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London, January 27
27 January 2015 TANGIERS PETROLEUM LIMITED Quarterly Report for Period Ending 31 December 2014 The Directors of Tangiers Petroleum Limited ("Tangiers" or the "Company") are pleased to provide the following report on its activities during the quarter ended 31 December 2014. A copy of the full quarterly report, including the diagrams referred to in the text and the Appendix 5B (Quarterly Cash Flow Report), is available on the Company's website at www.tangierspetroleum.com Highlights - On 20 November 2014 the Company announced the acquisition of Project Icewine, comprising an initial 87.5% working interest in 99,360 contiguous acres located onshore in the prolific North Slope of Alaska, USA - A placement raising A$1.2 million by issuing 200 million shares at A$0.006 per share was completed on 22 October 2014. Overview Key operational activities during the quarter included: - A General Meeting held on 20 October 2014 - Acquisition of Project Icewine which was announced on 20 November 2014 and included the following key terms: - Tangiers (through its agent Burgundy Xploration LLC) was announced the high bidder on 90,720 acres at the Alaska North Slope Areawide Sale on 19 November 2014 - Upon formal award (expected Q2 2015), Tangiers' wholly owned subsidiary (Accumulate Energy Alaska Inc.) will become operator with an initial 87.5% working interest over a total of 99,360 acres The key corporate activities for the quarter were: - Finalisation of a placement for A$1.2 million at A$0.006 per share. Key Events Subsequent to the Quarter - Notice of a General Meeting to be held on 12 February 2015 was announced on 13 January 2015 by the Company. Full details of the Agenda and Business of the Meeting can be accessed on the Company website, http://www.tangierspetroleum.com.au/investor-centre/announcements/. - DeGolyer and MacNaughton were commissioned by the Company to prepare an independent Prospective Resources Report on the unconventional potential of Project Icewine the results of which were released to the market on 19 January 2015. The Independent Report by DeGolyer and MacNaughton has resulted in an estimated recoverable oil potential net to Tangiers of 431 million barrels of oil (mean, unrisked) in the HRZ, Hue, Kingak & Shublik shales.* *Cautionary Statement: The estimated quantities of petroleum that may be potentially recovered by the application of a future development project relate to undiscovered accumulations. These estimates have both an associated risk of discovery and a risk of development. Further exploration, appraisal and evaluation are required to determine the existence of a significant quantity of potentially movable hydrocarbons. Prospective Resource assessments in this release were estimated using probabilistic methods in accordance with SPE-PRMS standards. Table 1: Independent Assessment of Unconventional Prospective Resources Prospect Icewine: Gross Estimated Unconventional Prospective Oil Resources: North Slope, HRZ, Hue, Kingak & Shublik Shales Alaska (Source: DeGolyer & MacNaughton as of December 31, 2014) Unrisked: Risked: (Chance of geologic success 41 %) Estimate (million Low Best High Mean Risked Mean bbl): Gross 244.3 446.4 813.2 492.5 200.3 Net to Tangiers 213.7 390.6 711.5 430.9 175.3 (WI post award: 87.5%) Financial The capital raising announced on 19 September 2014 was approved by shareholders on 20 October 2014. This included the issue of 200,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares at A$0.006 per share and 12,000,000 unlisted options exercisable at A$0.01 on or before 22 October 2017. Funds raised will be used for working capital purposes and to fund the assessment of new ventures. The Prospectus associated with the capital raise was released to the market on 22 October 2014. Following this issue, Tangiers has 452,026,723 fully paid ordinary shares on issue. Finalisation of the placement resulted in a capital raise of A$1.2 million. The ASX Appendix 5B attached to this report contains the Company's cash flow statement for the quarter. The significant elements for the period were: - exploration and evaluation expenditure of A$0.138m (September 2014 of A$12.647 million); - administration and other operating costs of A$0.753m (September 2014 of A$1.552 million); - payment for purchase of prospects (Icewine Acquisition deposit) of A$0.707m; - capital inflow from equity issue of A$1.123m (after costs); and - a net cash outflow of A$0.467m recorded by the Company. At the end of the quarter, the Company had net cash reserves of A$0.779 million. Project Icewine Highlights The Company, through its agent Burgundy