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RNS Number : 6875C
Hochschild Mining PLC
29 June 2016
Introduction
This Report provides an overview of the payments to governments
made by Hochschild Mining plc and its subsidiaries (hereinafter
referred to as "Hochschild") in 2015 as required under the UK's
Report on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 (as amended)
(the "UK Regulations"). The UK Regulations apply to large UK
incorporated companies like Hochschild that are involved in the
exploration, prospection, discovery, development and extraction of
minerals. This Report is also intended to satisfy the requirements
of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct
Authority in the United Kingdom.
Basis for preparation
Legislation: This Report is prepared in accordance with the UK
Regulations.
Reporting entities: This Report includes payments to governments
made by Hochschild Mining plc and its subsidiary undertakings
("Hochschild").
Activities: Payments made by Hochschild to governments arising
from activities involving the exploration, prospection, discovery,
development and extraction of minerals ("extractive activities")
are disclosed in this Report. For a fully integrated project, which
does not have an interim contractual cut off point where a value
can be attached or ascribed separately to the extractive activities
and to other processing activities, payments to governments will
not be artificially split but disclosed in full.
Government: Government includes any national, regional or local
authority of a country, and includes a department, agency or entity
that is a subsidiary of a government.
Project: Payments are reported at project level except that
payments that are not attributable to a specific project or are in
respect of obligations imposed at entity level are reported by
entity. Project is defined as operational activities which are
governed by a single contract, licence, lease, concession or
similar legal agreement, and form the basis for payment liabilities
with a government. If such agreements are substantially
interconnected, those agreements are to be treated as a single
project. "Substantially interconnected" means forming a set of
operationally and geographically integrated contracts, licences,
leases or concessions or related agreements with substantially
similar terms that are signed with a government giving rise to
payment liabilities. Such agreements can be governed by a single
contract, joint venture or other overarching legal agreement.
Indicators of integration include, but are not limited to,
geographic proximity, the use of shared infrastructure and common
operational management.
Payment: Of the types of payments required to be reported on
under the UK Regulations, the payments made by Hochschild in 2015
fall within the following categories:
-- Taxes: These are taxes paid by Hochschild on its income,
profits or production (which include resource severance tax),
including those settled by a government on behalf of Hochschild
under a tax-paid concession. Payments are reported net of refunds.
Consumption taxes, personal income taxes, sales taxes, property and
environmental taxes are excluded.
-- Royalties: These are payments for the rights to extract
mineral resources, typically at set percentage of revenue less any
deductions that may be taken.
-- Licence fees, rental fees, entry fees and other
considerations for licences and/or concessions ("Fees"): These are
fees and other sums paid as consideration for acquiring a licence
for gaining access to an area where extractive activities are
performed. Administrative government fees that are not specifically
related to the extractive sector, or to access to extractive
resources, are excluded. Also excluded are payments made in return
for services provided by a government.
OTHER
Operatorship: When Hochschild makes a payment directly to a
government arising from a project, regardless of whether Hochschild
is the operator, the full amount paid is disclosed even where
Hochschild as the operator is proportionally reimbursed by its
non-operating venture partners through a partner billing process
(cash-call).
Cash and in-kind payments: Payments are reported on a cash
basis. There were no in-kind payments made in 2015.
Materiality Level: For each payment type, total payments below
GBP86,000 to a government are excluded from this Report.
Exchange Rate: Payments made in currencies other than US Dollars
are translated for the purposes of this Report using the exchange
rate on the date of payment.
1. SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS TO GOVERNMENT (Unaudited) (in USD)
Countries Taxes Royalties Fees Total
-------------- -------------- ----------- ----------- -----------------------
Peru 3,944,634 2,279,027 1,537,675 7,761,336
Argentina 9,881,828 4,793,480 1,333,728 16,009,036
Chile - - 235,204 235,204
-------------- -------------- ----------- ----------- -----------------------
Totals $13,826,462 $7,072,507 $3,106,607 $24,005,576
2. PAYMENTS BY COUNTRY (Unaudited)
(a) Peru
* By Government Department (in USD)
Taxes Royalties Fees Total
------------------------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Superintendencia Nacional
de Administración
Tributaria 3,944,634 2,279,027 - 6,223,661
Instituto Geológico
Minero y Metalúrgico - - 1,537,675 1,537,675
------------------------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Totals 3,944,634 2,279,027 1,537,675 7,761,336
* By Entity/Project (in USD)
Taxes Royalties Fees Total
Entity
Compañía
Minera Ares S.A.C. 3,944,634 2,279,027 620,955 6,844,616
Project
Arcata - - 181,475 181,475
Ares - - 196,765 196,765
Inmaculada - - 167,319 167,319
Selene - - 371,161 371,161
------------------------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Totals 3,944,634 2,279,027 1,537,675 7,761,336
(b) Argentina (in relation
to the San Jose mine)
* By Government Department (in USD)
Taxes Royalties Fees Total
------------------------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Tesorería General
de la Provincia de
Santa Cruz - - 200,421 200,421
Consejo Agrario Provincial - - 1,133,307 1,133,307
Administración
General de Ingresos
Públicos 9,881,828 - - 9,881,828
Rentas Generales de
la Provincia de Santa
Cruz - 4,793,480 - 4,793,480
------------------------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Totals 9,881,828 4,793,480 1,333,728 16,009,036
* By Entity (in USD)
Taxes Royalties Fees Total
------------------------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Minera Santa Cruz
S.A. 9,881,828 4,793,480 1,333,728 16,009,036
------------------------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Totals 9,881,828 4,793,480 1,333,728 16,009,036
(c) Chile (in relation to the
Volcan Project)
* By Government Department (in USD)
Taxes Royalties Fees Total
------------------------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Tesorería General
de la República - - 235,204 235,204
------------------------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Totals - - 235,204 235,204
* By Entity (in USD)
Taxes Royalties Fees Total
------------------------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Andina Minerals Chile
Ltd - - 235,204 235,204
------------------------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Totals - - 235,204 235,204
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