Zenith Energy Ltd Zenith Issues Equity to Fund Field Development (0571L)
July 14 2017 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 0571L
Zenith Energy Ltd
14 July 2017
July 14, 2017
ZENITH ENERGY LTD.
("Zenith" or the "Company")
Zenith issues equity to fund field development
Zenith Energy Ltd. ("Zenith" or the "Company") (LSE: ZEN; TSX.V:
ZEE), the dual listed international oil & gas production
company operating the largest onshore oilfield in Azerbaijan, is
pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an agreement
to proceed with a brokered private placement (the "Private
Placement") to raise gross proceeds of GBP 265,000 (approximately
CDN$ 437,979) through the issue of 3,533,333 new common shares of
no par value in the capital of the Company ("Common Shares") at a
price of GBP0.075 (approximately CDN$ 0.123956) per share (the "New
Common Shares").
The proceeds of the Private Placement will be used in part to
fund the deposit necessary for the Company's acquisition of a new
modern workover rig manufactured in China. This workover rig will
also be capable of carrying out well completion and will therefore
play an important role once the Company's drilling programme
commences in making newly drilled wells ready for production.
The Company will make a further announcement once the
acquisition of the workover rig is finalised.
The New Common Shares will comprise approximately 3.585% (three
point five eight five per cent) of the Company's enlarged issued
share capital at the date of the listing to the London Stock
Exchange, and are anticipated to be issued as depository interests
in CREST in the United Kingdom. An application will be made for the
New Common Shares to be admitted to the standard segment of the
Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on
the Main Market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange
(the "Admission") as well as to be listed on the TSX Venture
Exchange ("TSXV") in Canada. It is expected that Admission will
become effective on July 20, 2017.
Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will
comprise 121,129,813 Common Shares with one voting right per share.
No shares are held in Treasury. The total number of voting rights
in the Company will therefore be 121,129,813.
This figure of 121,129,813 Common Shares may be used by
shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations
by which they will determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of
the Company.
The transaction is subject to the approval of the TSXV in Canada
and Admission.
Andrea Cattaneo, Chief Executive Officer of Zenith,
commented:
"The Company has previously stated its intention to acquire a
more powerful, modern workover rig. The proceeds of the placement
will enable the Company to pay the required deposit for this
acquisition without depleting the Company's cash reserves.
The remaining proceeds of the Placement will be allocated
towards our field rehabilitation and development programme in
Azerbaijan.
The purchase of this workover rig will give Zenith significantly
greater flexibility and capabilities in its field rehabilitation
activities. It will also decrease the Company's reliance on costly
external oil service companies and thereby reduce operational
expenditure.
This type of rig will also have the added capability of carrying
out well completion and the rig will therefore be particularly
valuable when the Company begins drilling activities in 2018.
I look forward to announcing the closing of this acquisition in
due course."
For further information, please contact:
Zenith Energy Ltd.
José Ramón López-Portillo
Chairman
Andrea Cattaneo
CEO & President
Email: info@zenithenergy.ca
Telephone: +1 (587) 315 9031
Telefax: +1 (403) 775 4474
Allenby Capital Limited - (Joint Broker)
Nick Harriss
Nick Athanas
Richard Short
Telephone: + 44 (0) 203 328 5656
Optiva Securities - (Joint Broker)
Christian Dennis
Telephone: + 44 (0) 203 137 1903
Abchurch (Financial PR/IR)
Tim Thompson
Telephone: +44 (0) 200 7398 7700
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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