Singapore / ACCESSWIRE / December 12, 2014 / Terra Nova Energy Ltd. (the "Company" or "Terra Nova") (TSX-V: TGC; OTCQX: TNVMF) is pleased to announce that it has initiated the process of acquiring the required permits and heritage clearance in support of the upcoming drilling campaign for the Company's Petroleum Exploration License 444 located on the western flank of the Cooper/Eromanga Basins in the State of South Australia, Australia.
Henry Aldorf, CEO and Chairman, stated "We are very encouraged by the ongoing commercial discoveries with impressive flow rates on the western flank of the Cooper/Eromanga Basins as we continue to prepare for our upcoming drilling campaign."
The Company has previously announced that it has identified eight potential drilling locations based on the ranking and risking of multiple targets in the Birkhead, Namur and Hutton reservoir intervals. The permits and heritage clearance are expected to be completed within the next 60 days.
Terra Nova Energy Ltd. is an oil and gas company with a right to acquire up to a 55% working interest in two onshore petroleum exploration licenses ("PEL"), being PEL 112 and PEL 444, located on the western flank of the Cooper/Eromanga Basins in the State of South Australia, Australia. Its common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "TGC" and its ordinary shares trade in the U.S. on the OTCQX marketplace under the symbol "TNVMF."
For more information please contact:
Lydia Danis
Corporate Communications
T: +1 604 200 1039
Email: [email protected]
Nico Civelli
VP Finance
T: +65 9395 8990
Email: [email protected]
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release contains forward-looking information relating to Terra Nova's intentions to conduct the seismic program and subsequent drilling programs and other statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking information is subject to important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from what is currently expected, for example: risks related to oil and gas exploration, development, exploitation, production, marketing and transportation, loss of markets, volatility of commodity prices, currency fluctuations, competition from other producers, inability to retain drilling rigs and other services, reliance on key personnel, and insurance risks. Findings by other oil and gas issuers does not necessarily indicate that Terra Nova will be successful in making such findings in the Western Flank. In making such forward-looking statements, Terra Nova has relied upon certain assumptions relating to geological settings, commodity prices, the stability of markets and currencies and the availability of capital to Terra Nova in order to continue with the seismic and drilling programs. You should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely upon this information as of any other date. While Terra Nova may elect to, Terra Nova is under no obligation and does not undertake to update this information at any particular time, except as required by applicable securities law
SOURCE: Terra Nova Energy Ltd.