Earnings call transcript: KGHM Q2 2025 shows revenue growth amid profit dip

KGHM Polska Miedz SA reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2025, showcasing a slight revenue increase but a significant drop in net profit. The company’s stock saw a minor decrease of 0.38% following the announcement, reflecting investor caution amid mixed financial signals. Despite recent volatility, KGHM has delivered an impressive 67% year-to-date return. According to InvestingPro analysis, the stock appears undervalued based on its comprehensive Fair Value model, suggesting potential upside for long-term investors.

Key Takeaways

• Group revenues rose by 0.4% year-on-year.
• EBITDA increased by 16% compared to last year.
• Net profit fell sharply by 46%.
• Copper production exceeded budget, while silver production declined.

Company Performance

KGHM’s performance in Q2 2025 was marked by a modest increase in group revenues, reaching PLN 14.86 billion, despite facing challenges from fluctuating copper prices and exchange rates. The company managed to boost its EBITDA by 16%, indicating improved operational efficiency. However, net profit suffered a 46% decline, highlighting the impact of external market conditions and increased costs. The company maintains a strong financial position with a healthy current ratio of 3.0 and an Altman Z-Score of 8.27, indicating robust financial stability. InvestingPro rates KGHM’s overall financial health as "GOOD" based on comprehensive analysis of multiple financial indicators.

Financial Highlights

• Revenue: PLN 14.86 billion, up 0.4% year-on-year
• EBITDA: Increased by 16% year-on-year
• Net profit: Decreased by 46%
• Copper prices: $9,431 per ton in the first half of 2025
• Silver prices: $32 per ounce, up from $26 last year

Outlook & Guidance

Looking forward, KGHM remains focused on optimizing its international assets and controlling costs. The company plans to continue investing in shaft development projects and technological improvements, with an optimistic outlook for improved production in the second half of 2025. With analysts projecting EPS of $0.31 for FY2025 and the next earnings report due on October 13, investors can access detailed analysis and forecasts through KGHM’s comprehensive Pro Research Report, available exclusively on InvestingPro.

Executive Commentary

Andre Chaudois, President of KGHM, emphasized the company’s role in regional industrial development, stating, "We want to be a facilitator of the development of industry in the region." Deputy CEO Andras Oberre Kosakevi highlighted the importance of asset optimization, noting, "First, we need to optimize. We need to make the asset the best it can be."

Risks and Challenges

• Copper price volatility could impact revenue further.
• Strong Polish zloty presents exchange rate challenges.
• Declining silver production may affect future earnings.
• Ongoing investment needs could strain financial resources.
• Global market uncertainties pose additional risks.

Q&A

During the earnings call, analysts inquired about the performance of international assets and the possibility of asset sales, which were deemed premature by the company. Discussions also covered local infrastructure cooperation and potential staff bonuses, reflecting strategic priorities and operational challenges ahead.

Full transcript - KGHM Polska Miedź SA (KGH) Q2 2025:

Andre Chaudois, President of the Board, KGHM: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the conference devoted to presenting the results of the KGHM Group for the 2025. The results are going to be presented by Mr. Andre Chaudois, President of the Board Ms. Andras Oberre Kosakevi, Deputy CEO for Foreign Assets Zbigniew Brea, Deputy Chairman for Development Mr.

Krzyshevsky, Deputy President for Financial Affairs and Mr. Trezek, Corporate Deputy for Corporate Affairs. We also have Mr. Janusz Krzyztoszek, Director of the Investor Relations. I would like to inform you that our conference is transmitted online.

In the second part, we’re going to have a Q and A session. The questions are going to be asked from the room and sent to the address IR@kghm.com. All the questions and answers are going to be presented on our website. And now, mister president, please take the floor. Good afternoon.

As usual, I will start with the introduction, a bit broader one this time maybe, and I’ll divide my statement into two parts. First is the general remarks about what KGHM, the Board and the crew, the team has influence of, limited influence of or practically no influence of. And then in the second part, I will discuss and comment, again, on an introductory basis, the general indicators and results achieved by KGHM in the 2025. Traditionally, we will present it compared year on year to 2024. The most important in KGHM, production and costs.

These are the things that we can influence, not fully, of course, because both in terms of production, it would be dependent on the deposits and the conditions that are unpredictable. However, in terms of the availability of the technological line, we should have influence of but, of course, there are fortunately, we didn’t have any major random incidents in the first in this period. The things that we don’t have on the slides are the reference to production results of KGHM related to our plans or our budget. And in general, in each position, in each option here, maybe except for, I think molybdenum, That was very ambitious and performed higher than year on year 2024 sorry, that is slightly below the forecasted budget. But then the copper and silver components and the production of the concentrated copper and electrolytic copper, all of them were above the planned values.

So also in terms of copper wire and silver, good levels of concentrates, anodes. We have a stopover of Goguff smelter too. So we need to have a spare stock of anodes related to that. Of course, it coincided with other actions that were planned for that period of time that are going to be presented and commented in detail. The level of electrolytic copper is was planned as lower than year on year 2024.

I don’t want to get into details because I know that President Krzyzewski is very well prepared in terms of the details. So the only thing that pertains to KGHM is the exchange rate. We are dealing with a very strong position of zlotis, Polish zlotto, very strong. Yesterday, I spent a moment to check the of course, in terms of KGHM, the exchange rate USD versus PLM and the two currencies, euro and dollar, that can be called global. The ratio of these two currencies is between $1 to $1.4 per euro.

