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WWW.EAGE.ORG Petroleum geology and potential of Karoo related rift basins, NE Namibia and NW Botswana Scot Evans CEO ReconAfrica EAGE Global Hotspots: Southern Africa 17-18 February 2021 Online

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Petroleum geology and potential of Karoo related

rift basins, NE Namibia and NW BotswanaScot Evans

CEO ReconAfrica

EAGE Global Hotspots: Southern Africa 17-18 February 2021

Online

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Newly Discovered Kavango Basin in Namibia & Botswana

➢ 8.5 MM acres covers the entire basin

➢ Potentially one of the largest onshore undeveloped hydrocarbon basins in the world

➢ Stable governments• Licence Contracts

➢ Successful Technical Team • In depth knowledge of the basin

➢ Catalyst-rich near term• Drilling program underway to confirm active petroleum system

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ReconAfrica Acreage location

NAMIBIA

PINK AND ORANGE AREAS:

crystalline basement in outcrop

YELLOW AREAS:

Sedimentary Basins

ReconAfricaPetroleum Exploration

Licences

BOTSWANA

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EXXONMOBIL

TULLOW

GALP

TOTAL

SHELL

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Permian-Triassic Karoo supergroup

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Southern Africa Tectonic Elements

• Scot Evans, CEO - ReconAfrica

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Depth to Basement250m Contour Interval

Eastern Owambo and Kavango Basin Depth to Basement

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Crustal scale Profile NE Namibia NW Botswana

ST-1

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Paleogeographic Karoo (Ecca) setting

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Average TOC at high conversion: 3.81%Utilizing a Hydrogen Index of 358 mg/g,Average restored TOC: 5.44%

Difference in TOC is 1.63% or converted to petroleum 460 boe/af

At only 100 ft of source rock thickness, this is 29.5 mmboe/section

WHITEHILL, KAROO BASIN, SOUTH AFRICA

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2.2

6.0

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3.5

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11.6

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8.6

2.1

5.0

2.5

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ST-1 Well, Owambo Basin, Onshore Namibia

ST-1

wellcore

samples

1301 m

1489 m

1539 m1000 m

2000 m

All Restricted Marine or Lacustrine

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Source Rock Geochemistry Estimated Petroleum Generation:

* Source – Daniel Jarvie, Worldwide Geochemistry LLC.

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Play Maps Deep Kavango Basin

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Conclusions

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