PPC.L Regulatory News (PPC)

4 August 2021

PRESIDENT ENERGY PLC

("President" or the "Company")

 Operations update

Rio Negro oil treatment plant fully commissioned

Salta Drilling on track for October start

Paraguay Farm-Out approval process progresses

Atome listing preparation advances

President Energy (AIM: PPC), the energy company with a diverse portfolio of hydrocarbon production and exploration assets focused primarily in South America as well as Atome, a new green hydrogen and ammonia company, provides an operational update in relation to its oil and gas activities in Argentina and Paraguay as well as the contemplated listing of Atome on the London Stock Exchange.

Highlights

Peter Levine, Chairman, commented

"We have much to look forward to in the coming months with at least three distinct initiatives, Salta, Paraguay and Atome that could each have a material impact on the Group

"The market can expect an increasing level of newsflow as we move towards the final part of the year".

The new oil treatment plant at Puesto Flores Field, Rio Negro Province, Argentina, is fully operational with cost savings currently as envisaged at US$4 per barrel.

The first of the three new vertical oil wells to be drilled at the Dos Puntitas field, Puesto Guardian, Salta Province is on track to spud in the first two weeks of October, with wells two and three being drilled back to back thereafter in Q4 2021.

Each new well will have a target depth of 3,300 metres, an estimated drilling time of 28 days, cost of US$3.5 million including 10% contingency and projected mid-case initial production of 40 M3/d of oil. Due to the low additional opex and infrastructure expenses with the fixed base costs already covered by existing production and at current prices in Salta in excess of US$50 per barrel these wells on success would provide a significant benefit to the Company's bottom line.

All three wells are due to be completed and in commission for January 2022 with the first two planned to commence production before the year end. The wells will be named DP-2001 through to DP-2003.

The reprocessing of the old 202 km2 3D seismic acquired over the Pozo Escondido field at Puesto Guardian has commenced with first results due in November. Any prospects highlighted from this work will be considered to be drilled in 2022 as an add-on to the current three well programme as stated previously the new 3D seismic is now slated to commence March/April 2022.

The previously announced regulatory approval process in relation to the farm out of Pirity Concession is progressing positively and is on track to be satisfactorily dealt with by end September 2021 on which basis completion of the farm-out should take place before or during October.

Atome

The green hydrogen and ammonia business projects of President carried on by its subsidiary Atome Limited continue to make constructive progress. The spin off and listing of Atome on the standard list of the London Stock Exchange is on track for later this year.

Glossary

M3/d means cubic metres of oil per day being some 6.3 barrels of oil per cubic metre

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Notes to Editors

President Energy is an oil and gas company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (PPC.L) primarily focused in Argentina, with a diverse portfolio of operated onshore producing and exploration assets.

The Company has operated interests in the Puesto Flores, Estancia Vieja, Puesto Prado and Las Bases Concessions, and Angostura exploration contract, all of which are situated in the Rio Negro Province in the Neuquén Basin of Argentina and in the Puesto Guardian Concession, in the Noroeste Basin in NW Argentina. Alongside this, President Energy has cash generative production assets in Louisiana, USA and further significant exploration and development opportunities through its acreage in Paraguay and Argentina.

Atome is the green hydrogen and ammonia subsidiary of President Energy PLC with intended operations in the Americas and Europe and a targeted separate listing on the London Stock Exchange market later in 2021.

The Group is also actively pursuing value accretive acquisitions of high-quality production and development assets capable of delivering positive cash flows and shareholder returns. With a strong strategic and institutional base of support, including the international commodity trader and logistics company Trafigura, an in-country management team as well as the Chairman whose interests as the largest shareholder are aligned to those of its shareholders, President Energy gives UK investors access to an energy growth story combined with world class standards of corporate governance, environmental and social responsibility.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of article 7 of Regulation 596/2014