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ANNUAL
REPORT

2021

OUTLOOK & KEY O UTCO MES

Looking to 2022 Bounty Oil and Gas CEO, Philip Kelso commented:

Cerberus, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

“The farmin to the Cerberus Project West Australia will see Bounty shareholders 
participating in 3 relatively low risk very high impact oil exploration wells in 2022/23 as 
oil prices strengthen in the face of disinvestment by majors and in a very low sovereign 
risk State.

Bounty will be one of the only juniors in Australia with significant exposure to existing 
Australian oil production and hydrocarbon provinces with proximity to markets in the 
east (PEP 11, Sydney Basin gas) and the west coast (Cerberus, Carnarvon Basin).

We also welcome Kane Marshall who has joined the Bounty team as COO and will 
be working alongside proven industry performers in the Cerberus Coastal team 
comprising Ted Jacobson, Joe Graham and Dariusz Jablonski.

Cerberus is an exciting play with some of the largest seismically defined drillable 
offshore oil prospects in Australia and proximity to production and transport 
infrastructure. Honeybadger and Stork are examples of prospects with the potential 
for hundreds of millions of barrels of oil to be found.

Onshore Oil Production, Queensland

With Brent oil prices currently trading above $100/bbl Bounty will participate in further 

NFE and appraisal drilling and production from its Cooper Basin and operated Surat 

Basin proven oil reserves.” 

FU LL Y EAR 20 2 1 - RESULTS
•  Group petroleum revenue for the year down 49% to $1.47 million (2020: $2.91 million) 

from Queensland oil sales

•   Cash and current assets at 30 June 2021 increased to $1.75 million with nil debt

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Website 

Bounty maintains a website at: 

www.bountyoil.com 

On our website you will find full 
information about the Company.  
Every announcement made to 
the Australian Securities 
Exchange (ASX) is published on 
the website.  You will also find 
detailed information about the 
Company's Exploration and 
Production Permits. 

Stock Exchange Listing 

Bounty Oil & Gas N.L. securities 
are listed on the Australian 
Securities Exchange. 

ASX Code: BUY 

Bounty Oil & Gas NL   

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

2022 Outlook and Key Outcomes  

Chairman’s Review 

CEO’s Review 

Project and Operations Review 

Corporate Governance Statement 

Page 

Inside 
Cover 

2 

3 - 5 

6 - 15 

15 

Directors Report including Remuneration Report 

16 - 27 

Auditor's Independence Declaration 

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity  

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 

Contents of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements 

34 – 55 

Directors Declaration 

Independent Auditors Report to Members 

Additional Information Required by ASX Listing Rules 

Schedule of Petroleum Tenements 

Abbreviations 

Corporate Directory 

56 

57 - 59 

60 - 61 

62 - 63 

64 - 65 

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Bounty Oil & Gas NL 
ACN:      090 625 353 
ABN: 82 090 625 353 

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CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW 

Dear Shareholder 

In 2021 seeking to increase shareholder value Bounty commenced a search for high impact offshore oil and gas 
exploration projects. 

Bounty’s pursuit of these larger projects was founded on our very clear view that oil and gas are fundamental 
commodities to carry modern society particularly such things as food production and mining.  Quite apart from 
the energy required to carry the world’s population through cold winters, food production and transport must 
have liquid fuels such as diesel derived from oil production.   

Secondly, Bounty wished to diversify its exploration focus area to the Westralian Super Basin. 

As a result on 15 October 2021 your company was able to announce that it had farmed into the Cerberus Oil 
Exploration Project located in the core oil production areas of the offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. 

Your company successfully completed a small capital raising of $2.74 million and is commencing steps to 
prepare for drilling three (3) oil exploration wells within the Cerberus Project Area.  The shallow water projects 
will enable us use of jack up rigs and have access to support infrastructure. 

We continue to await regulatory approval to move forward with gas exploration in PEP 11 Offshore Sydney 
Basin.  The joint venture is planning to drill Sea Blue 1 a major gas exploration target in 2022. 

Bounty remains confident about its future in a world which continues to demand oil from low sovereign risk 
countries and will also move forward with developing its proven oil reserves in the Cooper and Surat Basins. 

I thank shareholders in what has been a challenging year disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.  The strong oil 
price recovery however provides us with confidence in the future.  I also wish to thank my Board members and 
executives for their patience during the year. 

I welcome Kane Marshall, a highly qualified petroleum engineer as COO of Bounty. 

Graham Reveleigh 
Chairman 

29 October 2021 

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CEO’S REVIEW 

Bounty Group Highlights for the Financial Year: 

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Bounty continued oil production from Naccowlah Block exploiting the additional reserves 
proved by development and NFE drills in 2019/2020. 
Cash and current assets at 30 June 2021 increased to $1.75 million with nil debt. 
Petroleum revenue down 49% to $1.47 million as Covid 19 restrictions heavily impacted 
international oil prices.    
Operating loss of $0.45 million (2020: $0.43 million) before non-cash expenses including 
impairment and amortisation of oil & gas assets of $2.46 million. 
Bounty’s proven oil resources in the Cooper and Surat Basins in Queensland provide scope for 
very significant growth. 
Active search for material offshore oil and gas projects. 

Bounty Diversifying into Western Australia Offshore Projects 

During the financial year Bounty examined a number of material offshore petroleum exploration opportunities 
in Western Australia as a means to diversify from its PEP 11 Sydney Basin Gas Project which continues to await 
regulatory approvals. 

Cerberus Project Offshore Carnarvon Basin WA – Bounty Earning 25% 

As a  result on 15 October  2021 Bounty was  very  pleased  to announce  that  it  would acquire a  25%  strategic 
Interest in 4 Drill Ready Shallow Water Carnarvon Basin Oil Exploration Licences in Western Australia. 

Cerberus Main Points 

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Bounty Group entered a binding farmin agreement with Coastal Oil and Gas Pty Ltd (“Coastal”) 
to acquire a 25% interest in Carnarvon Basin oil exploration licenses EP 475, EP 490, EP 491 and 
TP  27  (collectively  “Cerberus  Project”)  by  funding  AUD  $6  million  towards  the  costs  of  drilling 
three (3) exploration wells (“Drilling Program”). 

Under the farmin Bounty Group will also have options during the next six (6) months to earn two 
25% tranches for additional participating interests in the Cerberus Project by funding $9 million 
and $12 million respectively towards the Drilling Program. 

Bounty Group and Coastal will jointly operate the Drilling Program. 

The  primary  prospects  identified  for  drilling  are  Triassic  stratigraphic  plays  that  are  direct 
lookalikes  to  the  very  significant  Santos  Limited  operated  Dorado,  Phoenix  South  and  Roc 
discoveries. 

Drilling  projects  will  focus  on  the  Stork,  Honeybadger,  Parrot  and  Gallant  prospects  with 
Unrisked Prospective Resources as follows: 

Cautionary Statement: The  estimated quantities of petroleum that may potentially  be recovered 
by the application of a future development project(s) relate to undiscovered accumulations. These 
estimates have both an associated risk of discovery and a risk of development. Further exploration 
appraisal  and  evaluation  is  required  to  determine  the  existence  of  a  significant  quantity  of 
potentially moveable hydrocarbons. 

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Prospective ResourcesMean(million barrels)1U Low(million barrels)2U Best(million barrels)3U High(million barrels)Geological TargetHoneybadger Prospect  - EP 49129413102814Stork Prospect  - EP 4752281494620Parrot - EP 4911051461262Gallant - EP 49044626108TriassicTriassicTriassicCretaceous 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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An Expression of Interest has been issued to the rig market to assess the timing and cost of the 
Drilling Program, estimated to be between US $20 - 30 million for the 3 wells. 

Project Funding and COO Appointment 

On  21  October  2021  Bounty  raised  $2.74  million,  before  issue  expenses,  from  qualified  institutional  and 
sophisticated investors, which was heavily oversubscribed. 

With its ongoing oil revenue Bounty’s cash and current assets now exceed $4 million sufficient to allow it to 
move forward with the initial phases of the Cerberus Project. 

Mr  Kane  Marshall  has  joined  Bounty  as  Chief  Operating  Officer  to  manage  Bounty’s  farmin  while  working 
alongside Coastal’s technical team including oil industry veteran Ted Jacobson. 

Kane  Marshall  is  a  petroleum  reservoir  engineer/geologist  and  was  until  2019  Managing  Director  of  an  ASX 
quoted oil producer and a Non-Executive Director of Hawkley Oil and Gas Limited. 

More details on current projects are set out below in the Project and Operations Review. 

Offshore Projects – Gas Exploration Growth Project 

PEP 11 - New South Wales   

Bounty holds 15% of PEP 11 Offshore Sydney Basin in what has the potential to lead to a new exploration drill 
of  a  multi  TCF  major  gas  exploration  project  near  Newcastle,  NSW.  Active  planning  is  underway  aimed  at 
advancing the Baleen Prospect to a drill test in 2022 with the Sea Blue 1 Well.   

The Joint Venture is confident that it will obtain regulatory approvals to drill the Sea Blue 1 Well in 2022. 

Onshore 2022 Forward Oil Development Plans 

See the Directors Report for further 2021 production and revenue details. 

Bounty’s petroleum revenues were reduced to $1.47 million however Bounty emerged from 2021 in a sound 
position  with  its  core  petroleum  acreage  and  reserves  intact  and  cash  and  current  assets  at  30  June  2021 
increased  to  $1.75  million.  Bounty  anticipates  continuing  oil  production  from  the  recent  Birkhead  and 
Westbourne zone discoveries in Naccowlah Block supported by a strong oil price recovery.   

Onshore Projects 

Oil Business 

Oil production, development drilling and exploration were all curtailed by the COVID – 19 pandemic extending 
through the whole period and with associated interstate travel restrictions active development was restricted. 
The pandemic also heavily impacted the oil price.  

SW Queensland – Cooper Basin 

ATP 1189P Naccowlah Block – see Maps in Project and Operations Review below. 

Oil  production  from  the  Santos  Limited  operated  ATP  1189  Naccowlah  Block  was  18,585  bbls  (2020:  27,286 
bbls).  Falling oil prices in $A terms reduced revenues to $1.47 million.   

Following  its  2019-2020  successful  oil  appraisal  program  in  the  Naccowlah  Block.    The  operator,  Santos 
Limited,  continued  to  progressively  tie  in  wells  with  new  pipelines  and  oil  production  infrastructure.  This 
continuing  exceptionally  successful  program  has  maintained  Bounty’s  oil  reserves  in  Naccowlah  Block  and 
continued oil volumes at lower but satisfactory levels for the year.   

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The operator Santos Limited  is examining several appraisal and NFE targets for drilling in 2022 in Naccowlah 
Block.    2022  focus  will  be  in  the  Natan  Bolan  Corella  area  southwest  of  Jarrar  Field.    This  additional  drilling 
should increase our very conservatively stated Naccowlah Block oil reserves and provide steady oil revenues in 
coming years. 

SE Queensland – Surat Basin 

Petroleum Lease 2 Alton (PL2) – see Maps in Project and Operations Review below. 

Commencement of oil production in 2021 was deferred due to Covid-19 and depressed oil prices and Bounty is 
now  planning  to  commence  oil  production  at  PL  2  Alton  in  2022.    This  is  expected  to  generate  additional 
revenue  of  up  to  $1  million  per  annum  with  significant  upside  from  four  undrilled  locations;  enhanced 
recovery and later an appraisal well at the Eluanbrook prospect in PL 2.  During the period Bounty completed a 
Well Integrity Management database and other compliance work. 

Petroleum Lease 441 Downlands (PL 441) – see Maps in Project and Operations Review below. 

Bounty continued facility reviews and compliance activities.  The PL 441 production infrastructure and pipeline 
is connected to the Silver Springs – Wallumbilla trunk line and Bounty is studying gas production feasibility. 

Conclusion 

Oil revenue is expected to be $2.0 million in 2022. 

Australia confronts the challenge of finding more domestic oil and gas and more producing oil reserves. 
Bounty maintained its oil reserves in the year to 31 December 2020 and is well placed for additional oil reserve 
growth at end 2022.  

It will look for major oil project growth with the Cerberus Project, W.A. and on Bounty operated projects. 

PHILIP F. KELSO 
Chief Executive Officer 

29 October 2021 

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PROJECT and OPERATIONS REVIEW 

Bounty Projects 

Bounty has production and exploration operations in four states and territories within Australia. 

Bounty Project Areas 

Summary Land Position 

Offshore Australia 

PEP-11 

Onshore Australia 

Naccowlah SW Queensland 

Nappamerri South Australia 

Surat Basin Queensland 

Rough Range Carnarvon Basin WA 

Totals 

Equity 

Gross Km2 

Net Km2 

15% 

4576 

686.5 

2% 

1805 

23.28% 

Various 

10% 

859 

186 

80 

36 

200 

146 

8 

7505 

1077 

This table summarises Bounty’s land position as at 30 June 2021.  Bounty’s full schedule of tenements as at 28 
September 2021 is included in Additional Information Required by ASX Listing Rules at the end of this  Annual 
Report. During the year Bounty withdrew from ATP 2028P Surat Basin. 

Bounty  projects  not  specifically  referred  to  below  in  this  Project  Review  are  summarised  in  Bounty’s  2021 
Quarterly Activity Reports to the ASX and on Bounty’s website:  www.bountyoil.com. 

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Major Growth Projects 

Cerberus Project Offshore Carnarvon Basin WA – Bounty Earning 25% 

Background 

On 7 October 2021 Bounty entered a farmin agreement to earn a 25% interest in this 600 mmbbl potential oil 
project, offshore Carnarvon Basin, West Australia. 

The Cerberus Project incorporates 3,759 km2 in four permits - EP 475, 490, 491 and TP 27 offshore Carnarvon 
Basin and lies 70 km. east of Barrow Island. It is right in the heart of Australia’s most active oil production area 
and  offers  a  large  number  of  prospects  and  leads,  many  drill  ready,  with  prospective  resources  of  over  600 
million barrels.  

Bounty  is  farming  in  to  earn  25%  by  paying  A$6  million  towards  the  cost  of  drilling  3  wells  and  retains  an 
option for six months to earn two additional tranches of 25%  each by pro rata contributions to the well costs 
or finding farmin partners. The project is principally targeting oil in a lower Triassic source rock and reservoir 
sequence at the base of the Locker Shale, in lookalikes to the highly successful Dorado Project (2C reserves of 
344  MMboe)  being  developed  by  Santos  Limited  and  Canarvon  Petroleum  Ltd  in  the  Browse  Basin  to  the 
northeast. 

Bounty  reviewed  this  project  in  the  later  part  of  FY  2020/21  and  finalised  the  agreement  in  October  2021.  
Bounty simultaneously announced on 15 October 2021 the farmin, a $2.74 million capital raising to finance the 
farmin, and the appointment  of Mr Kane Marshall as Chief Operating Officer to head up the new WA office 
and manage the project as it moves to drilling. 

The attraction of this area  is  twofold, excellent  prospective volumes offering  reserves  greater than Bounty’s 
onshore  projects,  and  shallow  water  jack  up  drilling  with  abundant  opportunities  to  achieve  economies  of 
scale by participating in drilling groups, resulting in costs only a few times more than onshore  but with huge 
rewards. 

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Targets 

Bounty is targeting three plays: 

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  Dorado  discovery  lookalikes  in  the  same  Lower  Triassic  sequence  as  the  hugely  successful  Dorado 
(344  MMboe  2C),  Phoenix  South  and  ROC  (78  MMboe  2C)  discoveries  in  the  Browse  Basin  to  the 
northeast 

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Sand bodies entirely sealed within clay filled subsea channels in the Triassic age Locker Shale similar 
to those providing the top seal to the Dorado discovery 

Stag  (85  MMbo)  and  Wandoo  (100  MMbo)  look  alikes  in  identical  pinchouts  in  the  same  Lower 
Cretaceous sand package 

Active  gas  seepage  from  around  the  edges  of  the  Triassic  prospects  is  a  prominent  feature,  providing 
additional evidence of mobile hydrocarbons and minimising the risk of charge.  

The main focus is on four targets with the best chance of success with Prospective Resources as follows: 

Prospective Resource MMbo 
Honeybadger Prospect - EP 491 

Mean 
294 

1U Low 
13 

2U Best 
102 

3U High 
814 

Reservoir Age 
Triassic 

Stork Prospect - EP 475 

Parrot - EP 491 

Gallant - EP 490 

228 

105 

44 

14 

14 

6 

94 

61 

26 

620 

262 

108 

Triassic 

Triassic 

Cretaceous 

Three of those targets are described below (see Carnarvon Project Location Map above). 

Stork Prospect 

Higher  seismic  amplitudes  (warm  colours)  define  the  deltaic  sands  in  the  Lower  part  of  the  Locker  Shale  which 
form the reservoir at Dorado; the clay seals (cold colours) by the Kes Canyon and the erosion of the sand package 
by the Honeybadger canyon clearly define the prospect.  
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The  seismic  section  shows  the  details  of  the  updip  seal  against  the  clay-filled  channels  within  the 
Triassic Locker Formation, identical to Dorado, and the extent of the Honeybadger Canyon in cross-
section.  The  higher  amplitude  reflectors  within  the  canyon  are  most  likely  due  to  turbidite  sands 
formed  in  sub-sea  channels  cutting  into  the  shale.  World-wide  these  are  very  attractive  targets 
because the sand bodies are usually completely contained within shale providing an all-round seal. In 
this case they directly over lie the source interval, which is mature downdip, feeding directly into the 
reservoirs. 

