Pre-IPO Chilean project build-out
Culpeo expanded Las Petacas and acquired the San Sebastian project through Atacama Holdings; the 11:2 share consolidation took effect in May 2021. The September 2021 ASX listing is a subsequent FY2022 event.
An evidence-led review of Culpeo's statutory Australian-dollar results and financing as a Chilean copper explorer. Flow figures span unequal periods at the 2024 year-end transition; balance-sheet figures use actual dates.
Reading the tables: 0 (nil) is a supported zero. Other text distinguishes an amount included in another line, a non-applicable item, a separately unavailable component and an unresolved value. These are not interchangeable. Period-specific detail is labelled; complete year-by-year detail remains available.
12 months ended 31 Dec 2025
Consolidated balance sheet
Cash inflow before issue costs
At 31 Dec 2025
Culpeo remained an exploration-stage copper group with no evidenced external customer sales. The major financial pattern is recurring statutory losses and operating/investing cash outflows funded mainly by equity raisings, while capitalised exploration assets grew. Other revenue is reported income, not evidence of copper sales.
The 2024 annual package contains both a 12-month period to 30 June 2024 and a separate six-month transition to 31 December 2024. Those flow measures are not directly comparable to a full year. The selected FY2025 financial statements identify the following column as the year ended 31 December 2025, resolving the frozen narrative's conflicting six-month wording; the intermediate June 2024 cash and exploration figures are preserved in separate bridge tables.
Exploration spending was accompanied by project portfolio changes: Lana Corina and Fortuna entered the portfolio, while some exploration balances were later written off or impaired. These are disclosed project and accounting events; the data do not establish commercial production or a revenue forecast.
Culpeo expanded Las Petacas and acquired the San Sebastian project through Atacama Holdings; the 11:2 share consolidation took effect in May 2021. The September 2021 ASX listing is a subsequent FY2022 event.
The September 2021 IPO raised A$6.0m before costs. Culpeo began drilling at Las Petacas and entered the Lana Corina option in March 2022.
Phase 1 and Phase 2 drilling advanced Lana Corina, while the year included entitlement/shortfall raisings. The FY2023 auditor identified material uncertainty related to going concern.
The financial year-end moved from 30 June to 31 December, producing a six-month period to 31 December 2024. The issuer warned that the transition and prior 12-month comparative are not entirely comparable.
The first full December year reported A$4.47m cash proceeds from share issues and an A$1.81m after-tax loss. Jupiter exploration ceased and the related capitalised balance was impaired.
The loss series is statutory and consolidated. The six-month transition and the FY2025 full year require the different duration labels shown in the table and chart.
The FY2023 reported loss per share is retained as printed. Its saved EPS note and profit-or-loss attribution give different owner-loss numerators, and neither reconciles the printed cents-per-share amount with the reported weighted-average shares. The selected evidence therefore does not establish a corrected FY2023 EPS basis.
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AI-generated presentation · values from Consolidated profit or loss by actual reporting period; no missing values plotted as zero.
