FY2021
Funding the asset base
Financing strengthened cash before the larger restart investment programme.
ASX: FML · Five-year financial review
(ASX: FML) Focus Minerals Financial Review - FY2021~25
Focus Minerals’ FY2021-FY2025 review spans the Coolgardie restart, rising gold-business revenue and the Laverton disposal. FY2025 brought stronger operating cash and a major debt reduction, but most of the headline profit came from discontinued operations rather than recurring mine earnings.
Reading the figures: Units are stated above each table or beside the metric. Brackets denote negative amounts. Supported nil is shown as zero; unlike reporting bases remain separately labelled.
FY2025 customer revenue
A$301.263m
Continuing customer revenue.
Operating cash flow
A$130.929m
Group cash generation.
Continuing profit
A$68.924m
After tax, excluding disposal profit.
Closing cash
A$129.812m
Excludes separate term deposits.
Five years in context
Refurbishment of Three Mile Hill preceded practical completion in July 2023 and first gold in August. The following year included a Greenfields pit-wall interruption and third-party toll milling, so financial growth does not represent an uninterrupted mine ramp-up.
Laverton was sold in June 2025 for A$250m headline consideration. The resulting gain and use of proceeds transformed profit and debt, while Coolgardie remained the operating focus.
Events behind the numbers
FY2022
Plant refurbishment
A Three Mile Hill EPC contract supported restart preparations.
FY2023
First gold after restart
The plant upgrade reached practical completion in July, with first gold poured in August.
FY2024
Operating cash turns positive
Gold sales grew; a pit-wall slip interrupted mining while stockpiles supported milling.
FY2025
Laverton sold, borrowings repaid
Disposal proceeds and operating cash supported debt repayment and a substantially larger cash balance.
FINANCIAL REVIEW / 01
Separate operating improvement from the disposal
Customer revenue expanded after the restart and group operating cash became positive. FY2025 continuing after-tax profit is much smaller than total attributable profit because the latter includes Laverton’s discontinued-operation result.
Customer revenue
A$ million
Revenue from contracts with customers
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Total profit and operating cash
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Total net profit / (loss), all operationsNet operating cash flow
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FY2025 profit components
A$ million
Profit after tax — continuing operationsProfit after tax — discontinued operations
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Customer revenue through the restart
A$ million
| Metric | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue from contracts with customers | 16.545 | 33.080 | 115.141 | 301.263 |
FY2022 uses the separately identified customer-revenue comparative, not the broader original revenue line including other income. FY2021 broad revenue is not inserted into this customer-revenue series.
Source: Annual-report extractions; report editions are listed once in the consolidated source registry.
Group earnings and cash generation
A$ million
| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total net profit / (loss), all operations | (6.708) | (4.138) | (2.797) | 3.006 | 272.449 |
| Net operating cash flow | (4.826) | (4.131) | (1.367) | 29.437 | 130.929 |
FY2025 total profit includes A$203.525m discontinued-operation profit from Laverton; it is not the continuing-mine earnings figure.
Source: Annual-report extractions; report editions are listed once in the consolidated source registry.
FY2025 earnings components
A$ million
| Metric | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Profit after tax — continuing operations | 68.924 |
| Profit after tax — discontinued operations | 203.525 |
| Total attributable profit | 272.449 |
The total is the sum of the two components; do not add all three rows. The disposal is non-recurring.
Source: Annual-report extractions; report editions are listed once in the consolidated source registry.
FINANCIAL REVIEW / 02
Disposal changes the balance sheet
Borrowings are nil at December 2025, but leases remain. Current and restricted term deposits are also separate from the cash-equivalent balance, so neither “debt-free” nor “all assets are liquid” is an appropriate shortcut.
Cash and borrowings
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Cash and equivalents excluding restricted balancesBorrowings excluding leases
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Investing and financing cash
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Net investing cash flowNet financing cash flow
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Cash, debt and equity
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| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents excluding restricted balances | 27.251 | 18.898 | 1.198 | 16.500 | 129.812 |
| Borrowings excluding leases | 20.000 | 34.760 | 93.983 | 156.276 | 0.000 |
| Total assets | 151.062 | 174.430 | 246.792 | 323.611 | 442.727 |
| Total equity / net assets | 99.555 | 95.417 | 92.620 | 95.626 | 368.075 |
December balance dates. Borrowings are current plus non-current where split; lease liabilities are excluded and remain A$4.475m in FY2025.
FY2025 current term deposits of A$29.889m and restricted non-current deposits of A$6.632m are separate from the cash row.
Source: Annual-report extractions; report editions are listed once in the consolidated source registry.
Investing and financing cash
A$ million
| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net investing cash flow | (1.120) | (19.382) | (75.744) | (63.434) | 136.403 |
| Net financing cash flow | 25.402 | 14.844 | 59.502 | 49.289 | (154.020) |
FY2022 uses subsequent comparative classification; original investing/financing each differed by A$0.130m with the same combined net effect.
FY2025 investing includes the Laverton sale; positive net investing is not a fall in project activity by itself.
Source: Annual-report extractions; report editions are listed once in the consolidated source registry.
FY2025 cash disposal and debt movements
A$ million
| Metric | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Reported cash-flow proceeds from Laverton sale | 246.345 |
| Repayment of borrowings | (165.006) |
| Repayment of lease liabilities | (4.938) |
These are cash-flow statement categories. A$250m headline consideration, A$246.345m cash-flow sale proceeds and debt-plus-interest narrative are different measures.
Source: Annual-report extractions; report editions are listed once in the consolidated source registry.
FINANCIAL REVIEW / 03
Tax review and operating measures need context
The ATO requested a pre-lodgement income-tax review for the Laverton disposal, and the submission remained under review in the extracted disclosure. Use of tax losses is not represented as a final ATO clearance.
The FY2025 narrative gives 49,154 ounces sold at about A$5,556/oz, but their product does not explain the entire customer-revenue total. Without a retained reconciliation, these figures are not forced into a revenue or realised-price bridge.
The retained resource rows also contain mixed date labels. This financial review does not convert them into a reserve valuation or treat the Laverton assets as still owned after sale.
Reading the figures
- FY2022 investing/financing classification uses the subsequent comparative; the original A$0.130m difference is retained in the issue log.
- FY2025 gold volume/price narrative does not provide a complete reconciliation to customer revenue. No implied missing ounces or price is invented.
- Calendar December reporting periods; continuing and discontinued operations are separately identified in the FY2025 profit split.
- Prepared from existing year-by-year extraction records only. No raw-source retrieval, database query, financial web research or MiniMax call. Primary-author review, not an independent original-document audit; published.
Annual-report source registry
- Focus Minerals - Annual Report to ShareholdersExisting annual extraction, including separately identified historical comparatives.
- Focus Minerals - Annual Report to ShareholdersExisting annual extraction, including separately identified historical comparatives.
- Focus Minerals - Annual Report to ShareholdersExisting annual extraction, including separately identified historical comparatives.
- Focus Minerals - Annual Report to ShareholdersExisting annual extraction, including separately identified historical comparatives.
- Focus Minerals - Annual Report to ShareholdersExisting annual extraction, including separately identified historical comparatives.
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