Polymetal: Report on payments to governments for the year 2021
Polymetal International plc (POLY)
Polymetal: Report on payments to governments for the year 2021
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Polymetal International plc
Report on payments to governments for the year 2021
Polymetal issues the report on payments to government for the year ended 31 December 2021.
INTRODUCTION
This Report provides an overview of the payments to governments made by Polymetal International plc and its subsidiary undertakings (hereinafter referred to as “Polymetal”) for the year 2021 as required under the UK’s Report on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 (as amended in December 2015). These UK Regulations enact domestic rules in line with Directive 2013/34/EU (the EU Accounting Directive (2013)) and apply to large extractive companies, whose securities are publicly listed on a UK-regulated stock market, that are involved in the exploration, prospection, discovery, development and extraction of minerals, oil, natural gas deposits or other materials. This Report is also intended to satisfy the requirements of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom.
BASIS OF PREPARATION
Legislation
This report is prepared in accordance with The Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 as enacted in the UK in December 2014 and as amended in December 2015.
Reporting entities
This Report includes payments to governments made by Polymetal. Payments made by entities over which Polymetal has joint control or significant influence are excluded from this Report.
Activities
Payments made by Polymetal to governments arising from activities involving the exploration, prospection, discovery, development and extraction of minerals are disclosed in this Report. It excludes payments related to refining activities made to the refineries owned by the government agencies and any payments which are not directly attributable to the production and exploration activities.
Government
Government includes any national, regional or local authority of a country, and includes a department, agency or entity that is a subsidiary of a government.
Project
Payments are reported at project level except that payments that are not attributable to a specific project are reported at legal entity level. Project is defined as operational activities which are governed by a single contract, or licence agreement, and form the basis for payment liabilities with a government. If such agreements are substantially interconnected, those agreements are to be treated as a single project.
“Substantially interconnected” means forming a set of operationally and geographically integrated contracts, or licence agreements that are signed with a government giving rise to payment liabilities. Indicators of integration include, but are not limited to, geographic proximity, the use of shared infrastructure and common operational management.
License agreements are aggregated for the purposes of reporting as a single project only when those legal agreements have substantially similar terms and are both geographically and operationally integrated.
Payments
The information is reported under the following payment types:
Income taxes
These are taxes paid by Polymetal on its income and/or profits in accordance with legislation enacted in the applicable jurisdiction. Payments are reported net of refunds. Value added tax, personal income taxes, social taxes, property taxes are excluded.
The maximum income tax in Russia is set at a rate of 20% and is allocated between federal budget and the budgets of the relevant constituent regions. In 2021 and 2020 the following proportion was applied: 3% allocated to the federal budget, whereas 17% allocated to the regional budgets. From 1 January 2017 Omolon Gold Mining Company LLC and Magadan Silver JSC are entitled to the decreased statutory income tax rate of 17% for the operations held in the Special Economic Zone of the Russian Far East, as well as decreased mining tax rate (paying at 60% of the standard mining tax rates). In return for obtaining this tax relief the members of the regional Special Economic Zone are obliged to invest 50% of their tax savings each year in the Special Economic Zone Development Program. From 1 January 2016 Svetloye LLC was subject to tax relief as a participant in a Regional Investment Project and was entitled to decreased mining tax rates and the statutory income tax rate of 0% up to 2021.
In Kazakhstan income tax is set at a rate of 20% and there is no allocation for regional or local income taxes in this country.
Mining tax
Mining tax is a royalty payable in Russian Federation and Kazakhstan, which is calculated based on the value of the precious metals extracted in the period. In Russia this value is usually determined based on the realised selling price of precious metals or, in case if there were no sales during the period, cost of production of metals extracted. In Kazakhstan the value is determined based on the market price whether or not there were sales during the period.
Mining tax in Russia is levied at federal level, and then is reallocated between federal and respective regional budgets based on the following proportion: 40% of total tax collected is transferred to the federal budget, 60% to regional budgets. Mining tax and royalties in Kazakhstan are levied at republican level.
Licence fees
These are fees and other sums paid as consideration for acquiring a licence for gaining access to an area where extractive activities are performed. Administrative government fees that are not specifically related to the extractive sector, or to access to extractive resources, are excluded.
Rental fees
The land in the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan on which the Group’s production facilities are located is owned by the state. The Group leases this land through operating lease agreements.
Other payments
Other payments include enviromental emission fees, and also payments made and social commitments in accordance with subsoil contracts attributable to the Kyzyl project and investment in the Special Economic Zone Development Program of Omolon Gold Mining Company LLC and Magadan Silver JSC.
Cash and in-kind payments
Payments are reported on cash basis. No in-kind payments were made during years ended 31 December 2021 and 31 December 2020.
Materiality Level
Any payment, whether made as a single payment or as a series of related payments, below GBP 86,000 within a financial year is excluded from this Report.
Payments made to governments by joint ventures or associates of the Group in proportion to the company’s interest in the respective venture or associate are insignificant to this Report based on materiality level set.
Exchange Rate
Relevant payments are made by Polymetal in Russian Rubles and Kazakh Tenge and for the purpose of this Report are translated to the US Dollar based on the foreign exchange rate at the relevant monthly average rate.
