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Ascent Resources PLC

13 June 2019

Ascent Resources plc / Epic: AST / Index: AIM / Sector: Oil and Gas

13 June 2019

Ascent Resources plc

("Ascent" or the "Company")

Permitting update

The Board of Ascent would like to provide the following update to shareholders on permitting in Slovenia.

A report has appeared on a Slovenian government website that the partners appeal against the issuance of the permit to re-stimulate Pg-10 and Pg-11A has been denied by the Environment Ministry.

The Company has not received any direct official confirmation from the Environment Ministry.

If the report is officially confirmed the Board will consider all potential courses of action including arbitration and a claim for damages against the Republic of Slovenia. This claim will not just consider the investment in the project to date of around EUR50 million but should take into account the projected future value of the project which was expected to be a multiple of this amount.

Colin Hutchinson, CEO of Ascent Resources plc, commented:

"This is a deeply disappointing and flawed decision which again has been communicated to the media before the partners had been informed. If the decision is officially confirmed, the Board will consider next steps including legal action."

 
 Ascent Resources plc 
  Colin Hutchinson, CEO 
  John Buggenhagen, COO 
  Cameron Davies, Chairman                  0207 251 4905 
 WH Ireland, Nominated Adviser & Broker 
  James Joyce / Chris Savidge               0207 220 1666 
 SP Angel, Joint Broker 
  Richard Redmayne / Richard Hail           0203 470 0470 
 Yellow Jersey, Financial PR and IR 
  Tim Thompson / Harriet Jackson / Henry 
  Wilkinson                                 0203 004 9512

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