CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - May 13, 2010) - TVI Pacific Inc. ("TVI" or "the Company") (TSX:TVI) today announced unaudited, consolidated financial and operational results for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
For the three months ended March 31, 2010
- Cash Balance $16.8 mm
- Operating cash flow $14.8 mm
- Net income $8.4 mm
- Earnings per share $0.018
- Production cash cost US$0.56/Cu lbs eq
This press release should be read in conjunction with the interim consolidated financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, filed with certain securities regulators in Canada on May 13, 2010, and available on our web site (tvi2014.q4web.com) and SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
Key Financial Achievements Year Over Year
(in thousands of CDN dollars Quarter Ended Quarter Ended % Change Year
except per share information) March 31, 2010 March 31, 2009 over Year
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Net revenue 26,184 7,063 271%
Operating cash flow 14,811 (7,881) 288%
Free cash flow(1) 12,208 (3,433) 456%
Net income (loss) 8,390 (2,014) 517%
EPS (basic) 0.018 (0.005) 460%
Free cash flow per share(1) 0.025 (0.007) 457%
(1) See financial statements for the reconciliation from operating cash flow
to free cash flow.
Key Production Achievements Year Over Year
Quarter Ended Quarter Ended % Change Year
March 31, 2010 March 31, 2009 over Year
Copper pound equivalent
produced (m lbs) 8,841 4,358 103%
Copper produced (m lbs) 6,930 3,018 130%
Gold produced (oz) 2,321 866 168%
Silver produced (oz) 220,400 119,178 85%
The following table details some key operating statistics for the Canatuan Sulphide Mine for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2010.
Quarter Ended Quarter Ended
March 31, 2010 March 31, 2009
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Total tonnes processed 203,480 89,884
Average tonnes processed per day 2,261 999
Ore copper grade (%) 1.75 2.46
Copper recovery (%) 88.14 61.80
Concentrates produced (dry weight - t) 15,826 6,460
Average daily concentrates produced (dry
weight - t) 176 72
Concentrate copper grade (%) 19.86 21.20
Concentrate gold grade (g/t) 4.56 4.17
Concentrate silver grade (g/t) 433.15 573.86
Production cash cost per Cu lb eq (US$)(1)(2) 0.56 0.76
Total cash cost per Cu lb eq (US$2) 0.94 1.09
Total cash cost per Cu lb eq, net of
by-products (US$)(2) 0.32 0.56
Offtake
Copper concentrates shipped (dry weight - t) 15,514 5,351
Average copper price received (US$/lb) 3.28 1.77
(1) Excludes selling expenses.
(2) Production cash cost per copper pound equivalent; Total cash cost per
copper pound equivalent; and, Total cash cost per copper pound
equivalent, net of by-products are non-GAAP measures. See MD&A for
definition of these non-GAAP measures.
Q1 Highlights
- January 2010: TVI entered into a Heads of Terms Agreement with DMCI-CERI ("DMCI"), a subsidiary of DACON Corporation, toward the establishment of an unincorporated joint venture to conduct exploration, development and production of mineral deposits in the Greater Canatuan area.
- January 2010: TVI completed two payments under the five year term debt facility it entered into in early 2009. Subsequent to March 31, 2010, TVI completed three additional payments to reduce the original principal owing by 87% to US$4.0 million.
- February 2010: TVI resumed drilling at the Balabag epithermal gold project. The current 26 hole, 2,500 metre drill program is focused on the Tinago vein, the largest of three spatially related vein systems, and aims to define the area where the Tinago vein system is anticipated to extend to depth.
- March 2010: the Company had completed its thirteenth shipment of copper concentrates from the Canatuan Mine. A total of three shipments of copper concentrates occurred in the first quarter of 2010, generating gross revenue of US$26.2 million. Subsequent to the end of the quarter, a fourteenth shipment was completed to bring the total gross revenue for 2010 to US$35.3 million.
About TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX:TVI)
TVI Pacific Inc. is a publically traded, profitable, low cost copper producer focused on the production, development, exploration and acquisition of precious and base metal mining projects in the Philippines. The Company's interest in the Canatuan Mine and its other Philippine assets are held through its affiliate, TVI Resource Development (Phils.), Inc.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
TVI Pacific Inc.
Rhonda Bennetto
Executive Director Investor Communications
403.265.4356
rhonda.bennetto@tvipacific.com
TVI Pacific Inc.
Ian McColl
Investor Relations Analyst
403.265.4356
ian.mccoll@tvipacific.com
tvi2014.q4web.com
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