Montage Resources Corporation, effective June 1, 2020, appointed Matthew Rucker as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the company. Mr. Rucker replaces Oleg Tolmachev, the company’s former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Tolmachev’s employment with the company was terminated effective June 1, 2020. Mr. Rucker previously served as the company’s Executive Vice President, Resource Planning and Development, since the consummation of the company’s business combination transaction with Blue Ridge Mountain Resources Inc. (Blue Ridge) in February 2019. He served as Vice President, Resource Planning and Development of Blue Ridge since November 2016. Prior to joining Blue Ridge, Mr. Rucker served as a Production Superintendent for Chesapeake Energy Corporation (Chesapeake) from January 2014 to October 2016, overseeing Chesapeake’s Utica Shale production. As a member of Chesapeake’s Eastern Division leadership team, Mr. Rucker focused on the safe and efficient optimization of production in the Utica Shale and led an operating team of over 45 employees. During his service at Chesapeake, Mr. Rucker held several engineering positions in the Marcellus and Utica Shale Asset Teams within reservoir, primarily focused on strategic joint ventures, divestitures, acquisitions and resource development planning.