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RNS Number : 0600X

Zenith Energy Ltd

25 April 2019

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR"). Upon publication of this announcement via a regulatory information service ("RIS"), the inside information contained in this document is now considered to be in the public domain.

April 25, 2019

ZENITH ENERGY LTD.

("Zenith" or the "Company")

Director/ PDMR Shareholding

Zenith Energy Ltd. ("Zenith" or the "Company") (LSE: ZEN; TSX.V: ZEE; OSE: ZENA-ME) the listed international oil & gas production company operating the largest onshore oilfield in Azerbaijan, is pleased to announce that its Chief Executive Officer & President, Mr. Andrea Cattaneo, has advised the Company that he purchased 593,289 common shares of no par value ("Common Shares") in the capital of the Company at an average price of NOK 0.37 (approximately GBP0.033) per Common Share on April 18, 2019 on the Oslo Børs.

Following the aforementioned dealings, Mr. Cattaneo is directly beneficially interested in a total of 20,652,911 Common Shares in the capital of the Company, representing 8.46 per cent of the total issued and outstanding common share capital of the Company admitted to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, and representing 6.93 per cent of the total issued and outstanding common share capital of the Company admitted to trading on the TSX Venture Exchange and Merkur Market of the Oslo Børs.

As announced on December 15, 2017, Mr. Cattaneo is indirectly interested in a total of 1,250,000 Common Shares, today representing 0.51 per cent of the Company's issued and outstanding common share capital admitted to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, and representing 0.42 per cent of the total issued and outstanding common share capital of the Company admitted to trading on the TSX Venture Exchange and Merkur Market of the Oslo Børs.

Further information:

 
 Zenith Energy Ltd                     Tel: +1 (587) 315 9031 
 Andrea Cattaneo, Chief Executive      E-mail: info@zenithenergy.ca 
  Officer 
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 Optiva Securities - Joint Broker      Tel: + 44 (0) 203 981 
                                        4179 
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 Christian Dennis 
                                      ----------------------------- 
 Jonathan Brown 
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 Peterhouse Capital - Joint Broker     Tel: + 44 (0) 207 469 
                                        0930 
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 Lucy Williams 
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 Charles Goodfellow 
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 Allenby Capital Limited - Financial   Tel: + 44 (0) 203 328 
  Adviser                               5656 
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 Nick Harriss 
                                      ----------------------------- 
 Nick Athanas 
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 IFC Advisory - Financial PR &         Tel: + 44 (0) 203 934 
  IR                                    6630 
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 Graham Herring 
                                      ----------------------------- 
 Miles Nolan 
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 Zach Cohen 
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Notes to Editors:

Zenith Energy Ltd. is an international oil and gas production company, listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX.V:ZEE) and London Stock Exchange (LSE:ZEN). In addition, the Company's common share capital was admitted to trading on the Merkur Market of the Oslo Børs (ZENA:ME) on November 8, 2018. The Merkur Market is a multilateral trading facility owned and operated by the Oslo Børs.

The Company was assigned a medium to long-term issuer credit rating of "B+ with Positive Outlook" on October 8, 2018 by Arc Ratings, S.A.

The Company operates the largest onshore oilfield in Azerbaijan following the signing of a 25-year REDPSA, (Rehabilitation, Exploration, Development and Production Sharing Agreement), with SOCAR, State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in 2016.

The Company's primary focus is the development of its Azerbaijan operations by leveraging its technical expertise and financial resources to maximise low-cost oil production via a systematic field rehabilitation programme intended to achieve significantly increased revenue. Zenith also operates, or has working interests in, a number of natural gas production concessions in Italy. The Company's Italian operations produce natural gas, condensate and electricity.

Zenith's development strategy is to identify and rapidly seize value-accretive hydrocarbon production opportunities in the onshore oil & gas sector. The Company's Board of Directors and senior management team have the experience and technical expertise to develop the Company successfully.

NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities / person closely associated 
 a)    Name                              Andrea Cattaneo 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 2     Reason for the notification 
      --------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status                   Chief Executive Officer 
                                          & President 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification/Amendment    Initial Notification 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
      --------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                              Zenith Energy Ltd. 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                               213800AYTYOYD61S4569 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 4     Details of the transaction(s): section to 
        be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; 
        (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each 
        date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
        have been conducted 
      --------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Description of                    Common Shares 
        the financial 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
       Identification                    CA98936C1068 
        code 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of the                     Purchase of Common Shares 
        transaction 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and                      Price(s)        Volume(s) 
        volumes(s) 
      --------------------------------  --------------  ------------- 
                                              NOK 0.37     593,289 
  ----------------------------------------------------  ------------- 
 d)    Date of the transaction(s)         April 18, 2019 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 e)    Place of the                      Oslo Stock Exchange 
        transaction 
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