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11 January 2023

 

 

UPLAND RESOURCES LIMITED

("Upland" or the "Company")

 

Appointment of Non-Executive Technical Director

 

Upland Resources Limited (LSE: UPL) is pleased to announce the appointment of
Professor Andrew Hurst to the Upland Board of Directors as a Non-Executive
Technical Director.

Andrew is joining the Upland Resources team at what we believe is an
inflection point for the company. Operations are now gearing up across a
number of fronts and Andrew's experience and credentials complement our
forward-looking strategy.

Bolhassan Di, Upland Chairman and CEO commented:

"We are delighted to welcome Andrew to the Upland Board, he brings with him a
wealth of industry knowledge and expertise and has a proven track record in
generating new oil-rich exploration plays. He has strong O&G industry
connections that include research investment. Notably he was the academic lead
for the creation and development of the Department of Petroleum Geoscience and
a new MSc course in Petroleum Geoscience at University of Brunei. In this role
he liaised closely with the Ministry of Education, the VC University Brunei,
and Brunei Shell Petroleum. Andrew has a broad professional contact base
throughout the ASEAN region.

 

As we advance our opportunity in Sarawak on Block SK334 we view Andrew's
creativity, connections, and experience as a pillar to our strategy and we
look forward to updating shareholders as we advance into the next phase of
development."

 

Andrew Hurst C.Goel. FGS

Professional profile

1981 to 1992 - Energy E&P industry with Statoil (Equinor) Norway and
Unocal UK

1992 to present - Professor (Chair) of Geoscience, currently the Chair of
Energy Geoscience, University of Aberdeen

1993 to 2004 - founding and development of Petroleum Geoscience (MSc course)
at University of Brunei Darussalam, Lead Geoscience and Advisor

2000 to present - Principal Investigator, Sand Injection Research Group

2022 to 2018 - AAPG Advisory Council, 100(th) Anniversary Committee

2002 to 2005 - Geological Society of London, Trustee and Council Member

1999 to 2008 - Advisor/Member to Danish, Norwegian and UK Energy national
research councils

4 professional awards/medals, more than 200 peer-reviewed publications
(primarily energy geoscience), 4 patents

 

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For further information, please contact:

 

 Upland Resources Limited         Tel: +60 198 861 919

 Bolhassan Di, Chairman and CEO   bolhassan@uplandres.com (mailto:bolhassan@uplandres.com)

                                  bolhassan@uplandbigoil.com.my (mailto:bolhassan@uplandbigoil.com.my)

                                  www.uplandres.com (http://www.uplandres.com/)

 Optiva Securities - Broker       Tel:  +44 (0)20 3137 1903

                                christian.dennis@optivasecurities.com
 Christian Dennis                 (mailto:christian.dennis@optivasecurities.com)
 (Corporate Broker)

                                  www.optivasecurities.com (http://www.optivasecurities.com/)

 Flowcomms - IR Contact           Tel: +44 (0)7891 677441

 Sasha Sethi                      sasha@flowcomms.com (mailto:sasha@flowcomms.com)

 

 

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