Kina Petroleum Limited announced that Mr. Richard Robinson, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company is withdrawing his nomination for re-election as a Non-Executive Director of the company at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting on May 24, 2017. He will retire from the Board at the conclusion of the AGM. The Board intends to appoint current Non-Executive Director and chairman of the Audit Committee Dr. Ila Temu as Interim Chairman following Mr. Robinson's retirement. Following the AGM, the Board will commence a process to appoint a new Non-Executive Director and permanent Chairman.