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Westmount Energy Limited

04 March 2021

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4(th) March 2021

WESTMOUNT ENERGY LIMITED

("Westmount" or the "Company")

Bulletwood-1 Results

Westmount Energy Limited (UK AIM: WTE.L, USA OTCQB: WMELF), the AIM-quoted oil and gas investing company focussed on the Guyana-Suriname Basin reports that, further to its announcement on 2 March 2021, it has received a shareholder communication from its investee company, JHI Associates Inc. ("JHI"), which confirms that the first well on the Canje Block, Bulletwood-1, was safely drilled in 2,846 meters of water by the Stena Carron drillship to its planned target depth of 6,690 meters. The well encountered quality reservoirs but non-commercial hydrocarbons(1,2) .

Data collection at Bulletwood-1 confirms the presence of the Guyana-Suriname Basin petroleum system and the potential prospectivity of the Canje Block. Bulletwood-1 is the first of three wells scheduled to be drilled on the block in 2021 with drilling of the independent prospects Jabillo-1 and Sapote-1 to follow over the coming months(1) .

Westmount holds an indirect interest in the Canje Block as a result of its circa 7.7% interest in the issued share capital of JHI(3) . Following a 2018 farm-out to Total, JHI is carried for the drilling of up to four wells, including Bulletwood-1, and is funded for the drilling of additional wells.

The Canje Block is currently operated by an ExxonMobil subsidiary, Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Limited (35%), with Total (35%), JHI (17.5%) and Mid-Atlantic Oil & Gas Inc. (12.5%) as partners.

(1) JHI shareholder communication dated 3(rd) March, 2021

(2) ExxonMobil's 2021 Investor Day Presentation

(3) Based on JHI's issued share capital as at 30(th) August 2019

For further information, please contact:

   Westmount Energy Limited                                 www.westmountenergy.com 
   David King, Director                                              Tel: +44 (0) 1534 823059

Anita Weaver

   Cenkos Securities plc ( Nomad and Broker)       Tel: +44 (0) 20 7397 8900

Nicholas Wells/Neil McDonald (Corporate Finance)

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