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RNS Number : 4436A

Kolar Gold Limited

30 March 2012

30 March 2012

Kolar Gold Ltd

Half year results for six months ended 31 December 2011

Kolar Gold Limited ("Kolar Gold" or the "Company" ), the Indian focussed gold exploration and mine development company, announces its unaudited results for the six months ended 31 December 2011.

Financial highlights

   --      Cash deposits of GBP9.6m at period end. 

o Majority has been earmarked to exercise the options over the remaining tenements.

   --      Loss after tax for the period was GBP1,205,337 (2010: GBP927,763). 

Operational highlights

-- Core and RC drilling activities are well underway at South Kolar Licence area and results to date have been encouraging.

-- The approval process for further licenses in North and East Kolar is progressing and in final stages with the Government.

-- The corporate restructuring is complete and the Group's operating policies, procedures and systems are in place and operational.

Nick Spencer, Chief Executive Officer of Kolar Gold Limited, comments:

"I am pleased to announce that Kolar Gold has made solid progress during the last six months. The company has now established operations in India and undertook nearly 6000m of drilling in the prospective South Kolar Licence area during the half year.

The revival process of Bharat Gold Mines Limited (BGML) is continuing to move forward and we are now awaiting the Supreme Court to direct the sale tender process to begin. Kolar continues to work closely with our two Indian partners to build and expand our gold business in India."

For further information please contact:

 
 Kolar Gold Limited 
 Nick Spencer / Chris Clowes         +617 3846 0211 
 Singer Capital Markets Ltd (Nomad and Joint Broker) 
 James Maxwell / Jenny Wyllie        +44 20 3205 7500 
 Ocean Equities Limited (Joint Broker) 
 Will Slack                          +44 20 7786 4370 
 Tavistock Communications 
 Ed Portman / Lydia Eades            +44 20 7920 3150 
 

About Kolar Gold Limited:

Kolar Gold is an Indian gold exploration and development company, listed on the AIM market (Ticker: KGLD) that has an experienced international board and strong local partners.

KGL has rights to explore and develop one prospecting licence and 13 further licence applications in the Kolar Gold Belt, an 80 kilometre long Archaean Greenstone Belt, in Southern India. The Kolar Gold Belt is one of the most prospective underdeveloped Archaean Greenstone Belts in the world and is regarded by Mr Andrew J Vigar of Mining Associates Limited, the Competent Person, as comparable to the Archaean Greenstone Belts of South Africa, Canada and Western Australia which have similar geology, structure and style of mineralisation. This project area includes 32 known mineralised prospects and covers 568 square kilometres in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. KGL commenced exploration on the first Prospecting Licence in South Kolar in February 2011.

KGL is also jointly pursuing, with the mine employee unions, the acquisition and revival of the neighbouring historic Kolar Gold Fields which has produced 25 million ounces of gold at 15.9 grams per tonne over 120 years until closure in 2001.

Review of operations

 
 
  Your Company has made good progress in the period establishing our 
  operations in India and mobilising two rigs for drilling targets in 
  the South Kolar block. 
 
  Steady progress is being made in the revival process of Bharat Gold 
  Mines Limited (BGML). We are awaiting the Supreme Court to direct that 
  the sale tender process should begin. 
 
  Kolar Gold continues to work closely with its two Indian partners, 
  SUN Mining and Geomysore India (Private) Limited ('GMSI'), to establish 
  Kolar Gold as a responsible leading player in the gold mining industry 
  in India. 
 
  Your company has made an encouraging start on the ground in India this 
  period. 
 
             Exploration Programme 
 
             Diamond drilling commenced in February 2011 in the South Kolar Licence 
             area and by December nearly 6000m of drilling had been completed on 
             several prospects. Drilling principally targeted known zones of mineralization 
             and extensions of auriferous lodes previously mined at the Chigargunta 
             mine in the south and the Bisanatham mine in the north. 
 
