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June 14, 2013 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Terra Nova Energy Ltd. (TSXV: TGC) ("Terra Nova") is pleased to report that access roads leading to the Wolfman #1 drill location on Petroleum Exploration License ("PEL") 112 are complete. Extensive drill site preparation has also taken place to receive the drill rig in late June. Construction of the sump, flare pit, "turkey's nest" (water reservoir), truck ramp and lease sub-level have been finalized and work on the Wolfman camp pad
is expected to be finished on or before June 20, 2013.
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The Wolfman #1 exploration well will be drilled vertically 1,720 meters (5,600 feet) and is expected to take approximately 10 days to reach Total Depth. The well, which targets the Namur Sandstone in a dip-closed structure, is scheduled to spud in early July 2013.
Terra Nova also reports that it completed line preparation, surveying and pegging on PEL 444's Wingman 3D Seismic Survey as of June 10, 2013. The recording phase of the Wingman Survey is expected to begin on or about June 18, 2013.
About Terra Nova Energy Ltd.
Terra Nova Energy Ltd. is an oil and gas company with a right to acquire up to a 55% working interest in two onshore petroleum exploration licenses ("PELs"), being PEL 112 and PEL 444, located on the western flank of the Cooper Eromanga Basin in the State of South Australia, Australia. Its common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "TGC".
For more information please contact:
Terra Nova Energy Ltd.
Nico Civelli
VP Finance
+41 44 217 4804
civelli@niconsult.ch
Forward looking information
This news release contains forward-looking information relating to Terra Nova's intentions to conduct the seismic program and subsequent drilling programs and other statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking information is subject to important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from what is currently expected, for example: risks related to oil and gas exploration, development, exploitation, production, marketing and transportation, loss of markets, volatility of commodity prices, currency fluctuations, competition from other producers, inability to retain drilling rigs and other services, reliance on key personnel, and insurance risks. In making such forward-looking statements, Terra Nova has relied upon certain assumptions relating to geological settings, commodity prices, the stability of markets and currencies, the availability of capital, and Terra Nova's ability to continue with the seismic and drilling programs. You should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely upon this information as of any other date. While Terra Nova may elect to, Terra Nova is under no obligation and does not undertake to update this information at any particular time, except as required by applicable securities law.
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