Highlands Natural Resources plc announced that it has confirmed a flow rate of 1,769 MCF/D. at its acreage in Kansas where it is conducting exploration for nitrogen. The test was performed on 48/100th choke flowing 1,769 MCF/D at 415 PSI. The initial 15-minute shut-in was 920 PSI. The Board is very encouraged by these results. Gas samples have been collected for analysis and sent to an external laboratory, and the company expects to obtain gas composition analysis in due course. Gas from previously sampled wells in the area have exceeded 95% Nitrogen. These results follow the successful re-entry and re-completion of the previously plugged wellbore, Barret 1-14B, completed in the Cedar Hills formation. The high-pressure operation was completed without incident, with perforations set between depths of 2,187ft and 2,256ft. The company is aiming to test the Carlile shale using a low-cost exploration approach and is currently in discussions with a Kansas operator in order to obtain samples of the Carlile shale from their existing drilling operations for reservoir characterisation. The Kansas operator is drilling a well to be completed below the Carlile shale and if successful, this arrangement will enable Highlands to obtain valuable scientific data regarding the Carlile shale while saving the cost of drilling a second well, thereby removing the requirement to drill the Charlie-1. Highlands would only be responsible for rig time during sampling operations.