REG - ADM Energy PLC - Altoona Lease Farm-Out

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17/04/2025 09:00

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RNS Number : 4494F  ADM Energy PLC  17 April 2025

17 April 2025

 

 

ADM Energy PLC

 

("ADM" or the "Company")

 

Altoona Lease Farm-Out

 

ADM Energy PLC (AIM: ADME; BER and FSE: P4JC), an AIM quoted natural resource
investing company, is pleased to provide the following update with respect to
the Altoona Lease, Kern County, California.

 

Highlights

 

·    Intercompany restructuring of the investment in Altoona to bring it
into Vega Oil and Gas, LLC ("VOG") to facilitate a more efficient
administration of the Altoona Lease, which includes being granted ownership of
Altoona JV, LLC for nil consideration.

·    Completion of a farm-out of the Altoona Lease, resulting in the
Company retaining a 25.0% carried working interest and 18.75% net revenue
interest in the Altoona Lease work program, including the  reactivation of
production up to 11 of the existing available well bores and deepening of two
wells.

 

Acquisition of Altoona JV, LLC

On 25 May 2023 the Company announced that it had acquired a 70% working
interest and 52.5% net revenue interest in the Altoona Lease, Kern County,
California. This investment was made by way of an investment in assets owned
by Blade Oil V, LLC which had farmed into Altoona JV, LLC ("Altoona JV"), a
California limited liability company established to administer the development
of the Altoona Lease.

 

To facilitate a farm-out agreement in order to fund the Altoona Lease work
program, on 15 April 2025, Atlantic Bridge Energy, Inc, which holds the
remaining 30% working interest in the Altoona Lease and which owns Altoona JV,
transferred to the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary VOG, 100% of the equity
interest of Altoona JV for nil consideration. VOG will assume administrative
responsibility for the development and operation of the Altoona Lease
investment, effective from 1 April 2025.

 

In conjunction with the transfer of Altoona JV,  the Board of ADM has further
transferred its investment in the Altoona Lease to VOG in order to more
efficiently manage the Company's onshore U.S. oil and gas investments in one
portfolio.

Farm-Out of Interest in the Altoona Lease

Further, on 15 April 2025, VOG subsequently entered into an agreement with a
consortium of private investors, pursuant to which VOG will farm-out 45% of
its 70% working interest for a US$750,000 cash investment toward the work
program on the Altoona Lease ("Farm-Out"). The farm-out consortium has paid
VOG an initial sum of US$150,000, with the remaining US$600,000 to be
deposited into escrow to be released upon completion of necessary pre-drill
regulatory and technical work. VOG will retain a 25% carried working interest
in the Altoona Lease and a 18.75% net revenue interest, with the proceeds from
the Farm-Out expected to fully cover the work program, which is aimed at
reactivating up to 11 of the existing available wells on the acreage and
deepening two key wells into reservoir intervals (the Company notes that
Chevron Corporation has had success on adjacent acreage in recent years). The
new Altoona Lease work program is expected to commence in Q2 2025 and continue
into Q3 2025. The details following the acquisition and the Farm-Out are set
out below:

 

                       Atlantic Bridge Energy, Inc.  Vega Oil and Gas, LLC  Farm-Out Consortium
 Altoona JV LLC        -                             100.00%                -
 Altoona Lease         -                             100.00%                -
 Cost Share            30.00%                        -                      70.00%
 Working Interest      30.00%                        25.00%                 45.00%
 Net Revenue Interest  22.50%                        18.75%                 33.75%

 

 

Related Party Transaction

The transfer of Altoona JV, LLC, constitutes a related party transaction for
the purposes of Rule 13 of the AIM Rules, by virtue of Mr Randall Connally,
CEO of the Company, being a director of Altoona JV, LLC and Mr Claudio
Coltellini, Non-executive Director of the Company, being a director of
Atlantic Bridge Energy, Inc.

 

With the exception of Mr Randall Connally and Mr Claudio Coltellini, the
Directors of the Company consider, having consulted with the Company's
nominated adviser, Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, that the terms of the
transfer are fair and reasonable insofar as its shareholders are concerned.

