20-F 1 caledonia20f05032013.htm CALEDONIA MINING CORPORATION 20-F CT Filed by Filing Services Canada Inc. 403-717-3898

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.

April 29, 2013

 

 

FORM 20-F

ANNUAL REPORT

(Mark One)

 

[  ] REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

OR

[x]ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012

 

OR

 

[  ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ……………………………… to ………………………………

 

Commission file number 013345

 

OR

 

[  ] SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report ……………………………………………

 

CALEDONIA MINING CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Caledonia Mining Corporation is variously referred to in this Report

as “Caledonia”, “the Corporation” or “the Company”

 

Canada

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

24 Ninth Street, Lower Houghton, Johannesburg, Gauteng 2198, South Africa

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Carl R. Jonsson, 1710-1177 West Hastings Street,

Vancouver, BC V6E 2L3, Canada; tel: (604) 640-6357; fax: (604) 681-0139

email: jonsson@securitieslaw.bc.ca

(Name, telephone, email and/or facsimile number and address of Company Contact Person)

 

The Company’s website – referred to herein – is www.caledoniamining.com

 

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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

(Title of Class)

(Title of Class)

 

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act

 

Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered
Common shares Toronto Stock Exchange
  London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market
  U.S. OTCQX

 

 

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.

 

(Title of Class)

 

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the closing of the period covered by the annual report:

 

514,461,780*

*The shares issued figures in this Report do not reflect the 1 new for 10 old share consolidation implemented by the Company April 13, 2013 - unless otherwise indicated.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registration is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

 

Yes              No         x        

 

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Yes             No         x         

 

Note – checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days

 

Yes     x     No           

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer ______ Accelerated filer Non-accelerated filer x

 

*All shares issued figures in this Report do not reflect the 1 new for 10 old share consolidation implemented by the Company April 13, 2013 – unless otherwise indicated.

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Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

 

U.S. GAAP …… International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board X

Other:            

 

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow

Item 17             Item 18            

 

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 

Yes             No       x      

 

(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.

 

Yes             No            

 

NOTE: All references to monies herein are to Canadian dollars unless otherwise specifically indicated

 

 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

The Company cautions readers regarding forward looking statements found in this Annual Report and in any other statement made by, or on behalf of the Company, whether or not in future filings with the United States Securities Exchange Commission. Forward looking statements are statements not based on historical information and which relate to future operations, strategies, financial results or other developments. Forward looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Company’s control and many of which, with respect to future business decisions, are subject to change. These uncertainties and contingencies can affect actual results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. The Company disclaims any obligation to update forward looking statements.

 

 

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PART 1

 

 

1.IDENTITY of DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS

 

Not required as this is an annual report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”).

 

However, the information required above can readily be determined from Caledonia’s Proxy and Information Circular dated April 20, 2012 attached as Exhibit #14b. Information is also given in Section 14A.

 

 

2. OFFER STATISTICS AND TIMETABLE

 

Not required as this is an annual report under the Exchange Act.

 

 

3. KEY INFORMATION

 

Selected Financial Data

Table 3 A shows the applicable selected financial data for 2010, 2011 and 2012 pursuant to IFRS and for the 2-year period 2008 to 2009 in Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

 

Table 3 A (i) shows the applicable selected financial data for the 2-year period 2008 to 2009 in United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

 

Table 3 A (ii) shows the US$ exchange rates against the Canadian $ for each of the 5-year periods indicated, for the period end and average exchange rate and the range of high and low rates for each year and the high and low exchange rates for the individual months ending March 31, 2013.

 

 

Table 3A - Selected Financial Information prepared for 2012, 2011and 2010 pursuant to IFRS and for two preceding years pursuant to Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - the figures presented being as of the end of each such year.

 

IFRS

Canadian GAAP

Financial – All in C$ 000’s unless otherwise indicated 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Revenue from Sales 75,221 55,705 22,388 11,559 7,696
Gross Operating Profit (Loss) 40,915 29,115 6,360 2,916 3,039
Expense - (General and administration, interest and foreign exchange including provisions and impairments) (20,658) (8,359) (3,866) (6,007) (7,543)
Net loss from discontinued operations - - - - (436)
Net Income /(Loss) – after income taxes 7,358 12,130 1,455 (3,950) (4,940)
Cash and cash equivalent 27,942 9,686 1,145 1,623 3,652
Current Assets 35,294 18,159 6,176 5,917 5025
Assets 71,827 52,402 38,159 22,090 23,657
Current Liabilities 9,280 4,566 4,629 2,759 1,308
Long Term Liabilities 6,928 7,822 7,050 2,589 1,153
Working Capital 26,014 13,588 1,547 3,158 3,717
Shareholders’ Equity 55,619 40,014 26,480 16,742 21,196
Total Capital Expenditures including Mineral Properties 7,909 8,528 7,304 1,547 3,023
Financing Raised (repaid) (3,195) (279) 159 588 1,106
             

 

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Share Information

Market Capitalization ($ Thousands) at December 31 46,301 55,060 80,021 32,508 32,511
Shares Outstanding (Thousands) 514,461 500,549 500,169 500,169 500,169
Options Outstanding (Thousands) 33,296 42,540 32,580 32,580 46,430
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share for continuing operations $0.0172 $0.024 $0.003 ($0.008) ($0.010)
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share for discontinued operations - - - - ($0.000)
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share for the year $0.0172 $0.024 $0.003 $(0.008) $(0.010)

 

 

Table 3A (i) - Selected Financial Information – prepared pursuant to United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for the years 2008 – 2009 - the figures presented being as of the end of each such year

 

  US GAAP
  2009 2008

 

- In Thousands of Canadian Dollars except per share amounts

   
Revenue from Operations 11,559 7,696
Gross Profit (Loss) 3,930 851
Expenses (General and Administration, Interest and foreign exchange) 6,247 7,543
Net Income (Loss) from continuing operations (3,176) (6,692)
Loss from discontinued operations - (436)
Net Income(Loss) (3,176) (7,128)
Cash 1,622 3,652
Current Assets 5,917 5,025
Total Assets 12,691 13,484
Current Liabilities 2,759 1,308
Long Term Liabilities 2,589 1,153
Working Capital (Deficiency) 3,158 3,717
Shareholders’ Equity (Deficiency) 7,343 11,023

Capital Expenditures (excluding Mineral

Property expenditure)

830 136
Expenditures on Mineral Properties 650 -
Financing Raised (repaid) 588 1,119
Deemed Dividends - -

 

 

Table 3A (ii) - Summary of Exchange Rates for the 5-year Period - 2008 to 2012

The following table sets forth, for each of the years indicated, the exchange rate of the United States dollar into Canadian currency at the end of such year, the average exchange rate during each such year and the range of high and low rates for each such year as supplied by the Bank of Canada.

 

 

Exchange Rate

2012

 

2011

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

Rate at the End of the Period (1)

0.9935

 

0.9767

0.9999

 

1.049

 

1.218

 

Average Rate (2)

0.9998

 

0.9892

1.03

 

1.14

 

1.066

 

High Rate (1)

1.0414

 

1.0468

1.0766

 

1.036

 

0.9711

 

Low Rate (1)

0.9676

 

0.9748

0.9966

 

1.2907

 

1.3008

 

Notes:

(1)The rate of exchange is the Bank of Canada closing rate for the period.
(2)The average rate means the average of the exchange rates during the year.
 
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The high and low rates of exchange for each of the 5 months from December 2012 to 10 April 2013 are as follows:

 

  Dec. 2012 Jan 2013 Feb 2013 March 2013 April 2013

 

Closing

0.9935 1.0021 1.0258 1.0176 1.0163

 

Average

0.9904 0.9919 1.0073 1.0243 1.0163

 

Hi

1.0414 1.0081 1.026 1.0309 1.0177

 

Low

0.9842 0.9836 0.9964 1.0163 1.0143

 

C.Risk Factors

An investment in the securities involves a high degree of risk. Investors need to carefully consider the following risk factors, in    addition to the other information contained in this document and the Exhibits hereto.

 

Industry Competition

 

The mining industry is a highly diverse and competitive international business. The selection of geographic areas of interest are only limited by the degree of risk a company is willing to accept by the acquisition of properties in emerging or developed markets and/or prospecting in explored or virgin territory. Mining, by its nature, is a competitive business with the search for fresh ground with good exploration potential and the raising of the requisite capital to move projects forward to production. Globally the mining industry is prone to cyclical variations in the price of the commodities produced by it, as dictated by supply and demand factors, speculative factors and industry-controlled marketing cartels. Nature provides the ultimate uncertainty with geological and occasionally climatic surprises. Commensurate with the acceptance of this risk profile is the potential for high rewards.

 

 

Exploration and Development

 

Exploration, development and production activities are subject to political, economic and other risks, including:

-cancellation or renegotiation of contracts;
-changes in local and foreign laws and regulations;
-changes in tax laws;
-delays or refusal in granting prospecting permissions, mining authorizations and work permits for foreign management staff;
-environmental controls and permitting
-expropriation or nationalization of property or assets;
-foreign exchange controls;
-government mandated social expenditures;
-import and export regulation, including restrictions on the sale of their production in foreign currencies;
-industrial relations and the associated stability thereof;
-inflation of cost that is not compensated for by a currency devaluation;
-requirement that a foreign subsidiary or operating unit have a domestic joint venture partner, which, possibly, the foreign company must subsidize;
-restrictions on the ability of local operating companies to sell their production for foreign currencies, and on the ability of such companies to hold these foreign currencies in offshore and/or local bank accounts;
-restrictions on the ability of a foreign company to have management control of exploration and/or development and/or mining operations;
-restrictions on the remittance of dividend and interest payments offshore;
-retroactive tax or royalty claims;
-risks of loss due to civil strife, acts of war, guerrilla activities, insurrection and terrorism;
-royalties and tax increases or claims by governmental entities;
-unreliable local infrastructure and services such as power, communications and transport links;
-demands or actions by native or indigenous groups;
-other risks arising out of foreign sovereignty over the areas in which operations are conducted.
-lack of uninterrupted power supplies
-lack of investment funding

 

Such risks could potentially arise in any country in which Caledonia operates. In Southern Africa, Black Economic Empowerment Legislation and a number of economic and social issues may result in increased political and economic risks of operating in that area.

 

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In 2008 the Zimbabwean parliament passed the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act 2007 (“Act”) that stipulated that 51% ownership of all companies had to reside in the hands of Indigenous Zimbabwean citizens.

On February 20, 2012 Caledonia announced it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with the Minister of Youth, Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment of the Government of Zimbabwe pursuant to which Caledonia agreed that indigenous Zimbabweans would acquire an effective 51% ownership interest in the Blanket Mine for a paid transactional value of US$30.09 million.

 

Pursuant to the above, Caledonia entered into agreements with each of the following Indigenous Shareholders to allow them to subscribe for 51% ownership interest in Blanket as follows:

·A 16% interest was sold to the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Fund (NIEEF) for US$11.74 million.
·A 15% interest was sold to Fremiro, which is owned by Indigenous Zimbabweans, for US$11.01 million.
·A 10% interest was sold to Blanket Employee Trust Services (Private) Limited (BETS) for the benefit of present and future managers and employees of Blanket for US$7.34 million. The shares in BETS are held by the Blanket Mine Employee Trust (Employee Trust) with Blanket’s employees holding participation units in the Employee Trust.
·A 10% interest was donated to the Gwanda Community Share Ownership Trust (Community Trust). Blanket undertook and paid a non-refundable donation of US$1 million to the Community Trust.

Effective November 14, 2012 four Zimbabweans were appointed to the Board of Directors of Blanket – each representing one of the four entities to whom the 51% of the shares of Blanket were issued.

 

Effective January 1, 2012, Zimbabwe increased the gross royalty payable to the Zimbabwe Government from 4.5% to 7% of the gross revenues received by mining companies operating in Zimbabwe from gold sales.

 

In January 2008 the Zambian government announced the following changes to its tax laws that would have had a bearing on the Nama Project. The key changes were:

·                     Increase in mineral royalty from 0.6% to 3%

·                     Increase in profit tax rate from 25% to 30%

·                     Introduction of variable profits tax of 15% for net profits above 8%

·                     Introduction of a windfall profit tax for copper and cobalt mines

·                     Capital allowances reduced from 100% to 25%

 

These measures were highly controversial with mining companies, many of which invested in the country under specific tax incentives and formalized their business models accordingly. Various representations were made by the mining companies both directly and through the Chamber of Mines to the government following the budget announcement at the end of January 2008. The Zambian government in January 2009 announced improvements to the taxation of mining companies, in particular:

·         the abolition of windfall tax

·         the return of capital allowances back to 100%.

 

Whilst these changes are welcome, the royalty remains unchanged at 3% and we make the observation that at low cobalt prices, the royalty can give rise to a very significant tax burden on the project.

 

As a result of the foregoing, Caledonia’s exploration, development and production activities in Zambia and Zimbabwe may be substantially affected by factors beyond Caledonia’s control, any of which could materially adversely affect Caledonia’s financial position or results from operations. Furthermore, in the event of a dispute arising from such activities, Caledonia may be subject to exclusive jurisdiction of courts outside North America or may not be successful in subjecting persons to the jurisdiction of the courts in North America, which could adversely affect the outcome of a dispute.

 

History of Losses; Accumulated Deficit; No Assurance of Revenue or Operating Profit

 

Since inception in February 1992, Caledonia has recorded a loss in every year except 1994, 2000, 2010, 2011 and 2012. As at December 31, 2012, the consolidated accumulated deficit was $153,4 million.

 

Write-downs on capital assets and mineral properties are typical for the mining industry. Caledonia’s policy is to review the assets relative to current market conditions on an annual basis.

 

Fluctuating Minerals Prices and Foreign Currency Exchange Rates

 

As Caledonia’s activities primarily relate to the exploration, development and production of minerals, the fluctuating World prices for such minerals have a significant potential effect on the Company’s future activities and the profitability of any of its minerals production activities. There is never any assurance, when activities are undertaken, or production operations are commenced, that the World price of the minerals involved will continue at a sufficiently high price to justify the ongoing activities or the continuation of the production.

 

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Most costs incurred by the Company in its exploration, development and production activities in southern Africa have to be paid in local currencies. However, mineral prices are generally quoted in United States dollars. The profitability of any production operations of the Company and the potential profitability of its exploration and development activities will therefore be seriously affected by adverse changes in the currency exchange rates.

 

Black Empowerment and Indigenization

 

The governments of the southern African countries in which the Company operates have, or are proposing, legislation (typically referred to as “black economic empowerment” or indigenisation”) requiring companies to allow participation in their shareholdings and business enterprises by the indigenous population. In not all instances is it assured that such interests will have to be paid for at full fair value.

 

Need for Additional Funds

 

The Company expects that for at least 2013, 2014 and 2015, it can fund all of its exploration, development and production operations from internal funds – and that it will not have to seek externally sourced funding for those years. However there can be no guarantees and the situation will be consistently monitored.

 

Dependence upon Key Personnel

 

Caledonia’s success depends (i) on the continued contributions of its directors, executive officers, management and consultants, and (ii) on Caledonia’s ability to attract new personnel whenever Caledonia seeks to implement its business strategy. There is no assurance that the Company will always be able to locate and hire all of the personnel that it may consider that it requires. The Company, where it considers it appropriate, engages consulting and service companies to undertake some of the work function.

 

Chris Harvey retired from his position as Technical Director in December 2005, but continued as a Director and was appointed as a member of the Audit Committee in June 2009. Chris Harvey has announced that he will resign as a director as of April 2013 but will remain as a technical consultant to the Board. James Johnstone retired from his position as Chief Operating Officer in September, 2006, also continues as a Director and was appointed as a member of the audit committee in December 2010.

 

Steven Curtis was appointed Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer in April 2006, and was appointed as a Director on June 1, 2008. Mark Learmonth, previously a Director of Macquarie First South, was appointed as VP Corporate Development and Investor Relations on July 10, 2008.

 

Stefan Hayden stepped down as the Chairman in 2005 but continues as a Director and as President and CEO.

 

Carl Jonsson, a Director, was appointed Chairman of the Board in December 2010. Robert W. Babensee was appointed as a Director and a member of the Audit Committee on October 31, 2008 and became Chairman of the Audit Committee in December 2010.

 

During the year John Kelly, Leigh Wilson and Richard Patricio were appointed as Directors and subsequently John Kelly and Leigh Wilson became members of the Audit Committee.

 

Dividends

 

The Company paid its first dividend of C$0.005 per share on February 22, 2013 and declared a further dividend of C$0.005 per share on April 4, 2013 which is payable on April 30, 2013 to shareholders of record on April 19, 2013.

 

Possible Volatility of Share Price

 

Market prices for mining company securities, by their nature, are volatile. Factors, such as rapidly changing commodity prices, political unrest globally and in countries where Caledonia operates, speculative interest in mining stocks etc. are but a few factors affecting the volatility of the share price. Caledonia’s shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, listed its shares on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”) in June 2005 – and secured the quotation of its shares in the U.S. on the OTCQX commencing October 10, 2011.

 

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4INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

 

A.History and Development of Caledonia

 

Caledonia was incorporated, effective February 05, 1992, by the amalgamation of three predecessor companies. It exists pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act

 

Following the creation of Caledonia its shares were listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange and quoted on the NASDAQ small caps market. On October 16th 1998, Caledonia announced that NASDAQ would no longer quote Caledonia’s securities for trading. Caledonia’s common stock then commenced trading on NASDAQ’s OTC Bulletin Board system. In June 2005 Caledonia was admitted to the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market under the ticker symbol “CMCL”. Its Toronto Stock Exchange trading symbol is “CAL”. Effective October 10, 2011 the shares commenced trading in the U.S. on the OTCQX under the ticker symbol CALVF.

 

The addresses and telephone numbers of Caledonia’s three principal offices are:

African Office - South Africa 

Representational Offices - Canada
     
Greenstone Management Services 67 Yonge Street, Suite 1201
24, 9th Street, Lower Houghton Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2198  M5E 1J8
South Africa (416) 369-9507
(27) 11 447 2499    
1710-1177 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, B.C. , Canada V6E21
(604) 640-6357

 

 

Exploration activities – since 1995

 

In 1995 the Company acquired ownership of the shares of the companies which owned the Barbrook and Eersteling Mines in South Africa. The original acquisition was of only 96.4% of the issued shares of Eersteling Gold Mining Company Ltd. - with the remaining 3.6% being acquired in mid 2004. On May 31, 2008 an agreement to sell Barbrook Mine was concluded and Caledonia was paid the full purchase price of $9,130,000 by Eastern Goldfields SA (Pty) Ltd.

 

Effective April 1, 2006 the Company purchased 100% of the issued shares of the Zimbabwean company “Blanket Mine (1983) (Private) Limited, the owner of the operating Blanket Gold Mine. The purchase consideration was $1,000,000 (U.S.) and the issuance to the vendor of 20,000,000 shares in the capital of Caledonia. Because the Company bought the shares of the company owning the Blanket Mine it thereby acquired all of the assets of that company and assumed all of its liabilities.

 

From time to time Caledonia receives mineral property and business proposals from third parties for review as potential investment opportunities. With the potential of improved political conditions in other Southern African countries, Caledonia’s management is reviewing mining opportunities in certain of these countries.

 

Pages 23,24 and 25 are maps respectively of northern South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia – which show the locations of the Company’s exploration and operating properties in those countries.

 

B. Business Overview

 

Mining and Exploration Activities:

 

Gold Production

 

Blanket Mine (1983) Private Limited (“Blanket”) - Gold

 

Blanket exports its gold production to Rand Refineries in Johannesburg, South Africa and receives 100% of the sale proceeds in US dollars within 5 days of sale. Cash flow at Blanket continues to improve as gold production increases and the production unit costs decrease.

 

Background

 

The mine is located approximately 560 km south of Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe and 150 km south of Bulawayo, the country’s second largest city. The town of Gwanda, the provincial capital of Matabeleland South, is located 16 km east of the mine and is approximately 197 km north north-west of the South African border post of Beit Bridge. The mine is situated in the Gwanda Greenstone Belt from which gold was first produced in the 1800’s. Blanket holds extensive exploration properties throughout this belt. The Blanket property was first staked in 1904 with mining and metallurgical plant operations starting in 1906 and has since produced over a million ounces of gold.

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Geological Setting

 

In common with most of the gold mines in Zimbabwe, Blanket is situated in a typical greenstone terrain, the 70 km long by 15 km wide Gwanda Greenstone belt. This terrain comprises supra crustal metavolcanic rocks similar to those found in the Barberton area of South Africa and the Abitibi area of Canada. The Blanket property is the largest of the three remaining large gold producers on the Gwanda Belt, an area that has given rise to no less than 268 gold mines.

 

Property Geology

 

Blanket is part of the group that makes up the North Western Mining camp also called the Sabiwa group of ore zones extending from Sabiwa and Jethro in the south, through Blanket itself to the Feudal, AR South, AR Main, Sheet, Eroica and Lima ore bodies. The geological sequence strikes north-south, dips vertically and consists, from east to west, of a basal felsic unit which is not known to carry mineralization. It is generally on this lithology type that the various mine tailings disposal sites are located. Above this unit is the ultramafic unit that includes the banded iron formations hosting the eastern dormant cluster of mines and the ore bodies of the adjacent Vubachikwe mine complex. The active Blanket ore bodies are found in the mafic lavas, while the andesitic unit which lies to the west, caps this whole stratigraphy. A regional dolerite sill cuts the entire sequence from Vubachikwe through Blanket to the Smiler prospect. Ore bodies at Blanket are epigenetic and are associated with a later, regionally developed deformation zone characterized by areas of high strain, wrapping around relatively under formed remnants of the original basaltic lava flows. It is within this higher strain regime (highly sheared rocks) that the wider of the ore bodies are located.

