24 May 2016

Sound Energy plc

("Sound Energy" or the "Company")

Tendrara: Final 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 third and final casing point at a measured vertical depth ("MVD") of 2475 metres and that it has started the operation to set and cement the 7" casing in the shale formation just 50 metres above the target TAGI reservoir.

The Company will now proceed to drill the reservoir to the final TD.

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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.