RE: RNS Hickory-1 Operations Update6 Feb 2023 08:09
Fully cashed up now for 12 Months
Good time to be onboard
This will provide the Company with sufficient capital to fund the planned Hickory-1 well at Project Phoenix, payment for the new Project Leonis acreage, finance potential portfolio expansion / new ventures (should any be identified and pursued), and also additional working capital. Following completion of the proposed Placing, the Company will have sufficient cash to fund its ongoing working capital requirements and general and administrative overheads for at least 12 months.
The Company will now focus its attention on the Hickory-1 well, which is expected to spud in early March 2023. Hickory-1 is designed to appraise up to six conventional reservoir targets within the SMD, SFS, BFF and KUP reservoirs and 647 million barrels of oil1,2, and is permitted up to a total depth of 12,500 feet. Hickory-1 is expected to cost approximately US$13.5 million gross (88E net approx. US$10 million), with this modest cost a result of the proximity of Project Phoenix and the Hickory-1 well to key infrastructure including the Dalton Highway