It was easier for me to compare, however, looking at the strength, the power of the Polish zlot to compare the last ten or twenty years of inflation that occurred in the Euro Area, in the Eurozone and in Poland. And interestingly, in the last ten years, especially, the accumulated difference between the inflation between the Eurozone and Poland reaches 30% or even above 30%. Twenty years ago, euro to zloty was at the level of 4%. Right now, it’s $4.25 for dollar, it’s 3.65 Of course, we can talk about a certain phenomenon that would be related to the market sentiment. Poland is not an emerging market anymore.

It’s a developed market, not according to my assessment, but in general, I think, not only in Europe but also around the world, that we are the country that is stable with credible currency. But coming back to the facts. The strengthening of zloty can be seen on the results by the results of KGHM because 3.65 today zloty per U. S. Dollar.

This is the level that in terms of dollar is an average level, but we did not foresee in our budget such optimistic values for the zloty. That would be it in terms of the brief introduction, In terms of the copper prices, the things that we can we have no influence. Twenty twenty four twenty twenty five, half 1, 9,431 thousand. And compared to, as you can see, copper prices in terms of Polish lattice per ton, 36,546, which is a challenge for the company because the level of costs and the level of sales prices determine the financial results in terms of silver and a marked increase, dollars 32 compared to $26 last year. And again, that gives us PLN 126 per ounce in 2025.

As of today, the copper price is at the level of 9,700. 3.65 is the dollar currency rate, exchange rate, which contributes to the level below 36,000 per ton. So the increase of sales of copper prices compared with stronger zloty means lower zloty price per tonne. Okay. Now the revenues of KGHM Group, a bit higher, as you can see, plus 0.4%.

If you take a look at it in terms of the copper prices in slotted by 1% year on year with lower production, lower sales no, sales not I guess. No, sorry, slightly higher sales because of the changes in stock. This is the level that seems to be relevant to the situation, nothing special here. EBITDA of the group, plus 16% year on year and net profit for the period, minus 46%. This results mainly from the exchange rate differences.

I’m pretty sure that the financial deputy will comment on that and on the exchange rate in general. In terms of KGHM plus KMETCSA, EUR 14,860,000,000.00 of revenues, minus 1% year on year EBITDA, minus 2% and profit for the period, 92% year on year. It will be commented as well. I think I’ve introduced that also a bit. Next slide, please.

Now key production indicators. As I said before, production was realized on the level of the budget, maybe slightly higher. The differences of 3%, 4% maximum depending on whether it pertains to copper or silver concentrates or production. In terms of the capital group, we have minus 4% year on year. In terms of the production level of payable copper, Here, 7% of difference, justified a moment ago.

And then the level of production, 2 and 72,400,000.0 the budget, above the plan. And it will be even higher in half two of the second year since certain reconstruction or renovation processes are going to be finished. Then Sierra Gorda, plus 19%, which is 42.4% plus 19% year on year and payable copper production in KGJM International, minus 1%, so similar level year on year. Here, one thing is worth commenting here, I think a positive thing. If you take a look at the payable copper production in KGH and Polska Mieshaasa, you can see that the own inputs contributed to our own concentrates that was 67% of copper compared to 66% last year.

So the percentage of payable copper of own concentrate increased even though the mining was slightly less. Then silver production is slightly lower, minus 3% year on year. And this follows the thing I said related to the maintenance that is planned, maintenance of the infrastructure of the electrophoenician hole. And then TPM production, so gold, platinum and palladium. So it’s the same level year on year.

And molybdenum production, 1.7% compared to 1.1%, so a huge increase, plus by 55%, but again, slightly lower than the estimated budget for the plan for this half of the year. I think I’m not wrong. If so, I will be corrected. That’s it for me. I think then in the Q and A session, we may talk about the details.

And I’m giving the floor to the next person. I think it’s my turn. I think, Anzio, you said everything I wanted to talk about, but I will confirm that in terms of Polish assets, production results were slightly higher than the estimated budget. On the slide here, you see the references to the previous year half one. What’s the reason of the differences?

Well, the production calendar that was detrimental, lower production in holidays or bank holidays, weekends. And with such a small such a big mass, 1% less copper content in concentrate, as you can see. And then the seventh month stopover on Guogv Smelter Mine two was already mentioned. That’s why the results were estimated results were lower than last year. A couple of words about water problems and water risks.

We are conducting injection works for the ore that are aimed at creating the anti filtration barrier and limiting the access of waters to Polkovitsy Roshowice mine. For a couple of months, the inflow of water is at a stable level. And in terms of the Zlasmussen reservoir levels that is used to deposit post flotation deposits and is also a retention reservoir for us for excess waters from dewatering of the mines. The level for that season of the year is estimated as safe, safely low. That’s it.

Andras Oberre Kosakevi, Deputy CEO for Foreign Assets, KGHM: Thank you very much. All right. Going into the production results. For the international companies, there are as following the first half of this year, we have a 19% of increase of production of payable core in Sierra Gorda. It’s a reference value for 55% of shares.

However, when it comes to the results of molybdenum, it’s 89% more compared to the previous half the first half of the previous year, also 7% increase of TPM production. It’s 14,700 of ounces. And those production results, when referring to the budget, are looking good. Production of payable copper is almost 50% of the assumed budget until the end of the year. When it comes to the molybdenum, it’s almost above 40% of the assumed budget.

When it comes to the production results, they are a result of the higher percentage of content of molybdenum at the lower volume of production of ore. Can I have the next slide, please? When it comes to the production results of KGHM International Ltd, we also see a small decrease of payable core. It’s a matter of 1%, so twenty nine point two hundred of payable copper. So it’s a difference of 200 tons compared to last year.

It’s a result of the higher production of the Robinson Mine that were optimization programs were introduced in those cost regime and production of copper is in accordance with the budget. When it comes to silver, we are seeing some decreases of 80%, but this is dictated by consequences of selling the international assets in Sudbury Basin. TPM production is at a leveled level at the same stage compared to the previous year, the first half of the previous year. Here, we are seeing an increase in the Robinson Mine, so it’s 22% above the budget. And this has been compensated by this compensated for the lack of production due to dispense of assets.

