RE: End of year update7 Mar 2026 15:14
From 27th March 2025 RNS....
"In 2024, Block and GOGL determined that unitising multiple PSCs into an enlarged single PSC, including XIC, XIK, XIM, XIN, XIQ, and Didi Lilo (the "Combination Project"), would enhance commercial viability and strengthen potential farm-in partner discussions. To support this, Block relinquished Didi Lilo to facilitate the unitisation of these licences under a single PSC.
As part of this process, Block secured two back-in options:
Β· Option 1: The right to acquire 10% of XIQ within 180 days of the Combination Project's completion (now exercised). The consideration is USD 1; however, Block is responsible for contributing its share of the 2025 work programme which is USD 77,000.
Β· Option 2: The right to acquire an additional 12% (for a total of 22%) within 365 days, or 90 days post farm-out, whichever is sooner. The consideration for Option 2 will be aligned with third-party farm-in terms, or, if no farm-out occurs, based on historical transactions involving GOGC.
Block has now exercised Option 1 and holds a 10% participating interest in the XIQ PSC.
So it looks like the 27th March deadline is the 'soonest'. 365 days from the announcement. 90 days post farmout agreement would take us into April. Project 3 RNS must be due any day. If our oil and gas resources are not a strategic asset for national energy security then I don't know what is.