The Board of Circle Oil has appointed Antony Maris and David MacFarlane as Non-Executive Directors of the Company.

Antony Wayne Maris (53) is currently Chief Operating Officer of SOCO International plc, a FTSE 250 E&P company with assets in Vietnam, the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola. Antony is responsible for the management and supervision of all of SOCO's operations globally. Hehas been with SOCO since 2004 and has been responsible for the appraisal and development of the company's Cuu Long Basin assets, the CNV and TGT Fields.

Prior to SOCO, Antony was Operations and Technical Director for Consort Resources, Head of Commercial, Europe and North Africa for LASMO plc and held various roles with Monument Oil & Gas. Antony began his career as a Petroleum Engineer with Phillips Petroleum and holds a BSc in Petroleum Engineering and a MBA.

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