Those are not relevant amounts, small amounts when it comes to the profit. Can I have the next slide, please? Ladies and gentlemen, and the good production results of the international are transferring into inflows, cash inflows in the capital group and are resulting in paying off the international assets of almost $131,000,000 of KGHM Polskamitsch SM. All right, Mr. President, the floor is yours right now.

Let’s go into the investments. So the assumptions for the budget for 2025. Assumed expenses at PLN 3,800,000,000.0. The execution was 1,512,000.000 of PLN. The previous plan of the previous year was EUR 4,100,000.0.

Right now, we have EUR 3.8 so 8% lower. And the execution for the first half of year is just 4% lower. So there’s no need to worry at this stage of development of specific investments and going into the projects. So we know that this parameter is going to be improved until the end of the year. As you can see on the charts, the basis of our expenses is mining, euros 1.24.

And I will go into details in a moment. They are very crucial. On the right side, we can see the division into four analytic divisions, replacement, maintenance, development and adaptation projects. So replacement is 33%, maintenance of the production is 3135% is something concerning development. And here, we are counting on due to starting some works with increasing the category of Bitam Odrzanski concession that from the next year, this segment will be much bigger.

Next slide, please. When it comes to the biggest projects that we managed to carry out, let’s click the next one. So outfitting of the mines, this is all usually very high position because apart from the works on the provision of the deposit, we can we also need a constant exchange of the machinery park and outfitting of the fields from the blocks prepared for mining, for exploitation. And one of the expenses of conveyor belts that we have managed to start, 14 conveyor belts under construction. So it’s 2.2 kilometer.

We’re already accepted. When it comes to the infrastructure of the region sections, then we need to talk about the whole infrastructure in here, installations, air conditioning installations and full preparation of the sections segments for production. When it comes to the machinery part, assuming the two sixty machineries machines that we wanted to purchase, we managed to purchase 140. The remaining one will be purchased later on. And right now, we also changed the structure when it comes to the category.

But the plan so two sixty machines will be completed And the expense will be PLN $243,000,000. The next one, mind the watering. President Laskosky has mentioned this already. The thing that we are facing in Polkovitsa Shlansky, so the water issue in KGHM is Polkovice, Shirosovice topic mostly. And since the last year, we started a separation division system construction.

That’s why there are certain investments in that area. And the mine that is giving us more of that water, and it’s Polkovice and Serozowice, and €74,000,000 are the resources devoted to building an anti filtration barrier. So it’s a relevant amount of money. So right now, we are ending the B1 hole right now well. And right now, we are preparing for B3 and B5.

And the execution of those projects is in line with the project of the experts that established that this level of injection is provided. Right now, over 40 meters, it’s maintained in Polkovice and Sarosowice because right now, if the works haven’t been carried out, I think that onethree inflow would be greater in that case. When it comes to the instruments for the main dewatering equipment, we are completing this month and that will be given into the acceptance, the main dewatering unit. And it has been reported to the Office of Mining. The next point is development of the Zelaznemos tailings storage facility.

We were watching the level of the reservoir, if it’s going to be enough or not. Right now, the level of the waste is safe. But right now, we have sped up the process and we have the green light of the governor to build the reservoir. And very shortly, we are expecting the Marshal’s office acceptance when it comes to the reservoirs to about five meters. Apart from that, we are carrying out some other words, so putting some more so western section and eastern section pumphouse development along with water stations and purchase of plots from the citizens who would like to or we’re expecting according to the agreements we have with the villages and towns, they wanted to move out to a different location.

So two plots were purchased from the citizens at that time as well. When it comes to expenses to the replacements of mines and tailings division, so it’s modernization of conveyor belts, shafts, air conditioning, ventilation, power supply and electro also pipelines as well, pumps and this type of appliances. And that was the weak point of our predecessors. So we weren’t able to use the full capacity of the concession of legal waterworks concession. When it comes to exploration, the next topic, huge segment.

Here we are carrying out the identification works. Ratkouf Shinova Grozistra, the borehole drilling was completed and we also completed the Kulflubossetse, just two wells right now. Those are the possibilities of the drilling companies. Next year, we would like to increase that to 20 wells per year just to increase the category of Bitum Ozymanski. When it comes to the maintenance of shafts, also in this category, so we are completing the SW4 shaft complex, deposit access program as well, a huge program, relevant program because mine is a huge device composing of deposits and connection of working the underground with the things on the ground.

Out of 1.6 kilometers of corridors were already excavated right now. So we are in accordance with the plan. Also, the conveyor belts. So for example, we need to follow that up with the infrastructure. So 11 belts are under construction right now in Q2 and air conditioning and all other installations and systems as well.

When it comes to the construction of shafts, I will devote the next slide into that and I’ll explain to you what we did in that regard in a moment.

Andre Chaudois, President of the Board, KGHM: Okay. On to the shafts. I think we got used to this slide, but I think it’s going to be still interesting in the coming years because we are referring to these bars here in which we show how the mining production is looking like in Guembokki, Bislovim Mine. And that increased thanks to the connection of different shafts with industrial shafts that happened in June 2023. Despite some deviations between first and second quarter, we keep quite stable high production from these departments, from these sections.

And then once we move on with these works, starting new ventilation connections, we count on the fact that there is going to be a better chance to place further departments or sections there. For example, we are mentioning Grozistra, Redkov Grozistra. So right now, when the surveying works have started, we’re also trying to obtain the mining permit. And next year, hopefully, if everything goes according to the plan, we will have a mining section there. In terms of the shafts that are conducted right now, GG1, here shaft outfitting continues by the end of the year.

