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GeoPark Enters Vaca Muerta as Operator of Two High Quality Blocks
BOGOTA, Colombia, September 25, 2025--GeoPark Limited ("GeoPark" or the "Company") (NYSE: GPRK), a leading independent energy company with over 20 years of successful operations across Latin America, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Pluspetrol S.A. ("Pluspetrol") to acquire a 100% operated working interest ("WI") in the Loma Jarillosa Este and Puesto Silva Oeste blocks that target black oil in the Vaca Muerta formation in Neuquen Province, Argentina.
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