Baron Oil : Director Appointment

28 May 2015

Baron Oil plc

("Baron " or the "Company")

Director Appointment

The board of Baron are pleased to announce the appointment of Malcolm Butler as Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Malcolm Butler, aged 66, has extensive operational and financial experience having worked for over 25 years as an explorationist and senior executive in the international oil and gas industry before taking on a secondary role as an investment banker.

Malcolm was responsible, as CEO, for the IPO of Industrial Scotland Energy and Brabant Resources and later became CEO of Houston-based Energy Development Corporation until its circa $800 million sale to Noble Energy. In 1998 Malcolm joined HSBC Investment Bank as Advisory Director responsible for oil & gas mandates in the UK, Libya, Russia, Indonesia and China, and following that acted as senior adviser on energy related matters to Seymour Pierce Limited from 2003 to 2013. Malcolm holds a BSc in Geology from Aberystwyth and a PhD in Geology from Bristol. He has been awarded the Aberconway Medal of The Geological Society of London, in recognition of his contributions to the oil and gas industry and in 1995 he was appointed an Honorary Professor at the University of Aberystwyth.

Current Directorships

UK Onshore Geophysical Library (1994 to present)

Geosolutions Limited (2001 to present)

World Heritage Investments Limited (September 2009 to present)

Brigantes Energy Limited (April 2011 to present)

Corfe Energy Limited (April 2011 to present)

Hague and London Oil plc (June 2012 to present)

Max Petroleum plc (December 2012 to present)

Maghreb Exploration Limited (June 2013 to present)

Wessex Hydrocarbons Limited (March 2014 to present)

Southwestern Resources Limited (October 2014 to present)

Wellington Oil & Gas LLC (October 2006 to present)

Sorrento Oil & Gas LLC (October 2006 to present)

Former Directorships (held in the previous five years)

Geosolutions Exploration Limited (2004 to 2009)

eCORP Energy Limited (December 2009 to March 2011)

eCORP Oil & Gas UK Limited (March 2010 to November 2010)

eCORP Europe International Ltd (April 2010 to November 2010)

eCORP Europe Holding Limited (May 2010 to November 2010)

PESO AG (May 2010 to November 2010)

Portland Gas Limited (October 2010 to January 2011)

Portland Gas Storage Limited (October 2010 to January 2011)

Portland Gas Transportation Limited (October 2010 to January 2011)

EEE Mediation Limited (April 2012 to December 2012)

Northpet Investments Limited (February 2013 to January 2015)

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

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