CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Aug 26, 2013) - Golconda Resources Ltd. (the "Corporation" or "Golconda") (TSX VENTURE:GA) is pleased to provide an update on its Cold Lake First Nations Joint Venture. The first of the ten oil wells to be drilled on Cold Lake First Nations Lands pursuant to our Joint Venture was drilled in March, 2013. This well was completed in the prospective Lloydminster formation in April 2013. Refer to our release of March 27, 2013 for additional details. The production test of the Lloydminster zone concluded that the zone was too heavy to be a primary recovery candidate. In July, 2013 the Lloydminster zone was plugged back, and the Sparky zone was completed. Based on field estimates, the well is now producing approximately 25 barrels of heavy oil per day with a sand cut of approximately 9 barrels per day. The production rate and sand cut are anticipated to improve over the course of the next three to six months based on production from offsetting wells in the area.
The Joint Venture drilled and cased the second well of the program earlier in August, 2013 and encountered the potential of several productive zones. The well has been completed in the Sparky formation and placed on production test.
The Joint Venture has received preliminary approval from Indian Oil and Gas Canada (IOGC) for the next three wells of the program, and it is expected that these three wells will be drilled in late summer/early fall of 2013.
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