Press Release
December 22, 2022
TORONTO, ON – Rogue Resources Inc. (TSX-V: RRS) (“Rogue” or the “Company”) The Company is pleased to announce operational results for Rogue Stone in Q2-2023 (August-October 2022). Rogue Stone had continued progress with 5,131 tons sold, with an average realized price per ton of $94 and Cost of Goods Sold (“COGS”) of $51/ton.
| Period | Tons | Average Realized Revenue | Average Cost of Goods | |
| per ton sold | (“COGS”) per ton sold | |||
| Q3-2021 (Nov 2020 – Jan 2021) | 6,914 | $70 | $35 | |
| Q4-2021 (Feb – April) | 5,398 | $80 | $46 | |
| Q1-2022 (May – July) | 6,547 | $88 | $38 | |
| Q2-2022 (Aug – Oct) | 5,431 | $81 | $40 | |
| Q3-2022 (Nov 2021 – Jan 2022) | 4,278 | $78 | $46 | |
| Q4-2022 (Feb – April) | 3,507 | $91 | $57 | |
| Q1-2023 (May – July) | 4,922 | $104 | $70 | |
| Q2-2023 (Aug – Oct) | 5.131 | $94 | $51 | |
As outlined in the MD&A, this quarter was another very challenging quarter for Rogue Stone operations. Despite the previous year’s strong trajectory for Rogue Stone, this quarter the business was again challenged by poor equipment performance in addition to high costs from equipment breakdowns, and maintenance. This quarter the bulk business continued to see a shift in the product distribution of the material recovered from the ground, shifting from the higher-value Step to more of the lower-value Armour. Increased revenues were observed related to the increase in the incorporation of guillotined material within the sales as reflected in the higher revenue per ton value.
Rogue Stone also continued to feel the impact of macro inflation, with higher fuel and relative labour costs. The Company believes that inflation has a compounding impact on labour productivity, with the team easily distracted by increasing cost pressure in all parts of their lives. Rogue Stone has doubled-down on safety and focus, hoping to improve productivity; the Company believes recent changes made to key personnel should support this re-focus.
As with the prior quarters, despite successfully passing along some of the cost increases with higher product pricing, not all of the burden was transferred to customers. The Company also continues to feel pressure from buyer behaviour based on very material increases for on-road trucking costs, to get the product from Rogue’s quarries to their stoneyards or job sites.
Rogue Stone sells the vast majority of its stone “at the quarry” and buyers coordinate their own trucking but lately, with the massive inflation related to moving product by road, the buyers have begun to scale back demand because of the increased costs. Though anecdotal, it seems that stoneyards and their customers are finding more local alternatives (cheaper interlock brick for example) and/or natural stone options closer to where they are located. It is a worrying trend and the Company hopes fuel prices return to historical levels and/or the on-road trucking market can provide some relief to its clients and Rogue Stone’s customers.
The Company hopes that recent staffing changes, plus a continued focus on the higher-valued guillotined material will lead to improved future quarters.
Extension of the Debt Facility
Rogue has chosen to again extend the $1.8M debt financing (the “Debt Facility”) with a leading Canadian, non-bank lender (the “Credit Group”). The Debt Facility is secured against all of the Company’s assets and will be extended for 6 months. The financing originally had a 12-month term, to which 3 months were added almost immediately when the Company negotiated relief around the early impact of COVID19 and then for a subsequent 6 months (for further detail see the March 5, 2020 and April 27, 2020 news releases) and then was extended again for additional periods (refer to June 7, 2021 and December 14, 2021 news releases). The Debt Facility has interest-only payments until the principal is due in full at maturity, carrying an interest rate equal to the higher of prime plus 8.05% or 12%. There were no penalties or further fees related to the extensions.
Corporate Presentation next week
Rogue management plans to post a Corporate Update to rogueresources.ca at 5pm Eastern time on December 28th 2022. Investors and/or other stakeholders are encouraged to send question in advance to [email protected]
About Rogue Resources Inc.
Rogue is a mining company focused on generating positive cash flow. Not tied to any commodity, it looks at rock value and quality deposits that can withstand all stages of the commodity price cycle. The Company includes Rogue Stone selling quarried limestone for landscape applications from two operating quarries in Ontario; Rogue Quartz focused on advancing its silica/quartz business with the Snow White Project in Ontario and the Silicon Ridge Project in Québec; Rogue Timmins with the gold potential at Radio Hill and an ownership position in EV Nickel (TSXV: EVNI), exploring in the Shaw Dome.
Qualified Person
The Company’s Projects are under the direct technical supervision of Paul Davis, P.Geo., and Vice-President of the Company. Mr. Davis is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101. He has reviewed and approved the technical information in this press release. There are no known factors that could materially affect the reliability of the information verified by Mr. Davis.
For more information visit www.rogueresources.ca or contact: +1-647-243-6581 [email protected]
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