Mako Hydrocarbons Ltd : Appointment of Executive Advisor

NEWS RELEASE Appointment of Executive Advisor

September 2, 2012 - Calgary; September 3, 2012 - Perth
Mako Hydrocarbons Ltd., (ASX: MKE, "Mako", the "Company"), is pleased to announce that
the Company has appointed Malcolm Bult as an Executive Advisor to the Company.
Mr. Bult is a respected commercial and corporate manager whose fifteen year career in the energy industry includes merger and acquisitions, strategic planning, public market finance, business development and financial analyses.
From January 2008 to October 2011, Mr. Bult served as Commercial Manager of Aurora Oil
& Gas Limited during the formative period of that company's development from a junior explorer into an ASX 100 oil and gas production company. Prior to Aurora, Mr. Bult had a noted and successful tenure as Commercial Manager for Cape Energy, a private oil and gas company, a member of the corporate development team at Woodside Petroleum and a Business Analyst with the vertically integrated energy company Energy Equity Corporation Ltd.
Mr. Bult's experience in the early development of Aurora Oil and Gas will provide the Company's executives with valuable insight in relation to Mako's activities, projects and strategies, and his active support in ongoing investor relations and marketing activities will enhance the MKE profile in the Australian market.
Mr. Paul Griese, President & Managing Director of Mako, commented that Mako's executive team welcomes Mr. Bult's enthusiasm, experience and guidance as Mako moves to exploit its exposure in a world-class liquids rich gas play.

Mako Hydrocarbons Ltd. is an ASX listed oil and gas exploration and production company based in Canada, which is focused on the light oil and liquids rich natural gas area of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in west central Alberta.

ASX Code: MKE

OTC QX Code: MAEEY

Board of Directors Mr. George Watson Chairman

Mr. Simon Owen

Executive Vice Chairman

Mr. Paul Griese

Managing Director

Mr. Graham Anderson

Non Exec Director

Mr. Garry Mihaichuk

Non Exec Director

Management Mr. Paul Griese President & Managing Director

Mr. Cam Bolter

Vice President, Exploration

Mr. Brad Crowe

Vice President, Land

Mr. Stuart Keck

Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Jim Wilson

CFO & Corporate Secretary

Mr. Simon Owen

Executive Vice Chairman

Mr. Malcolm Bult

Executive Advisor

Mr. Leonard Math

Asst. Corporate Secretary

Mako Hydrocarbons Ltd. [e-mail] | www.makohydrocarbons.com | ABN: 33 009 218 955

Australian Office: Canadian Office:

14 Emerald Terrace, Suite 800, 521 Third Avenue S.W. West Perth, WA, Australia 6005 Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2P 3T3

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NEWS RELEASE For further information, please contact: Paul Griese Simon Owen President & Managing Director Executive Vice Chairman [phone] [phone]

Mako Hydrocarbons Ltd. [e-mail] | www.makohydrocarbons.com | ABN: 33 009 218 955

Australian Office: Canadian Office:

14 Emerald Terrace, Suite 800, 521 Third Avenue S.W. West Perth, WA, Australia 6005 Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2P 3T3

Main: [phone] | Fax: [phone] Main: [phone] | Fax: [phone]