RE:New Scott Evans interview!!! Woohoo and its awesome!!!! An excellent conference call, with multiple key takeaways (over and above recent press releases):
- Scott Evans/CEO identifies ReconAfrica as a Namibian Company in the early days of hydrocarbon exploration.
- Already proven is an active conventional petroleum system: reservoir rock with good permeability and good porosity, seal, with approval for zone testing. Analysis of core samples showed excellent 54-60% water saturation in two carbonate zones). The 2D seismic will identify the traps (95% on existing roads, 30% completed, on budget & on schedule). Discovered fault rifts and shear systems point to traps. A 6-2 sixth carbonate zone was also discovered above the two already highlighted.
- Company approach emphasizes diligence in gathering data, vetting it, prior to public announcement.
- Company ESG collaborates closely with the tribal authorities, local Kavango East and Kavango West authorities, and national governances, emphasizing local hiring and gender diversity, with wildlife management. The $10MM C$ company donation is aiding Covid-19 pandemic relief with vaccines and oxygen, with expanding community water well contributions.
- Namibian permits currently exist solely for stratigraphic test wells to determine rock structure. Testing interval permits are pending.
- Exchange uplifting is in progress (TSE Main Board/Nasdaq/NYSE)
- An infrastructure & economic analysis is in progress for commercial development. Hydrocarbon production will initiate by trucking to Grootfonteine, then by rail to the coast. Future Gas production plans envision gas-to-power small local Power Plants, providing electricity for local communities and wider distributions, targeting Net Zero Clean Energy.
Regarding commercial distribution, Wikipedia notes Namibia's transportation network as one of the best in Africa. Railway services are provided by TransNamib, and were completed pre-WW1 during the German Empire colonial period on 3’ 6” narrow gauge track. Relevant to RA’s future commercial production, railway connects northern Oshikango southward to the Otavi junction, then southwest to Swakopmund and Walvis Bay on the Atlantic Coast. The railway line from the Otavi junction extends 91 km (57 miles) to the Grootfontein branch terminus.
Maps show Namibia’s main north-south B1 highway branching off at Otavi as the B8 Golden Highway, bending northeast along Grootfortein to Rundy, then eastward through the Caprivi Strip into Botswana. Road materials on the main highways consist of standard bitumen, with offshoots made of standard gravel. In addition to hydrocarbon rail transport from Grootfontein to the coast, the paved B2 Trans-Kalahari Highway connects Walvis Bay through Swakopmund to Okahandja.