First quarter results date

NEWS RELEASE                                                                    

KOSMOS ENERGY TO HOST FIRST QUARTER 2020 RESULTS

AND WEBCAST ON MAY 11, 2020

DALLAS, Texas April 23, 2020 - Kosmos Energy (NYSE/LSE: KOS) announced today the following schedule for its first quarter 2020 results:

·    Earnings Release: Monday, May 11, 2020, pre-UK market open via Business Wire, Regulatory News Service, and the Company's website at www.kosmosenergy.com.

·    Conference Call: Monday, May 11, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. EST.  The call will be available via telephone and webcast.

Dial-in telephone numbers:

Toll Free: 1-877-407-6167

Toll/International: 1-201-493-6781

UK Toll Free: 0800 756 3429

Webcast:

investors.kosmosenergy.com

·    Webcast Conference Call Replay: A replay of the webcast will be available at investors.kosmosenergy.com for approximately 90 days following the event.

About Kosmos Energy

Kosmos is a full-cycle deepwater independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused along the Atlantic Margins. Our key assets include production offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as well as a world-class gas development offshore Mauritania and Senegal. We also maintain a sustainable exploration program balanced between proven basin infrastructure-led exploration (Equatorial Guinea and U.S. Gulf of Mexico), emerging basins (Mauritania, Senegal and Suriname) and frontier basins (Namibia, South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe). As an ethical and transparent company, Kosmos is committed to doing things the right way. The company's Business Principles articulate our commitment to transparency, ethics, human rights, safety and the environment.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that Kosmos expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Kosmos' estimates and forward-looking statements are mainly based on its current expectations and estimates of future events and trends, which affect or may affect its businesses and operations. Although Kosmos believes that these estimates and forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to several risks and uncertainties and are made in light of information currently available to Kosmos. When used in this press release, the words "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "expect," "plan," "will" or other similar words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of Kosmos, which may cause actual results to differ materially from those implied or expressed by the forward-looking statements. Further information on such assumptions, risks and uncertainties is available in Kosmos' Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filings. Kosmos undertakes no obligation and does not intend to update or correct these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release, except as required by applicable law. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

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CONTACT:

Investor Relations

Jamie Buckland

+44 (0) 203 954 2831

[email protected]

Media Relations

Thomas Golembeski

+1-214-445-9674

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