Financing of up to £540,000 by Private Placement

RNS Number : 5705L

Zenith Energy Ltd

30 April 2020

 

April 30, 2020

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR"). Upon publication of this announcement via a regulatory information service ("RIS"), the inside information contained in this document is now considered to be in the public domain.

ZENITH ENERGY LTD.                

("Zenith" or the "Company")

Financing of up to £540,000 by Private Placement

Zenith Energy Ltd., ("Zenith" or the "Company"), (LSE:ZEN); (TSXV:ZEE); (OSE:ZENA-ME), the international oil & gas production company focused on African development opportunities , is pleased to announce that it is seeking approval to issue up to 60,000,000 new common shares to raise gross proceeds of up to approximately £540,000 or NOK 6,600,000 or CAD$900,000 (the "Private Placement").

The issue price of the new common shares issued under the Private Placement is £0.009 (0.90 pence), NOK0.11 or CAD$0.015.

The Private Placement is subject to TSXV approval.

Use of Proceeds

The proceeds of the Private Placement will be used to provide increased funding for the development of the Company's production portfolio (up to £180,000), business development expenses for the identification of new oil & gas production assets (up to £260,000) and for general working capital purposes (up to £100,000).

There are no proposed payments to related parties from the proceeds.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as such term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Further Information:

Zenith Energy Ltd
Andrea Cattaneo, Chief Executive Officer	Tel: [phone]
	E-mail: [e-mail]
Novum Securities Limited - Broker
Colin Rowbury	Tel: + 44 (0) 207 399 9400

Notes to Editors:

Zenith Energy Ltd. is an international oil and gas production company, listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV:ZEE) and London Stock Exchange (LSE:ZEN). In addition, the Company's common share capital was admitted to trading on the Merkur Market of the Oslo Bors (ZENA:ME) on November 8, 2018. The Merkur Market is a multilateral trading facility owned and operated by the Oslo Bors.

The Company was assigned a medium to long-term issuer credit rating of "B+ with Positive Outlook" on October 9, 2019 by Arc Ratings, S.A. On November 18, 2019, the Company was assigned a "B+" with Stable Outlook debt issuer credit rating by Rating-Agentur Expert RA.

 

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