Notice of EGM

Ascent Resources PLC
18 April 2005

                Ascent Resources Plc ('Ascent' or 'the Company')
                 Notice of EGM and Expansion of Technical Team

Ascent Resources Plc, the AIM listed oil and gas exploration and production
company, today announces that it will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting at
the offices of Sprecher Grier Halberstam LLP, 30 Farringdon Street, London EC4A
4HJ at 10.00 a.m. on 11 May 2005.

The meeting is being convened to consider the Company's proposal to increase the
directors' authorities to allot shares and to disapply pre-emption rights.
Copies of the notice have been sent to the shareholders and will also be
available free of charge from the offices of Nabarro Wells & Co. Limited,
Saddlers House, Gutter Lane, London EC2V 6HS for a period of 30 days from the
date of this announcement.

Furthermore, as part of its growth strategy, Ascent has strengthened its
technical team. Managing Director Jeremy Eng, who has a Masters in petroleum
engineering and over 23 years of oil & gas industry, is joined on a retainer
basis by Eloi Dolivo, Malcolm Groom, Mike Lakin, and Joe Staffurth, all highly
respected and experienced industry professionals.

Eloi Dolivo has over 25 years in the oil and gas industry, working for amongst
others Shell Worldwide, Fina in Gabon and Italy, Petroconsultants (now IHS) and
Nimir. Since 2001 he has been a consultant for Petroleum Geoscience working for
a whole range of European oil and gas companies.  Prior to this he has held a
number of management and consultancy positions with companies including Lundin
Sudan Ltd and Nimir Petroleum Company North Africa Ltd.

Malcolm Groom is an experienced energy lawyer having previously been head of
both Denton Hall and Norton Rose energy groups. He was a co founder and managing
Director of Consort Resources founded in 2000 which was sold in 2002 to
Caledonian. He is now a consultant to a number of foreign governments on legal
matters concerning the oil industry.

Mike Lakin is a trained Geologist with over 16 years oil industry experience. In
1999 he founded Envoi, an independent advisory group established to assist
international oil and gas industry clients facilitate the buying and selling of
predominantly upstream opportunities including oil and gas exploration and
production projects. Previously, he spent ten years as Technical and then
General Manager with the Petresearch Group.

Joe Staffurth has over 23 years industry experience including work in Europe,
the Middle East, South America and Canada. Trained as a geologist, he has gained
strong technical and commercial background while working for Esso and Petrofina.
He is currently Managing Director of JSI Services, a dedicated consultancy
business focussed on the analysis of exploration farm outs and divestment data,
which in essence supports an oil company's deal flow activity.

Ascent Resources Plc Managing Director Jeremy Eng said: 'From a strong technical
base, we have already secured a number of significant oil and gas projects in
Europe and Africa.  Due to the nature of our operation and technical experience
we are being introduced to a number of projects that offer significant potential
to build shareholder value. We are excited about the future and look forward to
building Ascent in a significant oil and gas exploration and production 
company.'

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Issued on behalf of Ascent Resources Plc by St Brides Media & Finance Ltd, 46,
Bedford Row, London, WC1R 4LR.

Contacts:
Jeremy Eng           Ascent Resources Plc             Tel: [phone]
Hugo de Salis        St Brides Media & Finance Ltd    Tel: [phone]

Notes:
Ascent Resources Plc, listed on AIM in November 2004, was established to operate
and participate in oil and gas projects primarily in Europe and Africa. The
Company considers the full spectrum of projects covering exploration, early
stage development and production.   Its portfolio of projects already assembled
include: Gabon, West Africa (12.86% stake) - offshore and shallow water oil
exploration; Hungary (90% stake) - JV with Hungarian operator GeoMega, which has
four projects including two existing concessions with proven gas; Switzerland
(90% stake) - JV with SEAG, exploring two oil and gas projects in Molasse Basin;
and Holland (90% stake) - JV with GTO, which is a North Sea gas play. The
Company has a strong technical team with extensive industry experience to
evaluate and progress projects that potentially offer high capital growth and
significant ROI.

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