Change to External Directorship

Ophir Energy plc

Change to External Directorship

London, 28 June 2012: Ophir Energy plc ("Ophir" or "the Company") provides the following update:

Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.14, the Company notes the resignation of Nicholas Smith as a non-executive director of Plus Markets Group plc with effect from 21 July 2012.

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For Further Enquiries please contact:

Ophir Energy plc +44 (0)20 7290 5800

Nick Cooper, CEO

Stephanie Prior, Commercial Manager

FTI Consulting +44 (0)20 7269 7157

Billy Clegg/Edward Westropp

Notes to Editors

Ophir Energy (OPHR.LN) is an African focussed, upstream oil and gas resource company which is a member of the FTSE 250. The Group's headquarters are located in London (England), with operational offices in Perth (Australia), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Dar es Salaam and Mtwara (Tanzania), Dakar (Senegal), Nairobi (Kenya) and Kampala (Uganda).

Ophir is the 5th largest deepwater acreage holder in Africa, present in five key emerging sub-Saharan exploration themes, and the largest net acreage holder in offshore East Africa. The company has an extensive and diversified portfolio of assets across East and West Africa comprising of 22 licenses, 18 offshore and 4 onshore, in 11 countries including Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Ophir has a 2012-13 drilling campaign of over 20 wells across a mixture of proven and frontier plays.

For further information on Ophir, please refer to www.ophir-energy.com