transactions along with improved commodity price performances positively impacted performance.

 

PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

(Table 2)






Cash

£202,125

2.5%

Precious Metals

£3,739,728

46.2%

Base Metals

£3,024,784

38.5%

Food & Energy

£80,203

1.0%

Technology & Service

£911,029

11.1%

Diamonds

£69,391

0.8%


£8,027,259

100%

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jacques Vaillancourt, Mineral & Financial Investments Ltd.           +44 780 226 8247

Katy Mitchell and Sarah Mather, WH Ireland Limited                    +44 207 220 1666

Jon Belliss, Novum Securities Limited                                          +44 207 382 8300

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 (MAR) as in force in the United Kingdom pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service (RIS), this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.



[1] Current Assets of £8,048,051 less Current Liabilities of £162,584 = Working Capital of £7,885,467

[2] The NAV calculation is subject to audit and is made on the basis that the Company has 35,465,395 shares. O/S (basic and 38,365,395 FD) in issue.

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