REG - Tower Resources PLC - Repayment of EECP Facility and Subscription

Tower ResourcesAnnouncement

15/02/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 2084D  Tower Resources PLC  15 February 2024

 

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15 February 2024

Tower Resources plc

("Tower" or the "Company")

Repayment of Energy Exploration Capital Partners LLC Facility

Subscription to raise £600,000

 

Tower Resources plc (AIM: TRP), the AIM-listed oil and gas company focused on
Africa, is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement (subject to
contract) for the repayment of the outstanding balance owed to Energy
Exploration Capital Partners, LLC ("EECP"), in accordance with the terms of
the investment deed (the "Deed") announced to the market on 16 January 2023.

 

The Company is also announcing a subscription for approximately 3,333,333,333
ordinary shares of 0.001p each (the "Subscription Shares") at a price of
0.018p per Subscription Share (the "Subscription"), representing a discount of
approximately 10% to the closing bid price of the Company's shares on 14
February 2024.

 

The Subscription has been arranged with certain investors by the Company's
broker, Axis Capital Markets Limited.

 

EECP Facility Repayment and Subscription

 

The proposed Subscription is being made to fund working capital, including the
full repayment of the outstanding balance of the EECP facility (currently
comprising US$455,000 plus fees) and to progress work on the Company's
licenses; including the Thali PSC, offshore Cameroon, PEL 96 in Namibia, and
the Algoa-Gamtoos license in South Africa.

 

The Subscription will raise gross proceeds of £600,000 through the issue of
3,333,333,333 ordinary shares of 0.001p each at a price of 0.018p per
Subscription Share, representing a discount of approximately 10% to the
closing bid price of the Company's shares on 14 February 2024.

 

The Subscription Shares will be issued in two tranches with a first tranche of
1,045,833,333 shares ("First Tranche Subscription Shares") and a second
tranche of 2,287,500,000 shares ("Second Tranche Subscription Shares").

 

It is intended to offer the broker, Axis Capital Markets Limited, 140,000,000
warrants over 140,000,000 new ordinary shares for arranging the Subscription
("Broker Warrants"). The period of the Broker Warrants will be three years at
a strike price of 0.018p per share.

 

Share Capital following the Subscription

 

Application has been made for the Subscription Shares to be admitted to
trading on AIM. It is expected that Admission of the First Tranche
Subscription Shares will become effective and that dealings will commence at
8.00 a.m. on or around 22 February 2024. It is expected that Admission of the
Second Tranche Subscription Shares will become effective and that dealings
will commence at 8.00 a.m. on or around 8 March 2024.

 

Following admission of the Subscription Shares, the Company's enlarged issued
share capital will comprise 16,638,185,250 Ordinary Shares of 0.001 pence each
with voting rights in the Company. This figure may be used by shareholders in
the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will
determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in the
interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.

 

Warrants and Options in Issue

 

Following the issue of the Broker Warrants, the total number of warrants and
options in issue is 2,068,625,814 equating to 11.1% of the Company's enlarged
share capital assuming full exercise of all warrants and share options.

Tower Resources Chairman & CEO, Jeremy Asher, commented:

 

"We are pleased to have completed this Subscription and to have repaid the
remaining balance of the advance from EECP. We are pursuing multiple
asset-level financing discussions, as previously disclosed, and this
fundraising will allow us to focus on these over the coming months. We remain
confident of spudding the NJOM-3 well in Cameroon this summer."

 

 

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of any of Canada, Australia, the Republic of South Africa or Japan and may not
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Note regarding forward-looking statements

 

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Contacts:

 

 Tower Resources plc                  +44 20 7157 9625

 Jeremy Asher

 Chairman & CEO

 Andrew Matharu

 VP - Corporate Affairs

 BlytheRay                            +44 20 7138 3208

 Financial PR

 Tim Blythe

 Megan Ray

 SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP       +44 20 3470 0470

Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker

 Stuart Gledhill

 Caroline Rowe

 Kasia Brzozowska

 Axis Capital Markets Limited         +44 203 026 2689

Joint Broker

 Lewis Jones

 Ben Tadd

 Novum Securities Ltd                 +44 20 7399 9400

Joint Broker

 Jon Bellis

 Colin Rowbury

 Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited          +44 20 7886 2500

Joint Broker

 John Prior

 Hugh Rich

 

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, staff and
strategic relationship with EPI Group, 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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