New investment22 Feb 2025 08:15
The Falkland Islands is back. Navitas and Rockhopper. Borders and Sothern and who knows?
The raising was over 200% higher than the one in the autumn.
Navitas raised a bond before Xmas in Tel Aviv. Rockhopper was front and centre in the discussions. Hence Israeli buyers have been all over `Rockhopper ever since.
Rockhopper has heavy,viscous oil, hard to get out of the ground.
Borders and Southern has very light crude that will flow easily. It is a huge disovery with a less than 2 year pay back. And they have multiple other assets in their Falkland Island portfolio.
We have a very well respected company running the farm out process. I gather they are doing this purely on a success fee....! Shows some confidnece.
The placing was heavily over subscribed, 50% haircuts across the board for those institutions bidding to take part. I'm sure the retail allocation will be v popular as well.
The SP is reacting well to the placing.
The company has over two years runway now and, more importantly, enough cash in the bank to get the right partner and the right deal, not just the first one that comes along.
I haven't invested in The Falkland Islands for ten years, I have now. I love the fact that they don't fall under HMRG taxation rules, gives them a huge advantage over all the North Sea players.