AUD
| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | TY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other revenue$ | 6 | 2,713 | 6,662 | 5,361 | 6,198 |
| Administration expenses$ | (50,425) | (229,215) | (470,878) | (74,380) | (123,116) |
| Consulting expenses$ | (189,362) | (109,568) | (312,409) | (217,072) | (528,133) |
| Corporate and compliance expenses$ | (277,493) | (299,686) | (282,205) | (259,672) | (371,052) |
| Depreciation$ | 0 (nil) | (1,259) | (1,279) | (354) | (614) |
| Employee related expenses$ | (279,625) | (315,191) | (133,797) | (73,403) | (163,532) |
| Equity based payments (expense/(reversal))$ | 0 (nil) | (290,522) | (85,544) | 11,617 | (34,186) |
| Financial expenses$ | (15,520) | (16,008) | (3,090) | (340) | (1,070) |
| Legal and professional fees$ | (112,747) | (57,342) | (65,811) | (50,904) | (136,030) |
| Impairment of assets (general)$ | (32,828) | (254,395) | (354,707) | Not separately presented | Not separately presented |
| Impairment of exploration and evaluation assets$ | (227,096) | 0 (nil) | (1,788,249) | 0 (nil) | (133,535) |
| Impairment of VAT receivable$ | Not separately presented | Not separately presented | Not separately presented | (75,506) | (211,429) |
| Exploration expenses (P&L)$ | 0 (nil) | (6,000) | 0 (nil) | Not separately presented | Not separately presented |
| Foreign currency translation (in profit or loss)$ | 2,821 | (489,330) | (3,724) | (17,954) | (116,796) |
| Loss before income tax$ | (1,182,269) | (2,065,803) | (3,495,031) | (752,607) | (1,813,295) |
| Income tax expense$ | 0 (nil) | 0 (nil) | 0 (nil) | 0 (nil) | 0 (nil) |
| Loss after tax (consolidated)$ | (1,182,269) | (2,065,803) | (3,495,031) | (752,607) | (1,813,295) |
AUD units; expenses and losses shown in parentheses. TY2024 is six months ended 31 December 2024; FY2025 is 12 months ended 31 December 2025. The 12 months to 30 June 2024 are shown separately below.
No external customer sales are evidenced; 'Other revenue' is reported by the issuer. The selected FY2023 source table confirms its foreign-currency line. Source dashes are shown as Nil only for their exact rows; FY2021 comparative nil cells derive from the FY2022 statement.
Source: Culpeo annual reports in the source registry; exact rows and document versions retained in evidence.json.
AUD
| Metric | 12m to 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|
| Other revenue$ | 7,397 |
| Administration expenses$ | (379,596) |
| Consulting expenses$ | (499,931) |
| Corporate and compliance expenses$ | (342,827) |
| Depreciation$ | (950) |
| Employee related expenses$ | (135,165) |
| Equity based payments$ | (326,654) |
| Financial expenses$ | (16,184) |
| Legal and professional fees$ | (91,470) |
| Impairment of VAT receivable$ | (142,532) |
| Impairment of exploration and evaluation assets$ | (941,645) |
| Foreign currency translation (profit or loss)$ | 2,884 |
| Loss before tax$ | (2,866,673) |
| Income tax expense$ | 0 (nil) |
| Loss after tax$ | (2,866,673) |
AUD units; this is the annual source comparative immediately before the six-month TY2024 transition. It is not the TY2024 current-period result.
Source: Culpeo annual reports in the source registry; exact rows and document versions retained in evidence.json.
At 31 December 2025, capitalised exploration and evaluation expenditure was the largest disclosed asset. Cash and the exploration asset are separately plotted as balance-date stocks, not spending measures.
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AI-generated presentation · values from Consolidated financial position at each balance date; no missing values plotted as zero.
AUD
| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | TY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents$ | 442,761 | 1,838,929 | 334,600 | 1,000,648 | 1,984,581 |
| Trade and other receivables$ | 90,300 | 197,813 | 127,314 | 71,225 | 105,918 |
| Total current assets$ | 533,061 | 2,036,742 | 461,914 | 1,071,873 | 2,090,499 |
| Exploration and evaluation expenditure$ | 678,968 | 2,941,038 | 4,441,099 | 5,441,119 | 7,102,930 |
| Total non-current assets$ | 678,968 | 2,945,489 | 4,444,525 | 5,443,021 | 7,104,278 |
| Total assets$ | 1,212,029 | 4,982,231 | 4,906,439 | 6,514,894 | 9,194,777 |
| Trade and other payables$ | 678,422 | 249,435 | 333,437 | 214,429 | 133,180 |
| Total current liabilities$ | 871,079 | 249,435 | 333,437 | 214,429 | 133,180 |
| Total liabilities$ | 871,079 | 249,435 | 333,437 | 214,429 | 133,180 |
| Net assets / Total equity$ | 340,950 | 4,732,796 | 4,573,002 | 6,300,465 | 9,061,597 |
| Issued capital$ | 2,320,150 | 8,772,903 | 10,815,683 | 16,644,893 | 20,280,096 |
| Reserves$ | (16,829) | 113,173 | 1,356,225 | 887,064 | 1,826,288 |
| Accumulated losses$ | (2,141,014) | (4,206,789) | (7,205,288) | (10,705,695) | (12,518,990) |
| Equity attributable to owners of the Company$ | 162,307 | 4,679,287 | 4,966,620 | 6,826,262 | 9,587,394 |
| Non-controlling interest$ | 178,643 | 53,509 | (393,618) | (525,797) | (525,797) |
AUD units; first three columns are at 30 June, TY2024 and FY2025 at 31 December. Net assets and total equity are the same reported consolidated amount.
