Half-year Results

Harvest Minerals Limited (AIM: HMI), a producer of organic fertiliser, announces its interims results for the six months ended 30 June 2024.

REVIEW OF OPERATIONS

Arapuá Project ("Arapuá")

We have implemented a dual strategy at the Arapuá Project in Brazil. The first focus is on the production and sale of our established organic fertiliser, KP Fértil®. The second is on progressing the development of the project's Rare Earth Elements ("REE") potential. By diversifying into two business lines, we've broadened our commodity exposure and expanded our future opportunities.

Fertiliser

Sales continue to be negatively affected as the fertiliser sector faces a challenging period, driven by both macroeconomic pressures and a continuation of local factors impacting commodity prices as noted in the Company's 2023 annual results (released on 26 June 2024). In response, we launched a new marketing campaign for KP Fértil® during the review period, which generated a positive initial reaction. Unfortunately, this has not continued, and sales have subsequently been below expectations. As a result, the period under review has been very disappointing and the Company forecasts no near-term respite to the difficult trading conditions.

Total sales for the 6 month period to 30 June 2024 were 17,007 tonnes, which included 2,271 tonnes of orders placed in 2023 and 14,736 tonnes of orders placed in 2024, respectively, but only delivered, and therefore recognised as revenue, in H1 2024. As the Company continues to experience a volatile trading environment, expectations for the remainder of the year have been reduced and the Company is now forecasting total annual sales of 35,000Kt.

We are positioned for timely order fulfilment at relatively low cost. However the primary challenge remains converting sales, and we are continuously assessing customer feedback to adjust our strategies going forward.

Rare Earth Elements

The REE potential at Arapuá is looking promising, albeit we are at an early stage in the exploration programme. Laboratory analysis of rock samples has confirmed REE concentrations ranging from 1,176 ppm to 1,860 ppm of total rare earth oxides ("TREO"), while historical analyses have shown even higher values, ranging from 1,837 ppm to 4,117 ppm TREO (see RNS dated 10 April 2024).

Accordingly, we have launched a fully funded, two-stage REE-focused programme. The first stage involves reviewing historical data and samples from previous drill holes, along with conducting new auger drill holes to clarify and confirm resources. The second stage will expand drilling efforts, conduct a detailed analysis of the optimal beneficiation process, and evaluate both the resource volume and concentration within the deposit. Crucially, this work is supported by Arapuá's existing infrastructure, including on-site teams, laboratories, and equipment.

The REE potential at Arapuá has been further highlighted through a Technical Cooperation Agreement signed post period end with PVW Resources Limited (ASX: PVW), an Australian company specialising in REE projects in Brazil and beyond. PVW has recognised the prospectivity of Arapuá, particularly the potential for REE association with ionic clays. The collaboration aims to facilitate a transaction on the asset, contingent on continued positive results from the current work programmes. PVW's proven expertise will be invaluable in reviewing historical data, identifying new resource targets, and offering technical guidance.

RESULTS

The loss after tax recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the half-year ended 30 June 2024 was $1,780,082 (2023: $1,645,945).

Net cash outflow from operating activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cashflows for the half year ended 30 June 2024 was $877,023 (2023: $2,634,226).

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Post period end, we completed an equity raising which was the first time we have utilised the capital markets in over six years. In addition to new investment, there was a significant conversion of directors' fees. This not only improved Harvest's balance sheet position but underlined the Board's commitment to the Company. The majority of the funds are being utilised to conduct the exploration work to prove up the prospectivity of REE potential.

The equity issue was announced to AIM on 2 July 2024, consisting of a placing raised gross proceeds of £422,634 (AUD 801,389), and the settlement of £577,366 (AUD $1,094,788) of director / company secretary fees, through the issue of, in aggregate, 100,000,000 new ordinary shares of no par value at a price of 1p.

There have been no other known significant events subsequent to the end of the period that require disclosure in this report.

