MIDLAND, Texas, Feb. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Mexco Energy Corporation (NYSE MKT: MXC) announced net income of $298,841 for the nine months ended December 31, 2013, an increase from a net loss of $102,034 for the nine months ended December 31, 2012. 

Operating revenues increased 43% to $3,079,997 for the nine months ended December 31, 2013 from $2,161,326 for the same period of fiscal 2013. 

The average sales price for the nine months ended December 31, 2013 was $7.47 per Mcfe compared to $5.44 per Mcfe for the nine months ended December 31, 2012, an increase of 37%.  Oil production increased 29% and gas production decreased 5% for the nine months ended December 31, 2013 as compared to the same period of fiscal 2013. 

For the quarter ended December 31, 2013, the Company reported net income of $88,659 for the quarter ending December 31, 2013 compared to a net loss of $39,580 for the quarter ending December 31, 2012.  Operating revenues in the third quarter of fiscal 2014 were $962,026, a 22% increase from $790,604 for the same quarter of fiscal 2013.     

The average sales price for the quarter ending December 31, 2013 was $7.30 per Mcfe compared to $5.59 per Mcfe for the quarter ending December 31, 2012, an increase of 31%.  Oil production increased 17% and gas production decreased 15% during the third quarter of fiscal 2014 as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2013.     

During the first nine months of fiscal 2014, a joint venture in which the Company is a working interest partner entered into an agreement for the assignment of a three-year term leasehold in acreage in Reagan County, Texas.  The Company received cash of $330,958 and retained minor royalties as payment for its share of the leasehold acreage.  The agreement is also to develop with a ninety day continuous development requirement the Wolfcamp formation using horizontal drilling and multi-stage fracture stimulation. 

The Company is also participating in the drilling of a development well in the Wolfcamp formation of the Clyde-Reynolds Field of Glasscock County, Texas.  This well, operated by Nadel and Gussman Permian LLC, is the second well on a 440 acre unit.  Mexco's working interests in this well is .7% (.525% net revenue interest).       

The Company participated in the drilling of a seventh horizontal well in the Penn Detrital formation of the F. A. Hogg Field of Winkler County, Texas.  Six wells are currently producing on this approximately 2,600 acres.  Mexco's working interest in this seventh well, operated by OGX Operating, LLC is .4167% (.3125% net revenue interest). 

Since the beginning of fiscal 2014, the Company has been participating in other horizontal well developments, operated by Cimarex Energy Co. ("Cimarex") and COG Operating, LLC ("Concho"), on acreage in the Bone Springs formation of Lea County, New Mexico.  In January 2014, Cimarex announced plans to drill a fourth well on a 160 acre unit in this formation.  Mexco's working interest in the Cimarex prospect is .0469% (.0352% net revenue interest).  During the nine months ended December 31, 2013, Concho drilled and completed five wells in this unit.  Mexco's working interest in the COG prospect is .1875% (.148% net revenue interest).  

Mexco Energy Corporation, a Colorado corporation, is an independent oil and gas company located in Midland, Texas engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and gas properties.  For more information on Mexco Energy Corporation, go to www.mexcoenergy.com.

In accordance with the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Mexco Energy Corporation cautions that statements in this press release which are forward-looking and which provide other than historical information involve risks and uncertainties that may impact the Company's actual results of operations. These risks include, but are not limited to, production variance from expectations, volatility of oil and gas prices, the need to develop and replace reserves, exploration risks, uncertainties about estimates of reserves, competition, government regulation, and mechanical and other inherit risks associated with oil and gas production.  A discussion of these and other factors, including risks and uncertainties, is set forth in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013.  Mexco Energy Corporation disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements.

SOURCE Mexco Energy Corporation