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Union Jack starts share buyback

Union Jack Oil plc has started a share buyback programme funded by its own existing cash. TREASURY The programme will also be within the limitations of the authority granted by shareholders at the 2021 general meeting in June 2022. As at 27 March 2023, the company had purchased a total of 2,825,000 ordinary shares in […]

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UKOG signs conditional farm-in for Horse Hill

UK Oil & Gas plc (UKOG) has signed a conditional binding term sheet for a farm-in with Pennpetro Energy plc for the Horse Hill oil field, 2km north of Gatwick airport in Sussex. PARTNERS The transaction, with the company’s subsidiaries UKOG Ltd (85.635%) and Horse Hill Developments Ltd (HHDL) (77.9%), will be on an incremental […]

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Scotgold future at risk by poor gold grades and lack of funds

Lower than expected gold grades and potential lack of funds threaten Scotgold Resources Ltd’s future at Cononish mine, said the company. DECLINE OF GRADES The Australian miner has altered its plans from extracting ore via level development and cut-and-fill stoping to “cost effective and efficient extraction of ore” with long hole stoping in Q2 2023. […]

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Oriole completes Mbe geophysics

Oriole Resources plc has completed a ground-based geophysics programme over the main gold target at Mbe as it awaits multi-element analysis from lithium targeting on Ndom, within the Eastern Central Licence Package (CLP) in Cameroon. DRILL TARGETS The programme was over the entire gold-anomalous zone at the Mbe licence to test the local and regional […]

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Perenco pipeline spillage to be investigated

Assessments have started on the major incident involving 200 barrels of reservoir fluids spilling from a Perenco-operated pipeline under Ower Bay in Poole Harbour, Dorset. OPERATIONS Pool Harbour Commissioners (PHC) announced yesterday that some of the escaped small reservoir of fluid, comprising approximately 85% water and 15% oil, had been recovered. “The pipeline was shut […]