Cameroon Financing Update, Proposed Subscription

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Tower Resources PLC

21 June 2019

 

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21 June 2019

Tower Resources plc

Cameroon Financing Update

Proposed Subscription to raise approximately £150,000

Tower Resources plc (the "Company" or "Tower" (TRP.L, TRP LN)), the AIM listed oil and gas company with its focus on Africa, announces an update with respect to the financing of  its Cameroon operation and an intention to raise gross proceeds of approximately £150,000 through a subscription of approximately 15 million new ordinary shares of 1 pence each (the "Subscription Shares") at a subscription price of 1.00 pence per Subscription Share (the "Subscription Price").

Admission of the Subscription Shares to trading on AIM is expected to take place at 08:00 on or around 26 June 2019.

Cameroon Financing Update

Tower's near-term focus remains the financing and drilling of the NJOM-3 well on its Thali license, offshore Cameroon, which is planned to spud in Q3 2019. The Company is in negotiations with several parties to finance some or all of the NJOM-3 well, which it hopes will be concluded soon. The Company is also continuing to explore longer-term options for debt, equity or pre-financing of the remainder of the first phase development of the Njonji structure, which might or might not be linked to the financing of the current well. The Company's preferred route of financing is to conclude a transaction with an industry partner on terms that are favourable to shareholders, and that may obviate or minimise the need for further equity financing. However, depending on the terms of the asset-level deal achieved, it may also be necessary or in shareholders' interests to raise a portion of the additional finance via the issue of further corporate equity.   

Background to the Subscription

Whilst financing negotiations continue regarding the Thali license, the Company is proposing to raise approximately £150,000 for working capital purposes via a subscription for shares.

A further announcement is expected to be made shortly in connection with the proposed subscription.

The Board can confirm that the proposed subscription will not affect the repayment terms of the bridging loan of $750,000 (the "Bridging Loan"), announced on 16 April 2019. The Bridging Loan will remain due for repayment on or before 30 June 2019 subject to a grace period of 21 business days which would extend to 29 July 2019

The Board looks forward to providing further updates in due course.

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Contacts

Tower Resources plc		[e-mail]
Jeremy Asher Chairman and CEO
Andrew Matharu VP - Corporate Affairs
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker Stuart Gledhill Caroline Rowe		[phone]
Turner Pope Investments (TPI) Limited Joint Broker Andy Thacker		[phone]
Whitman Howard Limited Joint Broker Nick Lovering Hugh Rich		[phone]
Yellow Jersey PR Limited		[phone]
Tim Thompson

Notes:

Tower Resources Cameroon S.A, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tower Resources plc, holds a 100% interest in the shallow water Thali (formerly known as "Dissoni") Production Sharing Contract (PSC), in the Rio del Rey basin, offshore Cameroon. Tower was awarded the PSC on 15 September 2015 for an Initial Exploration Period of 3 years.

The Thali PSC covers an area of 119.2 km², with water depths ranging from 8 to 48 metres, and lies in the prolific Rio del Rey basin, in the eastern part of the Niger Delta. The Rio del Rey basin has, to date, produced over one billion barrels of oil and has estimated remaining reserves of 1.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent ("boe"), primarily within depths of less than 2,000 metres. The Rio del Rey is a sub-basin of the Niger Delta, an area in which over 34.5 billion barrels of oil has been discovered, with 2.5 billion boe attributed to the Cameroonian section.

An independent Reserve Report conducted by Oilfield International Limited (OIL) have highlighted the contingent and potential resources on the Thali licence and the associated Expected Monetary Value (EMV) as follows:

§ Gross mean contingent resources of 18 MMbbls of oil across the proven Njonji-1 and Njonji-2 fault blocks;

§ Gross mean prospective resources of 20 MMbbls of oil across the Njonji South and Njonji South-West fault blocks;

§ Gross mean prospective resources of 111 MMbbls of oil across four identified prospects located in the Dissoni South and Idenao areas in the northern part of the Thali licence;

§ Calculated EMV10s of US$118 million for the contingent resources, and US$82 million for the prospective resources, respectively.

In accordance with the guidelines for the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, Dr Mark Enfield, BSc, PhD, FGS, Advisor to the Board of Tower Resources plc, who has over 30 years' experience in the oil & gas industry, is the qualified person that has reviewed and approved the technical content of this announcement.

 

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