Strategic investment in Tangiers Petroleum Limited

2 September 2011 The Manager Company Announcements Australian Securities Exchange Limited Level 6, 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000 By e-lodgement Strategic investment (AUD$2m) in Tangiers Petroleum Limited (ASX:TPT) Range Resources Limited ("Range" or "the Company", AIM:RRL, ASX:RRS) is pleased to advise that it has made a strategic investment in Tangiers Petroleum Limited ("Tangiers", ASX:TPT). Tangiers is an ASX listed exploration company which has a portfolio of two potentially world class oil and gas projects located in Morocco and Australia. Tangiers Moroccan assets include the highly prospective offshore Tarfaya block. Netherland, Sewell & Associates conducted an independent review of the first four prospects on this block and concluded a best estimate prospective resource of approximately 870 Million Barrels (652 Million Barrels attributable to Tangiers), and a high estimate of almost 5 Billion Barrels (almost 3.75 Billion Barrels attributable to Tangiers). Tangiers has since mapped numerous other prospects in Tarfaya which will significantly add to the existing prospective resource estimates. Tangiers holds 75% equity in Tarfaya and intends to farm down its interests in the near term. It is anticipated that a 3D campaign and two wells will be drilled in 2012. In Australia Tangiers holds a 90% interest in the significant Nova and Super Nova gas prospects located offshore Northern Australia. These structures are extremely large with a physical closure of approximately 240KM2 each. Initial volumetrics indicate a P90 (low) estimate of the total undiscovered unrisked gas-in-place of 70 Tcf (63 Tcf attributable to Tangiers) for the combined structures. These structures are located near an existing and proposed LNG terminal in Darwin in what is regarded as a growing global gas and LNG hub. Tangiers expects to acquire further seismic and drill two wells in Australia in 2012. Due to strong European investor interest Tangiers is planning to dual list on the AIM market during 2011. RFC Corporate Finance has recently been appointed as the company's Nomad and planning is well underway. Range has subscribed for 5 million shares at AUD $0.40 for a placement of AUD$2m, representing 5.7% of Tangiers expanded issued share capital. More details on Tangiers Petroleum can be found at www.tangierspetroleum.com. Peter Landau, Executive Director of Range commented "Tangiers has an outstanding portfolio of extremely high impact assets. Any farm out and/or drilling success will lead to a very material uplift in value. Range's equity exposure to Tangiers offshore portfolio is a nice add on for the Company." Yours faithfully Peter Landau Executive Director Ends Contacts Range Resources Limited Peter Landau Tel : +61 (8) 8 9488 5220 Em: plandau@rangeresources.com.au Australia London PPR Tavistock Communications David Tasker Ed Portman/Paul Youens Tel: +61 (8) 9388 0944 Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7920 3150 Em: david.tasker@ppr.com.au Em: eportman@tavistock.co.uk RFC Corporate Finance (Nominated Advisor) Old Park Lane Capital (Joint Broker) Stuart Laing Michael Parnes Tel: +61 (8) 9480 2500 Tel: +44 (0) 207 493 8188 Panmure Gordon (Joint Broker) Katherine Roe / Brett Jacobs Tel: +44 (0) 207 459 3600 Range Background Range Resources Limited is a dual listed (ASX: RRS; AIM: RRL) oil & gas exploration company with oil & gas interests in the frontier state of Puntland, Somalia, the Republic of Georgia, Texas, USA and Trinidad. * In Trinidad Range recently completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in holding companies with three onshore production licenses and fully operational drilling subsidiary. Independently assessed gross recoverable 3P reserves in place of 6.9 MMbls (on a mean 100% basis) with an additional 20 MMbls of prospective resources. * In the Republic of Georgia, Range holds a 40% farm-in interest in onshore blocks VIa and VIb, covering approx. 7,000sq.km. Currently, Range has recently completed a 410km 2D seismic program with independent consultants RPS Energy identifying 68 potential structures containing and estimated 2 billion barrels of oil-in-place (on a mean 100% basis) with the first of two exploration wells having spudded in July in 2011. * In Puntland, Range holds a 20% working interest in two licences encompassing the highly prospective Dharoor and Nugaal valleys with the operator and 45% interest holder, Africa Oil Corp (TSXV: AOI) planning to drill two wells in 2011. * Range holds a 25% interest in the initial Smith #1 well and 20% interest in further wells on the North Chapman Ranch project, Texas. The project area encompasses approximately 1,680 acres in one of the most prolific oil and gas producing trends in the State of Texas. Drilling of the first well has resulted in a commercial discovery with independently assessed gross recoverable reserves in place (on a mean 100% basis) of 240 Bcf of natural gas, 18 mmbbls of oil and 17 mmbbls of natural gas liquids. * Range holds a 21.75% interest in the East Texas Cotton Valley Prospect in Red River County, Texas, USA, with the prospect's project area encompasses approximately 1,570 acres encompassing a recent oil discovery. Independently assessed gross recoverable reserves in place (on a mean 100% basis) of 5.4 mmbbls of oil. The reserves estimate for the North Chapman Ranch Project and East Texas Cotton Valley has been formulated by Lonquist & Co LLC who are Petroleum Consultants based in the United States with offices in Houston and Austin. Lonquist provides specific engineering services to the oil and gas exploration and production industry, and consults on all aspects of petroleum geology and engineering for both domestic and international projects and companies. Lonquist & Co LLC have consented in writing to the reference to them in this announcement and to the estimates of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids provided. These estimates were formulated in accordance with the guidelines of the Society of Petroleum Engineers ("SPE"). The SPE Reserve definitions can be found on the SPE website at spe.org. The reserves estimates for the 3 Trinidad blocks referred above have been formulated by Forrest A. Garb & Associates, Inc. (FGA). FGA is an international petroleum engineering and geologic consulting firm staffed by experienced engineers and geologists. Collectively FGA staff has more than a century of world–wide experience. FGA have consented in writing to the reference to them in this announcement and to the estimates of oil and natural gas liquids provided. The definitions for oil and gas reserves are in accordance with SEC Regulation S–X. RPS Group is an International Petroleum Consulting Firm with offices worldwide, who specialise in the evaluation of resources, and have consented to the information with regards to the Company's Georgian interests in the form and context that they appear. These estimates were formulated in accordance with the guidelines of the Society of Petroleum Engineers ("SPE"). The prospective resource estimates for the two Dharoor Valley prospects are internal estimates reported by Africa Oil Corp, the operator of the joint venture, which are based on volumetric and related assessments by Gaffney, Cline & Associates. The estimated Prospective Resources and Gas-In-Place estimates for Tangiers prospects are as reported in various announcements to the ASX by Tangiers, which are reported in accordance with the SPE guidelines and signed off by Brent Villemarette, an executive director of Tangiers. London 5th Floor, 23 King Street, St. James's House, London SW1 6QY t: +44 207 389 0588, f: +44 207 930 2501 Australia Ground Floor, 1 Havelock Street, West Perth WA 6005, Australia t: +61 8 9488 5220, f: +61 8 9324 2400 e: admin@rangeresources.com.au
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