Balama restarts; Vidalia offtake agreed
Balama restarted production in March. Syrah also executed a Tesla AAM offtake agreement in December 2021.
Syrah Resources reports in US dollars and operates Balama natural graphite and Vidalia active anode material. The tables compare five calendar financial years, show the FY2023 borrowing reclassification separately, and keep operating volumes apart from financial statement units.
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.
Continuing operations, rounded from US$33.381m.
Consolidated continuing operations loss.
Net operating cash outflow.
Cash and cash equivalents; includes restricted cash.
Balama restarted in 2021 and reached its five-year production high in 2022. Later campaign operation and the 2024 access disruption reduced output; production resumed in mid-2025. Vidalia completed its initial expansion in 2024 and sold AAM for customer qualification in 2024–2025. The operating table distinguishes graphite tonnes, AAM tonnes and graphite selling price.
All five years reported statutory losses and operating cash outflows. Equity issues, convertible notes and US government loan drawdowns supported the investment and operating program. Annual auditors flagged a going-concern material uncertainty from FY2023 onward; the FY2025 report also describes unresolved DOE and DFC loan defaults. The financial tables show the cash, borrowing and current-liability profile.
Balama restarted production in March. Syrah also executed a Tesla AAM offtake agreement in December 2021.
The Vidalia Initial Expansion final investment decision was approved. Syrah completed an A$250m equity raising and closed a US$102m DOE loan facility; Balama achieved record production and sales.
Balama operated in campaign mode amid weaker Chinese graphite demand. Syrah fully drew US$98m of DOE loan advances for Vidalia during 2023.
Vidalia completed construction in February and produced AAM for qualification. Balama access was constrained by protests from late September, with force majeure declared in December.
Balama production recommenced in June. Vidalia qualification production and sales continued, and Syrah received US$11.696m of tax credit cash in its operating cash flows.
FY2022 was the only year in this span with gross profit; FY2023–FY2025 returned to gross losses. FY2025 other income includes Section 45X production tax credits. FY2024 separately recognised US$9.957m of other expenses, reflecting a write-off of costs previously capitalised for Vidalia construction; its other-income and other-expense lines are shown separately in the table.
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| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 29,044 | 106,180 | 47,712 | 31,516 | 33,381 |
| Cost of sales | -61,663 | -92,876 | -72,492 | -103,364 | -95,210 |
| Gross profit/(loss) | -32,619 | 13,304 | -24,780 | -71,848 | -61,829 |
| Distribution costs | -7,158 | -33,438 | -16,946 | -8,471 | -7,002 |
| Administrative expenses | -9,546 | -12,043 | -14,113 | -12,361 | -13,923 |
| Other income/(expense) source line | 2,671 | 11,853 | -994 | 1,855 | 22,172 |
| Other expenses, separately presented | Not separately presented | Not separately presented | Not separately presented | -9,957 | 0 (nil) |
| Write-down of inventories | -1,296 | -6,078 | -13,225 | -2,619 | -3,696 |
| Loss before net finance and income tax | -47,948 | -26,402 | -70,058 | -103,401 | -64,278 |
| Net finance costs/(income) | -6,215 | -3,008 | -12,055 | -20,806 | -35,413 |
| Loss before income tax | -54,163 | -29,410 | -82,113 | -124,207 | -99,691 |
| Income tax (expense)/benefit | -2,707 | 2,565 | -3,167 | -1,084 | -972 |
| Loss after income tax for the year | -56,870 | -26,845 | -85,280 | -125,291 | -100,663 |
US$ thousands. Costs, losses and expenses are negative. FY2024 also reported US$9.957m of other expenses separately; the other-income row is shown as its own source line, not a netted amount.
Source: Syrah Resources annual reports FY2021–FY2025; exact records retained in the author evidence bundle.
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| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax | 354 | -7,017 | -3,902 | 10,855 | -6,539 |
| Total comprehensive loss | -56,516 | -33,862 | -89,182 | -114,436 | -107,202 |
| — attributable to equity holders of Syrah Resources Limited | -53,560 | -31,969 | -87,804 | -112,821 | -104,337 |
| — attributable to non-controlling interest | -2,956 | -1,893 | -1,378 | -1,615 | -2,865 |
| Basic loss per sharecents | -10.79 | -4.95 | -13.02 | -12.27 | -9.12 |
Comprehensive attribution includes non-controlling interests. Basic loss per share is US cents per share, rather than US$ thousands.
Source: Syrah Resources annual reports FY2021–FY2025; exact records retained in the author evidence bundle.
Total assets increased as Vidalia investment was capitalised, while borrowings and current liabilities grew. The FY2023 report and FY2024 comparative classify US$107.818m of the same FY2023 borrowings differently; the bridge makes that presentation change visible without treating it as a cash movement.
