News Release
December 13, 2016
Anglo Pacific Group PLC
Q1 2017 Coking Benchmark Price
Anglo Pacific Group PLC ("Anglo Pacific", the "Company" or the "Group") (LSE: APF, TSX: APY), the London and Toronto listed royalty company, notes that industry sources are reporting the seaborne benchmark hard coking coal contract price for the first quarter of 2017 has settled at US$285 per tonne. This is the highest settlement price since Q4 2011 and equal to the fourth highest on record in US dollar terms. The first quarter 2017 settlement price is 43% higher than the previous quarter.
Julian Treger, Chief Executive Officer of Anglo Pacific, commented:
"The recent hard coking contract price settlements are materially above the levels we have seen in the past years and significantly higher than our previous assumptions. This should markedly improve our income and dividend cover next year.
Anglo Pacific has royalties over the sales of coking coal at the Kestrel mine in Australia where the majority of production is expected to be within the Group's private royalty land during the next twelve months. In addition, the weakness of the pound post Brexit should also improve our income figures in the first half of next year."
For further information:
Anglo Pacific Group PLC |
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Julian Treger - Chief Executive Officer Kevin Flynn - Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary |
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BMO Capital Markets Limited |
+44 (0) 20 7664 8020 |
Jeffrey Couch / Neil Haycock / Tom Rider |
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Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited |
+44 (0) 20 3037 2000 |
Raj Khatri / Nicholas Harland / Ariel Tepperman |
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Peel Hunt LLP |
+44 (0) 20 7418 8900 |
Matthew Armitt / Ross Allister |
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Redleaf Communications |
+44 (0)20 7382 4769 |
Charlie Geller / David Ison |
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Notes to Editors
About Anglo Pacific
Anglo Pacific Group PLC is a global natural resources royalty company. The Company's strategy is to develop a leading international diversified royalty company with a portfolio centred on base metals and bulk materials, focusing on accelerating income growth through acquiring royalties on projects that are currently cash flow generating or are expected to be within the next 24 months. It is a continuing policy of the Company to pay a substantial portion of these royalties to shareholders as dividends.
Cautionary statement on forward-looking statements and related information
Certain information contained in this announcement, including any information as to future financial or operating performance and other statements that express management's expectation or estimates of future performance, constitute "forward looking statements". The words "expects", "anticipates", "plans", "believes", "estimates", "seeks", "intends", "targets", "projects", "forecasts", or negative versions thereof and other similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Further, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or intended in the forward-looking statements. Furthermore, this announcement contains information and statements that are based on certain estimates and forecasts that have been provided to the Group by Kestrel Coal Pty Ltd ("KCPL"), the accuracy of which KCPL does not warrant and on which readers may not rely. The material assumptions and risks relevant to the forward-looking statements in this announcement include, but are not limited to: stability of the global economy; stability of local government and legislative background; continuing of ongoing operations at the properties underlying the Group's portfolio of royalties in a manner consistent with past practice; accuracy of public statements and disclosures (including feasibility studies and estimates of reserve, resource, production, grades, mine life, and cash cost) made by the owners and operators of such underlying properties; accuracy of the information provided to the Group by the owners and operators of such underlying properties; no material adverse change in the price of the commodities produced from the properties underlying the Group's portfolio of royalties and investments; no material adverse change in foreign exchange exposure; no adverse development in respect of any property in which the Group holds a royalty or other interest, including but not limited to unusual or unexpected geological formations and natural disasters; successful completion of new development projects; planned expansions or additional projects being within the timelines anticipated and at anticipated production levels; and maintenance of mining title. If any such risks actually occur, they could materially adversely affect the Group's business, financial condition or results of operations. For additional information with respect to such risks and uncertainties, please refer to the "Principal Risks and Uncertainties" section of our most recent Annual Report and to the "Risk Factors" section of our most recent Annual Information Form available on www.sedar.com and the Group's website www.anglopacificgroup.com. Readers are cautioned to consider these and other factors, uncertainties and potential events carefully and not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are made as of the date of this announcement only and the Group undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Third party information
As a royalty holder, the Group often has limited, if any, access to non-public scientific and technical information in respect of the properties underlying its portfolio of royalties, or such information is subject to confidentiality provisions. As such, in preparing this announcement, the Group has largely relied upon the public disclosures of the owners and operators of the properties underlying its portfolio of royalties, as available at the date of this announcement.
