Proactive Article18 Dec 2023 09:13
"Tower Resources PLC (AIM:TRP) today announces the signing of the rig contract for the NJOM-3 well, offshore Cameroon, marking a hotly anticipated project milestone.
The company and its investors can now look forward to drilling the key well in 2024, as pencilled in previously.
It has signed up the Norve jack-up rig expected to be available in Cameroon between April and August 2024. Subject to rig availability, Tower expects to spud NJOM-3 in either the second or third quarter of 2024.
Significantly, clarity of the drill schedule is expected to help advance farm-out talks into a conclusion – which in turn promises to deliver needed project funding.
Chief executive Jeremy Asher described it as “a significant step forward in the development of Tower’s Cameroon assets”.
“The Norve Rig was chosen both for its high specification and its anticipated window of availability,” Asher said in a statement.
"Our next steps will be to finalise the documentation of the Thali license extension with the Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development (MINMIDT), and to move our farm-out discussions with multiple parties towards a conclusion, we hope during the first quarter of 2024.
“As we have explained in the past, our plan is to fund the well primarily with asset-level financing, and we still believe that is realistic.”
Tower, meanwhile, today raised an additional £600,000 of capital via share subscription supported by Asher, who put in £80,000.
“I have chosen to participate in this fundraising myself, as I have in several of our previous recent fundraisings, reflecting my personal commitment to this project and my confidence in its success," Asher added."