Vast Exploration fka VST

[Turningbullet]

http://forbesmanhattan.com/English/FM-News/FM-News/FM-News-Details/2012/Vast-Closes-Second-Tranche-of-Private-Placement-Financing-Totaling-3031000-for-both-Tranches1128146/default.aspx

[jackblack1968]

added another 55k

[Tropicalias]

That is a sound plan Turningbullet...

[Tropicalias]

That is a sound plan Turningbullet...

[jackblack1968]

good idea!!!

[Turningbullet]

Would be great, to be on the "safe" side I'm concidering to put some money in Groundstar and Longford also.

http://www.vastexploration.com/pdf/kurd_license_map.pdf

[Tropicalias]

Waiting game...possibility for a buyout here...

Tropic...

[Turningbullet]

nice, but partner company seems to be halted.

[jackblack1968]

VST.V up 21 percent....longterm here

[futrcash]

100,000,000 shares @ .05-

http://www.vastexploration.com/announcements/vast-exploration-inc-extension-of-private-placement-financing

futr

[gsfl]

I have but you should know this is a high risk stock. There is a high chance you will never get your investment back on this one. I still believe in the story and believe they will be successful but the chances are against us. Invest accordingly. IMO

[tecnica1]

some new news: posted on canadian insider, stan bharti bought (or was given) 10,000,000 shares at .05cents. also ceo sig slotboom has been acquiring shares - might this be a good time to average down now?

[gsfl]

Looking for news but can't find any. Something is up because the volume is good on the TSX...

[jackblack1968]

.075 now

[jackblack1968]

VST.V .06 up 50 percent

[jackblack1968]

VST.V .05 hits

[jackblack1968]

VST heating up!!

[jackblack1968]

VST big oil stock

[jackblack1968]

VST was 80 cent stock

[jackblack1968]

VST.V .045 cheap here....redrilling in 2012

[gsfl]

Vast Enters Into Financing Agreement With Niko Resources for Qara Dagh Block. Funds to Be Used to Deepen the Current Well and to Facilitate Operations Going Forward.
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - August 29, 2011) - Vast Exploration Inc. ("Vast" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:VST) announces that it has entered into an Encumbrance for Financing Agreement ("Financing Agreement") with Nikoresources (Kurdistan) Ltd. ("Niko") in regard to the Qara Dagh Block in Kurdistan. Under the terms of the Financing Agreement Niko will provide financing of US$9,000,000 to be used by Vast to pay outstanding amounts to Niko under a joint operating agreement as well as to fund future expenses related to the deepening of the Qara Dagh well to 4,150 meters. Niko will, additionally, provide financing to Vast in regard to 34.78% of Vast's share of the cost of all operations going forward. In return, Vast will have the obligation, in the event that a commercial discovery is made and produced, to pay Niko an amount equal to the net proceeds of sale associated with an undivided 12% interest in the Qara Dagh Block. Such financing arrangements have been put in place pending Kurdistan Regional Government approval of the sale by Vast to Niko of an undivided 12% interest in the Qara Dagh Block.

The Financing Agreement with Niko remains subject to receipt of approval, if necessary, of the TSX Venture Exchange.

[sumisu]

Agree, the market sucks today and the drill results do not portend what we had expected.

sumi

[gabeh]

Not the whole market. My Kane is up 17%

[gsfl]

I didn't read it as they were finished but thought the deeper they drilled the more bpd they would have. I guess going back and reading it I can see why people would bail but I don't believe it's all doom and gloom. Not what we were expecting, true, but a 50% drop? I loaded up this morning in the .18 range so I may just flip these and keep my core.

The whole market sucks today anyway.

[gabeh]

gs, people (including me) were expecting much better results 10,000 bpd or more. What we got was around 500 bpd which is not commercially viable.

Now we have to see if they can find more either by drilling deeper or finding more in the Aalijii.

Until that happens this well is a dud.

[sumisu]

Vast Exploration Chart

[sumisu]

UPDATE 1-Vast Exploration shares plunge on unsteady output at Iraq well

Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:09am EDT

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/11/vastexploration-idUSL3E7IB2BN20110711?feedType=RSS&feedName=basicMaterialsSector&rpc=43

* Says Qara Dagh well was drilled 3,908 meters

* Says initial 550 bopd of oil and 800 mscf/d of gas not sustained

* Well may be drilled to additional 250 meters

* Shares dive 60 pct (Follows alerts)

July 11 (Reuters) - Shares of Canada's Vast Exploration Inc plunged 60 percent in morning trade after the company said it was unable to maintain the production rate at a well in Iraq during a test.

Shares of the Calgary, Alberta-based company were trading down at 20 Canadian cents on the Toronto Venture Exchange. It was the most heavily traded stock on the exchange, with over a million shares changing hands.

Shares of Niko Resources Ltd , which operates the Qara Dagh well, were down slightly at C$63.19 on the Toronto Stock Exchange while shares of Groundstar Resources Ltd , which has a 6 percent beneficial interest in the block, dived 30 percent to 21 Canadian cents, on the Toronto Venture Exchange.

