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Board Change

13 Sep 2022 16:32

RNS Number : 3264Z
Block Energy PLC
13 September 2022

13 September 2022

Block Energy plc

("Block" or the "Company")

Board Change

Block Energy plc, the development and production company focused on Georgia, announces that, William McAvock, Chief Financial Officer, has agreed to resign from the board with effect from 30聽September 2022, following the publication of the Company's interim results for the six months period ended 30 June 2022.

This is a consequence of the Company's decision to make the position of Chief Financial Officer redundant, as part of the Company's continuing efforts to improve efficiency across its business.

William's existing responsibilities will be transferred to the CEO, the finance and commercial teams, and existing external advisors and overseen by the Company's financially experienced non-executive directors.

During his service of over three years, William was instrumental in the acquisition and integration of licences IX and XIB into Block's portfolio and in improving efficiencies across the Company.

The Remuneration Committee has used discretion to extend the expiry date of William's long-term incentive plan options ("LTIP Options") as follows:

Date of Issue

Revised expiry date

Number of LTIP Options granted

Number of LTIP Options exercisable

Number of LTIP Options that will lapse on 13聽December 2022

Exercise Price

01-Mar-21

30-Sep-23

4,500,000

4,166,667

333,333

拢0.04

08-Apr-22

30-Sep-23

4,500,000

3,062,500

1,437,500

拢0.01325

He also holds 7,097,899 exercisable nil cost options, which were granted under the Company's salary sacrifice scheme, and the expiry date of these options will also be revised to 30 September 2023.

Block Energy plc's Chairman, Philip Dimmock, said:

"On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank William for his strong contribution to positioning the Company for further growth and value creation. The Board and I wish him well in his future endeavours."

**ENDS**

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED UNDER THE UK VERSION OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION NO 596/2014 WHICH IS PART OF ENGLISH LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED. ON PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

For further information please visit http://www.blockenergy.co.uk/ or contact:

Paul Haywood

(Chief Executive Officer)

Block Energy plc

Tel:聽+44聽(0)20聽3468聽9891

Neil Baldwin

(Nominated Adviser)

Spark Advisory Partners Limited

Tel: +44 (0)20 3368 3554

Peter Krens

(Corporate Broker)

Tennyson Securities

Tel: +44 (0)20 7186 9030

Mark Antelme

Philip Dennis

(Financial PR Adviser)

Celicourt Communications

Tel: +44 (0)20 8434 2643

Notes to editors

Block Energy plc聽is an AIM-listed independent oil and gas company focused on production and development in聽Georgia, applying innovative technology to realise the full potential of previously discovered fields.

Block has a 100% working interest in Georgian onshore licence blocks IX and XIB. Licence block XIB聽is聽Georgia's聽most productive block, where during the mid-1980s production peaked at 67,000聽bopd and cumulative production reached 100聽MMbbls and 80聽MMbbls of oil from the Patardzeuli and Samgori fields, respectively. The remaining 2P reserves across block XIB are 64聽MMboe, comprising 2P oil reserves of 36聽MMbbls and 2P gas reserves of 28聽MMboe. (Source:聽CPR Bayphase Limited:聽1聽July聽2015). Additionally, following an internal technical study designed to evaluate and quantify the undrained oil potential of the Middle Eocene within the Patardzeuli field, the Company has defined gross unrisked 2C contingent resources of 200聽MMbbls of oil.

The Company has a 100% working interest in the West Rustavi onshore oil and gas field with multiple wells that have tested oil and gas from a range of geological horizons. The field has so far produced over 75聽Mbbls of light sweet crude and has 0.9聽MMbbls of gross 2P oil reserves in the Middle Eocene. It also has 38聽MMbbls of gross unrisked 2C contingent resources of oil and 608聽Bcf of gross unrisked 2C contingent resources of gas in the Middle, Upper and Lower Eocene formations聽(Source:聽CPR Gustavson Associates:聽1聽January聽2018).

Block also holds 100% and 90% working interests respectively in the onshore oil producing Norio and Satskhenisi fields.

The Company offers a clear entry point for investors to gain exposure to聽Georgia's聽growing economy and the strong regional demand for oil and gas.

Stephen James聽BSc, MBA, PhD (Block Energy's Subsurface Manager) has reviewed the reserve, resource and production information contained in this announcement.聽Dr James聽is a geoscientist with more than 40 years' experience in field development and reservoir management.

Glossary

bbls: barrels. A barrel is 35 imperial gallons.

Bcf: billion cubic feet.

boe: barrels of oil equivalent.

bopd: barrels of oil per day.

Mbbls: thousand barrels.

MMbbls: million barrels.

MMboe: million barrels of oil equivalent.

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