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Cerus Energy Corp. (the Company) announces that further to the previously released news
release dated March 31, 2017, it has entered into an agreement with Vital Energy Inc. (“Vital”).
Cerus has reached an agreement with Lomac Canada Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cerus,
for the syndicated financing of the Phase I developments of the Pennant, Saskatchewan
Development Finance Platform (DFP). The syndication will be funded through a combination of
secure debt, credit and cash from arm’s length and non-arm’s length funders.
The Lomac Canada Syndicate will be awarded 160% of the 180% penalty, in addition to the
retention of collected revenue until penalty payout. Cerus will retain a 20% margin on the project
and the 5% GORR (Gross Overriding Royalty) for its transaction facilitation and oversight.
According to R. Mackenzie Loree, President and CEO Cerus Energy Corporation, “We are very
close to achieving the goals that have been set out for Cerus and the initiation of our DFP. The
creation of a platform that can fund development operations on an ongoing basis, without
requiring dilution or issuance of debt in Cerus, is key to our continued success.”
The Vital Pennant project will clearly highlight the effectiveness of the platform by creating
opportunity for the developing company, while also providing a handsome return for Cerus. It will also provide a safe and secure opportunity for syndicated member participation.
The Company appreciates the patience of its shareholders, as the DFP platform and model has
required significant time and effort to establish and implement through this inaugural project.
The Vital Pennant project will be the standard by which the effectiveness and success of the platform’s performance will be gauged. The Vital Pennant project has a minimum of 80 locations identified with additional locations expected to be booked with the completion of Phase III seismic project analysis. Based on the booked locations, the project has $112,000,000 committed to development, excluding pipelines or centralized processing facilities. The total Penalty amount will be in excess of $201,600,000, with a retained margin of $40,320,000 earned by Cerus.
In summary, Cerus aims to “cut its teeth” on this first project with Vital and then replicate the
success of the system. As aggressively as possible, the Company’s will use its own cash flow and money, raised through the syndication program, to quickly deploy and develop projects. Cerus is confident that funders and participants in this project, will not only become confident in the reliability and repeatability of the program, but also in the management team’s vision, platform and project oversite abilities.
Operational Update
Cerus would like to announce that three of four surface leases have been successfully acquired,
with construction of the first surface lease expected to commence within the next two weeks. The Company will be waiting on preferred services to begin the drilling process along with the
completion of Lomac Canada’s Syndicate membership.
About Cerus Energy Group Ltd.
Cerus is a Tier 2 Canadian-based oil and gas exploration company trading on the TSX Venture Exchange with property assets in both Alberta and Saskatchewan.
For further information, please contact:
Bruce Scafe, Secretary
1-877-737-8864 or bscafe@cerusenergy.com
Alternate Contact.
Mackenzie Loree, CEO
1-403-861-6779 or mloree@cerusenergy.com
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION
Certain information in this news release is forward-looking within the meaning of certain securities laws, and is subject to important risks, uncertainties and assumptions. This forward-looking information includes, among other things, information with respect to the Company’s beliefs, plans, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions. The words “may”, “could”, “should”, “would”, “suspect”, “outlook”, “believe”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “plan”, “target” and similar words and expressions are used to identify forward-looking information. The forward-looking information in this news release describes the Company’s expectations as of the date of this news release. The results or events anticipated or predicted in such forward-looking information may differ materially from actual results or events. Material factors which could cause actual results or events to differ materially from a conclusion, forecast or projection in such forward-looking information include, among others, risks arising from general economic conditions and adverse industry events.
When relying on forward-looking information to make decisions, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. The Company has assumed that the material factors referred to in the previous paragraph will not cause such forward-looking information to differ materially from actual results or events. However, the list of these factors is not exhaustive and is subject to change and there can be no assurance that such assumptions will reflect the actual outcome of such items or factors.
THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS NEWS RELEASE REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMPANY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS NEWS RELEASE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE. READERS SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE IMPORTANCE ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT RELY UPON THIS INFORMATION AS OF ANY OTHER DATE. WHILE THE COMPANY MAY ELECT TO, IT DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION ON AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME.
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