Parex Resources Inc.

Hello, and thank you for standing by. My name is Regina, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I'd like to welcome everyone to the Perixx Resources third quarter operational and financial results conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you'd like to ask a question during this time, simply press star, then the number one on your telephone keypad. To withdraw your question, press star one again. I'd now like to turn the conference over to Mike Crookton, Senior Vice President of Capital Markets and Corporate Planning. Please go ahead.

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Parks Resources' third quarter 2025 conference call and webcast. My name is Mike Crookton, and on the call with me today are our President and Chief Executive Officer, Iman Molson, our Chief Financial Officer, Cam Granger, and our Chief Operating Officer, Eric Furland. Please note that at any time, telephone participants on the call can press star 1 to submit a question. As a reminder, this conference call includes forward-looking statements, as well as non-GAAP and other financial measures, with the associated risks outlined in our news release and MD&A, which can be found on our website or at cdarplus.ca. Note that all amounts discussed today are in US dollars, unless otherwise stated. I'll now turn the call over to Ahmad. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Mike, and good morning, everyone. Throughout the quarter, we have made steady progress across our portfolio, successfully executing our ambitious activity plan and delivering strong results. With the majority of our planned activity now complete or underway, that momentum is translating into stronger production performance and positioning us to deliver a Q4 production average that exceeds the top end of our annual guidance. At our core assets, Capastero and Janus34, we continue to see strong performance through application of secondary recovery and EOR programs that are maximizing recovery rates from the field. At Janus32, where we completed a pack-in acquisition in March, we've quickly demonstrated our ability to unlock value and deliver superior performance as the field operator. While Eric will provide more details on the momentum underway, I will say that our distant execution has already translated into steady production gains, with current rates now exceeding three times what we inherited at the time of acquisition. Turning to exploration, where performance this year has been strong, we delivered five near-field successes at Yano 74. Underscoring that our strategy is generating tangible in-year production gains. And we are now looking ahead to our Vin1 exploration prospects with results anticipated by year-end. Our financial performance for the quarter was strong despite a softer price environment. Our top quarter netbacks reflect the strength of our operating model and durability of our business. Driven by favorable Colombian crude oil differentials, and continued internal cost optimization. With that, I'll now turn it over to Eric to provide an operational update.

Thanks, Ahmad. In Q3 2025, production averaged 43,953 BOE per day, generally in line with our expectations. Building on the milestones Ahmad highlighted, we're now seeing strong performance carry into Q4. with October production averaging 49,300 BOE per day, representing a 12% month-over-month increase from September. This growth stems from the exceptional execution of our teams against a demanding second half activity plan, and I want to recognize their efforts. Let's take a closer look at some of the key performance highlights. At Cabristero, we were building on the successful completion of the water flood phase and are now executing our full field polymer implementation plan. With the project now 80% complete, we are on track to achieve full implementation by year end. At Janus 34, we continue to apply lessons learned from Cabrissero, with ongoing optimization and water flood expansion currently underway. By year end, we also expect to complete the initial polymer implementation at two patterns on the field. At Block 32, we've seen strong production ramp up, driven by disciplined execution. In the quarter, we delivered four successful development and appraisal wells, growing production from 4,000 BOE per day when we first took operatorship in April to over 12,000 BOE per day today. What's even more encouraging for LLA 32 is that we progress our activity. We are gaining valuable insights into the field, revealing even greater running room than we initially anticipated. We are looking forward to results in Q4. when we plan to spot a well in the northern part of the field, which, if successful, will de-risk additional areas and expand future drillable inventory. At Capachos, our activity is progressing as planned, with the first of a two-well development campaign complete. The first well's performance has been strong, with drilling underway for the second well. At the Putumayo, we are making steady progress, with our activity plan set to commence in the fourth quarter. We are currently mobilizing two rigs and expect to spud two wells, with one commencing a water flood pilot process and the other applying horizontal drilling concepts. The results will provide valuable baseline production data to refine and optimize our 2026 development strategy. And lastly, turning to exploration. As Ahmed mentioned, we spud the Guapu Prospect located on the VIM-1 block in mid-October. This prospect is targeting gas and condensate and the success here would help de-risk nearby contingent prospects, confirm our egress plans for the area and solidify our gas strategy in the basin. We look forward to having preliminary results by year end. Our near field exploration program continues to deliver. With the fifth well now online in Block 74, the block's success is contributing production in excess of 5,000 BOE per day and demonstrating the value of targeting low-risk, high-success prospects. As we look ahead to 2026, we're using our sizable land position to build a robust funnel of opportunities to sustain this performance. Overall, we have made strong progress over the quarter, and we remain focused on operational execution to ensure we maintain momentum into 2026. With that, I'd invite Cam to please go ahead.

