VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New Pacific Metals
Corp. (TSX-V:NUAG) (OTCQX:NUPMF) (“New Pacific” or the “Company”) today announced its unaudited condensed
consolidated interim financial results for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018.
This earnings release should be read in conjunction with the Company's Management Discussion & Analysis,
Financial Statements and Notes to Financial Statements for the corresponding period, which have been posted under the Company’s
profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and are also available on the Company's website at www.newpacificmetals.com. All figures
are expressed in Canadian dollars (CAD) unless otherwise stated.
FINANCIALS
Net loss attributable to equity holders of the Company for the three months ended March 31,
2018 was $258,719 or $0.00 per share (three months ended March 31, 2017 - net income of $1,570,466 or $0.02 per share). The
Company’s financial results were mainly impacted by the following: (i) loss from investments of $35,551 compared to income of
$2,420,122 in the prior year; (ii) foreign exchange gain of $474,432 compared to foreign exchange loss of $153,676 in the prior
year; and, (iii) operating expenses of $748,893 compared to $698,410 in the prior year.
For the nine months ended March 31, 2018, net loss attributable to equity holders of the Company was $2,906,517
or $0.02 per share compared to net income of $2,924,118 or $0.04 per share for nine months ended March 31, 2017.
Loss from investments for the three months ended March 31, 2018 was $35,551 (three months ended
March 31, 2017 - income of $2,420,122). Within the loss from investments, loss of $76,987 from fair value change and interest
earned on bonds was partially offset by gain of $40,235 on the Company’s equity investments.
For the nine months ended March 31, 2018, loss from investments was $543,962 compared to income of $3,741,354
for the nine months ended March 31, 2017.
Operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2018 were $748,893 (three months ended
March 31, 2017 - $698,410). For the nine months ended March 31, 2018, operating expenses were $2,487,090 (nine months ended
March 31, 2017 - $1,350,664). The increase in operating expenses was a result of the Company’s increased activity.
Foreign exchange gain for the three months ended March 31, 2018 was $474,432
(three months ended March 31, 2017 - foreign exchange loss of $153,676). The Company holds a large portion of cash and cash
equivalents and bonds in US dollars while the Company’s functional currency is the Canadian dollar. The fluctuation in exchange
rates between the US dollar and Canadian dollar will impact the financial results of the Company. During the three months
ended March 31, 2018, the US dollar appreciated by 2.8% against Canadian dollar (from 1.2545 to 1.2894) while during the three
months ended March 31, 2017 the US dollar depreciated by 0.8% against Canadian dollar (from 1.3427 to 1.3322).
For nine months ended March 31, 2018, foreign exchange loss was $64,763 (nine months ended March 31, 2017 –
foreign exchange gain of $445,152).
SILVER SAND PROJECT
The Company started the preparation work for the planned exploration program after the acquisition of the Silver
Sand Project. In October 2017, the Company successfully received exploration permits required by the relevant Bolivian
government authorities and immediately commenced a 30,000 metre exploration drilling program on the property. For the three
and nine months ended March 31, 2018, total expenditures of $2,292,123 and $3,646,522, respectively, were capitalized under the
property. These expenditures were mainly related to the drilling program, site and camp preparation, maintaining a regional
office in La Paz, and building a competent management team and workforce for the property.
ABOUT NEW PACIFIC
New Pacific Metals Corp. is a Canadian exploration and development company which owns the Silver Sand Project,
in the Potosi Department of Bolivia, the Tagish Lake Gold Project in Yukon, Canada, and the RZY Project in Qinghai Province,
China.
For further information, please contact:
New Pacific Metals Corp.
Investor Relations
Phone: (604) 633-1368
Fax: (604) 669-9387
info@newpacificmetals.com
www.newpacificmetals.com
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
Certain of the statements and information in this press release constitute “forward-looking information”
within the meaning of applicable Canadian provincial securities laws. Any statements or information that express or involve
discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or
performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as “expects”, “is expected”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “plans”,
“projects”, “estimates”, “assumes”, “intends”, “strategies”, “targets”, “goals”, “forecasts”, “objectives”, “budgets”, “schedules”,
“potential” or variations thereof or stating that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be
taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms and similar expressions) are not statements of historical fact
and may be forward-looking statements or information.
Forward-looking statements or information are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements or
information, including, without limitation, risks relating to: fluctuating equity prices, bond prices, commodity prices;
calculation of resources, reserves and mineralization, foreign exchange risks, interest rate risk, foreign investment risk; loss of
key personnel; conflicts of interest; dependence on management and others.
This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of the Company’s forward-looking statements
or information. Forward-looking statements or information are statements about the future and are inherently uncertain, and actual
achievements of the Company or other future events or conditions may differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking
statements or information due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, without limitation, those referred
to in the Company’s Annual Information Form for the year ended June 30, 2017 under the heading “Risk Factors”. Although the Company
has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that
cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, described or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements or information.
The Company’s forward-looking statements or information are based on the assumptions, beliefs, expectations
and opinions of management as of the date of this press release, and other than as required by applicable securities laws, the
Company does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements or information if circumstances or management’s
assumptions, beliefs, expectations or opinions should change, or changes in any other events affecting such statements or
information. For the reasons set forth above, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or
information.
