Quadrise Fuels International PLC Statement re Covid-19 and Morocco Pilot Trial (1855G)
March 16 2020 - 3:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 1855G
Quadrise Fuels International PLC
16 March 2020
16 March 2020
Quadrise Fuels International plc
("Quadrise", "QFI", the "Company" and together with its
subsidiaries the "Group")
Statement re Covid-19
Morocco Pilot Trial Schedule
Having implemented a plan to protect the Group's employees and
business as a pre-emptive, pragmatic and measured approach to
prevailing global events, the Company provides the following
update.
The Company confirms that its London office remains open, that
the Quadrise Research Facility ("QRF") in Essex remains operational
and that the Company continues with its business development
activities where permitted to do so, including a team of three QFI
personnel visiting South America during week commencing 9 March
2020 alongside Freepoint representatives, for a positive follow-up
meeting which included a visit to a refinery and nearby
powerplant.
To seek to ensure that this remains the case, no third-party
visitors are being accepted at QRF and the Company has put in place
appropriate measures to, inter alia, ensure that London based staff
will, in the main be working remotely, with little, if any, impact
on their normal activities but minimising the potential risk to the
Group's employees.
Notwithstanding the above, the Company announces that it has now
been informed that the MSAR(R) pilot trial in Morocco will be
delayed, as the client is now restricting site access for external
contractors, as a precaution not dissimilar to the Company's own
approach in relation to the QRF.
No revised trial schedule has yet been indicated and further
announcements in relation to the situation in Morocco and the
revised trial schedule, will be made, as appropriate in due course.
All of the equipment required for the trial is now in Morocco
including the MSAR(R) fuel produced at QRF, enabling the trial to
commence as soon as the site can again be accessed by QFI.
Mike Kirk, Chairman of QFI, said:
"We have taken a pragmatic approach to the rapidly developing
global Covid-19 situation and taken actions to protect our staff
and the business which we believe will be effective in the short to
medium term. The decision by our client in Morocco to delay the
pilot trial is not surprising and parallels the procedures we have
put in place to protect QRF. With all of the equipment and fuel for
the trial now in Morocco, we will be in a position to commence the
trial very rapidly, once we are able to access the client's
site.
In the meantime, we will continue to progress with business
development activities in line with any restrictions that may be in
place. The visit by our team to South America last week shows that
we can still respond positively and actively to opportunities as
they arise, and we have the capability to progress discussions and
technical and economic analysis via web/videoconferencing with
clients if face to face meetings are not possible."
For additional information, please contact:
Quadrise Fuels International plc +44 (0)20 7031 7321
Mike Kirk, Chairman
Jason Miles, Chief Operating Officer
Cenkos Securities plc +44 (0)20 7397 8900
Nominated Adviser
Ben Jeynes
Katy Birkin
Peel Hunt LLP +44 (0)20 7418 8900
Joint Broker
Richard Crichton
David McKeown
Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited +44 (0)20 7408 4090
Joint Broker
Toby Gibbs
Fiona Conroy
FTI Consulting +44 (0)20 3727 1000
Public and Investor Relations
Ben Brewerton
Ntobeko Chidavaenzi
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