The issuer treated market capitalisation below book net assets as an impairment indicator in FY2024 and FY2025. The FY2025 Balama cash-generating unit recoverable amount was assessed at US$475m using assumptions sensitive to prices, exchange rates, discount rates and operating performance; this is an assessment value, not reported revenue or cash.
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| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 52,914 | 90,376 | 84,889 | 87,467 | 77,087 |
| Trade and other receivables (current) | 7,865 | 20,918 | 5,269 | 6,838 | 19,104 |
| Inventories | 20,385 | 25,194 | 34,897 | 28,482 | 29,038 |
| Total current assets | 81,559 | 136,488 | 125,055 | 122,787 | 125,229 |
| Trade and other receivables (non-current) | 7,955 | 10,252 | 3,379 | 8,707 | 9,322 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 180,520 | 274,456 | 425,199 | 414,235 | 397,172 |
| Mining assets | 132,764 | 119,869 | 119,379 | 115,686 | 112,218 |
| Intangible assets | 129 | 44 | 27 | 14 | 8 |
| Deferred tax assets | 25,961 | 28,861 | 27,009 | 30,679 | 67,236 |
| Total non-current assets | 347,329 | 433,482 | 574,993 | 569,321 | 585,956 |
| Total assets | 428,888 | 569,970 | 700,048 | 692,108 | 711,185 |
Source: Syrah Resources annual reports FY2021–FY2025; exact records retained in the author evidence bundle.
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| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trade and other payables (current) | 18,062 | 25,671 | 26,780 | 12,916 | 25,004 |
| Borrowings (current) | Not separately presented | 0 (nil) | 279,922 | 146,436 | 160,079 |
| Lease liabilities (current) | 3,229 | 2,007 | 2,178 | 2,301 | 187 |
| Provisions (current) | 2,173 | 2,302 | 3,023 | 3,283 | 2,399 |
| Total current liabilities | 23,464 | 29,980 | 311,903 | 164,936 | 187,787 |
| Trade and other payables (non-current) | 1,496 | 1,588 | 1,687 | 1,783 | 4,026 |
| Borrowings (non-current) | 69,852 | 70,925 | 0 (nil) | 109,983 | 132,757 |
| Lease liabilities (non-current) | 12,980 | 12,641 | 13,743 | 11,190 | 211 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 3,622 | 3,958 | 5,272 | 10,026 | 47,437 |
| Provisions (non-current) | 24,960 | 12,701 | 13,839 | 11,965 | 13,226 |
| Total non-current liabilities | 112,910 | 101,813 | 34,541 | 144,947 | 197,657 |
| Total liabilities | 136,374 | 131,793 | 346,444 | 309,883 | 385,444 |
| Net assets (= total equity) | 292,514 | 438,177 | 353,604 | 382,225 | 325,741 |
FY2023 current and non-current borrowing classification uses the FY2023 report as first issued. The FY2024 report reclassified its FY2023 comparative; the bridge below shows both presentations. Total borrowings and total liabilities did not change in that reclassification.
Source: Syrah Resources annual reports FY2021–FY2025; exact records retained in the author evidence bundle.
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| Metric | FY2023 original | FY2023 restated in FY2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Current borrowings | 279,922 | 172,104 |
| Non-current borrowings | 0 (nil) | 107,818 |
| Total current liabilities | 311,903 | 204,085 |
| Total non-current liabilities | 34,541 | 142,359 |
The FY2024 annual report moved US$107.818m of FY2023 borrowings from current to non-current following legal review. The source marks restated comparative borrowing rows with an asterisk. This is a presentation bridge, not a 2024 movement.
Source: FY2023 annual report statement of financial position and FY2024 annual report restated FY2023 comparative; selected table text and row interpretations retained.
Operating cash flow remained negative throughout. Property, plant and equipment cash payments peaked during Vidalia construction in FY2023 and were much lower in FY2025. The cash-flow table separates receipts from customers from the FY2025 tax-credit receipt and separates historical lease interest from later combined lease payments.
