Hyperdynamics Corporation provided an additional update on the drilling status on the Fatala-1 exploration well offshore the Republic of Guinea. The BOP stack was lowered onto the sea floor and latched on to the 20-inch wellhead housing and was fully pressure and function tested before drilling out the 20-inch casing shoe. The casing shoe was drilled out and a formation integrity test was run. The results of this test provided further positive confirmation that the geologic model being utilized in the well planning and design is accurate. The drilling of the 17½ inch hole has progressed to 4,270 meters total depth, or about 1,370 meters below mudline effective from Aug. 28, 2017 on the way to an estimated depth of 4,545 meters, where the 13-3/8-inch casing will be set above the potentially hydrocarbon-bearing interval at a total depth of approximately 4,900 meters. Background gas levels for the Paleocene and Upper Cretaceous sections have been consistently approximately 200% of the level encountered in the equivalent section of the nearby Sabu 1 well, completed in 2012 by Hyperdynamics, supporting the geophysical interpretation by eSeis of a gas cloud overlying the prospect.