Rubellite Energy Inc.
Investor Presentation
May 11, 2022
Background
Newly created, growth-focused, pure play Clearwater company (TSX:RBY)
Since 2018, Perpetual / Rubellite has executed 35+ separate transactions to assemble access to
~270 net sections across the Clearwater fairway
- Rubellite acquired all of Perpetual's Clearwater Assets for total consideration of $65.5 MM (including $59.2 mm in cash)
- Rubellite incorporated on July 12, 2021
- Clearwater Assets conveyed to Rubellite on July 15th
- Public announcement of the Plan of Arrangement on July 16th
- Plan of Arrangement closed on September 3rd
- Equity Financings closed / released from Escrow on Oct 5, 2021
- $83.5 MM in Equity Financings (October 5, 2021):
- $30.0 MM Brokered Sub-Receipts Financing (closed into escrow July 13th)
- $20.0 MM Non-Brokered Private Placement
- $33.5 MM Arrangement Warrant ("rights offering") Financing for Perpetual shareholders fully backstopped by Sue Riddell Rose, President & CEO
- $30.6 MM (91%) was initially subscribed for by shareholders pro rata
- Oversubscribing shareholders fully took up the remaining $2.9 MM
- All components of the financings priced at $2.00/share
- $38.7 MM in Equity Financings (March 30, 2022):
- $25.3 MM Brokered Financing
- $13.4 MM Non-Brokered Private Placement
- Both financings priced at $3.55/share
- Enterprise value ~$215 MM (2)
- 54.7 MM shares outstanding
- 60.0 MM shares outstanding fully diluted (1)
- Insider ownership of ~34.6%
- Includes 4.0 MM Share Purchase Warrants (owned by Perpetual)
- TSX:RBY May 10, 2022 Close $4.13/share; March 31, 2022 $10.9 MM positive Adjusted Working Capital
Assets
assembled over
three years
through third
party and
crown land
acquisitions, farm-ins and freehold mineral leasing
Captured strategic
road
infrastructure
required for future
development
Spin-out of
Rubellite assets, public listing and equity financing
Significant delineation through Perpetual and competitor activity provided confidence in drilling inventory
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Investment Highlights
Robust growth opportunity in the prolific Clearwater play
Expanding
Pure Play
Clearwater
Asset Base
Robust Organic
Production
Growth Profile
Fully Funded
Development
Unlocking Free
Funds Flow
Conservative
Capitalization
and Risk
Mitigation
Management
Alignment and
ESG Excellence
- Access for public investors to participate in a high growth, pure play Clearwater explorer/producer
- ~270 net sections of highly prospective Clearwater lands with 700+ potential drilling locations
- Line of sight to additional exploratory land capture and M&A opportunities
- Rubellite controls and operates 100% of its Clearwater asset base
- Organic production growth from 350 bbl/d to 2,200 to 2,400 bbl/d average for 2022
- Highly profitable, full cycle IRRs with payouts in less than one year at current strip pricing
- ~50% of development/step-out inventory of ~230 locations to support 5,000 - 10,000 bbl/d business plan
- <5% of potential drilling locations booked in Year-End 2021 McDaniel Reserve Report
- Rapid, organic growth plan financed through equity capital raises and adjusted funds flow
- Total cash costs of ~$15 to $18/bbl drives organic free funds flow forecast in 2022 at strip pricing
- Extensive infrastructure in core operating areas drives attractive capital efficiencies
- Future waterflood and EOR potential to mitigate production declines and increase recovery
- No debt and organic free funds flow positive in 2022
- $25 MM bank credit facility
- Prudent approach to hedging to protect capital investment plans and returns during growth ramp
- Forecast cash on balance sheet to allocate to accelerated organic growth, exploration activities, acquisitions and distributions to shareholders
- Strong management alignment with insider ownership of ~34.6%
- Strong governance with majority independent board members
- Unstimulated, multi-lateral drilling technology off multi-well pads supports environmentally responsible development with limited surface footprint and use of freshwater
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Clearwater Play Landscape
Amongst the best single well economics of any play in North America
Clearwater Play Evolution
- Since 2017, ~850 wells have been drilled, growing play production from nil to ~84,000 bbl/d in April 2022
- 79% of production at Marten Hills and Nipisi
