Ascent Resources plc European Oil and Gas Production

Ascent Resources plc European Oil and Gas Production and Exploration Company December 2010

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Contents • Company Profile/Business Model • Achievements/Activity • Focused Development: • • Petisovci-Lovaszi Peneszlek Latina Valley/Anagni Switzerland • Valuation and Share Price • Summary and Conclusions 3

Profile/Business Model • Profile: • • European oil and gas exploration and production company Balanced portfolio with large near term projects Onshore focus Stable fiscal and legislative regimes Industry specialist management Proven business model Business Model: • • • Operates through local entity in each country Uses state-of-the-art technology Cost effective operations Disciplined capital management Cash flow from production allows for debt servicing – non dilutive financing 4

Achievements/Activity • Recent History: • • • Petisovci-Lovaszi seismic complete, first well PG-11 expected drilling mid Dec Penészlek production ongoing from two wells € 8 million for Swiss asset sale – includes back-in rights Anagni-2 permit expected shortly Near Term Activity: • • • Four Petisovci wells planned for 2010/2011 Independent experts report on Petisovci/Lovaszi – P 50 412 Bcf / 68. 7 Mmboe 2 -D seismic for Ripi field redevelopment Anagni-2 drilling plan in progress Permitting underway for Hermrigen-2 well in Switzerland, awaiting confirmation of firm drilling date 5

Focused Development Ascent Resources Petisovci-Lovaszi Penészlek Latina Valley/ Anagni-2 • Four primary target areas • Simple development models being initiated • Targeting know formations in productive areas • Proven business model Switzerland

Petisovci-Lovaszi, Slovenia 75% 50% 75%/26. 25% 75% 50% 7

Petisovci-Lovaszi Slovenia D-14 Tested gas Pg-9 Tested gas L-309 Tested gas L-II Tested gas Pg-8 0. 2 bcf L-I Tested gas Hungary Pg-3 & 6 0. 3 bcf Croatia Pg-1 3. 35 bcf Pg-7 0. 41 bcf Pg-5 3. 77 bcf Petisovci-Lovaszi Gas Net Reserve (MMboe) 16. 7 Risked Value ($ million) 117. 3 (25%) Risked Value per Share 12. 8 p 8

Penészlek, Hungary - Production PENESZLEK Net Reserve (MMboe) Risked Value ($ million) Risked Value per Share Project Revenue 0. 35 4. 7 (100%) 0. 5 p € 600, 000/Month (Gross) 9

Anagni-2, Italy 10

Anagni-2 Anagni Net Reserve (MMboe) 4. 0 Risked Value ($ million) 10. 4 (20%) Risked Value per Share 1. 1 p Anagni-2 Anagni-1 Fontana-1 11

Switzerland Surface oil seeps Flowed gas from Muschelkalk Surface gas seeps Flowed gas from U. Jurassic Bunter and Malm gas shows Traces of oil and gas in Tertiary-Mesozoic oil & gas shows Flowed oil from Rhaetian Traces of oil in Cretaceous Oil & water from Rhaetian; Oil & gas shows from L. Jurassic U. Jurassic gas shows Traces of oil and gas in Lower Cretaceous 12

Switzerland Hermrigen Net Reserve (MMboe) Risked Value ($ million) Risked Value per Share 9. 3 16. 6 (15%) 1. 8 p 13

Summary and Conclusion • European oil & gas business – onshore focus • Generating cash from Hungarian production • Rapidly maturing portfolio – short term value generative • High profile, high impact work programme for 2010/2011 • Low share price relative to risked Net Asset Value 14

Appendix 1 - Ascent Licences 2 - Ascent Corporate data 3 - Ascent Board of Directors 15

