RE: Transformational news expected30 May 2025 15:26
Robert:
TRP focuses entirely on Africa oil, with assets in Cameroon, Namibia, and South Africa. Their flagship project is the Thali Block offshore Cameroon. Tower owns 57.5% of it after a recent farm-out deal that brought in $15 million to fund drilling, which they plan to drill in 2025. If successful, it could unlock around 30 million barrels of recoverable oil. At today’s prices, that’s potentially over $1.7 billion in gross revenue, and Tower’s cut would be nearly $1 billion over the life of the field.
One important point is that this farm-out deal is still awaiting final government approval, which is a normal part of the process in these jurisdictions. This has had some serious delays though circa 3 months, the price has maintained well and seems the low ranges from 0.23-0.25.
Although this has seen some delays, for a project of this size, it is understandable. Once that’s cleared, it will free up the capital ($15 mill of working captail provided by Prime on complition of the farmouts) and allow formalised preparation, which is currently already underway thanks to the bridge loan. JA met with Gekko (Company who specialise in managing offshore drilling projects through drlling performance, vessel management). in Cameroon). The linkedin post was made by the MD of Gekko where said "It was great being back in Cameroon this week to kick off incountry well planning for tower resources".
Beyond Cameroon, Trp also holds a majority stake in PEL 96 in Namibia, a high-upside exploration block in an area where majors like Shell and Total have been making significant discoveries. That farm-out too is pending regulatory sign-off.
As well we are also due an update on our asset in South Africa which is held under our Algoa-Gamtoos license, located right near Total’s massive Brulpadda and Luiperd finds. That’s more of a long-term asset, but the proximity to big players adds credibility.
The market cap is sitting around just £7 million, which means even moderate success at Thali could double or triple the share price. That is without factoring in Namibia or SA which could send it far higher but as mentioned earlier the delays and lack of communication definitely makes this a punt.