Allegiance Coal Limited (Allegiance) announced the appointment of Mr. Jonathan Romcke as Chief Executive Officer of the company. Mr. Romcke will serve a two month notice period with Stanmore Resources following which his role with the Company and appointment to the Company's board will commence. Mr. Romcke will relocate to the US with his wife.

For most of his career he worked in underground coal in New South Wales with BHP, Oakridge and Xstrata, rising to the role of Group Manager Business Development, Queensland Coal, for Xstrata.