Vast Exploration, which holds a 37 percent working interest in the Qara Dagh block, said the well produced a maximum of 550 barrels of oil per day and 800 thousand standard cubic feet per day of gas, although these rates were not sustained for the entire duration of the test.

Vast Exploration said the well, drilled to 3,908 meters, could be deepened to an additional 250 meters at the end of the current testing. (Reporting by Amruta Sabnis in Bangalore; Editing by Don Sebastian)

[db7]

yep...

[gabeh]

I think that 5c price was a preopen bid ask level. The lowest trade was at 16 cents and now trading at 20 cents.

VAST EXPLORATION VST:TSX VENTURE Stock
Last
Price 0.195 Open 0.205
Change $ -0.205 Change % -51.25%
Large: 1d 5d 1m 3m 6m 1y 5y
Custom
Bid (size) 0.195 (164) Ask (size) 0.20 (122)
Volume 7,278,780 P/E 0.00
Today's
Range 0.16 - 0.205 52-Week
Range 0.25 - 0.82

# Orders Shares Bid Ask Shares # Orders
4 82000 0.195 0.200 61000 6
12 162500 0.190 0.205 90000 5
13 343500 0.185 0.210 127000 10
20 305000 0.180 0.215 50000 3
12 328500 0.175 0.220 108000 4
11 Jul 2011 11:47 AM ET Real-time quote TSX Venture

[gsfl]

I'm sorry, maybe I'm stupid but I see no reason for a 50% share price drop. I didn't read anything negative in the report. What am I missing?

Regardless I have been buying like crazy this morning.

[db7]

ouch.. bid and ask crossed at .05? EDIT .15 now

[gabeh]

Get ready! Next week should be great with the good test results!

[diggg]

Nice one handed grab ;).eom

[gabeh]

J.P. Morgan interested in Canadian junior explorers in Kurdistan.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/henderson-says-kurdistan-oil-explorers-are-interesting/2011/06/07/AGPoYuKH_video.html

[gabeh]

A plug for Vast in the UK Motley Fool.

http://www.fool.co.uk/news/investing/2011/06/07/the-speculative-bit-of-my-portfolio.aspx

[gabeh]

Read This - Loooong 2010 Scotia Capital Report.

Vast is their highest recommendation in Kurdistan with an unrisked NAV of $5.00.

http://www.algonet.se/~kanerflk/AprilSMHRN.pdf

[ezoil]

I was just thinking the same thing. Looking at the chart for the end of the day smells of a leak.

Excited can't explain it. I will be waiting for Monday all weekend.

[gabeh]

From Joe at Stockhouse who posted about the 26,000 popd yesterday.

More coming,I posted the the rummer yesterday but there I got very nasty words in my inbox also same very nice one.There was second part of rummer that they HIT A GUSHER .I did not post that part because I was very disappointed from inbox mails.I love to make money and love other investors make money too otherwise I have no other motive.

thanks.

[gabeh]

Thanks diggg. I think we may see a news release on Monday. This may be a leak similar to what happened with WZR.

Exciting week coming up!

Pay off mortgage? Maserati GranTurismo? Who knows? lol

Sorry, a bit excited.

[diggg]

What the freak...was that...Congrats...GLTU...eom

[gabeh]

Holy Sh*t!!

In the last two minutes a 10% jump to .55

I'm finally ahead after a year's struggles after first getting in in the low .70s

But now have ten times as many shares. I sold, bought, sold and bought and bought and bought again as my confidence grew and waned. The 2 bucks per share being touted will get me close a million $$! Must admit, I'm a gambler.

[diggg]

I've been buying some more too...It's been trading so strongly lately, I got go with the flow or hopefully it's the force :)...Hope we're right. :)

[diggg]

I've been buying some more too...It's been trading so strongly lately, I got go with the flow or hopefully it's the force :)...Hope we're right. :)

[gabeh]

Here it is: http://ca.advfn.com/p.php?pid=iforum&bb_id=3&id=20786017&from=20320

I wanted to buy when it was down but had no spare cash. Finally dawned on me at dawn today. Sell something and buy Vast. So I sold my Mart and bought an additional 40% Vast.

Has worked out so far!

[ezoil]

gabeh,

Can you please post the UK site? I normally use the iii.co.uk site for my London stocks.

[ezoil]

Thanks for the info gabeh. Lets hope for a good API like WZR which I'm sure it will be with that high of a flow rate.

Now kicking myself for not buying more in the .20's

[gabeh]

Me too. I added a bunch today.

[db7]

25 would be absolutely huuge... can't wait for this one to get rolling... wish i was adding in the mid .20s

[gabeh]

Not a typo. Also on a UK site they were talking about similar and higher flow rates at Taq Taq at several wells. ZRW just announced 6,000 barrels a day.

[ezoil]

Is that a typo? 25000 would be massive.