Deccan Gold Mines Limited conducted an earnings call for Q1 FY2026-2027 on August 12, 2026, at 11:00 AM IST, accompanied by an investor presentation uploaded to the company website.
Q1 Financial Results
- Standalone profit remained positive at ₹11.5 million
- Associates contributed positively to Group's long-term value creation strategy
- Geomysore contributed ₹6.35 crore profit due to sale of 59 kg of gold
- Consolidated results reflected ongoing investment in Altyn Tor Gold Project, which is in development stage
- Board approved ₹137 crore capital raise through CCDs, equity shares, and equity warrants
- Capital to be deployed across exploration, project development, and production expansion
- Capital raise expected to accelerate transition into production-oriented mining company
Board Changes
- Mr. Pandarinathan Elango elected Chairman following retirement of Mr. Kailasam Sundaram
- Ms. Jade Devenish elected as non-executive, non-independent Director
- Ms. Deepthi Donkeshwar, Independent Director, retired on rotation
Gold Projects Update
Jonnagiri Gold Mine, Andhra Pradesh
- Currently in production
- Q1 doré production: 112.683 kg Au
- Q1 ingot production: 89.702 kg Au
- Q1 sales: 59.001 kg Au
- Revenue: ₹87,16,02,313
- Profit After Tax: ₹25,62,94,687
- Deccan Gold share @26%: ₹6.35 crore (including deduction from March 2026)
- Ending Q1 inventory: Gold 40 kg; Doré 60 kg
- Project inaugurated in June 2026 by AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu
GMSI Development Plan
- Drilling to increase resources to +40 tonnes Au
- Target production: 90 kg Au per quarter (~1kg/day)
- Acquire approvals to increase production to +700 kg Au annually
- Target >1 tonne per annum by 2029
Altyn Tor, Kyrgyzstan
- First gold doré produced on August 5, 2026
- Gravity circuit concentrate processed through newly installed Intensive Leach System (ILS) tanks
- Gold recovered via Merrill-Crowe process and smelted to produce doré
- Outcome confirms metallurgical leachability of material
- Critical de-risking step for processing flowsheet
- Demonstrates operational viability for full-scale commercialization
- Update to Mineral Resource submitted to State Reserve Committee
Next Steps for Altyn Tor
- Completion and commissioning of leach circuit and tailings facility
- Mining activities to restart in August 2026
- Revised mine design and LOM plan targeted for September/October 2026
- Further drilling to increase resource to >5 tonnes Au with potential underground mine
- Increased resources and revised mine design planned for October 2026
Kalevala Gold Oy, Finland
- Total licensed area: 27.36 sq km (2,735.8 ha across 8 licenses)
- Situated in Archean green stone belt of Eastern Finland
- 1,000–1,500 m drilling program to commence in September/October 2026
- Aim to confirm and extend Kuikka Deposit to increase resources to ~4 tonnes
- Confirm historical drilling at Pahkalampi Deposit and declare formal resources
- Complete applications for mining leases and construction of ~800tpd processing plant
- Increase holding to majority 51% during 2026/7 requiring investment of US$1-2M
Kuikka Gold Deposit
- Current inventory: ~1 tonne Au (>5 g/t average grade) with significant upside potential
- Partially open pittable
Pahkalampi Prospect
- Located ~25km from Kuikka
- Historical resources: 0.59Mt grading 3.5g/t for ~2 tonnes contained Au
Ganajur Gold Project, Karnataka
- Important gold project and potential key value driver
- Pursuing Mining Lease through legal proceedings before Karnataka High Court via Writ Petition
- Awaiting Supreme Court decision in Indocil case (government appeal against Karnataka High Court judgment)
- Company applied and admitted as Impleaders in Indocil case before Supreme Court
- Core issue relates to interpretation of Section 10A(2)(b) of MMDR Act
- Matter awaiting further hearing before Supreme Court
Project Acquisitions
- 3 new assets under due diligence
- Potential production by 2028
- Expansion of existing projects plus inorganic growth
Critical Minerals Projects
Bhalukona, Ni-Cu-PGE
- ~2,500 m of diamond core drilling in 15 drill holes
- Mineralized zone >1.3 km, extending previously delineated trend
- Intersections of disseminated and heavy to massive sulphides in most holes
- License area: 30 km²
Next Steps for Bhalukona
- Soil sampling to test for repetition of mineralized zones in SE
- Establishment of permanent base camp and facilities
- Application to extend CL for 1 year, then apply for mining lease in 2027/2028
- Large resource drilling programme
- Metallurgical and process flow test work
- Flow sheet design
- Aim: define sufficient resources to support 3,000tpd plant
Logrosan Tungsten Project, Spain
- Increasing stake to 51% through funding exploration activities
- Drilling of Dehesa Tungsten-Tin target: seven drill holes for ~3,000m to date
- Average depth ~430m, deepest hole 626m
- Every drill hole intersected potentially economic tungsten or tungsten-tin mineralization
- Highest results: 0.88% WO₃ at 470m in LDD016 and 1.21% at 535m in LDD017
- Widest intersection: 7.5m averaging 0.29% WO₃ in LDD016
- Drilling to start on 40 km² Maria Gold Prospect followed by Las Brujas
Next Steps for Logrosan
- Full results from Dehesa expected mid-September 2026
- Preliminary modelling completion: early October 2026
- 1,000–2,000m resource definition drilling at Dehesa to commence after modelling
- Aim: define sufficient resource to support 1,000-2,000 tpd processing plant
Mozambique – LCT Exploration
- Total license area: ~150 km²
- Geological mapping and soil sampling identified 4-5 pegmatite zones in one block
- Swarm of about 8 pegmatites on another license area
- Anomalous rock chip samples: up to 426 ppm Li, 1,383 ppm Ta, 378 ppm Cs, 1,828 ppm Rb
Next Steps for Mozambique
- 1,500-2,000m drilling programme to commence September/October 2026
- Samples sent for beneficiation test work
- Aim: 200 tpd processing plant for Lithium (± Tantalum) concentrate by end of 2027
- Ongoing discovery of resources to increase plant capacity to 1,000 tpd
Critical (Battery) Metals Strategy
- Focus on battery metals and high-value critical minerals
- Expand operations downstream to produce battery-ready products
- Projects include: Bhalukona Ni-Cu-PGE (Chhattisgarh), Lithium & Tantalum (Mozambique), Tungsten & Tin (Spain)
- Graphite project under due diligence
- Mining license application for Bhalukona – target 2028
- Setting up 200tpd plant for lithium, tantalum in Mozambique – by 2028
- MOU with CSIR-CECRI to strengthen India's capabilities in critical minerals processing
- MOU with Xterra Global