             Drilling at the Chigargunta NE deposit has validated historic drilling 
             results and provided valuable fresh geological data on the host rocks 
             and structural controls to mineralisation. Results included: 
 
              *    KCN-02: 4.74m at 24.7g/t gold from 79.74m to 84.48m 
 
 
              *    KCN-05: 0.50m at 160.2 g/t gold from 117.14m to 
                   118.89m 
 
 
              *    KCN-10: 1.00m at 12.1g/t gold from 45.65m to 46.65m 
 
 
              *    KCN-14: 1.10m at 16.4g/t gold from 45.29m to 46.39m 
 
 
              *    KCN-05: 3.65m at 4.6g/t gold from 20.54m to 24.19m 
                   (HW lode) 
 
 
              *    KCN-05: 2.60m at 6.0g/t gold from 134.04m to 136.64m 
                   (FW lode) 
 
 
 
             The combined historic and current drilling results are being modeled 
             in preparation for the next campaign of drilling. 
 
             Scout diamond drilling, with six holes, was carried out on the Chigargunta 
             Eastern Lodes namely E2, E3 and E4 lodes. These holes have confirmed 
             the extension of the lodes mined in the historic Chigargunta mines. 
             Five of the six holes intersected encouraging gold values including: 
 
        *    KCE 01 - 0.5m @ 4.90g/t from 41.55m & 1.0m @ 3.36g/t 
             from 43.55m 
 
 
        *    KCE 02 - 11.5m @ 1.21g/t from 82.84m incl. 1.5m @ 
             4.74g/t from 92.84m 
 
 
        *    KCE 06 - 2.0m @ 3.04g/t from 14.3m and 3.0m @ 3.1g/t 
             from 28.3m 
 
 
 
       Confirmation drilling has also been carried out at the Mallapakonda 
       deposit which has a previous resource of 61,527 oz gold. This drilling 
       has provided a good understanding of the controls to mineralisation 
       at this priority target deposit. Modeling is been carried out to give 
       a detailed interpretation of potential ore shoots and their continuity 
       to depth. A resource update is also being computed. 
 
       Planning is underway to re-open one of the Mallapakonda adits to provide 
       suitable underground drilling platforms. Difficult terrain hinders 
       surface drilling at this deposit. 
 
       Drilling in this part of the South Kolar Licence area is in a forestry 
       area, and ongoing foresty approval is required to drill additional 
       surface holes in the area. An application for a 160 hole drill programme 
       has been submitted to the State Forestry Department for approval. 
 
       IP Survey 
 
       To assist identification of priority targets at South Kolar, we undertook 
       40 line km of detailed Induced Polarisation ('IP') Surveys. The IP 
       survey confirmed the continuity of auriferous structures previously 
       mined at the Chigargunta and Old Bisanatham mines. A number of significant 
       anomalies also exist along the north-south trend of the greenstone 
       belt indicating a number of good target areas for drilling. 
 
       An RC drill rig was deployed in November to investigate the anomalies 
       identified by the abovementioned IP surveys. This RC programme of 2,750m 
       was completed in February with 30 shallow holes. Results are being 
       interpreted to plan further follow up diamond and RC drilling going 
       forward. 
 
       Exploration Review 
 
       Over the last year, the company has generated a large database comprising 
       ground magnetics, IP surveys, mapping, RC and diamond drilling. An 
       exploration review is currently underway to combine and interpret all 
       these data sets. A further programme of detailed mapping is also being 
       undertaken with the valuable knowledge gained from the drilling and 
       in particular the controls to mineralisation within the different rock 
       units with an emphasis on structure and alteration characteristics. 
       This review will allow better targeting of drill holes to identify 
       zones most likely to host mineralisation. 
 
  Kolar Gold Projects 
 
  We continue to work closely with GMSI and SUN Mining to progress the 
  North and East Kolar tenement approvals which are in the final stages 
  with the Government. The Company has retained cash balances for the 
  acquisition of these rights. These license approvals remain with the 
  relevant mining department for approval and management are confident 
  they will be granted in due course. The process of granting of licences 
  has been slower than the Company planned. 
 BGML acquisition 
 
  The Company and advisors have made solid progress via dialogue with 
  the Government of India and recent agreement in the Supreme Court to 
  proceed with the sale and revival by tender process. We now await the 
  court order and the issue of the sale tender documents which have been 
  drafted by Ernst & Young. 
 
