WesternZagros Resources Ltd. has successfully completed its testing program in the Eocene reservoir, the second of three target intervals in the Kurdamir-2 exploration well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The testing proved an oil discovery in the naturally fractured limestones of the Eocene Formation. This adds to the previously announced major discovery of oil in the Oligocene reservoir which was the primary target of the well.

A single cased hole test was performed over a net perforated interval of 108 metres and resulted in the flow of light, 45 degree API oil at sub-commercial flow rates. No water leg was encountered and no formation water was recovered during the test. Following an acid fracture stimulation, the well flowed back a mixture of oil, emulsion and spent acid. This is the first test of the Eocene and the Company will engage in further study to optimise completion techniques in order to unlock this resource.

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