3 November 2017

                                   Altona Energy Plc                               

                              ("Altona" or the "Company")                          

                                 Director Appointment                              

    Altona is pleased to announce that Henry Kloepper has been appointed as a
    Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.

    Mr Kloepper is Executive Chairman of URU Metals Limited, a base metals and
    uranium explorer and development company. He is also the Chief Executive
    Officer of Captor Capital Corporation (formally NWT Uranium Corp.) which is
    that company's largest shareholder. Until February this year, he was non-board
    CEO of Frontier Lithium Inc., which is developing a world-class lithium deposit
    in northwestern Ontario.Mr. Kloepper has worked in investment banking and
    structured finance throughout a 30 year career. He has held executive positions
    with JP Morgan, Citibank, Bank of America, and North American Trust, in Canada,
    the US and Europe. Further information on Mr Kloepper as required by the AIM
    Rules for Companies is set out at the end of this announcement.

    Mr Qinfu Zhang, Executive Chairman of Altona, commented, "We are delighted to
    welcome Henry to the board, bringing his wealth of experience in the resources
    sector. We look forward to working closely with him during this exciting next
    phase of the Company's development."

    Further information on Mr Kloepper:

    Henry Josef Kloepper, aged 67, is or has been in the last five years a director
    of the following companies:

    Current Directorships                      Directorships in the last 5   
                                               years                         
                                                                             
    URU Metals Limited                         Gilla Inc.                    
                                                                             
    Captor Capital Corporation (formerly NWT   Pacific Software Inc          
    Uranium Corporation)                                                     
                                                                             
    Kure Technologies, Inc (formerly Unique    DealNet Capital Corp.         
    Broadband Systems Inc)                                                   
                                                                             
    SoFit Mobile Inc (formerly InterAmerican   Primaria Capital (Canada) Ltd 
    Gaming Inc)                                                              
                                                                             
    2249872 Ontario Limited                    A.C. Simmonds & Sons Inc      
                                                                             
    Live Reel Media Corporation                                              
                                                                             
    District Canada Inc                                                      
                                                                             
    Abacus Capital Corporation                                               

    There is no further information on Mr Kloepper to be disclosed under Schedule
    Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

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    For further information, please visit www.altonaenergy.com or contact:

    Altona Energy plc                                    +44 (0)7555 679 245
    Qinfu Zhang, Executive Chairman                                         
                                                                            
    Leander (Financial PR)                               +44 (0)7795 168 157
    Christian Taylor- Wilkinson                                             
                                                                            
    Northland Capital Partners Ltd (Nomad and            +44 (0)203 861 6625
    Broker)                                                                 
    Matthew Johnson / Gerry Beaney (Corporate                               
    Finance)                                                                
    John Howes (Corporate Broking)                                          
                                                                            

    About Altona

    Altona is listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market.  Its principal
    focus is on the evaluation and development of the Company's flagship Arckaringa
    Project to exploit the significant coal resources contained in three
    exploration licences covering 2,500 sq. kms in the northern portion of the
    Permian Arckaringa Basin in South Australia.  The Project is designed to
    produce syngas products for the Australian market and export from a resource
    exceeding 7.8 billion tonnes of coal (1.3 billion tonnes JORC compliant).