Honeybadger 

clearly 

reveals 

the 
Amplitude  extraction 
turbidite  sands 
in  the  Honeybadger  Canyon 
(orange and red), showing good all-round lateral 
and  top  seal  by  clay  (blue)  and  seal  to  the 
northeast  against  clay  and  a  fault.  Migration 
from a mature source is postulated up the fault 
immediately to the west of the sands, where the 
Basal Locker shales are mature. 

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Gallant 

The Stag field to the north of the Cerberus Project permits is trapped in a pinchout of the M. Australis 
Sand, the upper sand in a package of Lower Cretaceous sands including the Mardie Greensand and The 
Birdrong Sandstone, both of which host commercial oilfields. At Gallant these sands abut and pinchout 
against impermeable Carboniferous Limestone. This structure persists along the edge of the basement 
with two other similar stratigraphic targets.  They are all very shallow, and studies indicate that due to 
the nature of the oil at Stag the oil should flow to surface even from shallow depths.  

Future Potential 

In addition to the four main prospects (above) there are at least 16 leads and prospects in the Cerberus project 
which are being evaluated.  To assist in de-risking the drilling program reprocessing of the older seismic data is 
being  considered.  Planning  for  the  3  well  program  is  already  underway  with  the  selection  of  specialist 
contractors to plan and manage the program. The wells are planned for 2022/23. 

Major Gas Growth Projects: 

PEP 11 - Offshore Sydney Basin, New South Wales – Bounty 15% 

Background and Petroleum Setting 

PEP 11 covers 4,576 sq. km immediately adjacent to the largest gas market in Australia and is a high impact 
exploration  project  (see  Location  below).    PEP  11  remains  one  of  the  most  significant  untested  gas  plays  in 
Australia. The PEP 11 JV has demonstrated considerable gas generation and migration in the offshore Sydney 
Basin, with the previously observed mapped prospects and leads being highly prospective for gas.  In 2010 it 
drilled New Seaclem 1 and demonstrated capacity to drill in this permit. 

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A 200km 2D seismic survey was completed in March 2018 in the area  of the Baleen prospect and with AVO 
analysis further refined the Baleen target located 30 km southeast of Newcastle. 

Joint Venture focus now is a drill test of Baleen where AVO (Amplitude versus Offset) analysis has defined an 
anomaly in the prospective Early to Mid-Permian sequence.  The marine sands of the sequence are the targets 
especially further seawards where the sands can be expected to have good reservoir characteristics. 

Activities during the Year – Baleen Drill Test – Sea Blue 1 

Preliminary 

As  outlined  in  detail  in  the  previous  2021  Reports  the  operator,  Advent  Energy  Ltd  (Advent),  submitted  to 
NOPTA an application to enable the drilling of the Baleen Prospect in PEP 11 and to change the current Permit 
conditions to this effect. The permit is in good standing and continues during this review period.  The Permit is 
also suspended under the Federal Government’s COVID-19 - Work Bid Exploration Permits arrangements. 
Preparations are under way to drill an exploration well for gas – Sea Blue 1. 

The joint venture also proposes to use the drilling program at Baleen to investigate CCS - Carbon Capture and 
Storage  (geo-sequestration  of  CO2  emissions)  -  opportunities  in  PEP  11.    Up  to  34%  of  the  total  national 
emissions are from this part of east Australia and independent Government research has indicated at least 2 
TCF (Trillion Cubic Ft) of CO2 storage may be feasible in the offshore Sydney Basin.  

Advent has been actively preparing for the drilling program by securing the services of well management and 
environmental  services  to  design  the  well  program  and  carry  out  environmental  impact  assessments  of  the 
proposed operations. A Proposal to assess the possibilities of geo sequestration of CO2 in the Sydney Basin are 
also being considered. 

Sea Blue 1 Well Preparations 

On  8  March  2021  the  operator  appointed  a  Drilling  Manager  under  a  Preliminary  Well  Services  Agreement 
with Add Energy relating to the preparation for drilling of the Sea Blue 1 well to undertake a phased approach 
to provide technical support in the following areas: - 

  Review of current well design documentation 
  Develop a suitable well design and cost estimates 
  Develop drilling schedule and define a ready to drill tentative window 

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The  scope  of  work  included  review  of  existing  data  and  latest  geological  prognoses  for  the  well, 
documentation of the subsurface well design  envelope and compilation of a preliminary well design, project 
costs and schedule to complete the Sea Blue 1 well. Add Energy delivered its report during the period ended 
30  June  2021  including  Basis  of  Well  Design  (BOWD)  and  rationale  for  design  of  the  well,  the  well  cost 
compilation and the project schedule.  

Advent subsequently appointed Xodus under a lump sum contract to prepare the Environmental Plan for first 
submission to NOPSEMA. Xodus’s appointment was based on their high quality of engagement, willingness to 
provide a staged lump sum proposal, and recent experience with NOPSEMA requirements. 

The operator followed this report with: 

1. 

Issue of a call for tender for the provision of subsea wellhead equipment, materials and associated 
services for the Baleen drilling program.  

2.  A  call  for  tender  for  the  provision  of  drilling  rig  services  to  multiple  drilling  contractors  who  have 

semi-submersible drilling units in the Australasian region.  

2022 Operations 

Planning  and  financing  the  proposed  Sea  Blue  1  well  will  be  ongoing,  however  the  permit  operations  are 
suspended under the governments COVID-19 provisions. 

SW Queensland – Cooper Basin 

Production 

Bounty’s petroleum production and sales for the year ended 30 June 2021 are summarised in the Review of 
Operations set out in the Directors Report.  

Development 

ATP 1189P Naccowlah Block and Associated PL’s SW 
Queensland - Bounty 2% 

Location:  Surrounding Jackson, Naccowlah and Watson 
Oilfields 

Background 

The  Naccowlah  Block  covers  1794  km2,  9%  of  which  is 
covered by ATP 1189P and the remainder in 25 petroleum 
leases  (PL’s)  and  applications  covering  producing  fields.  
There is significant production infrastructure and pipelines.  
Bounty’s  share  of  production  from  the  Naccowlah  Block 
was  27,300  bbls  of  oil  equivalent  for  the  year.    Bounty 
holds 2P  + 2C (Contingent) reserves of  114,000 bbls.  The 
decrease in production due to natural decline, was partially 
offset  by  a  continuing  successful  drilling  program  in  2020 
which  converted  resources  contingent  on  drilling  to 
producing oil reserves.    

2020/2021 Naccowlah Block Program   

Most of the wells drilled in previous periods were placed on production.  Several wells are awaiting tie in to 
facilities or further testing. 

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2021-22 Naccowlah Block Development 

Planning  for  a  2022  drilling  program  has  commenced.    Another  12  potential  drilling  targets  have  been 
identified with 3D seismic targeting the Birkhead Formation reservoir in or near the Wallis, Bolan, Natan and 
Echuburra fields.  

SE Queensland 

Surat Basin Oil Development 

Background 

Bounty  has  two  production  areas  in  the  Surat  Basin  and  Tinowan  Trough,  Queensland.    The  areas  are 
Petroleum  Lease  2  Alton  in  the  south  and  Petroleum  Lease  441  Downlands  in  the  north.  Hydrocarbons  are 
generated in the Permian sequence and are liquids rich. In PL2 oil is trapped in the Triassic age Showgrounds 
Sandstone and in the overlying Evergreen  Formation. Here Bounty is targeting around 350,000 bbls of oil in 
proven reservoirs. 

At  Downlands  gas  is  trapped  in  the  Permian  age  Tinowan  Formation  which  frequently  has  a  liquids  rich  gas 
charge and in Bounty's Downlands property, good porosity and permeability.  Preparations are underway to 
re-open  the  gas  plant  in  PL  441  and  pipeline  and  bring  the  field  back  into  gas  production,  provided  the 
economics support  it.   There is a  ready market for the gas due to a  shortage of domestic gas in the Eastern 
states. In addition there are targets in excess of 750,000 bbls in tighter oil sands which will be investigated. 

Bounty Permit Interests in the Surat Basin, Queensland 

South  

Permit 

Status 

Interest 

Permit 

North  
Status 

PL 2 C 
PL 2 Alton 

Alton Oilfield   
Granted 
Granted 

100.0% 
100.0% 

Kooroon JV Block 

PL 2 A 
PL 2 B 

Granted 
Granted 

81.75% 
81.75% 

ATP 1190 SG 
PL 441 
PPL 58 

Downlands Area 
Granted 
Granted 
Granted 

Interest 

24.75% 
100.0% 
100.0% 

PL 2  Alton - Bounty 100% and PL 2 B and 2 C 
Kooroon Block – Bounty 81.75% 

Location:  70 km. East of St George SE 
Queensland . 

PL 2 (Alton Field) has to date produced over 2 
million barrels of oil from the Jurassic Age 
Evergreen Formation.  Bounty has established 
through decline analysis that 1P reserves of 
48,000 bbls can be recovered from the existing 
wells. Furthermore, re-evaluation of the 
seismic has indicated a substantial attic which 
could contain 168,000 bbls, and smaller, 
possibly unswept parts of the oil pool 
amounting to another 70,000 bbl potential. 

2021 Operations 

completed  data  digitisation  and 
Bounty 
completed  a  Well 
Integrity  Management 
System in preparation for re-commencement of 
oil production. 

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2021/22 Plans 

Bounty plans re-commence oil production while it generates a full field development plan including drilling a 
new development well targeting the main attic oil at Alton. 

Surat Basin - Exploration and Appraisal 

There are a number of leads and prospects within the remaining parts of PL 2 (Blocks A, B and C) of which an 
up-dip appraisal well at Eluanbrook in the northwest section of PL 2 B is the most promising.  Eluanbrook 1 was 
drilled in 1986 and discovered light oil and gas in the transition zone near the water contact. Bounty proposes 
drilling an up dip well accessing 150,000 bbl of oil. 

There are unresolved leads  within PL  2 which  require better seismic detail before drilling. A new 3D  seismic 
survey over the whole area of PL 2 would resolve and de-risk further drilling opportunities. 

Surat Basin Gas Development 

Downlands PL 441 – Bounty 100%, Spring Grove Joint Venture PCA 159 (ATP 1190) –  
Bounty 24.75% 

Location: Surat, Queensland 

Bounty has the reserves and now infrastructure to re-commence gas production at Downlands PL 441.  When 
shut in due to lack of pipeline access the field was producing around 2 million cubic feet of gas and 15 bbl of 
liquids per month. 

2021/22 Operations 

Work is underway on taking the gas wells and plant out of care and maintenance and bringing the field back to 
production.  During 2022 it is intended to produce the field and evaluate the potential gas and oil reserves. The 
Downlands gas field occurs in sands overlying a basement high.  Ringing the high where the sands abutt the 
basement  are  a  series  of  oil  pools  and  potential  pools  in  the  Tinowan  Formation  which  were  intersected  in 
Downlands-3 and 4 both of which produced oil to surface. Bounty  intends to evaluate these oil pools further 
once the gas-condensate field is back in production. 

In a similar situation to the oil leg at Downlands, Tinowan Formation sands abutting a basement high contain 
oil in tight formation southeast of PL 441 at PCA 159 Spring Grove Joint Venture where Bounty has a 24.75% 
interest. 

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Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia - Production Licence PL L16 – Bounty 100% 

Location: Surrounding Rough Range Oil Field, 60 Km south of Exmouth, Carnarvon Basin WA 

Background 

This production licence straddles the Rough Range anticline, 
and  was  the  location  of  the  first  oil  discovery  in  Australia.  
The  Dingo  Claystone,  the  prime  source  rock  for  the 
Carnarvon  Basin,  is  mature  and  generating  oil  in  the 
Patterson  Trough  running  north  south  along  the  western 
edge of the Licence.  Oil has migrated a short distance into 
the  younger  Rough  Range  Anticline.    Bounty's  Licence 
contain  two  known  proved  oil  pools  -  Rough  Range  and 
Parrot  Hill.    Pervasive  faulting  and  poor  seismic  imaging 
along  the  crest  of  structures  makes  identifying  drill  targets 
challenging. 

Bounty  conducted  well  integrity  monitoring  on  the  Rough 
Range  1B  well  in  Petroleum  Licence  L  16  and  other 
remediation at the Rough Range Oilfield.   

Future Work 

The principal undrilled prospect is the 3 million bbl potential Bee Eater prospect in the southern section of L 
16. 

Bounty continues to review the seismic and geological database seeking methods to image oil pools directly 
given the relatively shallow 1100 metre depth to target.  After developing a method to de-risk the data Bounty 
intends conducting a drill test of the Bee Eater prospect.   

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT 

Bounty Oil and Gas NL’s Corporate Governance Statement is on its website www.bountyoil.com and has been 
released to the ASX. 

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT 

Your directors present their report on the consolidated entity Bounty Oil & Gas NL (“Bounty”, “company” or 
“the group”) being the company and its controlled entities for the financial year ended 30 June 2021. 

Directors 

The names of the directors in office at any time during or since the end of the financial year are:- 

 
 
 

G. C. Reveleigh  
C. Ross  
R. Payne          

(Chairman) 
(Non-executive Director) 
(Non-executive Director) 

Company Secretary 

The following persons held the position of company secretary and chief financial officer of the group during 
the financial year: 

 

S. Saraf  

Principal Activities 

The principal activity of the company and the group during the financial year was that of exploration for, 
development, production and marketing of oil and gas (petroleum). Investment in listed entities is treated as a 
secondary activity and business segment. 

There were no significant changes in the nature of the company’s principal activities during the financial year.  

Operating Results 

Consolidated loss of the group attributable to equity holders after providing for income tax amounted to $2.9 
million (see comparative details below). 

Profit/(loss) from ordinary activities before 
income tax 

Income tax attributable to loss 

Net profit/(loss) after income tax  

Consolidated 
2021 

$ million 

(2.9) 

- 

(2.9) 

Consolidated 
2020 

$ million 

(3.1)  

- 

(3.1)  

Revenue from continuing operations for the period was $1.47 million down 49% on the previous year (2020: 
$2.9 million) primarily due to a sharp decline in crude oil prices as a result of the Covid-19 induced economic 
slowdown. 

The operating loss was determined after taking into account the following material items: 

 
 
 
 

Petroleum revenue; (primarily from crude oil sales) of $1.47 million 
Direct petroleum operating expenses of $0.94 million 
Employee benefits expense of $0.68 million 
Non-cash expenses for: 

o 
o 

Impairment charge to oil and gas assets of 
Amortisation and depreciation expenses of  

$2.0 million 
$0.45 million 

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Details of drilling activity, exploration and development operations and cash flows for the year ended 30 June 
2021 have been reported by the company to the Australian Securities Exchange in the Quarterly Activity 
Report and Appendix 5B for each of the quarters during the year and in additional announcements on 
particular items.  

A summary of revenues and results of significant business and geographical segments is set out in Note 4 to 
the Financial Statements. Brief details are set out below:   

Review of Operations 

Production & Sales: 

During the year ended 30 June 2021, the company produced oil as a joint venture participant from several oil 
fields and leases operated by Santos Limited in ATP 1189P, Naccowlah Block, SW Queensland. 

Petroleum revenue and production in barrels of oil equivalent (boe) are summarised below: - 

Naccowlah Block 
Bounty Share 
(2% interest) 
Totals 
Revenue $  
Production boe 

2021 

2020 

$1.47 million 
18,585 

$2.91 million 
27,286 

Exploration and Development 

Significant exploration and development operations during the year under review were: 

Australia 

Onshore 

Cooper Basin, South-western Queensland 

ATP 1189P Naccowlah Block; SW Queensland and Petroleum Leases: 

Bounty’s Naccowlah Block reserves and resources at 31 December 2020 were: 

 

 
 

2P developed reserves (producing and contingent): 3.513 mmbbls or Bounty at 2%: 70,200 bbls. 
Additional volumes are waiting for tie in. 
Naccowlah Block held Bounty’s oil revenue to $1.47 million for the full-year. 
Bounty’s 3P developed reserves at Naccowlah were 113,000 bbls. 

Bounty has continued to invest in Naccowlah Block in the year ended 30 June 2021 with no new drills but an 
emphasis on production optimisation, infrastructure and compliance.  Development drilling was delayed in 
2021 due to Covid 19 related delays and lower crude prices however Bounty expects to drill one well later this 
year.  Although oil volumes have been lower we await tie in of new reserves and oil price increases to 
USD$70/bbl (A$ 102) have provided confidence for new drills.   

Several  new  oil  wells  drilled  and  cased  in  prior  periods  were  either  tied-in  or  remained  cased  pending 
completions. 

Additional Later Development and Environmental Authority Plans for the Naccowlah Block were lodged with 
the Queensland regulators and a number of lease applications and renewals are pending. 

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Surat Basin; Eastern Queensland 

Petroleum Lease 2 Alton 

 

 

 

 

 

During  the  period  Bounty  completed  a  comprehensive  Well  Integrity  Management  System  and 
undertook  compliance  monitoring.  This  required  “historic”  research  and  scan  of  voluminous  paper 
records to build the system for the Alton wells.  In terms of oil reserves and resources PL 2 Alton is 
considered to be valued far in excess of the net value.   

