Touchstone announce a C$5 million increase in term credit facility

Touchstone Exploration

Touchstone Exploration (LON:TXP) has announced a C$5 million increase of its term credit facility to an aggregate of C$20 million, which the Company will use to fund the drilling of the second exploration well on its Ortoire concession and for general working capital purposes.

The terms of the October 31, 2019 amended term credit agreement are materially unchanged from the term credit facility established in November 2016 and amended in June 2018 and April 2019. The Amended Term Credit Facility continues to bear a fixed interest rate of 8% per annum, compounded and payable quarterly, with no mandatory principal payments until January 1, 2021. Touchstone is now required to repay C$1,100,000 per quarter commencing on January 1, 2021 through October 1, 2023, and the then outstanding principal balance is repayable on the November 23, 2023 maturity date. As consideration for the Amended Term Credit Facility, the Company paid the lender a commitment fee of C$100,000.

In connection with the Amended Term Credit Facility, the Company amended its related Production Payment Agreement with the lender. The Company’s amended future production obligations increased from 1% of petroleum sales to 1.33% of petroleum sales, payable quarterly through October 31, 2023. Touchstone continues to have the ability to prepay the credit facility principal balance and has the option to negotiate a buyout of future production obligations with the lender if the credit facility principal balance is prepaid in full.

The expanded facility will primarily be used to fund the Company’s Cascadura-1 exploration well, which is currently drilling and is anticipated to reach total depth in mid-November. In addition, Touchstone has moved in a service rig to Coho-1 to commence production testing. Test results are expected to be available in mid-November.

About Touchstone

Touchstone Exploration Inc. is a Calgary based company engaged in the business of acquiring interests in petroleum and natural gas rights and the exploration, development, production and sale of petroleum and natural gas. Touchstone is currently active in onshore properties located in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The Company’s common shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the symbol “TXP”.

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