EnCore Oil reports the following changes to its Board of Directors.

Non-Executive Director, L. Keith Hughes has tendered his resignation with immediate effect. Keith has recently become a senior partner at a law firm which has a general policy prohibiting partners holding non-executive directorships with for-profit companies. Keith has been on the EnCore Board since October 2009.

A new Non-Executive Director, Vivien Gibney (formerly Gaymer) has been appointed to the Board with immediate effect. Qualified as a barrister, Vivien has over 26 years' experience within the oil and gas industry. Vivien's previous roles include nine years at Mobil as Legal Counsel, and prior to her retirement, more than 17 years at Enterprise Oil plc where she undertook various roles including Head of Legal, Head of Human Resources and Company Secretary for the Group.

Christine Wheeler OBE, EnCore's Chairman, commented, "On behalf of the EnCore Board, I would like to thank Keith for his invaluable service as a Non-Executive Director of Encore over the last 18 months and as a trusted adviser in the five years before that. I wish him well in his new role and anticipate that he will advise us again in the future.

"I am delighted to welcome Vivien to the EnCore Board. A number of us on the Board have worked with her before and we are looking forward to doing so again as we continue to follow our strategy of delivering value for shareholders."

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