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| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receipts from customers | 25,361 | 98,233 | 56,327 | 32,104 | 28,359 |
| Tax credit received | Not separately presented | Not separately presented | Not separately presented | Not separately presented | 11,696 |
| Payments to suppliers and employees (incl. GST) | -60,564 | -131,165 | -118,254 | -113,776 | -98,650 |
| Interest received | 135 | 1,736 | 2,055 | 3,031 | 2,233 |
| Net cash from operating activities | -35,068 | -31,196 | -59,872 | -78,641 | -56,362 |
| Payments for property, plant and equipment | -21,622 | -99,117 | -145,998 | -24,071 | -5,814 |
| Payments for intangibles | -86 | 0 (nil) | -1,019 | 0 (nil) | Not separately presented |
| Net cash from investing activities | -19,345 | -103,477 | -138,586 | -24,071 | -5,814 |
| Proceeds from issue of shares | 13,733 | 180,777 | 0 (nil) | 64,145 | 45,524 |
| Proceeds from issue of convertible note(s) | 21,050 | 0 (nil) | 102,600 | 0 (nil) | Not applicable |
| Share issue transaction costs | -223 | -5,187 | 0 (nil) | -2,045 | -1,731 |
| Net proceeds from borrowings | 0 (nil) | 0 (nil) | 97,442 | 49,215 | 17,038 |
| Repayment of borrowings (principal + interest) | 0 (nil) | 0 (nil) | 0 (nil) | -2,207 | -9,350 |
| Lease interest paid | -1,215 | -986 | Included in combined line | Included in combined line | Included in combined line |
| Lease principal paid | -583 | -2,335 | Included in combined line | Included in combined line | Included in combined line |
| Lease principal and interest paid | -1,798 | -3,321 | -4,476 | -3,213 | -880 |
| Net cash from financing activities | 32,762 | 172,269 | 195,566 | 105,895 | 50,677 |
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents (pre-FX) | -21,651 | 37,596 | -2,892 | 3,183 | -11,499 |
| Effects of exchange rate changes | -427 | -134 | -2,595 | -605 | 1,119 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | 52,914 | 90,376 | 84,889 | 87,467 | 77,087 |
US$ thousands, cash basis. The FY2025 US$11.696m tax-credit receipt appears separately from customer receipts. Earlier years have no separately presented tax-credit receipt line. Finance proceeds and repayments are cash-flow categories, not debt carrying values.
Lease principal and interest were disclosed as separate financing cash lines in FY2021-FY2022; the comparable combined outflows of US$1.798m and US$3.321m are calculated from those exact components. From FY2023, issuer statements report one combined lease-payment line, so the component rows say Included in combined line and are not extra cash flows. FY2021 borrowing proceeds and repayment dashes are corroborated by explicit nil annual records and FY2022 comparatives.
Source: Syrah Resources annual reports FY2021–FY2025; exact records retained in the author evidence bundle.
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| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total capital commitments | 20,598 | 108,913 | 41,027 | 29,022 | 23,057 |
Undiscounted commitments, not cash capex.
Source: Syrah Resources annual reports FY2021–FY2025; exact records retained in the author evidence bundle.
Share issuance and convertible-note conversion expanded the ordinary share base over this period. Syrah reported no dividends paid, recommended or declared in any of the five financial years. The share-movement table shows major issue categories and the reported opening and closing balances; it does not imply the selected categories alone form the full roll-forward.
Balama production and third-party graphite sales declined after the FY2022 peak, with the late-2024 access disruption and mid-2025 recommencement marking a clear operating boundary. Vidalia AAM volumes in 2024 and 2025 were qualification-related; the table keeps those tonnes separate from Balama kt and graphite price.
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| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balama natural graphite productionkt | 72 | 163 | 94 | 35 | 67 |
| Balama third-party natural graphite saleskt | 54 | 162 | 85 | 50 | 55 |
| Weighted average graphite sales priceUS$/t CIF | 503 | 661 | 582 | 647 | 606 |
| Vidalia AAM productiont | Produced; volume not reported | Produced; volume not reported | 0 (nil) | 465 | 618 |
| Vidalia AAM qualification salest | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 45 | 433 |
Balama production and sales values are rounded issuer narrative volumes in kt. Vidalia FY2023 production is stated as nil in the FY2024 annual comparative. FY2024–FY2025 Vidalia sales were qualification volumes, not commercial offtake sales.
Vidalia produced on-specification AAM for customer qualification in FY2021-FY2022, but no annual tonnes are resolved in selected evidence. The FY2024 report gives an explicit FY2023 nil production comparative. Qualification samples are not treated as qualification sales.
Source: Annual operational records from the five selected Syrah annual report extractions.
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| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mining and production costs | 44,230 | 70,449 | 65,389 | 63,470 | 70,849 |
| Logistics costs | 11,860 | 18,163 | 14,002 | 13,855 | 10,157 |
| Government royalties | 433 | 1,716 | 903 | 260 | 554 |
| Depreciation and amortisation expense | 10,151 | 10,533 | 11,999 | 18,809 | 20,652 |
| Changes in inventories | -7,126 | -8,471 | -19,896 | 5,208 | -7,307 |
| Other costs | 2,115 | 486 | 95 | 1,762 | 305 |
| Total cost of sales | 61,663 | 92,876 | 72,492 | 103,364 | 95,210 |
US$ thousands. This note presents positive cost components; changes in inventories retain their reported sign. The FY2024 and FY2025 values use current-year columns, not later comparative columns.
Source: Syrah Resources annual reports FY2021–FY2025; exact records retained in the author evidence bundle.
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