19/02/2009
GB00B23JN426/GBP/PLUS-exn
Oracle Coalfields Plc
("Oracle" or "the Company")
Publication of Research Note
Oracle Coalfields Plc, the Pakistan coal explorer and developer, is pleased to announce that
Edison Investment Research has today published a research report, which the Company has
commissioned. The full document can be read on the Investor Relations section of the Company's
website at http://www.oraclecoalfields.com
The Directors of the Issuer accept responsibility for this announcement.
ENQUIRIES:
ORACLE COALFIELDS PLC
SHAHRUKH KHAN, CHAIRMAN
TELEPHONE: +44 (0) 1366500722
EMAIL: s.khan@oraclecoalfields.com
CORPORATE ADVISERS
ST HELEN'S CAPITAL PLC
BARRY HOCKEN, DIRECTOR
TELEPHONE: 020 7628 5582
EMAIL: BARRY.HOCKEN@STHELENSCAPITAL.COM
WEBSITE:
www.oraclecoalfields.com
About Oracle:
Oracle Coalfields plc is a London-based resource exploration and development company with an 80
per cent owned subsidiary (Sindh Carbon Energy Limited) operating in Pakistan. The Company's
shares are quoted on the PLUS markets (symbol: ORCP). The Company's flagship project is the Block
VI coal project which is located on the Thar coalfield in the eastern Sindh province, Pakistan.
Block VI is host to a JORC compliant resource of 1.4 billion tonnes and 371 million tonnes in the
proven category.
The Company also owns the Indus East project in Pakistan. A pre-feasibility study carried out by
Dargo associates confirmed an inferred resource for the area (in line with the JORC Code) to 365
million tonnes, of which the boreholes KHW-1 and KHW-2 give an indicated resource of c.24 million
tonnes.
Oracle Coalfields plc
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