Empire Oil & Gas advises that experienced businessman Phil Garratt has been appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company.

Mr Garratt has more than 30 years of senior management experience in a range of industries including oil exploration, development and distribution and telecommunications.

He has worked extensively at a global level to help grow and develop businesses in these fields in his capacity as a principal and investor. He has also been a director and officer of several public companies in North America and Australia.

Through his family's private investment company Vison Pty Ltd, Mr Garratt subscribed to shares worth a total of approximately $3 million in Empire's recent share placement and rights issue. Vison has been a shareholder in Empire since 2013 and with the latest subscription increased its shareholding to 5.75 percent.

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