RE: Bigger Picture Here ....22 Apr 2021 03:17
Shares in Oilex Ltd. rose on Wednesday after the company said that it has arranged the funding required to complete the acquisition of Gujarat State Petroleum Corp.'s 55% participating interest in the Cambay production-sharing contract.
Shares at 1255 GMT were up 0.07 pence, or 22%, at 0.39 pence.
The U.K.- and Australia-listed energy company said that it has arranged an equity capital raise of 2.4 million pounds ($3.3 million) with existing shareholders and clients of Novum Securities Ltd.
The company said it will issue 1.01 billion new ordinary shares at 0.238 pence a share via a subscription, a 23% discount to Tuesday's closing price of 0.31 pence a share.
"Following completion of the transaction, Oilex will hold a 100% participating interest in Cambay, and as previously announced, this will provide Oilex with the ability, subject to sourcing the necessary additional funding, to restart field work including a work program, consisting of the drilling of two vertical wells to appraise the Eocene gas accumulation," the company said.
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