 

Production Operations

Mining

 

The Blanket Mine exploits a fairly typical Achaean greenstone-hosted deposit situated on the northwest limb of the Gwanda Greenstone belt. Active mining at Blanket covers a 3 km span and includes the Jethro deposits in the south, through Blanket itself to the Feudal, AR South, AR Main, Sheet, Eroica and Lima deposits in the north.

 

Two main types of mineralization are recognized:

 

־a disseminated sulphide replacement type, which comprises the bulk of the ore shoots
־quartz veins that tend to have long strikes but are not uniformly mineralized.

 

Three types of mining methods are used at the Blanket Mine:

 

·Underhand stoping in the narrow ore bodies
·Shrinkage stoping where blocky sidewalls are evident
·Long hole stoping in the wider ore bodies, using 15 meter sub-levels.

 

The various rock types at the Blanket Mine are generally very competent in strength and structural support such as rock bolts are only installed on rare occasions where weak rock conditions are encountered.

 

The Government of Zimbabwe has enacted regulations covering water and effluent disposal. Under these regulations two required permits have been issued to the Blanket Mine covering the sewage effluent and mill tailings disposals. The Mine has also implemented a pollution-monitoring control system around the tailings dams with the installation of a number of boreholes and piezometers, which are routinely monitored by an independent consulting company.

 

Pursuant to Zimbabwe’s Mining General Regulations, certain closure obligations are required to be fulfilled and these are covered in a “Closure Plan” dated December 2012.

 

Metallurgical Process

 

In terms of Blanket’s 4 year Expansion Program the crushing and milling circuits will be expanded to handle 3,000 tonnes per day capacity by additions and improvements to them. Their throughput capacity is more than sufficient to handle the planned increases in mine production from the No. 4 Shaft Expansion Project, and will in future process any ore mined from the Subsidiary’s Satellite properties – referred to below.

 

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All run of mine ore (“ROM”) is crushed underground to minus 150mm, hoisted to surface and crushed to minus 12mm in the surface 2-stage crushing circuit. This material is then currently fed into two 1.8m by 3.6m rod mills where it is milled down to approximately 70% passing 75 microns, after which the milled slurry is pumped through two 30 inch Knelson Gravity Gold Concentrators where approximately 49% of total mill gold production is recovered as ‘gravity’ gold. The Knelson Concentrator tails are pumped through cyclones whose underflow reports to the open-circuit regrind ball mill. The product from the Knelson tails cyclone overflow and the regrind mill discharge are pumped into a carbon-in-leach (“CIL”) plant consisting of eight, 600 cubic metre leach tanks where alkaline-cyanide leaching and simultaneous absorption of dissolved gold onto granular activated carbon takes place. Elution of the gold from the loaded carbon and subsequent electro-winning are done on site. During electro winning the gold is deposited on steel wool cathodes, the loaded cathodes are acid-digested and the resultant gold solids from this acid digestion together with the re-dressed gold concentrate from Knelson Concentrators are smelted into Dore bars. The granular activated carbon is kiln regenerated before it is re-circulated back to the CIL section. The CIL plant has an overall design capacity of 3,800 tonnes of milled ore per day.

 

The Dore bars are delivered, as required by Zimbabwean law, to the Zimbabwe Government-operated Fidelity Refiners in Harare for sampling and onward export to Rand Refineries in South Africa. Rand Refineries undertakes the final refining and buys the resultant gold with 99.90% of the proceeds being credited to Blanket’s bank account in US dollars within 5 days of sale. Rand refinery also recovers a small amount of silver that is co-produced with the gold – which is also purchased by Rand Refinery.

 

Mineral Reserve Calculations

 

The Company previously published mineral reserve and mineral resource figures for the Blanket Mine in a report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Blanket Mine, Zimbabwe” (“MSA Report”) dated June 28, 2011, prepared by MSA Geoservices (Pty) Ltd. (“MSA”), a geological consulting company based in South Africa. MSA reviewed the reserve and resource calculation procedures for the Blanket Mine as at December 31, 2010. MSA’s calculation figures are shown in the following table.

 

MINERAL RESERVES – December 31, 2010

 

Classification Tonnes Grade (Au g/t) Gold Content-ounces
Proven Ore      
Total Proven Ore including pillars* 1,326,000 4.02 171,400
Probable Ore      
Operating and Development Areas 2,513,700 3.66 295,800
Total Proven + Probable Ore 3,839,800 3.78 467,200

Reserve estimate is based on a gold price of US$1,100/oz.

 

MINERAL RESOURCES

 

Classification Tonnes Grade (Au g/t) Gold Content-ounces
Indicated 510,000 3.79 62,100
Inferred 2,408,000 5.27 **

Tonnages and ounces are rounded to the nearest 100 respectively

Resource estimate is based on a gold price of US$1,100/oz.

 

Note * Pillar tonnages have been discounted by 50%

Note ** In keeping with the requirements of NI 43-101, Inferred Resources are reported without estimates of metal quantities

 

(i) 1 tonne = 1,000 kilograms = 2,204.6 pounds

(ii) Some numbers may not add due to rounding

(iii) 1 ounce troy = 31.1035 grams

 

Mr. Mike Robertson Pr. Sci. Nat., and Mr. Bruno Bvirakare Pr. Sci. Nat., both consultants with the MSA Group, are the “Independent Qualified Persons” for Blanket’s reserves and resources as required by National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators.

 

Cautionary note to U.S. Investors concerning estimates of Inferred and Indicated Resources. The above table uses the terms “inferred resources” and “indicated resources.” While these terms are recognized and required by Canadian regulations, the US Securities and Exchange Commission does not recognize them. They have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and great uncertainty as to their economic feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an Inferred or Indicated Mineral Resources will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Investors are cautioned not to assume that part or all of an inferred or indicated resource exists or is economically mineable.

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The full MSA Report can be viewed on the Company’s website or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

 

Since the calculation of the above December 31, 2010 figures the Company has mined 662,074 tonnes with an average recovered gold grade of 3.82 grams per tonne some of which has been from within the reserves and resource figures set out above. Management of Blanket Mine has concluded that on-going work and exploration on the property has resulted in the establishment of replacement reserves and resources. An updated calculation of Blanket’s reserves and resources as at December 31, 2012 has been prepared by Blanket Mines’ Technical staff following the standards and procedures required by NI43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators and the results are presented in the following table.

 

MINERAL RESERVES – December 31, 2012

Classification Tonnes Grade (Au g/t) Gold Content-ounces
Proven Ore      
Total Proven Ore including pillars * 1,767,000 3.93 223,000
Probable Ore      
Operating and Development Areas 2,140,000 3.66 252,000
Total Proven + Probable Ore 3,907,000 3.78 475,000

Reserve estimate is based on a gold price of US$1,500/oz.

 

MINERAL RESOURCES

Classification Tonnes Grade (Au g/t) Gold Content-ounces
Indicated 448,000 3.81 54,900
Inferred 2,290,000 5.30 **

Tonnages and ounces are rounded to the nearest 1000 and 100 respectively

Resource estimate is based on a gold price of US$1,500/oz.

Note *         Pillar tonnages have been discounted by 50%

Note ** In keeping with the requirements of NI 43-101, Inferred Resources are reported without estimates of metal quantities

 

(i) 1 tonne = 1,000 kilograms = 2,204.6 pounds

(ii) Some numbers may not add due to rounding

 

Relative to the previous and independent estimate of reserves and resources as at December 2010, the Reserves have increased by 1.7% in terms of contained gold. Resources expressed in terms of tonnage have declined by 6.1% over the same period.

 

Dr. T. N. Pearton, BSc Eng. (Mining Geology), PhD (Geology), and Fellow of the Geological Society of South Africa is the “Qualified Person” and is responsible for and has reviewed the Blanket’s 2012 reserves and resources as required by National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators.

 

 

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

 

Eersteling Gold Mining Company Limited

 

Although this mine remains on care and maintenance no additional impairment has been made against the carrying value as the previously offered price by a 3rd party potential buyer was significantly higher than the carrying value and the Corporation has rejected a purchase offer also in excess of the carrying value. Interested parties continue to investigate the merits of purchasing the mine and the Corporation continues to seek a suitable purchaser.

MARKETING

During 2009 Blanket became entitled to export and sell its entire gold production in its own name. Blanket has since then delivered and sold its gold production to Rand Refineries Limited in South Africa.

 

KEY PERFORMANCE FACTORS

As a result of the completion of the No. 4 Shaft Expansion Project in late 2010, the underground mining areas can now produce up to 1,100 tonnes of ore daily using predominately long-hole open stoping methods. Blanket Mine now produces in excess of 40,000 ounces per year and is implementing a four year Expansion Program to progressively increase gold production to 76,000 ounces by the end of 2016.

 

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OPERATIONAL REVIEW AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The plans for the non-revenue generating exploration projects continue to be determined by the availability of funds and are more fully described below.

8.1 Gold Production

Blanket Mine – Zimbabwe

 

The operational statistics reported below refer to the period from January 1 to December 31, 2012.

The current Blanket Mine mining area has eight near-vertical ore shoots between Jethro and Lima shafts. An additional six ore shoots occur outside the above mining limits but are included within the producing claims area. The longer term future of Blanket Mine depends primarily on the remaining life (resources) of these 14 ore shoots. Exploration at Blanket is therefore focused on determining the continuity of these mineralized shoots to depth. Ore shoots AR Main, AR South, and Blanket Reef, which comprise the deepest areas of mining at Blanket, have been exposed down to 750 meters below surface. However, the ore shoots on neighboring Vubachikwe Mine have been mined down to 1,100 meters below surface, suggesting that Blanket has at least this potential to increase its resources.

 

The exploration for the downward continuation of the known mineralized shoots will be achieved by diamond drilling from specially excavated drill chambers situated in cross-drives some 250 metres from the 22 Level haulage (which is 750 m below surface) and also from the 18 Level Haulage (630m below surface). Crosscuts (side tunnels) on 18 Level have been completed and the crosscuts on the 22 Level Haulage are now being excavated to provide the required drilling platforms from which the ore bodies below the 22 Level can be drilled for resource evaluation purposes. Holes drilled from these chambers will target the mineralized shoots at various depths down to 350 metres below 22 Level.

 

To reduce the pressure of material movements on the 18 Level and 22 Level haulages, increased mining activity has taken place in the upper levels of the AR Main and AR South ore bodies where there are remnants from earlier mining activities and undeveloped zones of medium grade material which are economic to mine at prevailing gold prices. Approximately 1.6 kilometres of the 22 Level haulage has already been mined and equipped; on-going development (excavation) towards the north-west is expected to reach Lima and complete the remaining 1.4 kilometres distance to Lima Shaft by the end of 2014.

 

 

No. 6 Winze Project

 

This project, which was recently approved by the new Blanket Board, will provide more rapid access to the Blanket ore body below 22 Level by deepening the existing No. 6 Winze. An existing Double Drum Winder is currently being upgraded and refurbished and will be installed in a new winder chamber to be excavated on 18 Level. The winze, from 120m above 22 Level, will be widened to accommodate the tipping station for the two x 3 tonne ore skips, and the shaft will then be sunk down to 1,080m with stations and main haulage levels being developed on 870m (26 Level) and 1,000m (30 Level) and with the skip loading station at 1060m. Ore and development waste will then be hoisted up the deepened No. 6 winze to 22 Level where it will be tipped into the No 4 shaft system for crushing and hoisting to surface via the No 4 Shaft. The capital cost of this project is estimated to be US $4.4 million, which will be funded from Blanket’s internal cash flows.

 

Work on this project has commenced and it is expected that this project will be completed in late 2015. Once complete, management expects that production from the Blanket ore body below 22 Level will progressively increase to approximately 600 tonnes of ore per day. This production will be in addition to the continued target production from other areas of Blanket mine of 1,300 tonnes of ore per day from early 2015.

 

It is anticipated that the above drilling program will lead to a complete reassessment of Blanket's resource base and provide an opportunity to review the mine's production strategy, specifically in terms of further increases in production beyond 1,000 tonnes per day and the requirement for additional infrastructure to achieve such incremental production.

 

A target production rate of 76,000 oz. gold per annum in 2016 has been set as a goal to be achieved following the above exploration program, although the achievement of this goal will depend on the outcome of exploration and the prevailing investment climate in Zimbabwe.

 

 

Mine Operations and production

 

Quarterly gold production has increased since mining and milling operations were resumed from 2,746 ounces in Q2 of 2009 to 11,821 ounces in Q4 of 2012.

 

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The tonnes milled, average mill feed grades, plant gold recovery and gold produced during January and February 2013, and the preceding eight quarters are shown in the table below.

 

 

 

 

Blanket Mine Production Statistics  
Period Year

Tonnes Milled

(t)

Gold
Head (Feed) Grade

(g/t)

Gold Recovery

Gold Produced

(oz)

Average sales price per ounce of gold sold (US$/oz)  
TOTAL 2010 2010 153,500 3.90 92.0% 17,707 1,273  
First quarter 2011 61,437 4.02 92.2% 7,322 1,397  
Second quarter 2011 60,913 4.52 92.9% 8,226 1,512  
Third quarter 2011 85,442 3.81 93.1% 9,743 1,737  
Fourth quarter 2011 90,967 3.86 93.4% 10,533 1,681  
TOTAL 2011 2011 298,759 4.01 92.9% 35,826 1,577
First quarter 2012 83,353 3.67

93.2%

%

9,164 1,688  
Second quarter 2012 90,315 4.24 93.9% 11,560

1,599

 

 
Third quarter 2012 93,049 4.59 94.1% 12,918 1,664  
Fourth quarter 2012 96,598 4.08 93.3% 11,821 1,703  
Total 2012 2012 363,315 4.16 93.7%

45,464

1,666  
January 2013 29,538 3.75 93.2% 3,319 1,673  
February 2013 28,814 3.91 92.9% 3,365 1,593  

 

Gold production in Q4 was lower than the preceding quarter as the achieved mined ore grade returned towards the long term average mine reserve grade of 3.84g/t after above average mined ore gold grades of 4.24 and 4.59 g/t in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. The production of 11,821oz achieved in Q4 was 18% higher than the targeted production of 10,000oz/quarter. During January and February 2013 Blanket operated as planned and achieved its production targets.

 

A narrow focus on the direct costs of production (mainly labour, electricity and consumables) does not fully reflect the total cost of gold production. Accordingly, the all-inclusive cost to produce an ounce of gold during the Quarter and the preceding seven quarters are set out in the table below. For the purposes of consistency, the total direct costs shown on the table below is as reported in previous quarters.

 

 

Blanket Mine: Total Costs per Ounce of Gold Produced (US$/oz)

 

 

 

Q1

2011

Q2

2011

Q3

2011

Q4

2011

Year

2011

Q1

2012

Q2

2012

Q3

2012

Q4

2012

Year 2012
Labour 208 175 157 132 164 179 174 158 176 175
Consumables 247 212 234 210 227 249 197 189 203 212
Electricity (incl. diesel) 1415 154 155 138 148 161 136 119 118 134
Other costs 48 44 37 41 42 58 40 41 57 50
Total direct on-mine costs 648 585 583 521 581 648 547 508 554 571
General and administrative costs 53 126 140 122 114 153 115 103 111 118
Sustaining capital investment 510 135 94 109 193 78 71 58 77 70
Inclusive cost before royalty 1,211 846 825 752 895 878 732 669 741 759
Royalty(1) 63 74 78 67 71 134 112 117 105 116
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Total inclusive cost per ounce 1,274 920 903 819 966 1,012 844 786 846 875
Gold ounces produced 7,322 8,226 9,743 10,533 35,826 9,164 11,560 12,918 11,821 45,465
(1)At 4% in 2011 and 7% in 2012

 

The labour cost component increased by 11% from the preceding quarter due to the lower gold production in Q4 and adjustments incurred in the Quarter which related to prior quarters in respect of productivity bonuses and increases in the basic labour rate.

 

The consumable cost component increased by 7% from the preceding quarter due to the effects of lower gold production on the fixed component of consumable expenditure and other expenses associated with equipment repairs and servicing.

 

Electricity tariffs remain unchanged in the Quarter and although expensive, electricity supplied by the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (“ZESA”) is still considerably cheaper than the cost of electricity generated by the mine’s standby diesel generators. Blanket’s standby generators have successfully replaced any lost time that would have resulted from disruptions in the ZESA supply. The standby diesel generators were run for 12.6 hours during the Quarter compared with 11.6 hours in the preceding quarter and a total of 108 hours usage during 2012 (2011, 120.5 hours)

Other costs increased by 39% on the preceding quarter due to, inter alia, increased Claims Protection Fees on licences which fell due for renewal in the Quarter and an increase in the provision for obsolete stock.

 

General and administrative costs are largely fixed and include the cost of procurement, financial, technical and other services provided to Blanket by Caledonia, the cost of the Harare office, the cost of shipping gold from Blanket to Rand Refineries in Johannesburg and the cost of gold refining at Rand Refineries.

 

Sustaining capital investment is that investment which is required to maintain Blanket’s current level of production and includes the purchase of replacement equipment, maintenance of existing equipment and infrastructure and normal mine development activities. It specifically excludes expenses associated with the exploration and development of Blanket’s satellite projects.

 

Underground

 

The AR South and AR Main ore bodies continue to be the most productive mining areas and provided approximately 80% of the total ore mined during the Quarter. To reduce the pressure of material movements on the 18 Level and 22 Level haulages, increased mining activity has taken place in the upper levels of the AR Main and AR South ore bodies where there are remnants from earlier mining activities and undeveloped zones of medium grade material which are economic to mine at prevailing gold prices.

The mined ore gold grade at 4.08 g/t continued to be higher than the planned 3.84 g/t average mine gold grade.

The table below sets out the development activities in the Quarter.

 

Blanket Mine: Development Activities in Q4 2012  
Area Budget Advance (m) Actual Advance (m) Metres on reef Payable metres sampled Payable width (m) Payable grade (g/t) Payability (%)
AR Main 480 331 286 186 2.4 2.9 56.1
AR South 320 203 189 136 2.2 3.8 66.9
Eroica 240 190 180 153 1.8 4.3 80.4
Blanket Quartz Reef 80 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blanket/Feudal 80 148 133 76 1.4 3.4 51.3
Lima 160 190 166 98 1.3 3.2 51.6
Total 1360 1062 953 648 1.9 3.5 61.0

 

The shortfall in mine development against plan was mainly due to air compressor breakdowns. This matter has been addressed and a new 6,695cfm compressor has been ordered and is expected to be installed and commissioned during Q3 2013. Management believes that the shortfall in development during the Quarter can be recovered in future quarters and that the planned development will allow mined ore production to be sustained at the average target rate of 1,000 tonnes per day (tpd) for 2013 increasing to 1,200tpd in 2014 and to 1,300tpd in 2015.

 

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 Capital projects

 

750m AR – Lima Haulage

 

The 22 Level Haulage Extension Project will link the Blanket and Lima ore bodies on 22 Level and will also allow for the further down-dip exploration of the Blanket Mine’s known ore bodies. Crosscuts (side tunnels) on 18 Level have been completed and the crosscuts on the 22 Level Haulage are now being excavated to provide the required drilling platforms from which the ore bodies below the 22 Level can be drilled for resource evaluation purposes. If this exploration is successful, this haulage will also allow for the rapid commencement of mining in any new mining areas defined above 750m as a result of exploration from the 630m haulage (see below). Work on the 22 Level Haulage Extension Project and its associated crosscuts will be carried out simultaneously with normal mining production with its completion anticipated for mid-2014. It is planned that the underground exploration drilling of the ore zones below 750m Level, which will be undertaken from the completed crosscuts, will continue into 2014 and beyond. During the Quarter the 22 Level haulage was advanced by 110m. This was less than planned due to a transformer failure and a shortage of compressed air.

 

630m Haulage

 

The 18 Level Haulage extension will allow access to explore for the extension of the Sheet ore body between 630m and 510m. The haulage was advanced by 22m and has reached its currently planned extension and exploration drilling has commenced.

 

510 Eroica-Lima Haulage

 

The 14 Level Haulage was advanced by 121m in the Quarter and has reached the Lima ore body. Development work will commence on the Lima ore body between 510 and 230m levels. This production section is expected to add an additional daily 200 tonnes of ore production from early 2014 at the average mine grade of 3.84 g/t.

 

No. 6 Winze Project

 

This project, which was recently approved by the new Blanket Board, will provide access to the Blanket ore body below 22 Level by deepening the existing No. 6 Winze. An existing Double Drum Winder is currently being upgraded and refurbished and will be installed in a new winder chamber to be excavated on 18 Level. The winze, from 120m above 22 Level, will be widened to accommodate the tipping station for the two x 3 tonne ore skips, and the shaft will then be sunk down to 1,080m with stations and main haulage levels being developed on 870m (26 Level) and 1,000m (30 Level) and with the skip loading station at 1060m. Ore and development waste will then be hoisted up the deepened No. 6 winze to 22 Level where it will be tipped into the No 4 shaft system for crushing and hoisting to surface via the No 4 Shaft. The capital cost of this project is estimated to be US$4.4 million, which will be funded from Blanket’s internal cash flows.

