2 August 2022

Block Energy plc

("Block" or the "Company")

Issue of Options and Shares and PDMR Dealing

Block Energy plc, the development and production company focused on Georgia, announces that it has issued nil-cost options and shares.

Today, the Company granted nil-cost options over a total of 1,888,686 ordinary shares of 0.25p each ("Options") to directors, employees, and consultants. The Options were granted in lieu of cash payment for 40% of salaries and consultants' fees and up to 50% of directors' fees, in accordance with the cash conservation measures announced on 7 April 2020 and subsequent agreements with the employees, consultants and non-executive directors for fees to be paid in nil-cost options in lieu of cash payment. The number of shares was calculated by dividing the amount of monthly salary or fee to be paid in Options by the volume weighted average price of the ordinary shares during the calendar month that the services were provided.

Also, pursuant to agreements to exercise options immediately upon grant, on 2 August 2022:

1.    Philip Dimmock, Non-Executive Chairman, exercised nil cost options to acquire 131,055 ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each;

2.    Jeremy Asher, Non-Executive Director, exercised nil cost options to acquire 89,356 ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each; and

3.    Kenneth Seymour, Non-Executive Director, exercised nil cost options to acquire 89,356 ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each.

Of the total number of Options granted, 1,266,534 Options were granted to PDMRs, as shown in the table below.

Also, on 2 August 2022, the Company granted nil-cost options over a total of 2,733,285 ordinary shares of 0.25p each ("Bonus Options") to three employees in lieu of cash bonuses for the year ended 31 December 2021, in accordance with the Company's performance-related cash bonus scheme and to conserve the Company's cash for increasing production. At the closing price of the ordinary shares on the trading day preceding the date of grant of 1.40 pence per share, the Bonus Options were valued at £38,266.

Additionally, today, the Company allotted (a) 671,722 ordinary shares of 0.25p each to two service providers in lieu of cash settlement for services provided to the Company with a total value of £11,473, and (b) 397,169 ordinary shares of 0.25p each to a former consultant to the Company following the exercise on 1 August 2022 of nil cost options that had been granted in lieu of cash payment for part of the consultants' fees.

Application will be made for the admission to trading on AIM ("Admission") for the 1,378,658 ordinary shares. The ordinary shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of the Company. Admission is expected at 8.00 a.m. on or around 8 August 2022.

Total Voting Rights

Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will comprise 660,950,998 ordinary shares with one voting right each. As the Company does not hold any shares in Treasury, the total number of voting rights in the Company is also 660,950,998 and this figure of ordinary shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED UNDER THE UK VERSION OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION NO 596/2014 WHICH IS PART OF ENGLISH LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED.  ON PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

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Notes to editors

Block Energy plc is an AIM-listed independent oil and gas company focused on production and development in Georgia, applying innovative technology to realise the full potential of previously discovered fields.

Block has a 100% working interest in Georgian onshore licence blocks IX and XI^B. Licence block XI^B is Georgia's most productive block, with 2P reserves of 64 MMboe, comprising 2P oil reserves of 36 MMbbls and 2P gas reserves of 28 MMboe (Source: CPR Bayphase Limited: 1 July 2015) and historical production of over 180 MMbbls of oil from the Middle Eocene, peaking in the mid-1980s at 67,000 bopd.

The Company has a 100% working interest in licence block XI^F, which contains the West Rustavi onshore oil and gas field with multiple wells that have tested oil and gas from a range of geological horizons. The field has so far produced over 75 Mbbls of light sweet crude and has 0.9 MMbbls of gross 2P oil reserves in the Middle Eocene. It also has 38 MMbbls of gross unrisked 2C contingent resources of oil and 608 Bcf of gross unrisked 2C contingent resources of gas in the Middle, Upper and Lower Eocene formations (Source: CPR Gustavson Associates: 1 January 2018).

Block also holds 100% and 90% working interests respectively in the onshore oil-producing Norio and Satskhenisi fields.

The Company offers a clear entry point for investors to gain exposure to Georgia's growing economy and the strong regional demand for oil and gas.

Glossary

1.    bbls: barrels. A barrel is 35 imperial gallons.

2.    Bcf: billion cubic feet.

3.    boe: barrels of oil equivalent.

4.    bopd: barrels of oil per day.

5.    Mbbls: thousand barrels.

6.    MMbbls: million barrels.

7.    MMboe: million barrels of oil equivalent.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated ("PCA") with them.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated ("PCA") with them.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated ("PCA") with them.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated ("PCA") with them.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated ("PCA") with them.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated ("PCA") with them.