2 March 2017

Sound Energy plc

("Sound Energy" or the "Company")

Tendrara: TE-8 Second Casing Point

Sound Energy, the African and European focused upstream gas company, is pleased to announce that the third Tendrara well, TE-8, has now been drilled to the second casing point at a measured depth ("MD") of 2,076 metres and that the 9 5/8" casing will be set and cemented in the Triassic Basalt.  The Company will now proceed to drill towards the third casing point at an MD of approximately 2,640 metres.

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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.