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Regal Petroleum PLC

20 September 2017

20 September 2017

Regal Petroleum plc

("Regal" or the "Company")

Board Appointment

Regal Petroleum plc (AIM: RPT), the AIM-quoted oil and gas exploration and production group, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Director to the Board of Directors of the Company.

With effect from 20 September 2017, Mr Chris Hopkinson has joined the Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director of the Company. Mr Hopkinson has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, having worked in senior management roles in Kazakhstan, Africa, Russian Federation and the Middle East.

Mr Hopkinson began his career with Shell International, followed by technical and management roles with Yukos and Lukoil Overseas, before becoming Chief Executive Officer of Imperial Energy Group up until its acquisition by ONGC in 2009. He was then Vice-President Western Siberia for TNK-BP, Senior Vice-President North Africa for BG Group, Chief Executive Officer of International Petroleum Limited, and Chief Operating Officer for JSC National Company KazMunayGas.

He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and has a BSc (Hons) in Applied Physics from St Andrews University.

Additional information:

Simon Christopher Hopkinson, aged 50, is not currently a director of any companies.

In the last five years he has been a director of the following companies:-

JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production

International Petroleum Limited

International Petroleum Services Limited

Eastern Petroleum Corporation Limited

North Caspian Petroleum Limited

There is no other information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule Two to the AIM Rules for Companies.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.

For further information, please contact:

 
 Regal Petroleum plc             Tel: 020 3427 
                                  3550 
 Keith Henry, Chairman 
  Sergei Glazunov, CEO 
 
 Strand Hanson Limited           Tel: 020 7409 
                                  3494 
 Rory Murphy / Richard Tulloch 
 
 Citigate Dewe Rogerson          Tel: 020 7638 
                                  9571 
 Louise Mason-Rutherford / 
  Shabnam Bashir

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