HIGH-GRADE NI-CU-PT-PD-ZN-CR-AU-V-TI DISCOVERIES IN THE "RING OF FIRE"

NI 43-101 Update (September 2012): 11.1 Mt @ 1.68% Ni, 0.87% Cu, 0.89 gpt Pt and 3.09 gpt Pd and 0.18 gpt Au (Proven & Probable Reserves) / 8.9 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 gpt Pt and 3.49 gpt Pd and 0.30 gpt Au (Inferred Resource)

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Message: This is NOT what we want. UTS - unsolicited offer at 51% premium

This is NOT what we want. UTS - unsolicited offer at 51% premium

posted on Jan 27, 2009 03:11PM
This is NOT what we want. If any of you are familiar with UTS, you would know that UTS is to the OIL sands what NOT is to mining. UTS had great potential, lots of proven resource, but ended up cash strapped, with the market melt down. Now it looks like it may get taken out well below its one time high of $7.99 back in Feb of 06. See below>
Total bids for UTS Energy

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

French oil major Total SA launched an unsolicited $617-million takeover bid for UTS Energy Corp. Tuesday to gain a stake in the delayed Fort Hills oil sands project in Canada.

Total, which already has extensive interests in Alberta's oil sands, said it was bidding $1.30 cash per UTS share, a 51 per cent premium over the small energy developer's share price over the past 30 days on Toronto Stock Exchange.

UTS's main asset is a 20 per cent stake in Fort Hills, the Petro-Canada-operated project that the partners have put on hold after costs ballooned to more than $21-billion last year.

UTS was not immediately available for comment.

Fort Hills is one of more than $90-billion (Canadian) worth of northern Alberta oil sands projects that have been deferred as oil prices fell to around $40 (U.S.) a barrel from a record above $140 last summer.

“This asset will strengthen Total's portfolio in the Athabasca region, comprising principally the Joslyn project and Northern Lights project, that are both located in the immediate vicinity for the Fort Hills project,” Total said in a statement issued late Tuesday.

UTS shares have tumbled 84 per cent in the past year, as project costs rose, oil prices fell and investors questioned the company's ability to finance its share of Fort Hills.

The stock closed down 2 cents (Canadian) at 83 cents in Toronto Tuesday. Total announced its bid after the market closed.

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