Appointment of Joint Corporate Broker

15 August 2017 

Rockhopper Exploration plc

("Rockhopper" or the "Company")

Appointment of Joint Corporate Broker

Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the oil and gas exploration and production company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin and the Greater Mediterranean region, announces the appointment of Peel Hunt LLP as joint corporate broker to the Company with immediate effect, acting alongside Canaccord Genuity Limited, the Company's Nominated Adviser and joint broker.

For further information, please contact:

Rockhopper Exploration plc

Tel: (via Vigo Communications) - 020 7830 9700

Sam Moody - Chief Executive

Stewart MacDonald - Chief Financial Officer

Canaccord Genuity Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker)

Tel: 020 7523 8000

Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor

James Asensio

Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Broker)

Tel: 020 7418 8900

Richard Crichton

Vigo Communications

Tel: 020 7830 9701

Patrick d'Ancona

Ben Simons