| CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - May 4, 2012) - Longford Energy Inc. (NEX BOARD:LFD.H) ("Longford" or the "Company") announces the resignation of Sig Slotboom, Vice President Operations of the Company, Fari Goodarzi, Vice President of the Company and Pat Gleeson, Corporate Secretary of the Company, following the closing of the sale of the Company's interest in the Chia Surkh block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (the "Sale Transaction"). Longford is also pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has appointed Neil Said as the Corporate Secretary of the Company. Mr. Neil Said is a corporate securities lawyer who works as a legal consultant to various TSX and TSX Venture Exchange listed companies in the mining and oil and gas industries. Mr. Said previously worked as a securities lawyer at a large Toronto corporate law firm. He obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto and received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University. Following the completion of the Sale Transaction, Stan Bharti, through Forbes & Manhattan Inc., and Ahmed Said each entered into new consulting agreements with the Company. Mr. Ahmed Said will continue as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Longford would like to thank Mr. Slotboom, Mr. Goodarzi and Mr. Gleeson for their service to the Company. About Longford Energy Inc. Longford Energy Inc. is a public company listed on the NEX board of the TSX Venture Exchange. |