On December 10, 2023, Dr. Amotz Agnon, Professor of Geology and Geophysics in Israel, sent the below email to the Board of Directors of Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. (the ?Company?) to ask to be released from his duties on the Board and position on the Board. Dr. Agnon?s skills in geology and geophysics are needed greatly to discover the tunnel networks in Gaza for the IDF. Mr. John Brown, Executive Chairman of the Board accepted his release from Board duties and being on the Board effective January 1, 2024.

Mr. Brown recommended to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Mr. Jeffrey Moskowitz, Managing Director Israel Branch, Zion Oil & Gas, Inc., Caesarea, Israel, since it is important to have an Israeli citizen on the Board. During the Board meeting on December 11, 2023, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee recommended to the Board the nomination of Jeffrey Moskowitz as a Class I director to fill the vacancy of Dr. Agnon on January 1, 2024. Pursuant to Section 13 of Article III of the Bylaws of the Company, a vacancy on the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office and the director so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of the Class.

By motion and vote by the Board, Jeffrey Moskowitz was elected to fill the vacancy as a Class I director effective January 1, 2024. As an employee, he will not serve on any independent board committees. Jeffrey Moskowitz, age 66, is Vice-President of Zion and has served as Zion?s Israel Branch managing director since May 2017.

From 2008 to May 2017, Mr. Moskowitz, an attorney with Aboudi & Brounstein, provided legal services to Zion regarding various aspects of operations in Israel. As an attorney, Mr. Moskowitz has extensive experience in the oil and gas exploration industry in Israel. Mr. Moskowitz has been a certified attorney in the State of Israel since 1982 and has earned his Bachelor of Law degree from the Faculty of Law Bar Ilan University, Israel.

The Board believes that Mr. Moskowitz?s extensive experience in Israel dealing with government officials is invaluable in providing the Board with important perspectives in these areas.