TAG Oil Announces New Zealand Development and Exploration Acquisition
Vancouver, B.C. – June 6, 2016 – TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX: TAO and OTCQX: TAOIF) is pleased to announce it has acquired a 70% working interest and operatorship of the PEP 51153 (“Puka”) onshore permit in the Taranaki Basin of New Zealand. TAG’s joint venture partner in the Puka permit is MEO Australia Limited (30%). The Puka permit covers an area of approximately 85 square km (21,000 acres) and is located to the east of TAG’s producing Cheal field. Three wells have been drilled since the Puka oil field was discovered in 2012, with the Puka-1 and Puka-2 wells producing