15th Jun 2010 07:00
15 June 2010
MAPLE ENERGY PLC
("Maple" or the "Company")
NOTICE OF EGM
Maple Energy plc (AIM: MPLE; LIMA: MPLE), an integrated energy company with assets in Peru, announces today that it has posted a notice to shareholders giving notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held at 2.00 pm on 8 July 2010 for the purposes of obtaining shareholder approval with respect to proposed amendments to its articles of association.
A copy of the notice and the proposed amendments will be made available on the Company's
website: http://www.maple-energy.com/.
For further information, please contact:
Maple Energy plc (+ 51 1 611 4000)
Rex W. Canon, Chief Executive Officer, President and Executive Director
Jefferies International Limited (+44 20 7029 8000)
Rupert Mitchell
Oliver Griffiths
Mirabaud Securities Ltd (+44 20 7321 2508)
Peter Krens
Rory Scott
Citigate Dewe Rogerson (+44 20 7638 9571)
Martin Jackson
George Cazenove
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained in this document, particularly those regarding possible, projected, or assumed future performance and results, including growth outlook, forecasted economics, operations, production, contracting, costs, prices, earnings, returns, and potential growth, are or may include forward looking statements. Such statements relate to future events and expectations and as such involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, market conditions, weather risks, economic and political risks, and other factors discussed in Maple's Admission Document available on the Company's website (www.maple-energy.com). Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or an assurance that Maple's current assumptions and projections are valid. Actual results, actions, and developments may differ materially from those expressed or implied by those forward looking statements depending on a variety of factors. Furthermore, any forward looking statements presented are expressed in good faith and are believed to have a reasonable basis as of the date of this release. These forward looking statements speak only as at the date of this release, and Maple does not assume any obligation to update any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
About Maple Energy
Maple is an integrated independent energy company, listed in London and Lima, with assets and operations in Peru engaging in numerous aspects of the energy industry, including:
·; The development of an ethanol project
·; Exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas
·; Refining, marketing and distribution of hydrocarbon products
Maple was admitted to AIM on 13 July 2007 and trades under the symbol "MPLE". The company was also admitted to the Lima Stock Exchange on 21 December 2007 where it trades under the same symbol.
Operations
Maple's operations are conducted and revenues are generated through its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Maple's principal operations consist of the following:
·; Ethanol Project. Project developer and owner of an estimated US$254 million ethanol project located in the Piura Region on the northwest coast of Peru;
·; Oil Production. Operator and holder of 100% working interests in its crude-oil producing properties, Blocks 31-B, 31-D and 31-E;
·; Refining, Marketing and Distribution Operations. Operator of the Pucallpa Refinery and Sales Plant, which has capacity to refine up to (i) 3,400 barrels per day of crude oil producing Residual 5 fuel oil, (ii) 3,000 barrels per day of crude oil producing Residual 6 fuel oil or (iii) 4,100 barrels per day of natural gasolines. This plant also includes sales and distribution operations in the central Peruvian jungle, central Peruvian highlands and Lima regions;
·; Oil and Gas Exploration. Significant exploration opportunities through a:
- 100% working interest in Block 31-E, containing the San Roque and Cashiboya Deep prospects and the new shale gas opportunity; and
- 33.77% working interest in the Aguaytía Deep Prospect in Block 31-C.
Related Shares:
MPLE.L