8
February 2024
Tower Resources
plc
("Tower"
or the "Company")
Extension of First
Exploration Period of Thali License in Cameroon
Tower Resources plc (AIM: TRP), the
AIM-listed oil and gas company focused on Africa, is pleased to
announce that it has received formal notification from the Minister
of Mines, Industry and Technological Development in Cameroon
("MINMIDT") of the extension of the First Exploration Period of the
Thali production-sharing contract (the "PSC") to 4th
February 2025, in accordance with the Company's
PSC and the Cameroon Petroleum Code, and with the approval
of the President of the Republic of Cameroon.
The Company's principal obligation
during the First Exploration Period is the drilling of a single
well which the Company intends to fulfil through the drilling of
the NJOM-3 well.
The Company is continuing
discussions with several parties regarding asset-level financing
for the NJOM-3 well, for which it has contracted the Norve jack-up
rig with Borr Drilling. Borr Drilling's latest advice is that the
Norve rig is expected to be able to mobilise to Cameroon between
June and August 2024, subject to its existing contractual
commitments.
The Company will make further
announcements about the financing of the well and the mobilisation
of the rig as firm agreements and notices are finalised and
received.
Tower Resources Chairman & CEO, Jeremy Asher,
commented:
"We are delighted to share this news, and grateful to the
MINMIDT, the Societe Nationale de Hydrocarbures, and the Prime
Minister and President of the Republic of Cameroon, for their
continuing support.
"We remain confident in finalising asset-level financing for
the well, for which this extension was a critical condition
precedent. However, we cannot comment further on the commercial
discussions in progress until firm agreements are
reached.
"In the meantime, we are also continuing our work on the
evaluation and prioritisation of leads and prospects on our
Namibian licence in light of the basin modelling work we recently
completed, and we have been discussing the next steps on our South
African Algoa-Gamtoos license with our joint venture partner and
operator, NewAge. We hope that this will be the first of many
positive announcements in 2024."
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the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ('MAR'). Upon the
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Contacts:
Tower Resources plc
Jeremy Asher
Chairman & CEO
Andrew Matharu
VP - Corporate Affairs
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About Tower Resources
Tower Resources plc is an AIM listed
energy company building a balanced portfolio of energy
opportunities in Africa across the exploration and production cycle
in oil and gas and beyond. The Company's current focus is on
advancing its operations in Cameroon to deliver cash flow through
short-cycle development and rapid production with long term upside,
and de-risking attractive exploration licenses through acquiring 3D
seismic data in the emerging oil and gas provinces of Namibia and
South Africa, where world-class discoveries have recently been
made.
Tower's strategy is centred around
stable jurisdictions that the Company knows well and that offer
excellent fiscal terms. Through its Directors, staff and strategic
relationship with EPI Group, Tower has access to decades of
expertise and experience in Cameroon and Namibia, and its joint
venture with New Age builds on years of experience in South
Africa.