Gazelle = significant upside9 Oct 2025 08:34
Block XX
Block XX is adjacent to the main oil producing region of Mongolia, the Toson-Uul sub-basin of the Tamsag Basin in Block XIX, operated by PetroChina. The main proven and producing petroleum system is the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous play. The Heron-1 well proved the extension of commercial volumes of oil into Block XX and following approval of a Reserves Report and Plan of Development, a 214 km2 Exploitation Licence was awarded in July 2021 which covers the full extent of the Heron discovery, the area up-dip of the Gazelle-1 discovery and undrilled exploration targets having significant upside and has an initial term of 25 years with two additional five year extension periods available. Upon the award of the Exploitation License, the rest of the exploration area was relinquished.