Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Report

ABN 88 002 522 009 Level 3, 1 Havelock Street West Perth, 6005 Western Australia Ph: +61 8 9488 5220 Fx: +61 8 9324 2400 admin@rangeresources.com.au 30 April 2010 QUARTERLY REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING 31 MARCH 2010 The Board is pleased to provide the following commentary to be read in conjunction with the Appendix 5B which summarised below and available at www.asx.com.au Puntland Following the conclusion of negotiations between Range Resources Limited's (" Range" or "the Company") Joint Venture Partner, Africa Oil Corp. ("Africa Oil") and the Government of the Puntland State of Somalia at the end of December 2009, and the resultant amended Production Sharing Agreements, Africa Oil has worked towards finalising the identification of drillable targets along with logistical investigations as it moves towards drilling of the first exploration well in Puntland for over 18 years. Subsequent to quarter end, Africa Oil announced an update (7 April 2010) on the Joint Venture's interests onshore Puntland: Dharoor Block: Africa Oil has completed a comprehensive interpretation of newly acquired 2D seismic data over the Dharoor Block. Several large prospects have been identified. Africa Oil and its joint venture partners have agreed to initially drill one prospect in Dharoor. The well is expected to commence drilling before the end of 2010. Nugaal Block: Africa Oil has completed a re-interpretation of the existing 2D seismic data over the Nugaal Block. Several large prospects have been identified. Africa Oil and its joint venture partners are in discussion regarding drilling plans for 2010-2011. Following the successful completion of negotiations regarding the onshore licences and previous technical presentations to the Government on the proposed offshore areas of interest, Range will look to continue negotiations regarding the formalisation of a new PSA with respect to the exploration and development of off shore Puntland during 2010. Georgia During the quarter, the seismic acquisition program across the License Blocks VIa and VIb in the Republic of Georgia was completed and signed off by the Company's Georgian Partner, Strait Oil and Gas Ltd ("Strait") with the Seismic Contractors the Geophysical Institute of Israel . Notification has been received from the government stating that: `the seismic acquisition program was carried out in accordance with the requirements of the work program of the PSA and has fulfilled the obligations undertaken by the company'. This has resulted in the satisfaction of Phase II of the PSA, which was required to be completed before May 2010. Strait had engaged the Seismic Contractors to conduct a minimum of 350 km 2D Seismic survey over the license area in accordance with the Phase II provisions of the PSA governed by a contract signed in September 2009. The seismic programme was acquired using the vibroseis technique and in total 410 km of 2D seismic data were recorded. From the onset the character of the data observed in the QC brute stacks was good to very good and remained so throughout the programme. Following completion of the seismic acquisition, the seismic data is being processed and interpreted by RPS Energy with the aim of identifying drill targets by late Q2 2010 / early Q3 2010. Assuming the successful identification of drillable targets, already indicated in three areas of the Blocks, the Company will elect to either: * progress the targets at the current 50:50 equity basis with its partner Strait Oil and Gas (UK) Limited; or * look to attract potential farm-in partners to joint fund a drilling program. Figure 1 - Seismic Vehicle Texas - from explorer to producer Less than three months after confirmation of a commercial discovery in the North Chapman Ranch field, first production and sales were initiated from the Smith #1 discovery well in Nueces County, Texas on February 19, 2010. Initial production has been from the middle of three zones which has been flowing naturally (without hydraulic fracture simulation). It is anticipated that the well will be producing from this zone for several additional weeks before being shut in for a recompletion involving addition of the two other zones and fraccing of all three. All three zones will then be comingled and produced. Hydraulically fracturing the reservoirs is expected to create additional permeability paths from the reservoir to the well bore that should sharply increase initial rates from all zones, which in turn will