  Key financials 
 
  The Company had GBP9.6m in cash deposits at period end. The bulk of 
  these funds have been earmarked as consideration for the exercise of 
  the options over the remaining tenements (GBP4.7m) and undertaking 
  the Group's exploration activities (GBP3.2m) on these tenements during 
  2012. 
 
  The loss after tax for the period was GBP1,205,337, compared to GBP927,763 
  for the six months to 31 December 2010 and GBP3,256,290 for the year 
  to June 2011. 
 
  Going concern 
 
  Careful attention is being paid to the profile of expenditure at South 
  Kolar. An increase in exploration expenditure is anticipated when the 
  grant of the North and East Kolar tenements are approved by the Government. 
 
  The Group has operated within the cashflows it anticipated at the time 
  of the IPO in June 2011 and accordingly will need to raise finance 
  during 2012 if all options are exercised over the tenements and exploration 
  is to take place as planned. These matters are described in detail 
  in Note 4 to the financial statements. If such finance is not obtained 
  then, the Group will have sufficient funds to exercise its options 
  over the tenements but will need to slow down or defer its exploration 
  activities in order to have sufficient cash to see it through the next 
  12 months. However, we remain well funded for our planned 2012 activities 
  at this stage. 
 
  We have a number of activities and initiatives underway and we foresee 
  2012 will be a year of growth and expansion for the company. 
 
 
  The Board 
 
 
 Condensed consolidated statement of financial position (unaudited) 
  as at 31 December 2011 
                                             31 December    31 December       30 June 
                                                 2011           2010            2011 
                                                  GBP            GBP            GBP 
                                      Note    (unaudited)    (unaudited)     (audited) 
 Non-current assets 
 Plant and equipment                               26,215         19,302          21,859 
 Exploration and evaluation assets     7        4,961,887      2,429,100       4,496,933 
 Total non-current assets                       4,988,102      2,448,402       4,518,792 
                                            -------------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 Current assets 
 Prepayments and other current 
  assets                                           68,111        273,449          37,751 
 Trade and other receivables                       74,059         38,263          59,642 
 Cash and cash equivalents                      9,645,300      1,515,247      11,544,630 
 Total current assets                           9,787,470      1,826,959      11,642,023 
                                            -------------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 Total assets                                  14,775,572      4,275,361      16,160,815 
                                            -------------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 Current liabilities 
 Trade and other payables                         495,903        803,171       1,085,852 
 Employee benefits                                100,856         59,284         113,416 
 Total current liabilities                        596,759        862,455       1,199,268 
                                            -------------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 Non-current liabilities 
 Employee benefits                                 55,656         31,907          43,457 
                                            -------------  -------------  -------------- 
 Total non-current liabilities                     55,656         31,907          43,457 
                                            -------------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 Total liabilities                                652,415        894,362       1,242,725 
                                            -------------  -------------  -------------- 
 Net assets/(liabilities)                      14,123,157      3,380,999      14,918,090 
                                            =============  =============  ============== 
 
 Equity 
 Share capital                         8        7,010,625      4,639,624       7,001,696 
 Share premium reserve                 8       15,700,535      6,900,846      15,663,226 
 Reserves                                       3,941,361        836,029       3,577,195 
 Accumulated losses                          (12,529,364)    (8,995,500)    (11,324,027) 
                                            -------------  -------------  -------------- 
 
  Total equity                                 14,123,157      3,380,999      14,918,090 
                                            =============  =============  ============== 
 These financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors 
  on 30 March 2012 and were signed on its behalf by: 
 
  ________________________ 
  Stephen Coe 
  Director 
 
 

