Octant Energy Corp. Announces Option Agreements in Cameroon and Madagascar

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Octant Energy Corp. (the "Corporation" or "Octant") (TSX VENTURE:OEL), is
pleased to announce that it has entered into an option agreement ("Option
Agreement") with Kosmos Energy Ltd. ("Kosmos"), subject to final mutual
agreement and satisfaction of conditions precedent pursuant to which Kosmos will
assign up to 50% of its participating equity working interest in the N'Dian
River and Fako onshore licenses in Cameroon (the "Licenses") in consideration of
Octant paying its share of the exploration costs, including the drilling of the
Sipo-1 prospect, which is planned to commence in Q4 2012. 


Sipo Prospect 

The Sipo Prospect is located onshore Cameroon, in the southern part of the Ndian
River Block, within the Rio del Rey Basin. It is an extension of a proven
offshore play and the prospect is a large structurally trapped anticline
associated with multiple stacked targets within the Miocene Isongo Formation.
Sipo is located in the heart of the Isongo reservoir fairway which constitutes
primary reservoir in the Alba and Esmeraldas fields in Equatorial Guinea and in
Bowleven plc's recent IF and IE oil and natural gas condensate discoveries in
the Etinde Block to the south. Sipo is also situated along trend from the Etinde
Block discoveries and in a similar trap type. The petroleum system is well
established, down-dip in the offshore Douala and Rio del Rey basins and more
locally in wells within the confines of the block. 


The Sipo prospects have been evaluated internally by Kosmos. A similar structure
down-dip from Sipo (Sipo South) represents low risk follow on potential and two
additional prospects (Meme and Bamusso) provide further Lower Cretaceous
potential. There are no reserves assigned to the prospects. Kosmos' disclosure
regarding the Sipo prospects can be found at the following link
http://investors.kosmosenergy.com. 


Pursuant to the Option Agreement, Kosmos will assign up to 50% the Licenses to
Octant following completion of certain conditions precedent including, but not
limited to: (i) Octant completing a financing (the "Financing"); (ii) agreement
of the parties to the Joint Operating Agreements covering the Licenses; and
(iii) receipt of approval from the appropriate authority of the Republic of
Cameroon. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval including the
approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. 


The Option Agreement provides that Octant shall have until November 5, 2012 to
demonstrate to the satisfaction of Kosmos that Octant has sufficient funds to
meet its financial obligations under the Option Agreement. 


Octant also has a current option agreement with Ophir Energy plc (the "Ophir
Agreement") that provides for Octant to farm into Madagascar block 2102 as
operator, for up to a 50% working interest. Octant's press release of March 12,
2012 outlines the NI 51-101 gross prospective resources of the targets
identified on the block. It is currently planned that the well will commence in
early 2013. 


Rick Schmitt, President and CEO of Octant said, "Our strategy of drilling high
impact oil prospects, as part of a broad portfolio of assets in Africa, is
significantly enhanced through these option agreements with highly respected
industry partners." 


In relation with the Kosmos Option Agreement and the Ophir Agreement, Octant has
engaged a syndicate of agents to pursue financing alternatives. 


Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking statements,
as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon
which they are based will occur. By their nature, forward-looking statements
involve numerous assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties, both
general and specific that contributes to the possibility that the predictions,
forecasts, projections in the forward-looking statements will not occur, and
that the actual performance or results expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. 


Potential resources estimates are subject to certain assumptions, risks and
uncertainties, including those associated with exploration for oil and gas, the
drilling and completion of future wells, limited available geological data and
uncertainties regarding the actual production characteristics of, and recovery
efficiencies associated with, the reservoirs, all of which are being assumed. As
estimates, there is no guarantee that the estimated resources will be recovered
or produced. Actual resources may be greater than or less than the estimates
provided in this presentation. There is no certainty that any portion of these
prospective resources described above will be discovered. There is also no
certainty that it will be commercially viable to produce any portion of such
prospective resources, if discovered. 


The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of
the date of this press release. Except as required by applicable securities
laws, the Corporation, disclaims any intention and assumes no obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. Additionally, the Corporation
undertakes no obligation to comment on the expectations of, or statements made
by, third parties in respect of the matters discussed above.


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States. The securities have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
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