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An African gas play with multi-bagger potential

Shares trade on a 75 per cent discount to analysts’ sum-of-the-parts valuations even though drilling success could release huge value for shareholders
May 16, 2024
  • Potential for drilling success on second onshore well
  • Analysts target prices of 50p and 57.7p

Chariot (CHAR:7.1p), the Africa-focused transitional energy group, has announced results from the first well of a two-well drilling programme on the Loukos Onshore licence in Morocco.

Although the reservoirs at the Gaufrette prospect did not deliver a material gas accumulation and are therefore deemed uneconomic, the presence of gas and reservoir quality are positive for future exploration in the area. Importantly, it’s not material to the investment case. Analysts at Auctus Advisors had only embedded a risked net asset value (NAV) of 2p a share in their financial models.

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