UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
August 18, 2005
Empire Energy Corporation International
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada 1-10077 87-0401761
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
16801 W. 116th Street, Suite 100
Lenexa, Kansas 66219
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (913) 469-5615
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 8.01 Other Events
Empire Energy Corporation International (“Empire” or the “Company”) issued a press release on Thursday, August 18, 2005, to announce that the Company had lodged an application with Mineral Resources Tasmania for license SEL 29/2005 which is 10,420 Sq. Km. in size. If this application is successful, when combined with our existing license SEL 13/98, our total area of prospective ground under license will be approximately 25,000 Sq. Km. or 6,100,000 acres.
The press release also announced that at the annual meeting held August 17, 2005, shareholders approved an amendment of the articles of incorporation to increase authorized shares of common stock to 300 million. In addition, shareholders approved a proposal to reduce the price of certain stock options from $1.00 AUD to $0.20 USD and extend the expiration date to December 31, 2006.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c)
Exhibits. The following exhibits are furnished as part of this report:
Exhibit Number |
Description |
| |
99.1 | Press Release dated March 31, 2005 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL
Date: August 19, 2005
By: /s/ Malcolm Bendall
Malcolm Bendall
Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number |
Description |
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99.1 | Press Release dated August 18, 2005 |
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