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Tower ResourcesAnnouncement

01/09/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 3400X  Tower Resources PLC  01 September 2025

 

1 September 2025

 

Tower Resources plc

("Tower" or the "Company")

Bridge Loan

 

Tower Resources plc (AIM: TRP), the AIM-listed oil and gas company focused on
Africa, is pleased to announce that the Company has agreed to expand its
Bridge Loan, initially announced on 26 March 2025 and expanded on 1 July 2025,
by £250,000, from £750,000 to £1,000,000, with effect from 29 August 2025.
The other terms of the Bridge Loan remain unchanged.

 

The Bridge Loan is an unsecured fixed-price convertible loan (the "Bridge
Loan") provided by Prime Resources Limited ("PR") with a term of up to 12
months from 25 March 2025, and convertible into ordinary shares at a fixed
conversion price of 0.05588 pence per share (being a premium of 100% to the
average of the 5 daily VWAPs prior to the original issue date) if not prepaid
earlier. PR is a Gibraltar-registered private investment company and is not
related to the Company's prospective farm-in partner Prime Global Energies
Limited.

 

Tower Resources Chairman & CEO, Jeremy Asher, commented:

 

"The purpose of the Bridge Loan has been to provide the Company with working
capital flexibility in preparation for the drilling of the NJOM-3 well on the
Thali license in Cameroon. We are still anticipating spudding the NJOM-3 well
in Q4 2025, although this is now quite a tight schedule. The Prime Minister of
the Republic of Cameroon has issued instructions for the grant of the
extension of the initial exploration period of the Thali license and the
approval of the farm-out to Prime Global Energies Limited, and the process is
ongoing. Therefore, although we expect to receive the formal documentation of
these approvals and completion of the farm-out presently, it is important that
we keep the current work streams on track in the meantime, in order to
minimise delays to the drilling schedule."

 

Key Terms of the Bridge Loan

 

The Company has agreed a fixed-price convertible loan, now increased from
£750,000 to £1,000,000, with PR, with a duration of up to 12 months from the
original drawdown. The material terms of the loan comprise a 5% cash
implementation fee payable on drawdown (which is immediate) and interest of
15% per annum or pro rata until repaid, accrued daily and paid on the maturity
date. The loan agreement states that as long as the Company's share price (as
defined by the average of the 5 latest daily VWAPs) is below the fixed
conversion price, then the Company has the right to prepay the loan with
accrued interest to the date of repayment and no further fees, with 10
business-days' notice, in which case the conversion right immediately lapses
on repayment. However, if the Company's share price is higher than the fixed
conversion price, then it will be at the lender's discretion to accept an
early cash redemption.

 

The loan is unsecured, but Tower's operational subsidiaries are parties to
standard corporate guarantees, and the facility contains standard default
provisions.

 

Importantly, the terms of the Bridge Loan do not include the issue of any
warrants or other equity-linked instruments other than the standard
fixed-price conversion right if not repaid with interest.

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Contacts:

 

 Tower Resources plc                  +44 20 7157 9625

 Jeremy Asher

 Chairman & CEO

 Andrew Matharu

 VP - Corporate Affairs

 BlytheRay                            +44 20 7138 3204

 Financial PR

 Tim Blythe

 Megan Ray

 SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP       +44 20 3470 0470

Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker

 Stuart Gledhill

 Jen Clarke

 Axis Capital Markets Limited         +44 203 026 2689

Joint Broker

 Lewis Jones

 Novum Securities Ltd                 +44 20 7399 9400

Joint Broker

 Jon Bellis

 Colin Rowbury

 

 

About Tower Resources

Tower Resources plc is an AIM listed energy company building a balanced
portfolio of energy opportunities in Africa across the exploration and
production cycle in oil and gas and beyond. The Company's current focus is on
advancing its operations in Cameroon to deliver cash flow through short-cycle
development and rapid production with long term upside, and de-risking
attractive exploration licenses through acquiring 3D seismic data in the
emerging oil and gas provinces of Namibia and South Africa, where world-class
discoveries have recently been made.

Tower's strategy is centred around stable jurisdictions that the Company knows
well and that offer excellent fiscal terms. Through its Directors and staff,
Tower has access to decades of expertise and experience in Cameroon and
Namibia, and its joint venture with New Age builds on years of experience in
South Africa.

 

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