BEFORE THE STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI

BEFORE THE STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI RE: PETITION OF J. R. POUNDS, INC. FOR AN EXTENSION OF INACTIVE WELL STATUS UNDER STATEWIDE RULE 28 FOR CERTAIN WELLS LOCATED IN BOLTON FIELD, HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, DOCKET NO. 451-2025-D PUBLIC NOTICE TO: ALL OWNERS AND PERSONS INTERESTED IN BOLTON FIELD, IN HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI TAKE NOTICE that J. R. POUNDS, INC. ("Pounds") has filed a Petition with the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board requesting that the Board grant an extension of the inactive well status under Rule 28.2.a for certain wells which is listed on Exhibit "1" hereto. TAKE NOTICE that the above and foregoing matter will be heard at the regular December 2025 meeting to be held at 9:00 o'clock a.m. on December 17, 2025, Suite E, 500 Greymont Avenue, Jackson, Mississippi, at which time and place all interested parties may appear and contest said matter. If you intend to contest the docket or request a continuance, you must notify the Board and Petitioner's representative of your intention in writing not later than 5:00 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, (seven (7) days prior to the date stated above for the hearing). Failure to so notify the Board and Petitioner shall be a waiver of your right to contest or request continuance. You are advised that the Board may adopt orders concerning a petition which may differ from the relief requested by Petitioner, and the Board will enter such order or orders as in its judgment may be appropriate in accordance with the evidence presented. STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI By: /s/ JESSE NEW State Oil and Gas Board Supervisor ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER: Glenn Gates Taylor (MBN 7453) Ian Austin (MBN 104584) COPELAND, COOK, TAYLOR & BUSH, P.A. 600 Concourse, Suite 200 1076 Highland Colony Parkway P. O. Box 6020 Ridgeland, Mississippi 39158 601-856-7200 601-856-7626 (facsimile) EXHIBIT "1" Bolton Field Docket No. 451-2025-D Hinds County, Mississippi Well Name: Gaddis Farms Well No.: 1A Section: 19 Township: 6N Range: 2W API No. 23-049-00154 Well Name: C.J. Mashburn 19-7 Well No.: 1 Section: 19 Township: 6N Range: 2W API No. 23-049-20138 –END OF EXHIBIT– November 16 2025 LMSS0407091