 

Work on this project has commenced and it is expected that this project will be completed in late 2015. Once complete, management expects that production from the Blanket ore body below 22 Level will progressively increase to approximately 600 tonnes of ore per day. This production will be in addition to the continued target production from other areas of Blanket mine of 1,300 tonnes of ore per day from early 2015.

 

 

Outlook

 

Blanket exceeded its targeted annual production of 40,000oz in 2012 by 14%. The 2013 target of 40,000 is expected to be sustained as a result of improvements in the underground mining systems and ongoing mine development. Gold production for the first two months of 2013 was at the targeted level.

 

The surplus capacity of the Blanket leach section and crushing and milling plant enables it to immediately treat additional feed material from the Blanket underground and from the GG and Mascot Project Area mines if the planned exploration and development work is successful and if any resultant ore is compatible with Blanket’s existing metallurgical process. With the planned increase in crushing and milling rates to approximately 3,000tpd, the Blanket metallurgical plant could treat its planned increase in production from the Blanket areas above and below the 22 level and from its satellite projects if they become ore producers.

 

There is upward pressure on costs, taxes and regulatory fees in Zimbabwe. Nevertheless, Blanket has surplus metallurgical plant capacity and is sufficiently cash generative so that it can invest in projects with a view to further increasing production, thereby helping to maintain downward pressure on the cost per ounce of gold produced.

 

EXPLORATION AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

 

 

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Base Metals

Copper and Cobalt Base Metals

Nama Project – Zambia

 

Caledonia holds four, contiguous large scale mining licenses covering approximately 800 square kilometres on the Zambian Copperbelt. The northern boundary of Caledonia’s licenced area is the Democratic Republic of Congo border and the eastern boundary abuts the Lubambe mining licence area that is held by a joint venture between Vale and African Rainbow Minerals where a new copper mine has recently been commissioned.

The 2011 drilling programme, which comprised 5,352m over five holes, identified an apparently contiguous zone of mineralisation.

Phase 1 of the 2012 work programme commenced in March 2012 and consisted of six holes comprising approximately 2,400m of drilling with the objective of identifying a continuation towards surface of the mineralized zone identified in 2011. This phase of the work programme was extended into Phase 2 with the objectives of identifying extensions of this mineralised zone and increasing the confidence level of the information on this mineralised zone. The 2012 total drilling programme comprised 10,903m over 20 holes.

Preliminary Results of the 2012 Drilling Programme

Caledonia believes, based on results achieved to date, that the 2012 drilling programme has confirmed the existence of a mineralised copper zone of substantially greater extent than first identified in 2011. The in-fill drilling has established that the mineralised zone is locally disturbed by breccia zones and fold structures which have resulted in some geological losses and local duplication of mineralization. In-fill drilling on the north-eastern and north-western limits of the target area also identified that the grade and thickness of the mineralised zone has decreased in those areas. The full extent of these disruptions, which will only be finally established and quantified once the detailed drilling currently underway is complete, are not anticipated to have a major impact on the quantum of the resource.

2013 Drilling Programme

Caledonia’s Board has authorised a program of percussion drilling to be undertaken on the identified zone in the 2nd quarter of 2013 to improve resource definition close to surface and to establish whether there is potential for an open-pit operation. Caledonia expects to issue a NI 43-101 compliant copper resource statement by June 30, 2013 and a pre-feasibility study by the end of 2013 on the possible mining of any economic near-surface oxide material.

Caledonia’s Board has also approved approximately 2,400m of diamond drilling to be carried out on additional zones of mineralisation that have been identified to the immediate west and south of the mineralised zone that could extend the copper resource both at surface and possibly at depth. A further 5,000m of diamond drilling will be commenced when the work described above has been completed on a broad copper geochemical anomaly which has been identified further to the west of the identified zone.

The budgeted cost of the 2013 exploration programme, the preparation of the NI 43-101 resource report and the feasibility study is approximately US$2.2 million, which will be funded from Caledonia’s cash on hand.

Status of the Nama Licences

On September 24, 2012 Caledonia announced that, following discussions with the Zambian Mines Development Department (the “Department”), Caledonia must comply with certain conditions to continue to hold the Nama Licences. These conditions include, inter alia:

•  the commencement of cobalt production by June 30, 2013;
•  the submission of an updated copper sulphide mineral resource and reserve statement and associated feasibility study and program of operations by June 30, 2013; and
•  the commencement of copper sulphide resource exploitation by March 31, 2015.

 

Further discussions have been held with the Department to clarify the precise terms of certain of these conditions. Caledonia intends to comply with these conditions and believes that its proposed course of action will do so.

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Nama Cobalt Project, Zambia

Caledonia has undertaken to commence cobalt production by June 30 2013. Accordingly, Caledonia has submitted a proposal to the Zambian Mines Development Department for a cobalt mining operation on the following basis:

         Identified resource to be mined: approximately 2 million tonnes grading approximately 0.2% cobalt and 0.1% copper;

        Phase 1: mining at a target rate of approximately 30,000 tonnes per month to produce cobalt oxide concentrate using gravity separation;

        Phase 2: mining at a target rate of approximately 60,000 tonnes per month to produce cobalt hydroxide using hydrometallurgical processing; and

        The estimated capital investment to achieve mine start-up and to complete phase 1 is approximately US$1.1million.

 

Gold

 

Zimbabwe Exploration

 

The Corporation’s primary exploration activities in Zimbabwe are at the Blanket Mine, which are discussed in sections 6.5 and 6.6. Other than at Blanket Mine itself, Blanket’s current exploration title holdings in the form of registered mining claims in the Gwanda Greenstone Belt total 78 claims, including a small number under option, covering an area of about 2,500 hectares. Blanket’s main exploration efforts on its satellite properties are focused at this stage on the GG prospect, the Mascot Project and Eagle Vulture which are believed to have the greatest potential of success and which are both within an economic trucking distance of the Blanket plant.

 

Depending on the successful outcome of exploration work and mining development, it is intended that economic ore extracted from GG and the Mascot Project Area would be trucked to the Blanket plant for processing. The Blanket Mine metallurgical plant has existing surplus treatment capacity and when the planned crushing and milling plant extensions have been completed, could handle up to an additional 900 tonnes per day of ore from Blanket underground and successful exploration project areas.

 

The protection of non-producing claims is the subject of ongoing discussions as the claim protection fees have been dramatically increased and the economic feasibility of protecting all claims is being assessed.

 

GG Project

The GG project was previously the site of small-scale surface workings and is located approximately 7km south east of Blanket Mine.

 

Drilling programs were carried out at GG over the past eight years included seventeen diamond-cored holes that were drilled amounting to 4,751 metres of drilling. Two zones of potentially economic gold mineralisation have been established down to a depth of approximately 200 metres, each with an estimated strike length of approximately 150 metres.

 

Work commenced on sinking a 3m by 2m shaft in the 3rd quarter of 2012 and as at March 18, 2013 the shaft had reached a depth of 90m and work on excavating the 90m level station had commenced. Once this has been completed the shaft will continue to be sunk to its target depth of 120m below surface and a station cut at this level. During shaft sinking operations, the shaft encountered a mineralized quartz shear with a near vertical orientation. As the shaft sinking extended below 40m, this quartz shear swelled and occupied the full width of the shaft. This zone of mineralisation has persisted down to 60m and on assay returned an average grade of 6.0g/t gold. The sulphide intensity of this mineralised shear exposed by the shaft between the 60m and 90m levels appear to have weakened but the shear structure remains intact. Underground diamond drilling will be undertaken to evaluate the mineralisation of this structure.

 

Horizontal development has commenced on the 60m level, short side excavations from the main haulage drive (“cubbies”) have been made to allow for diamond drilling of the identified mineralised zones. To date, four holes, totalling 400 metres have been drilled to investigate the North Main Shear and three of these holes have intersected mineralization with averaged grades and thicknesses of about 4g/t over about 2 metres. Further diamond drilling is in progress to allow for a better understanding of the geometry of the identified zones. A total of 3,000m of diamond drilling is planned from these three development levels during 2013.

 

Investment in the GG project to date has been US$626,000 which has been funded from Blanket’s internal cash flows.

 

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Mascot Project Area

The Mascot Project Area comprises three existing shafts (Mascot, Penzance and Eagle Vulture) which extend down to various depths of up to 450 metres. These shafts and other infrastructure need extensive rehabilitation. Production at these shafts ceased decades ago due to a combination of political difficulties and the limitations of the technology that was then available. Blanket Mine Management believes that the application of modern exploration and processing techniques may allow some or all of these shafts to operate profitably for a period of time, and not just at the prevailing high gold price. Priority has been given to the rehabilitation and installation of infrastructure at Mascot and Eagle Vulture shafts. Work at Penzance has been deferred pending completion of work and underground development at Eagle Vulture and Mascot.

 

Mascot

Mascot was previously mined down to approximately 300 metres, exploiting an ore body which narrowed continuously with depth. The decrease in the extent of the mined out ore at depth is thought to have been the result of limitations on mining localised low ore grades and thereby not exposing the full extent of the mineralized zone. Previous drilling undertaken by Blanket has indicated the existence of two further mineralised zones, one on either side of the mined out area.

 

During the 2nd quarter of 2012, following the installation of the ZESA electricity connection, surface infrastructure was installed (headgear, winder house and winder, electricity substation and reticulation, and a 1,000cfm air compressor) and the shaft was re-accessed down to the 120 metre level below surface and found to be in reasonably good condition.

 

During the 3rd quarter of 2012 work focussed on re-equipping the shaft: rope guides were installed down to 120metres, the ladder-ways and all station platforms were installed and the installation of air, water and pump lines is 90% complete at 21st February 2013.

Underground lateral development commenced in November 2012 simultaneously on 1 and 2 levels towards the two new mineralised zones which had been identified by Blanket’s previous surface drilling. A total of 70 metres has been advanced from the shaft in both easterly and westerly directions. It is hoped that if the gold grades of the exposed mineralized zones prove to be economic that ore from Mascot could be trucked to the main Blanket plant in commencing in late 2013.

 

Investment to date at Mascot has been U$$338,000, which has been funded from Blanket’s internal cash flows.

 

Eagle Vulture

The Eagle Vulture mine was previously mined down to approximately 100 metres below surface and is the most developed property at the Mascot Project Area. It is a “pinch and swell” ore-zone structure characterized by a cherty quartz vein. The main shaft has been refurbished down to the shaft bottom (70 metres depth) and development work to date 120 metres of development in both easterly and westerly directions towards the ore-zone strike extremities has been completed. The development plan at Eagle Vulture is to advance through waste material towards a mineralised zone that has been identified by surface drilling.

 

Investment to date at Eagle Vulture has been US$139,000, which has been funded from Blanket’s internal cash flows.

 

 

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General Comments

 

Caledonia’s activities are centered in Southern Africa. Generally, in the gold mining industry the work is not seasonal except where heavy seasonal rainfall can affect surface mining or exploration. Caledonia is not dependent, to any material extent, on patents, licenses, contracts, specialized equipment or new manufacturing processes at this time. However, there may be occasions that Caledonia may wish to adopt such patents, licenses, specialized equipment, etc. if these are economically beneficial to its operations.

 

All mining and exploration activities are conducted under the various Economic, Mining and Environmental Regulations of the country where the operations are being carried out. It is always Caledonia’s standard that these regulations are complied with by Caledonia. Otherwise its activities risk being suspended.

 

(C)Organizational Structure - Subsidiaries

 

 

Ownership interest at December 31  
  Country of incorporation

 

2012

2011 2010  
Significant subsidiaries   % % %
Caledonia Holdings Zimbabwe (Private) Limited Zimbabwe 100 100 100
Caledonia Mining Services Limited Zimbabwe 100 100 100
Caledonia Kadola Limited Zambia 100 100 100
Caledonia Mining (Zambia) Limited Zambia 100 100 100
Caledonia Nama Limited Zambia 100 100 100
Caledonia Western Limited Zambia 100 100 100
Dunhill Enterprises Inc. Panama 100 100 100
Eersteling Gold Mining Corporation Limited South Africa 100 100 100
Fintona Investments (Proprietary) Limited South Africa 100 100 100
Greenstone Management Services (Proprietary) Limited South Africa 100 100 100
Greenstone Management Services Limited United Kingdom 100 - -
Maid O’ Mist (Pty) Ltd South Africa 100 100 100
Mapochs Exploration (Pty) Ltd South Africa 100 100 100
Caledonia Holdings (Africa) Limited Barbados 100 100 100
Blanket (Barbados) Holdings Limited Barbados 100 100 100
Blanket Mine (1983) (Private) Limited Zimbabwe 49(1) 100 100
           
(1)Refer to page 8 explanation on indigenisation of Blanket mine

 

 

 

(D) Property, Plant and Equipment

 

(a)         South Africa:

 

The Eersteling gold mine, indirectly owned by the Company through its ownership of 100% of the shares of Eersteling Gold Mining Company Limited, is essentially a fully equipped mine with all of the underground and surface equipment needed to conduct mining operations and the treatment and concentration of ore mined from the properties. Due to the lengthy period of care and maintenance at Eersteling there has been some deterioration in the facilities which will require rehabilitation work before operations can be recommenced. The underground workings at Eersteling were allowed to flood and will require dewatering before mining access can be resumed. Because the mine is on care and maintenance the Company has no plans to expend further amounts on plant or equipment for them or to in any way expand or improve the facilities.

 

 

 

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(b) Zimbabwe:

 

The Blanket Mine, in Zimbabwe, which the Company indirectly owns 49% of through its ownership of 49% of the shares of Blanket Mine (1983) (Private) Limited, the owner and operator of the Mine. It is a fully equipped mine with all of the necessary plant and equipment to conduct mining operations and the production of gold from the ore mined from the Mine.

 

 

5 OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

 

A Operational Highlights

·       11,821oz of gold were produced during Q4, a 12% increase in gold production on Q4 2011 (the “comparable quarter”) of 10,533oz and an 8% decrease on Blanket’s record quarterly gold production in Q3 2012 (the “preceding quarter”) of 12,918oz. Gold production was lower than the preceding quarter as the mined ore gold grade returned towards the planned long term mine reserve grade average of 3.84g/t. The gold production of 11,821oz achieved in Q4 was 18% higher than the targeted production of 10,000oz/quarter.

·Gold production for the 12 months to December 31, 2012 was 45,465oz, a 27% increase over the gold production in the 12 months to December 31, 2011 (35,826oz). Gold production for 2012 is a new annual production record for Blanket since it commenced operations in 1906.
·Blanket’s cash operating costs in Q4 increased to US$554 per ounce of gold produced compared to US$508 in the preceding quarter and US$521 in the comparable quarter. The increase in costs in the Quarter was due to the reduced production compared to the previous quarter and the higher labour and consumable costs incurred in the Quarter.
·Blanket’s cash operating costs for the Year were US$571 per ounce compared to US$581 in 2011. The reduction in costs was due primarily to increased production which offset increases in input costs.
·All-inclusive costs per ounce of gold produced for the Quarter (i.e. including sustaining capital investment and general and administrative expenses) were US$741/oz compared to US$669/oz in the preceding quarter and US$752/oz. in the comparable quarter.
·All-inclusive costs for the year 2012 were US$759/oz compared to US$895/oz in 2011, the reduction being largely due to the higher level of production in 2012 than 2011 which meant that fixed costs were spread over more ounces of gold produced.

 

Financial Highlights

·Gold Sales during Q4 were 10,337oz at an average sales price of US$1,703/oz compared to 12,918oz at an average sales price of US$1,664/oz in the preceding quarter and 9,329oz at an average sales price of US$1,681/oz in the comparable quarter.

 

·Gold Sales for the 2012 Year were 45,181oz at an average sales price of US$1,666oz compared to 35,504oz at an average sales price of US$1,577/oz in 2011.
·Gross profit (i.e. after depreciation and amortization but before administrative expenses) for Q4 was $9,250,000 compared to $12,602,000 in the preceding quarter and $9,012,000 in the comparative quarter.
·Gross profit for the Year increased by 41% to $40,915,000 (2011: $29,115,000).
·Net profit after tax for Q4 attributable to Caledonia shareholders was $3,353,000 compared to a loss of $7,240,000 in the preceding quarter and a profit of $1,369,000 in the comparable quarter.
·Net profit after tax for the Year attributable to Caledonia shareholders was $8,720,000 compared to $12,130,000 in 2011.
·Net profit for 2012 and the net loss for the preceding quarter was after a non-cash, non-recurring charge of $14,569,000 for share based payments of which $14,161,000 was due to the sale of 41% of Blanket to Indigenous Zimbabweans, for which Blanket provided facilitation loans, and for the donation of 10% of Blanket to the Gwanda Community Share Ownership Trust (“GCSOT”) in terms of the Indigenisation Agreements signed by Blanket Mine. Further explanation of the basis of this charge is set out in Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
·At December 31, 2012, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $27,942,000 compared to $24,615,000 at September 30, 2012, and $9,686,000 at December 31, 2011.
·Cash flow from operations in 2012 before capital investment was $29,721,000 (2011: $17,428,000).
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·During Q4 Blanket made payments to the community and payments in respect of direct and indirect taxes, royalties, licence fees, levies and other payments to the Government of Zimbabwe totalling US$5,931,000 compared to US$8,474,000 in the preceding quarter, and US$5,024,000 in the comparative quarter. The total of such payments in 2012 was $23,985,000 (2011: $13,920,000).

Indigenisation

Transactions that implemented the Indigenisation of Blanket were completed on September 5th 2012. Following completion of these transactions Caledonia now owns 49% of Blanket.
Caledonia has received the Certificate of Compliance from the Government of Zimbabwe which confirms that Blanket is fully compliant with the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act.
As an indigenised entity, Blanket can now develop and is now implementing its long term growth strategy. The recently re-constituted Blanket board, which includes representatives of the Indigenous Zimbabwean shareholders, approved a capital investment programme for 2013 and a 4 year growth strategy for 2014 to 2017. This investment programme, which was endorsed by the Caledonia Board, is estimated at US$37m, will be funded from Blanket’s internally generated cash, and is expected to result in progressive increases in gold production to approximately 76koz in 2016.

 

Exploration Highlights.

·The 2012 drilling programme at the Company’s 100% owned Nama Base Metals Projects in Zambia, comprised 10,903m over 20 holes and confirmed the existence of a copper-bearing mineralised zone. Shallow drilling will be undertaken on the identified zone to improve resource definition. Initial exploration work will also be carried out on additional zones of mineralisation that have been identified to the west and south of the mineralised zone. Caledonia expects to issue a NI 43-101 compliant copper resource statement by June 30, 2013 and a preliminary feasibility study by the end of 2013, on the possible mining of near-surface copper oxide material.

 

Corporate Highlights

·On January 24, 2013 a Special Meeting of the Caledonia Shareholders passed special resolutions approving a reduction of Stated Capital of Caledonia’s common shares by $140m and approving the consolidation of Caledonia’s issued and outstanding common shares on the basis of one (1) post-consolidation common share for every ten (10) common shares currently issued. Pursuant to these resolutions being passed:
oon February 22, 2013 Caledonia paid its initial dividend of one-half Canadian cent ($0.005) per pre-consolidation share; and
othe share consolidation took effect on April 13th 2013.

 

Dividend Policy

·The Caledonia Board will assess further dividend payments at least annually in light of Caledonia’s financial performance and financial resources at that time. However, Caledonia will continue to maintain its strong financial position so that it can implement its stated growth strategy and retain the flexibility to take advantage of any further opportunities that may arise without the need to raise third party finance.

 

   
  As at December 31, 2012 As at December 31, 2011
  $000 $000
Issued common shares 197,137 196,163
Reserves 13,677 2,273
Deficit (153,399) (158,422)
Equity attributable to shareholders 57,415 40,014
Non-controlling interest (1,796) -
Total equity 55,619 40,014
       

 

B. Trend Information

 

With the completion of the No. 4 Shaft expansion project, annual gold production increased from the 2011 level of 35,826 ounces to 45,464 ounces during 2012. It is anticipated that the employee headcount will increase to approximately 820 employees in 2013. The productions costs per ounce are therefore expected to reduce at above the 40,000 ounce production level as the fixed employment costs are amortized over higher monthly production volumes.

 

The Company does not have a hedging programme.

 

 

 

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6. INVESTING

 

During the Quarter Caledonia invested $2,996,000 ($1,017,000 – 2011) in property, plant and equipment including mineral properties. Of the amount invested $1,775,000 ($859,000 – 2011) was spent at Nama and $1,207,000 ($108,000 – 2011) at Blanket and its satellite properties.

 

During the 2012 Caledonia invested $7,909,000 ($8,528,000 – 2011) in property, plant and equipment including mineral properties. Of the amount invested $3,614,000 ($2,709,000 – 2011) was spent at Nama and $4,280,000 ($5,769,000 – 2011) at Blanket, and its satellite properties.

 

7.FINANCING

Caledonia financed all its operations using funds on hand and those generated by its operations. During 2012, share options for 13,912,500 options were exercised raising $974,000. No other equity fundraising took place in 2012 and none is currently planned. Blanket’s unsecured US$2.5 million loan facility in Zimbabwe has been renewed until November 2013 at an interest rate of 8% above the 30-day LIBOR rate. It is unsecured, is renewable and repayable on demand. At December 31, 2012 this facility was undrawn due to the receipt of a payment from Rand Refineries in respect of gold sales.

