Providence Resources plc: Annual General Meeting

6th June 2013

Providence Resources P.l.c.
Annual General Meeting
Thursday, 6th June 2013

Providence Resources P.l.c. ("Providence"), the AIM and ESM quoted company, held its Annual General Meeting in Dublin today. The Company provided a general update on its multi-year, multi-well drilling programme offshore Ireland, including specific updates on the Barryroe farm out process and the ongoing drilling at Dunquin.

Speaking at the meeting, Tony O'Reilly, Chief Executive of Providence, said:

"2012 was a truly transformational year for Providence, with the most notable event being the successful appraisal programme at the Barryroe oil field in the Celtic Sea Basin, the first well to be drilled in our multi-basin drilling campaign offshore Ireland. We continue to build on this success in 2013 with the Barryroe farm out campaign well underway, the second well in our programme at Dunquin ongoing and continued portfolio management, including the recent farm in by Cairn into Spanish Point. We look forward to updating shareholders on these activities, amongst others, over the coming months."

All of the resolutions considered and voted upon by the shareholders were approved. The full text
of each resolution was included in the notice of the meeting circulated to shareholders.

Contacts:
Providence Resources P.l.c	Tel: [phone]
Tony O'Reilly, Chief Executive
Powerscourt	Tel: [phone]
Lisa Kavanagh/Rob Greening
Murray Consultants	Tel: [phone]
Pauline McAlester
Cenkos Securities Plc	Tel: [phone]
Adrian Hargraves/Nick Wells
J&E Davy	Tel: [phone]
Eugenee Mulhern
Liberum	Tel: [phone]
Clayton Bush

ABOUT PROVIDENCE
Providence Resources Plc is an Irish based oil & gas exploration and appraisal company with a portfolio of appraisal and exploration assets offshore Ireland and the U.K. The Company is currently leading a circa $500 million multi-year drilling programme on a number of exploration/development wells over 6 different basins offshore Ireland, representing the largest drilling campaign ever carried out offshore Ireland www.providenceresources.com

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