L&M Energy Limited (LME) provides the following update on drilling progress at the Ohai pilot project.

OM#7 has reached a total measured depth of 483m and is drilling ahead. The well is now within the Morley coal measures after crossing the thick target M#2 seam and is on track to intersect OM#5 as planned.

OM#7 is the first of two lateral wells which will be drilled so as to intersect OM#5 using proven directional drilling methods. Each of the lateral wells will pass through approximately 700m of coal with the gas they produce to be extracted from OM#5.

The pilot project follows on from the company's 3P reserves upgrade to 274 PJ and forms a key part of the Company's 2P gas reserves campaign which is aimed at independently certifying New Zealand's first tranche of 2P CSG reserves.

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