Madagascar Oil Limited announced that Mr. Madjedi Hasan, a Non-Executive Director of the company and nominated representative of Benchmark Advantage Fund Ltd, has chosen to resign from the board of directors of the company, with immediate effect. Mr. Hasan feels unable to continue as a member of the Board due to, what he regards as, fundamental differences in opinion with certain other members of the Board. Accordingly, Mr. Teck Soon Kong, has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the company and a nominated representative of Benchmark, also with immediate effect.