Update re SEPCOIII Strategic Development Agreement Kibo Energy PLC (Incorporated in Ireland) (Registration Number: 451931) (External registration number: 2011/007371/10) Share code on the JSE Limited: KBO Share code on the AIM: KIBO ISIN: IE00B97C0C31 (“Kibo” or “the Company”) Dated: 3 April 2019 Kibo Energy PLC (‘Kibo’ or the ‘Company’) Update re SEPCOIII Strategic Development Agreement Kibo Energy PLC ("Kibo" or the "Company"), the multi-asset, Africa focused energy company, announces that further to the announcement dated 11 December 2018, a final decision regarding the Strategic Development Agreement (‘SDA’) with SEPCOIII has not been made; discussions are ongoing. The Company looks forward to updating the market further in this regard in due course. *ENDS** For further information please visit www.kibo.energy or contact: Louis Coetzee info@kibo.energy Kibo Energy PLC Chief Executive Officer Andreas Lianos +27 (0) 83 4408365 River Group Corporate and Designated Adviser on JSE Ben Tadd / +44 (0) 20 3700 0093 SVS Securities Limited Joint Broker Tom Curran Jason Robertson +44 (0) 20 7374 2212 First Equity Limited Joint Broker Andrew Thomson +61 8 9480 2500 RFC Ambrian Limited NOMAD on AIM Isabel de Salis / +44 (0) 20 7236 1177 St Brides Partners Ltd Investor and Media Gaby Jenner Relations Adviser Notes to editors Kibo Energy PLC is a multi-asset energy company focused on progressing a diverse portfolio of advanced power generation and mining projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and the UK, utilising established international relationships with key development partners. It is simultaneously developing three coal-fuelled power projects in Africa: the Benga Independent Power Project in Mozambique; the Mabesekwa Coal Independent Power Project in Botswana; and the Mbeya Coal to Power Project in Tanzania. Additionally, the Company has a 60% interest in MAST Energy Developments Limited, a private UK registered company targeting the development and operation of flexible power plants to service the Reserve Power generation market. Johannesburg 3 April 2019 Corporate and Designated Adviser River Group Date: 03/04/2019 09:00:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.