The condensed notes on pages 9 to 14 are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 
 Condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income (unaudited) 
  for the six months ended 31 December 
                                              Six months     Six months     Year ended 
                                                 ended          ended 
                                              31 December    31 December      30 June 
                                                                                2011 
                                                 2011            2010        (audited) 
                                              (unaudited)     (unaudited) 
                                                  GBP            GBP 
                                                                                GBP 
 
 SUN Mining warrants issued for 
  services                                      (610,930)               -     (547,006) 
 Broker warrants issued for services                    -               -     (492,510) 
 Shares and options issued by 
  Kolar Gold Plc to employees 
  and consultants                                       -               -     (294,241) 
 Options to directors                                   -               -     (374,975) 
 Administrative expenses                        (797,718)       (875,543)   (1,492,185) 
 Unrealised foreign exchange 
  gains                                           133,116        (50,981)      (22,950) 
 Loss from operating activities               (1,275,532)       (926,524)   (3,223,867) 
                                            -------------  --------------  ------------ 
 
 Finance income                                    75,201               3           530 
 Finance costs                                      (782)         (1,242)      (32,953) 
                                            -------------  --------------  ------------ 
 Net finance costs                                 74,419         (1,239)      (32,423) 
                                            -------------  --------------  ------------ 
 
 
  Loss before tax                             (1,201,113)       (927,763)   (3,256,290) 
 
  Income tax expense                              (4,224)               -             - 
                                            -------------  --------------  ------------ 
 
  Loss for the period                         (1,205,337)       (927,763)   (3,256,290) 
 
 
  Other comprehensive income 
  Foreign exchange translation 
  variances                                     (246,764)         124,171       142,231 
                                            -------------  --------------  ------------ 
 
  Total comprehensive income for 
  the period                                  (1,452,101)       (803,592)   (3,114,059) 
                                            =============  ==============  ============ 
 
 Basic loss per share (p)                             1.2             2.0           5.7 
 Diluted loss per share (p)                           1.2             2.0           5.7 
 

The condensed notes on pages 9 to 14 are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 
 Condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity 
  for the six months ended 31 December 
                                  Share     Share premium    Options      Foreign      Accumulated    Total equity 
                                 capital       reserve       reserves     currency        losses 
                                                                         translation 
                                                                           reserve 
         (Unaudited)               GBP           GBP           GBP          GBP            GBP            GBP 
 Balance at 1 July 
  2011                          7,001,696      15,663,226   3,510,291         66,904   (11,324,027)     14,918,090 
 Total comprehensive 
  income for the period 
 Loss for the period                    -               -           -              -    (1,205,337)    (1,205,337) 
 Other comprehensive 
  income - foreign exchange 
  translation variances                 -               -           -      (246,764)              -      (246,764) 
                               ----------  --------------  ----------  -------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Total comprehensive 
  income for the period:                -               -           -      (246,764)    (1,205,337)    (1,452,101) 
                               ----------  --------------  ----------  -------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Contributions by and 
  distributions to owners: 
 Issue of ordinary 
  shares                            8,929          37,309           -              -              -         46,238 
 Equity-settled transactions 
  for the period                        -               -     610,930              -              -        610,930 
                               ----------  --------------  ----------  -------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Total contributions 
  by and distributions 
  to owners:                        8,929          37,309     610,930              -              -        657,168 
                               ----------  --------------  ----------  -------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Balance at 31 December 
  2011                          7,010,625      15,700,535   4,121,221      (179,860)   (12,529,364)     14,123,157 
                               ==========  ==============  ==========  =============  =============  ============= 
 (Audited) 
 Balance at 1 July 
  2010                          3,544,336       3,715,557     696,321       (75,327)    (8,067,737)      (186,850) 
 Total comprehensive 
  income for the period 
 Loss for the period                    -               -           -              -    (3,256,290)    (3,256,290) 
 Other comprehensive 
  income - foreign exchange 
  translation variances                 -               -           -        142,231              -        142,231 
 Total comprehensive 
  income for the period:                -               -           -        142,231    (3,256,290)    (3,114,059) 
                               ----------  --------------  ----------  -------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Contributions by and 
  distributions to owners: 
 Issue of ordinary 
  shares                        3,735,150      13,816,568           -              -              -     17,551,718 
 Cancellation of shares         (277,790)         277,790           -              -              -              - 
 Share issue costs                      -     (2,146,689)           -              -              -    (2,146,689) 
 Equity-settled transactions 
  for the period                        -               -   2,813,970              -              -      2,813,970 
                               ----------  --------------  ----------  -------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Total contributions 
  by and distributions 
  to owners:                    3,457,360      11,947,669   2,813,970              -              -     18,218,000 
                               ----------  --------------  ----------  -------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Balance at 30 June 
  2011                          7,001,696      15,663,226   3,510,291         66,904   (11,324,027)     14,918,090 
                               ==========  ==============  ==========  =============  =============  ============= 
 

