PEDEVCO Announced Joint Development Agreement With D-J Basin Operator, Receiving $1.7M For Roth And Amber DSUs Expansion; Operator To Drill 5 New Wells By Q3 2025, Retaining Option To Acquire Up To 50% Leasehold Interest In Amber DSU By June 30, 2026

PEDEVCO Corp. (NYSE:PED) ("PEDEVCO") today announced that it has entered into a joint development agreement ("Agreement") with a large, Denver, Colorado-based private equity-backed D-J Basin E&P Company with extensive operational experience ("Operator"), pursuant to which the companies have agreed to jointly participate in the expansion and development of the Company's Roth and Amber DSUs located in Weld County, Colorado. Pursuant to the Agreement, in exchange for the Operator's payment to the Company of approximately $1.7 million, the Company agreed to submit to the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission (the "ECMC") spacing applications to amend the Company's existing Roth and Amber DSUs to increase each of their sizes from ~1,280 acres to ~1,600 acres, transfer operatorship of the DSUs to the Operator, and jointly participate in the development of the Roth DSU with each party having not less than a 40% working interest. The parties further agreed that the Operator shall commence the drilling of five new horizontal wells in the Roth DSU in Q3 2025, with completion estimated to occur in Q4 2025. PEDEVCO retained the right to assume operations in the event the wells are not timely commenced.

Upon the timely completion of the five Roth DSU wells, but no later than June 30, 2026, the Operator shall have the option to acquire up to 50% of the Company's leasehold interest in the Amber DSU, resulting in each of the Company and the Operator holding up to ~45% of the working interests in the Amber DSU.