The outfitting will be finished in all these sections. We are about to sign the agreement with the company that is going to be use the or manage the terrain. And this is going to be a big investment, big amount of responsibilities to one investor. It’s going to be done by the district mining office in and our company subsidiary and Bpromet as well. So we are about to finish outfitting the surface areas as well.

33 megawatts of power were installed. We are increasing the capabilities to 40 megawatts. GD2 shaft, after the initial assessments based on first holes that were drilled there, it showed that unfortunately geological composition here is not promising. There’s too much too big of a layer of salt and not enough of strong rocks that would keep the shift maintenance or shift outfitting. That is why we purchased the plots in new location better according to archival holes that were drilled there before.

And currently, we have submitted an application to change the local spatial development plan. And we hope that the will approve that plan. And right now, we perform design work. So for three shafts, GG2, Redkof and Gavojcice, we have signed agreements with Pedeka and with Cuprum for making the shafts and for the geological survey and three d assessment of the geological composition in the areas of further shafts. So we don’t assume any delays.

The drilling machine will go from one area to the other. So these three shafts have one agreement and one contractor for all those works. In terms of Redkul Shaft, as you know from the press, due to our mining traditions, we have defined the axis of the future shaft. Right now, we are preparing the site for starting the drilling machines. And then we will start in September, we’ll start drilling.

Then in Gabazuca Shaft, we have geological work projects contained. We have the agreements on the plans, local spatial development plans. And then from Redkove, the drilling machines will go to Gavojice and then to GG2 Shaft probably. That’s it in terms of the shaft works development. And the last slide about CapEx execution in key investments in metallurgy.

And as you can see, the brown would be the brown area here, that would be 190,000,000 PLN. The year is not good in terms of development of metallurgical projects because we are preparing for bid expenses So first, investment related to IAS, metallurgical plants in concentrators. So for example, maintenance on electrolysis converters, anode furnaces and viaducts, that would be related to the maintenance at the Guagouf and Legnica metrological plants and concentrators, maintenance on crushers, ball mills and press filters. Replacement, we are preparing for the shutdown that will happen in the Gogoftu copper smelter and refinery next year.

This year probably is going to be spent on preparation works and some investment purchases for the perspective of that shut down. Electrorefination, replacement of rails, for example, in electrorefination area in Golgof Two, Coporsmutter as well. And Golgof 1, Coporsmutter also changing the roofs. Then in terms of replacement of the concentrators, replacement of switchboards and transformers in lubing and building classifiers in the concentration concentrators division and steel construction and switchboards in Rudna Concentrator. Adaptation projects, production of storage boxes at the Goguff copper smelter and refinery, depending on the environmental indications.

Then development projects for the smelters and concentrators, here quite substantial expenses related to the changes in electro refining technology at the Legnica copper smelter and refinery, PLN 116,000,000, PLN 53,000,000 were already spent. And in the first part of the year, that would be 26,000,000 well, almost PLN 27,000,000 spent. We’re counting on the fact that the ultimately, the technology will be started next year, and the contractors promise us that mid twenty twenty five twenty twenty six. So yes, we would like to close that topic, that project next year. Any questions, maybe let’s leave them for later.

Thank you very much. Let’s move on to the financial results of the group. Good afternoon. The President started from the introduction. Let me start from the conclusion then.

I wanted to before we get to the presentation, I wanted to tell you about tell you four sentences about the conclusion. What will be the common denominator in all of them is going to be the word but or although. First sentence, what the President said at the beginning. On one hand, we have better results comparing to H1 twenty twenty four. But first but, let’s look at the currency exchange and the USD rate and euro dollar exchange rate.

That is not only affecting us, but the competitiveness of the whole economy is affected here. We talked about tariffs a lot and in a couple of sentences, will try to tell you how do tariffs influence us and what is the results of all those changes. But in my opinion, the influence of euro dollar is going to be visible still. And as you can see from our financial report, it is visible when we talk about the exchange rates. We will go through these slides in detail and I will tell you what are the reasons for these exchange rates differences.

And you can see that in terms of sales, it did not affect us significantly, which is good news, but it did not affect us. As the President showed, the average exchange rate for half one is 3.68% with today’s spot 3.65%. So the coming months will be a true test and we’ll show how the macro influence is going to be exchange rates, metal prices. So the resulting effect may influence our sales results of course. In terms of tariffs, to summarize them.

On the July 30, we have completed the process and The U. S. Started introducing the tariffs that pertains to semi products related to copper. So that does not affect us directly. And the tariffs that we are discussing or that are being discussed on the European Union level versus The United States, we don’t see any tariffs that would affect us directly.

Apart from copper, we’re talking about silver and rand. But you asked us that well, yes, there was a risk about that changes destination changes of the destinations in the transfer of our products and depending well, related to our international contacts with The U. S, with Canada, with China, we have predicted some changes in the supply chains. I may go over that if you want, what was the global effect. So in one sentence, I would say that the result was positive.

We ended up positive from these changes, from these tribulations. And then we had lower production, but the sales result was the same as last year, 2,100,000,000.0 sales results. So if you would ask me about the reasons for that, I would name two, maybe three of those. First, silver and copper. I will show you that on the bridge.

But silver with the 26% increase year on year cost for the results of revenues and sales results was better, significantly better. Second element would be the international our international activities. And to use the statement of one of the analysts, give my regards to Jason, who said that so far, international assets represented the value of zero. Right now, we are recovering from that. And this is the result.

Yes, the performance of these assets is recovering. Also the President mentioned that. Why? Well, for once, this is the result of our organic work, the result of geological surveys. These assets are just gaining in pace, so its contribution to EBITDA is very positive.

