Longford Energy Inc. announced that Mr. Graham C. Warren has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the company, effective immediately. Mr. Warren is a senior financial executive with over 25 years of experience with emerging and established companies in the environmental, telecom, mining, oil and gas, and biotech sectors. Mr. Warren has extensive board, operations, corporate finance and public markets expertise, and currently provides Chief Financial Officer and corporate governance services to three other publicly-traded companies.

Longford Energy Inc. announced that it has implemented an amicable reconstitution of its board of directors designed to place the company in the best position to create long-term value for all its shareholders. The reconstituted board is the result of discussions between Longford and Goodwood Inc. regarding Longford's annual and special meeting of shareholders to be held in September 2012. As a result of these discussions, Longford's board has been reconstituted, as follows: Ian W. Delaney, Allan Bezanson, Daniel P. Owen, Peter H. Puccetti and Ahmed S. Said. Mr. Delaney has been appointed chairman. In addition, at the 2012 Meeting, the company will put forward a resolution to increase the size of the board to six members and Mr. Wesley J. Hall will be nominated as the sixth director. The new board intends to actively review Longford's prospects and opportunities to best utilize its capital so as to maximize long-term value for shareholders, whether through acquisitions, mergers, other transactions or in some other way. As part of the board reconstitution, Mr. Stan Bharti has resigned as Longford's executive chairman and Mr. Said has stepped down as president and chief executive officer. All Longford's other former directors, apart from Mr. Said, have also resigned, effective Aug. 08, 2012. Mr. Puccetti has been appointed as Longford's interim chief executive officer.

Longford Energy Inc. announced the approval by its board of directors on July 12, 2012 of amendments to the company's by-laws to include, among other things, an advance notice policy, which Policy includes a provision that requires advance notice to the company in circumstances where nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors are made by shareholders of the company other than pursuant to: a requisition of a meeting made pursuant to the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the "Act"), or a shareholder proposal made pursuant to the provisions of the Act.