 

8.LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

An analysis of the sources and uses of Caledonia’s cash is set out the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows set out in Section 4. As of December 31, 2012, Caledonia had a working capital surplus of $26,014,000 ($13,593,000 as at December 31, 2011). As of December 31, 2012, Caledonia had potential liabilities for rehabilitation work on the Blanket and Eersteling Mines - if and when those Mines are permanently closed - at an estimated present value cost of $1,015,000 (2011: $1,785,000). The South African rehabilitation trust held $175,000 on cash deposit as at December 31, 2012.

It is intended that all of the capital investment which will be required to fund the planned growth and development at Blanket over the next four years will be funded by Blanket’s internal cash flows. Caledonia has sufficient cash on hand to fund all of the authorised 2013 investment required at the Nama project.

 

9. OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

There are no off balance sheet arrangements.

 

 

10. CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

 

  Payments due by Period – in thousands of Canadian Dollars
 

Within 1

Year

1-3 years 3-5 years

More than

5 years

Total
Short term debt - - - - -
Trade and other payables 5,775,000 - - - 5,775,000
Zimbabwe advance dividends payable

 

1,987,000

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

1,987,000

Asset retirement obligations - - - 1,015,000 1,015,000

 

11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Caledonia had the following related party transactions:

  2012 2011
  $’000 $’000
Management fees, bonuses and expense allowances paid or accrued to a company which provides the services of the Corporation’s President 704 588
Rent paid to a company owned by members of the President’s family 43 48
Legal fees paid to a law firm where a Director is a partner 111 97
Other fees paid to Directors 215 145

 

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Legal fees were paid on an arms’ length commercial basis to Tupper, Jonsson & Yeadon in respect of legal services. Other fees paid to directors were in respect of their contractual remuneration.

 

Caledonia has a management agreement with Epicure Overseas S.A. (“Epicure”), a Panamanian corporation, for management services provided by the President. Caledonia is required to pay a base annual remuneration adjusted for inflation and bonuses set out in the agreement. In the event of a change of control of the Group, Epicure can terminate the agreement and receive a lump sum payment equal to 200% of the remuneration for the year in which the change occurs. The President has no ownership or control of any securities of Epicure, to the knowledge of Caledonia, Epicure holds no shares of Caledonia.

 

These related party transactions were in the normal course of operations and are recorded at the exchange amount.

 

 

12 CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The major areas where accounting estimates are made are asset impairment, asset retirement obligations, exploration and evaluation expenditure, titles to mineral property interests, impairments, share based payments, functional currency determination and future tax liabilities. Discussion of the bases on which these judgements have been made is set in note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statement. As significant impairment provisions have already been made against certain assets and there is a reasonable level of certainty around the estimate it is considered unlikely that any change in estimate would result in a material impact on the results of Caledonia. The asset retirement obligations are also considered to be estimated with a reasonable degree of certainty. An independent review of the asset retirement obligation estimation for Blanket was last carried out in December 2012. The current cost estimation of $1,600,000 was inflated by 5-6% per annum for the expected life of mine and then discounted back to current value at 15% which is the current borrowing costs attributable to Blanket. The estimations are accreted annually and any change in circumstances is considered unlikely to have a material impact on the results of Caledonia or its operations

Recently issued accounting pronouncements issued and not yet effective.

 

There are new or revised Accounting Standards and Interpretations in issue that are not yet effective. Management have considered all of these Standards and Interpretations and have concluded that those that may have an impact on future consolidated financial statements are the following:

 

Standard/Interpretation

 

Effective date*

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments January 1, 2015
IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements January 1, 2013
IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities January 1, 2013
IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement January 1, 2013
IAS 1 amendments Presentation of Financial Statements July 1, 2012
IAS 19 amendments Employee Benefits January 1, 2013
IAS 32 & IFRS 7 amendments Financial Instruments: Presentation & Financial Instruments: Disclosures 1 January 1, 2014 and January 1, 2013 respectively
IFRIC 20 Stripping Cost in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine January 1, 2013
Annual Improvements 2009-2011 cycle Various IFRSs  January 1, 2013

 

* Annual periods beginning on or after

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IFRS 9 Financial Instruments

IFRS 9 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2015. The standard will be applied retrospectively, subject to transitional provisions.

The standard supersedes the existing IAS 39 classification and measurement guidance on financial assets and financial liabilities. It effectively eliminates the categories of held to maturity, available for sale and loans and receivables for financial assets.

Financial assets will be measured at amortised cost or fair value based on an assessment of the business model in which they are held and the characteristics of each instrument. The guidance for the classification and measurement of financial liabilities remains mostly unchanged.

The guidance on the derecognition of financial instruments and how to measure fair value remains unchanged from IAS 39.

The standard eliminates the need to separate embedded derivatives from financial asset host contracts within the scope of IFRS 9. This simplification does not apply for other host contracts.

It remains possible in certain circumstances to designate financial assets or liabilities as at fair value through profit or loss.

There is a proposal to amend IFRS 9 in respect of any available for sale investments which are not held for trading, to allow IFRS 9 to permit an irrevocable choice to account for the fair value movements on these assets as either in other comprehensive income (OCI) or in profit or loss. If available for sale investments fair value measurements are recognised in OCI, they should not be recycled to profit or loss. Reclassification to retained earnings is permitted.

There may be an impact on the Group’s statement of financial position and statement of comprehensive income resulting from the new guidance on financial instruments. Management continues to monitor the development of the new standards on financial instruments and the potential impact the new standards may have as the date of adoption draws closer.

IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements

IFRS 10 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2013. The standard will be applied retrospectively if there is a change in the control conclusion between IAS 27/SIC 12 and IFRS 10.

IFRS 10 introduces a single control model to assess whether an investee should be consolidated. This control model requires entities to perform the following in determining whether control exists:

·Identify how decisions about the relevant activities are made,
·Assess whether the entity has power over the relevant activities by considering only the entity’s substantive rights,
·Assess whether the entity is exposed to variability in returns, and
·Assess whether the entity is able to use its power over the investee to affect returns for its own benefit

Control should be assessed on a continuous basis and should be reassessed as facts and circumstances change.

Management has assessed control over the following entities under IFRS 10 at 31 December 2012 in relation to the Zimbabwe Indigenisation Transaction as set out in note 5. Based on this assessment, the following entities would continue to be consolidated by the Group under IFRS 10:

·Blanket Mine (1983) (Private) Limited
·Blanket Employee Trust Services (Private) Limited (BETS)
·Blanket Mine Employee Trust (Employee Trust)

It was also concluded that the Group would not consolidate the Gwanda Community Share Ownership Trust under IFRS 10.

IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities

IFRS 12 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2013.

IFRS 12 combines, in a single standard, the disclosure requirements for subsidiaries, associates and joint arrangements, as well as unconsolidated structured entities.

The required disclosures aim to provide information to enable user to evaluate:

·The nature of, and risks associated with, an entity’s interests in other entities, and
·The effects of those interests on the entity’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows.
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The adoption of the new standard will increase the level of disclosure provided for the Group’s interests in subsidiaries and structured entities (both consolidated and unconsolidated).

IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement

IFRS 13 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2013. The standard will be applied prospectively and comparatives will not be restated.

IFRS 13 introduces a single source of guidance on fair value measurement for both financial and non-financial assets and liabilities by defining fair value, establishing a framework for measuring fair value and setting out disclosures requirements for fair value measurements. The key principles in IFRS 13 are as follows:

·Fair value is an exit price
·Measurement considers characteristics of the asset or liability and not entity-specific characteristics
·Measurement assumes a transaction in the entity’s principle (or most advantageous) market between market participants
·Price is not adjusted for transaction costs
·Measurement maximises the use of relevant observable inputs and minimises the use of unobservable inputs
·The three-level fair value hierarchy is extended to all fair value measurements

IFRS 13 may impact the Group’s financial instruments at initial recognition as well as those measured at fair value subsequently. However, limited impact is expected from subsequent fair value measurement as the Group does not currently hold any material financial instruments measured at fair value. Further impacts may result from impairment calculations where fair value less cost to sell is calculated.

Amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements

The amendments to IAS 1 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2013.

The Group will present those items of other comprehensive income that may be reclassified to profit or loss in the future separately from those that would never be reclassified to profit or loss. The related tax effects for the two sub-categories will be shown separately.

This is a change in presentation and will have no impact on the recognition or measurement of items in the consolidated financial statements.

This amendment will be applied retrospectively and the comparative information will be restated.

Amendments to IAS 19 Employee Benefits

The amendments to IAS 19 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2013.

The amendment changes the definitions of short-term employee benefits and other long term employee benefits so that the distinction between the two will depend on when the entity expects the benefit to be wholly settled.

The amended definitions state that a benefit is short-term when it is expected to be settled wholly within twelve months after the annual reporting period in which the employees render the related service. If this is not the case, then it is accounted for as other long-term employee benefit.

The classification of employee benefits as short-term or other long term employee benefits impacts the measurement of the related liability. The requirements to classify the related liability as current or non-current has not changed.

Further amendments relate to defined benefit plans which is not expected to have an impact on the Group as there are currently no defined benefit plans.

The impact of the amendments to IAS 19 on the classification of short-term employee benefits has not yet been determined.

Amendments to IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation and IFRS 7: Financial Instruments: Disclosures

The amendments to IAS 32 and IFRS 7 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 respectively.

An entity may offset financial assets and financial liabilities when it currently has a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts. IAS 32 previously did not provide guidance on what was meant by “currently has a legally enforceable right to set off”. The amendment provides guidance in IAS 32 to clarify the criteria.

The amendments clarify that an entity currently has a legally enforceable right to set-off if that right is:

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·Not contingent on a future event; and
·Enforceable in all of the following circumstances:
·The normal course of business;
·The event of default;
·The event of insolvency or bankruptcy.

IFRS 7 disclosure requirements have been amended so that the IASB and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board will have common disclosure requirements.

The amendment’s impact is limited to presentation and disclosure and will not impact recognition and measurement of financial instruments of the Group.

IFRIC 20 Stripping Cost in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine

IFRIC 20 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2013.

IFRIC 20 applies to entities that incur waste removal cost in a surface mining activity during the production phase of a mine and addresses the following:

·initial recognition of production stripping costs as an asset;
·the initial measurement of stripping activity asset; and
·subsequent measurement of stripping activity asset.
·Waste removal in the production phase of a mine may result in the following benefits:
·improved access to ore; and
·inventory produced.

If the benefit is in the form of inventory produced, the attributable cost will be recognised as cost of production of inventory. If the benefit is to improve access to the ore, a non-current asset will be recognised.

When the costs relating to improved access to ore (e.g. a stripping activity asset) and the costs of the inventory produced are not separately identifiable, production stripping costs are allocated between the stripping activity asset and inventory using a relevant production measure (e.g., actual vs. expected cost of inventory produced, actual vs. expected volume of waste extracted and actual vs. expected mineral content of ore extracted).

Depreciation or amortisation needs to be recognised on a systematic basis over the expected useful life of the identified component of the ore body that becomes more accessible as a result of the stripping activity.

The Group currently has an underground mine, Blanket Mine, which is in the production phase. Stripping costs incurred on Blanket Mine are outside the scope of IFRIC 20.

IFRIC 20 may impact the Nama Cobalt and Copper Projects in Zambia (Nama Project) once the mines moves into the production stage as the mines may have surface mining activities. The impact of IFRIC 20 on the Nama Project has not yet been determined.

 

Annual Improvements 2009-2011 cycle

The annual improvements consist of amendments to existing IFRSs to clarify guidance and wording, or to correct for relatively minor unintended consequences, conflicts or oversights. Amendments are made through the annual improvements process when the amendment is considered non-urgent but necessary.

Management does not expect that any of these amendments will impact the recognition or measurement of amounts disclosed in the consolidated financial statements. The impact of these improvements on presentation and disclosure has not yet been determined.

 

13. FINANCIAL RISK EXPOSURE AND RISK MANAGEMENT

The Corporation is exposed in varying degrees to a variety of financial instrument related risks by virtue of its activities. The overall financial risk management program focuses on preservation of capital, and protecting current and future Corporation assets and cash flows by reducing exposure to risks posed by the uncertainties and volatilities of financial markets.

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The Board of Directors has responsibility to ensure that an adequate financial risk management policy is established and to approve the policy. The Corporation’s Audit Committee oversees management’s compliance with the Corporation’s financial risk management policy.

The fair value of the Corporation’s financial instruments approximates their carrying value unless otherwise noted. The types of risk exposure and the way in which such exposures are managed are as follows:

 

(a) Currency Risk

As the Group operates in an international environment, some of the Group’s financial instruments and transactions are denominated in currencies other than the Canadian Dollar. The results of the Group’s operations are subject to currency transaction risk and currency translation risk. The operating results and financial position of the Group are reported in Canadian dollars in the Group’s consolidated financial statements.

The fluctuation of the Canadian dollar in relation to other currencies will consequently have an impact upon the profitability of the Group and may also affect the value of the Group’s assets and liabilities and the amount of shareholders’ equity.

As noted below, the Group has certain financial assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies. The Group does not use any derivative instruments to reduce its foreign currency risks. To reduce exposure to currency transaction risk, the Group maintains cash and cash equivalents in the currencies used by the Group to meet shortterm liquidity requirements.

Below is a summary of the assets and liabilities denominated in a currency other than the Canadian dollar that would be affected by changes in exchange rates relative to the Canadian dollar. The values are the Canadian dollar equivalent of the respective asset or liability that is denominated in US dollars or South African rand.

 

  2012   2011
  $   $
Cash and cash equivalents 26,451   9,210
Bank overdraft -   (430)
Trade and other receivables 1,687   3,474
Trade and other payables (4,858)   (3,413)
Zimbabwe advance dividend accrual (1,987)   -

 

 

(b) Interest Rate Risk

Interest rate risk is the risk borne by an interest-bearing asset or liability as a result of fluctuations in interest rates.

Unless otherwise noted, it is the opinion of management that the Group is not exposed to significant interest rate risk as it has no debt financing apart from short term borrowings utilized in Zimbabwe. The Group’s cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments that earn interest at market rates. The Group manages its interest rate risk by endeavouring to maximize the interest income earned on excess funds while maintaining the liquidity necessary to conduct operations on a day-to-day basis. The Group’s policy focuses on preservation of capital and limits the investing of excess funds to liquid term deposits in high credit quality financial institutions.

In the monetary policy statement announced by the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (“RBZ”) in February 2009, the debt owing by RBZ to Blanket Mine was converted into a Special Tradable Gold-Backed Foreign Exchange Bond, with a term of 12 months and an 8% interest rate. The Bond plus accrued interest is guaranteed by RBZ on maturity. Blanket Mine has been unable to sell the Bond at an acceptable discount rate and the RBZ did not redeem the Bond on the initial maturity date nor any subsequently advised maturity dates. As a result of the uncertain redemption date and the lack of information coming from the RBZ, the Bond has been written down to nil whilst Blanket continues to retain legal ownership of the RBZ debt.

(c) Concentration of Credit Risk

Credit risk is the risk of a financial loss to the Corporation if a gold sales customer fails to meet its contractual obligation. Current gold sales are made to Rand Refineries in South Africa and the payment terms stipulated in the service delivery contract have been adhered to in all instances. (d) Liquidity Risk

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Liquidity risk is the risk that the Corporation will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due.

The Corporation manages its liquidity by ensuring that there is always sufficient capital to meet its estimated cash requirements, after taking into account cash flows from operations and the Corporation’s holdings of cash and cash equivalents. The Corporation believes that these sources will be sufficient to cover the anticipated cash requirements. Senior management is also actively involved in the review and approval of planned expenditures by regularly monitoring cash flows from operations and anticipated investing and financing activities.

The Zimbabwean operations are now covered for Public Liability risk, assets all risk and Comprehensive cover on all motor vehicles.

 

(e) Commodity Price Risk

The value of the Corporation’s mineral resource properties is related to the price of gold, platinum,copper and cobalt, and the outlook for these minerals. In addition, adverse changes in the price of certain key or high cost operating consumables can significantly impair the Corporation’s cash flows.

Gold prices historically have fluctuated widely and are affected by numerous factors outside of the Corporation's control, including, but not limited to, industrial and retail demand, central bank lending, forward sales by producers and speculators, levels of worldwide production, short-term changes in supply and demand because of speculative hedging activities, and macro-economic variables, and certain other factors related specifically to gold. Recent $US gold price movements have been ascending but the effect of devaluation of the US$ against the Canadian $ and the South African Rand has mitigated against the higher US$ gold price.

Caledonia has not hedged any of its past or future gold sales.

 

14. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

 

The Corporation’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard its ability to continue as a going concern in order to pursue its mining operations and exploration potential of its mineral properties.

The Corporation’s capital includes shareholders’ equity, comprising issued common shares, reserves, accumulated other comprehensive income, accumulated deficit, bank loans and non-controlling interest

The Corporation’s primary objective with respect to its capital management is to ensure that it has sufficient cash resources to maintain its ongoing operations, to provide returns for shareholders, accommodate any asset retirement obligation and to pursue growth opportunities.

The corporation uses available cash resources to fund and maximize ongoing exploration efforts, the Corporation has paid a maiden dividend and declared a further dividend based on its available cash resources..

 

15.DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

 

ADirectors and Senior Management

 

A brief profile of each of the Directors and the senior management is given below:

 

Carl Jonsson, LL B Chairman, Director, Secretary and legal adviser to Caledonia

 

Mr. Jonsson is a lawyer and has been associated with the resource industry for over 40 years. In his legal practice he has specialized in securities and corporate work. He has been a director of Caledonia since February 1992 and prior to that date he was a director of one of its predecessor companies. Mr. Jonsson resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is a principal of the law firm Tupper, Jonsson and Yeadon. Mr. Jonsson acts as the Company’s principal Canadian lawyer. Mr. Jonsson sits on the board of directors of several public companies in Canada.

 

Stefan E. Hayden, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Mr. Hayden has extensive experience as a company manager in South Africa. Initially he founded, developed and managed an engineering company that manufactured flameproof mining machinery. He followed this by managing a company holding the Massey Ferguson franchise in the Transvaal and the Orange Free State and returned it to profitability for the then owners Standard Corporate Merchant Bank. He then founded and managed the South African agency for heavy electrical equipment sales and installations for Toshiba Corporation of Japan. He has been Managing Director of Industrial Brokers, a family company specializing in the procurement of steel and mining machinery, since 1971 and continues in this position.

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With his wide managerial, electrical and mechanical, and mining experience Mr. Hayden has acted as technical advisor to numerous mines and companies in Southern Africa. Prior to the Caledonia acquisition, Mr. Hayden as the Chief Executive Officer of Eersteling Gold Mining Company Limited and Barbrook Mines Limited was responsible for both operations. He joined Caledonia in 1995 and was appointed Managing Director, African Operations responsible for the development of Caledonia’s business in Africa. In June 1996, Mr. Hayden was elected as a Director of Caledonia and subsequently appointed Deputy Chairman of Caledonia. In January 1997 he was appointed Chairman of Caledonia and in June 1997 the position of President and Chief Executive Officer was added to his responsibilities. In February 2005 he resigned as Chairman.

 

James Johnstone, B.Sc., ARCST, P.Eng., Director

 

A graduate-mining engineer Mr. Johnstone has 40 years experience in mine operations in North America, Africa and Europe. He has experience in both underground and open pit operations. For the 20 years prior to his retirement he was employed as General Manager or Vice-President Operations for mining companies producing gold, base metals and industrial minerals. Mr. Johnstone has been responsible for the construction, start up and commissioning of two major mines in addition to the commissioning of Caledonia's Filon Sur operation. He has also been involved in the orderly closure of three operations. He has operated successfully in environmentally sensitive areas and has a good understanding of the permitting process in Canada and the United States. Mr. Johnstone joined Caledonia in April 1997 as Vice President Operations and was responsible for Caledonia's operations in Zambia and South Africa and for all activities in Canada. He was elected a Director of Caledonia in June 1997. He retired from active employment with Caledonia in September, 2006.

 

Christopher Harvey, LRIC, HNC (Chem.), Director

 

A Chemistry graduate from Wigan Mining College, Mr. Harvey has spent his career in the international mineral processing industry. Prior to immigrating to Canada in 1987 he worked for the Anglo American Group in a number of senior metallurgical positions. These included projects associated with gold and copper/cobalt production, gold, uranium and sulfuric acid production. Mr. Harvey joined Doelcam, a predecessor company of Caledonia in 1989 as Vice-President Operations and was responsible for a number of property evaluations in several countries. He was appointed Senior Vice President of Caledonia at its inception in 1992 and has been a Director since 1993. He has since held a number of senior positions within the company and was the company's Technical Director until December 2005 when he retired. He continues as a Director of Caledonia. From late 1996 to the end of September 1998, Mr. Harvey was seconded to Filon Sur in Spain for the construction, commissioning and ongoing operation of the expansion to the heap‑leach expansion project. He has also coordinated metallurgical studies for most of the company's projects, such as the Nama copper/cobalt project, the Eureka copper/gold project and the Kadola copper project in Zambia, Barbrook gold mine refractory gold recovery project and the provisional Rooipoort platinum project in South Africa and the Cononish gold project in Scotland. As noted above, Mr. Harvey resigned as a Director April 15, 2013 – but will continue to provide the Group with technical advice for the period ending April 15, 2014.

 

Steven Curtis, CA(SA) Director,Vice-President Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

Mr. Curtis is a Chartered Accountant with over 24 years experience and has held a number of senior financial positions in the manufacturing industry. Before joining Caledonia in April 2006, he was Director Finance and Supply Chain for Avery Dennison SA and prior to this, Financial Director and then Managing Director of Jackstadt GmbH South African operation. Mr. Curtis is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and graduated from the University of Cape Town.