PAYMENTS PER GOVERNMENT
FOR THE YEAR 2021
Government
000’$
Income tax
Mining
tax
Rental
fees
Licence fees
Other
Total
Kazakhstan
91,712
41,870
-
-
10,8081
144,390
Russia
123,407
92,965
4,734
175
18,7552
240,036
Total
215,119
134,835
4,734
175
29,563
384,426
PAYMENTS PER
PROJECT
Entity
000’$
Project
Country/ Government
Region
Income tax
Mining
tax
Rental
fees
Licence fees
Other
Total
Bakyrchik Mining Venture LLC
Kyzyl
Kazakhstan
n/a
73,975
27,325
-
-
7,4081
108,708
Varvarinskoye JSC
Varvara
Kazakhstan
n/a
10,919
1,540
-
-
523
12,982
Komarovskoye Mining Company LLC
Komar
Kazakhstan
n/a
6,818
13,005
-
-
2,877
22,700
Gold of Northern Urals CJSC
Voro
Russia
Svedlovskaya oblast’
8,617
4,985
138
-
-
13,740
Saumskaya Mining Company LLC
Saum
Russia
Svedlovskaya oblast’
2,880
1,481
-
-
-
4,361
Svetloye LLC
Svetloye
Russia
Khabarovskiy Kray
-
5,389
443
-
-
5,832
Magadan Silver JSC
Dukat
Russia
Magadanskaya oblast’
49,270
24,172
694
-
10,3602
84,496
Mayskoye Gold Mining Company LLC
Mayskoye
Russia
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
4,886
18,605
-
-
-
23,491
Omolon Gold Mining Company LLC
Omolon
Russia
Magadanskaya oblast’
29,001
14,285
534
175
8,0082
52,003
Albazino Resources Ltd
Albazino
Russia
Khabarovskiy Kray
29,626
24,821
1,225
-
251
55,923
GRK Amikan LLC
Veduga
Russia
Krasnoyarskiy Kray
(873)3
(773)3
294
-
-
(1,352)3
South-Verkhoyansk Mining Company JSC
Nezhda
Russia
Yakutia
-
-
305
-
136
441
Kutynskaya Mining Company LLC
Kutyn
Russia
Khabarovskiy Kray
-
-
1,101
-
-
1,101
Total
215,119
134,835
4,734
175
29,563
384,426
______________________
1 In accordance with a memorandum with East-Kazakhstan Oblast Administration (local Kazakhstan government) Polymetal participates in financing of certain social and infrastructure development project of the region. During the year ended 31 December 2021 Polymetal paid $4,598 thousand under this programme.
2 Includes payments under Special Economic Zone Development Program of $7,930 thousand for Omolon Gold Mining Company LLC and $10,325 thousand for Magadan Silver JSC.
3 During the year ended 31 December 2021 GRK Amikan LLC received reimbursement of income and mining taxes from tax authorities that were paid during previous periods.
PAYMENTS PER GOVERNMENT
FOR THE YEAR 2020
Government
000’$
Income tax
Mining
tax
Rental
fees
Licence fees
Other
Total
Kazakhstan
87,813
39,241
-
3,668
8,7711
139,493
Russia
158,843
86,066
2,588
1,220
12,6682
261,385
Total
246,656
125,307
2,588
4,888
21,439
400,878
PAYMENTS PER
PROJECT
Entity
000’$
Project
Country/ Government
Region
Income tax
Mining
tax
Rental
fees
Licence fees
Other
Total
Bakyrchik Mining Venture LLC
Kyzyl
Kazakhstan
n/a
55,177
29,396
-
3,668
6,9971
95,238
Inter Gold Capital LLC
Kazakhstan
n/a
118
-
-
-
-
118
Varvarinskoye JSC
Varvara
Kazakhstan
n/a
28,707
-
-
-
605
29,312
Komarovskoye Mining Company LLC
Komar
Kazakhstan
n/a
3,811
9,845
-
-
1,169
14,825
Gold of Northern Urals CJSC
Voro
Russia
Svedlovskaya oblast’
27,298
10,016
-
-
497
37,811
Svetloye LLC
Svetloye
Russia
Khabarovskiy Kray
-
2,504
354
592
-
3,450
Magadan Silver JSC
Dukat
Russia
Magadanskaya oblast’
38,962
16,995
665
628
7,1762
64,426
Mayskoye Gold Mining Company LLC
Mayskoye
Russia
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
13,975
17,288
-
-
-
31,263
Omolon Gold Mining Company LLC
Omolon
Russia
Magadanskaya oblast’
41,148
13,427
262
-
4,7942
59,631
Albazino Resources Ltd
Albazino
Russia
Khabarovskiy Kray
36,239
23,980
703
-
201
61,123
GRK Amikan LLC
Veduga
Russia
Krasnoyarskiy Kray
1,221
1,856
285
-
-
3,362
South-Verkhoyansk Mining Company JSC
Nezhda
Russia
Yakutia
-
-
319
-
-
319
Total
246,656
125,307
2,588
4,888
21,439
400,878
______________________
1 In accordance with a memorandum with East-Kazakhstan Oblast Administration (local Kazakhstan government) Polymetal participates in financing of certain social and infrastructure development project of the region. During the year ended 31 December 2020 Polymetal paid $4,576 thousand under this programme.
2 Includes payments under Special Economic Zone Development Program of $4,492 thousand for Omolon Gold Mining Company LLC and $6,465 thousand for Magadan Silver JSC.
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