eForce Holdings Limited provided consolidated earnings guidance for the year ended 31 December 2019. For the year ended 31 December 2019, the Group is expected to record a loss of not less than HKD 60 million as compared with the profit of approximately HKD 54.9 million for the year ended 31 December 2018. The loss-making position for the year ended 31 December 2019 was mainly attributable to (i) an impairment loss on exploration and evaluation assets of not less than HKD 80 million recorded by the Group for the year ended 31 December 2019 as compared with a reversal of impairment loss on exploration and evaluation assets of approximately HKD 29.4 million recorded by the Group for the previous financial year; (ii) a substantial increase in the share of loss of associates of not less than HKD 26 million; and (iii) a significant increase in finance costs of approximately HKD 28 million as a result of the increase of shareholders loans during the year ended 31 December 2019. The above effect is partially offset by a decrease in loss from discontinued operation of the Group by approximately HKD 44.3 million during the year ended 31 December 2019.