Highlights

• Drilling of production test well 271-KA03PT06 at Brakfontein has been completed using optimised procedures 
• Choke test on completion recorded a peak gas flow of 1,600 Mscfd – more than 3x higher than the best historical test 271-03PTR (500 Mscfd, Jan 2013) and 4x higher than 271-KA03PT10 (370 Mscfd, Aug 2025)  
• Optimised drilling procedures and execution improvements continue to deliver breakthrough results, indicating earlier wells drilled prior to Aug 2025 may be sub-optimal and could be enhanced by remediation 
• Extended flow rate testing continues on 271-KA03PT10 to determine a stabilised flow rate, with de-watering progressing and gas flow increasing resulting in strong wellhead shut-in pressure of over 13 Bar. 
• KA03PT06 is the seventh well at Brakfontein designed to form the producing cluster to supply the planned pilot LNG plant and deliver maiden LNG sales. 

Kinetiko Energy Ltd (ASX: KKO) (Kinetiko or the Company) is developing an energy solution for South Africa, focused on commercialising 100% owned advanced shallow conventional gas projects in the Mpumalanga Province. The Company is pleased to advise that production test well 271-KA03PT06 has been successfully completed at Brakfontein and is now being logged. 

Well 271-KA03PT06 is located within 500 metres of historic production test wells, and, together with KA03PT10 and these historic wells, is expected to form the initial cluster of producing gas wells supplying the planned pilot LNG plant. 

Kinetiko Executive Chairman Adam Sierakowski commented:
"Not only has the implementation of the optimised drill procedures delivered two successfully completed wells, but has now established a new significant increase in the highest ever peak gas flow from a choke test of 1,600 Mscfd. This is an exceptional preliminary result many multiples higher than the best historical gas flow choke tests recorded. In addition, this has been achieved in a relatively shallow well of 405m depth again illustrating the unrecognized potential of this unique geology to produce commercial on shore gas”

Production Well Program 

Well 271-KA03PT06 will be flow-tested to achieve a stabilised flow rate. This process is designed to capture critical data on flow rates, reservoir pressure, and depletion curves, and results will be announced as they become available in the coming weeks. The completion of the two production test well program has been completed on time and Budget.  It has established that the new optimised drilling processes can be implemented to complete effective multi-well programs.

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