FY2021
POSCO investment and qualification
POSCO completed a US$7.5m investment for a 15% corporate stake. Bulk samples supported supply-chain qualification, while a potential prepayment facility was still under discussion.
ASX: BKT · Five-year financial review
(ASX: BKT) Black Rock Mining Financial Review - FY2021~25
Mahenge’s permits, engineering and financing agreements progressed, but the project-equity condition remained the crucial distinction between a signed funding package and spendable cash. The balance sheet carried a growing graphite asset while liquid funds declined.
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FY2025 cash
A$1.881m
Actual year-end cash.
Group net loss
A$9.509m
Includes non-controlling interests.
Capitalised exploration
A$55.936m
Accounting asset, not available cash.
Conditional agreements
US$254m
Depends on about US$111m project equity.
Five years in context
The development sequence moved from POSCO’s initial investment and qualification work to a Tanzanian framework agreement, a special mining licence, engineering completion and project funding agreements. None of those milestones is itself commercial graphite production.
Tanzania’s free-carried interest is presented as a non-controlling interest in the consolidated accounts. Project ownership, consolidated costs and the loss attributable to Black Rock shareholders are therefore different reporting concepts.
Events behind the numbers
FY2022
Tanzanian framework agreed
The December2021 framework confirmed a 16% free-carried government interest. POSCO prepayment and offtake terms advanced, while two prospecting licences were surrendered and written off.
FY2023
Licence and engineering milestones
The Special Mining Licence was awarded in September2022; FEED and updated feasibility work followed in October. Lender due diligence was progressing, not equivalent to cash drawdown.
FY2024
Development readiness and financing conditions
Independent expert work and key permits supported project readiness. Funding agreements described in September2024 were post-June events and remained conditional on the equity raise.
FY2025
Larger facilities, equity still required
Lenders agreed a US$25m facility increase in May2025. Binding agreements reached US$254m, conditional on approximately US$111m of project equity.
FINANCIAL REVIEW / 01
Funding inflows did not cover annual cash consumption
FY2025 financing inflows were below combined operating and investing outflows. Cash consequently fell, despite lower exploration investment than in FY2024. Share-based expenses and currency translation are not cash financing.
Year-end cash
A$ million
Closing cash
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Operating outflows and financing inflows
A$ million
Operating cash flowFinancing cash flow
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Consolidated statutory loss
A$ million
Group net loss after tax
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Five-year funding and cash record
A$ million
| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group net loss after tax | (2.850) | (6.077) | (9.348) | (10.604) | (9.509) |
| Operating cash flow | (2.037) | (4.134) | (8.306) | (8.002) | (8.904) |
| Investing cash flow | (0.827) | (7.461) | (17.355) | (5.823) | (2.790) |
| Financing cash flow | 13.674 | 25.967 | 10.628 | 11.212 | 4.553 |
| Closing cash | 11.298 | 26.094 | 11.459 | 8.902 | 1.881 |
June year-ends; full AUD dollars converted to millions.
Group losses include non-controlling interests; shareholder-attributable loss is different.
Signed finance agreements and undrawn amounts are not added to year-end cash.
Source: Annual-report extractions; report editions are listed once in the consolidated source registry.
FINANCIAL REVIEW / 02
Project value accumulated before production
The capitalised exploration balance rose as Mahenge advanced. Its recoverability remains linked to future development, commercial exploitation or sale; it cannot be used to pay near-term salaries or contractors without financing or realisation.
Capitalised exploration and evaluation
A$ million
Capitalised exploration and evaluation asset
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Mahenge carrying value: not the project funding balance
A$ million
| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitalised exploration and evaluation asset | 22.165 | 29.748 | 46.794 | 52.596 | 55.936 |
Capitalised project costs are an accounting asset, not liquid funds, a market valuation or recognised future sales.
Recovery depends on successful development, commercial exploitation or sale.
Source: Annual-report extractions; report editions are listed once in the consolidated source registry.
FINANCIAL REVIEW / 03
Where the expense base sits
Employee and consulting expenses remained substantial. Lower administration and share-based charges helped narrow the reported group loss, while capitalised exploration cash continued outside the income statement.
Staff, consulting and share-based expense
A$ million
Employee benefit expenseConsulting expenseShare-based payment expense
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Expense and cash investment are separate
A$ million
| Metric | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Employee benefit expense | (3.406) | (3.638) |
| Consulting expense | (3.530) | (3.594) |
| Share-based payment expense | (1.350) | (0.740) |
| Administration expense | (1.228) | (0.317) |
| Capitalised exploration cash outflow | (5.837) | (2.784) |
| Loss attributable to owners | (10.078) | (8.929) |
| Loss attributable to non-controlling interests | (0.526) | (0.580) |
Cash exploration investment is not added to operating expense to create a synthetic net loss.
Owner and non-controlling losses together make up the group loss; they are not additional losses on top of it.
Source: Annual-report extractions; report editions are listed once in the consolidated source registry.
FINANCIAL REVIEW / 04
Signed does not mean funded
The US$204m facilities, US$40m subscription and US$10m prepayment make up the US$254m package. The equity condition must be met before treating it as available project funding. These US-dollar commitments are not mixed into Australian-dollar cash balances.
The auditor highlighted a material going-concern uncertainty without modifying its opinion. September2025 placement commitments and a proposed share purchase plan are subsequent events, not June cash.
Conditional Mahenge funding package
US$ million - conditional commitments
| Metric | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| DBSA / IDC / CRDB facilities | 204 |
| POSCO subscription agreement | 40 |
| POSCO prepayment agreement | 10 |
| Additional project equity required (approx.) | 111 |
The first three agreements total US$254m. The US$111m requirement is a condition, not another funded component.
All three ultimately depend on raising the required project equity; this is not cash on the balance sheet.
Source: Annual-report extractions; report editions are listed once in the consolidated source registry.
FY2025 working capital and liabilities
A$ million
| Metric | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Current assets | 2.499 |
| Current liabilities | 1.686 |
| Non-current liabilities | 1.404 |
| Cash | 1.881 |
Consolidated statement subtotals used. A conflicting abbreviated financial-position summary is not substituted.
A positive current-asset surplus does not remove the need for project equity and continuing overhead funding.
Source: Annual-report extractions; report editions are listed once in the consolidated source registry.
Reading the figures
- Existing frozen annual extractions only; no PDF, DB, parsed-body or financial-web retrieval.
- Conflicting abbreviated liability-summary values are not used in place of the supported consolidated statement subtotals.
- The extracted consultant success-fee narrative has inconsistent amendment dating; no new fee liability is inferred from it.
- Unrecognised tax-loss benefits are not treated as cash or additional recognised assets.
- Published primary-author review; no independent audit.
Annual-report source registry
- Black Rock Mining - Annual Report to shareholdersFrozen annual extraction; currencies, conditional funding and ownership scopes retained.
- Black Rock Mining - Annual Report to shareholdersFrozen annual extraction; currencies, conditional funding and ownership scopes retained.
- Black Rock Mining - Annual Report to shareholdersFrozen annual extraction; currencies, conditional funding and ownership scopes retained.
- Black Rock Mining - Annual Report to shareholdersFrozen annual extraction; currencies, conditional funding and ownership scopes retained.
- Black Rock Mining - Annual Report to shareholdersFrozen annual extraction; currencies, conditional funding and ownership scopes retained.
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