Sound Energy PLC (AIM:SOU, OTC:SNEGF) shares slumped some 38%, to 5.2p, after it secured around US$2.2 million in fresh funding as a revised timetable pushed first gas from its Tendrara Phase 1 micro-LNG project in Morocco into early Q3 2026.
The AIM-listed group said it had agreed a €1.3 million term loan facility and completed a £0.5 million equity placing to fund working capital through to first gas, while also providing initial backing for Tayra Energy SAS, its newly formalised solar joint venture with Gaia Energy.
The placing was priced at 5p a share, a 37.5% discount to the previous closing bid price, through the issue of 10 million new shares.
Operationally, Sound said the Tendrara gas gathering system has now been fully tested and commissioned, and the LNG tank was successfully tested during the quarter.
But the start of commercial gas sales has slipped after delays to the final pieces of equipment needed to complete the micro-LNG plant.