Current borrowings are excluded here because the FY2024 source used a 'not disclosed' extraction state; total liabilities and payables remain visible. PP&E is a balance-sheet asset, distinct from investing cash payments.
Source: Culpeo annual reports in the source registry; exact rows and document versions retained in evidence.json.
AUD
| Metric | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents$ | 404,195 |
| Exploration and evaluation expenditure$ | 4,574,785 |
| Total assets$ | 5,050,568 |
| Total liabilities$ | 188,700 |
| Total equity$ | 4,861,868 |
| Issued capital$ | 14,604,323 |
AUD balance-date values from the FY2024 annual package's 30 June comparative; separate from the 31 December transition balance sheet.
Source: Culpeo annual reports in the source registry; exact rows and document versions retained in evidence.json.
Equity proceeds funded operating and exploration cash requirements. The 12 months to 30 June 2024 are shown below as an intermediate comparative so that the later six-month transition is not mistaken for that full-year interval.
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AI-generated presentation · values from Consolidated cash flows and cash bridge; no missing values plotted as zero.
AUD
| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | TY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interest income / other operating receipts$ | Not separately presented | 429 | 6,662 | 5,361 | 6,198 |
| Payments to suppliers and employees$ | (549,839) | (1,479,673) | (1,248,890) | (727,566) | (1,536,440) |
| Net operating cash flow$ | (549,839) | (1,479,244) | (1,242,228) | (722,205) | (1,530,242) |
| Payments for exploration and evaluation$ | (92,544) | (2,736,122) | (2,387,468) | (642,056) | (1,679,178) |
| Petacas project acquisition cash payments$ | (479,815) | (145,472) | 0 (nil) | Not separately presented | Not separately presented |
| Quelon project acquisition cash payments$ | Not separately presented | (68,286) | 0 (nil) | Not separately presented | Not separately presented |
| Lana Corina option cash payment$ | Not separately presented | (135,647) | (216,013) | Not separately presented | Not separately presented |
| Project option and earn-in payments$ | Not separately presented | Not separately presented | Not separately presented | (90,003) | (171,868) |
| Selected disclosed project acquisition, option and earn-in cash payments$ | (479,815) | (349,405) | (216,013) | (90,003) | (171,868) |
| Cash received on Petacas and Panga acquisitions$ | 105,045 | 0 (nil) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Purchase of plant and equipment (cash)$ | Not separately presented | (5,710) | 0 (nil) | Not separately presented | Not separately presented |
| Net investing cash flow$ | (467,314) | (3,091,237) | (2,603,481) | (732,059) | (1,851,046) |
| Cash proceeds from share issues$ | 1,576,000 | 6,000,000 | 2,423,837 | 2,150,000 | 4,466,820 |
| Cash costs of share issues$ | (128,367) | (37,619) | (181,057) | (109,430) | (261,821) |
| Net financing cash flow$ | 1,447,633 | 5,962,381 | 2,242,780 | 2,040,570 | 4,204,999 |
| Net cash movement before exchange$ | 430,480 | 1,391,900 | (1,602,929) | 586,306 | 823,711 |
| Cash at beginning of period$ | 10,222 | 442,761 | 1,838,929 | 404,195 | 1,000,648 |
| Exchange effect on cash$ | 2,059 | 4,268 | 98,600 | 10,147 | 160,222 |
| Cash at end of period$ | 442,761 | 1,838,929 | 334,600 | 1,000,648 | 1,984,581 |
AUD units, cash outflows in parentheses. FY2021–FY2023 are 12-month June years; TY2024 is the six-month transition; FY2025 is a 12-month December year.
