Altius Renewable Royalties Reports Q2 2022 Financial Results

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Altius Renewable Royalties Corp. (TSX:ARR) (OTCQX: ATRWF) (“ARR” or the “Company”), is pleased to report its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 with a conference call to follow August5, 2022 at 9:30 am EST.  

 

For the quarter ended June 30, 2022, ARR reported attributable revenue⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ of $0.7 million and a net loss of $0.5 million. This compares to attributable revenue $0.07 million and a net loss of $0.7 million in Q2 2021. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, ARR reported attributable revenue of $1.4 million and a net loss of $0.7 million. This compares to attributable revenue of $0.1 million and a net loss of $0.8 million for the first six months of 2021.

 

Based on the performance of the Company’soperating royalties to date and the expectations for production and pricing forthe remainder of the year, the Company wishes to reaffirm guidance for 2022 revenue at the Great Bay Renewables (“GBR”) level of $4.5 million to $5.5 million expected from its six operating royalties.

 

During the three and six months endedJune 20, 2022, the Corporation recognized attributable royalty revenue of $460,000 and $986,700, respectively, from the Northleaf investment royalties which were acquired on September 30, 2021. Attributable royalty revenue of $85,800 and $141,000 was recognized from the Prospero 2 solar project during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively. Production at Prospero 2 was lower during the quarter as the operator reported damage from a hailstorm in early June, which has now largely been repaired. The lower production was partially offset by increased pricing during the period.  

 

New Royalty Investments

 

On May 4, 2022, ARR announced a $32.5million investment into a new global renewables platform, Bluestar EnergyCapital LLC and its U.S. development subsidiary, Nova Clean Energy, LLC .  Subsequent to quarter end, on July 29, 2022, the Corporation announced that GBR has entered into a $40 million transaction with U.S. renewable energy developer, Hodson Energy, LLC (“Hodson”), to gain future royalties related to Hodson’s portfolio of solar plus battery storage development projects.

 

As of June 30, 2022 the Corporation held cash of US$61.9 million and an additional US$1.8 million was held by the 50% owned GBR joint venture.

Commenting on the quarter and recently announced transactions, Frank Getman, CEO of GBR, said “We are pleased to add two developer royalty portfolio transactions, giving us additional exposure to solar generation and introducing a significant component of battery storage in the case of Hodson, and in both cases, backing teams who have excellent track records in building robust development project pipelines and advancing projects through sales and construction.”

 

Brian Dalton, CEO of ARR added that“During the quarter and subsequently we saw a substantial increase in market based power pricing in the regions we currently hold royalty exposure marking a sharp reversal of several years of declining market based and contracted industrial power purchase agreement prices. The higher prices are reflecting higher costsof generation in the power industry generally; however, our top line royalties are not impacted by cost inflation, while we benefit from resulting higher prices.”

 

Non-GAAPFinancial Measures

 

1.      Management usesthe following non-GAAP financial measures: attributable revenue, attributableroyalty revenue, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation andamortization (adjusted EBITDA).

 

2.      Management uses these measures to monitor the financial performance of the Corporation and itsoperating segments and believes these measures enable investors and analysts to compare the Corporation’s financial performance with its competitors and/or evaluate the results of its underlying business. These measures are intended toprovide additional information, not to replace International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) measures, and do not have a standard definition under IFRS and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute formeasures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. As these measures do not have a standardized meaning, they may not be comparable to similar measures provided by other companies. Further information on the composition and usefulness of each non-GAAP financial measure, including reconciliation to their most directly comparable IFRS measures, is included in the non-GAAPfinancial measures section of our MD&A.

 

Conference Call Details

A conference call and webcast will beheld August 5, 2022 at 9:30 am EST to provide an update and to offer an open Q&A session for analysts and investors. Access details are as follows:

 

DATE                    August 5, 2022 at 9:30 am ET

EVENT                  ARR Q2 2022 Financial Results, ID 3043354

DIAL IN                1-888-440-2069 OR 1-438-803-0525

WEBCAST            https://app.webinar.net/LNX7YGWYj1p

 

 

About ARR

ARR is a recently formed renewable energy company whosebusiness is to provide long-term, royalty level investment capital to renewable power developers, operators, and originators. ARR has 16 renewable energy royalties representing 3,510 MW of renewable power, diversified by wind, solar,stage of development or operations and regional power pool in the U.S. The Corporation combines industry expertise with innovative, partner-focused solutions tofurther the growth of the renewable energy sector as it fulfills its criticalrole in enabling the global energy transition.

 

Forward-looking information

Thisnews release contains forward‐looking information. The statements are based onreasonable assumptions and expectations of management and ARR provides noassurance that actual events will meet management's expectations. In certaincases, forward‐looking information may be identified by such terms as"anticipates", "believes", "could","estimates", "expects", "may", "shall","will", or "would". Although ARR believes the expectationsexpressed in such forward‐looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected.Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. ARR does not undertake to update any forward-looking information contained herein except in accordance with securities regulation.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Flora Wood

Email:[email protected]

Tel: 1.877.576.2209

Direct: 1.416.346.9020

 

Ben Lewis

Email:[email protected]

Tel: 1.877.576.2209