TAG Oil Expands Oil & Gas Operations into Australia
Vancouver, B.C. – January 31, 2017 – International oil and gas production company TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX: TAO and OTCQX: TAOIF) is pleased to announce that the Company’s wholly owned Australian subsidiary, Cypress Petroleum Pty Ltd. (“Cypress”), has closed the purchase of 100% interest in Petroleum Lease 17 (“PL 17”) from privately held Southern Cross Petroleum & Exploration Pty Ltd. (“Southern Cross”). PL 17 is an oil and gas production permit and high-value exploration acquisition that covers 104 km2 (25,700 acres) in the Surat Basin, one of Australia’s first producing basins. It is located in a light-oil discovery trend, and