Change of Auditor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

21 June 2011

DRAGON OIL PLC

(the "Company" or together with its subsidiaries "Dragon Oil" or the "Group")

Change of Auditor

The Board of Dragon Oil plc announces that, following a competitive tender process, it has appointed Ernst & Young as auditor of the Group.

The Board members would like to thank PricewaterhouseCoopers for their services to the Group over the past nine years.

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