“GeoPark Answers – Cuestión Pública” - March 23, 2022

GeoPark is a Company that respects the right to information and participation, and seeks respectful, transparent and an open engagement with all stakeholders. Answers to these questions have been shared by the Company on previous occasions with parties that have requested them, and we are pleased to now share them again with you and your organization, while stating, with absolute clarity, about unsubstantiated claims involving the Company and its actions in the territory. In this regard, we would very much like to invite you and your organization to meet with us to discuss these questions or other topics that may be of interest to you.

1) It is common knowledge that Amerisur-GeoPark is facing a lawsuit in England for environmental impact in several communities in Putumayo. The communities claim that the Company did not have a contingency plan to avoid the spills in 2015 in the village of Los Achapos and in 2020 in the village of La Rosa. What caused the spills? What action plan does Amerisur-GeoPark have for these events? Was it implemented in the aforementioned cases?

For legal reasons we cannot comment on a judicial process that is taking place in the United Kingdom related to the contingency of 2015. However, to answer your questions, we will refer to specific facts that are public knowledge.

The spill took place on June 11, 2015, when armed individuals stopped five (5) road tankers carrying crude oil owned by Ecopetrol and Amerisur on the road between La Rosa and the urban area of Puerto Asís, specifically in the village of Sinaí-Achapos. The drivers of the vehicles were forced to open the valves of the tanks, emptying the crude into bodies of water near the road. Amerisur and the transport companies involved had contingency plans[1] that were activated once the National Army allowed entry to the affected area, allowing the consequences of the oil spill on water bodies to be mitigated.

Amerisur informed the National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA) about the contingency and continued to inform about the Company’s mitigation, clean-up and remediation work from the time of the spill until the event was formally closed in the terms of the applicable regulations.

To contribute to the remediation of the affected ecosystems and the quality of life of the communities, through contractors Amerisur implemented a voluntary cleaning process of the areas, which was agreed with the neighboring communities. Cleaning and remediation activities were carried out in two periods: from November 7 to December 6, 2019, and from December 7, 2019 to January 15, 2020.

Although the events occurred before GeoPark acquired and assumed the operations of Amerisur, GeoPark conducted a due diligence process in all areas of Amerisur, including environmental and social issues.

[1] Contingency Plans approved by relevant authorities, in compliance with the provisions of the National Contingency Plan (PNC) against spills of hydrocarbons, derivatives and harmful substances in marine, fluvial and lake waters, in Decree 321 (1999) and other applicable regulations.