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February 14, 2023

INSIDE INFORMATION REVISED RESULTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This announcement is made by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sunshine Oilsands Limited (“Sunshine” or the “Company”) pursuant to Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”) and the Inside Information Provisions (as defined under the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).
 
Reference is made to the announcements issued by the Company dated November 11, 2022 (Hong Kong time) in relation to, among other things, the unaudited financial results of the Company for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022 and the Management Discussion and Analysis for the same period ended.
 
The Board wishes to update that upon further review by the management of the Company and recent discussions with its auditors, an additional impairment reversal in an aggregate amount of CAD 296,290,000 (approximately HKD 1,696,794,000) (including CAD85,039,000 (approximately HKD 487,001,000) and CAD211,251,000 (approximately HKD 1,209,792,000) on exploration and evaluation (“E&E”) and property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”) respectively) (the “Adjustment”) should be recorded for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 to better reflect the accounting treatment in relation to reversal of impairment when circumstance/indicator for such reversal exists.
 
Upon the Adjustment, the E&E balance as at September 30, 2022 will increase by CAD 85,039,000 (approximately HKD 487,001,000)  to CAD 367,970,000 (approximately HKD 2,107,291,000) (before the Adjustment: CAD 282,931,000 (approximately HKD 1,620,289,000)); the PP&E balance as at September 30, 2022 will increase by CAD 211,251,000 (approximately HKD 1,209,792,000) to CAD 843,365,000 (approximately HKD 4,829,783,000) (before the Adjustment: CAD 632,114,000 (approximately HKD 3,619,990,000)); and the net profit and comprehensive profit attributable to owners of the Company for the nine-month ended September 30, 2022 will increase by CAD 296,290,000 (approximately HKD 1,696,794,000) to CAD 425,429,000 (approximately HKD 2,436,347,000)  (before the Adjustment: CAD 129,139,000 (approximately HKD 739,553,000)).
 

* The HK$ amount was converted using the period end exchange rate of $1 CAD = $5.7268 HKD as at September 30, 2022.

 

Impact of the Adjustment on the consolidated financial statements of the Company for 3Q22 are as follows:

 

 

Impact on Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Financial Position

(Expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars) 

September 30, 2022

     

 Amount Before adjustment

 

   Change in amount

 

Amount after adjustment

Exploration and evaluation

   

282,931

 

85,039

 

367,970

Property, plant and equipment

 

632,114

 

211,251

 

843,365

Non-Current Assets

   

934,227

 

296,290

 

1,230,517

Total Assets

     

944,563

 

    296,290

 

1,240,853

Deficit

     

(1,080,636)

 

296,290

 

   (784,346)

Equity attributable to owners of the Company

     306,189

 

296,290

 

   602,479

Shareholders' Equity

   

     305,279

 

     296,290

 

   601,569

                 

 

Impact on Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Profit and Loss

(Expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars, except  for per share amounts) 

       

 Amount Before adjustment

 

 Change in amount

 

Amount after adjustment

Three months ended September 30, 2022

       
                 

Reversal of impairment loss on E&E and PP&E

      (64,869)

 

  (296,290)

 

   (361,159)

Expenses

     

       (38,456)

 

    (296,290)

 

   (334,746)

Profit/(Loss) before income taxes

 

          26,581

 

      296,290

 

       322,871

Net profit/(loss)

     

         26,581

 

       296,290

 

       322,871

Net profit/(loss) and comprehensive profit/(loss) for the year attributable to owners of the Company

 

26,655

 

296,290

 

322,945

Basic and diluted profit/(loss) per share

 

$0.11

 

$1.22

 

$1.33

                 
       

 Amount Before adjustment

 

 Change in amount

 

Amount after adjustment

Nine months ended September 30, 2022

       
                 

Reversal of impairment loss on E&E and PP&E

    (191,816)

 

(296,290)

 

   (488,106)

Expenses

     

   (126,197)

 

(296,290)

 

(422,487)

Profit/(Loss) before income taxes

 

    128,912

 

 296,290

 

    425,202

Net profit/(loss)

     

       128,912

 

 296,290

 

425,202

Net profit/(loss) and comprehensive profit/(loss) for the year attributable to owners of the Company

 

      129,139

 

296,290

 

425,429

Basic and diluted profit/(loss) per share

 

         $0.53

 

$1.22

 

    $1.75

                                                                     

 

                 

 

 

Impact on Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

(Expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars) 

       

 Amount Before adjustment

 

 Change in amount

 

Amount after adjustment

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2022

       

 

                 

 

Total Attributable to Equity Holders

           

 

   Deficit

     

             (1,080,636)

 

296,290

 

($784,346)

 

   Total

     

                 306,189

 

296,290

 

$602,479

 

Non-controlling interests

   

                       (910)

 

-  

 

($910)

 

Total Equity

     

                 305,279

 

296,290

 

$601,569

 

                 

 

Impact on Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows

(Expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars) 

       

 Amount Before adjustment

 

 Change in amount

 

Amount after adjustment

 

Three months ended September 30, 2022

       

 

                 

 

Net profit/(loss)

     

26,581

 

296,290

 

322,871

 

Depletion, depreciation and impairment

 

(62,890)

 

(296,290)

 

(359,180)

 

                 

 

       

 Amount Before adjustment

 

 Change in amount

 

Amount after adjustment

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2022

       

 

Net profit/(loss)

     

128,912

 

296,290

 

425,202

 

Depletion, depreciation and impairment

 

(189,370)

 

(296,290)

 

(485,660)

 

                 

 

                                                         

 

The revised quarterly results and the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been reviewed by the Company’s Audit Committee but have not been audited.
 
The information contained in this announcement is based on the unaudited financial accounts of the Group, which have not been audited or confirmed by the Company’s auditors.  The Company is in the process of finalizing the annual audited financial results of the Group for the year ended December 31, 2022 which are expected to be published by the end of March 2023.
 
The Board of Directors of the Company is of the view that the above adjustment is appropriate and truly and fairly reflect the Company’s financial position and performance.

 

Shareholders and potential investors are advised to exercise caution when dealing in the shares of the Company.

 

 

Hong Kong, February 15, 2023

Calgary, February 14, 2023

 

As at the date of this Announcement, the Board consists of Mr. Kwok Ping Sun and Ms. Gloria Pui Yun Ho as executive directors; Mr. Michael John Hibberd, Ms. Linna Liu and Ms. Xijuan Jiang as non-executive directors; and Mr. Yi He, Mr. Alfa Li and Mr. Guangzhong Xing as independent non-executive directors.