Maverick Drilling & Exploration Limited announced the addition of Nigel H. Smith to its Board of Directors effective 2 March 2015. Nigel has a long career in the oil and gas industry, having worked for Arco, Shell and BHP Billiton Petroleum. With the strategy Maverick is pursuing to acquire properties with long development lives, Nigel's technical and operations management background will add significant depth to Board.

Nigel was a Drilling Engineer with Shell, a Production Manager with Arco, and after running the entire operations in the United Kingdom and Trinidad, became the President Development Division for BHP Billiton Petroleum responsible for worldwide drilling and field development.