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FAR Ltd raises funds for Senagalese drilling programme

Oilfield Technology,

Independent Australian oil and gas exploration company, FAR Ltd, has completed a placement to institutional and sophisticated investors to raise US$ 46.7 million before expenses by issuing 424,961,685 shares.

The capital raising follows the significant oil discovery in FAN-1, offshore Senegal with its partners Cairn Energy plc, ConocoPhillips and Petrosen.

Drilling rig mobilised

The semi-submersible drilling unit Cajun Express used to drill the FAN-1 well has now mobilised to complete the second exploration well in the Senegalese drilling program, SNE-1.

Cath Norman FAR Managing Director said, “We won very strong support for this capital raising. Given the state of the market we are very pleased to have been oversubscribed with particularly strong support from Australian institutions and our existing shareholders.

“The discovery of oil in FAN-1 and an extended period of unscheduled maintenance have resulted in an increase to the forecast cost of the Senegal drilling programme that exceeds our funding cap for both wells. The additional funds raised will now allow us to complete this very exciting drilling programme.”

Further exploration ventures in Kenya, Guinea Bissau and Australia

“The discovery of oil in FAN-1 has gone some way to increasing the chance of success in the SNE-1 well so we eagerly await the results from this next well and hope to repeat the success of FAN-1. FAR also looks forward to advancing our other exploration ventures in Kenya, Guinea Bissau and Australia and embarking on new ventures,” Cath Norman continued.

”This capital raising leaves FAR with approximately AU$ 85 million of cash and in a very strong position from which to complete our near term corporate objectives.”

The placement was arranged by Bell Potter Securities Limited as Sole Lead Manager.


Adapted from press release by Cecilia Rehn

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