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Block 2B South Africa
February 2020 www.panoroenergy.com
Panoro Farm into Block 2B South Africa
• Panoro has signed a Farm Out Agreement with Africa Energy Corp. (“AEC”), part of the Lundin Group of Companies, for a 12.5% interest in Block 2B located in the Orange Basin, offshore the west coast of South Africa.
• The exploration block is an exciting rift basin oil play, with an existing oil discovery and near-term plans to drill a well to prove up material additional resources.
• The Gazania-1 well is targeting best estimate gross prospective resources of 349 million barrels of oil*
• Panoro will carry AEC subsidiary for up to $2.5 million of their share of drilling costs.
• The well is expected to be spud as early as Q4 2020 depending on regulatory approvals and rig availability.
• Separately, AEC has announced a farm-out whereby Azinam Limited will take a 50% share and operatorship of Block 2B.
• Completion of transaction is subject to consent of Minister of Minerals and Energy of South Africa and Azinam farm-out becoming effective; approval process is anticipated to take approximately 6 months.
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* These volumes are estimates of Africa Energy and have not been subject to assessment by a qualified third party resource auditor.
Attractive Location / Fiscal Terms
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State and Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Participation:
• 10% State back-in rights / 10% BEE participation rights
• Draft Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill proposes an increase in State Participation from 10% to 20%
Royalty: 0.5-5%
Income Tax: 28%
Tax benefit from cost uplift
After Tax Profit
Tax Deductible Costs: Including cost uplift, 200% of exploration & appraisal, 150% of capex & 100% of opex
South Africa Overview
ACTIVE PLAYERS
FISCAL TERMS
State Take < 30%
Proven Oil Basin
South Africa Block 2B
• A-J1 oil discovery in 1988 flowed high-quality oil to surface (36° API)
• Near-term low-risk exploration well planned updip from discovery
• Analogous to Lokichar Basin (Kenya) and Albertine Graben (Uganda)
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(1) Best Estimate Prospective Resources - 200 MMbbl have been subject to resource assessment by qualified third-party resource auditor.
ASSET SUMMARY
Panoro Energy interest (following approval) 12.5%
Partners (following approval) Africa Energy (27.5%), Azinam (50%), Crown (10%)
Basin Orange Basin
First well Gazania-1
Planned spud date As early as Q4 2020, dependent on approvals and rig avail.
Water depth 150 m
First well prospect size, Africa Energy estimates 349 MMbbl (1)
Well cost estimate ~$21 MM
Play type Rift basin
Min. commercial field size < 50 MMbbl at $60/bbl (2)
Work program to date 686 km2 of 3D seismic
Seismic data 3D survey by Western Geco 2013
(2) Africa Energy estimate.
Proven Oil Field With Significant Upside Shown On Seismic, Avo Support
Block 2B South Africa: Exploration well to target 349 million barrels*
• Soekor drill AJ-1 well and find 37 mmbbl of oil at 36 API
• No further data available, sanctions, discovery largely forgotten by industry
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Pelargonium
1988
2013-2016
2020/21
• Gazania-1 to be drilled as early as late 2020** targeting updip section of the discovered reservoir and overlapping potential reservoirs
• Upside to 1 billion barrel of total oil on the licence according to Africa Energy*
• Seismic imaging shows that the intersected reservoir plus neighboring reservoirs could contain of ca.400 million barrels*of oil in areas with very good reservoir qualities
• These volumes are estimates of Africa Energy and have not been subject to assessment by a qualified third party resource auditor.
• ** subject to approvals and rig availability
Source Rock Model and Migration
A-J Graben Dip Line
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2 km
E W
Top of Oil Window, 3 km, 80°C
Base of Oil Window, 5.2 km, 135°C
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Namaqualand Prospect
Gazania Prospect
A-J1 SR interval 2900-3400m (500m) 140m net SR material with TOC up to 5.5%. Type I. Early mature. Oil sourced from a more mature, deeper source rock
A-J1 Oil inclusions from 3050 down to 3660m (600m), suggesting charge from another, lower SR.
A-J1
A-J Graben Contingent & Prospective Resources
Up to 1 billion barrels gross prospective resources in license*/**
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Pelargonium
* These volumes have been subject to a resource assessment by a qualified third party resource auditor on behalf of Africa Energy Corp. These volumes have been disclosed as an arithmetic sum of multiple estimates of contingent and prospective resource, which statistical principles indicate may be misleading as to volumes that may actually be recovered.
** These volumes are Africa Energy Corp estimates and have not been subject to assessment by a qualified third party resource auditor.
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A-J Graben Axial Delta PlayDiscovery and Prospects* A-J Graben** Northern Graben**
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1,000
A-J downdip P50 Gazania PelargoniumUrsinia
Namaqualand Eastern Margin Prospects 3D Seismic Required
37 MMbbl
186 MMbbl
225 MMbbl
400 MMbbl
Best Estimate Prospective Resources
118 MMbbl 3C
400 MMbblHigh Est.
A-J Graben Prospect Map
Northern Graben
Axial Delta Play37 MMbbl Contingent,
163 MMbbl Prospective
Prospects
Other A-J Graben Prospects
Gross 2CContingentResources
163 MMbbl
A-J1 well
Proposed well location