IBC Advanced Alloys Swings to Profitability in the Quarter Ended December 31, 2021

Highlights of the Quarter
(unless otherwise noted, all financial amounts in this news release are expressed in U.S. dollars)

• IBC swings to profitability in the quarter ended December 31, 2021, on 44.5% YoY sales growth;  sales higher by 51.9% YTD

• Sixth straight quarter of higher sales of IBC’s innovative beryllium-aluminum alloy products, driven by semiconductor industry and defense demand

• Copper Alloys Division sales higher by 11.4% YTD as new manufacturing facility in Indiana nears completion

• IBC reported comprehensive income of $344,000 for the quarter, sharply narrowing its YTD loss as compared to the prior-year period

• Adjusted EBITDA¹ soars by 301% and 757% in the three and six months ended December 31, 2021

FRANKLIN, IN (March 1, 2022) – IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. (TSX-V: IB; OTCQB: IAALF) (“IBC” or the “Company”) a leading beryllium and copper advanced alloys company, announces its financial results for the six months ended December 31, 2021.

The Company swung to profitability in the quarter ended December 31, 2021, boosted by strong sales growth across both operating divisions.  IBC reported comprehensive income of $344,000 in the quarter, or $0.00 per share, which compared to a loss of $304,000, or ($0.00) per share in the prior-year period.  For the six months ended Dec. 31, 2021, the Company reported a loss of $237,000, which sharply narrowed its loss of $1.3 million for the comparable prior-year period.

Sales increased 44.5% in the quarter over the prior-year period and were higher by 51.9% year to date over the comparable prior-year period.  Sales of high-performance beryllium-aluminum (“BeAl”) alloy products from the Company’s Engineered Materials (“EM”) division rose by 89% in the quarter and jumped by 126.5% in the six months ended December 31, 2021, both as compared to prior-year periods.  This marked the sixth straight quarter of higher EM division sales.

IBC’s Copper Alloy division drove sales higher by 12.7% in the quarter, and by 11.4% year to date, over comparable prior-year periods.

Consolidated adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”)¹ rose by 301% to $1.1 million in the quarter, from $273,000 for the prior-year period.  In the six-month period ended December 31, 2021, Adjusted EBITDA¹ jumped 757% to $1.3 million, from $152,000 in the prior-year period.

Consolidated gross margin improved in the quarter to 26.7% from 17.0% in the prior-year period and rose to 20.5% in the six months ended December 31, 2021, as compared to 15.0% in the prior-year period. Gross margin for the EM division rose to 42.1% from 26.0% for the quarter, and improved to 33.0% year-to-date, from 24.5% in the comparable prior-year period. Copper Alloy’s gross margin decreased in the quarter to 8.3% from 10.6%, and in the six months ended December 31, 2021, to 6.7% from 9.8%, both as compared to prior-year periods, mostly due to higher material costs and costs associated with the division’s consolidation and new facility construction efforts at the Franklin, Ind. facility.

“Sales across both operating divisions of IBC were robust in the quarter and year-to-date, which helped drive us to profitability in the quarter ended last December,” said IBC CEO and Chairman Mark A. Smith.  “I have been pleased to see our Engineered Materials team hitting all-time highs in terms of production output in this fiscal year and generating greater than a 125 percent increase in sales in the year to date as compared to the previous year.”

“It also is very exciting to see the Copper Alloys team deliver double-digit percentage increases in sales in this fiscal year to date while they work virtually seven days a week to complete construction and commissioning operations of

our new production plant at our Franklin, Indiana facility,” Mr. Smith added. “In my view, IBC is strongly positioned to have a break-out year in 2022 and increased financial performance in the years ahead.”

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

NON-IFRS MEASURES
To supplement its consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with IFRS, IBC uses “operating income (loss)” and “Adjusted EBITDA”, which are non-IFRS financial measures. IBC believes that operating income (loss) helps identify underlying trends in the business that could otherwise be distorted by the effect of certain income or expenses that the Company includes in loss for the period, and provides useful information about core operating results, enhances the overall understanding of past performance and future prospects, and allows for greater visibility with respect to key metrics used by management in financial and operational decision-making. The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a useful indicator for cash flow generated by the business that is independent of IBC’s capital structure.
Operating income (loss) and Adjusted EBITDA¹ 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. Operating income (loss) and 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.

OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)
Operating income (loss) represents income or loss for the quarter, excluding foreign exchange loss, interest expense, interest income, other income (expense) and income taxes that the Company does not believe are reflective of its core operating performance during the periods presented. A reconciliation of the quarter and year-to-date income (loss) to operating income follows:

ADJUSTED EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA represents our income (loss) for the period before interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, and share-based compensation. A reconciliation of the quarter and year-to-date income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA follows:

For more information on IBC and its innovative alloy products, go here.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors:

“Mark A. Smith”

Mark A. Smith, CEO & Chairman of the Board

CONTACTS:

Mark A. Smith, Chairman of the Board
Jim Sims, Investor and Public Relations
IBC Advanced Alloys Corp.

+1 (303) 503-6203
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ibcadvancedalloys.com

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ABOUT IBC ADVANCED ALLOYS CORP.

IBC is a leading beryllium and copper advanced alloys company serving a variety of industries such as defense, aerospace, automotive, telecommunications, precision manufacturing, and others. IBC’s Copper Alloys Division manufactures and distributes a variety of copper alloys as castings and forgings, including beryllium copper, chrome copper, and aluminum bronze.  IBC’s Engineered Materials Division makes the Beralcast^® family of alloys, which can be precision cast and are used in an increasing number of defense, aerospace, and other systems, including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. IBC’s has production facilities in Indiana and Massachusetts. 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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