New Zealand Energy Corp. provided an operational update. The Company is continuing to prioritize drilling the Tariki-5 Development well in mid-2024.

In addition, the Company is focused on restoring production in the existing Copper Moki and Waihapa oil fields, also in the first half of 2024. Details of the planned operations are; Tariki-5 New Development Well - Targets development in an undrained up-dip compartment of the Tariki field of the previously announced 6.88PJ (5.50 Bcf) gas of proved plus probable reserve (2P) gas reserves. The drilling & development team is now in place and in a position to allow the Company to complete all the required well works.

Well planning is underway, and contracting a suitable rig, services, and the acquisition of long lead equipment is in progress. The Tariki-A site has resource consent for the drilling operations with other outstanding regulatory consents anticipated to be in place to allow drilling to commence late in the first half of 2024 or early in the second half of 2024. Copper Moki 1 & 2 Production Reinstatement- The Company plans on reinstating production from both Copper Moki 1 & 2, and an intervention program will be required to remediate these wells.

The planning phase of this remediation work has commenced and the works are expected to be executed in second quarter 2024. Waihapa-H1 - The Company also plans to re-enter and clean out the wellbore on Waihapa-H1, a well that was drilled in 2006 and produced significant volumes of oil for a short period of time before experiencing a collapse of a limited section of the wellbore. Plans include re-entry of the well and a cleaning out of short section of the wellbore to re-establish production.

This activity is currently in the planning phase, and execution is expected in second quarter 2024, with production potentially back on line also in late second quarter 2024.