 

Mr. Curtis was appointed Vice-President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company in April, 2006.

 

Robert W. Babensee – Director

 

Mr Babensee is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and joined Caledonia’s Board in October 2008. He has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, Canada since 1968.

 

From 1984 until his retirement in 2004, he was a partner of the Canadian accounting firm BDO Dunwoody LLP as an assurance specialist. He served as Chief Financial Officer for Golden China Resources Corporation, a natural resource company, between February 2005 and July 2006.

 

Mr Babensee was formally a non-executive Director and a member of the audit, compensation and nominating committees of Apollo Gold Corporation (now Brigus Gold Corporation), which is listed on the Toronto, New York and American Stock Exchanges whose business focus is on gold exploration, development and production in North America and has gold exploration, development and producing assets in Canada, the USA and Mexico.

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Leigh Wilson - Director

 

Mr. Leigh Alan Wilson has an international business and financial services background having served in senior executive and management positions with Union Bank of Switzerland (Securities) Ltd. in London and with the Paribas Group in Paris and New York where he served as CEO of Paribas North America between 1984 and 1990.

Mr. Wilson has served on the Victory Fund Board since 1993 and currently serves as Independent Chairman of its Board of Trustees. The Victory Funds are a US $7 billion mutual fund complex.

Mr Wilson is also the Chief Executive Officer of New Century Home Health Care Inc., a role he has held since 1995. In March 2006, Mr. Wilson received the Mutual Fund Trustee of the Year Award from Institutional Investor Magazine.

Between March 2008 and October 2008, Mr. Wilson was an Independent Non-Executive Director of Caledonia.
  

John Kelly - Director

 

Mr. John Lawson Kelly has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry in the U.S.A and international markets including emerging markets in Asia. He is registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority of the U.S.A. as a General Securities Principal.

Mr. Kelly is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. and a director of the AmeriCares Foundation.

Within the last five years Mr. Kelly has been a managing director of JL Thornton & Co, LLC and CrossRoad LLC and he has also been an Independent Trustee of The Victory Funds.

 

Richard PatricioDirector

 

Mr. Richard Patricio is Vice President Legal and Corporate Affairs at Pinetree Capital Ltd. ("Pinetree"), a Toronto-based resource-specialist investor and long-standing shareholder in Caledonia. Pinetree holds approximately 10.1% of the issued shares of Caledonia.Mr. Patricio currently holds directorships with several Canada-based publicly quoted resource companies. He previously practiced law at Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Toronto, and worked as in-house General Counsel for Teknion Corporation. Mr Patricio is also currently Vice-Pesident Corporate & Legal Affars of Mega Uranium Ltd. and Brownstone Ventures Inc.

 

Dr. Trevor PeartonVice President Exploration

 

Dr. Pearton has worked for Caledonia since 2001. During the time, he was responsible for the establishment and management of the resource bases at the Blanket Mine (operating) and the Barbrook and Eersteling Mines (now on care and maintenance) and the assessment of the Nama project, resulting in a reinterpretation of the ore body and an improved definition of the resources and mineralogical characteristics. This work provided the basis for the 2007 (completed) and the 2008 exploration programs. Prior to joining Caledonia, Dr. Pearton worked for a number of financial institutions in South Africa as a highly rated gold analyst, as well as consulting to a number of mining companies. He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a BSc Eng (Mining Geology) and was awarded a PhD in Geology for research into Archaean gold and antimony deposits (Witwatersrand University). He is a member of the Geological Society of South Africa; elected a Fellow of the Society in 2004, a member of the South African Institute for Mining and Metallurgy and a member of the Witwatersrand University Mining Engineers Association.

 

Mark Learmonth - Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations

Mr Learmonth joined Caledonia in July 2008. Prior to this, he was a Division Director of Investment Banking at Macquarie First South in South Africa, and has over 17 years experience in corporate finance and investment banking, predominantly in the resources sector. Mr Learmonth graduated from Oxford University and is a chartered accountant.

 

Caxton Mangezi – General Manager Blanket Mine

 

Mr Mangezi who holds a Certificate in geology and survey, a Miner’s Ticket, and a Mine Manager’s Diploma, joined Blanket Mine in February 1969 as a sampler progressing to mine survey and geological technician. He switched to mining as a Learner Mine Official graduating in 1974 and was appointed to the position of overseer miner. He continued to rise through the ranks to the position of Underground Manager in 1981 and was appointed Resident Manager in 1988 and then General Manager/ Director in 1993 the position he still holds today.

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Arrangements, Understandings, etc.

 

Caledonia has no arrangements or understanding with any major shareholders, customers, suppliers or others, pursuant to which any person referred to above, was selected as a director or member of senior management.

 

B.     Compensation

 

The amount of compensation paid, and benefits in kind granted to Caledonia’s directors who are also senior management is given under the "Summary Compensation Table" in the 2012 Information Circular attached as Exhibit # 14b, incorporated herein by reference.

 

A $25,000 fee is paid to each director annually.

 

A $5,000 fee is also paid to the Directors who comprise Caledonia’s Audit Committee – and the Chairman is paid a further $5,000.

 

The Company has a Stock Option Plan pursuant to which it grants options to directors, offices and key employees from time to time. The numbers of shares covered by the various options granted are determined by the Company’s Compensation Committee subject to approval by the Board of Directors. One hundred percent (100%) of the share purchase options which are presently outstanding are in favour of directors, offices and key employees of the Company and, in some cases, its subsidiaries, and providers of services to the Company or its subsidiaries.

 

Caledonia does not have a bonus or profit-sharing plan. Caledonia does not have a pension, retirement or similar benefits scheme.

 

C     Board Practices

 

The directors all hold their positions for an indefinite term, subject to re-election at each annual general meeting of the shareholders. The officers hold their positions subject to being removed by resolution of the Board of Directors. The term of office of each Director expires as of the date that an Annual General Meeting of the shareholders is held - subject to the re-election of the Directors at such Annual General Meeting.

 

There are no service contracts between Caledonia and any of the Directors of Caledonia or its subsidiaries except for (i) a "Key Executive Severance Protection Plan" between Caledonia and its President dating from 1996, and (ii) the indirect employment of Caledonia’s president and CEO through a management and administrative agreement. The Corporation has Appointment Letters with each of the other directors; there is no allowance for any termination benefit in these agreements.

 

Details concerning Caledonia’s Board Composition, Audit, Compensation, Nominating, Disclosure and Corporate Governance committees are given in the 2012 Information Circular attached as Exhibit #14b.

 

The following persons comprise the following committees:

 

Audit Compensation Governance Nominating Disclosure
R W Babensee R W Babensee S E Hayden S E Hayden S E Hayden
F C Harvey C Jonsson C Jonsson C Jonsson C Jonsson
J Johnstone       S R Curtis
L Wilson        
J Kelly        
         
Technical Strategic      
S E Hayden S E Hayden      
F C Harvey L Wilson      
J Johnstone J Kelly      
T Pearton S R Curtis      
  R Patricio      
  M Learmonth      
         

 

Terms of reference of the Audit Committee are given in the Charter of the Audit Committee. The Charters of Company Committees are available on the Company’s website or, on request, from the Company’s offices listed in Section 4A of this report.

 

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D     Employees – of Caledonia and its subsidiaries

 

The average, approximate number of employees, their categories and geographic location for each of the last 5 years are summarized in the table below:

 

 

Geographic Location and Number of Employees:

Employee Location etc. 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Total Employees          
South Africa (African Office) 9 8 10 10 10
Zimbabwe – approx.(i) 500 750 794 856 860
South Africa (Mine Security and Operations and Exploration)

-

2

1 1 1
Zambia (Head Office and Security) 8

 

8

8 8 8
Total Employees at all Locations 517

 

768

 

813

875

 

879

           

 

(i) the number of employees in Zimbabwe varies slightly from month-to-month.

 

Management and Administration:          

Employee Locations:

 

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Canada

 

 

 

- - - - -
Zimbabwe 4 9 30 30 32
South Africa (African Office) 7 7 7 7 7
South Africa (Exploration and Operations) 1 2 2 2 2
Zambia (Head Office and Security) 4 4 4 4 4
Total Management and Administration 15 22 43 43 45

 

E Share Ownership

 

(a) The direct and indirect shareholdings of the Company’s Directors and Officers as at April 20, 2013 were as follows:

 

  Number of shares
S Hayden 10,380,000
C Jonsson 1,559,469
   
B Babensee 200,000
J Johnstone 400,000
S Curtis 2,700,000
M Learmonth 1,367,300

 

P. Patricio Nil
J. Kelly Nil
L. Wilson 42,300
T. Pearton 400,000
   
Total 17,049,069

 

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All of the shares held by the Directors are voting common shares and do not have any different voting or other rights than the other outstanding common shares of the Company. Their aggregate shareholdings amount to xxxx% of the Company's issued shares.

 

(b)Share purchase options outstanding as of April 20, 2013:

 

Name Exercise Price C$ Expiry Date Number of Options
FC Harvey 0.09 31 August, 2017 400,000
FC Harvey 0.13 31, January, 2016 1,600,000
SE Hayden 0.13 31, January, 2016 3,000,000
SE Hayden 0.09 31 August, 2017 1,400,000
J Johnstone 0.09 31 August, 2017 400,000
J Johnstone 0.13 31, January, 2016 1,600,000
L Wilson 0.09 31 August, 2017 900,000
C Jonsson 0.09 31 August, 2017 400,000
C Jonsson 0.13 31, January, 2016 1,600,000
M Kater 0.09 31 August, 2017 30,000
M Kater 0.13 31, January, 2016 75,000
A Pearton 0.09 31 August, 2017 30,000
A Pearton 0.13 31, January, 2016 75,000
J Liswaniso 0.09 31 August, 2017 75,000
J Liswaniso 0.13 31, January, 2016 100,000
M Learmonth 0.09 31 August, 2017 890,200
M Learmonth 0.13 31, January, 2016 1,500,000
A Lawson 0.07 29 April, 2014 60,000
A Lawson 0.09 31 August, 2017 30,000
A Lawson 0.13 31, January, 2016 75,000
T Pearton 0.07 29 April ,2014 150,000
T Pearton 0.09 31 August, 2017 250,000
T Pearton 0.13 31, January, 2016 250,000
Dr P Maduna 0.13 31, January, 2016 100,000
SR Curtis 0.07 11 May, 2016 300,000
SR Curtis 0.09 31 August, 2017 1,200,000
SR Curtis 0.13 31, January, 2016 2,500,000
Caledonia Holdings Africa(1) 0.09 31 August, 2017 1,030,000
Caledonia Holdings Africa(1) 0.13 31, January, 2016 2,075,000
R Babensee 0.07 23 March, 2014 300,000
R Babensee 0.09 31 August, 2017 400,000
R Babensee 0.13 31, January, 2016 1,750,000
P Human 0.09 31 August, 2017 50,000
P Human 0.13 31, January, 2016 100,000
S Smith 0.13 31, January, 2016 60,000
S Smith 0.09 31 August, 2017 24,000
J Kelly 0.09 31 August, 2017 900,000
R Patricio 0.09 31 August, 2017 900,000
TOTAL     26,579,200

 

(1) The options granted to Caledonia Holdings (Africa) Limited – a subsidiary of Caledonia – are for the benefit of certain employees of a subsidiary of Caledonia.

 

 

16.MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
  
A.  Significant shareholders

 

         

To the best of Caledonia's knowledge, as of December 31, 2012 there was one shareholder that beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or exercises control or direction over more than 5% of the voting shares of Caledonia – being Pinetree Resource Partnership which is believed to own or control 53,000,000 (approx. 10.3%) shares of the Company

 

The only shares issued by Caledonia are common shares. All shareholders have the same voting rights as all other shareholders of Caledonia.

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To the best of the knowledge of Caledonia, based on information in its Share Register on April 28, 2013, the portion of the common shares of Caledonia is held in the following geographic locations:

 

 

Geographic Area

 

Number of Shares Held

 

Percentage of Issued Shares

 

Canada

275,667,950 52.8

 

USA

224,919,700 43.2

 

Other

20,591,810 4.0

 

There are 1,255 recorded holders of the Company’s issued shares.

 

Caledonia is not, to the best of its knowledge, directly or indirectly owned or controlled by another corporation or corporations, by any other natural or legal person or persons severally or jointly or by any foreign government.

 

Caledonia is not aware of any arrangement, the operation of which may at some subsequent date result in a change of control of Caledonia.

 

The foregoing information in this paragraph 16 is based exclusively on information with respect to recorded shareholders in the Company’s shareholders register. The Company does not have actual information available as to who may be the beneficial owners of the Company’s issued shares and, specifically, does not know who are the beneficial owners of the shares registered in two large intermediaries.

 

BRelated party transactions

 

During 2012 the Company made payments pursuant to what are designated as related party transactions. Details are provided in Note 26 to the 2012 Annual Financial Statements attached as Exhibit 14.a
There were no loans outstanding as at December 31, 2012 to any Company directors, officers or employees.

 

C.Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
The audit committee of the board of directors of the Corporation conducted a review of the Corporation's audit requirements, and as a result of the review, the audit committee resolved to recommend changing the Company's auditors from BDO Canada LLP (“BDO”) to KPMG Inc.(“KPMG”) effective as of April 30, 2013. being the expiry of BDO's current appointment following the filing of the Corporation’s 2012 Form 20F. On March 19, 2013, the board of directors of the Corporation approved the recommendation of the audit committee described above. BDO has therefore not been proposed for reappointment at the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders which will be held May 28, 2013.

 

(i)The report issued by BDO for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012 did not contain an adverse opinion nor a disclaimer opinion nor was qualified nor modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

 

(ii)During the two most recent reporting periods of December 31, 2011 and 2012 there were no disagreements with BDO on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure.

 

(iii)During the most recent reporting period of December 31, 2012 KPMG consulted to the Company on the application of accounting principles relating to the indigenisation transaction of Blanket Mine whereby the Company disposed of 51% of the shareholding of Blanket Mine. The accounting principles determined to be appropriate are reflected in the annual financial statements for the Company for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

(iv)During the December 31, 2011 yearend KPMG consulted to the Company on the transition to IFRS accounting principles.

 

17.FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

AConsolidated Statements and Other Financial Information
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Attached as Exhibit 14a is the 2012 audited Consolidated Annual Financial Statements of Caledonia, which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The 2012 consolidated financial statements have been audited by BDO Canada LLP and comprise the following:

 

Independent Auditor’s Report

Statement of Comprehensive Income

Statement of Financial Position

Statement of Changes in Equity

Statement of Cash Flows

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

 

Caledonia has no significant ongoing legal or arbitration proceedings at December 31, 2012.

To the best knowledge of Caledonia, neither any of its directors or senior management or its affiliates is a party adverse to Caledonia or its subsidiaries, or has a material interest adverse to Caledonia or its subsidiaries.

 

The Company paid its first dividend on February 22, 2013.

 

18.LISTINGS

 

Caledonia’s stock trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "CAL" on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange’s OTCQX under the symbol "CALVF" and since June 2005 on the AIM market in London, England under the symbol “CMCL”

 

The trading history is as follows:

 

(a)5 Year Market Trading Record - for the following calendar years:

 

Stock Exchange 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
TORONTO ($Cdn.)          
High 0.20 0.095 0.17 0.145 0.12
Low 0.03 0.05 0.055 0.065 0.06
Volume (1000s) 119,534 99,885 77,420 37,313 47,486
NASDAQ/OTCQX(US$)          
High 0.205 0.084 0.16 0.158 0.125
Low 0.03 0.045 0.052 0.063 0.054
Volume (1000s) 170,944 79,107 59,282 54,098 43,025

LONDON

(UK pence)

         
High 10.0p 6.2p 9.5p 9.9p 8.5p
Low 2.5p 2.5p 3.5p 4.5p 4.38p
Volume (1000s) 2,099 1,031 1,068 6,579 9,840

 

(b)2 Year Market Trading Record by Quarter for the last 8 quarters – ending March 31, 2013

 

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Stock Exchange

 

London AIM

 

TSE 

 

NASDAQ 

 

Share Price

 

High

 

Low

 

High

 

Low

 

High

 

Low

2011 – 2nd Qtr 8.75p 6.0p $0.14 $0.09 $0.151 $0.101
2011 – 3rd Qtr 6.75p 5.5p $0.11 $0.07 $0.118 $0.072
2011 – 4th Qtr 7.75p 4.75p $0.13 $0.06 $0.121

$0.063

 

2012 – 1st Qtr 8.75p 5.88p $0.13 $0.08 $0.125 $0.084
2012 – 2nd Qtr 6.25p 4.38p $0.08 $0.06 $0.125 $0.084
2012 – 3rd Qtr 6.38p 4.62p $0.10 $0.06 $0.11 $0.054
2012 – 4th Qtr 7.5p 5.88p $0.10 $0.08 $0.112 $0.088

2013 – 1st Qtr

 

8.9p 6.0p $0.14 $0.09 $0.145 $0.092

 

(c)6 Month Market Trading Record by Month – October 2012 to March 2013

 

 

Stock Exchange

 

London AIM

 

TSE

 

TSE

 

NASDAQ/OTCQX(1)

 

TSE

 

Share Price

 

High

 

Low

 

High

 

Low

 

High

 

Low

October 2012 6.75p 6.25p $0.09 $0.08 $0.107 $0.088
November 2012 7.50p 6.38p $0.10 $0.08 $0.112 $0.093
December 2012 6.75p 5.88p $0.09 $0.08 $0.105 $0.092
January 2013 8.88p 6.00p $0.13 $0.09 $0.145 $0.092
February 2013 8.62p 8.12p $0.13 $0.12 $0.140 $0.115
March 2013 8.25p 8.12p $0.14 $0.12 $0.130 $0.109

 

(1) The figures shown are a combination of the trading figures in the U.S. on NASDAQ – and on the OTCQX on which the Company’s shares commenced trading on October 10, 2011.

 

19.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

AMemorandum and Articles

 

Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Caledonia may be obtained upon request being made to one of Caledonia’s offices shown in section 4A of this document.

 

BMaterial contracts

 

There are no material contracts other than contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business that create obligations.

 

CExchange controls

 

There are no governmental laws, decrees or regulations existing in Canada (where Caledonia is incorporated), which restrict the export or import of capital, or the remittance of dividends, interest or other payments to non-resident holders of Caledonia's securities. Nor does Canada have foreign exchange currency controls. Nor do any such restrictions exist in Zimbabwe.

 

DTaxation

 

To the best of Caledonia's knowledge, there are no taxes or similar levies which holders of Caledonia's shares resident in the United States are subject to. However, Caledonia understands that pursuant to a Canada - U.S. tax treaty, any dividends which Caledonia might declare will be subject to such Canadian withholding taxes as the then current provisions of the treaty may require.

 

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EDocuments on display

 

The documents referred to in this report are either attached as “Exhibits” to this report or can be viewed at Caledonia’s offices whose addresses are given in section 4 of this report – or can be viewed on the Company’s website.

 

FSubsidiary information

 

To the best knowledge of Caledonia there is no other information related to Caledonia's subsidiaries that requires to be provided.

 

20QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

As Caledonia is considered to be a “small business issuer” as defined, information is not required to be provided for this section.

 

 

21DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Caledonia has no outstanding – nor is it registering any – securities other than its common shares.

 

 

PART 2

 

22DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES and DELINQUENCIES

 

There have been no material defaults in the payment of interest or principal or any dividend arrearages or material delinquencies.

 

23MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS to the RIGHTS of SECURITY HOLDERS and USE OF PROCEEDS

 

There has been no material modification to the rights of Caledonia's or subsidiaries security holders.

 

24CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, and assessed the design of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012. As required by Rule 13(a)-15 under the Exchange Act, in connection with this annual report on Form 20-F, under the direction of our Chief Executive Officer, we have evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2012, and we have concluded our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective and that certain disclosable material weaknesses existed, as at December 31, 2012 as disclosed below.

 

Based on that evaluation the CEO and CFO have determined that the Company still has insufficient personnel to ensure appropriate segregation of duties within the Financial Reporting and Review Process. Specifically, the responsibilities assigned to the Company’s CFO include substantially all financial statement and note creation functions. As a result the Company engaged the services of KPMG to advise on the complex accounting principles relating to the indigenisation of Blanket Mine, whereby the Company sold 51% of the shares in Blanket to indigenous Zimbabwean groups as more fully described in Note 5 of the consolidated annual financial statements. No additional personnel in the Company, apart from the members of the Audit Committee, perform functions at a level of precision and involvement that would adequately prevent or detect material misstatements on a timely basis. As an additional result of the insufficient personnel the Company did not maintain formal policies and procedures regarding end-user computing control over the access to, completeness, accuracy, validity, and review of, certain spreadsheet information that supports the financial reporting process.