OUTLOOK

We have a dual strategy at Arapuá, a project spanning a substantial 14,481 hectares. Initial results for the REE component have been positive and notably, all of our historical data has been gathered from just 6.7% of the total license area, leaving significant potential for further exploration. We remain committed to the success of Harvest, underlined by our fee conversion and I look forward to updating the market as we progress the opportunity.

Brian McMaster

Executive Chairman

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

for the half-year ended 30 June 2024

Consolidated

Other comprehensive income

Item that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

for the half-year ended 30 June 2024

NOTE 1: STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Corporate Information

This general purpose half-year financial report of Harvest Minerals Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "Group") for the half-year ended 30 June 2024 was authorised for issue in accordance with a resolution of the Directors on 27 September 2024.

Harvest Minerals Limited is a company limited by shares incorporated in Australia whose shares are publicly traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

The nature of the operations and principal activities of the Group are described in the Directors' Report.

Basis of Preparation

This financial report for the half-year ended 30 June 2024 has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Corporations Act 2001, applicable accounting standards including AASB 134 Interim Financial Reporting, Accounting Interpretations and other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board ("AASB"). Compliance with AASB 134 ensures compliance with IAS 134 "Interim Financial Reporting". The Group is a for profit entity for financial reporting purposes under Australian Accounting Standards.

These half-year financial statements do not include all notes of the type normally included within the annual financial statements and therefore cannot be expected to provide as full an understanding of the financial performance, financial position and financing and investing activities of the group as the full financial statements.

It is recommended that the half-year financial statements be read in conjunction with the annual report for the year ended 31 December 2023 and considered together with any public announcements made by Harvest Minerals Limited during the half-year ended 30 June 2024 in accordance with the continuous disclosure obligations of the AIM market.

For the purpose of preparing the interim report, the half-year has been treated as a discrete reporting period. The accounting policies and methods of computation adopted are consistent with those of the previous financial year and corresponding interim reporting period. These accounting policies are consistent with Australian Accounting Standards and with International Financial Reporting Standards.

New and amending Accounting Standards and Interpretations

In the half-year ended 30 June 2024, the Directors have reviewed all of the new and revised Standards and Interpretations issued by the AASB that are relevant to the Group's operations and effective for current reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024. The Directors have also reviewed all new Standards and Interpretations that have been issued but are not yet effective for the half-year ended 30 June 2024. As a result of this review the Directors have determined that there is no impact, material or otherwise, of the new and revised Standards and Interpretations on the Group's business and, therefore, no change is necessary to the Group accounting policies.

New and amended accounting standards and interpretations have been published but are not mandatory. The Group has decided against early adoptions of these standards and has determined the potential impact on the financial statements from the adoption of these standards and interpretations is not material to the Group.

Going concern

For the half-year ended 30 June 2024 the Group recorded a loss after tax of $1,780,082 (Half-year to 30 June 2023: $1,645,945) and had net cash outflows from operating and investing activities of $895,979 (Half-year to 30 June 2023: $3,723,323). These conditions indicate a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt about the Group's ability to continue as a going concern and, therefore, that it may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. In the absence of an improvement in sales volumes and pricing, the ability of the Group to continue as a going concern will be dependent on securing additional funding through debt or equity and/or from asset sales in order for the Group to continue to fund its operational activities in the longer term.

The half-year financial report has been prepared on the basis that the Group is a going concern, which contemplates the continuity of normal business activity, realisation of assets and settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business for the following reasons:

• Management have considered the future capital requirements of the entity and will consider all funding options as required, including asset sales;
• The level of the Group's expenditure can be managed;
• The Directors agreed to temporarily pause drawing their remuneration due from the Company during Q2 2023 until such point as the Company is in a better position to pay;
• The Group has historically demonstrated its ability to raise funds to satisfy its immediate cash requirements;
• On 5 July 2024, the Group issued 100,000,000 new ordinary shares of no par value at a price of 1p, raising gross proceeds of £ 422,634 (AUD $ 801,389) and settling £577,366 (AUD $1,094,788) of director / company secretary fees for the period to 30 June 2024.

