Ascent Resources plc announces that at its General Meeting held earlier 05 March 2020, announce that, further to the announcement on 14 February 2020 which outlined the proposed Board changes, the necessary regulatory due diligence has been completed for the appointments of James Parsons and Ewen Ainsworth. James Parsons, aged 47, has today been appointed to the Board as Executive Chairman. James has a wealth of corporate and transactional experience on AIM and a demonstrated ability to access capital to fund junior resource plays. Colin Hutchinson, Finance Director, will step down with immediate effect. Kristian Ewen Ainsworth, aged 57, has been appointed to the Board as an independent Non-Executive Director. Ewen Ainsworth is an experienced AIM company director, currently a Non-Executive director at Regency Mines plc and the CEO of Discovery Energy Limited, an advisory, consultancy and Investment Company. Louis Castro, Non-Executive Chairman, will step down with immediate effect.