So this is the second thing I would like to point your attention to. And the third reason or third statement, EBITDA is higher but cash flows were on the negative. And again, maybe a word of explanation about that. There will be a slide dedicated to that, but in sentences, that is true. Yes, again, mining industry is very CapEx consuming.

President Bria mentioned from boxes to high expenses related to shafts, what are the investments and the CapEx are numerous. CapEx investments are numerous. And then in terms of operational cash flows, I will explain you again the reasons why did it happen. One element that would worth mentioning today is the level of stock of our anode stocks. So the electrorefination whole renovation projects, what was the influence of that?

Well, we produced less cathodes, gathered more anodes on the June 30 that was 34,000 tons. In the second half of the year, these anodes will be consumed right now into cattos. So the stock will go lower. And then we will accumulate anodes again for big stopover in 2026 that was also mentioned in Guagouf smelter. So all in all, by the end of the year, we assume that the level of anodes the amount of anodes will be from 34,000 to 38,000 tonnes.

We will use that stock, of course, and I will be working on optimizing it. However, this is the production cycle. And this is it dictates our investments. We need to recalculate how to generate additional margin like that. As President Schulbo mentioned, we are using less foreign, not own inputs.

So we use that to maximize our margins. So we have a very analytical approach to our production to maximize the results based on the external elements that or the materials that we purchase, so that we can’t influence. And the last thing, the production results are lower and the sales result are higher. Again, it was mentioned in our statements. To remind you, the warehouse stock both in terms of copper and silver were closed on a good level and it was a well thought decision discussed in the board how to manage the sales strategy in half one twenty twenty five.

Nobody expected Deliberation Day or the tariffs being introduced. So unfortunately, our flexibility and agility in terms of satisfying changing demand will contribute to the additional to extra result. So the last but, we have good results, but and let me get to the buts right now and go through the slides.

Andras Oberre Kosakevi, Deputy CEO for Foreign Assets, KGHM: So if we could go back when it comes to revenues at the level of a decent level and what we should notice is that the revenues increased at the level the capital group at 38% of KGHM International, a 1% decrease on SA. So we can see that the diversification was positive to the capital group. Looking at EBITDA, it increased 16% globally and the main factor that was contributing to that was international asset, so $650,000,000 of EBITDA that appeared versus H1 twenty twenty four. And the last middle chart, costs, costs, costs, so cost control. Operating cost increased for 1%.

Taking back the amortization, it would decrease, but so we should note that, that the optimization program for cost is still in place. This is the topic that sort of like wakes people up, so the improvement of international assets. The next slide, please. So what factors had the highest impact that caused the differences between the periods? So it’s volume, of course, and this is something that we should look at from a different perspective.

So per saldo, it’s EUR $365,000,000, but it’s deficit of minus EUR $6.50 around per saldo. It’s the volume deficit slightly less than SEK 400,000,000 globally, just to explain what does it mean. The protection of accounting, the first position. So PLN 1,000,000,000 change in prices of basic products. So on SA, we have a different situation.

It’s EUR 1,100,000,000.0. For KGHM International, it’s not even €70,000,000 But looking deep inside that amount, what is this composed of? There are three so it’s silver, copper and gold, so €150,000,000 and over 400,000,000 of copper, so three elements that contributed to that. And the second one that started affecting us as well, so exchange rate changes, so $450,000,000. And the third one, the adjustments of revenues due to derivatives.

And to interpret that amount, we’d have to look in between periods. So after six years last year, we have plus EUR $280,000,000 on revenues. This year, plus EUR 60 So it’s minus SEK $224,000,000. And looking at those three amounts right now, so looking at minus plus SEK 172,000,000, minus SEK $4.52 minus 2.24. How effectively we work from the perspective of safeguards and protections, we can say that our protection strategies, first of all, allowed us to participate in certain changes when it comes to exchange rate changes, contribute to that as well.

It didn’t protect us from all the losses, but there is no strategy that would hedge 100 of it. But year on year, the result on the protection is 500,000,000. The next slide, please. The expenses by nature, so the dynamic is decreasing. But globally, if we exclude the foreign inputs, it’s still plus 4%.

So where the greatest increased positions? There are three that I would like to refer to. It’s amortization, it’s plus 13%, and it’s a huge matter. Mr. President was talking about CapEx and tasks as well.

The specificity of mining industry, as mentioned by President Shidro, is something that we cannot escape. We need to expand this infrastructure. But the thing that we focus on as a management board, how to transfer this input on one CapEx to investment CapEx because it allows us to expand. It’s not it’s just easy to say because I said two sentences about that, but it requires plenty of brainpower. And from this perspective, the program of optimization of costs is a huge program, how to effectively change from the investment CapEx and the replacement CapEx.

And year on year, it’s 7% tax on copper related to the fact that we have increases on silver at 6%, and I’ll show you that through C1, what that means. Foreign input in relation to TCRC, the price increased by 6%, but there’s less of that. So this result from the perspective of expenses by nature is lower. But looking quarter to quarter, there’s a decrease. So we are in a certain line, but this optimization program, cost optimization program is something that is with us every day.

Please show us the next slide, C1 unit, if we have a look at the book, C1, including tax, it decreased by 5% in the whole group in the capital group. But excluding the tax, it is the decrease of 11%. And this is a relevant decrease. This is a result of cost discipline that we were observing also asymmetrically presented in specific C1s in certain assets. So in the country, we can say that we have increased from $3 to $3.15 but please have a look that 10% of that is just the tax itself.