accelerate payout while improving reserve recovery and overall economics. Gross production for the quarter from the Smith #1 well has been approximately 73k MMcf of natural gas and 5,350 bbls of oil. Figure 1 - processing facilities at the Smith #1 well site Subsequent to quarter end Following on from the success at the Smith #1 well, the joint venture has embarked on a multi-well program with site preparations now completed for the upcoming drilling of the Russell-Bevly Unit #1 well. The well will be the Company's second to date in the North Chapman Ranch Field, and with a projected total depth of 14,000 ft. (4,200m), the Russell Bevly #1 well will be an appraisal well located approximately 1,900 ft. (570m) north-northwest of the Smith #1. The well is expected to add reserves and production while helping to delineate the overall size of the reservoir. Range holds a 20% working interest in the well, which has an estimated dry hole cost of $US3.8m (Range share US$760,000). Range will provide regular updates on the progress on the drilling of the Russell-Bevly. Following completion of site preparation work this week, spudding of the Russell Bevly #1 well is expected to occur in the next several days. Corporate The Company's General Meeting was held on 19 March 2010 with all resolutions being passed. During the quarter the Company successfully completed a rights issue to shareholders plus a placement to sophisticated and institutional investors that raised approximately $14m. Consolidated Cashflow Summary (Summary of Appendix 5B) Current Qtr Year to date (9 months) Cashflows related to operating activities Payments for exploration (6,685) (12,884) Payments for administration (1,376) (3,068) Interest received 5 10 Interest payable - (75) (8,056) (16,017) Cashflows related to investing activities Payments for other fixed assets - (6) Loans to other entities (213) (293) (213) (299) Cashflows related to financing activities Proceeds from issue of shares / options etc 14,065 20,575 Proceeds from borrowings (1,100) 500 Costs associated with issue of shares (650) (955) 12,315 20,120 Net increase / (decrease) in cash held 4,046 3,804 Cash at beginning of quarter / year to date 173 415 Cash at end of quarter / year to date 4,219 4,219 As at 31 March 2010 the Company had on issue 853,583,049 million ordinary shares and a total of 568,372,541 million options (various exercise prices and exercise dates - namely 421,452,742, $0.05, 31 December 2011). A full formatted version of the Company's March 2010 quarterly activities and cash flow report is available on the Company's website atwww.rangeresources.com.au ." By order of the Board Peter Landau Executive Director Contacts Range Resources Peter Landau Tel: +61 8 9488 5220 Em: plandau@rangeresources.com.au Australia London PPR Conduit PR David Tasker Jonathan Charles Tel: +61 (8) 9388 0944 Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7429 6666 Em: david.tasker@ppr.com.au Em: jonathan@conduitpr.com RFC Corporate Finance (Nominated Advisor) Old Park Lane Capital (Broker) Stuart Laing Michael Parnes Tel: +61 (8) 9480 2500 Tel: +44 (0) 207 493 8188 Range Background Range Resources is a dual listed (ASX: RRS; AIM: RRL) oil & gas exploration company with oil & gas interests in the frontier state of Puntland, Somalia, the Republic of Georgia and Texas, USA. * In Puntland, Range holds a 20% working interest in two licences encompassing the highly prospective Dharoor and Nugaal valleys with plans to drill two wells (TSXV:AOI) - 65% Operator, in 2010. * In the Republic of Georgia, Range holds a 50% farm-in interest in onshore blocks VIa and VIb, covering approx. 7,000sq.km. Range and its partner has successfully completed a 410km seismic acquisition program - end of March 2010. * Range holds a 25% interest in the North Chapman Ranch project, Texas. The project area encompasses approximately 1,680 acres in one of the most prolific oil and gas producing trends in the State of Texas. Drilling of the first well has resulted in a commercial discovery with production having commenced February 2010, with a second well expected to spud May 2010. The references to gas flow rates with regards to Texas have been provided by the operator of the well, Crest Resources Inc., reviewed by Mark Patterson a petroleum geologist director and partner of Texas Energy Advisers LLC (who act as consultants to Range), who has over 25 years of relevant experience in the oil & gas sector, and found to be consistent with the SPE Guidelines.
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