19 September 2016

Sound Energy plc

("Sound Energy" or the "Company")

Tendrara: TE-7 Final Casing Point

Sound Energy, the European and African focused upstream company, is pleased to announce that the second Tendrara well has now been drilled to the third and final casing point at a measured depth ("MD") of 2623 metres and that operations have started to set and cement the 7" liner in the TAGI-I shale formation.  The well is now approximately 10 metres from the target TAGI-I 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.