RE: Mendell helium interview3 Mar 2026 15:34
2 Mar 2026 07:00
RNS Number : 8887U
Mendell Helium PLC
02 March 2026
Mendell Helium plc
("Mendell Helium" or the "Company")
Operations update
Update on move to AIM and Option Extension
Mendell Helium is pleased to announce an update on its proposed strategy for the development of further production wells proximate to M3 Helium Corporation's ("M3 Helium") Rost 1-26 well ("Rost") in Fort Dodge, Kansas. The Company also provides an update on the timing of its proposed move to AIM.
Highlights
· Drilling contract agreed and rig secured
· Drilling of M3 Helium's next Fort Dodge well will commence in March 2026
· Drill permits filed for both the Rost and Enlow leases
· Brobee salt water disposal well to be upgraded
· In addition to Morrow sands, these new wells will target new deeper helium prospects
· Headline terms agreed with US investor group to co-fund the Rost twin well
· Agreement in principle with local operator to co-develop a nearby shut-in well
· AIM admission document targeted for publication in March 2026
· Option to acquire M3 Helium extended to 30 April 2026
As announced on 27 June 2024, the Company has an option (the "Option") to acquire M3 Helium, a producer of helium which is based in Kansas and holds an interest in six producing wells. There is no certainty that the Company's option to acquire M3 Helium will be exercised, nor that the enlarged group will successfully complete a re-admission. As announced today, the Company and M3 Helium have agreed to extend the date on which the Option should be exercised to 30 April 2026.
Developing Fort Dodge
During recent months, Mendell Helium has been analysing prospective drilling programmes in Fort Dodge, Kansas. This region already contains numerous existing oil & gas wells but several of these existing wells, despite exhibiting initially strong flow rates, quickly encountered water that ultimately constrained production. Mendell Helium has been examining locations where the Rost de-watering technique could be employed for successful production.
Rost
As announced on 27 January 2026, Mendell Helium is proposing a twin well on the Rost lease, to be completed with larger 7 inch casing thereby enabling greater water removal which in turn is expected to increase gas production.
Alongside the placing also announced on 27 January 2026, the Company is advancing discussions with a group of US high net worth investors to co-fund the twin well. Headline terms for that investment have now been agreed and a location for the twin well has been determined. The landowner has been notified of these plans and M3 Helium has submitted a permit to drill application to the Kansas Corporation Commission ("KCC"). Alongside this, a drilling contractor has been secured and a drilling contract has been executed by M3 Helium.
At the time that the twin well is drilled, M3 Helium also intends to u