Statement re Committee Appointment

11 June 2013

Ruspetro plc ("Ruspetro" or the "Company")

London, 11 June 2013: Ruspetro plc (LSE: RPO), the independent oil & gas development and production company listed on the London Stock Exchange, with operations in the Khanty-Mansiysk region of the West Siberian basin, today announces that Robert Jenkins, a non-executive director of Ruspetro, has been appointed by the Board to be a member of its nominations committee.

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About Ruspetro

Ruspetro plc is an independent oil & gas development and production company, listed on the premium segment of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: RPO). The Company's operations are located on three contiguous licence blocks in the middle of the Krasnoleninsk Arch in Western Siberia. Ruspetro assets include proved and probable (2P) reserves of over 1.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent.