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General Meeting

December 2016

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Petroleum

AIM quoted exploration and production company

Growth through production and cashflow

Opportunity of significant upside potential through

unique exploration and appraisal portfolio

Small board and management team with necessary

skills and experience to achieve growth

Low corporate running costs

Existing asset base can create a material business

Production led growth

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Keith Bush

Chief Executive Officer

– led E.ON’s E&P operations in Norway

– 25 years in the E&P industry

– Reservoir Engineer by profession

Nick Morgan

Finance Director

– 13 years corporate finance experience focused on the E&P sector

– broad collection of M&A and ECM transactions in oil and gas

– Chartered Accountant by profession

Jon Murphy

Non-executive Chairman

– over 30 years E&P industry experience

– COO of Venture Production from inception to sale

– Geologist by profession

Iain Lanaghan

Independent Non-executive Director

– over 30 years financing and transaction experience

– previously Group Finance Director of Faroe Petroleum

– Chartered Accountant by profession

The Board

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New strategic partner H2P is part of the I-Pulse group

large technology business focused on oil & gas and mining

Asset investment Canada

acquisition of 25% interest in all assets in Canada for $2 million closing conditional on subscription completing option to increase to 50% by end of 2017 for further $4m area of mutual interest to jointly build large production business

Italy acquisition of 10% interest in southern Adriatic permits and

applications for $0.5 million regulatory approval expected in Q1 option to increase to 50% through Giove appraisal well carry capped

at $15 million

Australia 25% interest in Australian onshore exploration permit option to increase to 50% by Q3 2017 through $1m seismic

programme

Strategic investment – asset level

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First tranche subscription 124 million shares at 3.5p totalling £4.3 million

H2P subscribing to achieve post issue holding of 29.9%

existing institutional holders participating

Open Offer Open offer of 1 share for every 7 held on 28 November

21.5 million shares being offered at 3.5p

up to an additional £0.8 million

over allotment facility available

Second tranche subscription H2P and Cavendish Asset Management can subscribe for

additional shares to maintain equity interest of 29.9% and 19.0% following open offer up to an addition £0.7 million at 3.5p

Strategic investment – corporate level

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Canadian operations in 2017

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Achieve 800 bopd (gross) following winter work programme

Summer programme to test well side track benefits

Subsurface study working on Virgo production capability

Plan next winter programme to achieve 1,500 bopd gross

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Southern Adriatic Environmental approval received for seismic

appeals against awards all rejected

finalising prescriptions before tendering

Q3 / Q4 acquisition timetable

Permit application awards expected in Q1

Initiate approval process on Giove appraisal well

Italy in 2017

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Cascina Alberto Shell operated onshore exploration

programme progressing

Seismic acquisition programme preparation

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Balance sheet Asset and corporate investment will total between $8 to

$10 million

more than sufficient to fund planned capital programme in 2017

2017 production and cashflow Forecast production and net back in Canada to more than

cover total group G&A in 2017

Building a carried Italian work programme Introducing new partners into Italian licences providing:

up to $4 million seismic programme and $50 million exploration well onshore Cascina Alberto

up to $15 million Giove appraisal well (on option exercise)

Financial capability

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Successful execution will be transformational for the Company and its share price

Positioned for growth

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Company has come through a very difficult industry environment now better positioned for growth

Transformational transaction:

good balance sheet strength to build production and progress Italy

key elements of programmes in Italy and Australia carried

strong financial partner for new ventures

supportive strategic corporate investor

Good opportunity in the commodity cycle to build a material E&P business

Corporate strategy of focusing on low risk production growth combined with the possibility of high returns through exploration and appraisal