Calgary, Alberta–(Newsfile Corp. – August 11, 2025) – Bengal Energy Ltd. (TSX: BNG) (“Bengal” or the “Company”) today announces its financial and operating results for the year end and first quarter of fiscal 2026 ended June 30, 2025.
FIRST-QUARTER FISCAL 2026 HIGHLIGHTS:
The following is an overview of the financial and operational results during the three months ending June 30, 2025. All amounts are in Canadian funds unless otherwise noted:
Financial summary:
Sales revenue – Crude oil sales revenue was $1.0 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, 45% lower than $1.9 million in Q1 fiscal 2024. Production was 120 barrels of oil per day (“bopd”) in Q1 fiscal 2025, 31% lower than 174 bopd in Q1 fiscal 2025 and realized pricing was 26% lower during Q1 fiscal 2026 compared to Q1 fiscal 2025.
Funds from operations – Funds from in operations was $23 thousand during the first quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to funds from operations of $203 thousand in Q1 fiscal 2024. The decrease was mainly due to lower sales revenue of $0.9 million, offset by lower operating expense of 0.4 million and lower G&A expense of 0.3 million.
Net loss – Bengal reported a net loss of $0.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to net loss of $0.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2025.
Operational summary:
Production volumes – The Company’s share of total Cuisinier production in the current quarter was 10,910 bbls (120 bopd) a decrease of 31% compared to production of 15,793 bbls (175 bopd) in the first quarter of fiscal 2025. The decrease in production was due to a change in field measurement process by the operator from allocation to metering as well as natural declines and well uptime. Incremental production from workover activity was expected during the quarter however production improvements were delayed due to a flooding event in the Cooper Basin restricting surface operations.
OPERATING SUMMARY
Bengal has filed its consolidated financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis for the quarter end March 31, 2025, with the Canadian securities regulators. The documents are available on SEDAR at www.sedarplus.ca or by visiting Bengal’s website at www.bengalenergy.ca.
Business development
Bengal is in ongoing discussions regarding potential farm-out opportunities surrounding its exploration and development portfolio as well as other corporate initiatives aimed at increasing shareholder value. The Company is unable to estimate the chance of success or update status until the culmination of any or all these initiatives.
Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures
Non-IFRS Financial Measures
Within this Press Release, references are made to terms commonly used in the oil and gas industry. Operating netback, operating netback per barrel, funds from operations, funds from operations per share, adjusted net income, and adjusted net income per share do not have any standardized meaning under IFRS and are referred to as non-IFRS measures. Management believes the presentation of the non-IFRS measures above provides useful information to investors and shareholders as the measures provide increased transparency and the ability to better analyze performance against prior periods on a comparable basis.
Operating Netback
Bengal utilizes operating netback as a key performance indicator and is utilized by Bengal to better analyze the operating performance of its petroleum and natural gas assets against prior periods. Operating netback is calculated oil sales deducting royalties and operating expenses. The following table reconciles petroleum and natural gas revenue to netback:
Funds from (used in) operations
Management utilized funds from (used in) operations as a measure to assess the Company’s ability to generate cash not subject to short-term movements in non-cash operating working capital. Funds from (used in) operations is calculated by adding back all non-cash expense deductions to the net loss for the period ended. The following table reconciles cash from operating activities to funds from operations, which is used in this MD&A:
Working capital
Bengal uses working capital to monitor its capital structure, liquidity, and its ability to fund current operations. Working capital is calculated as current assets, less current liabilities but excludes other obligations and the current portion of decommissioning obligations.
Non-IFRS Financial Ratios
Bengal uses operating netback per boe to assess the Company’s operating performance on a per unit of production basis. Operating netback per barrel equals operating netback divided by the applicable number of barrels of production.
Bengal uses funds from operations per share to assess the ability of the Company to generate the funds necessary for financing, operating, and capital activities on a per-share basis. This is a non-IFRS measure calculated by dividing funds from operations by weighted average basic and diluted shares outstanding for the periods disclosed.
