EMPYREAN ENERGY PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 7, 2014

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RNS Number : 8165B

Empyrean Energy PLC

07 March 2014

Empyrean Energy Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: EME / Sector: Oil & Gas

7 March 2014

Empyrean Energy Plc ('Empyrean' or 'the Company')

Major Interest in Shares

The Company received confirmation on 5 March 2014 that following an acquisition of 1,417,000 ordinary shares, Mr Richard Appleby now has an interest in 9,100,000 ordinary shares, representing 4.12 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company.

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For further information please visit www.empyreanenergy.com or contact the following:

Tom Kelly	Empyrean Energy plc	Tel: +618 9481 0389
Neil McDonald	Cenkos Securities Plc	Tel: +44 (0) 131 220 9771 / +44 (0) 207 397 1953
Beth McKiernan	Cenkos Securities Plc	Tel: +44 (0) 131 220 9778 / +44 (0) 207 397 1950
Hugo De Salis	St Brides Media & Finance Ltd	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177
Elisabeth Cowell	St Brides Media & Finance Ltd	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177
Lottie Brocklehurst	St Brides Media & Finance Ltd	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177

Notes to Editors:

Empyrean Energy Plc is an AIM listed (Ticker: EME) profitable US on-shore oil and gas development and production company focussed primarily on the advancement of its assets in Texas and California.  The Company's portfolio represents a mix of assets at various stages of development.  Its flagship project is the Sugarloaf AMI in the prolific Eagle Ford Shale, Texas, where it has a 3% working interest in approximately 24,000 gross acres centrally positioned in the liquids rich sweet-spot within the field.  Empyrean has an interest in 121 gross producing wells with full development expected to reach over 400 wells and further upside potential from the Austin Chalk development that may be in the order of a further 300 wells.  The Company has term debt facility of up to US$50 million with Macquarie Bank in place in order to develop this acreage which is operated by US major Marathon Oil Company.

Other assets include a 57.2% interest in the Eagle Oil Pool Development Project located in the San Joaquin Basin, southern California, a proven oil and gas province.  Empyrean's large working interest in this project provides the Company with flexibility and leverage with potential high impact from success.  Additionally, Empyrean has a 7.5% interest in the Sugarloaf Block A operated by ConocoPhillips in the Eagle Ford Shale, and a 10% working interest in the Riverbend Project in Texas currently producing from the Wilcox formation.

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