Toronto, August 15, 2022 – Canadian Manganese Company Inc. (“CDMN” or the “Company”) (NEO: CDMN; OTCQB: CDMNF) is pleased to report its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
This news release should be read in conjunction with the Company’s unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements and associated management’s discussion and analysis for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, which are available on the Company’s website at www.CanadianManganese.com or under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com.
FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
The condensed interim consolidated financial statements of the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 consolidate the accounts of the Company with its wholly-owned subsidiary Technology Metals Inc. (formerly Maximos Metals Corp.) and its 40.5% subsidiary Mongoose Mining Ltd. (“Mongoose”) (including Spark Minerals Inc.). Notwithstanding the Company owns less than a majority equity interest in Mongoose, the Company has determined that it controls Mongoose.
The Company recorded no revenue in the quarters ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 as it continued its focus of advancing the Woodstock Project.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded a loss of $615,316 compared to a loss of $12,723,304 for the same quarter in 2021. The loss in the current quarter included non-cash share based compensation expense of $187,705 and $177,155 of income recognized on the reversal of flow-through share premium liability.
Current assets at June 30, 2022 were $3,109,822, including $2,795,295 of cash, compared to current assets of $6,204,163 and cash of $6,002,675 at December 31, 2021. Current liabilities were $817,850 at June 30, 2022, including accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $702,101 and a flow-through share premium liability of $115,749, compared to current liabilities of $1,380,170 at December 31, 2021.
At June 30, 2022, the Company held exploration and evaluation assets with a carrying value of $13,319,171, including the Woodstock manganese project in New Brunswick with a carrying value of $6,766,935, and subsidiary Mongoose’s Cobequid IOCG property in Nova Scotia with a carrying value of $6,552,235 (before a 59.5% non-controlling interest).
During the quarter the Company invested $925,374 in its mineral properties, including $619,366 in the Woodstock Project, principally in drilling and related activities.
ABOUT CANADIAN MANGANESE
CDMN is a Canadian mineral development company aiming to become a supplier of high-purity manganese metal products for the rechargeable battery industry. CDMN holds the Woodstock Project in New Brunswick.
For further information:
investors@CanadianManganese.com
Matthew Allas: President and CEO +1 647 338 3748
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Additional information on CDMN is available at www.CanadianManganese.com.
This news release includes forward-looking statements regarding CDMN, and its respective businesses, which may include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the timing of additional assay results and the ability to provide a Mineral Reserve, the expected plan to become a supplier of high-quality manganese metal products. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “is expected”, “expects”, “scheduled”, “intends”, “contemplates”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “proposes” or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved. Such statements are based on the current expectations of the management of each entity. By its nature, this information is subject to inherent risks and uncertainties that may be general or specific and which give rise to the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions, projections, or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that assumptions may not be correct, and that objectives, strategic goals and priorities will not be achieved. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited, risks regarding the mining industry, economic factors, the equity markets generally, risks associated with growth and competition as well as those risks and uncertainties identified and reported in the Company’s public filings under its SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com. Although CDMN has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Except as required by applicable securities laws, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and CDMN undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.