About Bengal
Bengal Energy Ltd. is an international junior oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in Australia. The Company is committed to growing shareholder value through international exploration, production, and acquisitions. Bengal’s common shares trade on the TSX under the symbol “BNG”. Additional information is available at www.bengalenergy.ca
CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS:
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements or information (“forward-looking statements”) as defined by applicable securities laws that involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Bengal’s control. These statements relate to future events or our future performance. All statements other than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking statements. The use of any of the words “plan”, “expect”, “future”, “prospective”, “project”, “intend”, “believe”, “should”, “would,” “anticipate”, “estimate”, or other similar words or statements that certain events “may” or “will” occur are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The projections, estimates and beliefs contained in such forward-looking statements are based on management’s estimates, opinions, and assumptions at the time the statements were made, including assumptions relating to: the impact of economic conditions in North America and Australia and globally; industry conditions; changes in laws and regulations including, without limitation, the adoption of new environmental laws and regulations and changes in how they are interpreted and enforced; increased competition; the availability of qualified operating or management personnel; fluctuations in commodity prices, foreign exchange or interest rates; stock market volatility and fluctuations in market valuations of companies with respect to announced transactions and the final valuations thereof; results of exploration and testing activities; and the ability to obtain required approvals and extensions from regulatory authorities. We believe the expectations reflected in those forward-looking statements are reasonable but, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits that Bengal will derive from them. As such, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause Bengal’s actual financial results, performance or achievement in future periods to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, risks associated with: the failure to obtain required regulatory approvals or extensions; the failure to satisfy the conditions under farm-in and joint venture agreements; the failure to secure required equipment and personnel; changes in general global economic conditions including, without limitations, the economic conditions in North America and Australia; increased competition; the availability of qualified operating or management personnel; fluctuations in commodity prices, foreign exchange or interest rates; changes in laws and regulations including, without limitation, the adoptionof new environmental and tax laws and regulations and changes in how they are interpreted and enforced; the results of exploration and development drilling and related activities; the ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources; and stock market volatility. Readers are encouraged to review the material risks discussed in Bengal’s annual information form for the year ended March 31, 2024, under the heading “Risk Factors” and in Bengal’s management’s discussion and analysis for the Q3 of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, under the heading “Risk Factors”. The Company cautions that the foregoing list of assumptions, risks, and uncertainties is not exhaustive. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release speak only as of the date hereof and Bengal does not assume any obligation to publicly update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as may be required pursuant to applicable securities laws.
Selected Definitions
The following terms used in this news release have the meanings set forth below:
bbl. – barrel
bbls – barrels
bbls/d -barrels per day
$/bbl – dollars per barrel
Q1- three months ended June 30
Q2- three months ended September 30
Q3 – three months ended December 31
Q4 – three months ended March 31
Non-IFRS Measurements
Within this news release, references are made to terms commonly used in the oil and gas industry. Funds from (used in) operations, funds from (used in) operations per share, operating netback, netback per bbl, adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per share do not have any standardized meaning under IFRS and previous GAAP and are referred to as non-IFRS measures. Funds from (used in) operations per share are calculated based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding consistent with the calculation of net income (loss) per share. Operating netback includes realized losses on financial instruments. Netback per bbl is calculated by dividing revenue (including realized loss on financial instruments) less royalties, and operating expenses by the total production of the Company measured in bbl. Adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per share are calculated based on Net income (loss) plus unrealized loss (gain) on financial instruments less unrealized foreign exchange loss (gain) and non-cash impairment of non-current assets. The Company’s calculation of the non-IFRS measures included herein may differ from the calculation of similar measures by other issuers. Therefore, the Company’s non-IFRS measures may not be comparable to other similar measures used by other issuers. Funds from operations is not intended to represent operating profit for the period nor should it be viewed as an alternative to operating profit, net income, cash flow from operations or other measures of financial performance calculated in accordance with IFRS. Non-IFRS measures should only be used with the Company’s annual audited and interim financial statements. A reconciliation of these measures can be found in the tables on pages 16 of Bengal’s management’s discussion and analysis for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.
Disclosure of Oil and Gas Information
This document discloses test results which are not necessarily indicative of long-term performance or of ultimate recovery.
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See “Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures” on page 12 of the March 31, 2025 MD&A.
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