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Victoria Oil and Gas raises £13.5mln to develop and expand Cameroon operations

Published: 09:51 08 Mar 2019 GMT

Victoria Oil & Gas PLC (LON:VOG) chief executive Ahmet Dik caught up with Proactive London's Andrew Scott after the company confirmed the result of its equity raise, with VOG successfully selling 59.35mln new shares priced at 13p each.

The placing was oversubscribed with new and existing investors taking up shares.

Dik says the capital raised will allow them to significantly strengthen its financial position and focus on the development of its operations and customer base in Cameroon.

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