Further  planning  was  continued  to  develop  the  PL  2  Alton  oil  reserves  in  2020/2021  initially  by 
producing oil from Alton Oilfield. 

At Alton Oilfield Bounty group holds; development reserves of  167,000 bbls of recoverable oil in the 
early  Triassic  age  Basal  Evergreen  sand  reservoir  plus  a  potential  1.136  million  bbls  of  2P  reserves 
located in the three sands of the Boxvale/Evergreen Formations. 

There  is  an  estimated  recoverable  resource  of  186,000  bbls  from  P50  OOIP  of  625,000  bbls  in  the 
Middle  Triassic  age  Showgrounds  Sandstone  reservoir  at  the  Eluanbrook  Prospect  within  that  part  of 
PL2 known as the Kooroon JV. 

Low  oil  prices  curtailed  commencement  of  production  in  2021  however  in  2021/2022  Bounty  will 
continue development of these resources as much stronger oil prices are evident. 

Petroleum Lease 441 Downlands 

 

 

PL 441 (formerly PL 119) covering shut in gas reserves and oil prospects was renewed on 5 June 2019. 

Bounty  completed  certain  compliance  audits  and  facilities  studies  on  its  gas  processing  plant  and 
developed an optimal plan for re-commencing gas production. 

ATP 2028P (formerly ATP 754P):  

 

 

ATP 2028P covered the southern section of former ATP 754P.  

Applications to convert ATP 2028 to four potential commercial area titles were declined and the group 
fully impaired ATP 2028 incurring a permanent impairment expense of $2.0 million. 

Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia 

Petroleum Licence L 16 Rough Range 

 

 

During  the  period  the  group  continued  well  integrity  monitoring  on  the  Rough  Range  1B  well  in 
Petroleum Licence L 16 onshore Carnarvon Basin and other remediation at the Rough Range Oilfield. 

Bounty  continued  a  full  seismic  and  geological  review  at  L16  aimed  at  further  refinement  of  the 
structure and reservoir to prepare for:- 

o 
o 

Further seismic surveys and/or 
An exploration well. 

Offshore 

PEP 11; New South Wales: Bounty 15% interest:   

The operator Asset Energy Pty Limited and Bounty have co-operated to advance to a drill test of the previously 
well-defined Baleen Prospect.  The well will be named Seablue 1.  With major gas supply issues developing in 
eastern Australia; the operator has identified a  new target  at Baleen Prospect using AVO analysis of seismic 
data. 

At the end of the period a decision on permit extension and variation by NOPTA was pending. 

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Other Properties 

During the period, Bounty continued to fund exploration and development expenditure in connection with its 
other operated and joint venture interests located in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.  
Bounty is actively seeking additional material projects. 

Corporate – Share Issues 

During the year ended 30 June 2021 on 23 September 2020 the company issued 143 million fully paid ordinary 
shares at $0.01 per share to raise $1.43 million before issue expenses.  No other share issues were completed 
during the period.  

Dividends Paid or Recommended 

No dividends have been paid or declared for payment for the year ended 30 June 2021 
and no dividend is recommended. 

Financial Position 

At 30 June 2021 current assets were $1.75 million including cash of $1.4 million. 

During the financial year the company invested: - 

 

 

$ 0.34 million on petroleum development drilling, property acquisitions and in completions 
and surface production facility upgrades mainly in ATP 1189P Naccowlah Block; Queensland 
to further exploit its existing proved producing oil reserves and to increase its 2P oil reserves. 

$ 0.10 million in petroleum exploration projects and acquisitions in Australia as summarised 
in the Review of Operations above. 

The net assets of the group reduced by $1.49 million in the year ended to 30 June 2021 as a result 
of non-cash impairments on petroleum properties.   The significant underlying movements resulted  
from the following items: 

o 

Impairment of oil and gas assets of   

o  Amortisation of production assets   

o  Exploration write offs 

$2.010 million. 

$0.356 million. 

$       nil 

The directors believe the company is in a stable financial position to expand and grow its current operations. 

Significant Changes in State of Affairs 

There have been no significant changes in the state of affairs of the company during the financial year. 

Contingent liabilities and Contingent Assets 

As at the date of this report, there were no contingent assets or liabilities except that a local government 
authority claimed $458,511 rates and levies for prior and current periods from one controlled entity of 
the group.  That amount has been recognised in current liabilities. 

There was no litigation against or involving the parent entity Bounty Oil & Gas N.L. 

Events after the Reporting Period 

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No other matters or circumstances have arisen since the end of the financial year which have significantly 
affected or may significantly affect the operations of the company, the results of those operations, or 
the state of affairs of the company in future financial years. 

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Future Developments, Prospects and Business Strategies 

Subject to the amount of its ongoing oil revenues and the availability of new capital; consistent with that 

income and the available cash reserves of the group, Bounty will continue: 

 

 

Production, development and exploration for oil and natural gas (petroleum). 

Expand in the business of the exploration for, development of and production of petroleum. 

To conduct such operations principally in Australia. 

In the coming year the group will focus on the:- 

 

 

 

 

Development of its existing oil and gas reserves in the Cooper Basin and in the Surat Basin, 
Queensland aimed at increasing group oil and gas revenue; 

Financing and preparation to fund its 15% participating interest share and to drill its major 
offshore gas target in PEP 11, Sydney Basin; 

Acquisition of additional petroleum properties with existing petroleum production or reserves and  
resources considered to have potential to develop and/or produce petroleum within an acceptable  
time frame; 

Development of new business opportunities focused on material Australian drill opportunities 
and projects. 

Environmental regulations or Issues    

The company’s operations are subject to significant environmental regulation under the laws of the 
Commonwealth of Australia and its States and Territories in respect of its operated and non-operated 
interests in petroleum exploration, development and production. Its oil and gas production interests in the 
State of Queensland are operated by Bounty group companies, AGL Energy Limited, Armour Energy (Surat 
Basin) Pty Ltd and Santos Limited who comply with all relevant environmental legislation. Its non-operated 
offshore exploration operations in PEP 11, NSW are conducted by Asset Energy Pty Ltd a competent operator.  
Asset conducts operations in full compliance with all relevant environmental legislation of the Commonwealth 
of Australia.  Bounty otherwise complies with all relevant environmental legislation. 

Information on Directors 

The names and particulars of the directors of the company during or since the end of the financial year ended 30 
June 2021, are:- 

Graham Reveleigh  

—  Non-Executive Director 

Qualifications 

—  BSc. MSc, M. Aus IMM. 

Experience 

—  Mr Reveleigh is a professional geologist and has over 50 years’ experience in the 

resources industry both in Australia and overseas. Early in his career, he worked in 
the oil industry, then spent most of his career in exploration, mine management 
and construction in the mineral industry.  Mr Reveleigh has had extensive 
experience in petroleum in recent years as a director of Drillsearch Energy Limited 
and its Canadian subsidiary.  He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining 
and Metallurgy.  He was appointed a director and chairman in 2005. 

Special responsibilities: 

Chairman of the company; geotechnical advice. 
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Charles Ross 
Qualifications 

—  Non-Executive Director 
—  BSc. 

Experience 

—  Mr Ross has had extensive experience in the private and public equity and 

corporate finance market in Canada, USA and Europe of over 25years.  He has 
operated extensively in corporate asset acquisition and divestiture, review and 
development of corporate financing strategies, administration, compliance 
procedures and investor relations in North America and the Euro zone.  He was a 
director of a subsidiary of ASX Listed Drillsearch Energy Limited from 1992 until 
2008 involved in most aspects of petroleum exploration, development and 
production operations in the Western Canada Basin and Australian areas.  He was 
appointed a director in 2005. 

Special responsibilities: 

Audit reviews; corporate strategy. 

Roy Payne 

Qualifications 

—  Non-Executive Director 

— 

Solicitor Queensland. 

Experience 

—  Mr Payne is a commercial lawyer with over 35 years’ experience. Prior to working 

in private practice as a lawyer he worked for the Department of Justice, 
Queensland for 15 years. 

Mr Payne has many years of experience in the corporate world. He has been the 
chairman of a listed mining exploration company. He was until recently chairman of 
the board of two limited liability, not for profit companies that operate a public art 
gallery and a gallery foundation. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience with 
corporate governance and mining exploration.   

Special responsibilities: 

Commercial law and Queensland statutory compliance. 

Directorships of other listed companies 

Directorships of other listed companies currently held by the directors or held in the 3 years immediately before 
the end of the financial year are as follows: 

Name 

Company 

Period of directorship 

Mr G. Reveleigh 

Peak Minerals Limited (formerly Pure Alumina Ltd)  

1 July 2017 to 23 October 2018 

Mr C. Ross 

TSX Listed Companies; Canada: 
Goldex Resources Corporation, Norzan Enterprises Ltd., Halio 
Energy Inc; Tearlach Resources Limited; Schwabo Capital 
Corporation; Four Nines Gold Inc. and Norsement Mining Inc. 

1 July 2017 to present 

Mr R. Payne 

Nil 

Directors shareholdings 

NA 

The following table sets out each Directors interest in shares and options over shares of the Company or a related 
body corporate as at the date of this report:- 

Mr G. Reveleigh 
Mr C. Ross 
Mr R. Payne 

Bounty Oil & Gas NL 

Fully paid ordinary shares 
Number 

Share options 
Number 

21,377,928 
3,200,000 
- 

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Meetings of Directors/Committees 

During the financial year, seven (7) meetings of directors were held. Attendances by each director during the year 
were as follows:- 

Directors’ Meetings 

Number eligible to attend 

Number attended 

Mr G. Reveleigh 
Mr C. Ross  
Mr R. Payne 

10 
10 
10 

10 
10 
10 

The company does not have separate audit or remuneration committees. 

Indemnifying Officers or Auditor 

During the financial year ended 30 June 2021 the company has not entered indemnity and access deeds with any of 
the directors indemnifying them against liabilities incurred as directors, including costs and expenses in successfully 
defending legal proceedings.  The company has not, during or since the financial year, in respect of any person who 
is or has been an auditor of the company or a related body corporate indemnified or made any agreement for 
indemnifying against a liability incurred as an auditor, including costs and expenses in successfully defending legal 
proceedings. 

Share Options 

No options were issued during the year ending 30 June 2021 or have since been issued up to the date of this report. 

Accordingly at balance date on 30 June 2021 and at the date of this report, no unissued ordinary shares or securities 
of Bounty Oil & Gas NL or any other entity comprising the consolidated entity were under option. No ordinary shares 
of the company were issued pursuant to exercise of options during the year ending 30 June 2021. 

Legal Matters or Proceedings on Behalf of Company 

No person has applied for leave of Court to bring proceedings on behalf of the company or intervene in any 
proceedings to which the company is a party for the purpose of taking responsibility on behalf of the company for all 
or any part of those proceedings. 

The company was not a party to any such proceedings during the reporting period. 

Non-Audit Services 

The independent auditor to the company; Mr William Moyes has not provided non-audit services to the company 
during or after the end of the financial year. 

Remuneration of Directors and Management 

Information on the remuneration of directors and other key management personnel is contained in the 
Remuneration Report which forms part of this Directors Report (see in the following pages). 

Extension of Auditors Tenure 

The Directors advise that under the provisions of Sec 324DAA of the Corporations Act 2001, approval was given for 
William Murray Moyes, auditor of the company and partner of Moyes Yong & Co, Chartered Accountants, to be 
granted an extension on the term of his appointment for a further two years. The directors are satisfied that the 
approved extension is consistent with maintaining the quality of the audit provided to the company and will not give 
rise to any conflict of interest situation as defined in Sec 324CD of the Corporations Act 2001. The Directors have 
been satisfied with the quality of the audit services provided to date and have no reason to believe that the quality 
of service to be provided in the next two years will be impaired as a result of approving this extension. The Directors 
also believe that the introduction of a new service provider at this time would cause unnecessary disruption and 
would not provide any additional benefit to the company. 
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Auditor’s Independence Declaration 

The auditor’s independence declaration for the year ended 30 June 2021 has been received and can be found on 
Page 28. 

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors made pursuant to s. 298(2) of the Corporations Act 
2001. 

On behalf of the Directors. 

GRAHAM REVELEIGH 
Chairman 

Dated:   30 September 2021 

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REMUNERATION REPORT 

This remuneration report forms part of the Directors Report for the year ended 30 June 2021 and details the 
nature and amount of remuneration for the Bounty Oil & Gas NL non-executive directors and other key 
management personnel of the group. 

The prescribed details for each person covered by this report are detailed below under the following headings: 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Director and senior management details 
Remuneration policy 
Non-executive directors policy 
Senior management personnel policy 
Remuneration of directors and key management 
Key terms and employment contracts 

Directors and Key Management details 

The term “key management” as used in this remuneration report to refers to the following directors and 
executives. 

Directors 

The following persons acted as directors of the company during or since the end of the financial year: - 

 
 
 

Mr G. C. Reveleigh  
Mr C. Ross    
Mr R. Payne  

(Chairman) 
(Non-Executive Director) 
(Non-Executive Director) 

Executives 

The following persons acted as senior management of the company during or since the end of the financial 
year: 

 

Mr P. F. Kelso  

(Chief Executive Officer) 

The company does not consider other employees and consultants to be Key Management Personnel. 

Remuneration policy 

The remuneration policy of Bounty Oil & Gas NL has been designed to align key management personnel 
objectives with shareholder and business objectives by providing a fixed remuneration component and 
bonuses issued at the discretion of the board of the company.  The board of Bounty Oil & Gas NL believes the 
remuneration policy to be appropriate and effective in its ability to attract and retain the best key 
management personnel to run and manage the company, as well as create goal congruence between 
directors, executives and shareholders. 

All remuneration paid to key management personnel (directors and others) is valued at the cost to the 
company and expensed or where appropriate transferred to capital items.  Shares issued to key management 
personnel are valued as the difference between the market price of those shares and the amount paid by the 
key management person. Share options are valued using the Black- Scholes methodology. Shares and options 
granted to key management personnel (directors and others) are subject to any necessary approvals required 
by the ASX Listing Rules. 

Performance-based remuneration 

Given the long-term nature of and risk variables involved in exploration and development of petroleum 
resource projects as compared to other sectors e.g. retail revenues; remuneration of directors or other key 
management personnel is not performance based. 

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Non-executive directors’ policy 

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The board policy is to remunerate non-executive directors at market rates for time, commitment and 
responsibilities. The maximum aggregate amount of fees that can be paid to non-executive directors is within 
the maximum amount specified in the company's Constitution.  Any increase of that amount is subject to 
approval by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting.  Fees for non-executive directors are not linked to 
the performance of the company.  

Remuneration of non-executive directors is determined by the Board exclusive of the director under 
consideration after considering the individual time commitment, duties and function of the subject Director.  
Further considerations of the amount of remuneration are made by referral to amounts paid to Directors, 
both executive and non-executive, by other listed entities of comparable size to the Company in the oil and 
gas exploration industry. 

The board of directors as a whole determines the proportion of any fixed and variable compensation for each 
other key management person. 

Any consulting fees payable to Directors as to specific projects outside the normal day to day duties of the 
Directors are agreed upon prior to commencement of work on the specific projects. 

The company makes cash bonus payments to key directors from time to time. Bonus payments by way of 
share-based payments are made from time to time subject to any necessary shareholder approval.  All such 
payments are expensed at the time of issue at the prevailing market price. 

Each director is paid in cash.  Shares and share options have on occasions been granted to directors as part of 
their remuneration. 

Senior management personnel policy  

The board's policy for determining the nature and amount of remuneration of key management personnel 
who are senior management executives of the company is as follows:- 

The remuneration structure comprises a combination of, short term benefits including base fees and long-term 
incentives and is based on a number of factors, including length of service, particular experience of the 
individual concerned, and overall performance of the company.  The contracts for service between the 
company and key executive management personnel are for fixed terms which may continue at the end of the 
term.  There were no provisions for retirement benefits in contracts with senior management executives of the 
company made or continued during the year ended 30 June 2021. 

The company may make cash bonus payments to senior management executives and to selected employees 
from time to time. Bonus payments and long-term incentives by way of share-based payments are classed as 
long-term incentives and are made from time to time subject to any necessary shareholder approval.  All such 
payments are expensed at the time of issue at the prevailing market price. 

Key management personnel who are employees receive a superannuation guarantee contribution required by 
the government and do not receive any other retirement benefits.  Some individuals, however, have chosen to 
sacrifice part of their salary to increase payments towards superannuation. 

The chief executive officer, Mr P. F. Kelso, is engaged through a fixed term service agreement with a personally 
related entity containing the following material conditions: 

 
 
 

 
 

Management fees of $320,000 per annum payable by equal monthly instalments. 
Payment of lease fees for a motor vehicle and parking. 
Bonuses at the discretion of the board of directors and there are no retirement or other fixed 
benefits. 
The personally related entity is responsible for all statutory entitlements. 
Services:  To include non-exclusive executive management, capital raising, communication, 
management strategy, budgets, investment policy and all other duties normally incidental to the 
position of chief executive officer. 

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Other than the directors and the chief executive officer, at the date of this Report all other personnel are 
permanent or part time employees of the company and not classified as key management personnel. 

