Year-end report for the full year 2021
The Board of Directors of Arctic Minerals AB (publ) (“Arctic Minerals”, the “Company” or the “Parent company” and together with its subsidiaries the “Group”) (the “Board”) hereby submits year-end report for the full year January – December 2021.
Second half year (July – December) 2021
· Arctic Minerals updated the mineral resource estimate for its gold-copper project Bidjovagge in Norway increasing the mineral resource classified as indicated to 3.3 million tons compared with 2.3 million tons in the 2012 estimate.
· Arctic Minerals’ partner at the copper joint venture project Peräpohja in Finland, the Rio Tinto Group, carried out further diamond drilling at several locations in the Peräpohja district.
· Capitalised exploration costs for the period amounted to MSEK 0.0 (0.1).
· Profit after tax for the period was MSEK -9.6 (-15.5).
· Earnings per share for the period amounted to SEK -0.07 (-0.17).
· Cash and bank position amounted to MSEK 18.1 (2.2) at end of period.
Full year (January – December) 2021
· Capitalized exploration costs for the period amounted to MSEK 0.0 (4.3).
· Profit after tax for the period was MSEK -15.9 (-21.0).
· Earnings per share for the period amounted to SEK -0.11 (-0.23).
Significant events during the second half of 2021
· On August 6, 2021 Arctic Minerals applied for prolongation of extraction permits for the Company’s gold-copper project Bidjovagge in Norway. See section Gold-copper project Bidjovagge (Norway).
· On October 1, 2021 Arctic Minerals announced that the Company had been granted prolongation of extraction permits for the Company’s gold-copper project Bidjovagge in Norway. See section Gold-copper project Bidjovagge (Norway).
· On November 29, 2021 Arctic Minerals announced that diamond drilling had been carried out at its joint venture project in Finland. See section Copper joint-venture project Peräpohja (Finland).
· On December 15, 2021 Arctic Minerals presented an updated mineral resource estimate for it’s gold-copper project Bidjovagge in Norway. See section Gold-copper project Bidjovagge (Norway).
Significant events after the period ending
· On January 17, 2022 Arctic Minerals announced that the Company has identified cobalt and tellurium potential on its brownfield gold-copper project Bidjovagge in Norway. See the section Gold-copper project Bidjovagge (Norway).
The original press release can be found on the arctic minerals website