RE: Could we see, the permits land today.23 Mar 2026 12:38
A reminder what the last update said : i dont think they could issue a more bullish stance or appear more confident.
The Company visited both the Societe Nationale de Hydrocarbures ("SNH") and the Prime Minister during the past two weeks in Cameroon, together with Tower's partner Prime. The Company has now been informed by SNH that, following requests from the Prime Minister's office and a further site visit which took place last week, it will recommend to the Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development ("MINMIDT") to issue the requested extension of the First Exploration Period of Tower's Thali license for a further year to March 2027, and to approve Tower's proposed farmout of a 42.5% interest in the Thali license to Prime, though the Company is still waiting for written confirmation of this. The Prime Minister's office has separately told the Company that it is convening a meeting together with MINMIDT and SNH to bring the matter to a conclusion, and the Company expects the requisite documentation to follow soon after that meeting.
In Namibia, the Company met with the newly-formed Upstream Petroleum Unit, which reports directly to the President of Namibia, together with representatives from the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy. Following the meeting, Tower has been informed that its request for approval of the farmout to Prime of a 25% interest in PEL96 will now be expedited. The national oil company, NAMCOR, has informed the Company that its due diligence on Prime is now complete, and that is only waiting for some further documentation on Tower's local partner to complete its file. Investors will recall that the Company has already entered the First Renewal Period of PEL96.The Company is therefore confident that these approvals will now be documented reasonably quickly, though the Company remains cautious about predicting a precise date for each.