Egdon Resources PLC Directorate Changes (7495K)

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RNS Number : 7495K

Egdon Resources PLC

04 January 2016

4(th) January 2016

EGDON RESOURCES PLC

("Egdon" or "the Company")

Directorate Changes

Egdon Resources plc (AIM:EDR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Jenkinson as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect. Paul is Chief Executive Officer of Alkane Energy plc, which holds 40,000,000 ordinary shares of Egdon representing approximately 18 per cent. of Egdon's issued share capital. As a result of Paul's appointment, Neil O'Brien, who has been Alkane's representative non-executive director on the Egdon Board, has resigned with immediate effect.

Paul Thomas Hardman Jenkinson, aged 55, is currently a Director of, or during the past five years has been a Director of, the following companies:

Current Directorships

Alkane Biogas Limited

Alkane Energy plc

Alkane Energy UK Limited

Alkane Services Limited

Coalgas (Cymru) Limited

Coalgas (Europe) Limited

Darent Power Limited

Eastern Pegasus Limited

Leven Power Limited

MW Renewables Limited

Newland Energy Limited

Regent Park Energy Limited

Seven Star Natural Gas Limited

Former Directorships (held in the previous five years)

Ascent Integrated Support Services Limited

BioGen Power Limited

Biossence (East London) Limited

Partygamesuk Limited

There are no other details regarding the appointment of Paul Jenkinson that require disclosure under the AIM Rules.

For further information please contact:

Egdon Resources plc

Mark Abbott 01256 702 292

Buchanan

Richard Darby, Anna Michniewicz 020 7466 5000

Nominated Adviser and Broker - Cantor Fitzgerald Europe

David Porter, Sarah Wharry (Corporate Finance) 020 7894 7000

Richard Redmayne (Corporate Broking)

Joint Broker - VSA Capital Limited

Andrew Monk (Corporate Broking) 020 3005 5000

Andrew Raca (Corporate Finance)

Notes to Editors:

Egdon Resources plc (LSE: EDR) is an established UK-based exploration and production company primarily focused on onshore exploration and production in the hydrocarbon-producing basins of the UK and France.

Egdon currently holds interests in thirty six licences in the UK and France and is awaiting the issue of a further nine new UK licences in the 14(th) Round. The Company has an active programme of exploration, appraisal and development within its balanced portfolio of oil and gas assets and is an approved operator in both the UK and France.

Egdon was formed in 1997 and listed on AIM in December 2004.

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