Here is the presentation link below, and also a summary of someone who went to the presentation live at the One2One Forum.
http://www.ascentresources.co.uk/investor_information/Q3_2006_update.pdf
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Bartyboy - 7 Sep'06 - 12:24 - 2035 of 2055
Morning Guys
I was at the Proactive presentation yesterday afternoon in London, and had a chance to talk to Jeremy Eng immediately before his talk.
I'm not currently a holder, and do not therefore profess to be an expert on the company, but here are a few points which may be of interest. Apologies in advance if I'm relaying whats already known, or blindingly obvious!
1. There were about 30 present for the presentation. A mixture of Analysts, Journos, Private investors, and fund representatives.
2. Jeremy's presentation was well polished. I was impressed by him and also the depth of experiance in the management team.
3. The Spanish producing field is currently pumping 100 barrels per day. This revenue cover all operating costs, and gives the Company weight in licence negotiations, as they can claim to be a producer.
4. They were the first oil explorer to seek an Exploration Licence in Switzerland for the past 25 years. Since their application there have been two other companies seeking Licences in the same Canton alone. The Swiss had to get their official out of retirement, as no one knew how to process the application!
5. In Romania the Bilca gas production plant is due to go live within the next few days. The Company had to make a small payment [Which they have now done] to the Local Authority to sign off the construction work.
6. Hungary. Upside potential in the four identified prospects could go beyond 400BCF
7. Italy, currently working in Po Valley [Drilling 2007], Latium Coast [Drilling Oct 2006] and Latina valley [Anagni scheduled this month, Offset seismic this year, with deep well 2007]
8. Jeremy stated that to assemble their current portfolio as of todays date would cost 20 times what they paid over the last 18th months. Such is the current interest. An analyst [Sorry didn't catch the name] has given a very conservative vale of 63p per share for the current reserves.
Hope that brief overview was of some help.