
Filo Corp. (TSX: FIL) (Nasdaq First North Growth Market: FIL) (OTCQX: FLMMF) announces its results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023.
Jamie Beck, President & CEO, commented, “We are continuing with our current drilling campaign through the South American winter with great success so far. There are nine rigs currently drilling at the Project and we have exceeded our planned metres through the end of Q2 2023. Our results were comprised of a mix of both large and small step-outs to the north and south of our current interpretation of the Aurora Zone, including the Filo and Bonita Zones, and preliminary results have indicated that the Bonita Zone is a continuous part of the system, rather than a separate Zone. Our exploration results continue to expand the footprint and demonstrate the potential of the Project as one of the most significant copper-gold-silver discoveries of its generation. Additionally, our recent $130 million at-market private placement sets Filo up well for the next phase of drilling.”
Q2 2023 Highlights
Q2 2023 Drilling and Assay Results
Drilling and assay results disclosed by the Company during and subsequent to the first two quarters of 2023 are summarized in Appendix 1 to this news release.
Outlook
Drilling continues to be the Company’s primary focus with nine drill rigs at site. Drilling will remain a mix of both large and small step-outs to the north and south of the Aurora Zone, as well as resource definition drilling within it. The Company continues to maintain a strong focus on improving drill productivity through a variety of initiatives and is continuing its drilling and field operations throughout the South American winter.
Data collected from the current campaign is being used to develop a comprehensive geological model which will guide further exploration and form the basis of an eventual update to the Mineral Resource estimate. The Company is continuing preliminary metallurgical testwork on the sulphide mineralization, as well as environmental and social baseline programs in support of future project permitting.
The Company’s plans and timelines are subject to equipment and staff availability, along with being able to operate safely and effectively throughout the winter and in accordance with the Company’s health and safety protocols.
Selected Financial Information
(in thousands of Canadian dollars) | June 30, | December 31, | ||
2023 | 2022 | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | 165,417 | 74,915 | ||
Working capital | 140,848 | 60,296 | ||
Mineral properties | 10,962 | 9,737 | ||
Total assets | 178,750 | 85,964 | ||
The financial information in this table was selected from the condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, which are available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and at the Company’s website www.filocorp.com |
Financial Results
(in thousands of Canadian dollars, except per share amounts) | Three months ended | Six months ended | |||
June 30, | June 30, | ||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||
Exploration and project investigation | 35,879 | 22,136 | 70,188 | 37,004 | |
General and administration (“G&A”), excluding share-based compensation expense(1) | 1,763 | 650 | 4,043 | 1,605 | |
Share-based compensation expense(1) | 2,222 | 1,041 | 5,440 | 2,391 | |
Net loss | 29,664 | 13,513 | 59,577 | 27,913 | |
Basic and diluted loss per share | 0.24 | 0.11 | 0.48 | 0.23 | |
(1) Share based compensation is a non-cash cost which reflects the amortization of the estimated fair value of share options over their vesting period. The fair value of share options is calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model, which relies heavily on the Company’s share price and historical share price volatility. Due to the material increase in the Company’s share price and volatility since 2021, the calculated fair value of the Company’s share options has increased considerably, resulting in a higher share option value and resultant share-based compensation expense being recognized. A portion of this expense is included in Exploration and Project Investigation expense.
The financial information in this table was selected from the Company’s condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, which are available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and the Company’s website www.filocorp.com |
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, Filo incurred net losses of $29.7 million and $59.6 million, respectively (2022 – $13.5 million and $27.9 million) including operating losses of $39.4 million and $78.7 million (2022 – $23.7 million and $40.7 million) and net gains of $9.0 million and $17.3 million from the use of marketable securities (2022 – $10.6 million and $12.6 million). Exploration and project investigation costs are generally the most significant expenses for the Company and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, they accounted for approximately 91% and 89% of the operating losses, respectively (2022 – 94% and 91%). The Company expenses its exploration costs through the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss, except for mineral property option payments and mineral property acquisition costs, which are capitalized.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As at June 30, 2023, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $165.5 million and net working capital of $140.8 million, compared to cash and cash equivalents of $74.9 million and net working capital of $60.3 million as at December 31, 2022. The increase in the Company’s cash and cash equivalents and net working capital is due the non-brokered private placement completed in June 2023 which resulted in net proceeds of $129.2 million, plus the net $1.1 million BHP Top-Up and $4.2 million in gross proceeds received by the Company in relation to the exercise of stock options during the six months ended June 30, 2023. These cash inflows were offset by funds used in operations and for general corporate purposes, plus amounts used in the acquisition of mineral properties and equipment and facilities for the Filo del Sol Project.
