2nd Mar 2026 17:05
2 March 2026
WESTMOUNT ENERGY LIMITED
("Westmount" or the "Company")
Navitas executes Farm-In to JHI's North Falklands Basin Licence, PL001
Westmount Energy Limited (UK AIM: WTE.L), the AIM-quoted oil and gas investing company focussed on high impact drilling outcomes in emerging basins, notes the announcements today by Navitas Petroleum LP ("Navitas")1 and Westmount investees JHI Associates Inc. ("JHI") 2 and Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. ("Eco")3 pertaining to the execution of a farm-in agreement by Navitas and JHI under which Navitas will acquire a 65% Working Interest ("W.I.") and operatorship of PL001 North Falklands Basin Licence ("PL001"). JHI will retain a 35% W.I. which continues to be held via its wholly owned subsidiary JHI Falkland Inc. ("JHIF"). As consideration, in addition to payment of its share of JHIF's past costs in connection with the Licence, Navitas will fund JHI's 35% W.I. share of the costs associated with potential future activities, including an exploration well and potential appraisal well, up to an aggregate cap of USD$14M. This funding will be provided via a loan-carry arrangement repayable from 85% of JHIF's free cash flow from production under the PL001 License.
PL001 is located immediately to the west of PL032 containing the Navitas operated Sea Lion Project which recently achieved Final Investment Decision with respect to Phase 1 of this giant development complex with over 700 MMbbls of recoverable resources.
PL001, which covers approximately 1,126 square kilometres, is located in modest water depths (<500m), is fully covered by 3D seismic and contains significant exploration potential. JHI's internal Best Estimates indicate a prospect inventory containing an aggregate 3.1bn bbls of prospective recoverable resources with an aggregate upside of more than 10 bn bbls2. So far, two oil prospects, Tyche and Dinlas, have been high-graded within the same stratigraphic interval as the Sea Lion accumulation - each containing a potential 400 MMbbls recoverable2.
Westmount holds 1,500,000 shares in Eco. In addition, Westmount holds a total of 5,685,257 shares in JHI, representing approximately 6.24% of the issued share capital.
1https://maya.tase.co.il/he/reports/companies/1725338
2https://www.jhiassociates.com/north-falkland-basin
3https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/eco_atlantic_oil_gas_plc/news/regulatory_news/story/xe478nw
For further information, please contact:
Westmount Energy Limited www.westmountenergy.com
David King, Director Tel: +44 (0) 1534 823000
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nomad and Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7397 8900
Neil McDonald / Pete Lynch
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