United Oil & Gas plc has opened a new area of the Abu Sennan licence following petrophysical analysis of tests on the final well drilled in 2023. CHALLENGING The ASD S-1X exploration well, which reached a total depth of 3,450 metres on 12 December, showed a total 9.5 metres of net pay, including 6m net […]
Finance
Horizonte secures interim $20m for Araguaia
Horizonte Minerals plc has agreed US$20 million interim funding for critical construction work at its flagship Araguaia nickel project in Brazil and general working capital. PACKAGE The money will be used to re-estimate work necessary to implement a full funding solution, as well as to complete the water storage reservoir and the 230kV powerline. The […]
Scirocco Energy plans to sell interest in EAG
Scirocco Energy plc plans to sell its interest and investment in Energy Acquisitions Group Ltd (EAG) for £2.6 million plus contingent consideration of up to a further £150,000. SHAREHOLDERS The sale, related to anaerobic digestion sites, is to OrbeNovo Sponsor LLP. Scirocco said that the growth of EAG was “heavily dependent” on more investment but […]
Block prepares farm-out process for Georgia gas
Block Energy plc is preparing the farm-out process for the company’s project III, comprising blocks XIB and XIF, in Georgia. STRATEGY The project spans the three fields of Patardzueli, Rustavi and Teleti, which are all under a PSC until 2048. Operations focus on the “multi-tcf undeveloped gas resource” within the Lower Eocene and Upper Cretaceous […]
Altona agrees £250,000 loan for Monte Muambe PFS
Altona Rare Earths plc has agreed a £250,000 loan to advance the prefeasibilty study for Monte Muambe in northwest Mozambique. The two-tranche loan from Catalyse Capital Ltd, which has previously supported the company, will progress work focused on metallurgy. The repayment date is 20 December 2024 and the loan carries a fixed interest of 20% […]
Helium One reaches £6m via 72% discounted fundraise
Helium One Global Ltd raised £6.1 million through the issue of 2,420,842,500 new ordinary shares, of no par value in the capital of the company, each at a price of 0.25 pence. DIRECTORS’ DEALINGS The oversubscribed fundraise comprised a placing of 2,413,642,500 new ordinary shares, raising £6m, and a direct subscription of 7.2m new ordinary […]