Investor Call7 Oct 2021 18:46
Optiva, one of the corporate brokers to ADV, arranged an Investor call this PM for their clients which I attended. Our CEO Leslie, Chairman Mark and Head of Finance attended. I though that, although all the info is already public via other interviews or RNSs, you would like to get a high level feedback. First of all very excited by the November drill with results in 30 days or so ie before Xmas. On Buffalo they think the economics at these oil prices are phenomenal with production from the planned 3 wells around end 2023 or early 2024. Although nothing is guaranteed, the current oil price means an even higher probability of a commercial success from what is in the CPR. Field life 5-6 years but very high recovery factor in year one and two mean an enormous amount of cash early in case of success to be redeployed in other material deals and might also pay a small divi from 2024. They have two live deals at present (and another 4 looked at), one a similar to Buffalo and one with some production. Very cautious about the timing of any deal as the don't want to suspend around Buffalo which is for them very value accretive short term. They are working at max out most of the $125mio Buffalo capex to debt to have minimal equity dilution. They aim at closing at least another deal early next year with again debt tied into the production or a deal structure again to phase any capital requirements to drive maximum benefit to shareholders. The 20,000 bpod stated on the corporate presentation is only a statement of original intent, but their strategy is to build ADV more aggressively than that and become a significantly material company, although they want only to grow the core of the team to 10-12 staff and retain costs low. All in all many points made in various presentations and RNSs, but very excited to hear these points again from the board. They are very excited and so am I.