 

Commenting on the recent developments, Randall Connally, CEO, commented: "The
Farm-Out and internal, administrative reorganisation of the Company's
interests in the Altoona Lease signal the start the Company's focus to
initiate further development at the site. The Company believes that this
development will be a cornerstone of the rebuilding of ADM, and we look
forward to working with our partners to complete the deepening of two wells
before end of Q3 2025."

 

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to
constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations
(EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ('MAR'). Upon the publication of this
announcement via Regulatory Information Service ('RIS'), this inside
information is now considered to be in the public domain.

 

Enquiries:

 

 ADM Energy plc                                       +1 214 675 7579
 Randall Connally, Chief Executive Officer
 www.admenergyplc.com (http://www.admenergyplc.com/)

 Cairn Financial Advisers LLP                         +44 207 213 0880
 (Nominated Adviser)
 Jo Turner

 Liam Murray

 Ed Downes

 Novum Securities Limited                             +44 207 399 9400
 (Broker)
 Gavin Burnell
 Colin Rowbury

 ODDO BHF Corporates & Markets AG                      +49 69 920540
 (Designated Sponsor, Frankfurt Stock Exchange)
 Michael B. Thiriot

 

About ADM Energy PLC

ADM Energy PLC (AIM: ADME; BER and FSE: P4JC) is a natural resources investing
company with investments including a 100% interest in Vega Oil and Gas, LLC
("Vega") and through Vega holds a 70% working interest in the Altoona Lease,
California ("Altoona"); a 41.4% economic interest in JKT Reclamation, LLC
("JKT"); a 42.2% economic interest in OFX Technologies, LLC
(www.ofxtechnologies.com (http://www.ofxtechnologies.com) ) ("OFXT"), and
through OFXT holds 100% of Efficient Oilfield Solutions, LLC ("EOS"); and, a
9.2% profit interest in the Aje Field, part of OML 113, which covers an area
of 835km² offshore Nigeria. Aje has multiple oil, gas, and gas condensate
reservoirs in the Turonian, Cenomanian and Albian sandstones with five wells
drilled to date.

 

About JKT Reclamation, LLC

JKT is the owner of a 20-acre facility in Wilson, Oklahoma with fixed assets
including a workshop and office structure, ten 410-barrel storage tanks and
other related separation and material handling equipment. In addition to the
property, plant and equipment, other assets include two proprietary chemical
formulae with additional potential commercial applications.

 

About Vega Oil and Gas, LLC

Vega is a Texas Limited Liability Company with in interest in three oil wells
in Moore County, Texas: Sneed 415 (currently operating) and TG Thompson 7330
and TG Thompson 7331 (currently offline). In the second half of 2025 Vega
purchased equipment and initiated construction of a tank battery to link up
the three wells and allow the switch on and production of Thompson 7330 and
7331. Vega may also seek further acquisitions or lease farm-in opportunities,
with the objective of initiating a drilling program, following commencement of
production at all three wells.

 

About the Altoona Lease

The Altoona Lease is a circa 20-acre lease located in a crestal position
within the Spellacy Anticline Region of the prolific Midway Sunset oil
field. Discovered in 1915, the Altoona Lease has produced less than 1 million
barrels of oil from multiple reservoir intervals primarily between 1,000 and
1,600 feet. Chevron (USA), Inc. ("Chevron") is actively developing leases
contiguous with and surrounding the Altoona Lease. In March/April 2020 Chevron
drilled and started producing the 3-8R and 3-8AR wells located approximately
250 meters from the Altoona Lease. These wells were drilled to deeper
reservoir intervals at approximately 1,935 feet and combined, have produced in
excess of 214,000 barrels of oil to the end of February 2025.

 

 

Forward Looking Statements

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forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements are identified by their
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"estimate", "intend", "may", "plan", "potentially", "expect", "will" or the
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to assumptions. These forward-looking statements are not based on historical
facts but rather on the Directors' current expectations and assumptions
regarding the Company's future growth, results of operations, performance,
future capital and other expenditures (including the amount, nature and
sources of funding thereof), competitive advantages, business prospects and
opportunities. Such forward-looking statements reflect the Directors' current
beliefs and assumptions and are based on information currently available to
the Directors.

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