Aug 30 (Reuters) - Lakes Oil NL LKO.AX :
* Response to government ban on gas exploration LKO.AX
* Says extension of the ban on conventional gas exploration until mid-2020 is
unprecedented
* Expresses extreme disappointment with victorian government's decision to
maintain the ban on all gas exploration onshore in Victoria
* Government's media release provides no rationale for the ban, instead
focussing only on the ban on unconventional gas exploration
* $1 million underwriting of the company's current capital raising is not
available
* Lakes Oil must now consider all options
* Says there is no justification for a ban on conventional gas exploration, and
government presented no basis for its position
* Source text for Eikon ID:nASX7mWCYg
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