Century Global Commodities Corporation (“Century”
or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has filed its
condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the third
fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2020 and the related management
discussion and analysis (“MD&A”). Copies of these documents are
available under Century’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com and will
also be posted on Century’s website at www.centuryglobal.ca.
The Company is also pleased to report that it
delivered a total comprehensive income of $1,935,337 for the nine
months ended December 31, 2020 (compared with a loss of $3,561,600
for the same period last year) and $534,992 for the third fiscal
quarter this year (compared to a loss of $1,122,397 for the same
quarter last year). The total comprehensive income year-to-date
comprised operating net income from the Hong Kong food segment as
well as two accretive corporate transactions, which included in the
third quarter, acquisition of a joint venture partner’s interests
(outlined below and discussed in the MD&A). The Company’s
revenue was $6,408,724 year-to-date and $1,820,170 for the
quarter.
As of December 31, 2020, the Company had strong
working capital of $16.8 million, consisting of cash, bank deposits
and marketable securities totaling $15.0 million, together with
accounts receivables and other current assets of $4.0 million, less
accounts payable and other current liabilities of $2.2 million.
The Joyce Lake DSO Iron Ore
Project
In November 2020, the Company acquired a joint
venture partner’s interests in the Joyce Lake Iron Ore Project
(“Joyce Lake”) and other Labrador iron ore projects, so as to
increase the Company’s ownership to 100%. During the quarter
Century also completed an internal reorganization placing the Joyce
Lake project in a corporate structure to facilitate accretive
financings. Century management has placed the Company in a stronger
financial position to now allow rapid advancement of the Joyce Lake
project at the dawn of a potential new iron ore price super-cycle.
As previously announced, the Company intends to spin-out the Joyce
Lake project to facilitate the next phases of development
financing.
The iron ore market has continued to perform
strongly through January 2021, at an average selling price close to
US$170/t (62% CFR China). The Joyce Lake 2015 NI 43-101 Feasibility
Study dated April 14, 2015 (the “Study”) determined a pre-tax net
present value, at an 8% discount rate, of $130.8 million at an
assumed iron ore price of only US$95/t. According to the Study’s
sensitivity analysis, the pre-tax net present value becomes $888.8
million at US$142.5/t (some US$25/t below January’s average selling
price), as discussed below. The Study is available on SEDAR and was
published in April 2015.
To seize the great opportunity presented by a
strong recovery in the global iron ore market, the Company plans to
spin-out Joyce Lake, in a similar manner to the way Century Metals
Inc. (now known as Reyna Silver Corp.) was spun-out in 2019. The
Joyce Lake spin-out will be consistent with accretive raising
additional capital to fund an optimization of the Study and to
advance the Joyce Lake project to a production decision as soon as
possible. The structure and timing of any spin-out of the Joyce
Lake project and any related additional capital raises to further
fund the Joyce Lake project remain under consideration by Century
and are subject to finalization.
Joyce Lake, our most advanced project, is a DSO
(direct shipping ore) project in Newfoundland and Labrador, close
to the town of Schefferville, Quebec which is serviced by a rail
link directly to ocean shipping iron ore ports at Sept-Iles. A new
43km dedicated haul road will be used from the Joyce Lake project
to the rail link. It has completed feasibility and permitting
studies and can be brought to production within approximately 30
months.
Following an expenditure of more than $40
million, the project has reserves of 17.72 million tonnes at 59.71%
Fe based on estimates included in the Study.
The NI 43-101 Study contemplates an open pit
mine of 2.5 million t/a over a 7-year life-of-mine producing both
lump and fines from crushing and screening with no tailings
generated. The Study financial analysis used a base case long term
price of US$95/t, a capital cost of $259.6M and operating costs of
$58.25 FOB the port at Sept- Iles, which generated an NPV8% of
$61.4M after tax and $130.8M before tax.
The Study (page 22-8) also provides a
sensitivity analysis range of iron ore selling prices CFR China. In
the context of higher prices, compared to the US$95/t life-of-mine
price assumed in the Study, the Study table extract below shows the
impact of higher prices on valuations and returns. At US$142.5/t
(which is 50% higher than the US$95/t Study base case but still
some US$25/t below the January 2021 average selling price of
US$167.8/t), Joyce Lake NPV8% is $888.8M before tax. This
information should be viewed in the context of the full information
presented in the Study.
Selling Price Variation |
0 |
+10% |
+30% |
+50% |
Base Price for 62% Fe, CFR China (US$/DMT) |
$95.00 |
$104.50 |
$123.50 |
$142.50 |
IRR before tax |
18.7% |
30.4% |
52.4% |
73.7% |
NPV (8%) before tax in C$ |
$130.8M |
$282.4M |
$585.6M |
$888.8M |
Payback before tax (year) |
4.4 |
3.2 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
Joyce Lake Mineral Reserves
The following mineral reserves estimate for
Joyce Lake DSO Project was estimated during the Study effective as
of March 2, 2015.
|
Tonnage |
Grade |
Grade |
Grade |
Grade |
Mineral Reserves |
(t) |
(%Fe) |
(%SiO2) |
(%Al2O3) |
(%Mn) |
High Grade Proven (Above 55% Fe) |
11.63 M |
61.35 |
9.16 |
0.54 |
0.84 |
Low Grade Proven (52% - 55% Fe) |
2.89 M |
53.31 |
20.70 |
0.60 |
0.70 |
High Grade Probable (Above 55% Fe) |
2.45 M |
61.50 |
9.48 |
0.50 |
0.61 |
Low Grade Probable (52% - 55% Fe) |
0.75 M |
53.09 |
21.90 |
0.58 |
0.30 |
Total Reserve (Above 52% Fe) |
17.72 M |
59.71 |
11.62 |
0.55 |
0.76 |
The strip ratio is 4.09.
Mineral resources and mineral reserves are
reported in accordance with Canadian Institute of Mining,
Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) definition standards for Mineral
Resources, Mineral Reserves and their Guidelines, and are compliant
with NI43-101.
Allan (Wenlong) Gan, P. Geo, a Qualified Person
as defined by NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical
information contained in this news release.
ABOUT CENTURY
Century Global Commodities Corporation (TSX:CNT)
is primarily a resource exploration and development company with a
large portfolio of multi-billion tonne iron ore projects in Canada,
mostly discovered by its own exploration team. Century also owns
100% of the Joyce Lake Direct Shipping Ore project, its most
advanced project. It has other non-ferrous metals properties under
exploration as well as a well-established food distribution
business in Hong Kong (Century Food).
Iron Ore Projects
With Baowu and Minmetals, both Global Fortune
500 companies, as Chinese strategic partners and shareholders,
Century owns one of the largest iron ore mineral resource bases in
the world, with 8.4 billion tonnes of measured and indicated
resources and 11 billion tonnes of inferred resources across five
projects in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador including Joyce
Lake DSO Iron Ore Project, Full Moon Taconite Project and the
Duncan Lake project.
Century Food
Century Food is a subsidiary operation of the
Company and was started a few years ago. It is a value-adding
marketing and distribution business for quality food products
sourced from such regions as Europe and Australia and sold in the
Hong Kong market.
For further information please contact:
Sandy Chim, President & CEOCentury Global Commodities
Corporation416-977-3188IR@centuryglobal.ca
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