Directorate Change

9th March 2010

                               TomCo Energy Plc                                

                          ("TomCo" or the "Company")                           

                              Directorate Change                               

TomCo is pleased to announce the appointment of Sir Nicholas Bonsor as
Non-Executive Chairman with immediate effect. Sir Nicholas is being appointed
pursuant to Kenglo One Limited's right to appoint a non-executive chairman as
detailed in the announcement of 14 December 2009.

A practising barrister specialising in regulatory and commercial law, Sir
Nicholas was a member of British Parliament from 1979 to 1997 where he
specialised in foreign affairs and defence, and was chairman of the Defence
Select Committee from 1992 to 1995 and Minister of State at the Foreign Office
from 1995 to 1997.

Sir Nicholas is currently appointed as a Non-Executive Director of London
Mining Plc and has been Chairman of Egerton International Ltd since 2004. Sir
Nicholas has served on the board of several other companies, including Blue
Note Mining Inc. (Canada) from 2006 to 2008 and served on the Council of
Lloyd's between 1987 and 1992.

He is a Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, a freeman of the City of London
(1988), a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a fellow of the
Royal Society of Arts. Sir Nicholas practised as a barrister from 1967 to 1975
and from 2003 to the present day.

Enquiries:

TomCo Energy Plc                                      Tel: [phone]       
Stephen Komlosy                                                                
Chief Executive Officer