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Xcite Energy Limited ("Xcite Energy" or the "Company") Extension of Letter of Intent for "Rowan Norway" N-Class Jack-up Rig

^{Published on 2011-01-31 23:20:47 - Market Wire}
 

ABERDEENSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - February 1, 2011) - This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States.

Xcite Energy (TSX-V: [ XEL ])(LSE: XEL) (AIM: XEL) announces that its 100% subsidiary, Xcite Energy Resources Limited ("XER"), has entered into an extension to the binding letter of intent ("LOI") with British American Offshore Limited ("BAOL"), part of Rowan Companies, Inc. for the N-Class "Rowan Norway" jack-up rig.

The LOI has been extended by mutual consent to 11 February 2011 with no amendment to the existing termination fee payable by XER in the event it does not enter into a definitive agreement by this date.

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.