Appointment of Advisers

Ophir Energy plc ("Ophir" or the "Company")

Appointment of Joint Brokers

London, 11 November: Ophir, the upstream African oil and gas resource company today announces that it has appointed J.P. Morgan Cazenove, Oriel Securities Limited and RBC Capital Markets to act as its Joint Corporate Brokers with immediate effect.

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For Further Enquiries please contact:

Ophir Energy plc +44 (0)20 7290 5800

Nick Cooper, CEO

FTI Consulting (PR Adviser to Ophir) +44 (0)20 7269 7157

Billy Clegg/Edward Westropp

J.P. Morgan Cazenove +44 (0)20 7742 4000

Neil Passmore

Ben Davies

Chris Nicholls

Oriel Securities Limited +44 (0)20 7710 7600

Jonathan Walker

Michael Shaw

Ashton Clanfield

RBC Capital Markets +44 (0)20 7653 4000

Josh Critchley

Matthew Coakes