HIGHLIGHTS
• ATP 2077 awarded by Queensland Government
• ATP is prospective for both deep and shallow gas
• Independently certified 2C resources of 173 billion cubic feet
Elixir Energy Limited (“Elixir” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on the expansion of
its 100% owned Project Grandis through the formal award of a 100% working interest in ATP 2077.
As advised to the market on 20 June 2024, Elixir was appointed as Preferred Tenderer for a new
exploration area (PLR2023-1-7) in Queensland located adjacent to its existing ATP 2044 licence (see
map below). This tender block has now been formally awarded to Elixir as ATP 2077.
The licence has an initial term of 6 years, has been awarded to Elixir on a 100% basis and does not
contain any Government domestic market restrictions. The licence has 3 geographically separate
sub-blocks as follows:
• Sub-block A – this is located immediately proximate to ATP 2044 and contains similar Taroom
Trough geology. The recent work undertaken on Project Grandis has underpinned an
independently certified contingent resource booking in this sub-block - summarized in this
announcement.
• Sub-block B – this also overlies the Taroom Trough. However, given the distance from Project
Grandis it has been considered premature to book contingent resources on this area at this
point in time. Elixir will assess the prospective resources for this block in due course.
• Sub-block C – this area lies outside the Taroom Trough and is adjacent to existing gas
infrastructure such as the currently largely dormant Silver Springs gas storage asset. Work
undertaken by Elixir’s technical team to date has identified some possible shallow drilling
targets in this Sub-block.
Based on the work undertaken by Elixir in ATP 2044, the Company sought an independently certified
contingent resource estimate (from international firm ERC Equipoise Pty Ltd – “ERCE”) for ATP 2077
Sub-block A – see table below. The subclass of Contingent Resources (as defined under the PRMS)
is “Development Unclarified”, as of 16th August 2024.
Notes:
1. These are un-risked contingent resources that have not been risked for the chance of
development and there is no certainty that it will be economically viable to produce any portion
of the contingent resources. These contingent resources are classified as “Development
Unclarified”.
2. As announced to the stock exchange on 27 May 2024
3. Totals added arithmetically
Detailed notes on the background to the preparation of the contingent resources report are set out in
Appendix 1.
These contingent resources estimates are for the sandstones only within Sub-block A in the gas
bearing Permian section, and do not include the prospective coal resources, which are planned to be
the subject of stimulation and production testing in ATP 2044.
Elixir’s technical team are also currently evaluating the prospective resources in Sub-blocks B and C
of the licence.
Elixir’s technical team and ERCE independently analyzed drilling, logging and test data to make these
estimates. Additional data acquired by Daydream-2 included wireline logs (Gamma Ray, Resistivity,
Neutron-Density, Sonic) and flow tests from 4,200m to 4217m. Specific analysis undertaken included
seismic interpretation, core analysis, wireline petrophysics, chromatographic gas analysis, DFITs,
production test analysis and gas sampling and all have been incorporated in the resources estimates.
The key contingency or uncertainty for Project Grandis is demonstration of a commercial flow rate and
the definition of a viable development plan. Whilst the Company has achieved a flowrate of 2.5 million
cubic feet per day from the lower-most Lorelle Sandstone, the upper zones have not yet been tested.
Elixir’s Managing Director, Mr Neil Young, said: “Obtaining a new and material contingent resource
booking from the award of ATP 2077 was the key strategic reason for our bidding for this acreage
release. The excellent recent work done on ATP 2044 has been leveraged into the same Taroom
Trough play part of ATP 2077 – giving rise to the acquisition of a lot of valuable gas resources at
minimal cost.”