Pura Vida Energy (ASX:PVD) Investor presentation February 2012 by MD Damon Neaves

1. February 2012
Investor Presentation
► IPO oversubscribed
► Listing on ASX on 14 February 2012
► Mazagan exploration program underway
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2. Snapshot
 Australian oil company
 African focused
 Large acreage position off the Atlantic coast
of Morocco
 Independently certified potential resources
of over a billion barrels of oil
 Industry experienced AFRICA
management team
 Building diversified E&P portfolio
LOCATION OF MAZAGAN PERMIT
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3. Growth strategy
 Actively building a diversified E&P portfolio:
 Geographic focus on Africa
 Material equity positions with significant upside
 Pick emerging areas ‘ahead of the pack’
 Leverage experience and networks of management team
 Increase value of Mazagan – the forward exploration program designed to de-risk Mazagan
prospects and recognise additional resources to secure funding for a drilling program targeting
several hundred million barrels of oil
 Pura Vida has assembled an Industry experienced board and management team with
extensive commercial, technical and A&D expertise:
 Several major discoveries
 Track record of deals that achieved significant growth in shareholder value
 Ability to pick emerging areas
 Strong combination of commercial & technical skills
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4. Near-term value drivers
Pura Vida Energy 2011 2012 2013
Timeline Oct Nov Dec Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Admission to ASX IMPROVE RISKING & RECOGNISE
TESTING FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Drop core program OIL SEEPS
Seismic reprocessing
DIVERSIFY
Potential acquisition of new project PORTFOLIO SECURE FUNDING
FOR DRILLING
Farmout PROGRAM
Exploration well(s)
Review of prospects & forward program DRILLING WILL TARGET
SEVERAL HUNDRED
MMBBL (NET)
Second exploraiton period commences
KEY OBJECTIVES FOR 2012…
1. Complete seismic reprocessing – improve risking and recognise additional resources
2. Secure funding for drilling program targeting Mazagan’s huge potential resources
3. Achieve market recognition of the value of the Mazagan permit
4. Build a diversified portfolio of energy assets through acquisition
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5. Mazagan permit
Significant resource potential…
 Total area of 10,900km2 (2.7m acres) REPSOL GAS
DISCOVERY
 Operator and 75% interest holder
 3,570km2 of modern 3D seismic
 Several prospects supported by Direct ONSHORE OIL
Hydrocarbon Indicators (DHI’s) AND GAS
FIELDS
 Huge Toubkal prospect 790 mmbbl (mean)
 Toubkal is a ‘look-a-like’ of the billion barrel
Jubilee field in Ghana – the largest oil
discovery in West Africa in the past decade ANADARKO
 Very attractive fiscal terms and tax free ACQUIRED OCT
2011
status for 10 years KOSMOS – 3
SURROUNDING
 Recent significant increase in transactional BLOCKS ALL
activity CAP JUBY
ACQUIRED 2H 2011
OIL FIELD
 Kosmos has taken surrounding positions AFRICA
OIL FIELD GAS FIELD
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6. Recoverable resources
 Independent resource assessment completed
by RISC in 2011
 Toubkal mean resource of 790 mmbbl
 Total mean prospective resources on main
prospects of over a billion barrels
GROSS UNRISKED PROSPECTIVE OIL RESOURCES (MMBBL - RECOVERABLE)
PROSPECTS LOW BEST HIGH MEAN
Toubkal 180 560 1,670 790
Zagora 13 35 95 47
Amchad 8 26 81 38
Jbel Musa 14 53 195 87
Jbel Ayachi 12 43 153 69
Jbel Lakhdar 12 43 153 69
TOTAL - PROSPECTS - - - 1,100
LEADS
Amtoudi - - - 700
Tafraoute - - - 800
TOTAL - PROSPECTS & LEADS - - - 2,600
PROSPECTS & LEADS
Sources: RISC Independent Resource Assessment – Sep 2011 & Pura Vida lead estimates MIOCENE LOWER CRETACEOUS 3D SURVEY AREA
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7. Management team
Damon Neaves David Ormerod Bevan Tarratt
Managing Director Technical Director Chairman
 Formerly BDM for Tap Oil  Over 25 years experience in  Accounting industry
 Led Business Development, the oil and gas sector background focused on
Commercial and Legal teams small/mid caps
 Participated in several major
during 8 year tenure at Tap discoveries over his career:  Founding partner of
 Several major acquisitions, Maddog, Atlantis and Hemisphere Corporate
many involving entry into new Neptune (deep water GoM )
 Equity markets experience with
countries: Thailand, Ghana, and Stybarrow (NWS)
Patersons Securities
Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines,  Responsible for Karoon Gas’
 Managed IPOs, secondary
Australia & NZ entry into Brazil which saw a
raisings and re-structuring of
Established highly profitable period of dramatic growth in
 numerous listed companies
domestic gas business shareholder value
 Director of a number of
Upstream project  Experience with BHPBP,
 Australian public companies
management experience Woodside, Stirling and Tap in
areas as diverse as the Gulf of
 Legal/corporate advisory Mexico (GoM), West Africa, SE
background Asia and the NW Shelf
► Pura Vida has assembled a management team with extensive commercial, technical and A&D
expertise with a track record of exploration success and value accretive acquisitions
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8. ► Combined structural/stratigraphic
traps supported by DHI’s on 3D
seismic have been drilled with
considerable success in NW Africa in
recent years…
WPL (2001-03)
CHINGUITTI,
TIOF, BANDA
KOSMOS (2007) KOSMOS (2008-10)
ANADARKO (2009) JUBILEE ODUM, TEAK
VENUS
ANADARKO (2010)
MERCURY
CNR (2001) TULLOW (2009-10) VANCO (2009)
BAOBAB TWINEBOA, OWO DZATA
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9. Seismic amplitudes on Toubkal
A’ A’ Water
A’
Oil Salt
FIT TO
STRUCTURE
A
Gas
AMPLITUDE SCALE
LOW
(WATER)
MODERATE
(OIL)
HIGH
3D SEISMIC LINE (GAS) SEISMIC AMPLITUDE MAP
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10. Hydrocarbon fill
Amplitude cut-off
at common depth…
RESERVOIR
OIL ON WATER
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11. Jubilee analogue
Toubkal Jubilee
OIL WATER
LIMIT OF
CONTACT
RESERVOIR
OIL WATER
CONTACT
LIMIT OF
RESERVOIR
TOUBKAL STATS. JUBILEE STATS.
