Attis Oil and Gas Ltd Board Changes and Change of Name (7432B)

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RNS Number : 7432B

Attis Oil and Gas Ltd

11 June 2019

Mayan Energy Ltd / Index: AIM / Epic: MYN/ ISIN: VGG6622A1057 / Sector: Oil and Gas

11 June 2019

Mayan Energy Ltd ('Mayan' or 'the Company')

Board Changes & Name Change

Mayan Energy Ltd (London AIM: MYN), the AIM-traded oil and gas company, is pleased to announce the appointment of two new directors to the Board of the Company and its change of name to Attis Oil and Gas Ltd, both with immediate effect.

Further to the announcement dated 30 April 2019, the Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas ("Thom") Board as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director and Russell Lamming as a Non-Executive

Director.   Mr JD McGraw, a Non-Executive Director, resigns from the board effective immediately. 

Mr Thom Board is currently Managing Director of Attis Oil & Gas Inc. ("Attis"), recently acquired by the Company (please see announcement dated 30 April 2019) and has extensive experience in the oil service's industry. Starting his career in the North Sea subsea construction sector, he is an experienced director having held senior executive roles in junior and mid-tier public and private oil & gas companies. Thom was a founder and CEO of NamQuest Oil & Gas plc prior to its admission to AIM in May 2008 as Chariot Oil & Gas Limited. Mr Board is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers who is a suitably qualified person with over 24 years' experience operating and developing oil and gas assets. It is expected Mr Board will act as a Qualified Person for AIM purposes going forward.

Mr Russell Lamming (B.Sc Hons, B.Com) is a proven executive with capital markets and executive expertise. A qualified geologist, Russell has a broad range of experience including a previous directorship with a South African mining consultancy, a precious metals analyst for a leading international broker and was the CEO at AIM-traded Chromex Mining Plc and Goldplat Plc. He has strong relationships in London and internationally and has raised considerable funds for resource companies over the years. He is currently CEO of AIM-traded Keras Resources PLC. Thom and Russell are joining the Board as representatives of the Attis shareholders, as detailed in the acquisition agreement between Mayan and Attis.

In addition to the above executive and board changes, Mr Paolo Amoruso is moving from his current position of Non-Executive Chairman to become Executive Chairman and General Counsel. Mr Amoruso is a qualified lawyer with a background in the upstream US oil and gas sector. As notified in the announcement of Mr Amoruso's appointment as the Company's Chairman, at the time, Paolo was a Partner at McGowen & Fowler PLLC ("M&F), a US legal firm providing legal services to the Company. Whilst M&F have continued to provide legal services to the Company, given the level of legal advice the Company requires in managing its existing operations and looking at new opportunities, it has now agreed that it would be beneficial to receive the same high quality legal counsel and commercial advice in house thereby resulting in cost saving and efficiency enhancements, as the management team looks to progress the business. Paolo will, at the same time, continue to the lead the Board in setting and implementing the Company's strategy.

Name Change

The Company is also pleased to announce that the change of name to Attis Oil & Gas Ltd will become effective on the AIM Market today, with shares traded under the ticker AOGL and a new ISIN as follows VGG0620A1003.

A new corporate website is available to view here: www.attisog.com.

Charlie Wood, CEO of Mayan Energy, said, "Today's name and board changes formally complete the acquisition of Attis and the re-alignment of Mayan. The remainder of 2019 will be used to integrate our operations and begin to leverage the advantages provided to the Company through the acquisition of Attis in order to drive sustained production growth and enhance our portfolio further. We are excited by the journey ahead and the strong management platform we now have to build out a material oil and gas business."

Regulatory Disclosures

Further information on Mr Board as required to be disclosed in accordance with Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Thomas Vyvyan Board, aged 48, is or has been a director of the following companies or partnerships in the past five years

 
 Current Directorships /partnerships   Past directorships /partnerships 
 
 Attis Oil & Gas Limited               Paladin Oil & Gas Holdings Limited 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
 Attis Oil & Gas Inc.                  Weyland Energy Limited 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
 Attis Operating Inc                   African Trading Oil Ltd 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
 Attis Operating I Inc.                Centrale Oil & Gas Limited 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
                                       Vyvyan Limited (see Part C) 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
                                       Inasafeplace Limited (see Part 
                                        C) 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
 

Mr Board holds 95,135,443 ordinary shares (via Jam & Sons Ltd ) in the capital of the Company, equating to approximately 2.5% of the Company's issued share capital.

Further information on Mr Lamming as required to be disclosed in accordance with Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Russell John Lamming, aged 50, is or has been a director of the following companies or partnerships in the past five years:

 
 Current Directorships /partnerships   Past directorships /partnerships 
 Weyland Oil & Gas Inc                 Paladin Oil & Gas Holdings Limited 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
 Keras Resources PLC                   Weyland Energy Limited 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
 Keras West Africa Limited             Elemental Platinum Limited 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
 Parallel Resources Ltd                Rainbow Rare Earths Ltd 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
 Southern Iron Ltd                     Chrome Connections Ltd 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
 Box Hill Operating Inc.               Attis Oil & Gas Limited 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
 Paladin Fort Worth Inc                Consolidated Chromefields Ltd 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
 Paladin Panhandle Inc 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
 
 

Mr Lamming holds 202,113,667 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, equating to approximately 5.35% of the Company's issued share capital.

**ENDS**

For further information visit www.attisog.com or contact the following:

 
 Charlie Wood      Attis Oil & Gas Ltd           [phone] 
 Roland Cornish    Beaumont Cornish Ltd          [phone] 
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 James Biddle      Beaumont Cornish Ltd          [phone] 
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 Frank Buhagiar    St Brides Partners Limited    [phone] 
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 Gaby Jenner       St Brides Partners Limited    [phone] 
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 Colin Rowbury     Novum Securities Limited      [phone] 
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About Us

Attis Oil & Gas Ltd is an AIM-traded (London Stock Exchange) North American-based energy company. It is actively pursuing a primary recovery oil strategy focused on re-stimulating wells within mature producing basins with immediate cash flow from projects that are shallow, low risk with low levels of capex and infrastructure already in place. Attis is also seeking to develop new drill opportunities within both existing & new acreage.

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