The condensed notes on pages 9 to 14 are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 
 Condensed consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 
  for the six months ended 31 December 
                                                                     Six months     Six months      Year ended 
                                                                        ended          ended 
                                                                     31 December    31 December     30 June 2011 
                                                                        2011            2010         (audited) 
                                                                     (unaudited)     (unaudited) 
                                                                        GBP             GBP             GBP 
 Cash flows from operating activities 
 Loss for the period                                                 (1,205,337)       (927,763)     (3,256,290) 
 Adjustments for: 
 Depreciation                                                              2,898           1,757           4,439 
 Net finance costs/(income)                                             (74,419)           1,240           1,945 
 Unrealised foreign exchange gains                                     (185,303)       (105,670)        (60,846) 
 Costs in relation to planned initial 
  public offering                                                              -       (202,994)               - 
 Equity-settled share-based payment 
  transactions                                                           610,930         322,769       1,708,732 
 Operating loss before changes in 
  working capital and provisions                                       (851,231)       (910,661)     (1,602,020) 
 Change in trade and other receivables                                  (14,417)        (21,779)        (24,140) 
 Change in other current assets                                         (30,360)         (2,920)        (33,099) 
 Change in trade and other payables                                    (685,688)         276,536         794,308 
 Change in employee benefits                                               (361)           1,564          79,424 
                                                                   -------------  --------------  -------------- 
 Cash used in operating activities                                   (1,582,057)       (657,260)       (785,527) 
 Interest and finance costs paid                                           (782)         (1,242)         (2,475) 
                                                                   -------------  --------------  -------------- 
 Net cash used in operating activities                               (1,582,839)       (658,502)       (788,002) 
                                                                   -------------  --------------  -------------- 
 
 Cash flows from investing activities 
 Interest received                                                        75,201               2             530 
 Payments for mineral exploration 
  activities                                                           (420,857)               -               - 
 Payments for acquisition of mineral 
  exploration rights                                                           -     (1,893,551)     (2,189,930) 
 Payments for plant and equipment                                        (7,732)         (2,415)         (7,577) 
                                                                   -------------  --------------  -------------- 
 Net cash used in investing activities                                 (353,388)     (1,895,964)     (2,196,977) 
                                                                   -------------  --------------  -------------- 
 
 Cash flows from financing activities 
 Proceeds from issues of convertible 
  notes                                                                        -         250,000         250,000 
 Proceeds from issues of equity 
  securities                                               46,238      3,000,000      15,645,000 
 Payments for share issue costs                                 -       (24,314)     (2,108,630) 
                                 --------------------------------  -------------  -------------- 
 Net cash from financing 
  activities                                               46,238      3,225,686      13,786,370 
                                 --------------------------------  -------------  -------------- 
 Net increase/(decrease) in 
  cash 
  and cash equivalents                                (1,889,989)        671,220      10,801,391 
 Foreign exchange gain/(loss) 
  on 
  closing cash balances                                   (9,341)        104,617           3,829 
 
  Cash and cash equivalents at 
  1 July                                               11,544,630        739,410         739,410 
                                 --------------------------------  -------------  -------------- 
 
