Issue of Equity
ABN 88 002 522 009
Level 3, 1 Havelock Street
West Perth, WA 6005
P +61 8 9488 5220
F +61 8 9324 2400
18 June 2010
Share Placement
Previous to the Company's announcement on 17 June 2010, the Company has now
received commitments for the full $10 million placement amount at A$0.07 (and £
0.04 equivalent) per share, and is issuing a total of 142,857,143 Ordinary
Fully Paid Shares. Application has been made for the new shares to be admitted
to trading on both the ASX and AIM.
Following the issue the Company will have a total of 1,027,042,442 Ordinary
Fully Paid Shares on issue, along with the following options:
64,897,125 Listed Options (RRSOA) (A$1.00, 1 October 2010)
441,452,742 Listed Attaching Options (RRSO) ($A0.05, 31 December 2011)
18,845,645 Unlisted Options (A$0.05, 31 Mar 2015)
60,000,000 Unlisted Directors Options (A$0.10, 31 Dec 2011)
3,177,029 Unlisted Options (A$0.50, 30 June 2012)
For and on behalf of the Board
Regards
Peter Landau
Executive Director
Contacts
Range Resources
Peter Landau
Tel : +61 (8) 8 9488 5220
Em: plandau@rangeresources.com.au
Australia London
PPR Conduit PR
David Tasker Jonathan Charles
Tel: +61 (8) 9388 0944 Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7429 6611
Em: david.tasker@ppr.com.au Em: jonathan@conduitpr.com
RFC Corporate Finance (Nominated Advisor) Old Park Lane Capital (Broker)
Stuart Laing Michael Parnes
Tel: +61 (8) 9480 2500 Tel: +44 (0) 207 493 8188
Range Background
Range Resources is a dual listed (ASX: RRS; AIM: RRL) oil & gas exploration
company with oil & gas interests in the frontier state of Puntland, Somalia,
the Republic of Georgia and Texas, USA.
* Range holds a 25% interest in the initial Smith #1 well and 20% interest in
further wells on the North Chapman Ranch project, Texas. The project area
encompasses approximately 1,680 acres in one of the most prolific oil and
gas producing trends in the State of Texas. Drilling of the first well has
resulted in a commercial discovery with independently assessed gross
recoverable reserves in place of 215 Bcf of natural gas, 16 mmbbls of oil
and 15 mmbbls of natural gas liquids.
* In Puntland, Range holds a 20% working interest in two licences
encompassing the highly prospective Dharoor and Nugaal valleys with plans
to drill two wells (TSXV:AOI) - 65% Operator, in 2010.
* In the Republic of Georgia, Range holds a 50% farm-in interest in onshore
blocks VIa and VIb, covering approx. 7,000sq.km. Range has recently
completed a 410km 2D seismic program.
The reserves estimate for the North Chapman Ranch Project has been formulated
by Lonquist & Co LLC who are Petroleum Consultants based in the United States
with offices in Houston and Austin. Lonquist provides specific engineering
services to the oil and gas exploration and production industry, and consults
on all aspects of petroleum geology and engineering for both domestic and
international projects and companies. Lonquist & Co LLC have consented in
writing to the reference to them in this announcement and to the estimates of
oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids provided. These estimates were
formulated in accordance with the guidelines of the Society of Petroleum
Engineers ("SPE"). The SPE Reserve definitions can be found on the SPE website
at spe.org as well as in the full Lonquist report on the Range website.