Royalite Petroleum Company Inc. Announces Closing of Private Placement; Update on Airport Lease Project; and Sale of Worldbid Su
June 05 2008 - 7:41PM
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HENDERSON, NV ("Royalite") is pleased to announce that its
private placement previously announced on March 31, 2008 has been
oversubscribed. The directors of Royalite have approved an increase
of up to 5% in the number of shares that may be sold under the
private placement to meet over-subscriptions. Accordingly, up to
8,400,000 shares may be issued under the private placement.
Royalite has received proceeds of $2,015,000 to date. Closing of
the private placement is expected to take place next week after
receipt of documentation in transit. The proceeds of the private
placement will be used to conduct exploration work on Royalite's
oil and gas properties and for general working capital
purposes.
Airport Lease Update
Since acquiring the Airport Lease located in Matagorda County,
Texas in April, 2008, Royalite has now acquired additional ground
in the area of interest totaling approximately 1,200 acres and
expects to acquire an additional 3,000 acres bringing the total
acreage in the area of interest to 5,700 acres.
Royalite has made all payments required under the Airport Lease
Agreement to date and, with the proceeds of the private placement,
has sufficient funds on hand to make the balance of the payments
required.
Royalite has also completed an environmental study for a 16,800
foot well to be drilled on its Airport Lease. The proposed well,
which is subject to Royalite obtaining additional financing, will
be located approximately 3,000 feet from the Harold Hunt #1 Well.
Royalite believes that the proposed well will be on trend with the
Harold Hunt #1 Well that had encountered several gas and condensate
pay zones from 6,000 feet to 16,600 feet deep and has been
producing since 1984. Royalite has engaged a consulting group to
assist it in preparing a drilling program for the proposed well and
to negotiate a drilling contract with a drilling company. In
addition, Royalite is currently in negotiations to obtain a 3D
seismic survey over its property.
Sale of Non-Core Business (Worldbid Subsidiary)
On June 5, 2008, Royalite entered into a Share Purchase
Agreement with Marktech Acquisition Corp. ("Marktech") and Worldbid
International Inc. ("Worldbid"). Under the terms of the Share
Purchase Agreement, Royalite agreed to sell all of the shares of
Worldbid, its internet business subsidiary, and all Worldbid
related business assets to Marktech in consideration of $50,000 and
assumption of approximately $93,000 in liabilities. The cash
portion of the purchase price shall be payable as to $25,000 on
closing and $25,000 thirty days from closing. As additional
consideration, Royalite agreed to assign to Marktech its right and
interest in the intercompany loan between Royalite and Worldbid. In
addition, Marktech will indemnify Royalite from any liabilities or
damages arising out of the liabilities of Worldbid and the
liabilities assumed by Marktech. Royalite anticipates that the
closing of the transaction will occur on June 30, 2008. Royalite is
disposing of the subsidiary in order to concentrate its efforts on
its core oil and gas business.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Press Release may contain, in addition to historical
information, forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements
in this news release that are forward-looking statements are
subject to various risks and uncertainties concerning the specific
factors disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in
Royalite's periodic filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. When used in this news release, the words such as
"could," "plan," "estimate," "believe," "expect," "intend," "may,"
"potential," "should," and similar expressions, are forward-looking
statements. The risk factors that could cause actual results to
differ from these forward-looking statements include, but are not
restricted to uncertainties about the availability of additional
financing, geological or mechanical difficulties affecting
geological work programs, uncertainty of estimates, operational
risk, environmental risk, financial risk, currency risk, dependence
on third parties and other statements that are not historical facts
as disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in
Royalite's periodic filings with securities regulators in the
United States. In particular, there is no assurance that Royalite
will obtain additional funding or be successful in acquiring any
additional oil and gas properties.
For more information contact: Royalite Petroleum Company Inc.
Norris R. Harris President (512) 478-8900
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