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Vancouver, B.C. – November 5, 2014 – TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX: TAO) and (OTCQX: TAOIF) is pleased to announce that development, appraisal and step-out drilling, and field optimization work has resumed at the Company’s Taranaki oil and gas fields. Located in the main production fairway of the Taranaki Basin on the North Island, New Zealand, TAG is pursuing significant reserve growth through developing and exploiting its lightly explored discovery acreage in the shallow and high impact deep formations. TAG anticipates that this next wave of low risk development work — focused on oil production growth in the proven Mt. Messenger (~2000m) and

Vancouver, B.C. – September 16, 2014 – TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX: TAO) and (OTCQX: TAOIF), reports the Company has agreed that after encountering extreme drilling conditions, including high-pressure shallow hydrocarbon zones, in the interest of safety, the surface section of the Waitangi Valley-1 well, located in Petroleum Exploration Permit 38348, will be plugged and abandoned.  CEO Garth Johnson commented; “Waitangi Valley-1 encountered very high hydrocarbon zone pressures at shallow depths that cannot easily be compared to anywhere else in the world. We understood this program would be challenging and we encountered extremely difficult drilling conditions in the first 856m of drilling. After

Vancouver, B.C. – August 14, 2014 – After a successful first quarter 2015 drilling program, TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX: TAO) and (OTCQX: TAOIF), is pleased to announce growth of production and associated revenues from first quarter operations and drilling activity.

Vancouver, B.C. – August 7, 2014 – New Zealand oil and gas producer TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX: TAO) and (OTCQX: TAOIF) is pleased to announce that the shallow development drilling program and production operations in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand, remains in line with estimates for oil and gas production averaging approximately 2,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (80% oil), and cash flow from operations of approximately $40 million for the 2015 fiscal year. This production guidance factors only existing production and wells from TAG’s shallow development drilling in the Taranaki Basin as detailed in TAG’s Press Release dated

Vancouver, B.C. – July 24, 2014 – New Zealand oil and gas producer TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX: TAO) and (OTCQX: TAOIF) is pleased to announce commencement of drilling operations at the Company’s 100%-controlled Waitangi Valley-1 exploration well in Petroleum Exploration Permit 38348, located in New Zealand’s East Coast Basin. The Waitangi Valley-1 well spudded on July 23, 2014 and will be drilled to a total depth of approximately 3,600 meters (11,800 feet). Waitangi Valley-1 is situated 250 kilometers north of TAG’s Ngapaeruru-1 unconventional well, and is the Company’s second high impact exploration well targeting the Waipawa Black Shale and Whangai

Vancouver, B.C. – July 3, 2014 – New Zealand oil and gas producer TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX:TAO) and (OTCQX: TAOIF), reports the Company has hired Mr. Max Murray as TAG Oil’s New Zealand Country Manager, based in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Mr. Murray will replace Mr. Randy Toone who has resigned to return to Canada for personal reasons and to focus on mid-stream business opportunities in North America. Mr. Murray’s thirty years of operational and proven executive leadership in the oil and gas industry, and in particular his thorough understanding of the New Zealand oil and gas landscape, is a

Vancouver, B.C. – June 30, 2014 – New Zealand oil and gas producer TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX:TAO) and (OTCQX: TAOIF), reports the Company has filed its audited consolidated financial statements, management discussion and analysis, annual information form and information pursuant to the requirements of National Instrument 51-101 – Standards for Disclosure of Oil and Gas Activities with the Canadian Securities Administrators relating to reserves data and other oil and gas information for the Company’s March 31, 2014 fiscal year-end. Copies of these documents can be obtained electronically at http://www.sedar.com. For additional information, please visit TAG Oil’s website at https://tagoil.com/. Garth

Vancouver, B.C. – May 5, 2014 – TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX: TAO) and (OTCQX: TAOIF) announces that the Gisborne District Council has granted TAG consent to drill the Waitangi Valley-1 well (TAG 100%), located in Petroleum Exploration Permit 38348 in the East Coast Basin, New Zealand. Earthwork activities are already underway to build an access road and drilling pad, with construction expected to be fully complete and drilling rig mobilized to the site by the end of June. Waitangi Valley-1 will be drilled to a total depth of 3600 meters, with the well targeting the naturally fractured Waipawa Black Shale and Whangai

Vancouver, B.C. – February 14, 2014 – New Zealand oil and gas producer TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX: TAO) and (OTCQX: TAOIF) is pleased to provide its financial and operating results for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2013. TAG currently has 64,402,052 common shares outstanding (68,085,386 fully diluted) and at December 31, 2013 the Company had cash of $68.5 million, working capital of $71.2 million, and no debt. “We continue to make significant progress on our strategy to deliver long-term shareholder value across all fronts within TAG, as well as achieving consistent profitability which has differentiated us from others in

Vancouver, B.C. – January 9, 2014 – TAG Oil Ltd. (the “Company” or “TAG”) (TSX: TAO) and (OTCQX: TAOIF) is pleased to provide the following exploration and development drilling update in both the shallow and deeper targets within the Taranaki Basin. As TAG enters calendar year 2014, the Company will be maintaining its strategy of deploying capital to high impact exploration targets while developing shallow reservoirs to provide sustainable capital for continuous exploration activities. Deep / Eocene Exploration Taranaki Program (TAG 100%) TAG is pleased to announce the Cardiff-3 well targeting the Eocene-aged Kapuni Formation reached Total Depth of 4,863 meters in