Ascent Licences Working Interests (%) Permit Area Gross (sq km) Net (sq km) 49 20 50 60 2, 483 12 88 1, 990 1, 217 2 44 1, 194 100 80 56 50 357 471 858 358 41 686 200 21 Slovenia Petisovci Dolina 75 90 68 Oil & Gas Redevelopment Petisovci Globoki 26 90 26 Gas Redevelopment Eastern Exploration 40 864 346 45 45 45 364 330 736 * * * 54 211 114 Permit Status Hungary Nyírség Szatmar Lovaszi Igal II Italy Cento Bastiglia Frosinone Fiume Arrone Strangolagalli Switzerland Seeland-Freinisburg Linden Gros de Vaud * Ground floor back in rights The Netherlands M 10/M 11 Gas Exploration & Production Gas Discovery Gas Exploration & Development Oil Exploration & Development Gas Exploration Oil Appraisal Gas Exploration Oil Redevelopment Gas Exploration Gas Appraisal Oil & Gas Exploration & Appraisal 16

Ascent Corporate data • • • Listing/market AIM Ticker AST Share Price 7. 0 p Market Cap 36. 3 million Entry on AIM 10 November 2004 Shares in issue 516. 662 million Nominated Advisor finn. Cap Limited Nominated Broker finn. Cap Limited Company No. 05239285 SEDOL B 03 W 6 Y 8 ISIN number GB 00 B 03 W 6 Y 84 17

Ascent Board of Directors John Kenny - Non-Executive Chairman John has enjoyed an extensive career in the oil and gas sector where he has an excellent record of creating shareholder value. He co-founded the JP Kenny Group of Companies, which traded internationally in oil and gas engineering, sub-sea survey and inspection, and shipping. He was a founder of JP Kenny Exploration & Production Ltd; the forerunner of LSE listed JKX Oil & Gas plc. He holds a degree in chemical engineering from University College London and is an Honorary Fellow of the College. Jeremy Eng - Managing Director Jeremy has extensive experience in the independent oil and gas sector and a wide network of contacts within the sector. In his 26 -year career in the industry he has specialised in operations and technical management for the independent sector. Prior to joining Ascent Resources, Jeremy was CEO of a private upstream gas company and Technical Director of WPN Resources Ltd, a Canadian junior-listed oil & gas company. Previously he worked for a successful petroleum engineering consultancy business. He started his career with Schlumberger and after earning a Masters degree in petroleum engineering worked for Premier, Tullow, Lundin and other independent operators. Simon Cunningham - Finance Director Simon, a certified accountant, has extensive energy and resources experience having held senior corporate finance roles with diversified engineering services group Ausenco Limited, international renewable energy provider Energy Developments Limited and independent power producer NRG Energy Inc. Prior to joining Ascent Resources he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Reverse Corp Limited, a telecommunications provider with operations in the United Kingdom and Australia where he was responsible for all aspects of the finance, treasury, investor relations, investment analysis and company secretarial functions. Cameron Davies - Non-Executive Director Dr. Davies is an international energy sector specialist and the former Chief Executive of Alkane Energy plc. He has an excellent track record of exploration success and growing profits in a quoted energy company. Beginning his career as a geologist, Dr. Davies has over 35 years experience in the oil and gas sectors. He founded AIM listed Alkane Energy plc in 1994 and managed the business from original concept through venture capital funding and an IPO, to become a profitable operator of gas to power generation plants using Coal Mine Methane as fuel. He has a Ph. D from Imperial College, is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and a member of the European Petroleum Negotiators Group, the London Energy Group and the PESGB. Nigel Moore - Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee Nigel is a Chartered Accountant and was a former partner at Ernst & Young for 30 years until 2003. For the last ten years at Ernst & Young he specialised in the oil and gas sector, advising large international companies, providing significant input to strategic options, new opportunities and delivering shareholder value. Nigel is also on the Boards of Hochschild Mining plc, JKX Oil and Gas plc, Vitec Group plc, TEG Group plc as well as Production Services Network Ltd, a major Aberdeen-based Oilfields Services company. Scott Richardson Brown - Non-Executive Director Scott is a qualified Chartered Accountant with wide experience working with AIM, FTSE 250 and FTSE 100 companies. Beginning his career at Coopers & Lybrand’s (later Pricewaterhouse. Coopers) in the Banking and Capital Markets division, Scott then became a Partner in the Corporate Broking/Finance division of Oriel Securities Limited where he gained significant experience in a range of sectors including oil and gas. In his most recent role of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations Director for CSR plc, a FTSE 250 semiconductor company, in addition to the day-to-day capital and corporate finance activities, he managed a number of corporate transactions. 18