Alba Mineral Resources PLC Horse Hill Licence Extensions, UK Weald Basin (0726N)
May 13 2015 - 9:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 0726N
Alba Mineral Resources PLC
13 May 2015
13 May 2015
Alba Mineral Resources plc
("Alba" or the "Company")
Horse Hill Licence Extensions, UK Weald Basin
The Board of Alba Mineral Resources plc (AIM: ALBA) is pleased
to announce that it has been informed by Horse Hill Developments
Ltd ("HHDL") that the exploration stage of the Horse Hill ("HH")
PEDL137 licence, in which the Company has net attributable interest
of 6.5%, has been extended for a further year by the Oil & Gas
Authority ("OGA", formerly the Department of Energy and Climate
Change). The exploration stage of the PEDL137 licence has been
extended to 30 September 2016.
Subject to the results of an intended Horse Hill-1 ("HH-1") flow
test later in 2015, for which regulatory approval is required, the
Company is informed that HHDL would seek, in conjunction with the
OGA and other regulators, to move the PEDL137 licence into the
Production Period, via, inter alia, the submission of a HH Field
Development Plan ("FDP") to the OGA. The PEDL137 licence provides
for a potential Production Period of 19 years. HHDL has informed
the Company that its application for the flow test is based on the
roadmap document published by the Department of Energy and Climate
Change (now the OGA) for onshore oil and gas exploration in the
UK.
Alba's interest in Horse Hill
The HH-1 well is located within onshore exploration licence
PEDL137, on the north-eastern side of the Weald Basin near Gatwick
Airport. Alba owns a 10% direct interest in HHDL. HHDL is a special
purpose company that owns a 65% participating interest and
operatorship of Licence PEDL137 and the adjacent Licence PEDL246 in
the UK Weald Basin. Magellan Petroleum Corporation owns a 35%
participating interest in HH.
Alba licence interests
Following the extensions to the exploration stages of PEDL137
and PEDL126, the Company has interests in the following Horse Hill
oil & gas licences:
Asset Licence Licence Holder Alba's Operator or Area Current
Economic Non-Operator (km(2) Licence
Interest ) Period
Expiry
------------ --------- ---------------- ---------- -------------------- -------- -------------
Horse Hill
Horse Hill Developments Non-Operator 30 September
(1) PEDL137 Ltd 6.5% (HHDL is Operator) 99.29 2016
------------ --------- ---------------- ---------- -------------------- -------- -------------
Horse Hill
Horse Hill Developments Non-Operator 30 June
(1) PEDL246 Ltd 6.5% (HHDL is Operator) 43.58 2019
------------ --------- ---------------- ---------- -------------------- -------- -------------
Notes
(1) Exploration licence. UK exploration licences provide for the
extension beyond the exploration stage into a production period,
subject to meeting certain criteria, approval by the relevant
authorities and, inter alia, the submission of an FDP to the OGA.
Production Periods are typically for 20 years from grant of
approval.
Enquiries:
Alba Mineral Resources Plc 020 3696 4616
Michael Nott, CEO
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP
(Nominated Adviser) 020 7148 7900
Avi Robinson / James Caithie
Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers Limited
(Broker) 01293 517744
Jason Robertson
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