The Company will continue to deploy the majority of Its treasury to fund ongoing advancement of the Filo del Sol Project, and to a lesser extent, for working capital and general corporate purposes.
About Filo del Sol
Filo del Sol is a high-sulphidation epithermal copper-gold-silver deposit associated with one or more large porphyry copper-gold systems. Overlapping mineralizing events combined with weathering effects, including supergene enrichment, have created several different styles of mineralization, including structurally controlled and breccia-hosted gold, manto-style high-grade silver (+/- copper) and high-grade supergene enriched copper within a broader envelope of disseminated, stockwork and breccia-hosted sulphide copper and gold mineralization. This complex geological history has created a heterogeneous orebody which is characterized by zones of very high-grade copper +/- gold +/- silver mineralization within a large envelope of more homogeneous, lower-grade mineralization.
Technical Information
Copper Equivalent is calculated based on US$ 3.00/lb Cu, US$ 1,500/oz Au and US$ 18/oz Ag, with 80% metallurgical recoveries assumed for all metals. The formula is: CuEq % = Cu % + (0.7292 * Au g/t) + (0.0088 * Ag g/t).
Details on assay procedures and the drill intersections provided in Appendix 1 can be found in the Company’s news releases dated January 10, 2023, February 2, 2023, March 16, 2023, April 13, 2023, April 13, 2023, May 30, 2023, July 4, 2023 and July 11, 2023.
Qualified Persons and Technical Notes
The scientific and technical disclosure for the Filo del Sol Project included in this news release have been reviewed and approved by Bob Carmichael, P.Eng. and Jamie Beck, P. Eng. Mr. Carmichael is Filo’s Vice President of Exploration and a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure of Mineral Projects. Mr. Beck is Filo’s President and CEO and is also a Qualified Person under NI 43-101.
About Filo Corp.
Filo is a Canadian exploration and development company focused on advancing its 100% owned Filo del Sol copper-gold-silver deposit located in San Juan Province, Argentina and adjacent Region III, Chile. Filo is a member of the Lundin Group of Companies.
APPENDIX 1 – Q2 2023 DRILLING AND ASSAY RESULTS
Drilling and assay results disclosed by the Company during and subsequent to the first two quarters of 2023 are summarized in the following table:
Hole-ID | From
(m) |
To
(m) |
Length (m) | Cu
(%) |
Au
(g/t) |
Ag
(g/t) |
CuEq1
(%) |
|||||||
FSDH068A | 18.0 | 1,794.0 | 1,776.0 | 0.45 | 0.30 | 4.0 | 0.70 | |||||||
incl. | 54.0 | 94.0 | 40.0 | 0.65 | 0.92 | 8.1 | 1.39 | |||||||
incl. | 394.0 | 1,514.0 | 1,120.0 | 0.59 | 0.38 | 5.3 | 0.92 | |||||||
incl. | 574.0 | 1,298.2 | 724.2 | 0.69 | 0.45 | 6.8 | 1.08 | |||||||
FSDH069A | 138.0 | 1,434.5 | 1,296.5 | 0.60 | 0.38 | 13.9 | 1.00 | |||||||
incl. | 404.0 | 435.0 | 31.0 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 127.0 | ||||||||
and incl. | 498.0 | 1,096.0 | 598.0 | 0.92 | 0.57 | 19.3 | 1.51 | |||||||
incl. | 792.0 | 886.0 | 94.0 | 1.78 | 1.37 | 26.3 | 3.01 | |||||||
FSDH070A | 282.0 | 1,338.5 | 1,056.5 | 0.54 | 0.38 | 4.0 | 0.86 | |||||||
incl. | 369.7 | 1,040.0 | 670.4 | 0.63 | 0.41 | 5.3 | 0.97 | |||||||
incl. | 540.0 | 712.0 | 172.0 | 0.75 | 0.47 | 5.9 | 1.15 | |||||||