Key Management Remuneration 

Details of the remuneration of directors and the other key management personnel of the group (as defined in 
AASB 124 Related Party Disclosures) and the one highest paid executive of Bounty Oil & Gas N.L. are set out in 
the following tables. 

Key Management Remuneration 
2021 
Key Management Person 

Short-term Benefits 

$ 

Cash, salary and 
commissions 

Consulting 
Fees + Other 

Cash bonus 
and Non-
cash 
benefits (2) 

Post- 
employment 
Benefits 
Super- 
annuation 

Share based 
payment 

Total 

Options 

Non-Executive Directors 
Mr G. Reveleigh (1) 
Mr C. Ross (1) 
Mr R. Payne 
Other Key Management 
Personnel – Chief Executive 
officer 
Mr P.F. Kelso (1) 

55,000 
10,804 
14,666 

320,000 

- 
- 
- 

- 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
3,000 

8,400 

- 

- 
- 
- 

- 

55,000 
10,804 
17,666 

328,400 

1. 

Paid to a personally related entity of the director/executive.  

Key Management Remuneration 
2020 
Key Management Person 

Short-term Benefits 

$ 

Cash, salary and 
commissions 

Consulting 
Fees + Other 

Cash bonus 
and Non-
cash 
benefits (2) 

Post- 
employment 
Benefits 
Super- 
annuation 

Share based 
payment 

Total 

Options 

Non-Executive Directors 
Mr G. Reveleigh (1) 
Mr C. Ross (1) 
Mr R. Payne 
Other Key Management 
Personnel – Chief Executive 
officer 
Mr P.F. Kelso (1) 

52,500 
10,754 
7,333 

398,000 

- 
- 
- 

- 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
16,825 

4,200 

- 

- 
- 
- 

- 

52,500 
10,754 
24,158 

402,200 

1. 

Paid to a personally related entity of the director/executive.  

No director or senior management person appointed during the above periods received a payment as part of 
his consideration for agreeing to be appointed to that position. 

Share–based payments 

During  the  financial  year  ended  30  June  2021  no  share-based  payments  were  made  to  Key  Management 
Persons.  

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Fully paid ordinary shares 

Annual Report - 2021 

No fully paid ordinary shares were issued to Key Management Persons during the period. 

Share Options 

1. 

2. 

No share options were issued to directors or other key management persons or executives as 
part of their remuneration during the year ended 30 June 2021 or since that date. 

During the year, no directors or senior management held or exercised options that were granted 
to them as part of their compensation in previous periods. 

Loan transaction with directors and executives 

No  loans  were  made  to  key  management  personnel  including  their  personally  related  entities  during  the  financial  year 
ended 30 June 2021 and no loans were outstanding at the end of the prior period. During the year the Company repaid 
$106,000 (net), being part of short-term interest free loan advanced by related entities of the CEO in previous years. At 30 
June  2021  loans  outstanding  to  related  entities  of  the  CEO  were  approximately  $162,000  inclusive  of  accrued  interest 
charge at 10% p.a. on a $62,000 portion of the advance, for the financial year. 

Other Key Management Personnel Disclosures: 

Further information on disclosure in connection with Key Management Personnel and Share Base Payments are set out in 
the following Notes to the Financial Statements:- 

1. 
2. 
3. 

Note 19:   Share Based Payments 
Note 20:   Key Management Personnel Disclosures 
Note 22:   Related Party Transactions.   

Performance income as a proportion of total remuneration 

The percentage of remuneration paid to directors and key management personnel during the financial year 
ended 30 June 2021 which was performance based was: Nil. 

Employee Share Scheme 

Bounty Oil & Gas N.L. does not have a current Employee Share Plan (the Plan) approved by shareholders. 

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Annual Report - 2021

Consolidated statement of profit and loss and other comprehensive income
for the year ended 30 June 2021

Petroleum revenue
Net Investment income
Other income
Direct petroleum operating expense
Changes in inventory
Employee benefits and contractor expense
Depreciation expense
Amortisation of oil producing assets
Occupancy expense
Corporate activity costs
Rehabilitation finance costs
Foreign exchange gain/(loss)
Impairment of oil and gas assets
General legal and professional costs
Other expenses

Loss before Tax

Income tax expense

Loss for the period from continuing operations

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive income for the year, net of income tax

Total Comprehensive loss for the period

Year-ended

Notes

30-Jun-21
$

30-Jun-20
$

5
5
5
5

6

5
14

7

1,470,219
12,786
106,697
(937,896)
(11,543)
(676,176)
(92,872)
(356,343)
(91,318)
(128,803)
(27,516)
(52,478)
(2,010,904)
(81,430)
(29,998)

2,906,461
(32,009)
50,848
(1,507,931)
(7,682)
(747,588)
(81,380)
(542,127)
(99,064)
(44,202)
(27,645)
26,073
(2,904,523)
(55,200)
(36,623)

(2,907,575)

(3,102,592)

 - 

 - 

(2,907,575)

(3,102,592)

(2,907,575)

(3,102,592)

 - 

 - 

(2,907,575)

(3,102,592)

Total comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to owners of the parent

(2,907,575)

(3,102,592)

Earnings/(loss) per share

  Basic (cents per share)
  Diluted (cents per share)

(0.28)
(0.28)

(0.33)
(0.33)

The above consolidated statement of comprehensive income should to be read in conjunction with the accompanying 
notes.

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Annual Report - 2021

Consolidated statement of financial position
as at 30 June 2021

Assets

Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other receivables
Inventories
Other current financial assets
Total current assets

Non-current assets
Other receivables
Exploration and evaluation assets
Production and development assets
Property, plant and equipment

Total non-current assets

Total assets

Liabilities

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Provisions
Total current liabilities

Non-current liabilities
Provisions
Total non-current liabilities

Total liabilities

Net assets

Equity

Issued capital
Reserves
Retained losses
Equity attributable to owners of the parent

Total equity

Notes

30-Jun-21
$

30-Jun-20
$

9
10
11
12

10
14 (b)
14(a)
13

15
16

16

17

1,410,397
258,792
36,188
45,139
1,750,516

25,850
3,062,158
5,604,161
892,097

1,096,605
273,125
69,508
32,353
1,471,591

40,850
4,999,553
5,243,330
878,923

9,584,266

11,162,656

11,334,782

12,634,247

1,421,438
88,043
1,509,481

1,275,814
61,335
1,337,149

1,369,963
1,369,963

1,354,185
1,354,185

2,879,444

2,691,334

8,455,338

9,942,913

44,860,163
201,600
(36,606,425)
8,455,338

43,440,163
201,600
(33,698,850)
9,942,913

8,455,338

9,942,913

The above consolidated statement of financial position should to be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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Annual Report - 2021

Consolidated statement of cash flows
for the year ended 30 June 2021

Cash flows from operating activities
Receipts from petroleum operations
Payments to suppliers and employees
Interest and dividend received

Year-ended

Notes

30-Jun-21
$

30-Jun-20
$

1,643,043
(2,160,124)
1,837

3,475,484
(2,483,305)
25,812

Net cash generated by/(used in) operating activities

18

(515,244)

1,017,991

Cash flows from investing activities
Payments for exploration and evaluation assets
Payments for oil production & development assets
Payments for property plant and equipment
Other deposits
Payment for available for sale financial assets

Net cash (used in) investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issue of shares
Costs associated with issue of shares
Net cash generated by/(used in) financing activities

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
Effects of exchange rate changes on the balance
of cash held in foreign currencies
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

(103,139)
(335,915)
(49,327)
(150,000)
 - 

(60,808)
(839,325)
(14,877)
170,000
(20,782)

(638,381)

(765,792)

1,430,000
(10,000)
1,420,000

 - 
 - 
 - 

266,375

252,199

1,096,605

813,870

9

47,417
1,410,397

30,536
1,096,605

The above consolidated statement of cash flow should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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Contents of the notes to the consolidated financial statements

1. Statement of compliance

2.  Summary of significant accounting policies 

3. Critical accounting estimates and judgments

4.  Segment Information

5. Revenue and other income

6. Employee benefit expense

7. Income tax expense

8. Earnings/(loss) per share

9. Cash and cash equivalents

10. Trade and other receivables

11. Inventories

12. Other current financial assets

13. Property, plant and equipment

14. Non current assets

15. Trade and other payables

16. Provisions

17. Issued capital

18. Reconciliation of cash flow from continuing operations

19. Share based payments

20. Key management personnel

21. Commitments

22. Related party transactions

23. Financial instruments

24 . Controlled entities

25.  Interest in joint operations

26. Parent entity information

27. Contingent liabilities and contingent assets

28.  Events occurring after the reporting period

29. Auditors remuneration

30. Company details

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Bounty Oil & Gas NL

Annual Report - 2021

Notes to the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2021

1. Statement of compliance

Bounty Oil and Gas N.L. Is a company incorporated in Australia and limited by shares which are publicly traded on the Australian 
Securities Exchange.

This financial report includes the consolidated financial statements and notes of Bounty Oil & Gas NL (“parent entity”) and 
controlled entities (“consolidated group” or “group”) and the Group’s interest in jointly controlled assets for the financial year 
ended 30 June 2021.  Supplementary financial information about the parent entity is disclosed in Note 26.  The Financial 
Statements are presented in Australian currency.

The group is a for-profit entity for financial reporting purposes under Australian Accounting Standards.

The financial report was authorised for issue by the directors on 30 September 2021.

The financial report is a general purpose financial report that has been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting 
Standards, Australian Accounting Interpretations, other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards 
Board (AASB), and the Corporations Act 2001 .

Compliance with AASB 101 ensures compliance with International Financial Reporting Standard IAS 1 Presentation of Financial 
Statements.

Australian Accounting Standards set out accounting policies that the AASB has concluded would result in a financial report 
containing relevant and reliable information about transactions, events and conditions to which they apply.  Compliance with 
Australian Accounting Standards ensures that the financial statements and notes also comply with International Financial Reporting 
Standards.  Material accounting policies adopted in the preparation of this financial report are presented below.  They have been 
consistently applied unless otherwise stated.
2.  Summary of significant accounting policies 

a. Basis of preparation

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis of historical cost, except for the revaluation of certain non-
current assets and financial instruments. Cost is based on the fair values of the consideration given in exchange for assets. All 
amounts are presented in Australian dollars, unless otherwise noted.

The financial report is presented in Australian dollars and under the option available to the Group under ASIC Corporations 
(Rounding in Financial/Directors’ Reports) Instrument 2016/191, all values are rounded to the nearest dollar unless otherwise 
stated.

b. Adoption of new and amended Accounting Standards

The accounting policies adopted are consistent with those of the previous financial year and corresponding interim reporting 
period. The consolidated entity has adopted all the new, revised or amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations
issued by the AASB that are mandatory for the current reporting period beginning 1 July 2021.
The Directors have reviewed new accounting standards and interpretations that have been published that are not mandatory for 
30 June 2021 reporting periods. As a result of this review, the Directors have determined that there is no material impact of the 
new and revised Standards and Interpretations on the Company and, therefore, no material change is likely to company accounting 
policies.

Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting (Conceptual Framework)
The consolidated entity has adopted the revised Conceptual Framework from 1 July 2020. The Conceptual Framework contains 
new definition and recognition criteria as well as new guidance on measurement that affects several Accounting Standards, but it 
has not had a material impact on the consolidated entity's financial statements.

c. Basis of consolidation
(i) Controlled entities

The consolidated financial statements incorporate the assets, liabilities and results of entities controlled by Bounty Oil & Gas NL at 
the end of the reporting period.  A controlled entity is any entity over which Bounty Oil & Gas NL has the power to govern the 
financial and operating policies so as to obtain benefits from the entity’s activities.  Control will generally exist when the parent 
owns, directly or indirectly through subsidiaries, more than half of the voting power of an entity.  In assessing the power to govern, 
the existence and effect of holdings of actual and potential voting rights are also considered.

Where controlled entities have entered or left the Group during the year, the financial performance of those entities are included 
only for the period of the year that they were controlled.  A list of controlled entities is contained in Note 24 to the financial 
statements.

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Annual Report - 2021

Notes to the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2021

c. Basis of consolidation (continued)

In preparing the consolidated financial statements all inter-group balances and transactions between entities in the 
consolidated group have been eliminated on consolidation.  Accounting policies of subsidiaries have been changed where 
necessary to ensure consistency with those adopted by the parent entity.

For the reporting period the only controlled entities that Bounty Oil & Gas NL had were Ausam Resources Pty Limited (100%), 
Interstate Energy Pty Limited (100%), and Rough Range Pty Limited (100%).
(ii) Joint arrangements
Under AASB 11 'Joint Arrangements' investments in joint arrangements are classified as either joint operations or joint 
ventures depending on the contractual rights and obligations each investor has, rather than the legal structure of the joint 
arrangement. Bounty Oil & Gas NL has assessed the nature of its joint arrangements and determined them to be joint 
operations.
Bounty Oil & Gas NL has recognised its share of jointly held assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of joint operations. These 
have been incorporated in the financial statements under the appropriate headings. Details of the joint operations are set out 
in note 25.
(iii) Business combinations
The Group applies the acquisition method in accounting for business combinations. The consideration transferred by the 
Group to obtain control of a subsidiary is calculated as the sum of the acquisition-date fair values of assets transferred, 
liabilities incurred and the equity interests issued by the Group, which includes the fair value of any asset or liability arising 
from a contingent consideration arrangement. Acquisition costs are expensed as incurred.
The Group recognises identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination regardless of whether they 
have been previously recognised in the acquiree’s financial statements prior to the acquisition. Assets acquired and liabilities 
assumed are generally measured at their acquisition-date fair values.
Goodwill is stated after separate recognition of identifiable intangible assets. It is calculated as the excess of the sum of: (a) fair 
value of consideration transferred, (b) the recognised amount of any non-controlling interest in the acquire, and (c) acquisition-
date fair value of any existing equity interest in the acquiree, over the acquisition-date fair values of identifiable net assets. If 
the fair values of identifiable net assets exceed the sum calculated above, the excess amount (i.e., gain on a bargain purchase) 
is recognised in profit or loss immediately.

d. Interests in joint operations

A joint operation is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement have rights to the 
assets, and obligations for the liabilities, relating to the arrangement. Joint control is the contractually agreed sharing of 
control of an arrangement, which exists only when decisions about the relevant activities require unanimous consent of the 
parties sharing control.

When a group entity undertakes its activities under joint operations, the Group as a joint operator recognises in relation to its 
interest in a joint operation:
• its assets, including its share of any assets held jointly;
• its liabilities, including its share of any liabilities incurred jointly;
• its share of the revenue from the sale of the output by the joint operation; and
• its expenses, including its share of any expenses incurred jointly.

The Group accounts for the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses relating to its interest in a joint operation in accordance 
with the AASBs applicable to the particular assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. When a group entity transacts with a 
joint operation in which a group entity is a joint operator (such as a sale or contribution of assets), the Group is considered to 
be conducting the transaction with the other parties to the joint operation, and gains and losses resulting from the 
transactions are recognised in the Group's consolidated financial statements only to the extent of other parties' interests in 
the joint operation. 

e. Income tax
The income tax expense / (income) for the year comprises current income tax expense / (income) and deferred tax expense 
(income).
Current income tax expense charged to the profit or loss is the tax payable on taxable income calculated using applicable 
income tax rates enacted, or substantially enacted, as at reporting date.  Current tax liabilities (assets) are therefore measured 
at the amounts expected to be paid to (recovered from) the relevant taxation authority.

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Annual Report - 2021

Notes to the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2021

e. Income tax

Deferred income tax expense reflects movements in deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability balances during the year as 
well unused tax losses.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are ascertained based on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and 
liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements.  Deferred tax assets also result where amounts have been 
fully expensed but future tax deductions are available.  No deferred income tax will be recognised from the initial recognition 
of an asset or liability, excluding a business combination, where there is no effect on accounting or taxable profit or loss.

Current and deferred income tax expense / (income) is charged or credited directly to equity instead of the profit or loss when 
the tax relates to items that are credited or charged directly to equity.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is 
realised or the liability is settled, based on tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at reporting date.  Their measurement 
also reflects the manner in which management expects to recover or settle the carrying amount of the related asset or 

Deferred tax assets relating to temporary differences and unused tax losses are recognised only to the extent that it is 
probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the benefits of deferred tax asset can be utilised.

Where temporary differences exist in relation to investments in subsidiaries, branches, associates, and joint ventures, 
deferred tax assets and liabilities are not recognised where the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference can be 
controlled and it is not probable that the reversal will occur in the foreseeable future.

Current tax assets and liabilities are offset where a legally enforceable right of set-off exists and it is intended that net 
settlement or simultaneous realisation and settlement of the respective asset and liability will occur.  Deferred tax assets and 
liabilities are offset where a legally enforceable right of set-off exists, the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to income 
taxes levied by the same taxation authority on either the same taxable entity or different taxable entities where it is intended 
that net settlement or simultaneous realisation and settlement of the respective asset and liability will occur in future periods 
in which significant amounts of deferred tax assets or liabilities are expected to be recovered or settled.

