Tuscany Energy Ltd. has commenced a 3 well heavy oil horizontal development program, located near Lloydminster in west-central Saskatchewan.

The first well, Tuscany's Macklin 93/6-33-39-28 W3, was successfully drilled and encountered over 300 meters of oil saturated sand in the Dina formation and a liner has been run.

The well is a 50 metre offset from the Tuscany 91/6-33-39-28 W3 well which, since production commenced on March 2012, has produced over 30,000 barrels and is currently producing at a rate of 45 barrels per day. The current well is owned 100% by Tuscany and should be placed on stream early next week.

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