Admiral Bay Provides Guidance for Fiscal Year 2006 and 2007.DENVER -- Investor Conference Call Scheduled Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 10:30 EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy Admiral Bay Resources Inc. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension VENTURE:ADB (Apple Desktop Bus) A low-speed serial bus for connecting keyboards, mice and other input devices on Apple IIgs and Macintosh computers. Starting with the iMac in 1998, the ADB was superseded by USB. ) is pleased to provide guidance for the fiscal years ending July 31, 2006 and 2007 and provide an operations update. Admiral Bay Resources Inc. ("Admiral Bay" or the "Company") currently plans to be drilling 18 to 20 wells a month for the balance of FY 2006 and for FY 2007, assuming current market conditions. Based on this expected level of drilling activity and an assumed average initial gas production rate of 30 Mcf/day per well, increasing at 3% per month, the Company expects to produce between 0.3 and 0.4 net Bcf of gas in fiscal 2006 increasing to between 2.5 and 3.5 net Bcf of gas in fiscal 2007. Targeted net exit rates are between 2.5 and 3.5 MMcf/day for fiscal 2006 and between 10.0 and 13.0 MMcf/day for fiscal 2007. Admiral Bay has previously provided guidance based on a gross production and calendar year basis. Admiral Bay in the future will base guidance on the end of the fiscal year which is July 31st. The pricing that the Company currently receives for its gas in the Cherokee basin in eastern Kansas will all be tied to the Southern Star index once our tap in Mound Valley Mound Valley is a city and a township in Hettinger County, Kansas:
NYMEX See New York Mercantile Exchange (NYM). , although it can vary substantially from month to month based on market factors. In the Appalachian basin in Pennsylvania the Company expects to receive an approximate US$1.50 premium to NYMEX once it establishes production currently anticipated this summer. As the Company increases production it anticipates it should see a significant improvement in its lease operating expense Operating Expense The essential things that a company must purchase in order to maintain business. Notes: For example, the payment of employees wages are an operating expense. Also known as OPEX. ("LOE LOE Ley Orgánica de Educación (Spanish) LOE Level Of Effort LOE Limited Objective Experiment LOE Letter of Explanation LOE Language Other than English. ") a general and administrative expense ("G&A") on a per unit basis. The Company is targeting LOE and G&A per unit to decrease to US$1.50 and US$1.20 per MCF respectively by the end of fiscal 2006 and further decrease to US$0.95 and US$0.50 per MCF respectively by the end of fiscal 2007. Once the previously announced bank facility is closed and assuming industry conditions remain favorable, the Company expects to have adequate liquidity to completely fund the capital program necessary to achieve these goals. Production Update - Production at the Shiloh project has increased to between 1.1 to 1.25 MMcf/day and continues to increase. Six new wells have been added to the system and are in the process of dewatering Dewatering (dē′wöd·ər·iŋ) is the removal of water from solid material or soil by wet classification, centrifugation, filtration, or similar solid-liquid separation processes. and currently making gas. Installation of an additional compressor at the project has now occurred and will allow for increased gas production of up to 2 MMcf/day, before the company is required to add additional compression at the project. CONFERENCE CALL Tuesday, March 14th, 10:30 am Eastern Standard Time You are invited to attend a conference call to discuss the progress of the Company's operations on Tuesday March 14, 2006 at 10:30am Eastern Standard Time. The dial in numbers in numbered parts; as, a book published in numbers. See also: Number are: (416) 849-7332 in Toronto, or Toll Free at 1-866-497-3339. Callers should request the Admiral Bay Resources Investor Update chaired by Steve Tedesco, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Admiral Bay. If you are unable to attend this call, it will be posted to the Company's website (http://www.admiralbay.com/investor/presentation.cfm) the day following the conference call. You will be able to access the call by clicking on the Investor Area and going to "Presentations and Interviews" on the menu. Admiral Bay Resources Inc. (www.admiralbay.com) is an emerging unconventional gas production company focused on the development of projects in the Cherokee Basin in southeast Kansas Southeast Kansas is a region of the U.S. state of Kansas. It can be roughly defined by Woodson County in the northwest, Bourbon County in the northeast, Cherokee County in the southeast, and Montgomery County in the southwest. and the Appalachian Basin in Pennsylvania. Admiral Bay is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange TSX Venture Exchange Originally called the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX), this was a result of the merger of the Vancouver and Alberta stock exchanges. The goal of TSX Venture Exchange is to provide venture companies with effective access to capital while protecting investors. under the symbol ADB. The information presented herein may contain predictions, estimates and other forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although the Company believes that its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its goals will be achieved. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those included in the forward looking statements include the timing and extent of changes in commodity prices for oil and gas, the need to develop and replace reserves, environmental risks, competition, government regulation and the ability of the Company to meet its stated business goals. Statements in this release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Readers are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual developments or results may vary materially from those in these "forward-looking statements". The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the ad equacy of this release. Admiral Bay Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ADB) |
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