LONDON--Petro Matad Ltd. (MATD.LN) said Friday that a affiliate of Shell has agreed to pay $10 million to exit from production sharing contracts for Block IV and V located in west and central Mongolia, respectively.

The exploration company said BG Mongolian Holdings Ltd. will also pay a further $5 million upon completion of the reassignment of its stake. The $5 million payment is refundable should the company secure a partner for any of the two blocks.

Shares of Petro Matad at 0840 GMT trading 62.8% higher at 3 pence.

 

Write to Tapan Panchal at tapan.panchal@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 05, 2016 05:01 ET (09:01 GMT)

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