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WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, CANADA,
AUSTRALIA, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER
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This announcement does not
constitute a prospectus or offering memorandum or an offer in
respect of any securities and is not intended to provide the basis
for any decision in respect of Tower Resources PLC or other
evaluation of any securities of Tower Resources PLC or any other
entity and should not be considered as a recommendation that any
investor should subscribe for or purchase any such
securities.
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."
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This announcement does not
constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to purchase, or
otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell, otherwise dispose of or
issue, or any solicitation of any offer to sell, otherwise dispose
of, issue, purchase, otherwise acquire or subscribe for, any
security in the capital of the Company in any
jurisdiction.
The information contained in this
announcement is not to be released, published, distributed or
transmitted by any means or media, directly or indirectly, in whole
or in part, in or into the United States or to any US Person. This
announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or a
solicitation of an offer to buy, securities in the United States or
to any US Person. Securities may not be offered or sold in the
United States absent: (i) registration under the Securities Act; or
(ii) an available exemption from registration under the Securities
Act. The securities mentioned herein have not been, and will not
be, registered under the Securities Act and will not be offered to
the public in the United States.
This announcement does not
constitute an offer to buy or to subscribe for, or the solicitation
of an offer to buy or subscribe for, Ordinary Shares in the capital
of the Company or any other security in any jurisdiction in which
such offer or solicitation is unlawful. The securities mentioned
herein have not been, and the Ordinary Shares will not be,
qualified for sale under the laws of any of Canada, Australia, the
Republic of South Africa or Japan and may not be offered or sold in
Canada, Australia, the Republic of South Africa or Japan or to any
national, resident or citizen of Canada, Australia, the Republic of
South Africa or Japan. Neither this announcement nor any copy of it
may be sent to or taken into the United States, Canada, Australia,
the Republic of South Africa or Japan. In addition, the securities
to which this announcement relates must not be marketed into any
jurisdiction where to do so would be unlawful.
Note regarding forward-looking statements
This announcement contains certain
forward-looking statements relating to the Company's future
prospects, developments and business strategies. Forward-looking
statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as
"targets" "estimates", "envisages", "believes", "expects", "aims",
"intends", "plans", "will", "may", "anticipates", "would", "could"
or similar expressions or the negative of those, variations or
comparable expressions, including references to
assumptions.
The forward-looking statements in
this announcement are based on current expectations and are subject
to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by those
statements. These forward-looking statements relate only to the
position as at the date of this announcement. Neither the Directors
nor the Company undertake any obligation to update forward looking
statements, other than as required by the AIM Rules for Companies
or by the rules of any other applicable securities regulatory
authority, whether as a result of the information, future events or
otherwise. You are advised to read this announcement and the
information incorporated by reference herein, in its entirety. The
events described in the forward-looking statements made in this
announcement may not occur.
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website (or any other website) nor any website accessible by
hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is
incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement.
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Placing. If in any doubt about any of the contents of this
announcement, independent professional advice should be
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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
Jeremy Asher
Chairman & CEO
Andrew Matharu
VP - Corporate Affairs
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+44
20 7157 9625
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BlytheRay
Financial PR
Tim Blythe
Megan Ray
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+44
20 7138 3208
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SP
Angel Corporate Finance LLP
Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
Stuart Gledhill
Caroline Rowe
Kasia Brzozowska
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+44
20 3470 0470
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Axis
Capital Markets Limited
Joint Broker
Lewis Jones
Ben Tadd
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+44
203 026 2689
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Novum Securities Ltd
Joint Broker
Jon Bellis
Colin Rowbury
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+44
20 7399 9400
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Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited
Joint Broker
John Prior
Hugh Rich
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+44
20 7886 2500
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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.