Without it, the C1 has increased from 1.9 to 1.94 so it’s just 2%. And if we implemented the arithmetics of the million of 2024 to compare 2024 the first half to twenty twenty five first half, and we would take the median exchange rate, it would decrease by 6%. So as we don’t have the huge influence of the exchange rate on the dollar. So C1 on the national assets has also decreased. KGHM International and Sierra Gorda, due to higher production TPMs, it caused TCRC also as well.

And the cost discipline resulted in C1 in those assets decreasing. What we should also point out is if we have a look at the matter of taxes, so €0.16 is the tax assigned to in Nevada, in Robinson. In Poland, it’s €1.21 So eight times higher in Poland when it comes to the taxation compared to The U. S. So also the costs related to C1 that we have discussed before.

The next slide, please. And this element, this is something that I would like to get back to, so dollar. So through the so the red bar is something that we need to talk about, so exchange differences, and we need to explain that. Looking at our structure and the loans that we have, the accounting that is concerning all of us, there minus results, it’s 1,700,000,000.0 or minus. So we need to hatch natural because we also loan in dollars.

So our loans in the banking sector has decreased as a result of the exchange rate change. But per saldo, so EUR $350,000,000, but per saldo was an amount of 1,355,000,000.000. So the net result at the level of the group capital group at PLN $580,000,000. So the next slide, so cash flow. And here, we are very close to this sort of like book balance.

So the investment and the operational. Two explanations, we were talking about the anodes. So the turnover capital was already discussed. We also need to remember what was happening in between because going back to 2024, we also have the turnover capital, but there was also a hidden component. So that was the return of the profit tax.

And that was a relevant amount that highly dictated capital for the turnover. So from this perspective, this amount when it comes to the cash flows is majorly relieved by paying off the loans. So Sierra Gorda, for example, and that determined that their cash resources were $430,000,000. So thank you very much.

Andre Chaudois, President of the Board, KGHM: All right. And on to the last part in the presentation section. Other segments, including domestic companies. So in terms of the companies from the capital group, we observed a stable situation here, slight increase in revenues by 3% to PLN 6,570,000,000.00. We’re particularly happy of the companies like KGHM Zanam or Energetica and Metraco, a slight decrease in terms of EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA and profit for the period, which results mainly from the delays in signing the agreements on works contracting works in mining and smelting areas.

We do hope that the next two quarters are going to bring the improvement in that situation in these areas. However, we need to mention Energetica company as a special mention, who achieved EBITDA at the level of €53,000,000,000 millions Nitro Ergo 43,000,000 and KGHM Zanam 40,000,000. Again, we do hope that the situation I mentioned before, it will improve for contracting in the next two quarters will improve. That’s it. Thank you very much.

Thank you to the entire Board for presenting the results for the 2025. Now let’s move on to the Q and A section. Let’s start from questions from the room. Any questions? Not, right now, I’m ready with the questions.

I’m from Muzicz Naradio. Two general questions. How do KGHM investments right into the long term strategy of Lower Silesia as the industrial and technological center? Second, how will the company cooperate with local governments in terms of the infrastructure roads, power grids, housing estates in relation to development of new shafts? First question, we are in constant contact with administrative entities, the Marshal’s office, provincial governor’s office.

We have different proposals for cooperation. If they are in line with our core business, we are more than happy to respond to that. One of the provincial governors is the former mayor of Pencelov Commune. So he’s our person, let’s say, and he’s definitely more than interested to locate the projects here. However, no tangible results.

We want to be a facilitator of the development of industry in the region because, yes, this is the role we have been fulfilling for the last sixty five years. Based on what we do, definitely, we accept and enter into different partnerships with local governments. In terms of in question about infrastructure, in relation to the local governments, cooperation with the local governments, almost all of the new shaft project is related or even with Jelasne Most tailing storage facility is related to some road infrastructure. Why? Well, because of the increased amount of vehicles moving around that degrades the roads around, sometimes small roads next to towns and villages.

We know that this is going to be an endless row of renovations, but we are fully aware of that and ready to enter into that. Current technologies allow for creating the bypass roads outside of the towns and villages. Of course, we are counting on cooperation with the support for programs and local governments. So for example, right now, we have a road to GG2 shafts to be performed and we have money. We have the budget prepared for that.

And the Zukovitsy commune will build that road for money from KGHM. To give you an example, in terms of the tailing, Gelas de Most, the storage development, we are in connection with the local commune and the traffic at the escarpment needs transferred to from that, let’s say, area. We are also thinking about Rudna, Yezmanova communes. But yes, we are in conversations, I would say. I have been in that job for thirty years.

And I would say, I would dare to say that never have we never before we have had such good relations with the local government. You know what is the financial condition of the company and we know that the local citizens expect more from us. Very often, these citizens or more commonly, these citizens are our employees as well. So these projects will definitely be a win win situation. So yes, we are in talks with many different communes in that respect.

From Radioplus, question to President Brea, I think. You start that you will start drilling in Redkuff from September. How many drillings do you need to make? Will it be similar with two other shafts? And what is going to be the period?

When will you finish the drilling? I have a schedule here of this of drills. Each site will have three holes drilled. They will allow us to know the rock composition, geological survey and the geological structure of that area. As I said, in terms of GG2, the first location was not good because of the huge amount of salt layer and low stability of the supporting rocks.

That’s why we changed the location for that shaft. And then three holes per shaft are enough to recognize the rock composition and geological structure. And especially that we also put the three d readers, three d monitors in all of these holes. So we know how will these layers look like and a broader scope, not only in the area of the hole. So each of the site, three holes will be drilled.

And the period for performing those, well, one set of holes is two quarters, I would say. So we’re starting from September. We will end in Q1 twenty twenty six. Then we move on in Q4 twenty twenty five still and Q1 twenty twenty six would be Gavojize. And then end of Q1 twenty twenty six and 2026, that would be Odra Shaft.

