REG - Afentra PLC - Update on the Angolan Acquisitions

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RNS Number : 4666W  Afentra PLC  17 April 2023

17 April 2023

AFENTRA PLC

 

Update on the Angolan Acquisitions

 

Afentra plc ('Afentra' or the 'Company') provides the following update
regarding the previously announced Angolan acquisitions.

 

INA Acquisition

Afentra is pleased to announce that having received the necessary approvals
from the regulator and contractor group members to the formal transfer
documentation ahead of the 17 April 2023 long stop date, we have agreed with
INA to proceed to completion whilst we await receipt of outstanding signatures
to this documentation. We look forward to updating on final completion
settlement payments which we expect to occur in early May.

Sonangol Acquisition Update

Following extensive discussions between ANPG and the Block 3/05 JV partners,
an updated proposal has been received from ANPG. This Licence Extension
addendum (the "Addendum") is to extend the Block 3/05 PSA from 31 December
2025 to 31 December 2040 with improved fiscal terms that strengthen the
economics of the permit, as anticipated in Afentra's Admission Document
published on 10 August 2022. The Block 3/05 JV partners are currently
reviewing this proposal and we anticipate, upon acceptance, that ANPG, the
regulator, can begin the process of obtaining the requisite governmental
decree to approve the Addendum.

In accordance with the announcement on 7 March 2023, the Company also confirms
that it has extended the long-stop date from 31 March 2023 to 30 June 2023 in
order to facilitate completion of the Sonangol transaction.

We look forward to providing shareholders with further updates in due course.

For further information contact:

Afentra plc +44 (0)20 7405 4133

Paul McDade, CEO

Anastasia Deulina, CFO

 

Buchanan (Financial PR) +44 (0)20 7466 5000

Ben Romney

Jon Krinks

 

Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Advisor and Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7418 8900

Richard Crichton

Paul Gillam

David McKeown

 

Tennyson Securities (Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7186 9033

Peter Krens

 

About Afentra

Afentra plc (AIM:AET) is an upstream oil and gas company focused on
opportunities in Africa. The Company's purpose is to support a responsible
energy transition in Africa by establishing itself as a credible partner for
divesting IOCs and Host Governments. Afentra has a current carried interest in
the Odewayne Block onshore southwestern Somaliland.

 

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for arranging for the release of this announcement on behalf of Afentra is
Paul McDade, Chief Executive Officer.

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