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Empire Metals AIM:EEE

Incorporated
British Virgin Islands
Chief executive
Shaun Bunn
Employees
7
Reports in
GBP

Mineral exploration company focused on the Pitfield project in Western Australia, which it believes hosts a giant titanium dioxide mineral system. Pre-revenue explorer funded by equity placings; value driven by drilling results and metallurgical progress.

Basic MaterialsTitanium exploration
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Share price and financials

36.6p at close on 5 Oct 2026 · 9 reported years, 2017–2025

Years in viewFY2017 – FY2026
5 Oct 202636.6p+349.8% since 3 Jan 2017
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GBP millions, negatives in brackets. Per-share lines in pence, share counts in millions. later is what a following report restated the figure to; vs is a second reading that disagrees. The figure shown is the one the original filing printed, and both readings are kept. Click any figure: opens the report page it was read from, highlighted; shows how it was calculated. The share price above is drawn to the same columns: each close sits over the financial year it fell in.

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5 years, at a glance

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0100k200k300k-80000%-60000%-40000%-20000%0%FY2017FY2021

Dashed: Operating margin, in % on its own scale — read its shape, not its height against the bars.

FY2021Revenue£0Operating margin—
The latest report

FY2025 annual report

year to 31 Dec 2025 · approved 20 Mar 2026 · 57 pages · Company website

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From the reportevery line sits on the page it names
What moved the margintailwind

Administrative expenses as % of total assets fell from 33.7% (2024) to 19.9% (2025)

KPI table: admin expenses as a percentage of total assets 19.9% (2024: 33.7%), driven by total assets increasing faster than admin spend.

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Andheadwind

One-off cash bonus payments substituting for share options

£808,334 aggregate cash bonuses paid to directors in September 2025 in lieu of share options that could not be granted during a closed period, inflating short-term benefits/admin costs versus a normal year.

page 55
One-offs in the year

£1.4m charge: Impairment of intangible exploration assets (Gindalbie licence non-renewal and Stavely acquisition termination)

page 29
What management said

The coming 12 months will focus on advancing multiple workstreams in parallel to further de-risk and define the development pathway for Pitfield, including resource expansion drilling, engineering studies, metallurgical optimisation and mining studies contributing to a Scoping Study.

page 5
After the year end

Formal Note 27 states 'There are no events after the reporting date.' However, the Chairman's Report (dated 20 March 2026) separately discloses the Group's cash position as at 20 March 2026 was £8.4 million.

page 57
The dividend

The Directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend for the year (31 December 2024: £nil).

page 6
Going concern and the audit

Unmodified/unqualified audit opinion from PKF Littlejohn LLP (true and fair view). Auditor concluded no material uncertainty over going concern after reviewing cash flow forecasts to 31 December 2027; Group materiality set at £342,000 (2% of net assets), performance materiality £274,000. Key Audit Matter: classification and valuation of intangible exploration assets and investments (£7,117,872 carrying value).

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The risks it names first
  • Environmental risk — regulatory approvals, permits and potential new/amended environmental laws in operating jurisdictions.p.9
  • Exploration and mining risk — speculative nature of exploration; deposits may not contain economically recoverable volumes; project delays from geological, technical or regulatory factors.p.9
  • Reserve and resource estimates risk — estimates are based on limited sampling and may require revision; no assurance minerals can be recovered or brought into profitable production.p.9
  • Volatility of commodity prices — fluctuations in global titanium demand/prices could reduce future cash flows or lead to delay or abandonment of Pitfield.p.9

Read from C000419-AR-2025-website.

Filings

8 annual reports read, FY2018 to FY2025

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Sources: Company website (8)

  1. FY2026Next report expected 18 Jun 2027

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