November-12-2019
Crown Point Provides Update on Cerro de Los Leones Drilling Operations
CALGARY, Alberta, November 12, 2019 — (TSX-V:CWV): Crown Point Energy Inc. (“Crown Point” or the “Company”) today provided an operations update on its drilling activities on the Cerro de Los Leones (“CLL”) exploration permit.
As previously reported in our August 16, 2019 press release, two exploration wells have been scheduled to be drilling during Q3/Q4 2019 on the Company’s operated CLL exploration permit located in the Province of Mendoza (net working interest 100%).
Drilling operations on the first well, SRM x-1001D, commenced on October 20, 2019. The well was drilled to evaluate middle to lower Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous sandstones and reached a final measured depth of 1450 meters – true vertical depth of 1334 meters. The well was deviated at approximately 40 degrees north of its surface location to intersect the crest of a structure which lies beneath the Rio Malargüe floodplain on the northern CLL exploration permit. SRM x-1001D has been cased as a potential hydrocarbon discovery after well log analysis indicated a potential 5 meter oil bearing zone in the Agua de la Piedra formation (middle Tertiary) between 1021-1025 meters true vertical depth.
The rig has been moved 1 kilometer to the north east of the surface location of SRM x-1001D to drill and test the Tertiary – Upper Cretaceous sandstones on an extension of the structural crest. The well, SRM x-1002D will also be deviated to the north beneath the Rio Malargüe flood plain. Drilling operations commenced November 10 with an anticipated final measured depth of 1450 meters.
The drilling and evaluation of the two exploration wells satisfies the remaining phase two work commitment on the CLL exploration permit. The Company requested and was granted a four month extension (to February 23, 2020) to accommodate the drilling and evaluation of both wells.
For inquiries please contact:
| Brian J. Moss | Marisa Tormakh |
| President & CEO | Vice-President, Finance & CFO |
| Ph: (403) 232-1150 | Ph: +54 11 4776 0622 |
| Crown Point Energy Inc. | Crown Point Energy Inc. |
| bmoss@crownpointenergy.com | mtormakh@crownpointenergy.com |
About Crown Point
Crown Point Energy Inc. is an international oil and gas exploration and development company headquartered in Calgary, Canada, incorporated in Canada, trading on the TSX Venture Exchange and operating in South America. Crown Point’s exploration and development activities are focused in two of the largest producing basins in Argentina, the Austral basin in the province of Tierra del Fuego and the Neuquén basin in the province of Mendoza. Crown Point has a strategy that focuses on establishing a portfolio of producing properties, plus production enhancement and exploration opportunities to provide a basis for future growth.
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