  Cash and cash equivalents at 
  31 
  December                                              9,645,300      1,515,247      11,544,630 
                                 ================================  =============  ============== 
 
 

The condensed notes on pages 9 to 14 are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 
     Kolar Gold Limited 
      Notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements 
      for the six months ended 31 December 2011 
 1   Reporting entity 
     Kolar Gold Limited (the 'Company') is a company incorporated 
      and registered in Guernsey. The Company's shares were admitted 
      to trading on AIM in London on 17 June 2011, following the successful 
      completion of an Initial Public Offering raising gross funds 
      of GBP12 million. The condensed consolidated interim financial 
      statements of the Company as at and for the six months ended 
      31 December 2011 comprises the Company and its subsidiaries (together 
      referred to as the "Group"). The Group primarily is involved 
      in and also acquiring, exploring and developing the rights to 
      mining assets in the Kolar Belt and the potential acquisition 
      of the mining assets of Bharat Gold Mines Limited ("BGML") from 
      the Government of India. 
      The consolidated annual financial report of the Group as at and 
      for the year ended 30 June 2011 is available upon request from 
      the Company's registered office at Frances House, Sir William 
      Place, St. Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 4HQ. 
 2   Statement of compliance 
     These condensed consolidated interim financial statements have 
      been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting. 
      They do not include all of the information required for full 
      annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction 
      with the consolidated financial statements of the Group as at 
      and for the year ended 30 June 2011. 
      These condensed interim consolidated financial statements were 
      approved by the Board of Directors on 30 March 2012. 
 3   Significant accounting policies 
     The accounting policies applied by the Group in these condensed 
      consolidated interim financial statements are the same as those 
      applied by the Group in its consolidated financial statements 
      as at and for the year ended 30 June 2011, except as set out 
      below. 
      The Company's functional and presentation currency is British 
      pounds (GBP) and the functional currencies for its subsidiaries 
      are GBP, Australian dollars and Indian Rupees respectively. 
      Assets and liabilities denominated in a currency other than British 
      pounds are translated into British poundsat exchange rates prevailing 
      at the reporting date. Items of income and expense are translated 
      to British pounds at exchange rates prevailing at the dates of 
      transactions or where appropriate at average monthly foreign 
      exchange rates. 
 4   Going concern 
     These condensed consolidated interim financial statements have 
      been prepared on the basis of accounting principles applicable 
      to Kolar Gold being a "going concern" which assumes the Group 
      will continue in operation for at least 12 months from the date 
      of these interim financial statements and will be able to realise 
      its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course 
      of operations. 
      As an explorer, the Group currently has no source of operating 
      cash inflows, other than interest income, and has incurred net 
      operating cash outflows for the six months ended 31 December 
      2011 of GBP1,582,839 (2010: GBP658,502). During this period, 
      the Company received net financing inflows of GBP46,238 (2010: 
      GBP3,225,686) and applied GBP420,857 (2010: nil) to mineral exploration 
      activities at the South Kolar PL area. At 31 December 2011 the 
      Group had cash balances of GBP9,645,300 (30 June 2011: GBP11,544,630) 
      and a surplus in net working capital (current assets less current 
      liabilities) of GBP9,190,711 (June 2011: GBP10,442,755). 
 
 
 4   Going concern (cont'd) 
     The Directors have prepared forecasts which include cash outflows 
      in respect of the Group's agreement with GMSI to exercise the 
      options on further mineral exploration rights adjacent to BGML 
      and subsequent exploration activities. These outlays will only 
      proceed if and when the mineral exploration rights have been 
      approved by the Government of India. In the event that the Government 
      of India approves all of the mineral exploration rights specified 
      in the agreement with GMSI and as set out in the IPO prospectus 
      in June 2011, the Group is committed to exercising its options 
      over the remaining tenements for consideration of approximately 
      GBP4.7m and has budgeted for additional exploration expenditure 
      of approximately GBP3.2m to December 2012. The bulk of the Group's 
      current cash reserves will be applied to these purposes. 
 
