# Pacific Coal Resources Ltd. Announces 2015 Second Quarter Financial Results and Operational Update

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/pacific-coal-resources-ltd-announces-2015-second-quarter-financial-results-and-o--51c3397a-062d-405e-9710-ec863d5008bd

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/CRC/news/67017751/pacific-coal-resources-ltd-announces-2015-second-quarter-financial-results-and-o

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2015-08-31T11:30:35.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Pacific Coal Resources Ltd.

- Ticker: PAK

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Colombia

- Primary commodity: Coal

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Drill results, Production, Agreement transaction

- Extracted: 2026-09-13 19:32:02 UTC

Narrative sentiment: -0.60 · Bearish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Pacific Coal Resources reported a net loss of $7.15 million for Q2 2015, driven by lower coal sales and declining realized prices. Despite the financial downturn, the company entered a debt restructuring agreement with Masering and is negotiating the potential purchase of the Cerro Largo mine.

Reasoning: The company reported a significant net loss and declining revenues/prices, though it successfully restructured its largest debt and is pursuing strategic asset acquisitions.

- Positive factor: debt restructuring agreement with Masering

- Positive factor: reduction in G&amp;A expenses

- Positive factor: potential purchase of Cerro Largo mine

- Negative factor: significant net loss for the quarter

- Negative factor: deterioration of international coal market

- Negative factor: decrease in coal sales and realized price

- Negative factor: operating margin turned negative

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Story-specific tag

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: The company's value is tied to its specific coal assets in Colombia \(La Caypa and Cerro Largo\).

Evidence · text

> engaged in the acquisition, exploration and production of coal and coal-related assets from properties located in Colombia.

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (2)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/pacific-coal-resources-ltd-announces-2015-second-quarter-financial-results-and-o--51c3397a-062d-405e-9710-ec863d5008bd#fact-drill-facts-0)

coal

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Commodity: coal
- Region: colombia
- Reported Region: colombia
- Ticker: PAK

#### Geometry

- Intercept: 238241 m

#### Classification

- Program: other
- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2015-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Production volume is down year-over-year but shows slight sequential growth.

- Positive factor: 7% increase compared to Q1 2015

- Negative factor: lower than Q2 2014 and Q2 2013 levels

Evidence · text

> The Company produced 238,241 tonnes of coal in the second quarter of 2015

#### Tags used in scoring

**No QA/QC Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is not true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/pacific-coal-resources-ltd-announces-2015-second-quarter-financial-results-and-o--51c3397a-062d-405e-9710-ec863d5008bd#fact-drill-facts-1)

coal

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Commodity: coal
- Region: colombia
- Reported Region: colombia
- Ticker: PAK

#### Geometry

- Grade: 68.3
- Grade Unit: $

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2015-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Realized price has dropped significantly due to international market conditions.

- Negative factor: significant decrease from $95.39 in Q2 2014

Evidence · text

> average realized price of $68.30 per tonne

#### Tags used in scoring

**No QA/QC Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is not true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

## How Atlas produces this analysis

Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.
