Appointment VP Exploration & Board Advisor

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwire - May 14, 2012) -

14th May, 2012

                    LONGREACH OIL AND GAS LIMITED

Appointment of Vice President Exploration, Director & Senior Advisor to
the Board

Longreach Oil and Gas Limited ("Longreach" or "the Company"), an
independent oil and gas company holding substantial exploration and
development licences in Morocco, is pleased to announce the appointment
of Ronald Lansdell as Vice President Exploration and as a member of the
Board of Directors of Longreach (the "Board"), with immediate effect.

Ronald Lansdell joins the Company having held a number of senior
technical and commercial roles during a 15 year career at Eni/Agip.
These roles included being posted to Nigeria, Kazakhstan and the United
Kingdom. Mr Lansdell began his career in 1972 in seismic data
acquisition and processing initially at Digicon and then CGG in London,
before joining BHP Petroleum as Exploration Coordinator Western
Australia. He spent 9 years with Elf (in Norway, France and Syria) and
then joined QGPC as Chief Geophysicist in Qatar before joining Eni/
Agip. He has a degree in Geology from the University of London.

Longreach is also pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Mehdi Ali
as an Advisor to the Board. Dr Ali has extensive experience in the
Middle East region, having been a senior advisor to the Governments of
Saudi Arabia and the UAE on investment and energy. During his career
Dr Ali was a Senior Economist at the World Bank, Regional
Representative for the UN for North Africa and the Middle East and was
a Director at the OPEC Fund. Dr Ali holds a Master degree from the
London School of Economics and a Doctorate from the University of
Cambridge.

Commenting, Bryan Benitz, Chairman and CEO of Longreach,
said:"Operationally, it will become an increasingly busy time for Longreach
over the next two years and so the appointment of a senior exploration
specialist to the Board is a natural progression. This follows
completion of the Sidi Moktar farm-in last year, under which Longreach
is required to carry new seismic acquisition and the drilling of two
exploration wells; in addition to extensive work programmes planned for
other licences. Having such an experienced and well respected person,
such as Ron, joining our Board will only serve to help move the assets
forward and the Company towards first production"."I am also delighted that
Mehdi has agreed to come on board as an
advisor. He is a highly respected person in the region and I am sure
his extensive experience will prove invaluable to the development of
the Company.""I believe that Longreach's assets have enormous and exciting
potential
and it is pleasing that such experienced professionals as Ron and Mehdi
have recognised this."

                          -ENDS-

For Further Information:

Longreach
Bryan Benitz            Chairman & CEO               +44 20 3137 7756

Pelham Bell Pottinger
Mark Antelme / Philip Dennis / Rollo Crichton-Stuart +44 207 861 3232

Additional information on Longreach Oil and Gas Limited can be found at
 www.longreachoilandgas.com  or through Longreach's investor relations
agent

Additional information on Longreach Oil and Gas Limited can also be
found at  www.sedar.com 

About Longreach:

Longreach holds varying interests in five exploration licences in
southern onshore and offshore Morocco, totalling approximately 13
million acres of exploration acreage.

In the Essaouira basin in Central Morocco, Longreach operates and holds
a 50% working interest in three exploration blocks collectively known
as Sidi Moktar. According to information available from the Office
National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM), historical production
of 30.5 Bcf was achieved on the Sidi Moktar exploration licences. The
onshore Sidi Moktar licence surrounds the existing producing Meskala
field (which is not a part of the Sidi Moktar licence), with gas
pipeline infrastructure in place that runs through the permit area.
Tie in to this pipeline is believed by management to be achievable,
with gas expected to be piped to the town of Youssoufia, where major
phosphate plants exist with unmet natural gas demand.

The Company holds a 22.5% net interest in the Tarfaya onshore licence.
Multiple prospective structures have been identified based on current
2D seismic and the Company's joint venture partners completed a new 608
km 2D seismic programme in September 2011, which has shown a
considerable improvement in data quality that will allow further
assessment of the licence.

The Company holds a 7.5% net interest in each of the offshore Sidi
Moussa and Foum Draa licences. Multiple prospects/leads have been
identified on each licence and a farm out is currently underway.

The Company holds a 22.5% net interest in Zag basin onshore licence. In
January 2012 a new 1,674km 2D seismic programme was completed.
Processing of this data is now underway.

Special Note Regarding Analogous Information

Although the Company believes that production on the Meskala field,
which is adjacent to the Sidi Moktar licences, may indicate that
production is possible on the Kechoula field, no assurance can be given
by the Company that commercial production on any of the Sidi Moktar
exploration licences will be achieved, or as to the levels of
production that may be possible on any of the Sidi Moktar exploration
licences if production is achieved.

Special Note Regarding Forwarding Looking Statements:

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These
statements relate to future events or the Company's future performance.
All statements other than statements of historical fact are
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often, but
not always, identified by the use of words such as "may", "will","should",
"expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate","predict", "project",
"potential", "targeting", "intend", "could","might", "continue" or the
negative of these terms or other similar
terms. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but
are not limited to the completion of evaluations and processing and
interpretation of data, the performance characteristics of the
Company's oil and gas properties, capital expenditure programs, supply
and demand for oil, gas and commodities, prices for oil and gas,
drilling plans, and realization of the anticipated benefits of
acquisitions.

Forward-looking statements are only predictions. Forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially
from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. Some of the
risks and other factors which could cause results to differ materially
from those expressed in the forward-looking statements contained in
this press release include, but are not limited to: general economic
conditions in Canada, the Kingdom of Morocco and globally; industry
conditions, including fluctuations in the price of oil and gas,
governmental regulation of the oil and gas industry, including
environmental regulation; fluctuation in foreign exchange or interest
rates; risks inherent in oil and gas operations; political risk,
including political risk; geological, technical, drilling and
processing problems; unanticipated operating events which could cause
commencement of drilling and production to be delayed; the need to
obtain consents and approvals from industry partners, regulatory
authorities and other third-parties; stock market volatility and market
valuations; competition for, among other things, capital, acquisitions
of reserves, undeveloped land and skilled personnel; incorrect
assessments of the value of acquisitions or resource estimates; any
future inability to obtain additional funding, when required, on
acceptable terms or at all; credit risk; changes in legislation; any
unanticipated disputes or deficiencies related to title matters;
dependence on management and key personnel; and risks associated with
operating in and being part of a joint venture.

Although the forward-looking statements contained in this press release
are based upon assumptions which management of the Company believes to
be reasonable, the Company cannot assure that actual results will be
consistent with its expectations and assumptions. Undue reliance
should not be placed on the forward-looking statements contained in
this news release as there can be no assurance that the plans,
intentions or expectations upon which they are based will occur. These
statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and the
Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statements except as expressly required by
applicable securities laws.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as
that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.


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