- Aziza
Project invests in early-stage oil and gas exploration operations in
underdeveloped Southern Africa region
- Aziza’s
first investment is a 20 percent stake in Africa New Energies (ANE), which
is preparing to drill wells on a Montana-sized chunk of Namibia
- The
company’s investment opportunity consists of a security token offering
that will allow coin holders to share in company profits
- Company
engineers are awaiting the results of a September bore drilled to identify
where potable underground water might be located and for conclusive
results from water samples being tested for the presence of hydrocarbons
Amid revived interest in the potential of Southern Africa’s
oil and gas exploration prospects, Aziza Project LLC’s tokenized oil and gas
fund is offering investors a foundation building opportunity to fund a new era
of hope for the 630 million people who currently have no access to the power
grid and typically depend on wood and paraffin for their energy needs.
The exploration-friendly policies of Namibia’s government,
in particular, have created the potential for investors to see returns as
planned drilling backed by Aziza Project delivers anticipated results using big
data algorithms. The privately held company invests in early-stage oil and gas
businesses with the aim of ethically developing hydrocarbon resources in parts
of Southern Africa that are generally regarded as having underdeveloped
potential.
After nearly a decade of stalled exploration, drilling in
Namibia picked up dramatically this year and is expected to increase further in
2019, with experts evaluating the country’s economic growth prospects as
favorable (http://ibn.fm/wwAsK).
Daniel McKeown, the co-founder and managing director of oil explorer Azinam
Limited, recently told investors that the drilling that has taken place to date
has demonstrated beyond doubt that the region has the potential to become a new
petroleum province, because all the indicators of hydrocarbons – from
source-rock to structural traps – have been confirmed (http://ibn.fm/3uGYd).
Aziza Project owns 20 percent of Africa New Energies (ANE),
which is preparing a program of 10 well drills on a Namibian government
concession that’s roughly the size of Montana — a 22,000-square-kilometer
(8,494.2-square-mile) prospective hydrocarbon resource bordering Botswana and
the Kalahari Desert, with infrastructure in place for transportation to
neighboring South Africa’s refineries.
Aziza Project is helping to fund the $60 million called for
to develop the drilling program and to make additional investments in other
early-stage oil and gas businesses by utilizing a security token initial coin
offering (ICO), or security token offering, that tokenizes ANE’s asset and
anticipated hydrocarbon resource.
“Our token represents what I’ve described as an indirect
fractional ownership interest in the Aziza Project,” CEO Robert Pyke stated in
a November NetworkNewsAudio interview (http://ibn.fm/DEOE8). “It’s a little bit different to being
a shareholder, but what’s critically important is that Aziza Coin holders will
be the economic beneficiaries — that means they will be able to share in any of
the profits made by the Aziza Project organization.”
Pyke said a lot of the reason Namibia’s hydrocarbon
potential remains underdeveloped is that South Africa’s Apartheid era created
an unwillingness among investors to build resources in the region. As the
political climate has changed, so have outsiders’ attitudes toward sustaining
national wellbeing in the region.
“Whereas in Northern Africa, in Western Africa there are
tens of thousands of wells that have been drilled, it’s practically zero —
dozens — in Southern Africa. So we see it as a big untapped geography. We think
the geology is exciting,” Pyke continued.
ANE rejected an unsolicited bid of $500 million last year
for its concession, because the company believes that the land’s hydrocarbon
prospects are worth far more to its investors. However, the bid allowed the
company to establish a base valuation for the site. Aziza’s 20 percent share of
ANE’s asset is therefore valued at $100 million.
“One of the biggest challenges we’ve (in the leadership
team) faced is we are a security token,” Pyke said. “We are very clear that the
reason we would expect people to buy an Aziza Coin is that there is the
potential of making an excellent financial return. (If) the oil and gas assets
produce hydrocarbons, they will appreciate in value substantially. Navigating
the regulatory environment has been very time-consuming.”
ANE expects to place orders for drilling rigs and complete
the environmental impact assessment for the site next year before “spudding”
its first exploratory well, according to its website. The company is awaiting
the results of a test bore drilled in September to establish where subsurface
water and hydrocarbons might be located. As drilling continues into 2020, the
company expects to complete analysis of its initial well results. By 2021, the
company expects to begin planning for an IPO.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Aziza.io
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