CALGARY,
March 2, 2015 /CNW/ - Athabasca
Oil Corporation (TSX: ATH) ("Athabasca" or "the Company") announces
that it has received payment of $302.5
million from Phoenix Energy Holdings Limited (now Brion
Energy Corporation, "Brion"), being the principal and interest
payable under the first of three promissory notes issued to the
Company by Brion. The payment relates to Athabasca's prior sale of its 40% interest in
the Dover oil sands project to Brion, which closed on August 29, 2014. The remaining promissory notes,
which are unconditional and secured by irrevocable, standby letters
of credit issued by HSBC Bank Canada, mature as follows:
- on August 28, 2015 a cash payment
of $150 million; and
- on August 29, 2016 a final cash
payment of $134 million.
As at March 2, 2015 the Company
has cash and cash equivalents of approximately $760 million and funding in place in excess of
$1.2 billion, including cash and cash
equivalents, undrawn credit facilities and the remaining promissory
notes.
The Company will release its fourth quarter and 2014 year-end
results on Thursday, March 12, 2015.
Financial statements will be available on the company's website
(www.atha.com) and filed to SEDAR (www.sedar.com). A conference
call and webcast to discuss the results will be held for the
investment community the same day beginning at 7:30 a.m. MT (9:30 a.m.
ET). To participate, please dial 888-231-8191 (toll-free in
North America) or 647-427-7450
approximately 15 minutes prior to the conference call. An archived
recording of the call will be available from approximately
12:30 p.m. ET on March 12 until midnight on March 26, 2015 by dialing 855-859-2056 (toll-free
in North America) or 416-849-0833
and entering conference password 93724263. An audio webcast of the
conference call will also be available on the Company's website or
at http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/detail/1491505/1661069.
About Athabasca Oil Corporation
Athabasca Oil Corporation is a Canadian energy company with a
focused strategy on the development of thermal and light oil
assets. Situated in Alberta's
Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, the Company has amassed a
significant land base of extensive, high quality resources.
Athabasca's common shares trade on
the TSX under the symbol "ATH". For more information, visit
www.atha.com.
SOURCE Athabasca Oil Corporation