New Prospecting Licence Area

RNS Number : 5774U

Tlou Energy Ltd

01 April 2019

 

1 April 2019

Tlou Energy Limited

("Tlou" or "the Company")

New Prospecting Licence Area

Tlou Energy Limited, the ASX, AIM and BSE listed company focused on delivering power in Botswana and southern Africa through the development of coal bed methane ("CBM") is pleased to confirm that a new prospecting licence has been issued to the Company by the Government of Botswana.

Highlights

·     The new licence, designated "Boomslang" is located on-trend with the Lesedi CBM Project, where independently certified gas reserves are already in place;

·     The Boomslang area is considered highly prospective and provides significant potential development flexibility;

·     The licence covers ~1,000 Km², bringing the total licence area held by the Company to ~9,300 Km².

New CBM Prospecting Licence awarded

The Company has been awarded a new coal bed methane prospecting licence by the Department of Mines at the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security in Botswana.  The new licence, PL011/2019 designated "Boomslang" is valid for an initial term of 3 years.  The licence area is approximately 1,000 Km2 and is situated adjacent to the Company's existing licences.  The Boomslang area is located on-trend with the encouraging results observed to date at the Lesedi project and is considered to be highly prospective.

With initial development operations ongoing at the Lesedi gas field, the award of the adjacent Boomslang area along with the Mamba area provides the Company with further flexibility and optionality.

The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

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For further information regarding this announcement please contact:

Tlou Energy Limited	[phone]
Tony Gilby, Managing Director
Solomon Rowland, General Manager
Grant Thornton (Nominated Adviser)	[phone]
Samantha Harrison, Colin Aaronson, Harrison Clarke, Seamus Fricker
Shore Capital (Broker)	[phone]
Jerry Keen, Toby Gibbs, Mark Percy
FlowComms Limited (Investor Relations)	[phone]
Sasha Sethi

Company Information

Tlou Energy is focused on delivering Gas-to-Power solutions in Botswana and southern Africa to alleviate some of the chronic power shortage in the region.  Tlou is developing projects using coal bed methane (CBM) natural gas.  Botswana has a significant energy shortage and generally relies on imported power and diesel generation to fulfil its power requirements.  As 100% owner of the most advanced gas project in the country, the Lesedi CBM Project, Tlou Energy provides investors with access to a compelling opportunity using domestic gas to produce power and displace expensive diesel and imported power.

The Company is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, London's AIM market and the Botswana Stock Exchange and is led by an experienced Board, management and advisory team including individuals with successful track records in the CBM industry.

Since establishment, the Company has significantly de-risked the project in consideration of its goal to become a significant gas-to-power producer.  The Company flared its first gas in 2014 and has a 100% interest over its Mining Licence and ten Prospecting Licences covering an area of ~9,300 Km² in total.  The Lesedi and Mamba Projects already benefit from significant independently certified 2P gas Reserves of ~41 BCF.  In addition, 3P gas Reserves of ~427 BCF and Contingent Gas Resources of ~3,043 BCF provide significant additional potential.

The Company is planning an initial scalable gas-to-power project.  Following successful implementation of this first scalable project, the Company looks forward to evaluating longer-term prospects for the delivery of electricity generated from CBM in Botswana to neighbouring countries.

 

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