Amerisur Resources is exploring for oil and gas in South America, currently in Colombia and later it plans to exploit its licences in Paraguay. It has a new Board of Directors and following a recent Placing at 6p (250m shares) sufficient cash to see through its current drilling plans and carry out some further corporate asset improvement opportunities.

Valuation of Amerisur Resources : 'Rule of Thumb' based on c.800m shares and using 10% DCF on oil at $70/barrel is 0.75p on the sp for every 1m barrels (CHP's share) that is proved in the ground.

Amerisur (formerly Chaco Resources) now has two exploration blocks in Colombia which it is currently evaluating and preparing to drill, one of these in the last quarter of 2007. It has also applied for further blocks in Colombia which are also believed to offer near term production. It also has three substantial areas in Paraguay and is awaiting news on a fourth. The next six months (May-November 2008) should see a steady news flow as it establishes the companys transformation from being an exploration company to becoming a significant oil production company. Set out below are some of the milestones which should produce announcements and have a positive effect on the share price. Any potential reserves are quoted in recoverable oil assets.



Platinillo, Colombia :

100% interest in a field currently assessed at holding 38.1m barrels of light sweet crude oil. Previously this a well flowed at 533 b/d before it was capped.Modern extraction methods may achieve up to double this output/well. Drilling completed for assessment and details of reserve figures and resumption of production daily figures awaited at Dec.2009. (Some guessestimates suggest the field might contain as much as 70m-100m barrels.)

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Tigra/Fenix block

100%% Further 3D seismic is completed; previous drilling has resulted in 30,000 barrels of oil from this block. Other blocks nearby in the Magdalena basin have also produced well. Drilled 11/2009; optimistic RNS (17 leads to follow)but reserve figures awaited

RNS :Expect further news on this block imminently and maybe a JV or other arrangement to speed up the timescale to production



Additional blocks to be announced

New local management team, in particular the CEO, is reputed to have some excellent contacts which will bring some high quality blocks to Amerisur in the coming months.

Curupayty Block, Paraguay :

1.39m hectares in north, close to Bolivia. Two wells previously drilled and both showed oil.

RNS : Expect JV with larger producer.



San Pedro Block, Paraguay :

1m hectares in south-east. Previous drilling showed oil.

RNS : Expect JV with larger producer.



Parana Basin, Paraguay :

Canindeyu block covering 1,789,000 hectares. Bordering Brazil. Oil field on Brazilian side already drilled. Chaco also expect to find oil and, at a deeper level, considerable quantities of gas. Chaco has obtained valuable historic seismic for re-evaluation.

RNS : Presidential Decree received 2/11/06.. Petrobras has announced its intention to increase substantially its effort to exploit Paraguay's hydrocarbons and has announced a farm-in on CDS's adjacent block. Possibility that they or another major will do likewise with Amerisur



Corporate Activity : The new Chairman is believed to have been brought on board to prove some or all of the existing Colombian assets and get these oil producing, arrange a JV on the Paraguayan assets before negotiating a sale of the company as consolidation of explorers in the region continues. An exit sp north of 1.00 over the next 12 months might be a reasonable target provided the drilling programme lives up to expectations, the price of oil remains at/above current levels and an approach is made for the company.

Yesterday's gains wiped out by the new shares.
2517

That's brought a few sellers out, I'm staying put having bought at an average of 15p I'll wait for the oil to flow in larger quantities, which shouldn't be too long.
2517

Agreed 2517, let the boys and girls play I'm in for the long game. The best is still to come.

blackdown, I agree but sifting through the bits of information will need to wait a while as I haven't the time right now and maybe that will be for the best since we also really need some decent information from the company.
With regard to the RNS today I don't read anything into what the directors are doing with their options since tax has a big impact on what they do and when. It could be far better exercising these now and sorting that out if they think a big rise is imminent. Also those shares they may have sold have gone to someone. Knowing where they have gone could be interesting.

SS, You did say some time back that if the big investors wanted 'in' at a particular price then the market would arrange for that price one way or t'other.
They did and they have. I did not forget what you said and planned accordingly.
Got a few away yesterday but also got a few in today. Not at bottom but good enough.
Lots to come..let the children play. Well they are grown up children but they are still good at 'games'.
I still have a good few I bought at 38.5p..silly me.
Never goes in a straight line. 'Straight' is not a concept the City is familiar with.
Still I'm comfortable and happy; and looking forward to log test results.

tx ss

Flow and pressure testing should complete this week.
2517

From a reliable source?

I hope so SS, the company rns on 26th July.
2517

Thanks. I hope that they will meet their timetable then. They are getting better at that than they were.

Tomorrow could be interesting

It's about time the company announced some revised reserve figures (upgraded as a result of the latest drilling) - I am sure that they know how much larger the reserves are now compared with the previous estimate of a couple of years ago. PI's are likely to be the last to be told, as usual.

I suppose it depends on how many drills they need to complete to calculate the overall capacity of the field.

Looks like somebody knows !!

As ever.

Tuesday looks odds on for news!

Great eh? Good news and down! next lot will have to be blockbuster stuff to get us back up. It will be!

No news and we're back up. Go figure.

Good chance of going through the 40p barrier

And perhaps the 45p barrier.

At long last this stock now looks to be set fair for a good run in the sp. Whether it can become 'the Cairn Energy of S.America' - something I have always thought a possibility now depends upon getting a deal done on Paraguay and Fenix. For those who were in at the start (1p/share all 10 years ago) I still don't think it is time to take any profits yet. I won't be.
Any folk who think differently and want another share to look at (where the timescale is in weeks/months) could take a look at US Oil & Gas (quoted on the Danish GXG market on a matched bargain basis, but planned to be available soon via ADR's, so worth getting there first). It is currently taking a breather at £4.00/share because there seems to have been a few shares available as T20 traders have been forced to sell rather than be allowed to roll their trades. There is some very significant news expected in the near future which, if it lives up to what is, will send this stock skyward as it has only some 42 million shares in issue. (Drilled already and currently testing several pay zones in Nevada, USA. Apparently a production well head has been installed so draw your own conclusions as to how much oil and how soon.