23rd Apr 2019 07:00
23 April 2019
Amerisur Resources Plc ("Amerisur" or the "Company")
Death of Non-Executive Director
Amerisur announces with great regret that Dana Coffield, non-executive Director, has very sadly died in an avalanche whilst skiing in the Rocky Mountains. The Board extends its deepest sympathies to Dana's family.
The Board wishes to acknowledge its gratitude for Dana's significant contribution to the Company since his appointment in April 2017.
Giles Clarke, Chairman of Amerisur said:
"It is with the greatest sadness that we learned of the death of Dana, who contributed so significantly to Amerisur. We wish his family our sincere condolences at this time. Dana, and all that he brought to us, will be greatly missed."
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Enquiries:
Nathan Piper, EVP, Head of Business Development and Comms Amerisur Resources
| Tel: +44 (0)330 333 8273 |
Billy Clegg/Kimberley Taylor | Tel: +44 (0)203 757 4983 |
Camarco
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Callum Stewart/Nicholas Rhodes/Ashton Clanfield Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 7710 7600 |
Chris Sim/Alex Ruffman/Tejas Padalkar | Tel: +44 (0)207 597 4000 |
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Paul Shackleton/Dan Gee-Summons Arden Partners Plc
| Tel: +44 (0)207 614 5900
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About Amerisur Resources
Amerisur Resources is an experienced Colombian Operator with an extensive, strategic acreage position in the underexplored Putumayo with Occidental Petroleum ("Oxy") and a strategic acreage position in Llanos in CPO-5 with ONGC. Amerisur is the 100% owner and operator of the OBA pipeline, a key piece of strategic, cross-border export infrastructure delivering oil from the Putumayo in Colombia into Ecuador. Amerisur produces from three fields, Platanillo in the Putumayo with Mariposa and Indico in the Llanos basin that together generates cash flow to fund its work programme. Amerisur has recently announced a potentially transformational result at Indico-1, which significantly exceeded expectations - 283 feet gross, 209 feet net oil column without an oil-water-contact.
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