20
December 2024
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LSE:
PDL |
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Petra
Diamonds Limited
("Petra”
or "the Company")
Final
sales results for Tender 3 FY 2025
Richard Duffy, Chief Executive Officer of Petra,
commented:
“Our
third tender cycle yielded US$71
million from the sale of 700,803 carats bringing
year-to-date sales revenues to US$146
million from the sale of 1,300,964 carats.
Like-for-like[1]
prices
reduced by 7% from the previous tender cycle held in October
reflecting a continued weak market across most size ranges,
although we were encouraged by the 3% increase in the 5-10.8 carat
category. As a result of the prevailing market weakness, we have
revised our price assumptions for FY 2025 as set out below. Despite
the market backdrop, we are encouraged by the majors’ ongoing
discipline around restricting the volume of rough diamonds to
support the market and initiatives by upstream, midstream and
retail sectors to collaborate in the category marketing of
diamonds.
We
remain committed to our target of net cash generation in FY 2025
and have commenced additional cash generation and savings
initiatives. This has regrettably required us to initiate a section
189 (retrenchment) process affecting our Group and SA Operations
support functions. Vivek Gadodia has
been appointed Chief Restructuring Officer to lead the execution of
this work.
Refinancing
discussions have been deferred to CY 2025 to enable these cash
generation initiatives to take effect and to benefit from greater
certainty in respect of market conditions. We remain confident of a
successful refinancing of the 2026 2L Notes and a further update
will be provided at the time of our interim results in February
2025.”
Rough
diamond sales results for the respective periods are shown
below.
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Tender
3
FY
2025
Dec
24
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Tenders
1-2
FY
2025
Oct
24
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Variance
|
YTD
FY
2025
Tenders
1-3
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YTD
FY
20241
Tenders
1-3
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FY
2024
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Diamonds
sold (carats)
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700,803
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600,161
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+17%
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1,300,964
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1,659,620
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3,158,780
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Sales (US$
million)
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71
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76
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-7%
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146
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188
|
366
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Average
price (US$/ct)
|
101
|
126
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-20%
|
112
|
113
|
116
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1Revenue
and volume variances were impacted by the deferral of the final
tender of FY 2023 into FY 2024, leading to higher sales in the
comparative YTD FY 2024 period.
Mine by
mine average prices for the respective periods are set out in the
table below:
US$/carat
|
Tender
3
FY
2025
Dec
24
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Tenders
1-2
FY
2025
Oct
24
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YTD
FY
2025
Tenders
1-3
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YTD
FY
2024
Tenders
1-3
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FY
2024
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Cullinan
Mine
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1002
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146
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121
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112
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116
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Finsch
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72
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84
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78
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99
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98
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Williamson
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174
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164
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170
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202
|
191
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2Excluding
the 88 kcts of brown goods withdrawn from Tender 1-2 and sold in
Tender 3, at a revenue of US$3
million, average prices of US$122/ct would have been
achieved.
Our
revised pricing assumptions for FY 2025 are:
US$
per carat
|
FY
2025
Original
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FY
2025
Revised
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Cullinan
Mine
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125 –
135
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120 –
130
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Finsch
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98 –
105
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80 –
90
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Williamson
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200 –
225
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170 –
200
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Future
diamond prices are influenced by a range of factors outside of
Petra’s control and so these assumptions are internal estimates
only and no reliance should be placed on them. The Company’s
pricing assumptions will be considered on an ongoing basis and may
be updated as appropriate.
Like-for-like
prices
Like-for-like
rough diamond prices for goods sold declined by 7% on Tenders 1-2
FY 2025 across most product categories, with a 3% increase in
5–10.8 carat stones. Year-to-date like-for-like prices are down 10%
compared to the equivalent three tenders of FY 2024, mainly from
smaller size categories.
For
further information, please contact:
Investor
Relations, London
Patrick Pittaway
Telephone:
+44 (0)784 192 0021
Kelsey Traynor investorrelations@petradiamonds.com
About
Petra Diamonds Limited
Petra Diamonds is a leading independent diamond mining group and a
supplier of gem quality rough diamonds to the international market.
The Company’s portfolio incorporates interests in two underground
mines in South Africa (Cullinan
and Finsch Mines) and one open pit mine in Tanzania
(Williamson).
Petra's
strategy is to focus on value rather than volume production by
optimising recoveries from its high-quality asset base in order to
maximise their efficiency and profitability. The Group has a
significant resource base which supports the potential for
long-life operations.
Petra
strives to conduct all operations according to the highest ethical
standards and only operates in countries which are members of the
Kimberley Process. The Company aims to generate tangible value for
each of its stakeholders, thereby contributing to the
socio-economic development of its host countries and supporting
long-term sustainable operations to the benefit of its employees,
partners and communities.
Petra is
quoted with a premium listing on the Main Market of the London
Stock Exchange under the ticker 'PDL'. The Company’s loan notes due
in 2026 are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and admitted to
trading on the Global Exchange Market. For more information, visit
www.petradiamonds.com.
[1] Like-for-like
refers to the change in realised prices between tenders and
excludes revenue from all single stones and Exceptional Stones,
while normalising for the product mix impact