Pasinex Resources Limited (CSE: PSE) (FSE: PNX) reports the Company’s financial and operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Andrew Gottwald, Chief Financial Officer of Pasinex, commented, “There were positive developments during the quarter at the Company’s Turkish joint venture including management changes, the beginning of the development of a fourth adit and the addition of the Mahyalar claim. We are also very pleased to have been able to negotiate an extension on the highly prospective Gunman project option. 2020 has proved to be a challenging year, but the Company is now positioned to drive both of these interests forward in 2021.”

Highlights – Third Quarter 2020

Financial and Operational

• For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, Pasinex incurred a net loss of approximately $0.4 million and $1.1 million, respectively, compared with a net loss of approximately $0.25 million and $0.57 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019. The primary difference in the increase in net loss is a result of having received smaller dividends from Horzum AS during 2020. The decrease in dividends received is partially offset by a reduction in general and administrative costs period over period.
• The adjusted consolidated net loss (see non-GAAP measures) was approximately $0.3 million and $0.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared with adjusted consolidated net income of $1.3 million and $0.2 million for the same periods in 2019. The adjusted equity gain (see non-GAAP measures) was approximately $0.1 million and $0.25 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared with approximately $1.7 million and $1.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019. These non-GAAP measures reflect what the results of the Company would be without the recording of the impairment charges in 2019 and 2020.

• The operating income in Horzum AS decreased substantially from approximately $4.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, to $0.8 million in the same period in 2020. This decrease in operating income is a result of fewer tonnes having been sold, lower zinc product prices having been realized on sales along with higher per tonne costs of sales in 2020. These factors also resulted in the gross margin (see non-GAAP measures) for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, decreasing to 16% from 64% for the same period in 2019.
• During the quarter, Horzum AS began developing a new fourth adit to access zinc sulphide product, which is expected to contain a grade of between 50% to 60%. By the end of September 2020, approximately 130 metres of the fourth adit had been completed.
• During the quarter, Horzum AS received an exploration license for the Mahyalar claim, an area located to the east of the Pinargozu mine in the Mahyalar district of Kozan. The claim area is approximately 18 km² in size and is located in the Pasali Fault zone. The exploration license is valid for seven years. Fieldwork conducted to date has shown elevated zinc levels from rock and soil samples. Exploration, including the collection of further rock, soil samples and geological mapping, will be conducted over the next year.
• Subsequent to the quarter end, the Company entered into an amending agreement with Cypress and Caliber to extend the deadline for the completion of the minimum exploration expenditures to December 31, 2022. In addition, the deadline to acquire the additional 29% interest has been extended to December 31, 2024.
• In 2020, the Company received $805,500 from related parties of the Company. Subsequent to the end of the quarter, the Company received an additional $50,000 from those related parties.

Summary of Pasinex Situation in Turkey

• Management has continued its contact with senior executives of the Kurmel Group during 2020. During the quarter, the joint venture underwent certain management changes resulting from these continued discussions. Those management changes include the appointment of Pasinex AS employees in the roles of acting Managing Director of Horzum AS and acting Exploration Manager of Horzum AS. Pasinex continues to work toward resolving the financial issues and debts owed by Horzum AS.

Note 1

Please note that all dollar amounts in this news release are expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated. Refer also to the first quarter 2020 Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) and Audited Financial Statements found on SEDAR.com for more information. This news release includes non-GAAP measures, including adjusted equity gain from Horzum AS, adjusted consolidated net income, gross margin, cost per tonne mined and US$ cash cost per pound of zinc mined. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the GAAP financial statements is included in the MD&A.

About Pasinex

Pasinex Resources Limited is a Toronto-based mining company that owns 50% of the producing Pinargozu high-grade zinc mine and, under a Direct Shipping Program, sells to zinc smelters/refiners from its mine site in Turkey. The Company also holds an option to acquire 80% of the Spur high-grade zinc exploration project in Nevada. Pasinex has a strong technical management team with many years of mineral exploration and mining project development experience. The mission of Pasinex is to build a mid-tier zinc company based on its mining and exploration projects in Turkey and Nevada.