Tax Consolidation - Bounty Oil & Gas NL and its wholly owned Australian subsidiary have not formed an income tax 
consolidation group under tax consolidation legislation.  Each entity in the Group recognises its own current and deferred tax 
assets and liabilities.  Such taxes are measured using the ‘stand alone taxpayer’ approach to allocation.  

f. Fair value measurement

AASB 13 establishes a single source of guidance for determining the fair value of assets and liabilites. AASB 13 does not 
change when an entity is required to use fair value, but rather, provides guidance on how to determine fair value when fair 
value is required or permitted. Application of this definition may result in different fair values being determined for the 
relevant assets. AASB 13 also expands the disclosure requirements for all assets and liabilites carried at fair value. This 
includes information about the assumptions made and the qualitative impact of those assumptions on the fair value 
determined. Consequential amendmends were also made to other standards.

AASB 13 requires the disclosure of fair value information by level of the fair value hierarchy, which categorises fair value 
measurements into one of three possible levels based on the lowest level that a significant input to the measurement can be 
categorised into as follows:

- level 1: Measurement based on quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity 
can access at the measurement date.

-level 2: Measurements based on inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or 
liability, either directly or indirectly.

-level 3: Measurements based on unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

The carrying values of financial assets and liabilites recorded in the financial statements approximates their respective fair 
values, determined in accordance with the acounting policies described above and adjusted for capitalised transaction costs, if 
any.

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for the year ended 30 June 2021

g. Going concern basis

The directors have prepared the financial report on a going concern basis, which contemplates the continuity of normal 
business activities and the realisation of assets and the settlement of liabilities in the ordinary course of business.

For the period ended 30 June 2021, the Group realised a net loss after tax of $2,907,575 (2020: $3,102,592). This was primarily 
due to non-cash impairment of $2 million to oil and gas assets. The net cash spent on operating activities for the period ended 
30 June 2021 was $515,244 (2020: net cash generated $1,017,991). The Group’s net asset position at 30 June 2021 was 
$8,455,338 (30 June 2020: $9,942,913) and a cash balance of $1,410,397 (30 June 2020: $1,096,605).

The directors’ cash flow forecasts project that the group will continue to be able to meet its liabilities and obligations 
(including those exploration commitments as disclosed in Note 21) as and when they fall due for a period of at least 12 
months from the date of signing of this financial report.  The cash flow forecasts are dependent upon the generation of 
sufficient cash flows from operating activities to meet working capital requirements; contemplating issue of equity by the 
Group; the ability of the Group to manage discretionary exploration and evaluation expenditure on non-core assets via 
farmout or disposal of certain interests and or a reduction in its future work programmes.  The directors are of the opinion 
that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate as they are satisfied as to the ability of the Group to 

h. Trade and other receivables

Trade receivables are recognised initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost, less provision for 
doubtful debts.  Trade receivables are due for settlement no more than 30 days.

Collection of trade receivables is reviewed on an ongoing basis.  Debts, which are known to be uncollectible, are written off.  A 
provision for doubtful receivables is established when there is objective evidence that the Group will not be able to collect all 
amounts due according to the original terms of receivables.  The amount of the provision is the difference between the asset’s 
carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the original effective interest rate.  Cash 
flows relating to short-term receivables are not discounted if the effect of discounting is immaterial.  The amount for the 
provision is recognised in the income statement.

i. Property, plant and equipment

Each class of property, plant and equipment is carried at cost or fair value as indicated less, where applicable, any 
accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.
Any accumulated depreciation at the date of revaluation is eliminated against the gross carrying amount of the asset and the 
Plant and equipment are measured on the cost basis.
The carrying amount of plant and equipment is reviewed annually by directors to ensure it is not in excess of the recoverable 
amount from these assets.  The recoverable amount is assessed on the basis of the expected net cash flows that will be 
received from the asset’s employment and subsequent disposal.
The cost of fixed assets constructed within the consolidated group includes the cost of materials, direct labour, borrowing 
costs and an appropriate proportion of fixed and variable overheads.
Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognised as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is 
probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Group and the cost of the item can be 
measured reliably.  All other repairs and maintenance are charged to the income statement during the financial period in 
which they are incurred.

j. Depreciation

The depreciable amount of all fixed assets including buildings and capitalised lease assets, but excluding freehold land, is 
depreciated on a straight-line basis over the asset’s useful life to the Group from the time the asset is held ready for use.  
Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of either the unexpired period of the lease or the estimated useful 

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for the year ended 30 June 2021

j. Depreciation (continued)

Depreciation on assets is calculated over their estimated useful life as follows: 

Class of fixed asset
Office furniture and fittings
Computer equipment
Plant and equipment

Estimated useful life
5 years
4 years
5 years

The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at each balance sheet date.

An asset’s carrying amount is written down immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset’s carrying amount is greater 
than its estimated recoverable amount.

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing proceeds with the carrying amount.  These gains and losses are 
included in the income statement.  When re-valued assets are sold, amounts included in the revaluation reserve relating to 
that asset are transferred to retained earnings.

k. Exploration and evaluation expenditure

Exploration and evaluation expenditures in relation to each separate area of interest are recognised as an exploration and 
evaluation asset in the year in which they are incurred where the following conditions are satisfied:
• the rights to tenure of the area of interest are current; and,
• at least one of the following conditions is also met:
i) the exploration and evaluation expenditures are expected to be recouped through successful exploration, development and 
commercial exploitation of the area of interest, or alternatively, by its sale; or,
ii) exploration and evaluation activities in the area of interest have not, at the reporting date, reached a stage which permits a 
reasonable assessment of the existence or otherwise of economically recoverable petroleum reserves or resources and active 
and significant operations in, or in relation to, the area of interest are continuing.

Exploration and evaluation assets are initially measured at cost and include acquisition of rights to explore, geophysical 
surveys, studies, exploratory drilling, sampling and associated activities and an allocation of depreciation and amortisation of 
assets used in exploration and evaluation activities.  General and administrative costs are only included in the measurement 
of exploration and evaluation costs where they are related directly to operational activities in a particular area of interest.

Exploration and evaluation assets are assessed for impairment when facts and circumstances suggest that the carrying 
amount of an exploration and evaluation asset may exceed its recoverable amount.  The recoverable amount of the 
exploration and evaluation asset (or the cash-generating unit(s) to which it has been allocated, being no larger than the 
relevant area of interest) is estimated to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).  Where an impairment loss 
subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but 
only to the extent that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined 
had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in previous years.  Where a decision is made to proceed with 
development in respect of a particular area of interest, the relevant exploration and evaluation asset is tested for impairment 
and the balance is then re-classified to development.

l. Production and development assets

The group follows the full cost method of accounting for production and development assets whereby all costs, less any 
incentives related to the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and gas reserves are capitalised.  These costs include 
land acquisition costs, geological and geophysical expenses, the costs of drilling both productive and non productive wells, 
non producing lease rentals and directly related general and administrative expenses.  Proceeds received from the disposal of 
properties are normally credited against accumulated costs.

When a significant portion of the properties is sold, a gain or loss is recorded and reflected in profit or loss.

With respect to production assets, depletion of production and development assets and amortisation of production facilities 
and equipment are calculated using the unit of production method based on estimated proven oil and gas reserves.  For the 
purposes of depletion calculation proved oil and gas reserves before royalties are converted to a common unit measure.
The estimated costs for developing proved underdeveloped reserves, future decommissioning and abandonments, net of 
estimated salvage values, are provided for on the unit of production method included in the provision for depletion and 
amortisation.

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for the year ended 30 June 2021

l. Production and development assets (continued)

In applying the full cost method of accounting, the capitalised costs less accumulated depletion are restricted from exceeding 
an amount equal to the estimated discounted future net revenues, based on year end prices and costs, less the aggregate 
estimate future operating and capital costs derived from proven and probable reserves.

Development expenditure is recognised at cost less accumulated amortisation and any impairment losses. Where commercial 
production in an area of interest has commenced, the associated costs together with any forecast future capital expenditure 
necessary to develop proved and probable reserves are amortised over the estimated economic life of the field on a units-of-
production basis.

Changes in factors such as estimates of proved and probable reserves that affect unit of production calculations are dealt with 
on a prospective basis.

m. Trade and other payables

These amounts represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Group prior to the end of the financial year, which 
are unpaid.  The amounts are unsecured and are usually paid within 30 days of recognition.

n. Inventories

Inventories are measured at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Net realisable value is the estimated selling price in the 
ordinary course of business less any estimated selling costs. The cost of petroleum products includes direct materials, direct 
labour and an appropriate portion of variable and fixed overheads.

o. Leases

When a contract is entered into, the Group assesses whether the contract contains a lease. A contract is, or contains, a lease if 
the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. 
The Group separates the lease and non-lease components of the contract and accounts for these separately. 
The Group allocates the consideration in the contract to each component on the basis of their relative stand-alone prices.
Leases as a lessee
Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are recognised at commencement date of the lease when the asset is available for use. 
Right-of-use assets are measured at cost, less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses, and adjusted for any 
remeasurement of lease liabilities. The cost of right-of-use assets includes the amount of lease liabilities recognised, initial 
direct costs incurred, and lease payments made at or before the commencement date less any lease incentives received.
Right-of-use assets are depreciated using the straight-line method over the shorter of their useful life and the lease term. 
Periodic adjustments are made for any re-measurements of the lease liabilities and for impairment losses, assessed in 
accordance with the Group’s impairment policies. 
Lease liabilities are initially measured at the present value of future lease payments, discounted using the Group’s incremental 
borrowing rate if the rate implicit in the lease cannot be readily determined After the commencement date, the amount of 
lease liabilities is increased to reflect the accretion of interest and reduced for the lease payments made. Lease payments are 
fixed payments or index-based variable payments incorporating Group’s expectations of extension options and do not include 
non-lease components of a contract. A portfolio approach was taken when determining the implicit discount rate for the 
office premise and office car bay lease.
The lease liability is remeasured when there are changes in future lease payments arising from a change in rates, index or 
lease terms from exercising an extension or termination option. A corresponding adjustment is made to the carrying amount 
of the right-of-use assets, with any excess recognised in the consolidated income statement.
Short-term leases and lease of low value assets 
Short term leases (lease term of 12 month or less) and leases of low value assets are recognised as incurred as an expense in 
the consolidated income statement. 

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2021
p. Financial instruments

i) Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
A financial instrument is any contract that gives rise to a financial asset of one entity and a financial liability or equity 
instrument of another entity.
Initial recognition and measurement
Financial assets are classified, at initial recognition, as subsequently measured at amortised cost, fair value through other 
comprehensive income (OCI), and fair value through profit or loss. The classification of financial assets at initial recognition 
depends on the financial asset’s contractual cash flow characteristics and the Group’s business model for managing them. 
With the exception of trade receivables that do not contain a significant financing component or for which the Group has 
applied the practical expedient, the Group initially measures a financial asset at its fair value plus, in the case of a financial 
asset not at fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs. Trade receivables that do not contain a significant financing 
component or for which the Group has applied the practical expedient are measured at the transaction price determined 
under AASB 15. In order for a financial asset to be classified and measured at amortised cost, it needs to give rise to cash flows 
that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding. This assessment is referred to as the 
SPPI test and is performed at an instrument level. The Group’s business model for managing financial assets refers to how it 
manages its financial assets in order to generate cash flows. The business model determines whether cash flows will result 
from collecting contractual cash flows, selling the financial assets, or both. Purchases or sales of financial assets that require 
delivery of assets within a time frame established by regulation or convention in the market place are recognised on the trade 
date(the date that the Group commits to purchase or sell the asset).
Subsequent measurement

For purposes of subsequent measurement, financial assets are classified in following categories:
(i) Financial assets at amortised cost (debt instruments)
(ii)  Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
(iii) derecognition (equity instruments)

(i) Financial assets at amortised cost (debt instruments):
The Group measures financial assets at amortised cost if both of the following conditions are met:
- The financial asset is held within a business model with the objective to hold financial assets in order to collect contractual 
cash flows and
- The contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely
payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding
Financial assets at amortised cost are subsequently measured using the effective interest (EIR) method and are subject to 
impairment. Gains and losses are recognised in profit or loss when the asset is derecognised, modified or impaired.
The Group’s financial assets at amortised cost includes other receivables.
(ii) Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss:
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss include financial assets held for trading, financial assets designated upon 
initial recognition at fair value through profit or loss, or financial assets mandatorily required to be measured at fair value. 
Financial assets are classified as held for trading if they are acquired for the purpose of selling or repurchasing in the near 
term. Derivatives, including separated embedded derivatives, are also classified as held for trading unless they are designated 
as effective hedging instruments. Financial assets with cash flows that are not solely payments of principal and interest are 
classified and measured at fair value through profit or loss, irrespective of the business model.
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are carried in the statement of financial position at fair value with net 
changes in fair value recognised in the statement of profit or loss.
(iii) Derecognition:
A financial asset (or, where applicable, a part of a financial asset or part of a group of similar financial assets) is primarily 
derecognised (i.e., removed from the Group’s consolidated statement of financial position) when: 
-The rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired or
- The Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from the asset or has assumed an obligation to pay the received 
cash flows in full without material delay to a third party under a ‘pass-through’ arrangement; and either (a) the Group has 
transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, or (b) the Group has neither transferred nor retained 
substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, but has transferred control of the asset.
When the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset or has entered into a passthrough
arrangement, it evaluates if, and to what extent, it has retained the risks and rewards of ownership.
When it has neither transferred nor retained substantially all of the risks and rewards of the asset, nor transferred control of 
the asset, the Group continues to recognise the transferred asset to the extent of its continuing involvement. In that case, the 
Group also recognises an associated liability. The transferred asset and the associated liability are measured on a basis that 
reflects the rights and obligations that the Group has retained.

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for the year ended 30 June 2021

p. Financial instruments (continued)
Continuing involvement that takes the form of a guarantee over the transferred asset is measured at the lower of the original 
carrying amount of the asset and the maximum amount of consideration that the Group could be required to repay.

Impairment of financial assets
Expected credit losses (ECLs) for all debt instruments not held at fair value through profit or loss will be recognised through an 
allowance. ECLs are based on the difference between the contractual cash flows due in accordance with the contract and all 
the cash flows that the Group expects to receive, discounted at an approximation of the original effective interest rate. The 
expected cash flows will include cash flows from the sale of collateral held or other credit enhancements that are integral to 
the contractual terms.
ECLs are recognised in two stages. For credit exposures for which there has not been a significant increase in credit risk since 
initial recognition, ECLs are provided for credit losses that result from default events that are possible within the next 12-
months (a 12-month ECL). For those credit exposures for which there has been a significant increase in credit risk since initial 
recognition, a loss allowance is required for credit losses expected over the remaining life of the exposure, irrespective of the 
timing of the default (a lifetime ECL). For trade receivables and contract assets, the Group applies a simplified approach in 
calculating ECLs. Therefore, the Group does not track changes in credit risk, but instead recognises a loss allowance based on 
lifetime ECLs at each reporting date.
The Group considers a financial asset in default when contractual payments are 90 days past due. However, in certain cases, 
the Group may also consider a financial asset to be in default when internal or external information indicates that the Group is 
unlikely to receive the outstanding contractual amounts in full before taking into account any credit enhancements held by 
the Group. A financial asset is written off when there is no reasonable expectation of recovering the contractual cash flows.
ii) Financial liabilities
Initial recognition and measurement
Financial liabilities are classified, at initial recognition, as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, loans and 
borrowings, payables, or as derivatives designated as hedging instruments in an effective hedge, as appropriate.
The Group’s financial liabilities include trade and other payables.
Derecognition
A financial liability is derecognised when the obligation under the liability is discharged or cancelled or expires. When an 
existing financial liability is replaced by another from the same lender on substantially different terms, or the terms of an 
existing liability are substantially modified, such an exchange or modification is treated as the derecognition of the original 
liability and the recognition of a new liability. The difference in the respective carrying amounts is recognised in the statement 
of profit or loss.
Offsetting of financial instruments
Financial assets and financial liabilities are offset and the net amount is reported in the consolidated statement of financial 
position if there is a currently enforceable legal right to offset the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a 
net basis, to realise the assets and settle the liabilities simultaneously.
q. Impairment of assets

Other assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount 
may not be recoverable.
An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount.  The 
recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s fair value less costs to sell and value in use.  For the purpose of assessing 
impairment, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are separately identifiable cash inflows which are largely 
independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets (cash-generating units).  Non-financial assets other than 
goodwill that suffered impairment are reviewed for possible reversal of the impairment at each reporting date.
r. Foreign currency
Functional and presentation currency
The functional currency is measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Group operates 
(the “functional” currency).  The financial statements are presented in Australian dollars which is the Group’s functional and 
presentation currency.
Transactions and balances
Foreign currency transactions are translated into functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the date of the 
transaction. Foreign currency monetary assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate at balance date. Non-
monetary items measured at historical cost continue to be carried at the exchange rate at the date of the transaction.
Exchange differences arising on the translation of monetary items are recognised in the income statement, except where 
deferred in equity as a qualifying cash flow or net investment hedge.

