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Appointment of Nominated Advi
Appointment of Nominated Advi.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 6406A Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd 13 October 2009 \n \nNot for release, publication or distribution in or into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom and Bermuda where to do so would constitute a contravention of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction\n\n\n13 October 2009\n\nGulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.\n(\"Gulf Keystone\" or \"the Company\")\n\nAppointment of Nominated Adviser and Broker\n\nGulf Keystone is pleased to announce that it has appointed Strand Partners Limited as Nominated Adviser and Mirabaud Securities LLP as Broker with immediate effect.\n\n\nEnquiries\n \n\n\n\n\n\nGulf Keystone Petroleum:Todd Kozel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer\nEwen Ainsworth, Chief Financial Officer\n \n\n\n+44 (0) 20 7514 1400\n\n\n\n\nStrand Partners Limited:\nSimon Raggett / Rory Murphy / James Harris\n \n\n\n+44 (0)20 7409 3494\n\n\n\n\nMirabaud Securities LLP: \nPeter Krens / Pav Sanghera\n \n\n\n+44 (0)20 7878 3362\n\n\n\n\nBrunswick:\nPatrick Handley\n \n\n\n+44 (0) 20 7404 5959\n\n\n\n\n \nor visit: www.gulfkeystone.com \n\nNotes to Editors\n\n\nGulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP) (\"Gulf Keystone\" or the \"Company\") is an independent oil and gas exploration company focused on exploration in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.\n \n\n\nThe Company's shares have traded on the AIM market, since listing on 8 Sept 2004. \n \n\n\nGulf Keystone Petroleum International (\"GKPI\") is a joint venture between the Company and ETAMIC, its strategic partner in Kurdistan. The JV holds Production Sharing Contracts (\"PSC's\") in four exploration blocks with a total area under licence of 1,702 square kilometres.\n \n\n\nOn 6 Aug 2009, the Company announced that GKPI had made a significant discovery at the Shaikan-1 exploration well which spudded on 27 April 09. The well is located in the Shaikan Block, situated near the city of Dihok, approximately 85 kilometres North-West of Erbil and covers an area of 283 square kilometres. The Company is currently continuing its drilling to deeper targets at the same location.\n \n\n\nAn independent E&P consultant Dynamic Global Advisors has been appointed to perform an independent assessment of discoveries made in the Shaikan-1 well.\n \n\n\nOn...