SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 4, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NORSTRA ENERGY INC. WWW.NORSTRAENERGY.COM (PINKSHEETS: NORX ) ("Norstra" or the "Company"), a company poised to expand the excitement of the Bakken Shale oil deposit in Western North Dakota & Eastern Montana towards the geologically promising Rocky Mountain front and Montana Sweetgrass Arch, is pleased to announce that it has purchased all renewals and new leases related to the 13-11 Milford Colony well. Norstra has paid a total of $170,000 to acquire all new leases and lease extensions for 5 years on the Colony lease totaling approximately 13,300 net acres.
Additional negotiations with Summit West have resulted in the assignment back to Summit of the State leases (12,988 net acres) in exchange for the following:
- Norstra is no longer obligated to issue 10,000,000 shares to Summit West LLC as the aforementioned deal was struck directly with the property owners;
- Norstra will issue 300,000 restricted shares to Summit West LLC, in exchange for Summit forfeiting all royalty overrides on the Milford Colony leases;
- Summit will authorize a Change of Operator to Black Gold, LLC
Black Gold shall continue to manage the drilling and development operations for Norstra as was done by Summit. A total of 3,000,000 shares will be provided to Black Gold on a vesting/ earning basis over three years.
In summary, Norstra has consolidated its primary lease block, The Milford Colony, for an extended 5 year term by reassigning back the farmout rights to explore the State leases to Summit West LLC. In so doing, Norstra will have no further obligations to Summit West LLC. In addition Norstra will eliminate 6,700,000 shares of dilution and increase Norstra's Net Revenue Interest on much of the retained lands to 85% from 80%.
Glen Landry, CEO for Norstra, said : "We now control the entire lease block as we move forward on the development of the 13-11 Milford Colony well. There will be no time constraints (before 5 years), drilling obligations, or other requirements as we continue to raise funds to drill our well." He went on to say, "If we are successful on the first well we have a large number of additional locations where we can drill on this lease. We want to focus on this acreage in the future."
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