RE: P2478 Farm out - RBD/ Corallian18 Aug 2021 12:23
Farm In Agreement
In order to build on work already undertaken on the Licence and to accelerate progress, existing partners Corallian and Upland have signed an agreement whereby Baron will increase its interest in the Licence from 15% to 32% in exchange for paying 100% of the costs of the remaining Phase A work commitments up to a cap of £160,000 (the "Agreement"). Under the terms of the Agreement all other costs, including, inter alia, licence and OGA fees and the Operator's administrative expenses, will be borne by all of the partners proportionate to their revised interests. Corallian will remain the Licence's Operator with Baron assuming the role of technical overseer of the remaining Phase A work commitments. No consideration is payable to Corallian or Upland under the Agreement.
Commencement of the outstanding Phase A technical work commitments is due shortly with the key component, that of 3D seismic reprocessing, expected to be delivered early in 2022. The Board believes that this will provide the partners sufficient time to mature the Dunrobin Prospect and to engage with potential drilling partners in due course.
On completion of the Agreement, the revised interests held in the Licence will be as follows:
· Corallian 36%;
· Upland 32%; and
· Baron 32%.
The Agreement is subject to the consent of the OGA.
Jon Ford, Technical Director of Baron commented…
"This Agreement, in keeping with our corporate strategy, more than doubles Baron's interest in the prospective Dunrobin area at a modest cost, whilst at the same time accelerating the subsurface evaluation towards a decision regarding the potential drilling of an exploration well evaluated to have a sizeable resource target. The 3D seismic reprocessing is aimed at reducing the range of volumetric uncertainty and subsurface risk, as well as providing drilling location candidates, during 2022."
Qualified Person's Statement
Pursuant to the requirements of the AIM Rules - Note for Mining and Oil and Gas Companies, the technical information and resource reporting contained in this announcement has been reviewed by Jon Ford BSc, Fellow of the Geological Society, Technical Director of the Company. Mr Ford has more than 39 years' experience as a petroleum geoscientist. He has compiled, read, and approved the technical disclosure in this regulatory announcement and indicated where it does not comply with the Society of Petroleum Engineers' standard.