Article: Bankers Petroleum closes transaction to acquire United States unconventional assets.

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CALGARY, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bankers Petroleum Ltd. (TSX: BNK, AIM: BNK) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Bankers Petroleum (US) Inc., has successfully closed its previously announced acquisition from Vintage Petroleum, LLC of four unconventional shale gas prospects in the Northern and Central regions of the United States.

The total consideration for the transaction was US$30 million of which US$10 million was paid in cash and the remainder in 25,971,715 Bankers' common shares at an ascribed price of $0.88 per share. As part of the transaction, approximately 30,000 ...

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