FAR Ltd announces trading halt ahead of major announcement

The securities of FAR Limited will be placed in Trading Halt Session State from the commencement of trading starting today at the request of the Company, pending the release of an announcement by the Company.

Unless ASX decides otherwise, the securities will remain in Trading Halt Session State until the earlier of the commencement of normal trading on Wednesday, 8 October 2014 or when the announcement is released to the market.

FAR has interests in Senegal, Guinea Bissau and the AGC Profond in West Africa while in East Africa the company has interests in blocks L6 and L9 in the Lamu basin.

In offshore block L6 the company is currently progressing a farm out initiative for drilling an offshore well with the process expected to be complete by the end of this month with drilling set to for December 2015.