Kibo Energy PLC Further update on MCPP in Tanzania (9686B)
September 26 2018 - 1:01AM
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Kibo Energy PLC
26 September 2018
Kibo Energy PLC (Incorporated in Ireland)
(Registration Number: 451931)
(External registration number: 2011/007371/10)
Share code on the JSE Limited: KBO
Share code on the AIM: KIBO
ISIN: IE00B97C0C31
("Kibo" or "the Company")
Dated: 26 September 2018
Kibo Energy PLC ('Kibo' or the 'Company')
Update on MCPP in Tanzania
Kibo Energy PLC ("Kibo" or the "Company"), the multi-asset,
Africa focused, energy company, is pleased to announce that,
further to the announcement dated 16 August 2018, the Company has
noted that the Mbeya Coal Mine, which comprises the mining
component of the Mbeya coal to Power Project ("MCPP"), has been
recommended for grant of a Special Mining Licence from the Mining
Commission of Tanzania (see also Tanzanian Ministry of Minerals
announcement at:
http://tumemadini.go.tz/download/orodha-ya-special-mining-licence/)
Additionally, further to the announcement dated 18 September
2018, Kibo has now also submitted the request to the Tanzania
Electricity Supply Company ("TANESCO") asking for further
clarification on the impact / affect the tender process for coal
power projects may or may not have on its ongoing Power Purchase
Agreement ("PPA") negotiations with TANESCO in respect of the
Company's MCPP in the Songwe district in South Western
Tanzania.
In the meantime, the Company has engaged in the tender process
and has already obtained the relevant documentation for submission
of the tender qualification as stipulated in the Invitation for
Qualification ("IFQ"). The Company's current understanding of the
broad technical criteria outlined in the tender documentation,
shows that Kibo qualifies on each of these aspects and is at a
significantly more advanced development stage with regard to most
of the minimum requirements contained therein.
Louis Coetzee, CEO of Kibo, said, "Receipt of the Special Mining
Licence will be a further box ticked in the MCPP's development
plan. Whilst timelines could be affected by TANESCO's recent
initiation of a tender process, the strong fundamentals of the
project remain unaffected: the MCPP is a key energy project
positioned to help alleviate Tanzania's acute power deficit. With
local, governmental and international support, we remain focused
and confident on advancing the project through the very last steps
of the planning and development phase to first power production. We
believe we remain firmly on course to deliver the MCPP and our two
other utility scale projects in Botswana and Mozambique
respectively."
**ENDS**
This announcement contains inside information as stipulated
under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) no. 596/2014 ("MAR").
For further information please visit www.kibo.energy or
contact:
Louis Coetzee info@kibo.energy Kibo Energy PLC Chief Executive Officer
Andreas Lianos +27 (0) 83 4408365 River Group Corporate and Designated
Adviser on JSE
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Ben Tadd / +44 (0) 20 3700 SVS Securities Limited Joint Broker
Tom Curran 0093
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Jon Belliss +44 (0) 20 7399 Novum Securities Joint Broker
9400 Ltd
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Andrew Thomson +61 8 9480 2500 RFC Ambrian Limited NOMAD on AIM
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Isabel de Salis +44 (0) 20 7236 St Brides Partners Investor and Media
/ 1177 Ltd Relations Adviser
Gaby Jenner
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Notes to editors
Kibo Energy PLC is a multi-asset, Africa focussed, energy
company positioned to address the acute power deficit, which is one
of the primary impediments to economic development in Sub-Saharan
Africa. To this end, it is the Company's objective to become a
leading independent power producer in the region.
Kibo is simultaneously developing three similar coal-fuelled
power projects: the Mbeya Coal to Power Project ('MCPP') in
Tanzania; the Mabesekwa Coal Independent Power Project ('MCIPP') in
Botswana; and the Benga Independent Power Project ('BIPP') in
Mozambique. By developing these projects in parallel, the Company
intends to leverage considerable economies of scale and timing in
respect of strategic partnerships, procurement, equipment, human
capital, execution capability / capacity and project finance.
Additionally, the Company will benefit from its robust and
experienced international blue-chip partnership network across its
project portfolio, which includes: SEPCO III (China), General
Electric (USA); Tractebel Engineering (Belgium); Minxcon Consulting
(South Africa); ABSA / Barclays Africa; and Hogan Lovells
International LLP.
Johannesburg
26 September 2018
Corporate and Designated Adviser
River Group
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