London, England (FSCwire) - Anglo Pacific Group PLC ("Anglo Pacific", the "Company" or the "Group") (LSE: APF, TSX: APY), the London and Toronto listed royalty company, issues the following trading update for the period July 1, 2017 to November 9, 2017. Unless otherwise stated, all unaudited financial information is for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.

Highlights

• Total free cash flow generated of ?14.6m in Q3 2017 (Q3 2016: ?4.7m), an increase of 211%
• Total contribution of ?9.5m in Q3 2017 (Q3 2016: ?4.7m) comprising:

- Royalty income of ?8.9m in Q3 2017 (Q3 2016: ?4.7m), an increase of 89%

- Denison financing receipts of ?0.6m in Q3 2017

• Increase in royalty income from Q3 2016 mainly due to a 39% increase in average coal price achieved at Kestrel and a 46% increase at Narrabri
• Record production at Marac??s Menchen in Q3 2017 which, when combined with a 110% increase in the average vanadium price achieved, resulted in royalty income increasing to ?0.6m (Q3 2016: ?0.2m), an increase of 200%
• A return to net cash of ?6.2m as at September 30, 2017 compared to net debt of ?0.6m as at June 30, 2017
• Net cash and free cash flow benefited from the commencement of monthly royalty receipts, previously quarterly, from Kestrel following changes to the Queensland royalty regime in Q3 2017, resulting in a one-off benefit to reported cash in 2017
• Completion of the US$2.0m acquisition of a 1% GRR over the Piau?- Nickel-Cobalt project which is operated by Brazilian Nickel Limited
• The previously announced 2017 interim dividend of 3.00p to be paid in November 2017
• A further interim dividend of 1.50p in relation to Q3 2017, in line with previous guidance, is declared and will be payable in February 2018

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