This is the first M1. And because different devices make these holes, drill these holes, And then we are returning to perform all these holes in Redkuf. So the general periods of the entire section, the entire schedule would be from Q3 twenty twenty five to Q2 twenty twenty seven. After drilling all the holes, the results also the cores and three d will be performed by Cuprum company that based on these drills will design the outfitting of all these shafts. And it will be tailored to the particular shaft and to the particular results just like with all the other shafts we make.

For Redkoff, we will have the results ready in Q3 twenty twenty six. I will also have the outfitting design for that. So then the company, the contractor may start building the shaft even in 2026. I’m from Mugwagouf. A question about DG2.

Can we talk about any threats to this project due to the detrimental geological conditions? Or you just needed to move the plot and everything will be okay? Well, long time ago when we documented these areas, there were some research drills made, but in very sparse grid. Right now we’re making this this grid more detailed to recognize the geological composition, especially in terms of the shaft so important that is to be served to be processed by the end of the mine’s life. And this is the area of the third stage of water risk because there is a river nearby, Kosovka River nearby.

So these are very responsible these are very important projects. First location assumed certain interpretation of historical holes that we’ve drilled. It seems that between the beneficial hole and the target hole, there is going to be an improvement. It did not occur there. We’re coming to the historical hole that was drilled and the results are definitely going to be better.

We hope there are going to be enough to drill the shaft there. As I said, the salt layers and the it’s about the salt layers and it’s about the supporting rocks. SW4 and GG1 are the great examples of great work and great fight with the elements. In GG1 sorry, in the previous mine, we have 150 meters of salt layer. We had twenty five months of delay for GG1 because of the difficult elements.

Each of our shafts is delayed for about a couple of years, fifteen years, some of them. So we need to make sure that the good location is good. That means lower maintenance costs, lower risks and faster access of air to the horizontal layers of the mine. A technological question. Would you say that these testing holes can also be performed?

Or will they be performed to freeze? Or that would be a separate technology? M1 that I talked about that is going to be performed on all of the sites. M1 is the hole that is going to be used among 43 freezing holes for a given shaft. So we won’t double that.

One of them will be used. Some M1 hole is going to serve that purpose. Question about financial issues. With this financial result, would you say that the staff can count on the bonus advance or the bonus salary or salary bonus. Tomorrow, we will have a board meeting.

Among others, it will pertain to that topic, to the potential of advanced payments and the annual reward on the profit being worked out, advanced payments to emphasize. I don’t want to speak for the entire board. I think we will discuss it in detail with you one more time. As of today, the net result of KGHM Well, we know the collective agreement. So by forecasting the second half of the year, if the Board decides on paying the advance annual bonus.

Still, that would be a highly defined, strictly defined level. I think it’s too early to answer that question with a yes or a no. We have our doubts if that would be beneficial for the company. And will it be well perceived by the working staff? To add to that, maybe what the President said, the collective agreement states directly what is the algorithm, what are the levels of the bonuses and so on.

So with every month, we are updating that. I think for H1 is 140,000,000. That is a reserve created for that particular purpose. And yes, as I said, nothing serious is happening midyear. This is how it looks like.

So we will talk about it tomorrow. And financially, we respect all the provisions of the collective agreement. So it is reflected in the agreements as well, accounting.

Andras Oberre Kosakevi, Deputy CEO for Foreign Assets, KGHM: So I don’t see any questions. Right. So we have three analytical institutes, similar questions. And this is something I will start with about the situation and our outlook on the international assets. And we already talked about the results thereof, but I would like to quote, sort of like referring to all of three those questions, a request from Jason Ferkle from Bank of America.

What is the if you could just discuss the improvement of international assets. We were referring to that before, the volume results, the financial results as well. And then Jason proceeds to the context on before we have losses, right now we have profits. So is KGHM the best owner of those assets? Would you consider selling those?

And Morgan Stanley is talking about and asking about this ownership as well. Right. Ladies and gentlemen, as mentioned before, those production results are good. At a stable level, production despite prior in the previous year’s problems. Right now, production is stable and the management board is looking at the supervision over the operational part of the organization that transferred into the better production results.

Sierra Gorda, problems with molybdenum production, and that was straightened out. There were technological issues there. Right now, we have a tendency to catch up with the production. And since the beginning of this year, the production is in accordance with the budget, and we are optimistic when it comes to the execution of the budget, expanding a bit more when it comes to KI Robinson Mine. We are at the moment of exploitation of the deposit Liberty, and their production is at a very decent level as well.

When it comes to selling, the management board is analyzing very thoroughly the costs and the income of international assets, and we are overseeing that. But the performance of international assets is stable right now, and this is the answer to that. If I could add two more sentences to that because I understand what is the background of that question. As you know, the mining projects in the world, copper projects, there are less and less of those. And the ones that are functioning right now, they are facing problems.

So it is natural to ask if something happens on the functioning projects. And I can answer to that on behalf of what President Anya has said on their behalf on behalf of our competition or partners rather, that everybody is focusing on their own assets and optimizes them because there are no new assets. And if they appear the access to those, as President Brea mentioned, accessing the first ton, it’s a dozen of years at least. So I understand the background of that question. But also, please remember, I think it was April, there was a similar question, what we intend to do with the international assets.

So as Ms. President has mentioned, nothing has changed. Changed. And we are looking at them. We are trying to expand them.

And the results thereof can be seen, are visible. So there’s plenty of more work to be done. So we are still acting. A couple of words from my perspective. If there are two or three shareholders of a certain project, and this is the case of Sierra Gorda mine, so the best case scenario of operation cooperation is just to cooperate and the management boards to cooperate as well.

