What is the right capital structure for growing juniors and independents?
Max Petroleum President and CFO Michael Young knows a thing or two about the right capital structures for growing juniors and independents. What’s the right capital structure? It Depends ….
Type and stage of assets
- Geographic location
- Political risk
- Exploration vs development
State of capital markets
- Equity vs debt
- Public vs private
- Timing is everything
Existing capital / corporate structure
- Work with what you have
- Regulatory approvals
Do you agree?
This list has come from Michael’s slides at the 2011 World Independent Oil Companies Congress. You can download a copy of them here ›
You can also see how Nautical Petroleum successfully raised funds for exploration here ›

at 2:35 pm
With a huge amount of consolidation in the market, could joint ventures offer a new stream of capital and growth for small-mid caps?