TAG Oil Ltd. announced that Mr. Abdel (Abby) Badwi has joined the Company as Executive Chairman of the board of directors, along with Mr. Suneel Gupta who has been appointed as VP and COO of the Company. Messrs. Shawn Reynolds and Thomas Hickey have also been appointed to TAG’s board of directors as non-executive directors. To facilitate these new appointments to TAG’s board, Messrs. Ken Vidalin, David Bennett, and Brad Holland have resigned from their positions as non-executive directors. The Company’s management and board would like to sincerely thank Messrs. Vidalin, Bennett, and Holland for their many contributions and commitment during their time with TAG. The remaining members of TAG’s management and board will continue in their respective positions, with the board of directors now consisting of Messrs. Abdel (Abby) Badwi (Executive Chairman), Toby Pierce (CEO), Shawn Reynolds, Thomas Hickey, Keith Hill, Peter Loretto, and Gavin Wilson. Mr. Gupta is a senior executive in the international petroleum oil and gas industry with over 30 years of experience and a successful track record of value creation in oil and gas. Reynolds currently serves as Portfolio Manager for Van Eck’s Global Hard Assets Strategy where he is responsible for company research and portfolio construction. Currently, Mr. Hickey is Head of Corporate Legal for Roquette Frères S.A. and based in France.