 

Management has concluded that, despite the lack of segregation of duties and computing controls, a material misstatement in financial reporting is not a “reasonable possibility” (as defined in applicable SEC guidance). The Blanket Mine (which is operated by the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary Blanket Mine (1983) (Private) (Limited) is the Company’s only operating mine and preparation of its operating results are performed by the CFO of the subsidiary and an accounting team in Zimbabwe. These results are reviewed by Company management and then incorporated into the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

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The Company has a Disclosure Committee consisting of three Directors , and has disclosure controls and procedures which it follows in an attempt to ensure that it complies with all required disclosures on an adequate and timely basis. The Company’s Directors and Management, and the Disclosure Committee, are making all reasonable efforts to ensure that the Company’s disclosures are made in full compliance with the applicable rules and requirements. All reasonable efforts are also being made to ensure that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s Certifying Officers by others within those entities and to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

 

(b)         Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting (“ICFR”)

 

The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting by the Company. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that all relevant information is gathered and reported to senior management, including the Corporation's President and Chief Financial Officer, on a timely basis so that appropriate decisions can be made regarding public disclosure. Management of the Corporation, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Corporation's disclosure controls and procedures as at December 31, 2012 as required by Canadian securities laws pursuant to the certification requirements of Multilateral Instrument 52-109. The Corporation's internal controls over financial reporting (“ICFR”) are intended to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with applicable IFRS.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, the Corporation's ICFR may not prevent or detect any or all misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

The Corporation has engaged independent consultants to carry out an assessment of the effectiveness of its internal controls over financial reporting using an internationally acceptable framework. Prior to this engagement, management concluded that the following disclosable material weakness existed and still exist as at December 31, 2012.

 

Based on the above and having carried out a review of the independent consultants report on the effectiveness of the Corporation's internal controls over financial reporting, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2012, due to the existence of material weakness as described in greater detail below.

 

Segregation of duties

 

Due to limited personnel resources at the Corporation’s Africa office in Johannesburg, adequate segregation of duties within the accounting group was not achieved. This created a risk that inaccurate entries could be made and not identified or corrected on a timely basis. The result is that the Corporation was highly reliant on the performance of mitigating procedures during its financial close processes in order to ensure the financial statements are presented fairly in all material respects. The Corporation continues to enhance and monitor this process to ensure that its financial accounting reporting system is able to prevent and detect potentially significant errors. Additional accounting staff have been recruited to the Corporation’s Africa office in Johannesburg and the Blanket Mine in Zimbabwe. This has improved but not entirely eliminated the deficiency in the segregation of duties and lightened the work load of existing staff and improved control of the accounting function. 

 

Management has concluded, and the Audit Committee has agreed that the hiring of additional staff to correct segregation of duties weakness and excessive workloads need to be addressed at this time. There have been no changes in the Corporation’s internal controls over financial reporting since the year ended December 31, 2012, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal controls over financial reporting.

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The Corporation has a Disclosure Committee consisting of three Directors, and has disclosure controls and procedures which it follows in an attempt to ensure that it complies with all required disclosures on an adequate and timely basis. The Corporation’s Directors and Management, and the Disclosure Committee, are making all reasonable efforts to ensure that the Corporation’s disclosures are made in full compliance with all of the applicable rules, regulations and requirements. All reasonable efforts are also being made to ensure that the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that material information relating to the Corporation, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Corporation’s Certifying Officers by others within those entities.

 

(c)         Attestation Report of registered public accounting firm

 

This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only Management’s report in this Annual Report.

 

(d)         Changes in internal controls over financial reporting.

 

There were no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of 17 CFR 240.13a-15 or 240.15d-15 that occurred during the period covered by this annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting. See also the information given in section 5A with respect to critical accounting policies.

 

25AAudit Committee Financial Expert

 

 

(a)Caledonia’s Board of Directors has determined, as at April 20, 2013 that the five members of its Audit Committee are all financially literate and one of the members can be considered to be an expert.

 

(b)The financial expert serving on the audit committee is Mr. Robert W. Babensee. Mr. Babensee and Messrs.J. Johnstone, J. Kelly and L. Wilson are all independent directors under the applicable rules.

 

25B Code of Ethics

 

 

(a)On April 8, 2004 the registrant’s Board of Directors adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions.

 

(b)The registrant has filed a copy of this code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. The code of ethics was filed as Exhibit 1 to the 2003 Form 20F Annual Report and is incorporated herein by reference. It has not been amended.

 

(c)The text of this code of ethics has been posted on the Company.

 

 

(a)The fees charged or estimated for the past two fiscal years for auditing and the other services by the Company’s auditors have been:

 

 

2012

$-Cdn.

2011

$-Cdn.

 

Audit fees

 

261,000

 

255,790

Audit – related fees 125,100 70,500
Tax fees 4,900 -
All other fees - -
TOTAL 391,000 326,290

 

(b)Prior to the start of the audit process, Caledonia’s Audit Committee receives an estimate of the costs, from its auditors and reviews such costs for their reasonableness. After their review and pre-approval of
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the fees, the Audit Committee recommend to the board of directors to accept the estimated audit fees given by the auditors.

 

25DExemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees

 

Nil.

 

25EPurchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

 

There were no purchases made by or on behalf of the Company or any “affiliated purchaser“ of shares or other units of any class of theCompany’s equity securities that are registered by the Company pursuant to section 12 of the Exchange Act.

 

 

PART 3

 

26.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The audited consolidated financial statements and related notes of Caledonia at December 31, 2012 and 2011 are attached as Exhibit 14a by reference.

 

27.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

 

28. EXHIBITS

 

The following are attached to and form part of this

Statement and are incorporated herein by reference:

 

12. Certifications Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)(17CFR240.13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)(17CFR240.15d-14(a).

13. A Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

14.a Caledonia Mining Corporation, 2012 Consolidated Annual Audited Financial Statements.

14.b Proxy and Information Circular

14.c Mineral Properties.

14.d Summary of Report on Nama Property

14.e Summary of Report on Blanket Mine Property

14.g Property and Claims Information with respect to the Blanket, Nama and Rooipoort properties

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SIGNATURE

 

The Company hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Amended Annual Report on its behalf.

 

DATED at Johannesburg, South Africa, on the xxth day of April, 2013.

 

 

 

CALEDONIA MINING CORPORATION
 
Per: (Signed) Stefan Hayden
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

 

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EXHIBIT #12

 

 

 

 

CALEDONIA MINING CORPORATION

 

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Stefan E. Hayden, certify that:

 

1.I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Caledonia Mining Corporation (the “Company”).

 

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.The Company’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)) and 15d-15(e) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the Company, and have:

 

a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b.Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c.Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d.Disclosed in this report any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.The Company’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent function);

 

a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b.Any, fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

Date: April 29, 2013 (signed) S.E. Hayden

 

President and Chief

Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I Steven Curtis, certify that:

 

1.I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Caledonia Mining Corporation (the “Company”).

 

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

The Company’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)) and 15d-15(e) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the Company, and have:

 

a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b.Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c.Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d.Disclosed in this report any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.The Company’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function);

 

a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b.Any, fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

Date: April 29, 2013  (signed) Steven Curtis
   
Vice- President Finance and Chief
Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT #13

 

 

 

CALEDONIA MINING CORPORATION

 

 

Certifications Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 13a

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF

THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Caledonia Mining Corporation (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), that I, Stefan E. Hayden, President and Chief Executive Officer of Caledonia , certify, pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code 18 U.S.C.1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

 

1.The Report fully complies with the requirements of Rule 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

2.The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.

 

By:

(signed) S. E. Hayden

Stefan E. Hayden, President and Chief Executive Officer

Caledonia Mining Corporation

  
Date: April 29, 2013

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided by Stefan E. Hayden and will be retained by Caledonia Mining Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF

THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Caledonia Mining Corporation (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), that I, Steven Curtis, Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Caledonia , certify, pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code 18 U.S.C.1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

 

1

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Rule 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

   
2 The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.

 

 

By: (signed) Steven Curtis

Steven Curtis, Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Caledonia Mining Corporation

 

Date:     April 29, 2013

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided by Steven Curtis and will be retained by Caledonia Mining Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

 

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 EXHIBIT #14a

 

 

 

MANAGEMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

To the Shareholders of Caledonia Mining Corporation:

 

Management has prepared the information and representations in this annual report. The consolidated financial statements of Caledonia Mining Corporation (“Company”) have been prepared in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) and, where appropriate, these statements include some amounts that are based on best estimates and judgment. Management has determined such amounts on a reasonable basis in order to ensure that the consolidated financial statements are presented fairly, in all material respects.

 

Financial information used elsewhere in the Annual Report is consistent with that in the consolidated financial statements. The Management Discussions and Analysis (MD&A) also includes information regarding the impact of current transactions and events, sources of liquidity and capital resources, operating trends, risks and uncertainties. Actual results in the future may differ materially from our present assessment of this information because future events and circumstances may not occur as expected.

 

The Company maintains adequate systems of internal accounting and administrative controls, consistent with reasonable cost. Such systems are designed to provide reasonable assurance that relevant and reliable financial information is produced. Our independent auditor has the responsibility of auditing the annual consolidated financial statements and expressing an opinion on them.

 

Management have concluded that as a result of the relatively small size of the Company’s head office finance department personnel, the Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (“ICFR”) assessment concluded that there were limited resources to adequately segregate duties and to permit or necessitate the comprehensive documentation of all policies and procedures that form the basis of an effective design of ICFR. An internal audit department has been added to the administration department at Blanket Mine to enforce and test adherence to the ICFR.

 

In order to mitigate the risk of material misstatement in the Company’s consolidated financial statements, the Company implemented additional cash flow review and monitoring controls at head office on a monthly basis and as part of their monitoring and oversight role the Audit Committee performs additional analysis and other post-closing procedures. No material exceptions were noted based on the additional year end procedures and no evidence of fraudulent activity was found.

 

The Board of Directors, through its Audit Committee, is responsible for ensuring that management fulfils its responsibilities for financial reporting and internal control. The Audit Committee is composed of five unrelated directors. This Committee meets periodically with management and the external auditor to review accounting, auditing, internal control and financial reporting matters.

 

The consolidated financial statements have been audited on behalf of the shareholders by the Company’s independent auditor, BDO Canada LLP, in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards and the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). The independent auditor’s report outlines the scope of their examination and their opinion on the consolidated financial statements.

 

The consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 were approved by the Board of Directors and signed on its behalf on March 26, 2013.

 

(Signed) S. E. Hayden (Signed) S. R. Curtis
President and Chief Executive Officer Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

OF REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the shareholders of Caledonia Mining Corporation

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Caledonia Mining Corporation, which comprise the consolidated statements of financial position as at December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the consolidated statements of comprehensive income and (loss), changes in equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

 

Management's responsibility for the consolidated financial statements

 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

 

Auditor's responsibility

 

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards and the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.

 

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.

 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained in our audits is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

 

Opinion

 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Caledonia Mining Corporation as at December 31, 2012 and 2011, and its financial performance and its cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

 

(Signed) BDO Canada LLP

 

Chartered Accountants, Licensed Public Accountants

Toronto, Ontario

March 26, 2013

 

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Consolidated statements of comprehensive income and (loss) 

(In thousands of Canadian dollars except for earnings per share amounts)
For the years ended December 31, Note 2012   2011   2010
    $   $   $
             
Revenue   75,221   55,705   22,388
Less: Royalty   (5,261)   (2,514)   (825)
Production costs 8 (25,653)   (21,093)   (12,617)
Depreciation   (3,392)   (2,983)   (2,586)
Gross profit   40,915   29,115   6,360
             
Administrative expenses 9 (4,055)   (3,351)   (2,807)
Share-based payment expense 20 (14,569)   (1,101)   (354)
Indigenisation expenses 5 (1,700)   (326)    
Foreign exchange (loss)/gain   (4)   303   359
Impairment 13 (330)   (3,884)   -
Other (expenses)/income 10 -   -   (1,064)
Results from operating activities   20,257   20,756   2,494
Finance income 11 79   55   270
Finance cost 11 (160)   (217)   (267)
Net finance (costs)/income   (81)   (162)   3
Profit before income tax   20,176   20,594   2,497
             
Income and other tax expense 12 (12,818)   (8,464)   (1,042)
Profit for the year   7,358   12,130   1,455
Other comprehensive (loss)/income            
Revaluation of investments to fair value   -   -   (45)
Foreign currency translation differences for foreign operations   (1,589)   265   (1,404)
Other comprehensive income for the year, net of income tax   (1,589)   265   (1,449)
Total comprehensive income for the year   5,769   12,395   6
Profit/(loss) attributable to:            
Shareholders of the Company   8,720   12,130   1,455
Non-controlling interests   (1,362)   -   -
Profit for the year   7,358   12,130   1,455
Total comprehensive (loss)/income attributable to:            
Shareholders of the Company   7,112   12,395   6
Non-controlling interests   (1,343)   -   -
Total comprehensive income for the year   5,769   12,395   6
Earnings per share            
Basic earnings per share 18 0.0172   0.024   0.003
Diluted earnings per share   0.0172   0.024   0.003

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Consolidated statements of financial position    
(In thousands of Canadian dollars)      
      December 31, December 31,
As at Note   2012 2011
      $ $
         
Assets        
Property, plant and equipment 13   36,471 33,918
Deferred tax asset 12   62 325
Total non-current assets     36,533 34,243
         
Inventories 14   5,508 4,482
Prepayments     126 334
Trade and other receivables 15   1,718 3,657
Cash and cash equivalents 16   27,942 9,686
Total current assets     35,294 18,159
Total assets     71,827 52,402
         
Equity and liabilities        
Share capital 17   197,137 196,163
Reserves     13,677 2,273
Accumulated deficit     (153,399) (158,422)
Equity attributable to shareholders     57,415 40,014
Non-controlling interest     (1,796) -
Total equity     55,619 40,014
         
Liabilities        
Provisions 21   1,015 1,785
Deferred tax liability 12   5,913 6,037
Total non-current liabilities     6,928 7,822
         
Trade and other payables 22   5,775 3,841
Zimbabwe advance dividend accrual 5   1,987 -
Income taxes payable     1,518 295
Bank overdraft 16   - 430
Total current liabilities     9,280 4,566
Total liabilities     16,208 12,388
Total equity and liabilities     71,827 52,402
               

 

 

On behalf of the Board:

 

“S.E. Hayden” Director

 

“Robert W. Babensee” Director

 

 

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Consolidated statements of changes in equity

(In thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

  Note Share capital Investment Revaluation Reserve Translation reserve

 

Share based payment reserve

Accumulated deficit Total Non-controlling interest (NCI) Total Equity
    $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
Balance at January 1, 2010   196,125 50 - 1,952 (172,007) 26,120 - 26,120
Comprehensive income/(loss) for the year     (45) (1,404)   1,455 6   6
Share-based compensation expense 20       354   354   354
Balance at December 31, 2010   196,125 5 (1,404) 2,306 (170,552) 26,480 - 26,480
Comprehensive income for the year       265   12,130 12,395   12,395
Shares issued   38         38   38
Share-based compensation expense 20       1,101   1,101   1,101
Balance at December 31, 2011   196,163 5 (1,139)  3,407 (158,422)  40,014 - 40,014
Comprehensive income for the year       (1,608)   8,720 7,112 (1,343) 5,769
Share-based compensation expense 20       408   408 - 408
Shares issued   974         974   974
Share-based expense on Indigenisation Transaction 5       11,867   11,867 2,294 14,161
Advance dividend paid to NCI               (5,707) (5,707)
Changes in relative ownership interests in subsidiaries                  
Blanket Mine 5     737   (3,697) (2,960) 2,960 -
Balance at December 31, 2012   197,137 5 (2,010) 15,682 (153,399) 57,415 (1,796) 55,619

 

 

 

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Consolidated statements of cash flows          
(In thousands of Canadian dollars)          
For the years ended December 31, Note 2012   2011 2010
    $   $ $
Cash flows from operating activities          
Profit for the year   7,358   12,130 1,455
Adjustments to reconcile net cash from operations 23 31,099   16,648 4,210
Changes in non-cash working capital 23 2,963   (3,183) 950
Interest received   79   - -
Interest paid   (160)   (162) (3)
Tax paid   (11,618)   (8,005) (1)
Cash from operating activities   29,721   17,428 6,611
           
Cash flows from investing activities          
Property, plant and equipment additions   (7,909)   (8,528) (7,304)
Proceeds on sale of property, plant and equipment   38   - 51
Net cash used in investing activities   (7,871)   (8,528) (7,253)
           
Cash flows from financing activities          
Bank overdraft increase (decrease)   (430)   (317) 159
Advance dividend paid 5 (3,739)   - -
Proceeds from the exercise of share options 17 974   38 -
Net cash from (used in) financing activities   (3,195)   (279) 159
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   18,655   8,621 (483)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year   9,686   1,145 1,622
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash held   (399)   (80) 6
Cash and cash equivalents at year end 16 27,942   9,686 1,145

 

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Caledonia Mining Corporation

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

1         Reporting entity

 

Caledonia Mining Corporation is a company domiciled in Canada. The address of the Company’s registered office is Suite 1201, 67 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1J8 Canada. The consolidated financial statements of the Company as at and for the year ended December 31, 2012 comprises the Company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as the “Group” or “Company” and individually as “Group entities”). The Group is primarily involved in the operation of a gold mine and the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties for the exploration of base and precious metals.

 

2         Basis for preparation

 

(a) Statement of compliance

 

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

The consolidated financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on March 26, 2013.

 

(b) Basis of measurement

 

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except for the following items in the statement of financial position:

 

·available for sale financial assets are measured at fair value
·equity-settled share-based payment arrangements are measured at fair value on grant date.

 

(c) Presentation currency

 

These consolidated financial statements are presented in the Canadian dollar, which is the functional currency of Caledonia Mining Corporation. All financial information presented in the Canadian dollar has been rounded to the nearest thousand.

 

(d) Comparative figures

 

The 2010 comparative figures presented in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income and (loss), changes in equity and cash flows and the related notes are provided solely as a result of the requirements of item 8(2) of the Form 20-F as required by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. IFRS requires that an additional comparative statement of financial position only be presented in the event of a material prior year reclassification, restatement or retrospective change in accounting policy.

 

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Caledonia Mining Corporation

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

3 Use of estimates and judgements

 

Management makes estimates and assumptions about the future that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities. Estimates and assumptions are continually evaluated based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. In the future, actual experience may differ from these estimates and assumptions. The effect of a change in an accounting estimate is recognized prospectively by including it in comprehensive income in the period of the change, if the change affects that period only, or in the period of the change and future periods, if the change affects both.

 

Information about critical judgments in applying accounting policies that have the most significant risk of causing material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities recognized in the consolidated financial statements are also discussed below:

 

The indigenisation transaction at Blanket Mine required management to make significant judgements and assumptions, refer Note 5.

 

i)                 Site Restoration Provisions

 

Site restoration provisions have been created based on the independent analysis of the rehabilitation costs at Blanket Mine and internal assessments for Eersteling Gold Mine. Estimates and assumptions are made when determining the inflationary effect on current restoration costs and the discount rate to be applied in arriving at the present value of the provision. Assumptions, based on the current economic environment, have been made which management believes are a reasonable basis upon which to estimate the future liability. These estimates take into account any material changes to the assumptions that occur when reviewed regularly by management. Estimates are reviewed annually and are based on current regulatory requirements. Significant changes in estimates of contamination, restoration standards and techniques will result in changes to provisions from period to period. Actual rehabilitation costs will ultimately depend on future market prices for the rehabilitation costs which will reflect the market condition at the time the rehabilitation costs are actually incurred.  The final cost of the currently recognized site rehabilitation provisions may be higher or lower than currently provided for.

 

ii)               Exploration and Evaluation (“E&E”) Expenditure

 

The application of the Company’s accounting policy for exploration and evaluation expenditures requires judgements when determining which expenditures are recognised as exploration and evaluation assets (“E&E properties”).

 

The Company also makes estimates and assumptions regarding the possible impairment of E&E properties by evaluating whether it is likely that future economic benefits will flow to the Company, which may be based on assumptions about future events or circumstances. Estimates and assumptions made may change if new information becomes available. If, after expenditures are capitalized, information becomes available suggesting that the recovery of expenditures is unlikely, the amount capitalized is written off in profit or loss in the period the new information becomes available.

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Caledonia Mining Corporation

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

The recoverability of the carrying amount of the South African and Zambian mineral properties (if not impaired) is dependent upon the availability of sufficient funding to bring the properties into commercial production, the price of the products to be recovered, the exchange rate of the local currency relative to the US dollar and the undertaking of profitable mining operations. As a result of these uncertainties, the actual amount recovered may vary significantly from the carrying amount.

 

iii)             Title to Mineral Property Interests

 

Although the Company has taken steps to verify title to mineral properties in which it has an interest, these procedures do not guarantee the Company’s title. Such properties may be subject to prior agreements or transfers and title may be affected by undetected defects.

 

iv)             Income Taxes

 

Significant estimates and assumptions are required in determining the provision for income taxes. There are many transactions and calculations undertaken during the ordinary course of business for which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. The Company records its best estimate of the tax liability including the related interest and penalties in the current tax provision. Management believes they have adequately provided for the probable outcome of these matters; however, the final outcome may result in a materially different outcome than the amount included in the tax liabilities.

 

In addition, the Company applies judgement in recognizing deferred tax assets relating to tax losses carried forward to the extent that there are sufficient taxable temporary differences (deferred tax liabilities) relating to the same taxation authority and the same taxable entity against which the unused tax losses can be utilized or sufficient estimated taxable income against which the losses can be utilized. However, utilization of the tax losses also depends on the ability of the taxable entity to satisfy certain tests at the time the losses are recouped.

