Funding the Turkey6 Aug 2020 14:24
From the 23rd July 2020 RNS :-
"To earn its 50% interest in the Licence, the Company has agreed to fund 100% of the first of 5 commitment wells in the Licence's 5-year exploration term, together with a small 2D seismic survey with an expected cost of $1-$1.5 million. UKOG's net expenditure for the one well plus seismic programme is capped at USD$5 million maximum expenditure. Thereafter, the Company will fund its 50% interest share expected to be c. $1.5 million per well.
The exploration phase expires in June 2023 but can either be extended for a further 2-years, or in the success case converted directly into a 20-year production lease. The Licence's 5 well commitment to the Turkish government has a gross monetary equivalent of $7.66 million (UKOG $3.83 million), however UKOG understands that should any of the commitment wells not be drilled, a modest penalty of c. $30-50,000 is payable to the government. "
While the license looks good, I presume there will be a fairly large cost of around $8m (£6m) to start it all off. They have to start testing the well before 27th June 2021 so the well must be drilled and prepared early next year. The siesmics need to be commenced very soon so a rather hefty placing may be incoming in a month or two. There will be some short term pain before things start to get better I'm afraid. At the current sp it will require around 3Billion new shares to raise £6m.