Altona Energy Regulatory News (ANR)

19 Dec 2008 16:13



Altona Resources Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: ANR / Sector: Exploration & Production

19 December 2008

Altona Resources Plc ('Altona' or 'the Company')

AGM Statement

Altona Resources plc, the Australian based energy company, announces that all ordinary and special resolutions put before shareholders at today's Annual General Meeting were duly passed.

Following the approval of special resolution 7, it is expected that the Company's name change to Altona Energy will take effect on the London Stock Exchange from Monday 22 December 2008.

Chris Schrape, Managing Director of Altona, provided a brief presentation on the Company's activities to date. A copy of the presentation can be found at http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5202K_-2008-12-19.pdf and a copy will be available on the Company's new website at www.altonaenergy.com from Monday 22nd December.  

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About Altona

Altona Resources Plc is an Australian based energy Company that listed on the AIM market of London Stock Exchange in March 2005. Altona's primary focus is the completion of a bankable feasibility study for its wholly owned Arckaringa Project for an integrated 10 million barrel per year Coal to Liquid ('CTL') plant with a 560 MW co-generation power facility. 

The Company holds, through its wholly owned subsidiary Arckaringa Energy Pty Ltd, a 100% interest in three exploration licences covering 2,500 sq. kms in the northern portion of the Permian Arckaringa Basin in South Australia. These include three coal deposits, Westfield (EL3360), Wintinna (EL3361) and Murloocoppie (EL3362). All three lie close to the Adelaide to Darwin railway and the Stuart Highway. Containing more than 7.5 billion tonnes of coal (based on previous JORC equivalent standards of the time) these coal deposits are effectively one of the world's largest undeveloped energy banks, capable of conversion into clean liquid fuels, low cost power and high value industrial feedstocks.

CTL is a proven technology which converts coal into more environmentally clean and manageable energy sources including gas and synthetic fuels. The process involves two major stages, gasification to produce synthetic gas ("Syngas") rich in hydrogen and carbon, and a liquefication stage where the Syngas is reacted over a catalyst to produce high quality, ultraclean synthetic fuels and chemical feedstocks. 

CTL is a prime example of clean coal technology - the associated combined cycle units produce negligible sulphur oxides, significantly less nitrogen oxides and 10 - 20% less CO2 per unit of power generated than a conventional coal fired plant, whilst carbon capture and storage offers the potential to reduce the overall greenhouse gas emissions from CTL to below the "well to wheel" level of fuels derived from crude oil.

The technology is best demonstrated in South Africa, where currently 30% of the country's gasoline and diesel fuel needs are met through CTL plants.