GulfSlope Energy Inc. announced that the board of directors increased the size of the board from 2 to 4 members and elected Paul L. Morris and Richard S. Langdon to fill these vacancies. Both Morris and Langdon will be nominees for election by the shareholders at the 2014 Annual Meeting. The Board has determined that Morris and Langdon are independent as independence is currently defined in applicable U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

Morris and Langdon have been appointed as members of the company's Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Paul L. Morris has served as director since March 2014. Mr. Morris founded Elk River Resources, LLC in August 2013 to explore and develop oil and gas potential in the oil-producing regions of the southwest United States.

Mr. Morris has served as chairman and chief executive officer of Elk River Resources since inception. Richard S. Langdon has served as director since March 2014.