Evolution Petroleum To Appoint Randall Keys As SVP And CFO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Evolution Petroleum Corp. (EPM) announced that Randall Keys is joining the management team and is expected to be elected by the Board of Directors to the positions of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer following the filing of the company's 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 and the effectiveness of Sterling McDonald's previously announced retirement.

The company stated that Randy will also be elected to the position of Executive Vice President of NGS Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Evolution Petroleum that is commercializing its patented GARP artificial lift technology.

Keys has 27 years of experience as a senior finance professional in the energy business. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer for publicly traded Far East Energy Corp, BPZ Energy Inc., Core Laboratories N.V. and 3DX Technologies Inc., and as Treasurer of Norcen Explorer Inc. Randy also managed financial reporting for Santa Fe Energy and Adobe Resources.

The company also announced that Daryl Mazzanti, Vice President of Evolution Petroleum, will be elected to the additional position of Executive Vice President of NGS Technologies and will be responsible for GARP operations. Mazzanti has been with Evolution Petroleum since 2005 as Vice President of Operations.