Sunset Pacific Petroleum Ltd. announced that Mr. Alex Francoeur, P.Geol, B.Sc has agreed to join its board of directors. He has served on the company's advisory board since 2014 and was instrumental in the negotiations with the Tunisian government in regards to the Tunisian Beni Khedache concession awarded to the Company on May 9, 2016. He brings over 36 years of technical, management experience in the oil and gas industry.

He is the founder and president of Serpa Petroleum Consulting Ltd. in Calgary which provides wellsite geological consulting services primarily in Western Canada. He is a member of APEGGA and a professional Geologist since 2004 and is a recognized expert in horizontal wellsite geology procedures for conventional & non-conventional reservoirs. His clients have included; Canadian Natural Resources, Cenovus, ConocoPhillips, EnCana, EOG Canada, NAL Resources, Nexen Inc. The company also announced that Mr. Albert Raponi has resigned as an officer and director of the company with immediate effect in order to focus on his personal business.

The company also announced that Mr. Dennis Luk, has been appointed interim CEO of the company. He has served broker and investment banker over the past 25 years. Prior to moving to Canada he was a vice president at Richardson Greenshields in Hong Kong.