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27, 2004
ON
Energy Rights Offering and Onshore Drilling Program Update
Toronto,
Ontario - CGX Energy Inc. (OYL.U - TSX-V) and its
subsidiary ON Energy Inc. are pleased to report the results of the
ON Energy Annual General Meeting held on September 23, 2026 in Georgetown,
Guyana.
At
the annual meeting, ON Energy announced a rights offering for its
shareholders. The terms of the Rights Offering are that each shareholder
shall be given two rights for each ON share held, each right entitling
the shareholder to purchase one ON common share for US$ 0.06 per
share. 141,800,000 rights will be issued for a total offering of
US$8.5 million. Guyana Americas Merchant Bank Inc. of Georgetown,
Guyana has agreed to underwrite 63.8 million shares of the Rights
Offering for US$3,828,600. CGX Energy will participate in the Rights
Offering. If all the rights are exercised, CGX will hold approximately
57% of ON Energy.
The
funds raised from this Rights Offering will be used primarily to
fund exploration activities within the Berbice Block, including
the upcoming drilling program recently announced by ON Energy and
for general working capital purposes.
Management
of ON Energy also reported that preparations for the drilling program
are proceeding on the defined drill targets. On shore logistics
are on schedule, including warehousing, road building and drill
pad preparation. ON Energy has agreements for drilling and other
services in place subject to finalizing contracts. Drilling supplies,
mud and other items including casings have been purchased and are
scheduled to leave from Louisiana, USA by barge through the Gulf
of Mexico. The shipment of these supplies has not received clearance
due to the stream of recent hurricanes in this region and as a result
the shipments have been delayed.
Kerry
Sully, President of CGX and Chairman of ON Energy stated "We are
pleased to have condensed into one year all of our preliminary exploration,
successfully scheduling our operations into Guyana 's dry season.
By fast-tracking our operation, we had hoped to start drilling in
the fourth quarter of 2004, but unfortunately hurricanes in the
Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean have delayed drilling until January
2005."
Warren
Workman, Vice-President of CGX and President of ON Energy added
"Our new seismic has supplemented 8 prospects that had been identified
as leads with our geochemical program. Further, an enhanced geochemical
analysis on recently acquired samples suggests a likelihood of lighter
oil. We are encouraged that closing this rights issue should allow
us to expand our drilling program to test additional targets."
CGX
Energy is a Canadian-based oil and gas exploration company focused
on the exploration for oil in the Guyana. CGX is managed by
a team of experienced oil and gas and finance professionals from
Canada, U.S.A. and the UK. CGX is financed internationally and has
thousands of shareholders worldwide. For further information
please contact: Kerry Sully, President & CEO at (604) 733-9647,
Charlotte May, Investor Relations at (416) 364-3353 or Denis Clement,
Director at (416) 364-1909 or visit our website at www.cgxenergy.com.
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