WATER DEPTH (m) 1,200 WATER DEPTH (m) 1,250
POTENTIAL P90 180 RESERVES (mmbbl) P90 500
RESOURCES (mmbbl) P50 560 P50 1,000
P10 1,670 P10 1,800
 Seismic definition of Toubkal is a ‘mirror image’ of Jubilee
NO AMPLITUDE RESPONSE (NO RESERVOIR)
 Similar in scale, volume and structure AREA OF BRIGHT SEISMIC AMPLITUDES (RESERVOIR)
 3D seismic on both structures show bright amplitudes conforming to
structural closure
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12. Zagora & Amchad
Strong conformance of high amplitudes and structural closure…
ZAGORA mmbbl AMCHAD mmbbl
BLUE POLYGON (P90) 13 BLUE POLYGON (P90) 8
RED POLYGON (P10) 95 RED POLYGON (P10) 81
MEAN 47 MEAN 38
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13. Morocco
 Sovereign risk amongst lowest in Africa
 Stable and democratic constitutional
monarchy
 Established codified petroleum regime
 Highly developed energy, transport &
communication infrastructure
 Significant increase in transactional
activity by large independents - Kosmos
& Anadarko
 Level of exploration activity is set to
increase sharply
 Growing domestic energy requirements.
Morocco is the world’s third-largest
producer of Phosphates (after the US)
 Forecast GDP growth of 5%
 European based laws
THE NEW TANGIER-MED PORT IN MOROCCO IS THE LARGEST
CARGO PORT IN AFRICA
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14. Why invest?
Mature acreage
Modern, high quality 3D seismic data over Mazagan has revealed Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators (DHI’s) on
drilling prospects
Significant upside
Independently certified potential resources of greater than one billion barrels of oil
Value
Pura Vida provides a compelling investment proposition at current market prices:
• Value compares favourably to peers on ASX, TSX & AIM
• Risked value of our prospects is considerable
• Asymmetric risk-reward opportunity
Leverage
Tight capital structure (63m shares on issue) provides investors with significant leverage in success case
Growth
Industry experienced board and management team with a demonstrable track record of growth in
shareholder value through exploration success and value accretive acquisitions
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15. Disclaimer
Certain statements contained in this presentation, including information as to the future financial or operating
performance of Pura Vida Energy NL (Pura Vida) and its projects, are forward-looking statements. Such forward looking
statements:
 are necessarily based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by Pura
Vida, are inherently subject to significant technical, business, economic, competitive, political and social
uncertainties and contingencies;
 involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially
from estimated or anticipated events or results reflected in such forward-looking statements; and
 may include, among other things, statements regarding targets, estimates and assumptions in respect of
production, prices, operating costs, results, capital expenditures, reserves and resources and anticipated flow
rates, and are or may be based on assumptions and estimates related to future technical, economic, market,
political, social and other conditions.
Pura Vida disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.
All forward-looking statements made in this presentation are qualified by the foregoing cautionary statements.
Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly
investors are cautioned not to rely on forward-looking statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein.
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16. Corporate information
Head Office Directors
Level 8
Damon Neaves, Managing Director
225 St Georges Terrace
David Ormerod, Technical Director
Perth WA 6000
Bevan Tarratt, Non-Executive Chairman
t: +61 8 9486 4036
f: +61 8 9486 4799 Issued Capital
e: dneaves@puravidaenergy.com.au
63.2m shares (as at Feb‘12)
Melbourne Office
Suite 305 Net Cash
480 Collins Street, $5.6m (as at Feb‘12)
Melbourne VIC 3000 $4.4m unpaid capital
t: +61 3 8610 6680
f: +61 3 8610 6334 Exchange
e: dormerod@puravidaenergy.com.au ASX Code: PVD
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