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ENEGEX LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2017

Jul 27, 2017

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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Level 21, 500 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia Tel: (+61 3) 8610 4700 Fax: (+61 3) 8610 4799 Email: [email protected]

QUARTERLY ACTIVITY REPORT

30 June 2017

Enegex Limited (ASX Code: ENX) holds a working interest in petroleum Retention Lease WA-54-R located in the Browse Basin. Details of activities undertaken during the quarter are provided below.

Interest in WA-54-R Greater Cornea Fields

The company holds a 14.875% interest in the Cornea Joint Venture. The Cornea Joint Venture ownership is the following:

Enegex Limited 14.875% Octanex Group (ASX Code: OXX) 18.750% Cornea Resources Pty Ltd (Operator) 13.100% Others 53.275%

The assets of the Cornea Joint Venture, being The Greater Cornea Fields, comprise the Cornea (Central and South), Focus and Sparkle Oil Fields and the Cornea North (Tear) Gas Field, and are located in the Browse Basin, offshore from Western Australia and held via a Retention Lease (WA-54-R) over 6 graticular blocks, amounting to an area of 497km2.

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Figure 1 Greater Cornea Field Retention Lease Location Map

The Greater Cornea Fields are represented by a challenging reservoir presenting numerous production uncertainties and presently negative commercial viability due to the lower oil price environment. (Refer Table 1).

Middle Albian B & C Sands Low Estimate
(P90)
Best Estimate
(P50)
High Estimate
(P10)
Units
Total Oil In-place 298.0 411.7 567.2 mmbbl
RecoveryFactor(RF) 2 7 25 %
Contingent Oil Resources 7.9 28.8 101.9 mmbbl
Prospective Enegex Economic
Interest*
1.16 4.28 15.16 mmbbl
  • Based on Enegex’s 14.875% Participating Interest in WA-54-R.

Table 1 Probabilistic In-place and Contingent Oil Resources for Cornea Central and South Fields (no development risk applied)

Work Program

The WA-54-R work program is aimed at overcoming the various challenges likely to be faced in bringing the Greater Cornea Fields into commercial production.

At the time the Retention Lease was applied for and granted, production uncertainty was considered to be the greatest barrier to the development of the Greater Cornea Fields. Given the then favourable prevailing oil price, it was understood that resolving the production uncertainty could provide a reasonable expectation for probable commercial development.

Accordingly, the Retention Lease work program was largely designed to address the technical challenges of the Fields; with the first three years of the Retention Lease designed to support the quantification of drilling challenges, culminating in a Year-4 production test, with the Year-5 work programme involving review of the Year-4 outcomes. The work programme was thus designed on the premise that Cornea’s challenge was whether it would produce, rather than whether production would be economic.

However, the current sustained low oil price environment presents a major challenge to the field’s commerciality. Given the ~60% decline in oil price, the first hurdle to commerciality of the Greater Cornea Fields is no longer producibility, but an “oil price” which has now made the development economically non-viable. As such, the WA-54-R work program no longer addresses the Greater Cornea Fields’ most significant barrier to development and the Cornea Joint Venture has applied to vary the conditions of WA-54-R.

Potential Alliances

In addition to maintaining fiscal discipline and progressing the Retention Lease work program, Enegex remains interested in developing potential alliances for the development of Cornea.

Quarterly Activities Report for the quarter ended 30 June 2017

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Energy Storage Innovation

With oil prices continuing to languish, we have considered where our future may lie.

Advances are being made with energy storage. Enegex is seeking to become involved in innovations that are transforming the storage of energy. Key benefits associated with this sector include the following:

  1. Various forms of energy storage are expected to grow quickly and will promote increased uptake of renewable energy, in particular;

  2. Australia is expected to be one of the largest markets for energy storage due to the high cost of electricity, the large number of households already with solar panels and Australia’s excellent solar resources; and

  3. The potential to reduce two large contributors to the cost of electricity bills in Australia – network and wholesale energy costs.

Our initial initiatives are to investigate and to undertake investment in the following areas:

  1. Strategic energy storage minerals such as lithium, cobalt and graphite

  2. Energy storage technologies

  3. Alternative and renewable energy sources

Our involvement in energy storage and services may take a variety of forms including direct participation, joint venture and equity investment.

By Order of the Board

R J Wright

Company Secretary Melbourne, Australia 28 July 2017

Quarterly Activities Report for the quarter ended 30 June 2017

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Appendix 5B Mining exploration entity and oil and gas exploration entity quarterly report

+Rule 5.5

Appendix 5B

Mining exploration entity and oil and gas exploration entity quarterly report

Introduced 01/07/96 Origin Appendix 8 Amended 01/07/97, 01/07/98, 30/09/01, 01/06/10, 17/12/10, 01/05/13, 01/09/16

Name of entity

Name of entity Name of entity
ENEGEX LIMITED
ABN Quarter ended (“current quarter”)
28 160 818 986 30 June 2017
Consolidated statement of cash flows Current quarter Year to date (12
$A’000 months)
$A’000
1. Cash flows from operating activities
1.1 Receipts from customers
1.2 Payments for
(a) exploration & evaluation (22) (32)
(b) development
(c) production
(d) staff costs
(e) administration and corporate costs (23) (112)
1.3 Dividends received (see note 3)
1.4 Interest received 1 10
1.5 Interest and other costs of finance paid
1.6 Income taxes paid
1.7 Research and development refunds
1.8 Other (provide details if material)
1.9 Net cash used in operating activities (44) (134)
2. Cash flows from investing activities
2.1 Payments to acquire:
(a) property, plant and equipment
(b) tenements (see item 10)
(c) investments (21)
(d) other non-current assets
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms

1 September 2016

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Appendix 5B

Mining exploration entity and oil and gas exploration entity quarterly report

Consolidated statement of cash flows Consolidated statement of cash flows Current quarter Year to date (12
$A’000 months)
$A’000
2.2 Proceeds from the disposal of:
(a) property, plant and equipment
(b) tenements (see item 10)
(c) investments
(d) other non-current assets
2.3 Cash flows from loans to other entities
2.4 Dividends received (see note 3)
2.5 Other (provide details if material)
2.6 Net cash used in investing activities (21)
3. Cash flows from financing activities
3.1 Proceeds from issues of shares
3.2 Proceeds from issue of convertible notes
3.3 Proceeds from exercise of share options
3.4 Transaction costs related to issues of (22)
shares, convertible notes or options
3.5 Proceeds from borrowings
3.6 Repayment of borrowings
3.7 Transaction costs related to loans and
borrowings
3.8 Dividends paid
3.9 Other (provide details if material)
3.10 Net cash used in financing activities (22)
4. Net increase / (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents for the period
4.1 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
period 476 609
4.2 Net cash used in operating activities (44) (134)
(item 1.9 above)
4.3 Net cash used in investing activities (21)
(item 2.6 above)
4.4 Net cash used in financing activities (22)
(item 3.10 above)
4.5 Effect of movement in exchange rates on
cash held
4.6 Cash and cash equivalents at end of 432 432
period
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms 1 September 2016

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Appendix 5B Mining exploration entity and oil and gas exploration entity quarterly report

5. Reconciliation of cash and cash Current quarter Current quarter Previous quarter
equivalents $A’000 $A’000
at the end of the quarter (as shown in the
consolidated statement of cash flows) to the
related items in the accounts
5.1 Bank balances 213 259
5.2 Call deposits 219 217
5.3 Bank overdrafts
5.4 Other (provide details)
5.5 Cash and cash equivalents at end of 432 476
quarter (should equal item 4.6 above)
6. Payments to directors of the entity and their associates Current quarter
$A'000
6.1 Aggregate amount of payments to these parties included in item 1.2
6.2 Aggregate amount of cash flow from loans to these parties included
in item 2.3
6.3 Include below any explanation necessary to understand the transactions included in
items 6.1 and 6.2
7. Payments to related entities of the entity and their Current quarter
associates $A'000
7.1 Aggregate amount of payments to these parties included in item 1.2 7
7.2 Aggregate amount of cash flow from loans to these parties included
in item 2.3
7.3 Include below any explanation necessary to understand the transactions included in
items 7.1 and 7.2
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms 1 September 2016

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Appendix 5B Mining exploration entity and oil and gas exploration entity quarterly report

8. Financing facilities available Total facility amount Amount drawn at
Add notes as necessary for an at quarter end quarter end
understanding of the position $A’000 $A’000
8.1 Loan facilities
8.2 Credit standby arrangements
8.3 Other (please specify)
8.4 Include below a description of each facility above, including the lender, interest rate and
whether it is secured or unsecured. If any additional facilities have been entered into or are
proposed to be entered into after quarter end, include details of those facilities as well.
9. Estimated cash outflows for next quarter Estimated cash outflows for next quarter Estimated cash outflows for next quarter $A’000
9.1 Exploration and evaluation 10
9.2 Development
9.3 Production
9.4 Staff costs
9.5 Administration and corporate costs 30
9.6 Other (provide details if material)
9.7 Total estimated cash outflows 40
10. Changes in Tenement Nature of interest Interest at Interest
tenements reference beginning at end of
(items 2.1(b) and and of quarter quarter
2.2(b) above) location
10.1 Interests in mining See Activity Report
tenements and
petroleum tenements
lapsed, relinquished
or reduced
10.2 Interests in mining See Activity Report
tenements and
petroleum tenements
acquired or increased
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms 1 September 2016

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Appendix 5B

Mining exploration entity and oil and gas exploration entity quarterly report

Compliance statement

  • 1 This statement has been prepared in accordance with accounting standards and policies which comply with Listing Rule 19.11A.

  • 2 This statement gives a true and fair view of the matters disclosed.

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Sign here: ........................................................... Date: 28 July 2017 (Company Secretary)

Print name R.J. WRIGHT

Notes

  1. The quarterly report provides a basis for informing the market how the entity’s activities have been financed for the past quarter and the effect on its cash position. An entity that wishes to disclose additional information is encouraged to do so, in a note or notes included in or attached to this report.

  2. If this quarterly report has been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, the definitions in, and provisions of, AASB 6: Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources and AASB 107: Statement of Cash Flows apply to this report. If this quarterly report has been prepared in accordance with other accounting standards agreed by ASX pursuant to Listing Rule 19.11A, the corresponding equivalent standards apply to this report.

  3. Dividends received may be classified either as cash flows from operating activities or cash flows from investing activities, depending on the accounting policy of the entity.

  4. See chapter 19 for defined terms 1 September 2016

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