 

v)               Share-based Payment Transactions

 

The Company measures the cost of equity-settled, share based payment transactions with employees as well as with Indigenisation Shareholders (refer note 5 and 20) by reference to the fair value of the equity instruments at the date at which they are granted. Estimating fair value for share-based payment transactions requires determining the most appropriate valuation model, considering the terms and conditions of the grant. This estimate also requires determining the most appropriate inputs to the valuation model including the expected life of the share option, volatility and dividend yield. Additional information about significant judgements and estimates and assumptions for estimating fair value for share-based payment transactions are disclosed in note 20.

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Caledonia Mining Corporation

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

Option pricing models require the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected price volatility. Changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, and therefore the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of the Group’s stock options.

 

vi)             Impairment

 

At each accounting period end the Company determines if impairment indicators exist, and if present, performs an impairment review of the non-monetary assets held in the Group. The exercise is subject to various judgement decisions and estimates. Financial assets are also reviewed regularly for impairment. Further details of the judgements and estimates made for these reviews are set out in Note 4(g).

 

vii)           Functional currency

 

The functional currency of each entity in the Group is determined after considering various primary and secondary indicators which require management to make numerous judgement decisions. The determination of the functional currency has a bearing on the translation process and ultimately other comprehensive income.

 

4 Significant accounting policies

 

The accounting policies set out below have been applied consistently to all periods presented in these consolidated financial statements. The accounting policies have been applied consistently by the Group entities.

 

As a result of the implementation of the Blanket Zimbabwe Indigenisation Transaction (refer to note 5), the accounting policies were expanded to include the following policies in order to account for the transaction under IFRS:

 

·Assessment of control of subsidiaries and changes in shareholdings where control is maintained (refer note 4(a)(i))
·Consolidation of special purpose entities (refer note 4(a)(ii))
·Short term employee benefits relating to participation units awarded to employees (refer note 4(h)(ii))
·Share-based payment expenses resulting from the Blanket Indigenisation Transaction (refer note 4(i)(ii)).

 

The adoption of these policies did not have an effect on the comparative figures previously reported.

 

(a) Basis of consolidation

 

(i) Subsidiaries

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Caledonia Mining Corporation

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

Subsidiaries are entities controlled by the Group. The financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date that control commences until the date that control ceases. The accounting policies of Group entities have been changed when necessary to align them with the policies adopted by the Group.

 

In instances where the Group owns less than 50% of the ordinary shares in a subsidiary, the Group also considers whether further indicators of control exist above and beyond its effective shareholding.

 

Changes in the Group’s interest in a subsidiary that do not result in a loss of control are accounted for as transactions with owners in their capacity as owners. Adjustments to non-controlling interests are based on a proportionate amount of the net assets of the subsidiary and no gain or loss is recognised in profit or loss.

 

(ii) Special purpose entities

 

Special purpose entities (SPEs) are entities that are created to accomplish a narrow and well-defined objective. An SPE is consolidated if, based on an evaluation of the substance of its relationship with the Group and the SPE’s risks and rewards, the Group concludes that it controls the SPE. The following circumstances may indicate a relationship in which, in substance, the Group controls and consequently consolidates an SPE.

 

·The activities of the SPE are being conducted on behalf of the Group according to its specific business needs so that the Group obtains benefits from the SPE’s operation.
·The Group has the decision-making powers to obtain the majority of the benefits of the activities of the SPE or, by setting up an ‘autopilot’ mechanism, the Group has delegated these decision-making powers.
·The Group has rights to obtain the majority of the benefits of the SPE and therefore may be exposed to risks incidental to the activities of the SPE.
·The Group retains the majority of the residual or ownership risks related to the SPE or its assets in order to obtain benefits from its activities.

The assessment of whether the Group has control over an SPE is carried out at inception and normally no further reassessment of control is carried out in the absence of changes in the structure or terms of the SPE, or additional transactions between the Group and the SPE. Day-to-day operating activities of the SPE normally do not lead to a reassessment of control. However, sometimes changes in operating activities may alter the substance of the relationship between the Group and the SPE and in such instances the Group determines whether the change warrants a reassessment of control based on the specific facts and circumstances.

 

(iii) Transactions eliminated on consolidation

 

Intra-group balances and transactions, and any unrealised income and expenses arising from intra-group transactions, are eliminated in preparing the consolidated financial statements. Unrealised gains arising from transactions with equity accounted investees are eliminated against the investment to the extent of the Group’s interest in the investee. Unrealised losses are eliminated in the same way as unrealised gains, but only to the extent that there is no evidence of impairment.

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Caledonia Mining Corporation

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

(b) Foreign currency

 

(i) Functional currencies

 

The functional currencies of Caledonia Mining Corporation and its subsidiaries are the Canadian dollar, US dollar and South African Rand (“ZAR”). These consolidated financial statements have been translated into the Canadian dollar in accordance with IAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates. This standard requires that assets and liabilities be translated using the exchange rate at period end, and income, expenses and cash flow items are translated using the rate that approximates the exchange rates at the dates of the transactions (i.e. the average rate for the period).When the settlement of a monetary item receivable from or payable to a foreign operation is neither planned nor likely in the foreseeable future, foreign exchange gains and losses arising from the item are considered to form part of the net investment in a foreign operation and are recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (“OCI”).

 

When an entity disposes of its entire interest in a foreign operation, or loses control, joint control, or significant influence over a foreign operation, the foreign currency gains or losses accumulated in OCI related to the foreign operation are recognized in profit or loss. If an entity disposes of part of an interest in a foreign operation which remains a subsidiary, a proportionate amount of foreign currency gains or losses accumulated in OCI related to the subsidiary are reallocated between controlling and non-controlling interests.

 

All resulting translation differences are reported in other comprehensive income.

 

(ii) Foreign currency translation

 

In preparing the financial statements of the Group entities, transactions in currencies other than the Group entity’s functional currency (foreign currencies) are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting date, monetary assets and liabilities are translated using the year end foreign exchange rate. Non-monetary assets and liabilities are translated using the historical rate on the date of the transaction. All gains and losses on translation of these foreign currency transactions are included in profit or loss for the year.

 

(c) Financial instruments

 

(i) Non-derivative financial assets

 

 

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Caledonia Mining Corporation

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

The Group initially recognises loans and receivables on the date that they are originated. All other financial assets (including assets designated at fair value through profit or loss) arerecognised initially on the trade date at which the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

The Group derecognises a financial asset when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or it transfers the rights to receive the contractual cash flows on the financial asset in a transaction in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset are transferred. Any interest in transferred financial assets that is created or retained by the Group is recognised as a separate asset or liability.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount presented in the statement of financial position when, and only when, the Group has a legal right to offset the amounts and intends either to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

 

The Group has the following non-derivative financial assets: trade and other receivables, cash and cash equivalents, and available-for-sale financial assets.

 

Loans and receivables

 

Loans and receivables are financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. Such assets are recognised initially at fair value plus any directly attributable transaction costs. Subsequent to initial recognition, loans and receivables are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses. The impairment loss on receivables is based on a review of all outstanding amounts at period end. Bad debts are written off during the year in which they are identified. Interest income is recognized by applying the effective interest rate, except for short-term receivables when the recognition of interest would be immaterial.

 

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash balances and call deposits with original maturities of three months or less. Bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the Group’s cash management are included as a component of cash and cash equivalents for the purpose of the statement of cash flows.

 

Available-for-sale financial assets

 

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivative financial assets that are designated as available-for-sale or that are not classified in any other categories of financial assets. The Group currently has an insignificant amount of investments in equity securities and certain debt securities which are classified as available-for-sale financial assets.

 

Subsequent to initial recognition, they are measured at fair value and changes therein, other than impairment losses and foreign currency differences on available-for sale equity instruments, are recognised in other comprehensive income and presented within equity in accumulated other comprehensive income. When an investment is derecognised, the cumulative gain or loss in other comprehensive income is transferred to profit or loss.

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Caledonia Mining Corporation

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

(ii) Non-derivative financial liabilities

 

Financial liabilities (including liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss) are recognised initially on the trade date at which the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. The Group derecognises a financial liability when its contractual obligations are discharged or cancelled or expire.

 

The Group has the following non-derivative financial liabilities: bank overdrafts, Zimbabwe advance dividend accrual and trade and other payables.

 

Such financial liabilities are recognised initially at fair value plus any directly attributable transaction costs. Subsequent to initial recognition these financial liabilities are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

 

(d) Share capital

 

Common shares

 

Common shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of common shares and share options are recognised as a deduction from equity, net of any tax effects.

 

(e) Property, plant and equipment

 

(i) Recognition and measurement

 

Items of property, plant and equipment are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Cost includes expenditures that are directly attributable to the acquisition of the asset. The cost of self-constructed assets includes the cost of materials and direct labour, any other costs directly attributable to bringing the assets to a working condition for their intended use, the costs of dismantling and removing the items and restoring the site on which they are located, and borrowing costs on qualifying assets.

 

Once the legal right to explore a property has been acquired, costs directly related to exploration and evaluation expenditures (“E&E”) are capitalized in addition to the acquisition costs. These direct expenditures include such costs as materials used, surveying costs, drilling costs, payments made to contractors, direct administrative costs and depreciation on plant and equipment during the exploration phase. Costs not directly attributable to exploration and evaluation activities, including general administrative overhead costs, are expensed in the year in which they occur.

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Caledonia Mining Corporation

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

Once the technical feasibility and commercial viability of extracting the mineral resource has been determined, the property is considered to be a mine under development. Exploration and evaluation assets are tested for impairment before the assets are transferred to mine under development.

 

All direct costs related to the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties are capitalized until the properties to which they relate are ready for their intended use, sold, abandoned or management has determined there to be impairment. If economically recoverable ore reserves are developed, capitalized costs of the related property are reclassified as mineral properties being depleted.

 

Purchased software that is integral to the functionality of the related equipment is capitalised as part of that equipment.

When parts of an item of property, plant and equipment have different useful lives, they are accounted for as separate items (major components) of property, plant and equipment. Gains and losses on disposal of an item of property, plant and equipment are determined by comparing the proceeds from disposal with the carrying amount of property, plant and equipment, and are recognised within other income in profit or loss.

 

(ii) Subsequent costs

 

The cost of replacing a part of an item of property, plant and equipment is recognised in the carrying amount of the item if it is probable that the future economic benefits embodied within the part will flow to the Group, and its cost can be measured reliably. The carrying amount of the replaced part is derecognised. The costs of the day-to-day servicing of property, plant and equipment are recognised in profit or loss as incurred.

 

(iii) Depreciation

 

Depreciation is calculated over the depreciable amount, which is the cost of an asset, or other amount substituted for cost, less its residual value. Depreciation is recognised in profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of each part of an item of property, plant and equipment, except for mineral properties, since this most closely reflects the expected pattern of consumption of the future economic benefits embodied in the asset. On commencement of commercial production, depreciation of each mineral property and development is provided for on the unit-of-production basis using estimated proven and probable reserves. Where the total reserves are not determinable because ore bearing structures are open at depth or are open laterally, the straight-line method of depreciation is applied over the estimated life of the mine. Land is not depreciated.

 

4 Significant accounting policies - (continued)

 

The estimated useful lives for the current and comparative periods are as follows:

·buildings 10 to 15 years
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Caledonia Mining Corporation

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

The estimated useful lives for the current and comparative periods are as follows:

 

·buildings 10 to 15 years
·plant and equipment 10 years
·fixtures and fittings including computers 4 to 10 years
·motor vehicles 4 years

 

Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed at each financial year-end and adjusted if appropriate.

 

(f) Inventories

 

Consumable stores are measured at the lower of cost and net realisable value. The cost of consumable stores is based on the weighted average cost principle, and includes expenditure incurred in acquiring the inventories, production or conversion costs and other costs incurred in bringing them to their existing location and condition. In the case of gold in process, cost includes an appropriate share of production overheads based on normal operating capacity. Net realisable value is the estimated selling price in the common course of business, less the estimated costs of completion and selling expenses.

 

(g) Impairment

 

(i) Financial assets (including receivables)

 

A financial asset not carried at fair value through profit or loss is assessed at each reporting date to determine whether there is objective evidence that it is impaired. A financial asset is impaired if objective evidence indicates that a loss event has occurred after the initial recognition of the asset, and that the loss event had a negative effect on the estimated future cash flows of that asset that can be estimated reliably.

 

Objective evidence that financial assets (including equity securities) are impaired can include default or delinquency by a debtor, restructuring of an amount due to the Group on terms that the Group would not consider otherwise, indications that a debtor or issuer will enter bankruptcy, or the disappearance of an active market for a security. In addition, for an investment in an equity security, a significant or prolonged decline in its fair value below its cost provides objective evidence of impairment.

 

The Group considers evidence of impairment for receivables at both the specific asset and collective level. All individually significant receivables are assessed for specific impairment. All individually significant receivables found not to be specifically impaired are then collectively assessed for any impairment that has been incurred but not yet identified. Receivables that are not individually significant are collectively assessed for impairment by grouping together receivables with similar risk characteristics.

 

An impairment loss in respect of a financial asset measured at amortised cost is calculated as the difference between its carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. Losses are recognised in profit or loss and reflected in an allowance account against receivables. Interest on the impaired asset continues to be recognised through the unwinding of the discount. When a subsequent event causes the amount of impairment loss to decrease, the decrease in impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss.

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Caledonia Mining Corporation

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

Impairment losses on available-for-sale investment securities are recognised by transferring the cumulative loss that has been recognised in other comprehensive income and presented in accumulated other comprehensive income in equity, to profit or loss. The cumulative loss that is removed from other comprehensive income and recognised in profit or loss is the difference between the acquisition cost, net of any principal repayment and amortisation, and the current fair value, less any impairment loss previously recognised in profit or loss. Changes in impairment provisions attributable to time value are reflected as a component of interest income. If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of an impaired available-for-sale debt security or receivable increases and the increase can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognised in profit or loss, then the impairment loss is reversed, with the amount of the reversal recognised in profit or loss. However, any subsequent recovery in the fair value of an impaired available-for-sale equity security is recognised in other comprehensive income.

 

(ii) Non-financial assets

 

The carrying amounts of the Group’s non-financial assets, other than inventories, prepayments and deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date to determine whether there is any indication of impairment. If any such indication exists, then the asset’s recoverable amount is estimated. The recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is the greater of its value in use and its fair value less costs to sell. Fair value is considered to be the price that would be paid by a knowledgeable market participant. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. For the purpose of impairment testing, assets that cannot be tested individually are grouped together into the smallest group of assets that generates cash inflows from continuing use that are largely independent of the cash inflows of other assets or groups of assets (the “cash-generating unit, or CGU”).

The Group’s corporate assets do not generate separate cash inflows. If there is an indication that a corporate asset may be impaired, then the recoverable amount is determined for the CGU to which the corporate asset belongs.

An impairment loss is recognised if the carrying amount of a CGU exceeds its estimated recoverable amount. Impairment losses are recognised in profit or loss. Impairment losses recognised in respect of CGUs are allocated to reduce the carrying amount of other assets in the unit (group of units) on a pro rata basis. Impairment losses recognised in prior periods are assessed at each reporting date for any indications that the loss has decreased or no longer exists.

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Caledonia Mining Corporation

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 An impairment loss is reversed if there has been an indication of reversal and a change in the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount. An impairment loss is reversed only to the extent that the asset’s carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined, net of depreciation or amortisation, if no impairment loss had been recognised.

 

The test for recoverability of E&E assets can combine several CGUs as long as the combination is not larger than a segment. The definition of a CGU does, however, change once development activities have begun. There are special impairment triggers for E&E assets. Despite certain relief in respect of impairment triggers and the level of aggregation, the impairment standard is applied in measuring the impairment of E&E assets. Reversals of impairment losses are permitted in the event that the circumstances that resulted in impairment have changed.

 

E&E assets are only assessed for impairment when facts and circumstances suggest that the carrying amount of an E&E asset may exceed its recoverable amount and upon transfer to development assets (therefore there is no requirement to assess for indication at each reporting date until the entity has sufficient information to reach a conclusion about the commercial viability and technical feasibility of extraction). Indicators of impairment include the following:

 

·The entity's right to explore in the specific area has expired or will expire in the near future and is not expected to be renewed
·Substantive expenditure on further E&E activities in the specific area is neither budgeted nor planned
·The entity has not discovered commercially viable quantities of mineral resources as a result of E&E activities in the area to date and has decided to discontinue such activities in the specific area
·Even if development is likely to proceed, the entity has sufficient data indicating that the carrying amount of the asset is unlikely to be recovered in full from successful development or by sale

 

(h) Employee benefits

 

(i) Defined contribution plans

 

A defined contribution plan is a post-employment benefit plan under which an entity pays fixed contributions into a separate entity and will have no legal or constructive obligation to pay further amounts. Obligations for contributions to defined contribution pension plans are recognised as an employee benefit expense in profit or loss in the periods during which services are rendered by

 

4 Significant accounting policies – (continued)

employees. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that a cash refund or a reduction in future payments is available. Contributions to a defined contribution plan that are due more than 12 months after the end of the period in which the employees render the service are discounted to their present value.

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Caledonia Mining Corporation

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

(ii) Short term employee benefits

 

The cost of all short term employee benefits is recognised during the period in which the employee renders the related service.

 

Any benefits accruing to employees by virtue of them holding participation units in the Blanket Mine Employee Trust (Employee Trust) are recognised as short term employee benefit expenses (profit sharing arrangement) at the earlier of a constructive obligation arising or when dividends are declared to Blanket Employee Trust Services (Private) Limited (BETS).

 

(i) Share-based payment transactions

 

(i) Share-based payment relating to employees and directors

 

The grant date fair value of share-based payment awards granted to employees and directors is recognised as an expense, with a corresponding increase in equity, over the vesting period of the award. The amount recognised as an expense is adjusted to reflect the number of awards for which the related service and non-market vesting conditions are expected to be met, such that the amount ultimately recognised as an expense is based on the number of awards that do meet the related service and non-market vesting conditions at the vesting date.

 

Where the terms and conditions of options are modified before they vest, the increase in the fair value of the options, measured immediately before and after the modification, is also charged to the statement of comprehensive income over the remaining vesting period or immediately for awards already vested.

 

Where equity instruments are granted to non-employees, they are recorded at the fair value of the goods or services received in the statement of comprehensive income.

 

(ii) Share-based payment relating to the Indigenisation Transaction

 

The grant date fair value of equity-settled share-based payment transactions with Indigenisation Shareholders (note 5) is recognised immediately as an expense in the statement of comprehensive income, with a corresponding increase in equity, when the transaction becomes effective.

 

 

(j) Provisions

 

A provision is recognised if, as a result of a past event, the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation that can be estimated reliably, and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation. Provisions are determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised as finance cost.

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Caledonia Mining Corporation

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

(k) Site restoration

 

The Company recognises liabilities for statutory, contractual, constructive or legal obligations associated with the retirement of property, plant and equipment, when those obligations result from the acquisition, construction, development or normal operation of the assets. The net present value of future rehabilitation cost estimates arising from the decommissioning of plant and other site preparation work is capitalized to mineral properties along with a corresponding increase in the rehabilitation provision in the period incurred. Discount rates using a pre-tax rate that reflects the time value of money and are related to the provision are used to calculate the net present value. The Company’s estimates of rehabilitation costs, which are reviewed annually, could change as a result of changes in regulatory requirements, discount rates, effects of inflation and assumptions regarding the amount and timing of the future expenditures. These changes are recorded directly to mineral properties with a corresponding entry to the rehabilitation provision. Changes resulting from production are charged to profit and loss for the period. The costs of rehabilitation projects that were included in the rehabilitation provision are recorded against the provision as incurred. The cost of on-going current programs to prevent and control pollution is charged against profit and loss as incurred.

 

(l) Revenue

 

Revenue from the sale of precious metals is recognized when the metal is accepted at the refinery, risk and benefits of ownership are transferred and the receipt of proceeds is substantially assured.

 

(m) Finance income and finance costs

 

Finance income comprises interest income on funds invested and gains on the disposal of available-for-sale financial assets. Interest income is recognised as it accrues in profit or loss, using the effective interest method. Finance costs comprise interest expense on the rehabilitation provisions and impairment losses recognised on financial assets and also includes interest on bank overdraft balances.

 

Borrowing costs that are not directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset are recognised in profit or loss using the effective interest method.

 

 

(n) Income tax

 

Income tax expense comprises current and deferred tax. Current tax and deferred tax expense are recognised in profit or loss except to the extent that it relates to a business combination, or items recognised directly in equity or in other comprehensive income. Current tax is the expected tax payable or receivable on the taxable income or loss for the year, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date. Deferred tax is recognised in respect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxation purposes. Deferred tax is not recognised for the following temporary differences: the initial recognition of assets or liabilities in a transaction that is not a business combination and that affects neither accounting nor taxable profit or loss, and differences relating to investments in subsidiaries and jointly controlled entities to the extent that it is probable that they will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

Deferred tax is measured at the tax rates that are expected to be applied to temporary differences when they reverse, based on the laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset if there is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax liabilities and assets, and they relate to income taxes levied by the same tax authority on the same taxable entity, or on different tax entities, but they intend to settle current tax liabilities and assets on a net basis or their tax assets and liabilities will be realised simultaneously. A deferred tax asset is recognised for unused tax losses, tax credits and deductible temporary differences, to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profits will be available against which they can be utilised. Deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and are reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that the related tax benefit will be realised.

 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets against current tax liabilities and when they relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority and the Company intends to settle its current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis.

