Responsibilities of the Directors for the Financial Report
Independent Auditor’s Report
The Directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001 and for such internal control as the Directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial report, the Directors are responsible for assessing the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Directors either intend to liquidate the Group or cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor’s responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. George Tel: 2 9248 5555 Reasonable assurance is a200 high levelStreet of assurance, but is not a +61 guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance Sydney NSW Australia Fax: +61 2 9248 5959 when it exists. Misstatements can with Australian Auditing Standards will2000 always detect a material misstatement GPO Box 2646 Sydney NSW 2001 ey.com/au arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of this financial report. As part of an audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also: •
Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that Independent the ofriskArmada Metals is sufficientAuditor’s and appropriateReport to provide to a basis forMembers our opinion. The of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve Limited collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. • Obtain understanding internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures Report on an the Audit ofof the Financial Report that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control.
Opinion
• Evaluatethe thefinancial appropriateness accounting policies used the reasonableness of accounting We have audited report ofof Armada Metals Limited (theand Company) and its subsidiaries (collectively estimates relatedthe disclosures madestatement by the Directors. the Group), which and comprises consolidated of financial position as at 31 December 2021, the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, the consolidated statement of changes in equity and the • Conclude on the the Directors’ use of the concern basis including of accounting and, consolidated statement of appropriateness cash flows for theofyear then ended, notes to going the financial report, a summary based on the audit evidence whether a material uncertainty exists related to events and of significant accounting policies, and obtained, the Directors’ declaration. conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we In our opinion, the accompanying report of the is in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, conclude that a materialfinancial uncertainty exists, weGroup are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report including:to the related disclosures in the financial report or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. are consolidated based on the financial audit evidence obtained up to as theatdate of our auditor’s a) giving a true Our and conclusions fair view of the position of the Group 31 December 2021 and However, futureperformance events or conditions may ended cause on thethat Group to cease of itsreport. consolidated financial for the year date; and to continue as a going concern. b) complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001. •
Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial report, including the
Basis for Opinion disclosures, and whether the financial report represents the underlying transactions and events in a
manner that achieves fair presentation. We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report section of • Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the auditor independence requirements of the business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the financial report. We are responsible Corporations Act 2001 and the ethical requirements of the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards APES for the direction, supervision and performance of the Group audit. We remain solely responsible for 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including Independence Standards) (the Code) that are our audit opinion. relevant to our audit of the financial report in Australia. We have also fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matters Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial report of theGlobal current year. This matter was addressed in the context of our audit of the financial A member firm of Ernst & Young Limited Liability as limited by a scheme under Standards Legislation report a whole, and inapproved forming ourProfessional opinion thereon, but we do not provide a separate opinion on the matter. For the matter below, our description of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context. We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report section of our report, including in relation to this matter. Accordingly, our audit included the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of theAnnual risks of Report materialfor misstatement of the31financial the year ended December 2021 | 45 report. The results of our audit procedures, including the procedures performed to address the matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying financial report.