And we have those contacts at very different levels at Graham Kerr and myself level as well. And it would be strange for us to meet or talk not to share any views, whether that’s sales or purchase or asking ourselves whether that level of shares is optimal. But we agree on one thing, discussion like that is always risky but almost always premature because if the asset is not optimal, as long there are certain weak points, the pricing, the quotation of such asset is so difficult that it’s actually without purpose to talk about that. First, we need to optimize. We need to make the asset the best it can be.

So the discussion about potential sales or purchases is just premature. First of all, we will never answer questions about our plans, about the future when it comes to acquisition, liquidation of assets that we have signaled officially before. Part of assets is not worth our while. Some assets are too small. So we try to optimize the performance of certain assets.

What is working out has been working out so far and I am pretty convinced that this will be the way in the future and the talks about potential changes are a distant perspective, if even that. Thank you very much. And a question from Morgan Stanley. Production, Polish production right now and Mirospa Flaskoski will probably support the answer here. KGHM had 50% of copper in electric concentrate.

So considering that most of maintenance work have been carried out in the first half of the year, can we expect any improvements in maintenance works, those were included in creation of the budget. So the second half of the year will be in accordance with that budget. Thank you very much. The second quarter had a significant increase in the turnover capital. What was the result of that?

Will the capital be freed out? And the President was commenting that, talking about the cash flow. Could we just supplement that as well? I think that I already answered to that question. But when talking about the turnover capital, there are plenty of factors that play a role in here.

We’ll see the macro sales, our strategy for that as well in the Q4 in the volume sales, whether we’ll be making decisions. If we want to go with such volumes through the years, at the end of the day, we need to calculate every single aspect just to see the profitability of the decisions. So the turnover capital is also taken into consideration. So this element, it comes to the financial performance, is included in that analysis as well. All right.

Somebody from the room, maybe? Radius Pluss again. Once again, we had a matter of increase of the self input related to the financial result. But considering the history, the self input was there was a problem with the temperature at furnaces. So there is no risk anymore, right?

If you could just clarify that. There was a period when the input of self concentrates, considering the smelting possibilities, especially in periods when there was some renovation, cyclical renovation going on and the stock of concentrate from of copper of Guagouf or Legnica was not in line, it is natural that in such case, it’s also a financial and profitability matter too. There were problems to achieve a project smelting possibilities of the concentrate in furnaces, so the aggregate that is first in line. First and foremost, those possibilities were optimized. So the project possibilities were met long time ago.

Second of all, there is no situation right now in which the provision of the concentrate self concentrates is over the smelting possibilities. Of course, we are using special installations. I’m referring to Bogu I right now, but not continuously and not in full scope of the production efficiency. So there’s no surplus when it comes to that. Thank you very much.

Robert May Propema, do you have any options to change the provisions on the regulation on the copper tax? 28% not being related to the investments. Also a question from a couple of institutes, if you could just refer to that. We are not able to change the act. We can just comment on it, on the decision when it comes to the final outlook of the act on the copper tax is taken by the Polish government, the same and as accepted by the President.

So as we have been doing that for one years point or five quarters, we have been presenting our opinion. We provide information, arguments. And also at this stage of when the draft of the act has been presented on RCL website. We presented our opinion as the management board and our proposals of potential adjustments, improvements of that act. And as our remarks have been noted, we are willing to provide the follow-up adjustments as well, but we cannot influence the shape of the act as a company.

Thank you very much. All right. Another question from three analytical institutes. If we can comment about the share of the market right now, I would refer to the chart at the consolidation. We had the net result of the exchange rate, 1,700,000,000.0.

It’s very difficult to say what’s going to happen next, but this will determine the answer to that. It’s too soon to say because considering the dynamic and we are the recipient of those information that is affecting the exchange rate of euro dollar and zlot as well. We were discussing that. So those changes have a direct result on our net result and this is the basis for the dividend discussion. So it’s too soon.

So the question was concerning the dividends. All right. A question from the room once again. In the meantime, I’m browsing if we have some other aspects. All right.

When President Bria was talking about Zelaznemos, you have purchased certain plots. So I understand that this is marginal, meaning value right now. And there’s no absolutely no issue of expansion right now, right? Ladies and gentlemen, when it comes to the geometry of our reservoir right now, when it comes to the placing construction so it’s not horizontal expansion but vertical one. But considering what we have agreed the previous management have agreed upon with the neighboring villages as well, there was this opinion, will to cooperate.

So if the reservoir would increase, the citizens would it would make it difficult for the citizens to sell their plots. We will be the one to purchase them. So we are not we are right now preparing the estimate operate, and we are agreeing on the amounts, on the conditions. And in the first half, we purchased two plots like that, but there are 20 more motions in place right now. I would like to add one more, what President Brea mentioned.

There was this atmosphere of talks, discussions and good neighborhood when it comes to us and the citizens of villages around Drazenemost. As a company, we have the continuance of management. We want to be credible as KGHM. So certain obligations, even if not formal, we are trying to meet them. Also considering that we want to be here for the next tens and tens and tens of years.

So also considering the expectations, it’s also a matter of finding that sweet spot between the expectation of the citizens that want to relocate and the real quotation or price of the plot. But credibility is the most important thing here. Thank you very much. I have a couple more questions, but this is a discussion about prognosis. So the company is not publishing any prognosis.

So this is problematic, very detailed questions. So cost guidance, so production costs, prognosis. We’re talking about the performance cost performance today, the budget as well. We’re talking about shafts. So bit of hesitation here.

All right. I don’t have any new questions, every question that we didn’t manage to answer. All right. So thank you for attending this conference today. And please feel invited to attend the conference concerning the results for Q3.

Thank you very much.

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