16 May 2016

Sound Energy plc

("Sound Energy" or the "Company")

Tendrara: Second Casing Point

Sound Energy, the European / Mediterranean focused upstream gas company, is pleased to announce that the first Tendrara well has now been drilled to the second casing point at a measured vertical depth ("MVD") of 1316 metres (directly above the salt cap) and that the 9 5/8" casing is now being set and cemented in the Lower Liassic Anhydrite formation. 

The Company will now proceed to drill towards the third and final casing point, directly above the reservoir.

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The information contained in this announcement has been reviewed by Sound Energy's Moroccan Managing Director, Luca Madeddu, a qualified petroleum geologist.