HNR Acquisition Corp Announces Notice of Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard

HOUSTON, TX / ACCESSWIRE / April 23, 2024 / HNR Acquisition Corp (NYSE American:HNRA) (the "Company" or "HNRA") is an independent upstream energy company.

On April 17, 2024, the Company received a notice (the "NYSE Notice") from the NYSE American LLC (the "NYSE American") that the Company is not in compliance with NYSE American listing standards as a result of its failure to timely file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (the "Form 10-K") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").

The NYSE Notice has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company's Class A Common Stock (NYSE American: HNRA) or the Company's public warrants (NYSE American: HNRAW) on the NYSE American. The NYSE Notice informed the Company that, under NYSE American rules, the Company has six months from April 16, 2024, to regain compliance with the NYSE American listing standards by filing the Form 10-K with the SEC. If the Company fails to file the Form 10-K within the six-month period, the NYSE American may grant, in its sole discretion, an extension of up to six additional months for the Company to regain compliance, depending on the specific circumstances. The NYSE Notice also notes that the NYSE American may nevertheless commence delisting proceedings at any time if it deems that the circumstances warrant.

As previously reported in the Company's Notification of Late Filing on Form 12b-25 filed with the SEC on April 2, 2024 (the "Form 12b-25"), the Company was unable to file the Form 10-K within the prescribed period because additional time, resources and effort are required to complete work related to its financial reporting and close procedures. Subsequent to filing the Form 12b-25, the Company continued to dedicate significant resources to the completion of such procedures but was unable to file the Form 10-K by April 16, 2024, the end of the extension period provided by the Form 12b-25. The Company requires additional time to complete such procedures.

The Company is working diligently to complete the necessary work to file the Form 10-K as soon as practicable and currently expects to file the Form 10-K within the six-month period granted by the NYSE Notice; however, there can be no assurance that the Form 10-K will be filed within such period.

About the Oil Field Property

In November 2023, the Company acquired LH Operating, LLC ("LHO") including its holdings in New Mexico of oil and gas waterflood production comprising 13,700 contiguous leasehold acres, 342 producing wells and 207 injection wells situated on 20 federal and 3 state leases in the Grayburg-Jackson Oil Field. The Grayburg-Jackson Oil Field is located on the Northwest Shelf of the prolific Permian Basin in Eddy County, New Mexico.