HARTSHEAD RESOURCES NL — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2013

Sep 16, 2013

PURA VIDA ENERGY NL ACN 150 624 169 NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

TIME : 10.00am (WST) DATE : 17 October 2013 PLACE: The Boardroom Pura Vida Energy NL Level 3, 89 St Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000

This Notice of Meeting should be read in its entirety. If Shareholders are in doubt as to how they should vote, they should seek advice from their professional advisers prior to voting. Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice of Meeting please do not hesitate to contact the Company Secretary, Mr Nicholas Ong, on (+61 8) 9226 2011.

CONTENTS PAGE

Business of the Meeting (setting out the proposed resolution)	3
Explanatory Statement (explaining the proposed resolution)	4
Glossary	5
Proxy Form	6

IMPORTANT INFORMATIO N

TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING

Notice is given that the meeting of the Shareholders to which this Notice of Meeting relates will be held at 10.00am (WST) on 17 October 2013 at the Boardroom of Pura Vida Energy NL, Level 3, 89 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

The business of the Meeting affects your shareholding and your vote is important.

VOTING ELIGIBILITY

The Directors have determined pursuant to Regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) that the persons eligible to vote at the Meeting are those who are registered Shareholders at 5.00pm (WST) on 15 October 2013.

VOTING IN PERSON

To vote in person, attend the Meeting at the time, date and place set out above.

VOTING BY PROXY

To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy Form and return by the time and in accordance with the instructions set out on the Proxy Form.

In accordance with section 249L of the Corporations Act, members are advised that:

• each member has a right to appoint a proxy;

• the proxy need not be a member of the Company; and

• a member who is entitled to cast 2 or more votes may appoint 2 proxies and may specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise. If the member appoints 2 proxies and the appointment does not specify the proportion or number of the member’s votes, then in accordance with section 249X(3) of the Corporations Act, each proxy may exercise one-half of the votes.

Sections 250BB and 250BC of the Corporations Act came into effect on 1 August 2011 and apply to voting by proxy on or after that date. Shareholders and their proxies should be aware of these changes to the Corporations Act, as they will apply to this Meeting. Broadly, the changes mean that:

 if proxy holders vote, they must cast all directed proxies as directed; and

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• any directed proxies which are not voted will automatically default to the Chair, who must vote the proxies as directed.

Further details on these changes are set out below.

Proxy vote if appointment specifies way to vote

Section 250BB(1) of the Corporations Act provides that an appointment of a proxy may specify the way the proxy is to vote on a particular resolution and, if it does :

• the proxy need not vote on a show of hands, but if the proxy does so, the proxy must vote that way (i.e. as directed); and

• if the proxy has 2 or more appointments that specify different ways to vote on the resolution – the proxy must not vote on a show of hands; and

• if the proxy is the chair of the meeting at which the resolution is voted on – the proxy must vote on a poll, and must vote that way (i.e. as directed); and

• if the proxy is not the chair – the proxy need not vote on the poll, but if the proxy does so, the proxy must vote that way (i.e. as directed).

Transfer of non-chair proxy to chair in certain circumstances

Section 250BC of the Corporations Act provides that, if:

• an appointment of a proxy specifies the way the proxy is to vote on a particular resolution at a meeting of the Company's members; and

• the appointed proxy is not the chair of the meeting; and

• at the meeting, a poll is duly demanded on the resolution; and

• either of the following applies:

• the proxy is not recorded as attending the meeting;

• the proxy does not vote on the resolution,

the chair of the meeting is taken, before voting on the resolution closes, to have been appointed as the proxy for the purposes of voting on the resolution at the meeting.

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BUSINESS OF THE MEETING

AGENDA

1. RESOLUTION 1 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE – SHARES

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :

“That, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.4 and for all other purposes, Shareholders ratify the issue of 12,150,000 Shares on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”

Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast on this Resolution by a person who participated in the issue and any associates of those persons. However, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by a person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form, or, it is cast by the person chairing the meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.

