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For immediate release: 17 August 2012
Rockhopper Exploration plc
("Rockhopper" or the "Company")
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, confirms that the notice of annual general meeting ("AGM") and form of proxy have been despatched to shareholders in accordance with shareholders' instructions. The annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2012 (the "accounts") have already been posted out to shareholders who elected to receive a hard copy. The accounts and AGM notice will be available on the Company's website at www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk.
The AGM will be held at 11am on Tuesday 11 September 2012 at Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 3BA. Shareholders wishing to attend should note that registration will commence at 10am.
Enquiries:
Rockhopper Exploration plc | Tel. +44 (0)20 7920 2340 |
Peter Dixon-Clarke - Finance Director | (via M: Communications) |
Canaccord Genuity (Nomad and Joint Broker) | +44 (0) 20 7523 8000 |
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor | |
M: Communications |
+44 (0)20 7920 2340 |
Patrick d'Ancona / Ben Simons | |
Notes to Editors:
Rockhopper was established in February 2004 with a strategy to invest in and carry out an offshore oil exploration programme to the north of the Falkland Islands. The Company floated on AIM in August 2005 and holds a 100 per cent. interest in four offshore production licences: PL023, PL024, PL032 and PL033 which cover approximately 3,800 sq. km. Rockhopper has further interests in licences PL003, PL004a (7.5 per cent. interest in both) and PL004c (25 per cent. interest), which are operated by Desire Petroleum plc. Additionally, the Company has a significant interest in licence PL004b which contains the extension to the Sea Lion Field as well as the Beverley, Casper and Casper South discoveries, where it holds operatorship and an aggregate 60 per cent. interest.
An extensive work programme has been carried out over a number of years on the licences operated by Rockhopper. This has included 2D and 3D seismic and controlled source electromagnetic mapping. In February 2010, the Ocean Guardian drilling rig arrived in Falkland waters to carry out a multi-well drilling campaign. Rockhopper drilled an exploration well on Sea Lion during April and May 2010, the result of which was the first oil discovery and Contingent Resource in the North Falkland Basin. The Sea Lion discovery was successfully tested during September 2010 and June 2011 and was the first oil to flow to surface in Falkland Islands waters. Rockhopper's drilling campaign lasted from 16 April 2010 to 8 January 2012 and resulted in seven successful wells of the ten drilled, with three oil discoveries, three gas discoveries, multiple successful Sea Lion appraisal wells and a successful appraisal well on Casper.
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