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Clontarf grants options over 160m shares

Clontarf Energy plc has granted long-term incentive options over 160 million ordinary shares of 0.01p each in the company. Chairman David Horgan received 60m options, non-executive director Peter O’Toole and financial director and company secretary James Finn 40m each, and financial controller Dipti Mehta 20m. The options vest in three months and have an exercise price […]

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Kavango begins drilling Karakubis

Kavango Resources plc has begun drilling the first 15 high priority targets at the Karakubis project in Botswana’s Kalahari copper belt. DATA The drill holes, identified earlier this month, will check favourable “trap sites” and assess the potential for large scale copper-silver mineralisation. The company said that the 5,000 metre programme would test relatively shallow […]

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Rockhopper due first Ombrina Mare payment

Rockhopper Exploration plc said it expected tranche I payment from its Ombrina Mare arbitration award within five business days. The compensation relates to Italy’s ban on oil and gas exploration within 12 miles of the Italian coastline, which affected the company’s activities in the oil field. Rockhopper subsequently went to tribunal at the International Centre […]