Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 2904N

Aminex PLC

09 June 2010

 



NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN PART OR IN WHOLE IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, SWITZERLAND

AMINEX PLC ("Aminex" or "the Company")

AMINEX RAISES US$1.7 MILLION TO EXPAND US ACTIVITY

Aminex PLC has been offered participation in an exploration project by a major regional operator in Louisiana, with leads and prospects identified by 3D seismic across 140,000 acres.  To be able to take advantage of this offer, which is a logical and complementary extension to Aminex's ongoing operations at Shoats Creek, Louisiana, and to provide the flexibility to contribute to the development of the project, Aminex has, through its brokers Astaire Securities and Davy, procured subscribers for 17,200,000 new ordinary shares ("New Ordinary Shares") at a price of 7p per share. The issue of these New Ordinary Shares, representing in aggregate approximately 4.2% of the existing issued share capital of the Company, is within existing allotment authorities granted by shareholders.  This placing will raise approximately £1.2 million (approximately $1.7 million) net of expenses, which, subject to final negotiation, should enable Aminex to acquire a minority but meaningful share of the new exploration project without the need to reallocate budgeted funds within the Aminex group. Further announcements in relation to Aminex's planned investment in this exploration project will be made in due course following finalisation of all negotiations.

Application is being made to the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK Listing Authority for the 17,200,000 New Ordinary Shares being issued under this placing to be admitted to the Official Lists and application is being made to the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange for such New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on their respective regulated markets for listed securities. It is expected that such admission will become effective and that dealings will commence in the New Ordinary Shares at 8.00 a.m. (London and Dublin time) on 16 June 2010.

Aminex chairman Brian Hall commented: "This is an exciting opportunity to expand our interests in an area which we now understand well and where we currently operate.   In the same general area the Olympia Minerals-1 well (OM-1), which was drilled earlier in the year, encountering multiple thin sand formations, has been subject to a long-term and complex testing procedure.  It is now likely to be completed in the Cockfield-2 sands at a depth of around 8,600 feet.  The deeper sands in the Cockfield-2 zone have already flowed oil under test and the main part of the Cockfield-2 will be perforated shortly, the two sands then most likely then being commingled for production.  Shareholders will be advised as soon as the test is complete".

For further information:

Aminex
Brian Hall - Chairman	Tel: [phone]
Davy
Eugenée Mulhern / Brian Garrahy	Tel: [phone]
Astaire Securities
Jerry Keen / Shane Gallwey	Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7448 4400
Pelham Bell Pottinger
Archie Berens	Tel: [phone]

J&E Davy (''Davy'') (which is regulated in Ireland by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority) and Astaire Securities plc (''Astaire Securities") (which is regulated in the UK by the Financial Services Authority) are acting exclusively for Aminex in connection with the placing as referred to in this announcement  and for no one else and will not be responsible to any other person for providing the protection afforded to customers of Astaire Securities or Davy respectively nor for providing advice in connection with this announcement.

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer of, or the solicitation of any offer to subscribe for or buy, any of the Ordinary Shares to be issued or sold in connection with the placing.

The offer of new Ordinary Shares in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore potential investors should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland or any other jurisdiction in which such publication or distribution would be a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. This announcement is for information only and does not constitute an offer or invitation to acquire or dispose of Ordinary Shares in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland or any other jurisdiction in which such offer or invitation would be a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration. There will be no public offering of Ordinary Shares in Aminex in the United States. The Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended ('the Securities Act'), or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

Past performance is no guide to future performance and persons needing advice should consult an independent financial adviser.

The distribution of this announcement may be restricted by law. No action has been taken that would permit the possession or distribution of this announcement in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.

 

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