Roc Oil Company Limited 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 ROC OIL COMPANY LIMITED ("ROC") STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE ROC COMPLETES PLACEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 28 MILLION SHARES TO RAISE A$76 MILLION/GBP 32 MILLION Roc Oil Company Limited is pleased to announce the completion of the placement to raise A$75.9 million/GBP32.2 million before expenses, by the issue of a total of 28,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares at A$2.71/£1.15 per share on 25 January 2006. The shares issued represent about 14.9% of the issued share capital of the Company. ROC is issuing these shares without disclosure to investors under the fundraising provisions of Part 6D.2 of the Corporations Act and this notice is given pursuant to section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act. As at the date of this notice, ROC confirms that it: • has complied with its financial reporting and auditing obligations under Chapter 2M of the Corporations Act and its continuous disclosure obligations under section 674 of the Corporations Act; and • has not excluded information from a continuous disclosure notice required to be given to the Australian Stock Exchange Limited under the Listing Rules which falls within the definition of excluded information in section 708A(7) and (8) of the Corporations Act. Michelle Manook For further information please contact: General Manager - Corporate Affairs Dr John Doran on Tel: +61-2-8356-2000 Fax: +61-2-9380-2635 Email: jdoran@rocoil.com.au Or visit ROC's website: www.rocoil.com.au Dr Kevin Hird General Manager Business Development Tel: +44 (0)207 586 7935 Fax: +44 (0)207 722 3919 Email: khird@rocoil.com.au Nick Lambert Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial Tel: +44 (0)207 861 3232 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange