Loan conversion & issue of shares

30 December 2014

Andes Energia plc

("Andes" or "the Company" or "the Group")

Loan conversion, issue of shares and total voting rights

The Board of Andes (AIM: AEN; BCBA: AEN) is pleased to announce that the lender of a convertible loan that the Company assumed the obligation for at the time of the acquisition of Ketsal S.A., has exercised its option to convert the amount outstanding of US$9,073,973 into Andes ordinary shares ("Ordinary Shares"). Under the terms of the agreement with the Company the amount outstanding will now be satisfied by the issue of 13,093,756 new Ordinary Shares at a price of 43p per Ordinary Share. The shares are subject to a lock-in period of 18 months in respect of 50% of the shares and 24 months for the remaining 50% balance.

Application for Admission and Total Voting Rights

Application has been made for the 13,093,756 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to AIM, which is expected to become effective on 31 December 2014.

Following admission of the 13,093,756 new Ordinary Shares the total number of issued Ordinary Shares will be 551,583,551 Ordinary Shares. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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Note to Editors:

Andes Energia is an oil and gas company focussed on onshore South America with a market capitalisation of circa £183m. The Company has operations in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and Paraguay, representing three of the largest economies and three of the four largest oil producing nations in South America.

The Company has 20MMbbls of conventional 2P reserves in Argentina and certified resources of 600MMBoe, primarily in the Vaca Muerta unconventional formation in Argentina and 7.5 million acres across South America.

The Company has approximately 2 million net acres in unconventional plays including 250,000 net acres in the Vaca Muerta formation, which is the second largest shale oil deposit in the world and the only producing shale oil deposit outside of the USA. Over 250 wells have already been drilled and fracked in the Vaca Muerta formation.

Andes is the only AIM company on the London Stock Exchange with exposure to Vaca Muerta.

The Company currently produces 1,700 bbls per day in Argentina from 7 conventional fields, generating positive cash flow. Andes Energia, with its partner YPF, has 30 wells planned over the next 12 months, which are funded by the field production cash flow.