      In order for the Group to continue its exploration and development 
      programme beyond December 2012, at current planned levels, it 
      will need to raise additional finance and the Directors are 
      in the process of determining the likely timing and amount of 
      such a fund raising with their advisors. 
 
      If additional finance is not obtained during 2012, the Group 
      will have sufficient cash to exercise its options over the tenements, 
      but will need to slow down or defer its exploration activities 
      in order to have sufficient cash for the period to at least 
      March 2013, and to allow the Group more time to raise additional 
      funding. 
 
      There can be no assurance that the Group will be successful 
      in its efforts to arrange additional financing, if needed, on 
      terms satisfactory to the Group. However, the directors, having 
      taken advice and having reviewed the exploration results and 
      prospects for the Group, are confident that additional funding 
      will be received and, consequently, the directors consider that 
      the Group will have adequate resources to continue its operations 
      for at least 12 months from the date of these interim financial 
      statements. Notwithstanding the above, there can be no certainty 
      in this matter and the financial statements do not include any 
      adjustments that would be necessary should the going concern 
      basis not be appropriate. 
 5   Estimates 
     The preparation of interim financial statements requires management 
      to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the 
      application of accounting policies and the reported amounts 
      of assets, liabilities, income and expense. Actual results may 
      differ from these estimates. 
      In preparing these condensed consolidated interim financial 
      statements, the significant judgements made by management in 
      applying the Group's accounting policies and the key sources 
      of estimation uncertainty were the same as those that applied 
      to the consolidated financial statements as at and for the year 
      ended 30 June 2011. 
 
 
 6    Capital commitments 
      In 2010 the Group entered into a contract to acquire the rights 
       to mining assets in the North Kolar, South Kolar and East Kolar 
       regions of India. The mining assets comprise mineral exploration 
       rights in these regions. The Group is committed to acquire the 
       rights when, and only when, they have been approved by the Government 
       of India. 
       As at balance date the total commitments to acquire these rights 
       totalled GBP4,716,981 (2010: GBP4,716,981). 
 7    Exploration and evaluation assets 
                                                       Six months      Year ended 
                                                          ended 
                                                       31 December     30 June 2011 
                                                           2011 
                                                        (unaudited)      (audited) 
                                                           GBP             GBP 
      Balance at beginning of period                      4,496,933               - 
  Transfer from investments                                       -         984,046 
  Exploration expenditure                                   516,596         303,978 
  Payment to SUN Mining by the issue of shares                    -       1,749,936 
  Foreign exchange translation adjustment                  (51,642)         241,377 
 
  Acquisition of tenement rights                                  -       1,217,596 
                                                     --------------  -------------- 
  Balance at end of period                                4,961,887       4,496,933 
                                                     ==============  ============== 
  Tenement rights will be accounted for in accordance with the 
   Group's accounting policy for exploration and evaluation expenditure 
   and the recoverability of the carrying amounts of exploration 
   and evaluation assets is dependent on the succcessful development 
   and commercial exploitation or sale of the respective area of 
   interest. 
 
 
 8    Share capital and share premium 
      Issuance of ordinary shares 
                                                              Ordinary shares (7p 
                                                                      each) 
                                                           Six months       Year ended 
                                                              ended           30 June 
                                                                               2011 
                                                           31 December       (audited) 
                                                               2011 
                                                           (unaudited)          '000 
                                                               '000 
      Opening balance                                            100,024              - 
  Reorganisation of share 
   capital approved by 
   shareholders and completed 
   on 8 April 2011                                                     -         62,312 
  Issued for cash                                                                30,000 
  Issued as settlement 
   of debt                                                           128          7,712 
  Closing balance                                                100,152        100,024 
                                                        ================  ============= 
 
   (i) On 27 July 2011 Kolar Gold Limited issued 82,784 shares 
   with a par value of 7p per share, at 40p per share, to directors 
   and former directors of Kolar Gold (UK) Limited, for settlement 
   of debt. 
 