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for the year ended 30 June 2021

s. Employee benefits

Wages, salaries, and other entiltlements
Provision is made for the Group’s liability for employee benefits arising from services rendered by employees to balance date.  
Employee benefits that are expected to be settled within one year have been measured at the amounts expected to be paid 
when the liability is settled.  Employee benefits payable later than one year have been measured at the present value of the 
estimated future cash outflows to be made for those benefits.  Those cash flows are discounted using market yields on 
national government bonds with terms to maturity that match the expected timing of cash flows. Employee benefits payable 
later than one year include Statutory Long Service Leave only.
Share based payments – employee share plan
Share based compensation has from time to time been provided to eligible persons via the Bounty Oil & Gas N.L. Employee 
Share Plan (“Plan”). Under AASB 2 “Share-based Payments”, the Employee Share Plan shares are deemed to be equity-settled 
share-based remuneration.
Equity-settled share-based payments with employees and others providing similar services are measured at the fair value of 
the equity instrument at the grant date. Fair value is measured by use of the quoted market price or binomial pricing model. 
The fair value determined at the grant date of the equity-settled share-based payments is expensed on a straight-line basis 
over the vesting period, based on the Group’s estimate of equity instruments that will eventually vest, with a corresponding 
increase in equity.
t. Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the Group has a legal or constructive obligation, as a result of past events, for which it is 
probable that an outflow of economic benefits will result and that outflow can be reliably measured. Provisions are 
determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments 
of the time value of money and, where appropriate, the risks specific to the liability.

u. Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments 
with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts.

v. Rehabilitation obligations
Provisions for future environmental restoration are recognised where there is a present obligation as a result of exploration, 
development, production or storage activities having been undertaken and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits 
will be required to settle the obligation.  The estimated future obligations include the costs of removing facilities, abandoning 
wells and restoring the affected areas.

The provision for future restoration costs is the best estimate of the present value of the expenditure required to settle the 
restoration obligation at the reporting date.  Future restoration costs are reviewed annually and any changes in the estimate 
are reflected in the present value of the restoration provision at reporting date, with a corresponding charge in the cost of the 
associated asset.
The amount of the provision for future restoration costs relating to exploration, development and production facilities is 
capitalised and depleted as a component of the cost of those activities.
The unwinding of the effect of discounting on the provision is recognised as a finance cost.

w. Revenue and other income
Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable after taking into account any trade discounts 
and volume rebates allowed.  Any consideration deferred is treated as the provision of finance and is discounted at a rate of 
interest that is generally accepted in the market for similar arrangements.  The difference between the amount initially 
recognised and the amount ultimately received is interest revenue.

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised at the point of delivery as this corresponds to the transfer of significant risks and 
rewards of ownership of the goods and the cessation of all involvement in those goods.

Interest revenue is recognised using the effective interest rate method, which, for floating rate financial assets, is the rate 
inherent in the instrument.  Dividend revenue is recognised when the right to receive a dividend has been established.

All revenue is stated net of the amount of goods and services tax (GST).

x. Goods and services tax (GST)
Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where the amount of GST incurred is not 
recoverable from the Australian Tax Office.  In these circumstances the GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of 
the asset or as part of an item of the expense.  Receivables and payables in the balance sheet are shown inclusive of GST.

Cash flows are presented in the cash flow statement on a gross basis, except for the GST component of investing and financing 
activities, which are disclosed as operating cash flows.

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for the year ended 30 June 2021

y. Earnings per share
The Group presents basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) for its ordinary shares. Basic EPS is calculated by dividing the 
profit attributable to equity holders of the Company by the weighted number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted 
EPS is determined by adjusting the profit or loss attributable to ordinary shareholders and the weighted average number of 
ordinary shares outstanding for the effects of all potential ordinary shares, which comprises any share options issued. 

z. Comparative figures

When required by Accounting Standards, comparative figures have been adjusted to conform to changes in presentation for 
the current financial year.

aa. Contributed equity
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options are 
shown in equity as a deduction from the proceeds.

3. Critical accounting estimates and judgments

In the application of the group’s accounting policies, which are described in Note 1, the directors are required to make 
judgments, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from 
other sources.  The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical and industry experience and other factors 
that are considered to be relevant.  Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis.  Revisions to accounting estimates are 
recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period of the revision 
and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

The following are the critical judgments that management has made in the process of applying the group’s accounting policies 
and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements:

Business combination

Management uses valuation techniques in determining the fair values of the various elements of a business combination. See 
Note 2(c)(iii).

Exploration and evaluation assets
The group’s policy is discussed in Note 2(k). The application of these policies requires management to make certain estimates 
and assumptions as to future events and circumstances.  Any such estimates and assumptions may change as new information 
becomes available.  If after having capitalised exploration and evaluation expenditure, management concludes that the 
capitalised expenditure is unlikely to be recovered by future sale or exploitation, then the relevant capitalised amount will be 
written off through profit or loss.
Covid-19
Judgement has been exercised in considering the impacts that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had, or may have, on 
the consolidated entity based on known information. This consideration extends to the nature of the products and services 
offered, customers, supply chain, staffing and geographic regions in which the consolidated entity operates. Other than as 
addressed in specific notes, there does not currently appear to be either any significant impact upon the financial statements 
Estimate of reserve quantities
The estimated quantities of proven and probably hydrocarbon reserves and resources reported by the group are integral to 
the calculation of amortisation (depletion) and depreciation expense and to assessments of possible impairment of assets.  
Estimated reserve quantities are based upon data from exploration and development drilling, interpretations of geological 
and geophysical models and assessment of the technical feasibility and commercial viability of producing the reserves.  
Management prepares reserve estimates which conform to guidelines prepared by the Society of Petroleum Engineers, USA.  
Where appropriate these estimates are then verified by independent technical experts.

These assessments require assumptions to be made regarding future development and production costs, commodity prices, 
exchange rates and fiscal regimes.  The estimates of reserves may change from period to period as the economic assumptions 
used to estimate the reserves can change from period to period, and as additional geological or reservoir data is generated 
during the course of operations.

Provision for rehabilitation and decommissioning
The group estimates the future removal and decommissioning costs of oil and gas production facilities, wells, pipelines and 
related assets at the time of installation of the assets.  In most instances the removal of these assets will occur many years in 
the future.  The estimates of future removal costs therefore requires management to make adjustments regarding the 
removal date, future environmental legislation, the extent of decommissioning activities and future removal technologies.

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for the year ended 30 June 2021

Impairment of production and development assets
The group assesses whether oil and gas assets are tested for impairment on a semi-annual basis.  This requires an estimation 
of the recoverable amount from the cash generating unit to which each asset belongs.  The recoverable amount is assessed on 
the basis of the expected net cash flows that will be received from the asset’s employment and or subsequent disposal.  The 
expected net cash flows are discounted to their present values in determining the recoverable amount.  Its policy for 
production and development assets is discussed in Note 1(l).
During the year, the group carried out a review of its petroleum exploration  properties. The review led to the recognition of 
an impairment loss of $2 million on ATP 2028P Queensland Onshore. Further commentary on impairment is included in the 
Directors' Report. This non-cash loss has been recognised in the Group's profit or loss statement. These properties are 
reported as in the core oil and gas segment (See note 4).

4.  Segment Information

Information reported to the Chief Operating Decision Maker, being the CEO, for the purposes of resource allocation and 
assessment of the performance is more specifically focused on the category of business units. The Group’s reportable 
segments under AASB 8 Operating Segments are therefore as follows:

Core Petroleum Segment - Oil and gas exploration, development and production
Secondary Segment - Investment in listed shares and securities.

Segment revenue and results

Core Oil & Gas Segment
Production projects 
Exploration projects
Secondary Segment
Listed securities
Total from continuing operations

Other revenue
Central admin costs and directors remuneration
Loss before tax

Segment revenue

Segment profit/(loss)

30-Jun-21
$

30-Jun-20
$

1,470,219

2,906,461

 - 

 - 

30-Jun-21
$
101,777
(2,010,904)

30-Jun-20
$
801,713
(2,904,523)

12,786
1,483,005

(32,009)
2,874,452

12,786
(1,896,341)

54,219
(1,065,453)
(2,907,575)

(32,009)
(2,134,819)

76,921
(1,044,694)
(3,102,592)

Segment revenue
Revenue reported above represents revenue/income generated from external sources. There were no intersegment sales 
during the period (2019: nil).

Accounting policies of reportable segments
The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as the group’s accounting policies described in Note 1. 
Segment profit/(loss) in this Note represents the profit/(loss) earned by each segment without allocation of central 
administration costs and directors remuneration, other investment revenue such as interest earned, finance  costs and 
income tax expense. This is the measure reported to the Chief Operating Decision Maker for the purpose of resource 
allocation and assessment of segment performance.

Information about major customers
Included in the revenue arising from direct sales of oil and gas of $1.47 million (2020: $2.90 million) are revenues of 
approximately $0.98 million (2020: $1.93 million) which arose from sales to the Group’s largest customer. The revenue from 
the Group’s second largest customer was approximately $0.49 million (2020: $0.97 million). No other single customer 
contributed 10% or more to the Groups revenue for both 2021 and 2020.

Other segment information

Core Oil & Gas Segment
Production projects 
Development projects
Exploration projects

Other
Total

 Amortisation, depreciation 
& depletion 

 Additions to non-current 
assets 

30-Jun-21
$
441,102
 - 
 - 

30-Jun-20
$
619,520
 - 
 - 

30-Jun-21
$
660,146
112,131
73,509

30-Jun-20
$
731,285
112,733
32,795

8,113
449,215

3,987
623,507

49,327
895,113

1,203
878,016

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2021
4.  Segment Information (continued)

Core Oil & Gas Segment
Exploration projects
Total 

 Impairment losses
(expenses) 

30-Jun-21
$

2,010,904
2,010,904

30-Jun-20
$

2,904,523
2,904,523

Segment assets are measured in the same way as in the financial statements. These assets are allocated based on the 
operations of the segment and the physical location of the asset.

Segment liabilities are allocated to segments where there is a direct nexus between the incurrence of the liability and the 
operations of the segment. Segment liabilites incude trade and other payables and provisions.

The unallocated items include items that are not considered part of the core operations of any segment.

Core Oil & Gas Segment
Production projects 
Development projects
Exploration projects
Secondary Segment
Listed securities
Unallocated
Total

Segment assets

Segment liabilities

30-Jun-21
$

4,954,629
1,769,690
3,062,158

30-Jun-20
$

4,649,336
1,657,559
4,999,553

30-Jun-21
$

2,075,596
71,171
88,531

30-Jun-20
$

2,055,104
68,163
76,855

45,139
1,503,166
11,334,782

32,353
1,295,446
12,634,247

 - 
644,146
2,879,444

 - 
491,212
2,691,334

Geographical Segment information
The following table details the group’s geographical segment reporting of revenue and carrying amount of assets in each 
geographical region where operations are conducted.

Australia
Total 

5. Revenue and other income

Sales revenue: 
Oil and gas sales 
Revenue from tariffs
Total sales revenue 

Investment income: 
Investment income from financial assets at fair value through 
Profit and loss (held for trading listed shares)
Unrealised gain/(loss)
Total investment income

Other income: 
Interest and dividend income
Gains/(losses) on foreign currency
Government Assistance – COVID-19 related (i)
Total other revenue

Total revenue

Revenue

 Carrying amounts of non 
current assets 

30-Jun-21
$

1,537,224
1,537,224

30-Jun-20
$

2,951,373
2,951,373

30-Jun-21
$

9,584,266
9,584,266

30-Jun-20
$
11,162,656
11,162,656

30-Jun-21
$

1,446,058
24,161
1,470,219

30-Jun-20
$

2,879,482
26,979
2,906,461

12,786
12,786

(32,009)
(32,009)

2,265
(52,478)
104,432
54,219

5,497
26,073
45,351
76,921

1,537,224

2,951,373

(i) The Company was eligible for, applied for and received COVID-19 related grants from the Commonwelath of Australia due 
to a significant reduction in petroleum revenues during the financial year.

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for the year ended 30 June 2021

6. Employee benefit expense

Directors fees
Consultancy fees - Internal
Wages & salaries
Other employee benefit expenses
Total Employee benefit expense

30-Jun-21
$
83,471
320,000
219,817
52,888
676,176

30-Jun-20
$
87,412
398,000
215,867
46,309
747,588

Recharge and recoveries
The Group has the policy to allocate a portion of employee benefit expense to production, development, exploration and 
evaluation assets based on employee time committed to various projects.

7. Income tax expense

The prima facie tax on profit from ordinary activities before income tax is 
reconciled to the income tax as follows:
Prima facie tax payable on profit/(income tax benefit) from continuing 
operations before income tax at 26% (2020 27.5%)
Consolidated group
Add: tax effect of non deductible expenses
Less: tax effect of expenditure claimed as deduction

Tax effect of Unused tax losses not recognised as deferred tax asset

$

(755,970)
725,116
(156,613)

(187,467)

$
(853,213)
988,980
(109,605)

26,162

Income tax expense attributable to loss from ordinary activities 

 - 

 - 

The potential future income tax benefit arising from tax losses and timing differences has not been recognised as an asset 
because recovery of tax losses is not probable and recovery of timing differences is not assured beyond reasonable doubt.

The potential future income tax benefit will be obtained if:

1) the relevant company derives future assessable income of a nature and an amount sufficient to enable the benefit to be 
realised, or the benefit can be realised by another company in the Group in accordance with Division 170 of the Income Tax 
Assessment Act 1997;
2) the relevant company and/or group continues to comply with the conditions for deductibility imposed by the Act; and
3) no changes in tax legislation adversely affect the Company and/or the group in realizing the benefit.
Bounty Oil and Gas NL and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have not formed a tax consolidation group.

8. Earnings/(loss) per share

Basic earnings/(loss) per share (cents per share)
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share  (cents per share)

(0.28)
(0.28)

(0.33)
(0.33)

Net (loss)/profit used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings/(loss) per share

(2,907,575)

(3,102,592)

Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purposes 
of basic and diluted EPS

9. Cash and cash equivalents
Deposits on call 
Cash at bank
Total Cash and cash equivalents

No. of Shares No. of Shares

############

953,400,982

$
66,112
1,344,285
1,410,397

$
65,323
1,031,282
1,096,605

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2021

10. Trade and other receivables

Current 
Trade and other receivables
Prepayments
Non-current 
Other receivables
Total trade and other receivables

11. Inventories

Oil and other inventory

12. Other current financial assets
Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss - shares in 
listed corporations
Total current financial assets

Note

23(d)

13. Property, plant and equipment

Plant and Equipment
Plant and equipment – at cost
Less accumulated depreciation

Total Property, plant and equipment

Movement in carrying amounts:
Movements in the carrying amounts for each class of property, plant and 
equipment between the beginning and end of the financial year.

Opening Balance
Additions
Depreciation
Carrying amount at the end of the year

30-Jun-21
$
244,000
14,792

30-Jun-20
$
269,199
3,926

25,850
284,642

40,850
313,975

$

36,188
36,188

$

69,508
69,508

$

$

45,139
45,139

32,353
32,353

$

$

1,397,572
(505,475)

1,291,525
(412,602)

892,097

878,923

$

$

878,923
106,047
(92,872)
892,097

848,607
111,698
(81,380)
878,923

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2021

14. Non current assets

(a): Production and development assets

SW Queensland
Joint operation interest in ATP1189 Naccowlah Block – at cost
Less: Amortisation
East Queensland - PL 441 (ex-PL119) Downlands – at cost
Less: Depletion and amortisation

Rehabilitation costs – all petroleum properties

All other development assets
Total production and development assets

Note

25

30-Jun-21

30-Jun-20

$

$

3,688,794
(2,325,277)
4,389,846
(2,518,608)

3,602,977
(2,003,868)
3,872,238
(2,518,609)

599,716

633,033

1,769,690
5,604,161

1,657,559
5,243,330

Movement in carrying amounts of production & development assets:

$

$

Opening balance at the beginning of the year
Additions
Movement in rehabilitation
Impairment of production and development assets (see i below)
Amortisation of production assets
Carrying amount at the end of the year

5,243,330
715,557
(33,317)
 - 
(321,409)
5,604,161

5,041,992
733,523
(33,317)
 - 
(498,868)
5,243,330

(i) In accordance with the Group's accounting policies and procedures, the Group performs its impairment testing  at the end  
of each reporting period. A number of factors represented indicators of impairment. As at 30 June 2021, ATP 2028 Onshore 
Queensland permit was relinquished and the investment was fully impaired. Refer to table in note 14(c) below. Further 
commentary on impairment is included in the Directors' Report. No other impairments were recognised for this reporting 
period.

