Possible Sale of Interests in Ontario

RNS Number : 7087P
Solo Oil Plc
04 October 2013
 



For Immediate Release

4 October 2013

 

 

SOLO OIL PLC

("Solo")

Possible Sale of Interests in Ontario

 

Solo today announces that it has agreed in principle with Reef Resources Limited ("Reef") to sell its 28.56% holding in the SW Ontario properties acquired in 2011, with a target closing date of 31 December 2013.

 

Neil Ritson, Solo Executive Director, commented:   "As we have previously indicated, we have been disappointed by the performance of the SW Ontario properties and the limited progress made with the field development this year. We feel that our shareholders will be better served by Solo reinvesting the proceeds of an eventual sale elsewhere."

 

Competent Person's Statement:

 

The information contained in this announcement has been reviewed and approved by Neil Ritson, Chief Executive Officer and Director for Solo Oil Plc who has 35 years of relevant experience in the oil industry.  Mr. Ritson is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, an Active Member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London.

 

 

For further information:

 

Solo Oil plc

David Lenigas

Neil Ritson

+44 (0) 20 7440 0642



Beaumont Cornish Limited

Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker

Roland Cornish

+44 (0) 20 7628 3396



Old Park Lane Capital Plc

Joint Broker

Michael Parnes

 

Shore Capital

Joint Broker

Pascal Keane

Jerry Keen (Corporate Broker)

 

Pelham Bell Pottinger                           

Public Relations

Mark Antelme

 Henry Lerwill

 

+44(0) 20 7493 8188

 

 

 

 

 

 

+44 (0) 20 7408 4090

 

 

 

 

+44 (0) 20 7861 3232                          

 


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