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Board/Management Information • Dec 15, 2014

Appointment of Group General Counsel

Appointment of Group General Counsel

African Petroleum Corporation Limited ("African Petroleum Corporation" or the

"Company") an independent oil and gas exploration company operating ten

licences in five countries offshore West Africa, is pleased to announce the

appointment of Ian Philliskirk as the Company's Group General Counsel.

Mr Philliskirk has over 20 years of corporate legal experience including, 12

years working with a number of international oil and gas companies. Most

recently, Mr Philliskirk was VP and General Counsel at Tethys Petroleum Ltd

(2009-2014). Prior to joining Tethys Petroleum Ltd, Mr Philliskirk held senior

positions at Pinsent Masons LLP, Emirates National Oil Co. Ltd, Dragon Oil Plc

and Kanoo Group UAE & Oman.

African Petroleum Corporation's Chief Executive Officer, Dr Stuart Lake,

commented:

"We are delighted to have Ian Philliskirk join the team at African Petroleum

Corporation. Ian has a wealth of experience working in the oil and gas sector,

and is joining the Company at an exciting time.

As part of the Company's wider corporate governance commitments, Mr

Philliskirk will also act on behalf of African Petroleum Corporation as the

nominated IOC representative of the Multi-Stakeholder Group for the Sierra

Leone Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (SLEITI). This is an important

role within a group working to ensure a stable future for Sierra Leone's natural

resources sector through the promotion of transparency and reconciliation

initiatives. We are pleased that the Sierra Leone Petroleum Directorate has

selected African Petroleum Corporation to represent International Oil

Companies operating in Sierra Leone."

For further information, please contact:

Stuart Lake, Chief Executive Officer

Stephen West, Finance Director

Tel: +44 20 3435 7700

Angeline Hicks, Company Secretary

Tel: + 61 401 489 883

Media Contacts:

For UK and International media - Bell Pottinger

Nick Lambert /Charlie Stewart

Tel: +44 20 3772 2500

For Norwegian media: First House

Geir Arne Drangeid

Tel: +47 913 10 458

Geir Gjervan

Tel: +47 908 79 108

About African Petroleum Corporation

African Petroleum Corporation is a dynamic, independent oil and gas

exploration company operating ten licences in five countries offshore West

Africa. The Company's assets are located in fast-emerging hydrocarbon

basins, principally the West African Transform Margin, where several

discoveries have been made in recent years, including African Petroleum

Corporation's Narina-1 discovery in February 2012, which proved a working

hydrocarbon system in the Liberian basin. With a combined net acreage

position of 30,963km2 through its licences in Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Senegal,

Sierra Leone and The Gambia, the Company has matured its portfolio rapidly,

acquiring more than 18,500km2 of 3D seismic data and successfully drilling

three wells, one of which was the first hydrocarbons discovery in the offshore

Liberian deep-water basin.

For more information about African Petroleum Corporation, please see

www.africanpetroleum.com.au

This information is subject to disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-

12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.