RE: Petroteq RNS - Valkor investment20 Jul 2020 15:26
SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., July 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Petroteq Energy Inc. (“Petroteq” or the “Company”) (TSXV:PQE; OTC:PQEFF; FSE:PQCF), an integrated oil company focused on the development and implementation of its proprietary oil-extraction and remediation technologies, is pleased to announce that both Valkor Engineering and Petroteq’s Chairman Alex Blyumkin have agreed to invest in the Company at a premium to the public market price of its common shares .
Mr. Blyumkin has delivered an irrevocable subscription agreement to the Company for US$600,000 for 15,000,000 common shares of Petroteq at a price of US$0.04 (CAD$0.054) per share – a 20% premium to the current market price. Additionally, Valkor Engineering, Petroteq’s strategic technology partner, has agreed to complete a shares for debt transaction, pursuant to which Petroteq will issue Valkor 45,000,000 common shares in satisfaction of US$1,800,000 of the US$2,500,000 owed to Valkor for previous engineering work. The willingness of Valkor to accept partial payment in shares is a huge vote of confidence by a sophisticated and capable technical partner and the Company believes it is a validation of the potential of the Company’s extraction technology at the Asphalt Ridge, Utah facility.
“I have been working with Petroteq on their proprietary technology for a few years now, and my confidence in the platform and its capabilities have only grown. We look forward to completing the upgrade work and the design of the commercial scale plant over the next couple of months,” stated Steve Byle, CEO of Valkor Engineering. “The oil market has rebounded rapidly since the recent turbulence caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other market forces,” stated Mr. Blyumkin. “We believe that our technology combined with the inclusion of the Quadrise technology being tested during the upgrade work, will allow us to mine a very profitable niche in the industry. These investments further solidify my confidence in our Company and I am happy that we are tightly aligned with Valkor as we move forward,” Mr. Blyumkin concluded.