Azonto Petroleum Ltd Board Changes - G. Whiddon appointment (9951O)

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RNS Number : 9951O

Azonto Petroleum Ltd

03 June 2015

   To:   Company Announcements Office 

ASX Limited, Exchange Centre

20 Bridge Street

Sydney NSW 2000

02 June 2015

ASX Code: APY

AIM Code: AZO

Azonto Petroleum Limited

("Azonto" or the "Company")

Board Change

Azonto Petroleum announces the appointment of Mr Glenn Whiddon as Non-Executive Director effective 02 June 2015. Mr. Whiddon, formerly a Non-Executive Director and Executive Chairman of the Company, stepped down from the Board in March 2012 to pursue other interests. Mr Whiddon is based in Australia and is a significant shareholder in the Company, representing an aggregate 7.3% of the share register.

Commenting on the Board change, Chairman Andrew Sinclair said:

"We are pleased to welcome back Glenn onto the Board. He is a significant shareholder of the Company and already has a good understanding of the Company from his previous involvement. We look forward to benefitting from his experience as we move forward."

Additional information on Glenn Whiddon (age 51)

Mr. Whiddon has an extensive background in equity capital markets, banking and corporate advisory, with a specific focus on natural resources. Mr Whiddon holds a degree in Economics and has extensive corporate and management experience. He is currently Director of a number of Australian and international public listed companies in the resources sector.

Mr. Whiddon was formerly Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Grove Energy Limited, a European and Mediterranean oil and gas exploration and development company, with operations in Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Tunisia, and the UK and Dutch North Seas. In 2002 Grove's market capitalization was less than C$5 million. In April 2007, Grove was acquired by Stratic Energy Limited, a TSX-listed oil and gas company, for C$150 million.

 
 Current Directorships                   Directorships / Partnerships 
  / Partnerships                          within the last 5 years 
 
      *    Auroch Minerals NL                 *    Segue Resources Limited 
 
 
     (formerly Terranova                      *    Resource Corporate Solutions Pty Ltd 
     Minerals NL) 
      *    Getmeoutofhere Pty Ltd 
                                              *    Segue (Pardoo) Limited 
 
      *    Statesman Resources Limited 
                                              *    Hemisphere Corporate Services Pty Ltd 
 
      *    Troubled Dawn Pty Ltd 
                                              *    Hemisphere Investment Partners Pty Ltd 
 
      *    Westwind Capital Pty Ltd 
                                              *    Excelsior Gold Limited 
 
 
                                              *    Rialto Energy Limited 
 
 
                                              *    AAQ Holdings Limited 
 
 
                                              *    Rialto Energy (Ghana) Limited 
 
 
                                              *    Agri Energy Limited 
 
 
                                             (now known as Sirocco Energy 
                                             Ltd) 
                                              *    Fraser Range Resources Pty Ltd 
 
 
                                              *    ZYL Ltd 
 
 
                                              *    Transport & Commodities Management SARL 
 
 
                                              *    Lagral Holdings SA 
 
 
                                              *    Rialto Energy (Cote d'Ivoire) Limited 
 
 
                                             (formerly C+L Natural Resources 
                                             Ltd) 
                                              *    Lagral E&P (Syria) Ltd 
 
 
                                              *    Red October Resources Ltd 
 
 
                                             (formerly White Eagle Resources 
                                             Ltd, current XTD Ltd) 
 

Glenn Whiddon was appointed as an alternate director of Advanced Energy Systems Limited (within the meaning of Australian corporate law) for the period from October to December 2003, at which point his alternate directorship automatically terminated and he ceased to be a director. On 30 August 2004 that company went into Voluntary Administration (as defined under Australian corporate law).

The information detailed above is disclosed in accordance with Rule 17 and Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies. Except for the information disclosed in this announcement, there is no other information which falls to be disclosed under these rules.

   Azonto Petroleum Limited                     Gregory Stoupnitzky or Jeff Durkin 
                                                                               Telephone:        [phone] 
                                                                               Email:                   [e-mail] 
   RFC Ambrian Limited                                 Samantha Harrison or Stephen Francavilla 
   (Nomad and Joint Broker)                       Telephone:        [phone] 
   GMP Securities Europe LLP                     Rob Collins or Emily Morris 
   (Joint Broker)                                                Telephone:        [phone] 
   Buchanan                                                        Ben Romney or Gordon Poole 
   (Financial PR London)                                Telephone:        [phone] 
                                                                               Email:                   [e-mail] 

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