Trading Statement
GOLIATH GOLD MINING LIMITED
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
(Registration number 1933/004523/06)
Share code: GGM ISIN: ZAE000154753
(“Goliath Gold” or “the Company”)
TRADING STATEMENT
The annual report released on 28 March 2012 reported that the Company’s year-end was amended from
31 March to 31 December in order to coincide with the 31 December year-end of the Company’s new
majority shareholder, Gold One International Limited (“Gold One”). An interim financial report will therefore
be issued for the six month period ended 30 June 2012 (“interim results”).
On 28 March 2012, the transaction whereby Goliath Gold acquired the Megamine assets (“Megamine”)
from Gold One Africa Limited (“Gold One Africa”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Gold One, was declared
unconditional. Goliath Gold settled the purchase price by issuing shares to Gold One Africa resulting in
Gold One Africa, holding 72% of the issued share capital in Goliath Gold. In accordance with IFRS 3, the
transaction has been determined to be a reverse acquisition. In a reverse acquisition the legal acquirer,
Goliath Gold, becomes the accounting subsidiary and legal acquiree, Megamine, becomes the accounting
acquirer. Because of the accounting treatment resulting from the reverse acquisition the interim results will
disclose only Megamine’s current and comparative interim results (and not last year’s interim results for
Goliath Gold). However, with respect to reverse acquisitions, the JSE requires disclosure in trading
statements of the current expected Megamine consolidated interim range per share on a basic and headline
basis compared to last year’s Goliath consolidated interim earnings and headline earnings per share.
In terms of the JSE Listings Requirements, listed companies are required to publish a trading statement as
soon as they become reasonably certain that the financial results for the period to be reported on will differ
by more than 20% from that of the previous corresponding period.
A review of the financial results for the six month period ended 30 June 2012 by the board of directors has
resulted in a reasonably certain expectation that the consolidated loss and headline loss per share will be
between 40.0 cents and 43.0 cents, compared to the consolidated earnings and headline earnings per
share of 6.5 cents for the six month period ended 30 September 2011.
The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed or reported on by
the Company’s auditors. Goliath Gold’s interim financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2012 are
expected to be released on SENS on or about 28 September 2012.
Johannesburg
14 September 2012
Sponsor
Merchantec Capital
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