Directorate Change

Ascent Resources PLC
28 June 2006

      Ascent Resources plc / Epic: AST / Index: AIM / Sector: Oil and Gas



28 June 2006

                Ascent Resources plc ('Ascent' or 'the Company')

                   Appointment of New Non-Executive Director



Ascent Resources plc, the AIM traded oil and gas exploration and production
company, has appointed Nigel Moore FCA to its Board as a non-executive director
with immediate effect.  Mr. Moore's appointment completes the Company's strategy
of assembling a strong board with the experience and expertise to develop the
European oil and gas assets of Ascent for its shareholders.



Mr. Moore is a Chartered Accountant and was a London based partner of Ernst &
Young for 30 years until 2003 where for the last ten years he specialised in the
oil and gas sector.  He has advised many large international companies,
providing significant input to strategic options, new opportunities and
delivering shareholder value.  In addition to his other duties on the Board, Mr.
Moore will become the Chairman of Ascent's Audit Committee.



Ascent Chairman John Kenny said: 'We now have a Board with the strength and
experience to steer the Company through the rapid expansion that we hope will
follow from the current drilling programme.  This six-well drilling campaign
will be adequately funded and resourced following the completion of a proposed
farm out of a minority interest in the Nyirseg project in Hungary. We expect to
report the first results of the drilling to shareholders early in the fourth
quarter.'



Mr. Moore will be issued options to subscribe for 500,000 new shares of the
Company at a price of 9.5p exercisable between the first and fifth anniversaries
of issue.



Mr. Moore, aged 62, is or has been a director of the following companies during
the previous five years:



Current Directorships:

TEG Environmental PLC

The Vitec Group PLC

IntelligentComms Ltd



Directorships held within the previous five years:

Vanco Energy Company



There are no other matters which are required to be announced with regard to
this appointment under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.



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Contacts

Jeremy Eng                   Ascent  Resources plc
Tel: [phone]

Hugo de Salis               St Brides Media & Finance Ltd            Tel: 020
7242 4477



Notes
Ascent Resources has an extensive portfolio of over 20 oil and gas projects
across six countries in Europe. These include an 88% interest and operatorship
of the only onshore Spanish oilfield which produces over 100 barrels of oil per
day. Ascent's other projects are in Italy, the fourth biggest European
hydrocarbon's producer, Switzerland, Hungary and Romania, as well as
applications offshore Holland and minor assets in Gabon. Starting late this
summer Ascent will drill six exploration wells, two each in Hungary, Spain and
Italy. High impact gas exploration wells in the Po Valley in Italy and in
Switzerland are planned for 2007. The Company will also participate in up to
four non-operated exploration wells in Romania.


With the strong and stable European gas market, the Company's portfolio is
balanced in favour of gas over oil, and with the exception of Holland, projects
are located onshore where operating and development costs are very much less
than they are offshore.



In parallel with acquiring the oil and gas assets, the Company has appointed to
the Board a team of experienced directors who are specialists in the European
energy business and each of whom has expertise and experience in commercialising
energy assets.




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