Anatolia Energy announces closing of $6.9 million short form prospectus offering

    




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 CALGARY, July 19, 2012 /CNW/ - Anatolia Energy Corp. (the "Company" or  "Anatolia")  is pleased to announce that today it closed an  aggregate of $6.9 million pursuant to its short form prospectus  offering (the "Offering") of units (the "Units") at a price of $0.10  per Unit. Pursuant to the Offering, the Company issued 69,000,000  Units, including 9,000,000 Units pursuant to the full exercise of the  agents' option. Each Unit is comprised of one common share (the "Common  Shares") and one Common Share purchase warrant (the "Warrants"). Each  Warrant has a term of 36 months from the closing (the "Closing") of the  Offering and is exercisable at $0.15 per Common Share. 

 If at any time after the Closing of the Offering, the volume weighted  average trading price of the Common Shares of the Company is greater  than $0.45 per share for 30 consecutive trading days, the Company may  give written notice to warrant holders that the Warrants will expire 30  calendar days after the date of such notice. 

 The Offering was conducted on a best-efforts agency basis, with Mackie  Research Capital Corporation acting as lead agent and including Toll  Cross Securities Inc., Cormark Securities Inc. and Haywood Securities  Inc. (collectively, the "Agents"). 

 In consideration for their services, the Agents received a cash  commission of 7% of the gross proceeds from the Offering and  compensation options to acquire 5% of the total number of Units sold in  connection with the Offering, exercisable into Units up to 18 months  from Closing at $0.10 per Unit. 

 Upon completion of the Offering, the Company has 131,058,930 Common  Shares issued and outstanding. 

 The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to advance  its shale development and exploration activities on its Turkish  licences, and for general corporate and working capital purposes. 

 This press release shall not constitute an offer of securities for sale  in the United States. The securities referred to in this press release  have not been, nor will be, registered under the United States  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in  the United States absent registration or an exemption from  registration. 

 About Anatolia Energy Corp. 

 Anatolia is an international oil and gas company engaged in the  exploration and development of oil and gas assets in Turkey. Anatolia  has the right, pursuant to its joint venture agreements with Çalık  Enerji San. ve Tic. AŞ., the wholly-owned oil and gas subsidiary of the  large Turkish conglomerate Çalık Holding A.Ş., to earn working  interests between 25% and 50% in two development licences and working  interests of 50% in nine exploration licences covering 1,162,856 gross  acres of land in Turkey's proven Southeastern oil basin. Anatolia is  focused on four play types in Turkey namely the Silurian Dadas shale  oil trend, Paleozoic Bedinan sand trend, Cretaceous Mardin strike slip  trend and Garzan reef trend.  The Dadas formation in southeast Turkey  is an extension of the prolific Silurian source rocks of the Middle  East. 

 Cautionary Statements 

 Certain information included in this press release constitutes  forward-looking information under applicable securities legislation.   Such forward-looking information is provided for the purpose of  providing information about management's current expectations and plans  relating to the future. Readers are cautioned that reliance on such  information may not be appropriate for other purposes, such as making  investment decisions. Forward-looking information typically contains  statements with words such as "anticipate", "believe", "expect",  "plan", "intend", "estimate", "propose", "project" or similar words  suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook.  Forward-looking information in this press release may include, but is  not limited to, information with respect to: ultimate economic  viability of the Dadas Shale, operational decisions and the timing  thereof, and timing for drilling and exploration plans on the  properties of Anatolia.  Forward-looking information is based on a  number of factors and assumptions which have been used to develop such  information but which may prove to be incorrect.  Although Anatolia  believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking  information is reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on  forward-looking information because Anatolia can give no assurance that  such expectations will prove to be correct. Readers are cautioned that  the foregoing list is not exhaustive of all factors and assumptions  which have been used.  Anatolia undertakes no obligation to update  forward-looking statements if circumstances or management's estimates  or opinions should change, unless required by law. For further  information on the Company and the risks associated with its business,  please see the Company's AIF dated June 4, 2012, which is available on  SEDAR.  The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on this  forward-looking information. 

 Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider  (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)  accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. 



Anatolia Energy Corp.


CONTACT:  Peter Argiris, VP Business DevelopmentAnatolia Energy Corp.403.802.0770 ext. 225 


    

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