Europa Oil & Gas Holdings PLC - UK, Ireland and Morocco-focused oil and gas explorer - Pretax loss for financial year ended July 31 widens considerably to GBP5.4 million from GBP654,000on GBP4.0 million after exploration write-off compared to GBP270,000 write back the year before. "Further to the application to relinquish of licences LO16/19, LO16/22, FEL2/13 and FEL 3/13, and the pending situation on FEL 1/17 the decision has been taken to write off the value of these intangible assets, resulting in a non-cash charge to income of GBP4.0 million."
Chief Executive Simon Oddie: "Our objective is to expose our shareholders to significant value creating opportunities while minimising risk. Our UK production, which is set to dramatically increase once Wressle comes online, provides us with a low risk cash flow generative platform. Our offshore Ireland and offshore Morocco assets, which hold company-making volumetrics, provide us with multiple opportunities to generate significant value. We also intend to resume our efforts to add a third leg to our business by securing a late stage appraisal project, once market conditions improve. Our confidence in Europa's assets and team remains as high as ever and with this in mind, I look forward to providing further updates on our progress in the year ahead."
Current stock price: 0.92 pence; down 12% on Tuesday
Year-to-date change: down 66%
By Anna Farley; annafarley@alliancenews.com
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