 

(o) Earnings per share

 

The Group presents basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) data for its common shares. Basic EPS is calculated by dividing the profit or loss attributable to common shareholders of the Company by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, adjusted for own shares held. Diluted EPS is determined by adjusting the profit or loss attributable to common shareholders and the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, adjusted for own shares held, for the effects of all dilutive potential common shares, which comprise share options granted to employees and directors as well as any dilution in group earnings originating from dilutive partially recognised non-controlling interests at a subsidiary level.

 

(p) Standards, amendments and interpretations issued but not yet effective

There are new or revised Accounting Standards and Interpretations in issue that are not yet effective. Management have considered all of these Standards and Interpretations and have concluded that those that may have an impact on future consolidated financial statements are the following:

     
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Standard/Interpretation

 

Effective date*

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments January 1, 2015
IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements January 1, 2013
IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities January 1, 2013
IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement January 1, 2013
IAS 1 amendments Presentation of Financial Statements

July 1, 2012

IAS 19 amendments Employee Benefits

January 1, 2013

IAS 32 & IFRS 7 amendments

Financial Instruments: Presentation & Financial Instruments: Disclosures

1 January 1, 2014 and January 1, 2013 respectively

IFRIC 20

Stripping Cost in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine

January 1, 2013

Annual Improvements 2009-2011 cycle

Various IFRSs

 January 1, 2013

 

* Annual periods beginning on or after

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments

IFRS 9 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December31, 2015. The standard will be applied retrospectively, subject to transitional provisions.

 

The standard supersedes the existing IAS 39 classification and measurement guidance on financial assets and financial liabilities. It effectively eliminates the categories of held to maturity, available for sale and loans and receivables for financial assets.

 

Financial assets will be measured at amortized cost or fair value based on an assessment of the business model in which they are held and the characteristics of each instrument. The guidance for the classification and measurement of financial liabilities remains mostly unchanged.

 

The guidance on the de-recognition of financial instruments and how to measure fair value remains unchanged from IAS 39.

 

The standard eliminates the need to separate embedded derivatives from financial asset host contracts within the scope of IFRS 9. This simplification does not apply for other host contracts.

 

It remains possible in certain circumstances to designate financial assets or liabilities as at fair value through profit or loss.

 

There is a proposal to amend IFRS 9 in respect of any available for sale investments which are not held for trading, to allow IFRS 9 to permit an irrevocable choice to account for the fair value movements on these assets as either in other comprehensive income (OCI) or in profit or loss. If available for sale investments fair value measurements are recognized in OCI, they should not be recycled to profit or loss. Reclassification to retained earnings is permitted.

 

There may be an impact on the Group’s statement of financial position and statement of comprehensive income resulting from the new guidance on financial instruments. Management continues to monitor the development of the new standards on financial instruments and the potential impact the new standards may have as the date of adoption draws closer.

 

IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements

 

IFRS 10 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2013. The standard will be applied retrospectively if there is a change in the control conclusion between IAS 27/SIC 12 and IFRS 10.

 

IFRS 10 introduces a single control model to assess whether an investee should be consolidated. This control model requires entities to perform the following in determining whether control exists:

·Identify how decisions about the relevant activities are made,
·Assess whether the entity has power over the relevant activities by considering only the entity’s substantive rights,
·Assess whether the entity is exposed to variability in returns, and
·Assess whether the entity is able to use its power over the investee to affect returns for its own benefit
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

Control should be assessed on a continuous basis and should be reassessed as facts and circumstances change.

Management has assessed control over the following entities under IFRS 10 at 31 December 2012 in relation to the Zimbabwe Indigenisation Transaction as set out in note 5. Based on this assessment, the following entities would continue to be consolidated by the Group under IFRS 10:

·Blanket Mine (1983) (Private) Limited
·Blanket Employee Trust Services (Private) Limited (BETS)
·Blanket Mine Employee Trust (Employee Trust)

It was also concluded that the Group would not consolidate the Gwanda Community Share Ownership Trust under IFRS 10.

IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities

 

IFRS 12 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2013.

 

IFRS 12 combines, in a single standard, the disclosure requirements for subsidiaries, associates and joint arrangements, as well as unconsolidated structured entities.

 

The required disclosures aim to provide information to enable user to evaluate:

·The nature of, and risks associated with, an entity’s interests in other entities, and
·The effects of those interests on the entity’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows.

The adoption of the new standard will increase the level of disclosure provided for the Group’s interests in subsidiaries and structured entities (both consolidated and unconsolidated).

 

IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement

 

IFRS 13 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2013. The standard will be applied prospectively and comparatives will not be restated.

 

IFRS 13 introduces a single source of guidance on fair value measurement for both financial and non-financial assets and liabilities by defining fair value, establishing a framework for measuring fair value and setting out disclosures requirements for fair value measurements. The key principles in IFRS 13 are as follows:

·Fair value is an exit price
·Measurement considers characteristics of the asset or liability and not entity-specific characteristics
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

·Measurement assumes a transaction in the entity’s principle (or most advantageous) market between market participants
·Price is not adjusted for transaction costs
·Measurement maximises the use of relevant observable inputs and minimises the use of unobservable inputs
·The three-level fair value hierarchy is extended to all fair value measurements

IFRS 13 may impact the Group’s financial instruments at initial recognition as well as those measured at fair value subsequently. However, limited impact is expected from subsequent fair value measurement as the Group does not currently hold any material financial instruments measured at fair value. Further impacts may result from impairment calculations where fair value less cost to sell is calculated.

Amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements

 

The amendments to IAS 1 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2013.

 

The Group will present those items of other comprehensive income that may be reclassified to profit or loss in the future separately from those that would never be reclassified to profit or loss. The related tax effects for the two sub-categories will be shown separately.

 

This is a change in presentation and will have no impact on the recognition or measurement of items in the consolidated financial statements.

 

This amendment will be applied retrospectively and the comparative information will be restated.

 

Amendments to IAS 19 Employee Benefits

 

The amendments to IAS 19 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2013.

 

The amendment changes the definitions of short-term employee benefits and other long term employee benefits so that the distinction between the two will depend on when the entity expects the benefit to be wholly settled.

 

The amended definitions state that a benefit is short-term when it is expected to be settled wholly within twelve months after the annual reporting period in which the employees render the related service. If this is not the case, then it is accounted for as other long-term employee benefit.

 

The classification of employee benefits as short-term or other long term employee benefits impacts the measurement of the related liability. The requirements to classify the related liability as current or non-current has not changed.

 

Further amendments relate to defined benefit plans which is not expected to have an impact on the Group as there are currently no defined benefit plans.

 

The impact of the amendments to IAS 19 on the classification of short-term employee benefits has not yet been determined.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

Amendments to IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation and IFRS 7: Financial Instruments: Disclosures

 

The amendments to IAS 32 and IFRS 7 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 respectively.

 

An entity may offset financial assets and financial liabilities when it currently has a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts. IAS 32 previously did not provide guidance on what was meant by “currently has a legally enforceable right to set off”. The amendment provides guidance in IAS 32 to clarify the criteria.

 

The amendments clarify that an entity currently has a legally enforceable right to set-off if that right is:

 

·Not contingent on a future event; and
·Enforceable in all of the following circumstances:
·The normal course of business;
·The event of default;
·The event of insolvency or bankruptcy.

IFRS 7 disclosure requirements have been amended so that the IASB and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board will have common disclosure requirements.

 

The amendment’s impact is limited to presentation and disclosure and will not impact recognition and measurement of financial instruments of the Group.

 

IFRIC 20 Stripping Cost in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine

 

IFRIC 20 will be adopted by the Group for the first time for its financial reporting period ending December 31, 2013.

 

IFRIC 20 applies to entities that incur waste removal cost in a surface mining activity during the production phase of a mine and addresses the following:

·initial recognition of production stripping costs as an asset;
·the initial measurement of stripping activity asset; and
·subsequent measurement of stripping activity asset.

Waste removal in the production phase of a mine may result in the following benefits:

·improved access to ore; and
·inventory produced.

If the benefit is in the form of inventory produced, the attributable cost will be recognised as cost of production of inventory. If the benefit is to improve access to the ore, a non-current asset will be recognised.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

When the costs relating to improved access to ore (e.g. a stripping activity asset) and the costs of the inventory produced are not separately identifiable, production stripping costs are allocated between the stripping activity asset and inventory using a relevant production measure (e.g., actual vs. expected cost of inventory produced, actual vs. expected volume of waste extracted and actual vs. expected mineral content of ore extracted).

Depreciation or amortization needs to be recognized on a systematic basis over the expected useful life of the identified component of the ore body that becomes more accessible as a result of the stripping activity.

The Group currently has an underground mine, Blanket Mine, which is in the production phase. Stripping costs incurred on Blanket Mine are outside the scope of IFRIC 20.

IFRIC 20 may impact the Nama Cobalt and Copper Projects in Zambia (Nama Project) once the mines moves into the production stage as the mines may have surface mining activities. The impact of IFRIC 20 on the Nama Project has not yet been determined.

Annual Improvements 2009-2011 cycle

The annual improvements consist of amendments to existing IFRSs to clarify guidance and wording, or to correct for relatively minor unintended consequences, conflicts or oversights. Amendments are made through the annual improvements process when the amendment is considered non-urgent but necessary.

Management does not expect that any of these amendments will impact the recognition or measurement of amounts disclosed in the consolidated financial statements. The impact of these improvements on presentation and disclosure has not yet been determined.

 

5Blanket Zimbabwe Indigenisation Transaction

 

On February 20, 2012 Caledonia announced it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with the Minister of Youth, Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment of the Government of Zimbabwe pursuant to which Caledonia agreed that indigenous Zimbabweans would acquire an effective 51% ownership interest in the Blanket Mine for a paid transactional value of US$30.09 million.

 

Pursuant to the above, Caledonia entered into agreements with each Indigenisation Shareholder to sell its 51% ownership interest in Blanket as follows:

·A 16% interest was sold to the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Fund (NIEEF) for US$11.74 million.
·A 15% interest was sold to Fremiro, which is owned by Indigenous Zimbabweans, for US$11.01 million.
·A 10% interest was sold to Blanket Employee Trust Services (Private) Limited (BETS) for the benefit of present and future managers and employees for US$7.34 million. The shares in BETS are held by the Blanket Mine Employee Trust (Employee Trust) with Blanket’s employees holding participation units in the Employee Trust.
·A 10% interest was donated to the Gwanda Community Share Ownership Trust (Community Trust). Blanket undertook and paid a non-refundable donation of US$1 million to the Community Trust.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

Caledonia facilitated the vendor funding of these transactions (other than the 10% interest which was donated to the Community Trust) which will be repaid by way of future dividends from Blanket. 80% of dividends declared by Blanket will be used to repay such loans and the remaining 20% will unconditionally accrue to the respective Indigenous Shareholders.

 

Outstanding balances on the facilitation loans attract interest at a rate of 10% over the 12-month LIBOR. The timing of the repayment of the loans depends on the future financial performance of Blanket and the extent of future dividends declared by Blanket.

 

In order to ensure the repayment from Blanket to Caledonia of the vendor funding of the proceeds, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe approval was obtained for the facilitation loans to be declared by Caledonia Holdings Zimbabwe (Blanket’s parent company) to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caledonia Mining Corporation as a dividend in specie on February 14, 2013 and withholding tax amounting to US$1.504 million was paid and expensed on March 5, 2013.

 

 

The Government of Zimbabwe has confirmed that the implementation of the terms of the MoU and the underlying subscription agreements constitute full compliance with the requirements of the Indigenisation Act and the Regulations and Blanket has received its certificate of compliance which confirms that Blanket is fully compliant with the requirements of Section 3(1)(a) of the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act (Chapter 14.33).

 

Completion of the above agreements was subject to specified conditions as contemplated in the MoU, underlying agreements and related transactions to give effect to the Indigenisation Transaction. The final condition precedent was met on September 5, 2012 and on that date, the Indigenisation Shareholders effectively acquired 51% ownership and economic interest in the Blanket Mine.

 

Accounting treatment

 

Further to the implementation of the Indigenisation Transaction, a 51% shareholding in Blanket was acquired by the Indigenisation Shareholders. The directors of Caledonia Holdings performed an assessment, using the requirements of IAS 27: Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements (IAS 27), to determine whether Blanket should continue to be consolidated by Caledonia Holdings Zimbabwe. Following the assessment, it was concluded that Caledonia Holdings Zimbabwe retained control and should continue to consolidate Blanket and accordingly the subscription agreements will be accounted for as a transaction with non-controlling interests and share based payments. The group accounting policy was extended to include control aspects in its analysis of control principles in accordance with IAS 27 (refer note 4(a)(i)).

 

Control as contemplated in IAS 27 was considered to exist on the basis of exercisable power conferred on Caledonia Holdings Zimbabwe to cast majority votes at board level as contained in the registered founding documents of Blanket as well as consideration of the de facto control aspects of the relative shareholdings in Blanket. The aspect of control under IAS 27 will be reviewed at each reporting cycle.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

Accordingly, on the effective date of the transaction, the subscription agreements were accounted for as follows:

 

·Non-controlling interests (NCI) were recognised on the portion of shareholding upon which dividends declared by Blanket will accrue unconditionally to equity holders as follows:
(a)20% of the 16% shareholding of NIEEF;
(b)20% of the 15% shareholding of Fremiro;
(c)100% of the 10% shareholding of the Community Trust.

i.e. a 16.2% NCI of net assets and earnings is recognised at Blanket level.

 

The remaining 80% of the shareholding of NIEEF and Fremiro is recognised as non-controlling interest to the extent that their attributable share of the net asset value of Blanket exceeds the balance on the facilitation loans including interest. At December 31, 2012, the attributable net asset value did not exceed the balance on the respective loan accounts and thus no additional NCI was recognised.

 

·As the facilitation loans are only repayable from dividends declared by Blanket, a loan receivable is not recognised and the arrangement is accounted for within equity.

 

·The difference between the fair value of the equity instruments granted and facilitation loans, taking into account all the interest terms and advance dividend rights (see below), was recognised as a share based payment expense (refer Note 21(b)).

 

·The transaction with the BETS will be accounted for in accordance with IAS 19 Employee Benefits (profit sharing arrangement) as the ownership of the shares does not ultimately pass to the employees. The employees are entitled to participate in 20% of the dividends accruing to the 10% shareholding in Blanket if they are employed at the date of such distribution. To the extent that 80% of the attributable dividends exceed the balance on the BETS facilitation loan they will accrue to the employees at the date of such declaration.

 

The Employee Trust and BETS are special purpose entities which are effectively controlled and consolidated by Blanket. Accordingly the shares held by BETS are effectively treated as treasury shares and no NCI is recognised.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

  Shareholding Recognised NCI NCI subject to facilitation loan Balance of facilitation loan at 31 December 2012 # IFRS 2 expense (note 21)
NIEEF 16% 3.2% 12.8% 11,742 4,882
Fremiro 15% 3% 12% 11,402 3,273
Community Trust 10% 10% - - 6,006
BETS 10% -* -* 7,602 ~
  51% 16.2% 24.8% 30,746 14,161

 

The balance on the facilitation loans is reconciled as follows:

 

Subscription price funded on loan account       $30,090  
Interest accrued       656  
Dividends used to repay loans       -  
        $30,746  
·* The shares held by BETS are effectively treated as treasury shares (see above).
·~ Accounted for under IAS19 Employee Benefits
·# Facilitation loans are accounted for as equity instruments and are accordingly not recognised as loans receivable (see above).

 

The following Indigenisation costs have been incurred:

  2012 2011 2010
  $ $ $
Donation to Gwanda Community Trust 1,140 - -
Legal fees 21 - -
Professional consulting fees 539 326 -
  1,700 326 -

 

Advance dividends

 

In anticipation of completion of the underlying subscription agreements, Blanket agreed to an advance dividend arrangement with NIEEF and the Community Trust as follows:

 

(a)Advances to the Community Trust against their right to receive dividends declared by Blanket on their shareholding as follows;
·A US$2 million payment on or before September 30, 2012;
·A US$1 million payment on or before February 28, 2013; and
·A US$1 million payment on or before April 30, 2013.

 

These advance payments have been recorded to a loan account bearing interest at a rate of 10% over the 12-month LIBOR. The loan is repayable by way of set off of future dividends on the Blanket shares owed by the Community Trust.

 

(b)   An advance payment of US$1.8 million to NIEEF against their right to receive dividends declared by Blanket on their shareholding. The advance payment has been debited to an interest-free loan account and is repayable by way of set off of future dividends on the Blanket shares owned by NIEEF. Whilst any amount remains outstanding on the NIEEF dividend loan account, interest on the NIEEF facilitation loan will be suspended.

 

The advance dividend payments have been recognised as a distribution to shareholders on the effective date of the subscription agreements. The loans arising are not recognised as loans receivable by Blanket as they are only repayable by set off of future dividend entitlements and are accordingly regarded as equity instruments.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

The balance on the advance dividend loans is reconciled as follows:

      NIEEF Community Trust Total
      $ $ $
Advance dividends paid     1,788 1,951 3,739
Interest accrued     - 62 62
      1,788 2,013 3,801

 

The advance payments to the Community Trust of US$2 million, payable in February and April 2013, have been recognised as a liability as Blanket has a present obligation to make the payments.

 

6Financial risk management

 

Overview

 

The Group has exposure to the following risks from its use of financial instruments:

 

·Currency risk (refer note 24)
·Interest rate risk (refer note 24)
·Credit risk (refer note 24)
·Liquidity risk (refer note 24)

 

This note and note 24 presents information about the Group’s exposure to each of the above risks, the Group’s objectives, policies and processes for measuring and managing risk. Further quantitative disclosures are included throughout these consolidated financial statements.

 

The Group is exposed in varying degrees to a variety of financial instrument related risks by virtue of its activities. The overall financial risk management program focuses on preservation of capital, and protecting current and future Group assets and cash flows by reducing exposure to risks posed by the uncertainties and volatilities of financial markets.

 

The Board of Directors has responsibility to ensure that an adequate financial risk management policy is established and to approve the policy. The Group’s Audit Committee oversees management’s compliance with the Group’s financial risk management policy.

 

The fair value of the Group’s financial instruments approximates their carrying value unless otherwise noted. The types of risk exposure and the way in which such exposures are managed are as follows:

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

(a) Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Credit risk is the risk of a financial loss to the Group if a gold sales customer fails to meet its contractual obligation. Current gold sales are made to Rand Refineries in South Africa and the payment terms are stipulated in the service delivery contract and are adhered to in all instances. Cash is deposited only with “A” grade banks.

 

(b) Liquidity Risk

 

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due.

 

The Group manages its liquidity by ensuring that there is sufficient capital to meet its likely cash requirements, after taking into account cash flows from operations and the Group’s holdings of cash and cash equivalents. The Group believes that these sources will be sufficient to cover the anticipated cash requirements. Senior management is also actively involved in the review and approval of planned expenditures by regularly monitoring cash flows from operations and anticipated investing and financing activities.

 

Since the inception of dollarization in Zimbabwe in 2009, all appropriate insurance cover has been reinstated. The Zimbabwean operations are now covered for Public Liability risk, Assets all risk and comprehensive cover on all motor vehicles.

 

7Capital Management

 

 

The Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard its ability to continue as a going concern in order to pursue the mining operations and exploration potential of the mineral properties.

 

The Group’s capital includes shareholders’ equity, comprising issued common shares, reserves, accumulated other comprehensive income, accumulated deficit, bank loans and non-controlling interest as detailed below.

 

  2012 2011
  $ $
Group capital 55,619 40,444
     
     

The Group’s primary objective with respect to its capital management is to ensure that it has sufficient cash resources to maintain its on-going operations, to provide returns for shareholders, accommodate any rehabilitation provisions and to pursue growth opportunities.

 

As at December 31, 2012, the Group is not subject to externally imposed capital requirements and there has been no change with respect to the overall capital risk management strategy.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

8Production costs

 

  2012 2011 2010
  $ $ $
Wages 8,491 6,197 4,909
Consumable materials 13,286 12,117 5,969
Site restoration 43 50 44
Exploration 831 21 34
Safety 251 290 145
On mine administration 2,751 2,418 1,516
  25,653 21,093 12,617

 

9Administrative expenses

 

  2012 2011 2010
  $ $ $
Investor relations 447 196 145
Management contract fee 704 779 689
Audit fee 443 298 244
Legal fee and disbursements 189 103 106
Accounting services fee 83 41 27
Listing fees 151 270 69
Directors fees 194 145 168
Salaries and wages 1,648 1,368

1,237

 

 

 

Other 196 151 122
  4,055 3,351 2,807

 

10Other expenses

 

  2012 2011 2010
  $ $ $
Impairment loss on trade receivables - - 1,064
  - - 1,064

 

11Finance income and finance costs

 

       
  2012 2011 2010
  $ $ $
Finance income 79 55  270 
Interest expense on financial liabilities measured at amortised cost (160) (217) (267)
  (81) (162)

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

 

12Income taxes

 

 

    2012 2011 2010  
    $ $ $  
           
Current tax expense   12,547 8,005 1  
           
Deferred tax expense          
Origination and reversal of temporary differences   271 785 1,041  
Change in previously unrecognised deductible temporary differences   - (120) -
Recognition of previously unrecognised non-capital tax losses   - (206) -  
    271  459  1,041  
Total income tax expense   12,818 8,464 1,042  
                 

Reconciliation of tax rate

  2012 2012 2011 2011 2010 2010
  % $ % $ % $
Profit for the year   7,358   12,130   1,455
Total income tax expense   12,818   8,464