As at the date of this report, the Board and Management believe there are sufficient funds to meet the Group's working capital requirements in the near term and that sufficient funds will become available, through certain of the above actions, if and when needed, to finance the operations of the Group in the longer term. Should the Group not be able to continue as a going concern, it may be required to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities other than in the ordinary course of business, and at amounts that differ from those stated in the half-year financial report. The half-year financial report does not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or liabilities that might be necessary should the Group not continue as a going concern.

Significant Accounting Policies

Deferred Exploration and Evaluation Expenditure

Exploration and evaluation expenditure incurred subsequent to acquisition in respect of an exploration asset acquired is accounted for in accordance with the policy outlined above for exploration expenditure incurred by or on behalf of the entity.

Acquired exploration assets are not written down below acquisition cost until such time as the acquisition cost is not expected to be recovered. When an area of interest is abandoned, any expenditure carried forward in respect of that area is written off. Expenditure is not carried forward in respect of any area of interest/mineral resource unless the Group's rights of tenure to that area of interest are current.

Mine Properties

Amortisation is provided on a unit of production basis which results in a write off of the cost proportional to the depletion of the proven and probable mineral reserves.

The net carrying value of each area of interest is reviewed regularly and to the extent to which this value exceeds its recoverable amount, the excess is either fully provided against or written off in the financial year in which this is determined.

The Group provides for environmental restoration and rehabilitation at site which includes any costs to dismantle and remove certain items of plant and equipment. The cost of an item includes the initial estimate of the costs of dismantling and removing the item and restoring the site on which it is located, the obligation for which an entity incurs when an item is acquired or as a consequence of having used the item during that period. This asset is depreciated on the basis of the current estimate of the useful life of the asset. In accordance with AASB 137 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets the Group is also required to recognise as a provision the best estimate of the present value of expenditure required to settle this obligation. The present value of estimated future cash flows is measured using a current market discount rate.

Stripping costs

• the Group can identify the component of the ore body for which access has been improved; and

Accordingly, the nature of the existing asset determines:

• whether the Group classifies the stripping activity asset as tangible or intangible; and
• the basis on which the stripping activity asset is measured subsequent to initial recognition.

Borrowings

Borrowings are initially recognised at fair value, net of transaction costs incurred. Borrowings are subsequently measured at amortised cost. Any difference between the proceeds (net of transaction costs) and the redemption amount is recognised in profit or loss over the period of the borrowing using the effective interest method. Fees paid on the establishment of loan facilities are recognised as transaction costs of the loan to the extent that it is probable that some or all of the facility will be drawn down. In this case, the fee is deferred until the draw down occurs. To the extent there is no evidence that it is probable that some or all of the facility will be drawn down, the fee is capitalised as a prepayment for liquidity services and amortised over the period of the facility to which it relates.

Revenue

• Identifying the contract with a customer
• Identifying the performance obligations
• Determining the transaction price
• Allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations
• Recognising revenue when/as performance obligation(s) are satisfied.

Revenue is recognised either when the performance obligation in the contract has been performed, so 'point in time' recognition or 'over time' as control of the performance obligation is transferred to the customer. For contracts with multiple components to be delivered such as fertiliser, management applies judgement to consider whether those promised goods and services are (i) distinct - to be accounted for as separate performance obligations; (ii) not distinct - to be combined with other promised goods or services until a bundle is identified that is distinct or (iii) part of a series of distinct goods and services that are substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer.

Transaction price

For each performance obligation, the Group determines if revenue will be recognised over time or at a point in time. Where the Group recognises revenue over time for long term contracts, this is in general due to the Group performing and the customer simultaneously receiving and consuming the benefits provided over the life of the contract.

For each performance obligation to be recognised over time, the Group applies a revenue recognition method that faithfully depicts the Group's performance in transferring control of the goods or services to the customer. This decision requires assessment of the real nature of the goods or services that the Group has promised to transfer to the customer. The Group applies the relevant output or input method consistently to similar performance obligations in other contracts.

