Buru Energy Limited advises that drilling operations on the Yulleroo 4 well commenced at 12:00hrs on 19 January 2013 (AWST) using Ensign Rig#32. As at 06:00hrs on 21 January 2013 (AWST) the well was drilling ahead at 30 metres.

Yulleroo 4 is the first well in the Buru - Mitsubishi Corporation ('MC') 2013 drilling program.

The Yulleroo 4 well is located in exploration permit EP 436. Buru and MC each have a 50% interest in this well and in EP 436. The well is located some 80 kilometres to the east of Broome. The well location is some eight kilometres from the Great Northern Highway along the all weather Yulleroo access road.

The well has a programmed total depth of 3,800 metres and is expected to take some 52 days to drill and suspend.

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