Holding(s) in Company

For immediate release 6 October 2016

LGO Energy Plc ("LGO Energy" or the "Company")

Holdings in Company

The Board of LGO Energy announces that the Company has received the following TR-1 notification which is set out below without amendment.

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

LGO Energy Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Well Services Petroleum Company Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

5 October 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

5 October 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

9%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B1TWX932

727,877,588

627,877,588

627,877,588

8.50

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

627,877,588

8.50

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Kenneth Sammy

15. Contact telephone number:

1-868-677-7531/7532

LGO Energy plc

+44 (0) 203 794 9230

Neil Ritson

Fergus Jenkins

Beaumont Cornish Limited

+44 (0) 20 7628 3396

Nomad

Roland Cornish

Rosalind Hill Abrahams

FirstEnergy Capital LLP

+44 (0) 20 7448 0200

Joint Broker

Jonathan Wright

David van Erp

Bell Pottinger

+44 (0) 20 3772 2500

Financial PR

Henry Lerwill