   (ii) On 19 December 2011 Kolar Gold Limited issued 44,777 shares 
   with a par value of 7p per share, at 29.31p per share, to a 
   director as part payment of directors' fees. The share issue 
   price is the volume weighted average price for the period covered. 
 
   (iii) All shares issued by the Company are 'ordinary' shares 
   and rank equally in all respects, including for dividends, shareholder 
   attendance and voter rights at meetings, on a return of capital 
   and in a winding-up. 
 
   Dividends 
   No dividends were declared nor paid during the six months ended 
   31 December 2011 (2010: nil). 
 
 
 9     Share-based payments 
       a) Options 
       The Company has issued options to directors, employees and long-term 
        consultants to compensate them for services rendered and incentivise 
        them to add value to the Group's longer term share value. They 
        comprise Reward Options in exchange for the provision of services 
        and Bonus Options, which are only receivable upon the Company's 
        shares being admitted to trading on a stock exchange. 
        No options were issued during the period and no options were 
        exercised during the period. 
        4,850,000 options expired on 1 December 2011. 
        The following unexpired options existed as at 31 December 2011. 
      Name                        Date of     Ordinary Shares   Expiry Date   Exercise 
                                   Grant       under option                    Price 
                                                                               GBP 
  Nicholas Taylor Spencer       01.12.10              500,000   01.12.13      0.30 
  Non-Directors                  5.5.10               150,000   05.05.13      0.30 
  Non-Directors                  1.12.10              350,000   01.12.13      0.30 
  Norman Coldham-Fussell         17.6.11              675,000   17.06.14      0.40 
  Nicholas Taylor Spencer        17.6.11            1,350,000   17.06.14      0.40 
  Richard Johnson                17.6.11              675,000   17.06.14      0.40 
  Harvinder Hungin 
   *                             10.6.11              450,000   10.06.16      0.40 
  Stephen Coe                    10.6.11              350,000   10.06.16      0.40 
  Stephen Oke                    10.6.11              350,000   10.06.16      0.40 
                                                    4,850,000 
                                             ================ 
 
 
 
      * SG Hambros Trust Company (Channel Islands) Limited holds 
       200,000 options, as trustee of the Carlyle Settlement, in which 
       Harvinder Hungin and his family have an interest. 
 
       Each option entitles the holder to subscribe for one ordinary 
       share in the Company. Options do not confer any voting rights 
       on the holder. 
      a) Warrants 
      No warrants were issued during the period. 
 
       No warrants expired and no warrants were exercised during the 
       period. 
 
       The following unexercised warrants existed as at 31 December 
       2011: 
      Name                                   Date        Ordinary    Expiry       Exercise 
                                         of Grant    Shares under      Date          Price 
                                                           option                      GBP 
  Investor warrants                       30.6.10       3,664,000    1.3.12           0.30 
  Investor warrants                       20.7.10       1,000,000    1.3.12           0.30 
  Broker warrants Series 1                 5.5.11       1,300,000   17.6.14           0.40 
  Broker warrants Series 2                17.6.11       1,500,000   17.6.14           0.60 
      SUN Mining initial warrants         24.2.11       2,916,559   24.2.12            Nil 
       Series 1 
      SUN Mining initial warrants         24.2.11       2,916,559   24.2.13            Nil 
       Series 2 
      SUN Mining initial additional       24.2.11       3,499,871   24.2.13           VWAP 
       warrants 
                                                   -------------- 
                                                       16,796,989 
                                                   ============== 
  Each warrant entitles the holder to subscribe for one ordinary 
   share in the Company. Warrants do not confer any voting rights 
   on the holder. 
 
 
 
 10   Operating segments 
      The Group currently has one operating segment, being the exploration 
       for gold in India. 
 11   Subsequent events 
 
       There have been no significant events subsequent to the balance 
       sheet date to report that would alter the financial statements 
       as at 31 December 2011 or require disclosure. 
 

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