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Monument�s 2011 Third Quarter Results
Gross Revenue of $15 M from 10,704 Oz Gold Sales at Cash Cost $238/Oz
Vancouver, B.C. Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY and FSE: D7Q1)
�Monument� or the �Company�today announces its
third quarter financial results for the period ended March 31, 2011. All
amounts are in United States dollars unless otherwise indicated (refer to www.sedar.com for Q3
full financial results).
Third Quarter Highlights include:
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Gross revenue of $15 million generated from gold
sales of 10,704 ounces at an average price of $1,404 per ounce;
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Gold production of 11,904 ounces produced at
average cash cost of
$238 per ounce;
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A positive net working capital of $52.1 million
resulted from gold sales and the close of the $13.4 million financing
(CAD13 million);
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The Phase III plant extension preliminary design
work was continued at the Selinsing Gold Project
targeting to double production capacity from 40,000 ounces to
75,000 to 80,000 ounces; and
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Snowden Perth Pty was engaged to prepare NI43-101
technical report converting historical estimates to CIM compliant
resources. The report was completed and filed under Sedar
on May 27, 2011 with 20% increase in gold content.
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Exploration programs with a planned $4 million
over the next 12 months commenced at the Selinsing
and Buffalo Reef properties. Total of 517 meters of diamond drilling from
four drill holes was completed bringing total drill meters to 1,606 from
eight drill holes through the targeted zone at the Selinsing
property.
President and CEO Robert Baldock stated �Production
result continued as satisfactory in line with our business plan this
quarter and is expected to exceed the targeted 40,000 ounces of gold in its
first year of commercial production. The management focuses on
resource increase by way of improving its drilling programs and seeking new
targets in the South East region.�
Production Statistics
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Jun.
30, 2010
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Three months, Sep.30, 2010
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Three months, Dec.
31, 2010
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Three months, Mar. 31, 2011
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Nine months, Mar. 31, 2011
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Mining
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Ore
mined (tonnes)
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662,330
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203,150
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159,681
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140,736
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503,567
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Waste moved (tonnes)
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2,326,502
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615,937
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649,584
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741,109
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2,006,630
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Ore
stockpiled (tonnes)
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387,545
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499,589
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570,719
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623,130
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623,130
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Process
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Crushed ore (tonnes)
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274,786
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91,106
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88,552
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88,325
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267,983
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Ore
processed (tonnes)
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272,120
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89,834
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87,845
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87,780
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265,459
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Average mill feed grade (g/t)
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3.08
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4.08
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4.41
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4.18
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4.22
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Processing recovery rate
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58.7%
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90.0%
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93.7%
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93.7%
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92.5%
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Ball
mill availability (%)
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89.2%
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94.6%
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96.1%
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97.1%
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95.9%
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Jun.
30, 2010
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Three months, Sep.30, 2010
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Three months, Dec.
31, 2010
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Three months, Mar. 31, 2011
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Nine months, Mar. 31, 2011
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Gold
produced (oz)
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13,793
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9,050
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11,348
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11,904
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32,302
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Gold
sold (oz)
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13,793
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8,650
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10,148
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10,704
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29,502
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Revenue
(in 000's)?�?
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16,316
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10,863
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14,119
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15,031
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40,013
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Cash
cost (US$/oz) �
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Mining
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64
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50
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52
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52
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53
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Processing
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90
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90
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123
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117
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114
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Royalties
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62
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62
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69
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64
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67
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Operations
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0
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0
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2
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5
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3
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Total cash cost (US$/oz)
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216
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202
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246
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238
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237
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(1) Prior to achieving commercial production in
September 2010, gold sales and related production costs were capitalized
against the Selinsing Gold Property and
construction of the gold treatment plant.
Financial Results
and Discussion
For the three months ended March 31, 2011, the
Company had gold sales of $15,031,105, produced 11,904 ounces of gold and
sold 10,704 ounces of gold at an average realized price of $1,404 from its Selinsing Gold Mine. The operation generated an income
of $10,421,017, net of operating and corporate expenses, or $0.05 per
share. This result was mainly increased by other gains due to changes
in fair value on derivative liabilities of $1,974,553 estimated using
Black-Scholes financial model and fair value on a
gold forward contract of $1,513,188, offset by foreign exchange loss of
$256,917 and accretion expense of $294,904 that resulted in a net income of
$13,389,710, or $0.07 per share, compared to a net loss of ($714,040), or
($0.00) per share, reported for the corresponding period in fiscal 2010.
About Monument
Mining
Limited
Canadian based Monument Mining Limited has two wholly-owned principal
properties: Selinsing Gold Mine Project ("Selinsing");
and Damar Buffalo Reef Prospect ("Buffalo Reef");
which are located in Pahang State in the Central
Gold Belt District of Malaysia. In addition, the Company recently acquired
the Famehub properties comprising of an
additional 32,000 acres of prospective exploration land. The Company
now holds a large exploration land package, in the main continuous and
contiguous or nearby its gold producing property.
In conjuction with extensive exploration programs
at Selinsing, Buffalo Reef and the Famehub properties, the Selinsing
Gold Mine is scheduled to produce approximately 40,000 ounces of gold in
its first full year of commercial production at an estimated average
operating cash cost of approximately $317 per ounce with an initial five
year mine life. The gold treatment plant has a current capacity of 400,000 tpa with a proposed capacity expansion to 1,000,000 tpa through the addition of an additional milling
circuit to the existing plant in the future.
Please visit our website at www.monumentmining.com for
more information.
Robert F. Baldock, President and CEO
Monument Mining Limited
Suite 910- 688 West Hastings Street
Vancouver B.C. Canada V6B 1P1
For further information contact:
Monument Mining
Limited:
Richard Cushing, Investor Relations
T: + 1 604 638 1661 x 102
E: rcushing@monumentmining.com
CHF Investor
Relations:
Robin Cook, Senior Account Manager
T: + 1 416 868 1079 x 228
E: robin@chfir.com
Axino AG �
Europe:
Wolfgang Seybold, President and CEO
T: + 49 711 25 35 92 40
E: wolfgang.seybold@axino.de
"Neither TSX
Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is
defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility
for the adequacy or accuracy of this release."
Forward-Looking
Statement
This news release
contains forward-looking statements about Monument Mining Limited
(�Monument�), its business and future plans. Forward-looking statements are
statements that are not historical facts and include the timing of the
proposed programs and events. The forward-looking statements in this
news release are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors
that could cause actual results or achievements to different materially
from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
These risks and certain other factors include, without limitation, the
estimated cash cost per ounce of gold production and the estimated cash
flows which may be generated from the operations, general economic factors
and other factors that may be beyond the control of
Monument. statements regarding the future price of gold; the
estimation of mineral resources; conclusions of economic evaluation
(including scoping studies); the realization of mineral resource estimates;
the timing and amount of estimated future production, development and
exploration; costs of future activities; capital and operating
expenditures; success of exploration activities; mining or processing
issues; currency exchange rates; government regulation of mining
operations; and environmental risks. Generally, forward-looking information
can be identified by the use of forward- looking terminology such as
"plans", "expects" or "does not expect",
"is expected", "budget", "scheduled",
"estimates", "forecasts", "intends",
"anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or
"believes", or 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". Forward-looking information
is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that
may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or
achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed
or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited
to: general business, economic, competitive, geopolitical and social
uncertainties; the actual results of current exploration activities;
foreign operations risks; other risks inherent in the mining industry and
other risks described in the annual information form of the Company, which
is available under the profile of the Company on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in
forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results
not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance
that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and
future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
forward- looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any
forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable
securities laws.
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