- Additional opportunities proven to the north at Peavine, Golden & Cadotte, and to the south at Jarvie, Newbrook & Ukalta
- 28 active rigs in Q1 2022 in the Clearwater play
- Public company M&A highlighting significant investment plans:
- Headwater (HWX-TSX) - Cenovus' Clearwater assets (Nov 2020)
- Tamarack Valley (TVE-TSX) - Woodcote/Highwood (Dec 2020), Surge/Woodcote (March 2021), Crestwynd (Dec 2021), Rolling Hills (April 2022)
800% | ROR Oil (%) | ROR Gas (%) | ||||
Average ROR (313%) | Payout (yrs) | |||||
700% | ||||||
Average Payout (0.5 yrs) | ||||||
600% | ||||||
500%
400%
300%
200%
100%
ROR (1) (%) | - |
Clearwater Play
Play historically dominated by private companies (Spur, Deltastream, Crestwynd, Woodcote)
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- (yrs)Payout
Source: Peters & Co. Limited. April 2022 - Rate of Return (ROR) calculated as NPV10 / Initial Capital Spend | Source: geoSCOUT |
Early development of Clearwater Play focused on Marten Hills and Nipisi
Numerous new areas within the Clearwater fairway have proved to be highly economic
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Rubellite Asset Profile
~270 net sections of prospective land and 700+ locations across the Clearwater fairway
Asset Map | Asset Summary: | |
Marten Hills - Proven Development
- Two (1.0 net) well pad (8-leg/well)
commenced sales production late August ▪ 4 (2.0 net) wells spud in Q1 2022, 3 RR
and onstream in Q1, 1 RR in early April
- Up to 6 gross (3.0 net) additional prospective development locations and waterflood potential
- Active industry competitors include Spur, Headwater, Deltastream, Canadian Natural
Well | Drilling Locations (net) | Total | |||||
Drilling | |||||||
Count | Booked | ||||||
Unbooked | Unbooked | Locations | |||||
(net) | PUD/PPUD | ||||||
Prospect | Prospect | (net) | |||||
Area | Net | minus Q1 | |||||
Inventory | Inventory | ||||||
Sections Producing | conversions | ||||||
(Booked | |||||||
at | Development | Exploration | (4) | ||||
YE 2021 | Reserves + | ||||||
March 31 | |||||||
and Step- | |||||||
2022(1) | Reserve | Prospect | |||||
out | (3) | ||||||
Report(1) | Inventory) | ||||||
Ukalta - Proven and Poised for Growth
- Six 6-leg wells on production at inception
- 76 development/step-out locations
- Significant exploration potential captured in secondary zones
- Active industry competitors include Spur and Tamarack Valley
Figure Lake - Development and Step- out Delineation
- One 2.5-leg producing well drilled in early stage of play by a predecessor operator
- Eight (8.0 net) wells drilled to prove up ~155 PPUD & development/step-outs
- Additional exploration potential captured
- Active industry competitors include Tamarack Valley, Rolling Hills and Summerland
Ukalta | 34 | 18 | 10 | 66 | 164 | 240 |
Marten Hills(2) | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
Figure Lake | 131.8 | 9 | 15 | 140 | 90 | 245 |
Northern | 105.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 236 |
Exploratory(5) | ||||||
TOTAL | 272.9 | 29.5 | 27.3 | 206 | 490 | 723.3 |
- PUD and PPUD count are based on Year End 2021 McDaniel Reserve Report less Q1 2022 drilling conversions to producing (36.0 net at YE 2021; 8.7 net conversions in Q1 2022 including adjustment to Marten Hills PPUD; Producing count includes 3.5 net wells recovering base oil load fluid at March 31, 2022.
- Marten Hills PDP well count based on before payout working interest; PPUD well count expected to be 7 gross (2.3 net).
- Development and step-out locations are unbooked and within mapped outline of existing proven Clearwater zones where economic production has been established.
- Exploration locations are within mapped prospective Clearwater zones without proven economic production.
- Exploratory lands are included as before payout working interest, and include lands where drilling/work commitments are required for earning.
Producing Wells
- 28 (26.0 net) at Mar 31/22; Additional 4 (3.5 net) recovering base oil load fluid
Production (March 2022)
- ~1,525 bbl/d (100% conventional heavy crude)
Reserves (2)
- Total proved plus probable of 6.0 MMboe
Undeveloped Land
- ~166,191 net acres (excludes lands with booked reserves)
- Includes 43.8 sections acquired in Q2 2022 through crown sales and acquisitions
Development/Step-out inventory to grow production organically to 5,000 - 10,000 bbl/d and sustain
Exploration opportunities captured to augment future growth potential with success
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