TIDMZEN

RNS Number : 1834Y

Zenith Energy Ltd

30 December 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.

December 30, 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, announces that its Chief Executive Officer & President, Mr. Andrea Cattaneo, has advised the Company that he purchased a total of 325,000 common shares of no par value ("Common Shares") in the capital of the Company at an average price of GBP0.0184 (approximately CAD$0.031) per Common Share on the London Stock Exchange, on December 27, 2019.

Following the aforementioned dealings, Mr. Cattaneo is directly beneficially interested in a total of 35,659,115 Common Shares in the capital of the Company, representing 7.90 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.

Mr. Cattaneo is also indirectly interested in a total of 480,000 Common Shares, today representing 0.11 per cent of the Company's issued and outstanding common share capital admitted to trading on the TSX Venture Exchange and Merkur Market of the Oslo Børs.

Further Information:

 
 Zenith Energy Ltd 
 Andrea Cattaneo, Chief Executive    Tel: +1 (587) 315 9031 
  Officer 
                                    ----------------------------- 
                                     E-mail: info@zenithenergy.ca 
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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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 Novum Securities Limited - Joint    Tel: + 44 (0) 207 399 
  Broker                              9400 
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 Charlie Brook-Partridge 
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 Hugh McAlister 
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 IFC Advisory Limited - Financial    Tel: + 44 (0) 203 934 
  PR & IR                             6630 
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 Graham Herring 
                                    ----------------------------- 
 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 9, 2019 by Arc Ratings, S.A. On November 18, 2019, the Company was assigned a "B+" with Stable Outlook debt issuer credit rating by Rating-Agentur Expert RA.

The Company operates the largest onshore oilfield in Azerbaijan by cumulative acreage 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

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 
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 2       Reason for the notification 
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 a)      Position/status                         Chief Executive Officer & President 
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 b)      Initial notification/Amendment          Initial Notification 
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 3       Details of the issuer, emission allowance market 
          participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction 
          monitor 
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 a)      Name                                    Zenith Energy Ltd. 
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 b)      LEI                                     213800AYTYOYD61S4569 
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 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 
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 a)      Description of                          Common Shares 
          the financial 
          instrument, type 
          of instrument 
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         Identification                          CA98936C1068 
          code 
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 b)      Nature of the                           Purchase of Common Shares 
          transaction 
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 c)      Price(s) and                            Price(s)                Volume(s) 
          volumes(s) 
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                                                 GBP0.0184                  100,000 
    GBP0.0186                                                                100,000 
    GBP0.0183                                                                125,000 
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 d)      Date of the transaction(s)              December 27, 2019 
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 e)      Place of the                             London Stock Exchange 
          transaction 
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