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    Warrego raises $15 million via two-tranche placement

    • Successful $15 million two-tranche placement with firm commitments received at $0.13 per share
    • Proceeds will fully fund the drilling of West Erregulla-3 and provide funding for long lead items on West Erregulla-4

    • Chairman, Greg Columbus, intends to invest ~$0.4m in the placement, subject to shareholder approval
    Warrego Energy Limited (ASX:WGO) (“Warrego” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has
    received commitments for a $15 million two-tranche placement to institutional and sophisticated
    investors at an offer price of $0.13 per fully paid ordinary new share (“Placement”) under the company’s
    listing rule 7.1 capacity.

    The Placement was oversubscribed with both existing and new institutional investors (located
    domestically and offshore) participating in the transaction. Proceeds from the Placement will be used
    to fully fund the drilling of the West Erregulla-3 exploration/appraisal well in 2020, provide funding for
    long lead items for the West Erregulla-4 exploration/appraisal well, and general working capital.
    The Placement will be completed in two tranches, with the second tranche of the Placement subject to
    shareholder approval at a general meeting of the Company expected to be held in early July 2020 with
    the Notice of Meeting to be announced this week. The new shares issued under the Placement will rank
    equally with existing Warrego ordinary shares on issue.

    The two tranches comprise:
    • Tranche One: 94.9 million shares ($12.3m), expected to settle on 28 May 2020; and
    • Tranche Two: 20.5 million shares ($2.7m), expected to settle in early July 2020, following
    shareholder approval.

    Chairman, Greg Columbus, intends to subscribe for $390,000 in the Placement, which is subject to
    shareholder approval and included in Tranche Two.

    The issue price of A$0.13 per share represents a 18.8% discount to WGO’s last closing price of A$0.16
    per share on 20 May 2020 and a 15.6% discount to the 15 day VWAP of A$0.154 per share. The
    Placement was not underwritten. Canaccord Genuity (Australia) Limited and Bridge Street Capital acted
    as Joint Lead Managers to the Placement.

    Warrego Energy Group CEO & Managing Director, Dennis Donald, said:
    “Strong demand from a range of new and existing institutional shareholders and sophisticated investors
    reflects growing interest in the potential of the West Erregulla gas field following delays in the timing of
    some large LNG projects offshore Western Australia.”

    “We are looking forward to continuing the West Erregulla exploration/appraisal program in 2020/21. A
    successful WE-3 well could see the prospective resources in the northern area of the field converted to
    contingent resources and, possibly, the recognition of additional resources. It would also provide a new
    and more complete data set that could potentially enhance our independent contingent resource
    estimate for the central area of the field,” he said.

    “We are making positive progress in negotiations with potential WA domestic gas buyers. Our recent
    independent certification by RISC was particularly well received by buyers as it serves to underpin
    deliverable gas volumes available to us, adding to the momentum of our gas marketing activities,” he
    said.

    “In addition, Warrego has for some time been progressing a range of gas processing options which
    present low capital opportunities to deliver gas into the WA gas pipeline network. Decisions on gas
    processing will ultimately be driven by the economics of those opportunities, reflecting the volumes of
    gas committed under gas sales agreements.” Mr Donald said.
 
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