DATED: 17 SEPTEMBER 2013

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD

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NICHOLAS ONG COMPANY SECRETARY

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EXPLANATORY STATEMEN T

This Explanatory Statement has been prepared to provide information which the Directors believe to be material to Shareholders in deciding whether or not to pass the Resolutions which are the subject of the business of the Meeting.

2. RESOLUTION 1 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE – SHARES

2.1 General

On 16 September 2013 the Company issued 12,150,000 Shares at an issue price of $0.58 per Share to raise approximately $7 million.

Resolution 1 seeks Shareholder ratification pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.4 for the issue of those Shares ( Ratification ).

ASX Listing Rule 7.1 provides that a company must not, subject to specified exceptions, issue or agree to issue more equity securities during any 12 month period than that amount which represents 15% of the number of fully paid ordinary securities on issue at the commencement of that 12 month period.

ASX Listing Rule 7.4 sets out an exception to ASX Listing Rule 7.1. It provides that where a company in general meeting ratifies the previous issue of securities made pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 (and provided that the previous issue did not breach ASX Listing Rule 7.1) those securities will be deemed to have been made with shareholder approval for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 7.1.

By ratifying this issue, the Company will retain the flexibility to issue equity securities in the future up to the 15% annual placement capacity set out in ASX Listing Rule 7.1 without the requirement to obtain prior Shareholder approval.

2.2 Technical information required by ASX Listing Rule 7.4

Pursuant to and in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 7.5, the following information is provided in relation to the Ratification:

• (a) 12,150,000 Shares were issued;

• (b) the issue price was $0.58 per Share;

• (c) the Shares issued were all fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company issued on the same terms and conditions as the Company’s existing Shares;

• (d) the Shares were issued to institutional and sophisticated investors. None of these subscribers are related parties of the Company; and

• (e) the funds raised from this issue will be applied primarily to progress the Company’s Nkembe block (offshore Gabon) towards completion of a farmout, preparation for new 3D seismic planned to be acquired over the Nkembe block in 2014, and for general working capital.

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GLOSSARY

$ means Australian dollars.

ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

ASX means ASX Limited.

ASX Listing Rules means the Listing Rules of ASX.

Board means the current board of directors of the Company.

Business Day means Monday to Friday inclusive, except New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and any other day that ASX declares is not a business day.

Chair means the chair of the Meeting.

Company means Pura Vida Energy NL (ACN 150 624 169).

Constitution means the Company’s constitution.

Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Explanatory Statement means the explanatory statement accompanying the Notice.

General Meeting or Meeting means the meeting convened by the Notice.

Notice or Notice of Meeting means this notice of meeting including the Explanatory Statement and the Proxy Form.

Proxy Form means the proxy form accompanying the Notice.

Resolutions means the resolutions set out in the Notice, or any one of them, as the context requires.

Share means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company.

Shareholder means a holder of a Share.

WST means Western Standard Time as observed in Perth, Western Australia.

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APPOINTMENT OF PROXY FORM

PURA VIDA ENERGY NL ACN 150 624 169

GENERAL MEETING

I/We

of: being a Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting, hereby appoint:

Name:

OR: the Chair of the Meeting as my/our proxy.

or failing the person so named or, if no person is named, the Chair, or the Chair’s nominee, to vote in accordance with the following directions, or, if no directions have been given, and subject to the relevant laws as the proxy sees fit, at the Meeting to be held at 10.00am (WST), on 17 October 2013 at the Boardroom of Pura Vida Energy NL, Level 3, 89 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000, and at any adjournment thereof.

The Chair intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of all Resolutions in which the Chair is entitled to vote

Voting on business of the Meeting	FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN
Resolution 1 Ratification of Prior Issue - Shares

Please note : If you mark the abstain box for a particular Resolution, you are directing your proxy not to vote on that Resolution on a show of hands or on a poll and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.