Xploration LLC (BEX), entered into a binding agreement to acquire a significant working interest (87.5%) in a large acreage position on a multiple objective, liquids rich exploration opportunity in onshore Alaska, North America, referred to as Project Icewine. Tangiers, (through BEX their co-venture partner), was announced highest bidder on 90,720 acres in the November State lease sale for the North Slope of Alaska on 19 November 2014. Post award of the acreage in Q2 2015, Tangiers will secure a 99,360 gross contiguous acre position with 86,940 acres net to the Company. The primary term for the State leases is 10 years with no mandatory relinquishment with a 16.5% royalty. Figure 1: Project Icewine Location Map (please refer to the pdf version of this announcement available from the Company's website) Generous exploration incentives are provided by the State of Alaska with up to 85% of exploration expenditure in 2015 cash refundable, dropping to 75% mid 2016 and thereafter 40%. The primary objective is an untested, unconventional liquids-rich shale play in a prolific source rock, the HRZ shale,(Brookian Sequence), that co-sourced the largest oil field in North America; the giant Prudhoe Bay Oil Field Complex. Internal modelling and analysis indicates that Project Icewine is located in a high liquids vapour phase sweetspot analogous to those encountered in other Tier 1 shale plays e.g. the Eagle Ford, Texas. Conventional play potential can be found at Project Icewine within the same Brookian petroleum system and shallow to the HRZ shale and includes high porosity channel and deep water turbiditic sands. The Brookian conventional play is proven on the North Slope; the USGS (2013) estimate the remaining oil potential to be 2.1 billion barrels just within the Brookian sequence. Additional conventional potential exists in the deeper Kuparuk sands and the Ivashuk Formation. Drilling, (2012), in the adjacent acreage to the north confirmed that the HRZ shales, along with the underlying Kingak & Shublik shales, were all within the oil window which is extremely encouraging for the unconventional potential at Project Icewine. In addition a conventional oil discovery was reported in the Kuparuk sandstones. A Prospective Resources Report by DeGolyer and MacNaughton, was commissioned by Tangiers to evaluate the unconventional resource potential of Project Icewine in early December 2014 and was released to the market on 19 January 2015; refer to `Key Events Subsequent to the Quarter'. Exit from Tarfaya Offshore Block The planned exit from the Tarfaya Offshore Block has moved forward considerably and the Company anticipates finalisation of the assignment of its working interest in the near term. Capital Management During the quarter the Company completed a placement for A$1.2 million at A$0.006 per share to sophisticated investors in order to strengthen its balance sheet. The placement was managed by DJ Carmichaels and was approved by shareholders on the 20th October 2014. Subsequent to the end of the quarter the Company called for an Extraordinary General Meeting of its shareholders to be held on the 12th February 2015. One of the resolutions put to shareholders for approval is the issue of shares to raise between A$3.5m and A$6m, with the use of funds mainly for completion of the acquisition of Project Icewine. Additional Information required under ASX LR 5.4.3 List of petroleum tenements held by Tangiers at quarter ending 31 December 2014: Project Acquired Name during the Reference Location Company Quarter Disposed of Interest during the Quarter Tarfaya Tarfaya Offshore Morocco 25% - - Block Onshore Project Icewine Alaska 87.5%* Subject to - Alaska, final award by the State of North Slope Alaska * * Tangiers, through their co-venture partner BEX, were announced high bidder in the November 2014 State of Alaska Bid Round which entitles the co-venture to secure the leases on award by State of Alaska (anticipated in Q2 2015) Unless stated elsewhere in this report, there were no beneficial interests held in farm-in or farm-out agreements at the end of the quarter and no beneficial interest in farm-in or farm-out agreements acquired or disposed of during the quarter, and there have been no activities relating to oil and gas production or development during the quarter. Sarah Smith Joint Company Secretary Tangiers Petroleum Limited Level 2, 5 Ord Street West Perth WA 6005, Australia Ph: + 61 8 9485 0990 www.tangierspetroleum.com Contacts RFC Ambrian Limited As Nominated Adviser Mr Oliver Morse / Ms Trinity McIntyre +61 8 9480 2500 As Corporate Broker Mr Charlie Cryer +44 20 3440 6800
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