Key assumptions used:
Crude oil price (US$)
Average AUD:USD exchange rate
CPI (%)
Post-tax real discount rate (%)

(b): Exploration and evaluation assets

Exploration assets
Total exploration and evaluation assets

2021-22
$65.00 
$0.720
2.0%
7.0%

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Movement in carrying amounts of exploration and evaluation assets:

Opening balance at the beginning of the year
Additions
Impairment of Exploration and evaluation asset (see i above) 
Carrying amount at the end of the year

(c): Impairment of oil and gas properties

AC/P 32 Ashmore Cartier
ATP 2028

2023+
$60.00 
$0.70
2.0%
7.0%

$

$

3,062,158
3,062,158

4,999,553
4,999,553

$

$

4,999,553
73,509
(2,010,904)
3,062,158

7,871,281
32,795
(2,904,523)
4,999,553

$

$

 - 

2,904,523

2,010,904

 - 

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2021

15. Trade and other payables
Current
Trade payables
Amounts owing to Joint Operations
GST, FBT, PAYG & superannuation liability 
Total trade and other payables

16. Provisions
Current - Provision for employee entitlement

Non-current - Provision for employee entitlement
Non-current - Rehabilitation costs – petroleum properties

Movement in provisions
Opening balance
Unwinding of discount on provision
Net provisions recognised/(expensed)
Balance at the end of the period

30-Jun-21

30-Jun-20

$

$

915,869
464,366
41,203
1,421,438

$

88,043

31,817
1,338,146
1,369,963

1,354,185
27,516
(11,738)
1,369,963

393,646
843,104
39,064
1,275,814

$

61,335

28,424
1,325,761
1,354,185

1,332,305
27,645
(5,765)
1,354,185

The provision for rehabilitation costs represents the present value of best estimate of the future sacrifice of economic benefits 
that will be required to remove the facilities and restore the affected areas at the Group’s operation sites. The rehabilitation of 
the petroleum properties is expected to be undertaken between 1 to 20 years. The discount rate used in the calculation of the 
provision as at 30 June 2021 was 2%, broadly equivalent to the Australian Government 10 year bond rate. Long service leave is 
measured at the present value of benefits accumulated at the end of financial year. The liability is discounted using an 
appropriate discount rate. The measurement requires judgement to determine key assumptions used in the calculation including 
futures pay increases and settlement dates of employee's departure.

17. Issued capital
A reconciliation of the movement in capital for the Company can be found in 
the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
1,096,400,982 fully paid ordinary shares (2020: 953,400,982)
Nil options transferred to share option reserve on expiry (2020: Nil)

(a) Movement in fully paid ordinary shares
Balance at beginning of period
Balance at end of period

$

$

44,860,163
201,600
45,061,763

43,440,163
201,600
43,641,763

No. of Shares
1,096,400,982
1,096,400,982

No. of Shares
953,400,982
953,400,982

18. Reconciliation of cash flow from continuing operations
Reconciliation of Cash Flow from continuing operations with profit/(loss) after income tax.
Profit/(Loss) from continuing operations after income tax

$

$

(2,907,575)

(3,102,592)

Non-cash flows in profit/(loss) from continuing operations:
Depreciation and amortisation
Fair value movement in marketable financial assets
Foreign exchange differences
Movement in employee benefit obligation
Impairment and Write-off of exploration assets
Impairment of oil and gas assets
Accrued interest expense
Change in trade and other receivables
Change in inventory
Change in rehabilitation obligation
Change in trade & other payables
Net Cash from continuing operations

423,316
(12,786)
(58,886)
42,486
2,010,904

 - 
5,795
40,802
33,320
27,516
(120,136)
(515,244)

580,248
32,009
(20,315)
21,289
 - 

2,904,523
6,087
278,377
(15,219)
70,904
262,680
1,017,991

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2021

19. Share based payments

No share based payment compensation was granted to directors or senior management during the financial year ended 30th 
June 2021 and there was Nil expensed (2020: Nil). During the year, no directors or senior management exercised options that 
were granted to them as part of their compensation in prior periods.

20. Key management personnel

a) Key Management Personnel Compensation
The aggregate remuneration made to Key Management 
Personnel of the group is set out below:

Short term employee benefits
Share based payments
Total

30-Jun-21
$

30-Jun-20
$

403,535
 - 
403,535

470,460
 - 
470,460

Apart from the details disclosed in this note, no director or key management person has entered into a material contract with 
the consolidated entity since the end of the previous financial year and there were no material contracts involving directors’ or 
executives’ interests existing at year-end. 

Information regarding individual directors' and executives' compensation and some equity instrument disclosures as permitted 
by the Corporations Regulations 2M.3.03 is provided in the Remuneration Report section of the Directors' Report.

b) Equity Instrument Disclosures Relating to Key Management Personnel

i) Options provided as remuneration and shares issued on exercise of such options: Nil

ii) Share holdings
The movement during the reporting period in the number of ordinary shares in Bounty Oil and Gas N.L. held, directly, indirectly 
or beneficially, by each key management person, inculding related parties, is as follows:

2021

Directors 
G Reveleigh
R Payne
C Ross
Executives
P Kelso

2020
Directors 
G Reveleigh
R Payne
C Ross
Executives
P Kelso

Balance at Start 
of the Year

Purchases

Received on 
exercise of 
Options

Received  other

Sales

Held at the end 
of Year

     21,377,928         1,000,000                       -                          -            1,000,000       21,377,928 
                     -                          -                          -                          -                          -                          -    
       3,200,000                       -                          -                          -                          -            3,200,000 

     37,987,492 

300,000

                     -    

       4,000,000       34,287,492 

     23,377,928                       -                          -                          -            2,000,000       21,377,928 
                     -                          -                          -                          -                          -                          -    
       3,200,000                       -                          -                          -                          -            3,200,000 

     56,135,175         1,352,317                       -                          -          19,500,000       37,987,492 

No shares were granted to key management personnel during the financial year or during the previous financial year.

c) Key Management Personnel - other loans and  advances

No loans were made to key management personnel including their personally related entities during the financial year ended 30 
June 2021 and no loans were outstanding at the end of the prior period. During the year the Company repaid $106,000 (net), 
being part of short term interest free loan advanced by related entities of the CEO in previous years. At 30 June 2021 loans 
outstanding to related entities of the CEO were approximately $162,000 inclusive of accrued interest charge at 10% p.a. on a 
$62,000 portion of the advance, for the financial year.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2021

20. Key management personnel (continued)

d) Other transactions with key management personnel
Other than the transactions disclosed in the Remuneration Report contained in the Directors’ Report, during the financial year, 
$8,400  liability was recognised for site management services, and  $17,137  was paid for office rent to firms in which Mr. P. 
Kelso is a director.

Aggregate amounts of each of the above types of other transactions with entities associated with key management personnel 
of Bounty Oil & Gas NL:

Payment for acquisition of Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd.
Site management services for PL2
Rent of office

21. Commitments

30-Jun-21
$

 - 
8,400
17,137
25,537

30-Jun-20
$
19,000
4,200
 - 
23,200

In order to maintain current rights of tenure to its licences and permits, the company has certain obligations to perform work in 
accordance with the work programmes, as approved by the relevant statutory body, when the permits are granted. These work 
programs form the capital commitment which may be renegotiated, varied between permits, or reduced due to farm-out, sale, 
reduction of permit/licence area and/or relinquishment of non-prospective permits. Work in excess of the work programs may 
also be undertaken.
The following capital expenditure requirements have not been provided for in the accounts: 

Payable
Not longer than 1 year
Longer than 1 year and not longer than 5 years

There are no lease commitments at the balance date.

22. Related party transactions

a. The Group’s main related parties are as follows:

$
842,000
1,852,400
2,694,400

$

1,037,000
2,851,750
3,888,750

Key Management Personnel
Any person(s) having authority or responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Group, directly or 
indirectly, including any director (whether executive or otherwise) of the Group are considered as key management personnel.

Disclosures relating to key management personnel are set out in Note 20 and in the Directors Report.

Controlled entities
Details of the percentage of ordinary shares held in controlled entities are disclosed in Note 24.
All inter-company loans and receivables are eliminated on consolidation and are interest free with no set repayment terms.

b. Transactions with other related parties:
The Group has a related party relationship with its joint ventures/joint operations (note 25) and with its key management 
personnel. The Company and its controlled entities engage in a variety of related party transactions in the ordinary course of 
business. These transactions are generally conducted on normal terms and conditions.

There were no transactions with related parties other than as disclosed in Note 20 and this Note 22.

23. Financial instruments

a) Capital management:
The Group manages its capital to ensure that entities in the Group will be able to continue as going concerns while maximising 
the return to stakeholders. The Group’s overall strategy remains unchanged from last financial year.The Group's capital 
structure consists of equity (comprising issued capital, reserves and retained earnings as detailed in Consolidated Statement of 
Changes in Equity) and no debt. The Group is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements.

The Board reviews the capital structure of the Group on an on-going basis. As part of this review, the Board considers the cost 
of capital and associated risks.

The gearing ratio at the end of the reporting period was nil (2020: nil).

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2021

23. Financial instruments (continued)

b) Categories of financial instruments:

Financial assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Loans deposits and receivables
Available for sale financial assets designated as at FVTPL
Total financial assets

Financial liabilities
Other amortised cost - trade creditors
Total financial liabilities

Note

12

30-Jun-21

30-Jun-20

$
1,410,397
284,642
45,139
1,740,178

$
1,096,605
313,975
32,353
1,442,933

(1,421,438)
(1,421,438)

(1,275,814)
(1,275,814)

c) Financial risk management objectives:
The main risks the company is exposed to through its financial instruments are interest rate risk, foreign currency risk, liquidity 
risk, credit risk and price risk.
Foreign currency risk:
Foreign currency risk is managed by retaining majority of its cash and payables in Australian currency.  Petroleum sales are 
received in USD with short term credit terms. The Group does not currently use derivative financial instruments to hedge 
foreign currency risk and therefore is exposed to daily movements in exchange rates. However, the Group intends to maintain 
sufficient USD cash balances to meet its USD obligations. 

Liquidity risk:
The Group manages liquidity risk by maintaining adequate reserves and banking facilities by continuously monitoring forecast 
and actual cash flows, and by matching the maturity profiles of financial assets and liabilities.

Credit risk:
Credit risk refers to the risk that a counter party will default on its contractual obligations resulting in a financial loss to the 
Group and arises principally from the Group’s receivables from customers and cash deposits. The Group’s 2020 trade 
receivables are deposits and amounts due from State government departments and major Oil & Gas companies in Australia.  
The Group exited the joint operations during the year and these receivables have now been adjusted against related payables, 
and balance fully impaired.

The Company does not have any material credit risk exposure to any single debtor or company of debtors under financial 
instruments or collateral securities entered into by the Company.
Exposure to credit risk is monitored on an ongoing basis. The maximum exposure to credit risk is represented by the carrying 
amount of each financial asset in the statement of financial position.
The carrying amount of the Group’s financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure. The Group’s maximum exposure 
to credit risk at the reporting date was:

Carrying amount:
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other receivables

30-Jun-21
$
1,410,397
284,642
1,695,039

30-Jun-20
$
1,096,605
313,975
1,410,580

All cash held by the Group is deposited with investment grade banks and any expected credit loss is immaterial.
The aging of the Group’s trade receivables at reporting date was:

30-Jun-21

30-Jun-20

Past due
Not past due 
Commodity risk:
The sales revenue of the company is derived from sales of oil at the prevailing $US TAPIS or Dated Brent oil price on the 
Singapore market. The Group does not trade in derivative contracts to manage price and exchange risk.

Gross $

Impairment 
$
                 -                      -                      -    
       258,792                   -            273,125 

Gross $

Impairment 
$

 - 
 - 

d) Fair value of financial instruments:
Some of the Group's financial assets and financial liabilities are measured at fair value at the end of each reporting period. The 
following table gives information about how the fair values of these financial assets and financial liabilities are  determined (in 
particular, the valuation technique(s) and inputs used).

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2021

d) Fair value of financial instruments (continued):
The fair values of financial assets and liabilities with standard terms and conditions and traded on active liquid markets 
are determined with reference to quoted market prices. The fair values of other financial assets and financial liabilities 
are determined in accordance with generally accepted pricing models based on discounted cash flow analysis.

Except as detailed in the following table, the directors consider that the carrying amounts of financial assets and 
financial liabilities recognised in the consolidated financial statements approximate their fair values.

Consolidated

Fair value hierarchy

30-Jun-21
$

30-Jun-20
$

Financial assets at fair value
through profit or loss (see 
note 12)

Quoted bid prices
in an active market

Level 1

45,139

32,353

e) Sensitivity analysis
The company does not perform sensitivity analysis with respect to interest rate risk, foreign currency risk, liquidity risk, 
credit risk or price risk.

24 . Controlled entities

Country of Incorporation

The consolidated financial statements incorporate the assets, liabilities and results of the following controlled 
entities in accordance with the accounting policy described in note 2 (c)(i).
Name of entity
Ausam Resources Pty Ltd.
Interstate Energy Pty Ltd.
Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd.
Lansvale Oil & Gas Pty Ltd. (2)
(1) The proportion of ownership interest is equal to the proportion of voting power held.
(2) Voluntary deregistration of dormant subsidiary.

Class of shares
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary

Equity holding % (1)
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
-

Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia

30-Jun-21

30-Jun-20

25.  Interest in joint operations
Set out below are the joint arrangements of the Group as at 30 June 2021, which in the opinion of the directors are 
material to the Group:
Name of the joint 
arrangement
ATP 1189P Naccowlah block
ATP 2028P
PEP11

Measurement 
Method
Proportionate Adelaide, Australia
Proportionate Brisbane, Australia
Proportionate Perth, Australia

Principal 
activity
Production
Exploration
Exploration

Principal place of 
business

Ownership interest  (%)
(*approx)

2%
-
15%

2%
50%
15%

The company holds 2% interest in various Petroleum Leases and part of ATP 1189P, Queensland and associated oil 
production tangibles and pipelines referred to as the Naccowlah Block.
Details of the total revenue and expenses derived from or incurred in ATP 1189P joint operations and the company’s 
share of the assets and liabilities employed in these joint operations are as follows:

Revenue from petroleum
Petroleum and all other expenses 
Net Profit/(Loss) from joint operations
Current assets
Trade receivables
Inventories

Non current assets
Property, plant & equipment (net of accumulated depreciation)
Other non-current assets
Total assets in joint operations

Current liabilities - Trade and other payables
Non current liabilities - Provisions
Total liabilities in joint operations

Net interest in joint operations

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30-Jun-21
$

1,470,219
(1,368,442)
101,777

30-Jun-20
$

2,906,461
(2,104,748)
801,713

244,040
36,188

266,317
69,508

582,294
1,963,233
2,825,755

464,366
1,042,381
1,506,747

579,520
2,232,142
3,147,487

843,104
1,047,089
1,890,193

1,319,008

1,257,294

            
            
      
       
     
     
          
          
          
          
            
            
          
          
      
       
      
       
          
          
      
       
      
       
      
       
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Notes to the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2021

25.  Interest in joint operations (continued)

The Group’s joint operations agreements require majority consent from all parties for all relevant activities. The joint 
participants  own the assets of the joint operations as tenants in common and are jointly and severally liable for the liabilities 
incurred by the joint operations. These entities are therefore classified as joint operations and the group recognises its direct 
right to the jointly held assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses as described in note 2(c)(ii) & 2(d).

The accounting policies adopted for the group’s joint operations are consistent with those in previous financial year.

The company’s share of revenue and expenses from joint operations are included in the Consolidated Statement of 
Comprehensive Income. The company’s share of the assets and liabilities held in joint operations are included in the 
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.

Interests in other joint operation entities

Also included in the Consolidated Financial Statements as at 30 June 2021, the group held interests in joint operations whose 
principal activities were exploration, evaluation and development of oil and gas but not accruing material revenue.

The company contributes cash funds to the joint operations by way of cash calls for a specified percentage of total exploration 
and development activities. Other than the ATP1189P Naccowlah Block production Joint Operations none of the joint 
operations hold any material assets and accordingly the Company’s share of exploration, evaluation and development 
expenditure is accounted for in accordance with the policy set out in Note 1.

26. Parent entity information

The accounting policies of the parent entity, which have been applied in determining the financial information shown below, 
are same as those applied in the consolidated financial statements. Refer to Note 1 for a summary of the significant accounting 
policies relating to the Group. After review of policies, the Board resolved to reclassify the intercompany loans to controlled 
entities as non current assets.
The individual financial statements for the parent entity Bounty Oil & Gas NL show the following aggregate amounts:
Statement of Financial Position
Assets
Current assets
Non-current assets
Total Assets

1,670,459
12,311,115
13,981,574

1,376,654
12,315,706
13,692,360

30-Jun-21
$

30-Jun-20
$

Liabilities
Current liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Total Liabilities
Net Assets

Equity
Issued capital
Reserves
Retained earnings/Accumulated losses
Total Equity

Statement of Profit and Loss and other Comprehensive Income

Loss for the year
Other comprehensive income/(loss)
Total Comprehensive loss for the year

Commitments for Capital Expenditure

No longer than 1 year
Longer than 1 year and not longer than 5 years
Total
There are no operating lease commitments at the balance date.

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938,756
1,123,893
2,062,649
11,918,925

1,230,577
1,121,182
2,351,759
11,340,601

44,860,163
201,600
(33,142,837)
11,918,926

43,440,163
201,600
(32,301,162)
11,340,601

(841,675)
 - 
(841,675)

(3,050,349)

 - 

(3,050,349)

730,000
1,606,000
2,336,000

894,000
2,458,500
3,352,500

      
         
    
      
    
      
          
         
      
         
      
         
    
      
    
      
          
            
   
     
    
      
        
       
                 
                   
        
       
          
            
       
         
       
         
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Notes to the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2021

27. Contingent liabilities and contingent assets

As at the date of this report, there were no contingent assets or liabilities except that a local government authority claimed 
$458,511 rates and levies for prior and current periods from one controlled entity of the group.  That amount has been 
recognised in current liabilities.

