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VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 21,
2025 /CNW/ - (TSX: AOI) (Nasdaq-Stockholm: AOI) –
Africa Oil Corp. ("Africa Oil", "AOC" or the "Company")
announced on June 24, 2024, that it
had entered into a definitive agreement with BTG Pactual Oil &
Gas S.a.r.l. ("BTG Oil & Gas") and BTG Pactual Holding S.à
r.l., to consolidate their respective shareholdings in Prime Oil
& Gas Coöperatief U.A (the "Amalgamation"). A Swedish
prospectus regarding the admission to trading on Nasdaq Stockholm
of 239,828,655 new common shares issued to BTG Oil & Gas as
part of the Amalgamation has today been approved by and registered
with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (the
"SFSA") (Sw. Finansinspektionen). View PDF
version.
The prospectus is available on Africa Oil's website
(www.africaoilcorp.com) and will be available on the SFSA's website
(www.fi.se). For complete information about the Amalgamation and
the admission to trading of the new common shares on Nasdaq
Stockholm, please refer to the prospectus.
About Africa Oil
Africa Oil Corp. is a Canadian oil and gas company with
producing and development assets in deepwater Nigeria and an exploration/appraisal portfolio
in West and South of Africa, as
well as Guyana. The Company is
listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and on Nasdaq Stockholm under
the symbol "AOI".
The information was submitted for publication, through the
agency of the contact persons set out above, at 06:00 EST on February 21,
2025.
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referred to herein, is only being distributed to, and is only
directed at, and any investment or investment activity attributable
to this document is only available to, and will be engaged in only
by, "qualified investors" as defined as (i) professional investors
as set out in Article 19 (5) of the Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order"); or
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SOURCE Africa Oil Corp.