Important for Resolution 1

If you have not directed your proxy how to vote as your proxy in respect of Resolution 1 and the Chair is, or may by default be, appointed your proxy, you must mark the box below.

I/we direct the Chair to vote in accordance with his/her voting intentions (as set out above) on Resolution 1 (except where I/we have indicated a different voting intention above) and acknowledge that the Chair may exercise my/our proxy even if the Chair has an interest in the outcome of Resolution 1 and that votes cast by the Chair for Resolution 1, other than as proxy holder, will be disregarded because of that interest.

If the Chair is, or may by default be, appointed your proxy and you do not mark this box and you have not directed the Chair how to vote, the Chair will not cast your votes on Resolution 1 and your votes will not be counted in calculating the required majority if a poll is called on Resolution 1.

If two proxies are being appointed, the proportion of voting rights this proxy represents is:

Signature of Shareholder(s): Individual or Shareholder 1 Shareholder 2 Shareholder 3 Sole Director/Company Secretary Director Director/Company Secretary Date: Contact name: Contact ph (daytime):

Contact name: Contact ph (daytime): E-mail address: Consent for contact by e-mail: YES NO

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Instructions for Completin g ‘Appointment of Proxy’ Form

1. ( Appointing a proxy ): A Shareholder entitled to attend and cast a vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote on their behalf at the Meeting. If a Shareholder is entitled to cast 2 or more votes at the Meeting, the Shareholder may appoint a second proxy to attend and vote on their behalf at the Meeting. However, where both proxies attend the Meeting, voting may only be exercised on a poll. The appointment of a second proxy must be done on a separate copy of the Proxy Form. A Shareholder who appoints 2 proxies may specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise. If a Shareholder appoints 2 proxies and the appointments do not specify the proportion or number of the Shareholder’s votes each proxy is appointed to exercise, each proxy may exercise one-half of the votes. Any fractions of votes resulting from the application of these principles will be disregarded. A duly appointed proxy need not be a Shareholder.

( Direction to vote ): A Shareholder may direct a proxy how to vote by marking one of the boxes opposite each item of business. The direction may specify the proportion or number of votes that the proxy may exercise by writing the percentage or number of Shares next to the box marked for the relevant item of business. Where a box is not marked the proxy may vote as they choose subject to the relevant laws. Where more than one box is marked on an item the vote will be invalid on that item.

1. ( Signing instructions ):

2. (a) ( Individual ): Where the holding is in one name, the Shareholder must sign.

3. (b) ( Joint holding ): Where the holding is in more than one name, all of the Shareholders should sign.

4. (c) ( Power of attorney ): If you have not already provided the power of attorney with the registry, please attach a certified photocopy of the power of attorney to this Proxy Form when you return it.

5. (d) ( Companies ): Where the company has a sole director who is also the sole company secretary, that person must sign. Where the company (pursuant to Section 204A of the Corporations Act) does not have a company secretary, a sole director can also sign alone. Otherwise, a director jointly with either another director or a company secretary must sign. Please sign in the appropriate place to indicate the office held. In addition, if a representative of a company is appointed pursuant to Section 250D of the Corporations Act to attend the Meeting, the documentation evidencing such appointment should be produced prior to admission to the Meeting. A form of a certificate evidencing the appointment may be obtained from the Company.

6. ( Attending the Meeting ): Completion of a Proxy Form will not prevent individual Shareholders from attending the Meeting in person if they wish. Where a Shareholder completes and lodges a valid Proxy Form and attends the Meeting in person, then the proxy’s authority to speak and vote for that Shareholder is suspended while the Shareholder is present at the Meeting.

7. ( Return of Proxy Form ): To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy Form and return by:

(a) post to Pura Vida Energy NL, PO Box Z5187, Perth WA 6831; or

• (b) facsimile to the Company on facsimile number +61 8 9226 2099,

so that it is received not less than 48 hours prior to commencement of the Meeting.

Proxy Forms received later than this time will be invalid.

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