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13 Dec 2010 07:34
13 December 2010
Companies Announcement Office
Australian Stock Exchange Limited
20 Bond StreetSYDNEY NSW 2000Issue of Shares and Options
Range Resources Ltd (the "Company") is pleased to announce the issue of the following securities:
* 16,021,001 Ordinary Fully Paid Shares to be issued upon exercise of listed options (A$0.05, 31 December 2011) * 6,750,000 Ordinary Fully Paid Shares to be issued upon exercise of unlisted options (A$0.05, 31 March 2015) Following the issue of these securities the total number of securities on issueare as follows:1,217,747,374 Ordinary Fully Paid Shares (RRS) 310,997,135 Listed Options (RRSO) (A$0.05, 31 December 2011) 12,184,511 Unlisted Options (A$0.05, 31 Mar 2015) 5,420,655 Unlisted Options (£0.04, 30 June 2015) 60,000,000 Unlisted Directors Options (A$0.10, 31 Dec 2011) 3,177,029 Unlisted Options (A$0.50, 30 June 2012) PETER LANDAUExecutive DirectorContactsRange ResourcesPeter LandauTel : +61 (8) 8 9488 5220Em: plandau@rangeresources.com.auAustralia LondonPPR Conduit PRDavid Tasker Jonathan CharlesTel: +61 (8) 9388 0944 Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7429 6611Em: david.tasker@ppr.com.au Em: jonathan@conduitpr.comRFC Corporate Finance (Nominated Advisor) Old Park Lane Capital (Broker)Stuart Laing Michael ParnesTel: +61 (8) 9480 2500 Tel: +44 (0) 207 493 8188Range Background
Range Resources is a dual listed oil & gas exploration company with oil & gas interests in the frontier state of Puntland, Somalia, the Republic of Georgia and Texas, USA.
* Range holds a 25% interest in the initial Smith #1 well and 20% interest in further wells on the North Chapman Ranch project, Texas. The project area encompasses approximately 1,680 acres in one of the most prolific oil and gas producing trends in the State of Texas. Drilling of the first well has resulted in a commercial discovery with independently assessed gross recoverable reserves in place of 240 Bcf of natural gas, 18 mmbbls of oil and 17 mmbbls of natural gas liquids. * Range holds a 13.56% interest in the East Texas Cotton Valley Prospect in Red River County, Texas, USA, with the prospect's project area encompassing approximately 1,570 acres including a recent oil discovery. Independently assessed gross recoverable reserves in place of 5.4 Mmbbls of oil. * In Puntland, Range holds a 20% working interest in two licences encompassing the highly prospective Dharoor and Nugaal valleys with the operator (and 55% interest holder), TSXV listed Africa Oil Corp, planning to drill two wells in 2011. * In the Republic of Georgia, Range holds a 50% farm-in interest in onshore blocks VIa and VIb, covering approx. 7,000sq.km. Range has recently completed a 410km 2D seismic program with independent consultants RPS Energy identifying 68 potential structures containing and estimated 2.045 billion barrels of oil-in-place. * In Trinidad Range has entered into a HOA to acquire a 10% interest in holding companies with three onshore production licenses. Independently assessed gross recoverable P2 reserves in place of 4.8MMbls.
The reserves estimate for the North Chapman Ranch Project and East Texas Cotton Valley has been formulated by Lonquist & Co LLC who are Petroleum Consultants based in the United States with offices in Houston and Austin. Lonquist provides specific engineering services to the oil and gas exploration and production industry, and consults on all aspects of petroleum geology and engineering for both domestic and international projects and companies. Lonquist & Co LLC have consented in writing to the reference to them in this announcement and to the estimates of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids provided. These estimates were formulated in accordance with the guidelines of the Society of Petroleum Engineers ("SPE"). The SPE Reserve definitions can be found on the SPE website at spe.org.
The reserves estimates for the 3 Trinidad blocks referred above have been formulated by Forrest A. Garb & Associates, Inc. (FGA). FGA is an international petroleum engineering and geologic consulting firm staffed by experienced engineers and geologists. Collectively FGA staff has more than a century of worldâ€"wide experience. FGA have consented in writing to the reference to them in this announcement and to the estimates of oil and natural gas liquids provided. The definitions for oil and gas reserves are in accordance with SEC Regulation Sâ€"X.
RPS Group is an International Petroleum Consulting Firm with offices worldwide, who specialise in the evaluation of resources, and have consented to the information with regards to the Company's Georgian interests in the form and context that they appear. These estimates were formulated in accordance with the guidelines of the Society of Petroleum Engineers ("SPE").
ABN 88 002 522 009www.rangeresources.com.auLondon
5TH Floor, 23 King Street, St. James House, London SW1 6QY t: +44 (0)207 389 0588, f: +44 (0)207 930 2501
Australia
Ground Floor, 1 Havelock Street, West Perth WA 6005, Australia t: +61 8 9488 5220, f: +61 8 9324 2400
e: admin@rangeresources.com.au
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