IBC Advanced Alloys Reports Financial Results For Quarter Ended March 2025

Highlights of the Quarter and Nine Months Ended March 31, 2025
(Unless otherwise noted, all financial amounts in this news release are expressed in U.S. dollars)

IBC is reporting the performance of "continuing operations" at its Copper Alloy division, "discontinued operations" at its Massachusetts facility, and a combination of continuing and discontinued operations.¹

• Copper Alloys division (continuing operations) sales of $13 million in the nine-month period ended March 31, 2025, compared to sales of $18.6 million in the comparable prior-year period. However, 89% of the relative decline, or approximately $5.01 million, was driven by two large, non-recurring orders in the comparative period of fiscal year 2024. The Company's Engineered Materials ("EM") division, where operations ceased and all contracts were completed before June 30, 2024, recorded no sales.

• Continuing operations reported a fiscal year to date ("YTD") operating loss¹ of $735,000 compared to operating income of $1.2 million in the comparative period.

• In the quarter, continuing operations booked positive adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA") of $255,000. YTD, Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $126,000.

• IBC reported a consolidated YTD net loss of $2.3 million ($0.029 per share) for continuing operations, or a loss of $3.2 million including discontinued operations.

FRANKLIN, IN / ACCESS Newswire / May 29, 2025 / IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. ("IBC" or the "Company") (TSX-V:IB)(OTCQB:IAALF) announces its financial results for the quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2025.

Sales at IBC's continuing operations¹ (its Copper Alloys Division) in the nine months ended March 31, 2025 declined by 43.4% over the comparative prior-year period, although 89% of this decline was driven by two large, non-recurring orders in the comparative period of 2024 totaling approximately $5.01 million, with the balance due to softer market demand.

The year-over-year ("Y/Y") decrease in gross profit and gross margin in the Copper Alloys division was driven by higher labor and overhead costs as a proportion of revenue when compared to the comparative nine months of FY2024.

On a consolidated basis, operating income and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA") in the nine months ended March 31, 2025 was lower Y/Y, driven largely by the EM division continuing to incur costs, primarily related to its former manufacturing facility, after the division ceased operations in June 2024.

Alongside reduced sales and lower margin from the Copper Division over the prior- year period, IBC's consolidated loss for the nine months ended March 31, 2025 of $2.3 million was largely due to (1) ongoing closing costs at the EM division, (2) higher-than-historical SG&A costs as corporate costs are no longer split with the EM division, and interest costs. IBC expects that SG&A expenses will remain at current levels until the plant lease expires in January 2026.

"The softer product demand that we have been seeing year to date is largely driven by increased market uncertainty across the economy due to various U.S. and other government policies," said Mark A. Smith, Executive Chairman and CEO of IBC. "It is important to note, however, that 89% of the relative decline in YTD sales was due to two relatively large, non-recurring sales we had in the same period last year."

"Looking ahead, we expect overall global demand for copper and copper alloy products to continue to rise year-over-year given its increasing use in transportation, electronics, energy, electric grid infrastructure, naval defense, and other sectors," Mr. Smith added.

Selected Results

Except as noted, all financial amounts are determined in accordance with IFRS.¹

Full results can be seen in the Company's financial statements and management's discussion and analysis ("MD&A"), available at sedarplus.ca and on the Company's website at https://ibcadvancedalloys.com/investors-center/.

¹ We report non-IFRS measures such as "Adjusted EBITDA". Please see information on this and other non-IFRS measures in the "Non-IFRS Measures" section of this news release and in IBC's MD&A, available on sedarplus.ca

NON-IFRS MEASURES

To supplement its consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with IFRS, IBC uses "Adjusted EBITDA," which a non-IFRS financial measure. IBC believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a useful indicator for cash flow generated by the business that is independent of IBC's capital structure.

Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or construed as an alternative to loss for the period or any other measure of performance or as an indicator of our operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA presented here may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Other companies may calculate similarly titled measures differently, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures to IBC's data.

ADJUSTED EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA in the Company's continuing operations represents the income (loss) for the period, and year-to-date, before interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, and share-based compensation. A reconciliation of the quarter loss to Adjusted EBITDA in IBC's continuing operations follows:

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On Behalf of the Board of Directors:

"Mark A. Smith"

Mark A. Smith, CEO & Chairman of the Board

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CONTACTS:

Mark A. Smith, Chairman of the Board
Jim Sims, Director of Investor and Public Relations
+1 (303) 503-6203
Email: jim.sims@ibcadvancedalloys.com
Website: www.ibcadvancedalloys.com

ABOUT IBC ADVANCED ALLOYS CORP.

IBC is a leading advanced copper alloys manufacturer serving a variety of industries such as defense, aerospace, automotive, telecommunications, precision manufacturing, and others. At its vertically integrated production facility in Franklin, Indiana, IBC manufactures and distributes a variety of copper alloys as castings and forgings, including beryllium copper, chrome copper, and aluminum bronze. The Company's common shares are traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "IB" and the OTCQB under the symbol "IAALF".

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SOURCE: IBC Advanced Alloys Corp.