Thanks, Eric. Despite a lower price environment, we continue to deliver strong financial performance in the quarter. Funds flow provided by operations grew modestly to 105 million and our FFO net back was steady at $26.07 per BOE based on an average Brent oil price of $68.17 per barrel. Also supporting netbacks has been an improved operated production expense profile. While we have recently seen a slight uptick in power costs, they remain at normalized levels that have been supported by the team's ongoing efforts to deliver internal optimizations, which are proving successful. For Q4, we have hedged roughly 25% of our planned production, utilizing a Brent put spread at $60 and $65 per barrel, which is providing insulation for our cash profile in an environment where we continue to see global volatility. Current taxes were $11 million for the quarter. Given Columbia's progressive tax and royalty system and at strip pricing, we expect our full-year effective current tax rate to be between 5% to 8%. Capital spending for the quarter totaled 80 million, reflecting our increased activity levels. We expect expenditures to remain at similar levels through the year end, but we may look to deploy incremental capital to carry our momentum into 2026. The decision will depend on upcoming well results, where ongoing success could support additional follow-up drilling. We remain fully funded with our capital program advancing. a regular dividend covered, and a modest level of share repurchases continuing. Our balance sheet remains exceptionally strong, underpinned by ample liquidity and financial flexibility. This solid financial position enables us to execute our strategic priorities with confidence while maintaining resilience in varying market conditions. With that, I will pass it over to Ahmad for some final remarks.

Thank you, Cam. As we've highlighted throughout the call, we are well positioned to meet our annual production guidance and finish the year strong. The team remains focused on sustaining momentum and leveraging new-tier term opportunities to capture additional value, and positioned for a strong start to 2026. Achieving this has taken focus, discipline, and teamwork across the organization, and I want to thank all our employees and partners for their hard work and commitment. With that, I'll turn it over to Mike for closing remarks.

Thank you again for your attention today. Before we move to the Q&A portion of the call, I want to state that we are committed to providing timely updates to the investment community on our proposed acquisition of Geopark. But given the current situation at this time, we will not be providing any further comments or taking questions on this matter. This concludes our formal remarks. I would like to turn the call back to the operator and start the Q3 earnings Q&A session for the investment community. Thank you.

We will now begin the question and answer session. In order to ask a question, press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. Our first question will come from the line of Greg Party with RBC Capital Markets. Please go ahead.

Yeah, thanks. Thanks. Good morning. Thanks for the rundown. Had a couple of questions, but the first is maybe just to get a better sense of what the trajectory looks like from a unit operating cost standpoint. I know there's been some volatility. It was a lot lower in 2Q. It's up in 3Q. Just wondering how we should think about that in more of a normalized state. Hey, Greg, it's Cam.

Yeah, so we had an uptick in our OPEX in the quarter compared to Q2. That's driven by a few things. Power costs in August and September. increased and that impacted our non-operated LLA 34 field. Those have been subsided in October and normalized. We also had the Colombian peso increase about 5% over Q2. And then we also had a small non-recurring adjustment that we recorded in the quarter. So that's what was really kind of driving that increase of $2.50. Looking forward to Q4 with flush production coming from our operated fields and power costs more in line, we're expecting our OPEX number to be around $12 to $13 per barrel. Okay.

Okay, terrific. Thanks for that. And maybe I'll ask this question in a bit of a roundabout way, but let's just say you owned 100% of Block 34. What would be the What would be the plan? Perhaps how would the development plan change from maybe what's in place currently?

So let me answer that. First, it would be a very good plan, but other than that, I'd refer back to Mike's comment. We'd rather right now not talk about the Geopark offer because there's a lot going on, and we'd rather not talk about it or answer questions.

Okay. Okay. Thanks, Matt.

Once again, for any questions, press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. And that will conclude our question and answer session. I'll hand the call back to Mike for any closing comments.

Thank you very much, operator. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at parksresources.com. Thanks for joining us today.

That will conclude our call today. Thank you all for joining. You may now disconnect.