When using the output method the Group recognises revenue on the basis of direct measurements of the value to the customer of the goods and services transferred to date relative to the remaining goods and services under the contract. Where the output method is used, in particular for long term service contracts where the series guidance is applied, the Group often uses a method of time elapsed which requires minimal estimation. Certain long term contracts use output methods based upon estimation of number of users, level of service activity or fees collected.

If performance obligations in a contract do not meet the over time criteria, the Group recognises revenue at a point in time. This may be at the point of physical delivery of goods and acceptance by a customer or when the customer obtains control of an asset or service in a contract with customer-specified acceptance criteria.

Disaggregation of revenue

Performance obligations

Inventories

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

Raw materials - purchase cost; and

Provisions

If the effect of the time value of money is material, provisions are determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money, and where appropriate, the risks specific to the liability. Where discounting is used, the increase in the provision due to the passage of time is recognised as a finance cost.

NOTE 2: SEGMENT REPORTING

For management purposes, the Group is organised into one main operating segment, which involves mining exploration, processing and sale of fertiliser. All of the Group's activities are interrelated, and discrete financial information is reported to the Board (Chief Operating Decision Maker) as a single segment. No revenue is derived from a single external customer.

The following table present revenue and loss information and certain asset and liability information regarding business segments for the half year ended 30 June 2024.

Continuing operations

NOTE 6: TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES

• Classification of trade receivables
• Impairment of trade receivables

The group applies the simplified approach to measuring expected credit losses which uses a lifetime expected loss allowance for all trade receivables and contract assets. To measure the expected credit losses, trade receivables have been grouped based on shared credit risk characteristics and the days past due. The historical loss rates are adjusted to reflect current and forward information on macroeconomic factors affecting the ability of the customers to settle the receivables. Trade receivables are written off where there is no reasonable expectation of recovery. Indicators that there is no reasonable expectation of recovery include, amongst others, the failure of a debtor to engage in a repayment plan with the group, and a failure to make contractual payments for a period of greater than 120 days past due.

NOTE 7: INVENTORIES

Consolidated

Management identified indicators of impairment in relation to the Group's Arapua project assets (market capitalisation is below net assets and loss making subsidiary due to difficult market conditions) and has commenced the process to obtain an independent valuation to determine the carrying value. At the date of this report the independent valuation was not complete, for the purposes of reporting its interim results Management has assessed impairment with a management estimate of fair value (Level 3) and determined that no impairment was required.

NOTE 10: TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES

Consolidated

Trade creditors, other creditors and goods and services tax are non-interest bearing and generally payable on 60-day terms. Due to the short term nature of these payables, their carrying value is assumed to approximate their fair value.

NOTE 11: BORROWINGS

Consolidated

In April 2024, the Group secured a further $R2,500,000 loan with Banco Bradesco from the borrowing facility available for drawdown, at a rate of CDI +4.15%.

As at 30 June 2024, the Group recorded $3,022,829 (31 December 2023: $2,785,213) of secured loans as a payable.

NOTE 12: CONTRIBUTED EQUITY

On 2 July 2024, the Company announced an equity issue package consisting of a placing that raised gross proceeds of £ 422,634 (AUD 801,389), and the settlement of £577,366 (AUD $1,094,788) of director / company secretary fees, through the issue of, in aggregate, 100,000,000 new ordinary shares of no par value at a price of 1p.

NOTE 13: DIVIDENDS

No dividends have been paid or provided for during the half-year (half-year to 30 June 2023: $nil).

NOTE 14: CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS

There has been no material change in contingent liabilities or commitments since the last annual reporting date.

NOTE 15: FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Group has a number of financial instruments which are not measured at fair value in the statement of financial position.

The Directors consider that the carrying amounts of current receivables, current payables and current borrowings are considered to be a reasonable approximation of their fair values.

NOTE 16: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

As announced to AIM on 2 July 2024, an equity issue package consisting of a placing raised gross proceeds of £422,634 (AUD 801,389), and the settlement of £577,366 (AUD $1,094,788) of director / company secretary fees, through the issue of, in aggregate, 100,000,000 new ordinary shares of no par value at a price of 1p.

There have been no other known significant events subsequent to the end of the period that require disclosure in this report.