Drawdown on Equity Credit Facility

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TSX-V, LSE-AIM: XEL

30 January 2012

Xcite Energy Limited

("Xcite Energy" or the "Company")

Drawdown on Equity Credit Facility

Xcite Energy announces that it has drawn down on its Equity Line Agreement (the "facility") with Esousa Holdings, LLC ("Esousa") dated 16 December 2011 in the amount of £3.537 million (CAD$5.571 million). This draw down has been undertaken at a price of £0.9395 (CAD$1.480) per share and will result in the issue of 3,765,060 ordinary shares of no par value in the capital of the Company (the "New Ordinary Shares") to Esousa. This funding will be used as future working capital for the Company and to progress towards first oil from the Bentley field.

Subject to the terms of the facility and except in accordance with Canadian securities laws and with prior written approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, the New Ordinary Shares may not be sold or otherwise traded on or through the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange or otherwise in Canada or to or for the benefit of a Canadian resident until the date that is four months and one day from the date of issue.

Application will be made for the admission to AIM ("Admission") of the New Ordinary Shares upon conditional approval of the share issue by the TSX Venture Exchange. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing issued ordinary shares (each, an "Ordinary Share").

Subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange, following the issue of the 3,765,060 New Ordinary Shares the total Ordinary Shares in the Company in issue will be 209,770,424.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Oriel Securities which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Xcite Energy and for no one else in connection with the subject matter of this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Xcite Energy for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in connection with the subject matter of this announcement.

Morgan Stanley which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Xcite Energy and for no one else in connection with the subject matter of this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Xcite Energy for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in connection with the subject matter of this announcement.