Forum is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr. Roberto V. Ongpin as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.

Mr. Ongpin is currently Vice Chairman of Philex Mining Corporation, a company that, through its subsidiaries Philex Petroleum Corporation and FEC Resources, Inc, has an interest in 18,483,511 ordinary shares of Forum, representing 61.44% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Mr. Ongpin is also presently Deputy Chairman of the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), Director of Shangri-La Asia (Hong Kong), Petron Corporation, Araneta Properties, Inc. as well as Chairman of Philweb Corporation, ISM Communications Corporation, Eastern Telecommunications Philippines, Inc., Alphaland Corporation and Developing Countries Investment Corporation.

He was former Chairman and Managing Partner of SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. and served as Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of the Philippines from 1979 to 1986. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

For further information please contact:
Andrew Mullins, Executive Director, Company Secretary, Forum Energy Plc
+44 (0)1932 445 344

Brian Stockbridge / Jarod Casey, Noble & Company Ltd
(Nominated Adviser & Broker)
+44 (0)20 7763 2200