There was no litigation against or involving the parent entity Bounty Oil & Gas N.L. 

28.  Events occurring after the reporting period

No other matters or circumstances have arisen since the end of the financial year which have significantly affected or may 
significantly affect the operations of the company, the results of those operations, or the state of affairs of the company in 
future financial years, other than those referred to in note 27 above.

29. Auditors remuneration

Remuneration of the auditors of the Company for:
- Auditing or reviewing the financial reports for year
Total

30-Jun-21

30-Jun-20

$
32,010
32,010

$
30,000
30,000

The auditor to Bounty Oil & Gas NL is William M Moyes, Suite 1301, Level 13, 115 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000.

30. Company details

Bounty Oil & Gas NL’s registered office and its principal place of business are as follows:
Registered Office
Level 7, 283 George Street
Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Tel: (02) 9299 7200

Principal place of business
Level 7, 283 George Street
Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Tel: (02) 9299 7200

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DIRECTORS’ DECLARATION

Annual Report - 2021

a) The directors of Bounty Oil and Gas NL (“the Company”) declare that the financial statements and notes, as set out on pages 
16 to 42 are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001:

(i) comply with Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001; and
(ii) give a true and fair view of the financial position as at 30th June 2021 and of the performance for the year ended on that 
date of the Company;

b) The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have each declared that:

(i) The financial records of the company for the financial year have been properly maintained in accordance with Section 286 of 
the Corporations Act 2001.
(ii) The financial statements and notes for the financial year comply in all material respects with the Accounting Standards;
(iii) The financial statements and notes give a true and fair view.

c) In the directors’ opinion, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the company will be able to pay its debts as when they 
become due and payable.

This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors.

Graham Reveleigh
Director

Dated: 30 September 2021

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1.  Additional Information Required by ASX Listing Rules 

The  following  is  additional  information  provided  in  accordance  with  the  Listing  Rules  of  the  Australian 
Securities Exchange Limited. 

Analysis of equity security holders as at 23 September 2021: 

a)  Analysis of numbers of holders of fully paid ordinary shares: 

No. of Securities 

1 – 1,000 
1,001 – 5,000 
5,001 – 10,000 
10,001 – 100,000 
100,001 and above 

No. of 
Shareholders 

228 
115 
386 
2,340 
   1,283 
         4,352 

b) 

Twenty largest holders of quoted equity securities at 23 September 2021: 

Ordinary Shareholders 

Robert A Hutchfield 

Comadvance Pty Ltd. 

David Alan McSeveny 

Fully paid 
number 

39,098,909 

29,348,155 

29,300,687 

Barry Sheedy & Associates Pty Ltd. 

27,893,700 

Red Kite Capital Inc. 

Bang Vi Khanh 

Zanamere Pty Ltd. 

Tri-Ex Holdings Pty Ltd. 

WH Ave LLC 

Kestrel Petroleum Pty Ltd. 

Jordan Vujic 

GH Corporate Services Pty Ltd 

Citicorp Nominees Pty Ltd. 

Airen Youhanna 

Milica Vujic 

BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd.  

George Stilianos 

William John Tyler & Sybil Tyler 

Robert Cameron Galbraith 

Christa Baiano 

27,022,000 

21,600,000 

21,377,928 

19,177,778 

18,000,000 

15,175,000 

12,095,572 

11,283,061 

9,776,282 

8,930,000 

7,642,888 

7,504,591 

7,460,000 

7,000,000 

6,300,000 

6,171,548 

% 

3.57% 

2.68% 

2.67% 

2.54% 

2.46% 

1.97% 

1.95% 

1.75% 

1.64% 

1.38% 

1.10% 

1.03% 

0.89% 

0.81% 

0.70% 

0.68% 

0.68% 

0.64% 

0.57% 

0.56% 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

Total Top 20 Holders 

332,158,099 

30.30% 

c)  Options as at 23 September 2021: 

i) 

ii) 

there were no listed and quoted options over ordinary shares. 

there were no unlisted options over ordinary shares. 

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2. 

Substantial Shareholders 

As at 23 September 2021 there were no substantial shareholders as disclosed in substantial 
shareholders notices given to the company. 

3. 

Issued Shares and Distribution 

a) 

b) 

c) 

The  total  number  of  fully  paid  ordinary  shares  on  issue  on  23  September  2021  was 
1,096,400,982. 

There  were  1,912  holders  of  less  than  a  marketable  parcel  of  ordinary  shares,  totalling 
28,375,269 shares being 2.59% of number of fully paid ordinary shares on issue. 

The percentage of the total holding of the 20 largest shareholders of ordinary shares was 
30.30% of issued capital. 

4. 

Stock Exchange Listing 

Quotation  has  been  granted  for  all  the  ordinary  shares  of  the  company  on  the  Australian  Securities 
Exchange (ASX) under the code BUY. 

5. 

Income Tax 

The company is taxed as a public company. 

6.  Voting Rights 

The  voting  rights  attaching  to  ordinary  shares  are  governed  by  the  Constitution.  At  a  meeting  of 
members every person present who is a  member or  representative of a  member shall  on a show of 
hands have one vote and on a poll, every member present in person or by proxy or by attorney or duly 
authorised representative shall have one vote for each share held. No options have any voting rights. 

7.  Additional Information 

Information in these financial statements (or in the annual report) that relates to or refers to 
petroleum exploration and prospectivity or petroleum or hydrocarbon reserves or resources is based 
on information compiled and/or written by Mr Philip F Kelso the CEO of Bounty Oil & Gas NL.  Mr Kelso 
is a Bachelor of Science (Geology) and has practised geology and petroleum geology for in excess of 45 
years.  He is a member of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia and a Member of the 
Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Kelso is a qualified person as defined in the ASX 
Listing Rules: Chapter 19 and consents to the reporting of that information in the form and context in 
which it appears in this report. 

The company continues to comply with the ASX Listing Rules disclosure requirements.  The company 
reports to ASX which makes available all reports to those who wish to access them.  All ASX releases 
and other background information are posted regularly on the company’s website.  The company 
intends to post on its website its annual report and all other required notices to its shareholders. 

The board reviews and receives advice on areas of operational and financial risks.  Business risk 
management strategies are developed as appropriate to mitigate all identified risks of the business.  
The directors are aware of the guidelines for the content of a code of conduct to guide compliance 
with legal and other obligations to shareholders but have not formally established such a code.  Where 
applicable to its activities, the directors ensure that the company is responsible to its shareholders, 
employees, contractors, advisers, individuals and the community.  

8. 

Secretary 

The name of the Secretary of the company is Mr. Sachin Saraf. 

9. 

Share Buy Back 

There is no current on market share buy-back. 

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Schedule of Petroleum Tenements – 23 September 2021 

Permit 

Operator 

Basin 

Expires 

Status 

Interest 

Gross 
Km2 

Net 
Km2 

Offshore Australia 

PEP-11 

Asset2 

Onshore Western Australia 

Sydney 

12/02/2021  Suspended 

15% 

4576.4 

686.5 

L 16 

Rough Range3 

Carnarvon  23/09/2031  Granted 

10% 

79.5 

8.0 

Onshore SW Queensland 

ATP 1189 N 

PL 1026 

PL 1047 

Santos4 
Santos4 

Santos4 

Cooper 

Cooper 

31/12/2022  Granted 

8/07/2024  Granted 

Eromanga 

PL 1060 

Santos4 

Eromanga 

PL 1093 

Santos4 

Cooper 

Under 
Application 
Under 
Application 
Under 
Application 

Santos4 

Eromanga  15/12/2019  Renewing 

PL 133/PL 
1085 
PL 149 

PL 175 

PL 181 

PL 182 

PL 23 

PL 24 

PL 25 

PL 26 

PL 287 

PL 302 

PL 35 

PL 36 

PL 495 

PL 496 

PL 62 

PL 76 

PL 77 

Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 
Santos4 

Santos4 

PL 78 
PL 79/PL 
1078 
PL 82/PL 
1079 
PL 87/PL 
1080 
Onshore Surat Basin Queensland 

Santos4 

Santos4 

PL 2 

PL 2A 

PL 2 B 

PL 2 C 

PCA 159 

ATP 1190 SG 

Bounty1 
Bounty1 
Bounty1 
Bounty1 
AGL6 
AGL6 

Eromanga  23/06/2049  Granted 

Eromanga  19/04/2025  Granted 

Eromanga  12/09/2024  Granted 

Eromanga  12/09/2024  Granted 

Eromanga  31/08/2028  Granted 

Eromanga  31/08/2028  Granted 

Eromanga  29/02/2020  Renewing 

Eromanga  29/02/2020  Renewing 

Eromanga  11/10/2027  Granted 

Eromanga  31/07/2031  Granted 

Eromanga  10/07/2028  Granted 

Eromanga 

7/04/2023  Granted 

Eromanga  29/09/2024  Granted 

Eromanga  29/09/2024  Granted 

Eromanga  15/04/2022  Granted 

Eromanga  23/11/2022  Granted 

Eromanga  23/11/2028  Granted 

Eromanga  23/11/2022  Granted 

Eromanga 

6/09/2020 

Renewing 

Eromanga 

6/09/2020 

Renewing 

Eromanga 

6/09/2020 

Renewing 

Surat 

Surat 

Surat 

Surat 

Surat 

Surat 

31/12/2032  Granted 

31/12/2032  Granted 

31/12/2032  Granted 

31/12/2032  Granted 

17/12/2022  Granted 

28/02/2023  Granted 

62 

2% 

2% 

2% 

314.3 

18.3 

31.8 

2% 

127.8 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

2% 

100% 

81.75% 

81.75% 

100% 

24.748% 

24.748% 

45.8 

12.2 

12.2 

27.5 

18.3 

27.5 

234.6 

200.9 

256 

256 

12.2 

12.2 

136.5 

60.9 

9.2 

12.2 

64.7 

39.5 

12.2 

12.1 

9.2 

18.3 

27.5 

9.4 

42.5 

45.6 

36.1 

15.3 

15.3 

6.3 

0.4 

0.6 

2.6 

0.9 

0.2 

0.2 

0.6 

0.4 

0.6 

4.7 

4.0 

5.1 

5.1 

0.2 

0.2 

2.7 

1.2 

0.2 

0.2 

1.3 

0.8 

0.2 

0.2 

0.2 

0.4 

0.6 

9.4 

34.7 

37.3 

36.1 

3.8 

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PL 441 

Ausam5 

Surat 

4/06/2031  Granted 

100% 

21.4 

21.4 

Onshore South Australia (Supra Permian JV) 

PRL 35 FO 

PRL 37 FO 

PRL 38 FO 

PRL 41 FO 

PRL 43 FO 

PRL 44 FO 

PRL 45 FO 

PRL 48 FO 

PRL 49 FO 

Total 
PPL588 

Beach7 
Beach7 
Beach7 
Beach7 
Beach7 
Beach7 
Beach7 
Beach7 
Beach7 

Cooper 

Cooper 

Cooper 

Cooper 

Cooper 

Cooper 

Cooper 

Cooper 

Cooper 

28/04/2024  Granted 

28/04/2024  Granted 

28/04/2024  Granted 

28/04/2024  Granted 

28/04/2024  Granted 

28/04/2024  Granted 

28/04/2024  Granted 

28/04/2024  Granted 

28/04/2024  Granted 

Bounty 

Surat 

90.2 

97.5 

99.5 

91.3 

96.9 

99.1 

90.2 

96.9 

97.4 

21.0 

22.7 

23.2 

21.3 

22.6 

23.1 

21.0 

22.6 

22.7 

7505.0 

1077.0 

23.28% 

23.28% 

23.28% 

23.28% 

23.28% 

23.28% 

23.28% 

23.28% 

23.28% 

100% 

Operators / Notes 

1. Bounty Oil & Gas NL 

2. Asset Energy Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Advent Energy Ltd. 

3. Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd. - is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bounty Oil & Gas NL  

4. Santos Limited group companies  

5. Ausam Resources Pty Ltd - is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bounty Oil & Gas 

6. AGL Gas Storage PL 

7. Beach Energy Limited 

8. Petroleum Pipeline Licence 58 

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ABBREVIATIONS 

The following definitions are provided for readers who are unfamiliar with industry terminology: 

AVO 

Barrel (bbl/BBL) 

Basin 

BCF/Bcf 

BOPD/BPD 
Contingent Resources 
CSG 
GIIP 
Lead 
License 

MCF/Mcf 
MDRT 
MMB/mmb, 
MMBO/mmbo 
MMCF/mmcf, 
MMCFG/mmcfg, 
MMCFGPD/mmcfgpd 
NOPTA 

P10 
P90 
PCA 
Permeability 

Permit 
Play 

Plug and Abandon 
(P&A) 

Pmean 
Porosity 

Prospect (petroleum) 

Prospective Resources 
PSA 
PSC 
PRL 
Reserves 

Reservoir 

Specialised analysis of seismic data comparing amplitude of sound waves versus 
collection point offsets 

A unit of volume of oil production, one barrel equals 42 US gallons, 35 imperial gallons 
or approximately 159 litres 
A segment of the earth’s crust which has down warped and in which sediments have 
accumulated, such areas may contain hydrocarbons 
Billion cubic feet, i.e. 1,000 million cubic feet (equivalent to approximately 28.3 million 
cubic metres) of gas 
Barrels of oil per day; barrels per day 
Discovered resources, not yet fully commercial 
Coal seam gas 
Gas initially in place 
A structural or stratigraphic feature which has the potential to contain hydrocarbons 
An agreement in which a national or state government gives an oil Company the rights 
to explore for and produce oil and/or gas in a designated area 
Thousand cubic feet – the standard measure for natural gas 
Measured depth below Rotary Table 
Million barrels, million barrels of oil 

Million cubic feet, million cubic feet of gas, million cubic feet of gas per day 

National Offshore Petroleum Authority (Australia) 

10% probability of occurrence 
90% probability of occurrence 
Potential Commercial Area (State of Queensland) 
The degree to which fluids such as oil, gas and water can move through the pore spaces 
of a reservoir rock 
A petroleum tenement, lease, licence or block 
A geological concept which, if proved correct, could result in the discovery of 
hydrocarbons 
The process of terminating operations in a well.  Cement plugs are set in the borehole 
and the rig moves off the location.  The borehole is thus left in a safe condition.  In some 
cases, where the Operator considers it possible that the well may be re-entered at a 
later date, the well may be only temporarily plugged and abandoned 
The average (mean) probability of occurrence 
The void space in a rock created by cavities between the constituent mineral grains.  
Liquids are contained in the void space 
A geological or geophysical anomaly that has been surveyed and defined, usually by 
seismic data, to the degree that its configuration is fairly well established and on which 
further exploration such as drilling can be recommended 
Undisclosed resources 
Production Sharing Agreement 
Production Sharing Contract 
Petroleum Retention Lease (South Australia) 
Quantities of economically recoverable hydrocarbons estimated to be present within a 
trap, classified as prove, probably or possible 
A subsurface volume of rock of sufficient porosity and permeability to permit the 
accumulation of crude oil and natural gas under adequate trap conditions 

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Seal, Sealing Formation 

Seismic Survey 

Spud 
Stratigraphic Trap 

Structure 

Sub-basin 
TCF/Tcf 
TVDS 
Up-dip 

A geological formation that does not permit the passage of fluids.  Refer also to Cap 
Rock 
A type of geophysical survey where the travel times of artificially created seismic waves 
are measured as they are reflected in a near vertical sense back to the surface from 
subsurface boundaries.  This data is typically used to determine the depths to the tops 
of stratigraphic units and in making subsurface structural contour maps and ultimately 
in delineating prospective structures 
To start the actual drilling of a well 
A type of petroleum trap which results from variations in the lithology of the reservoir 
rock, which cause a termination of the reservoir, usually on the up dip extension 
A discrete area of deformed sedimentary rocks, in which the resultant bed configuration 
is such as to form a potential trap for migrating hydrocarbons 
A localised depression within a basin 
Trillion cubic feet 
Total vertical depth below Sea Level 
At a structurally higher elevation within dipping strata 

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CORPORATE DIRECTORY 

Board of Directors 

Share Registry 

Graham C. Reveleigh (Chairman) 
Charles Ross 
Roy Payne 

Automic  
Level 5, 126 Philip Street 
Sydney NSW  2000 
Telephone:  
Email:  

+61 2 9698 5414 
hello@automic.com.au 

Chief Executive Officer 

Bankers 

Philip F. Kelso 

BankWest, Perth 
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Sydney 

Company Secretary 

Legal Counsel 

Sachin Saraf 

Dentons Australia 
77 Castlereagh Street 
Sydney NSW  2000 

Registered and Principal Office 

Independent Consulting Petroleum Engineers 

Level 7, 283 George Street 
Sydney NSW  2000  
Australia 

Telephone:      +61 2 9299 2007 
Facsimile:        +61 2 9299 7300 
Email:  
Website:  

corporate@bountyoil.com 
www.bountyoil.com 

Apex Energy Consultants Inc. 
700, 815 8th Avenue S.W. 
Calgary, Alberta, T2P 3P2 
Canada 

Auditors  

Mr. William M Moyes 
Moyes Yong & Co 
Suite 1301, Level 13 
115 Pitt Street 
Sydney NSW  2000 

Telephone:   
Facsimile:      

+61 2 8256 1100 
+61 2 8256 1111  

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