The TY2024 and FY2025 statements report generic project option and earn-in cash payments without identifying Petacas, Quelon or Lana Corina components. Those named cells are presentation-limited, not nil or proved included. Share proceeds and issue costs are cash flows; noncash equity issues are excluded.
The selected-project-payments row combines only the named cash outflows actually disclosed: Petacas in FY2021; Petacas, Quelon and Lana Corina in FY2022; Lana Corina in FY2023; and the issuer combined option/earn-in line in TY2024 and FY2025. It is not a complete all-project spending total, and TY2024 is six months.
Source: FY2021–FY2023 frozen annual cash-flow facts; selected FY2025 statement of cash flows, including its TY2024 comparative. Exact source rows in evidence.json.
AUD
| Metric | 12m to 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|
| Net operating cash flow$ | (1,305,809) |
| Exploration and evaluation cash payments$ | (1,634,262) |
| Lana Corina option cash payment$ | (408,346) |
| Net investing cash flow$ | (2,214,978) |
| Net financing cash flow$ | 3,451,262 |
| Cash at 30 June 2024$ | 404,195 |
This interval is distinct from TY2024 (six months to 31 December 2024). It prevents the five selected annual packages from hiding a material 12-month period between FY2023 and the changed year-end.
Source: Culpeo annual reports in the source registry; exact rows and document versions retained in evidence.json.
For FY2021 through the six-month TY2024 period, Culpeo explicitly reported no dividend paid, declared or recommended. The FY2025 declaration and recommendation position is not established by the selected evidence. Financing came chiefly through share placements and the earlier IPO; share issue proceeds and costs are visible in the cash-flow table, while closing share counts and capital carrying amounts are shown here.
Mixed: shares and AUD
| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | TY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fully paid ordinary shares at balance dateshares | 18,979,157 | 55,191,688 | 77,509,844 | 219,962,223 | 650,827,706 |
| Issued capital carrying amount$ | 2,320,150 | 8,772,903 | 10,815,683 | 16,644,893 | 20,280,096 |
Closing shares are a count; issued capital is an AUD carrying amount. The FY2025 securities register date is not substituted for the 31 December 2025 balance-date count.
Source: Culpeo annual reports in the source registry; exact rows and document versions retained in evidence.json.
The capitalised exploration asset is an accrual balance. Its annual additions and impairments are distinct from cash payments for exploration and option interests. The FY2025 package records the Jupiter impairment after exploration ceased.
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AI-generated presentation · values from Capitalised exploration and evaluation asset bridge; no missing values plotted as zero.
AUD
| Metric | 12m to 30 Jun 2024 | TY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening exploration and evaluation asset$ | 4,441,099 | 4,574,785 | 5,441,119 |
| Exploration and evaluation additions$ | 1,541,861 | 732,979 | 1,416,795 |
| Lana Corina option capitalised$ | 408,346 | 0 (nil) | 154,489 |
| Jupiter option capitalised$ | Not separately presented | 0 (nil) | 64,567 |
| Exploration and evaluation impairment$ | (941,645) | 0 (nil) | (133,535) |
| Foreign currency translation movement$ | (874,876) | 133,355 | 159,495 |
| Closing exploration and evaluation asset$ | 4,574,785 | 5,441,119 | 7,102,930 |
AUD asset movements, separate from cash investing payments. The TY2024 opening balance is the June 2024 closing asset; the FY2025 opening balance is the December 2024 closing asset.
The FY2025 Note 4 heading prints 7,104,929, while its roll-forward closes at 7,102,930 and the balance sheet uses 7,102,930. The displayed close follows the roll-forward and balance sheet; the heading discrepancy remains a source limitation.
Source: FY2024 frozen Note 4 comparative facts and selected FY2025 Note 4 source rows, retained verbatim in evidence.json.
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