FSDH071 | 292.0 | 1,320.0 | 1,028.0 | 0.78 | 0.47 | 6.7 | 1.16 | |||||||
incl. | 408.0 | 580.0 | 172.0 | 1.44 | 0.82 | 12.6 | 2.14 | |||||||
incl. | 514.0 | 574.0 | 60.0 | 2.18 | 1.64 | 16.9 | 3.53 | |||||||
incl. | 776.0 | 1,013.5 | 237.5 | 1.04 | 0.68 | 6.0 | 1.49 | |||||||
FSDH072 | 484.0 | 1,712.0 | 1,228.0 | 0.55 | 0.33 | 4.4 | 0.83 | |||||||
incl. | 650.0 | 1,472.0 | 822.0 | 0.68 | 0.42 | 4.4 | 1.02 | |||||||
incl. | 998.0 | 1,328.0 | 330.0 | 0.88 | 0.61 | 2.3 | 1.35 | |||||||
FSDH073 | 404.5 | 1,388.4 | 983.9 | 0.62 | 0.32 | 4.0 | 0.89 | |||||||
incl. | 600.0 | 1,214.0 | 614.0 | 0.74 | 0.41 | 3.2 | 1.06 | |||||||
incl. | 756.0 | 1,028.0 | 272.0 | 0.92 | 0.52 | 3.2 | 1.33 | |||||||
FSDH074 | 278.0 | 1,300.0 | 1,022.0 | 0.49 | 0.19 | 4.4 | 0.66 | |||||||
incl. | 644.0 | 1,160.0 | 516.0 | 0.61 | 0.21 | 3.2 | 0.79 | |||||||
incl. | 840.0 | 1,092.0 | 252.0 | 0.65 | 0.23 | 3.6 | 0.85 | |||||||
FSDH075 | 197.1 | 1,562.0 | 1,364.9 | 0.31 | 0.12 | 2.9 | 0.42 | |||||||
incl. | 197.1 | 268.0 | 70.9 | 0.33 | 0.19 | 15.4 | 0.60 | |||||||
and incl. | 796.0 | 1,562.0 | 766.0 | 0.40 | 0.13 | 1.3 | 0.51 | |||||||
incl. | 910.4 | 1,202.0 | 291.6 | 0.52 | 0.18 | 1.2 | 0.66 | |||||||
FSDH076 | 180.0 | 1,543.0 | 1,363.0 | 0.48 | 0.35 | 3.9 | 0.77 | |||||||
incl. | 496.0 | 850.9 | 354.9 | 0.63 | 0.40 | 10.0 | 1.01 | |||||||
and incl. | 952.0 | 1,120.0 | 168.0 | 0.52 | 0.48 | 1.1 | 0.88 | |||||||
and incl. | 1264.0 | 1,490.0 | 226.0 | 0.55 | 0.42 | 1.2 | 0.87 | |||||||
FSDH077 | 192.0 | 194.0 | 2.0 | 0.05 | 10.35 | 0.5 | ||||||||
plus | 404.0 | 920.2 | 516.2 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.9 | 0.20 | |||||||
FSDH079 | 68.0 | 76.0 | 8.0 | 0.25 | 0.40 | 8.9 | 0.61 | |||||||
FSDH080 | 122.0 | 1,347.5 | 1,225.5 | 0.39 | 0.29 | 8.9 | 0.67 | |||||||
incl. | 122.0 | 1,058.0 | 936.0 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 11.3 | 0.77 | |||||||
incl. | 122.0 | 216.0 | 94.0 | 1.02 | 0.42 | 5.8 | 1.38 | |||||||
incl. | 126.0 | 148.0 | 22.0 | 2.25 | 0.35 | 1.0 | 2.51 | |||||||
and incl. | 494.0 | 882.0 | 388.0 | 0.39 | 0.36 | 20.7 | 0.83 | |||||||
FSDH081 | 192.0 | 242.0 | 50.0 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 7.2 | 0.32 | |||||||
FSDH082 | No significant values | |||||||||||||
FSDH083 | 418.7 | 1,549.8 | 1,131.1 | 0.43 | 0.15 | 2.8 | 0.57 | |||||||
incl. | 560.0 | 672.0 | 112.0 | 0.52 | 0.17 | 6.2 | 0.70 | |||||||
and incl. | 970.0 | 1,180.0 | 210.0 | 0.61 | 0.22 | 2.1 | 0.80 | |||||||
FSDH085 | 18.0 | 26.0 | 8.0 | 0.98 | 3.15 | 433.8 | 7.09 | |||||||
plus | 320.0 | 1,199.0 | 879.0 | 0.32 | 0.13 | 6.0 | 0.47 | |||||||
incl. | 658.0 | 1,114.4 | 456.4 | 0.38 | 0.14 | 5.8 | 0.53 | |||||||
incl. | 658.0 | 667.0 | 9.0 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 156.8 | 1.76 | |||||||
(1) Copper Equivalent is calculated based on US$ 3.00/lb Cu, US$ 1,500/oz Au and US$ 18/oz Ag, with 80% metallurgical recoveries assumed for all metals. The formula is: CuEq % = Cu % + (0.7292 * Au g/t) + (0.0088 * Ag g/t) | ||||||||||||||
As of the date of this News Release, additional holes have been completed with assays pending, which include:
Assay results for these holes will be released as they are received, analyzed and confirmed by the Company.
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