CALGARY, July 31 /CNW/ - Solana Resources Limited (TSX-V: SOR; AIM: SORL), the Colombia focused independent oil and gas exploration and production company, is pleased to announce the appointments of Keith Jackson as Non-Executive Director and Ricardo Montes Gomez as acting Chief Financial Officer. Based in the UK, Francis Keith John Jackson, aged 57, is an experienced finance executive with significant Board level experience. From 1999 to 2005 he was a Divisional Finance Director for Anglo American plc, responsible for the financial and compliance reporting of Anglo Industrial Minerals, comprising the Tarmac Group and Copebras, a Brazilian fertiliser company. Prior to joining Anglo American, Mr. Jackson worked for Cape plc and Charter plc, as Finance Director and Group Controller respectively. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Chamberlin & Hill plc, a FTSE listed foundry and engineering group, and Chairman of Tynda Forest Holdings Ltd, a privately held timber company with assets in Russia and China. Ricardo Montes Gomez has been appointed as acting Chief Financial Officer, subject to final Board approval. Ricardo Montes Gomez has extensive sector and regional experience having worked in executive financial and commercial roles for Shell in Colombia, Venezuela and most recently with Shell Exploration and Production Co. in Houston. He has also managed auditing and consulting services for oil and gas companies in the South American region for Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen. Ricardo Montes Gomez will be based with the CEO in Bogota (Colombia), and will divide his time between Bogota and the corporate headquarters in Calgary. He replaces Scott Hamilton who has left Solana to pursue other challenges. Stephen Newton, Solana's President and CEO, commented: "We are very pleased to welcome Keith to the Solana Board. His extensive senior level experience with international listed companies will undoubtedly prove extremely useful to Solana as it continues its growth. "I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Scott Hamilton for all his hard work and offer him the best of luck in his future endeavours. With his huge range of sector and regional experience I am sure that Ricardo Montes Gomez will also make a significant contribution to the Company." In accordance with Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules, Mr Keith Jackson's current directorships are as follows: Anglo Industrial Minerals Trustee Ltd Markfield (Pension Trustees) Limited Tarmac DC Pension Trustee Limited Tarmac Pensions Limited Telford City Technology College Trust Limited Aridos Arganda S.L. Aylesford Newsprint Pension Plan Chamberlin & Hill plc Mondi Minorco Paper SA Thomas Telford School Online Limited Tynda Forest Holdings Limited Walsall City Academy Trust In accordance with Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules, Mr Keith Jackson's previous directorships in the last five years are as follows: Anglo Industrial Minerals Holdings Ltd Anglo Industrial Minerals Ltd Ball Mill Sand and Gravel Company Limited Birmingham Sand & Gravel Limited Brierley Hill Truck Mixed Concrete Limited Dorking Lime Company Limited Hawthorn Aggregates Limited Hoskins & Horton Limited Lime-Sand Mortar (Southern) Limited Limelite Lightweight Plasters Limited Longford Industrial Holdings Limited Man-Abell Quarries Limited Matlock Asphalte & Bitumen Company Limited McDonald and Stewart Limited Mortar-Mix (South Wales) Limited Nash Rocks Limited Northern Roadworks Limited Old Radnor Trading Company Limited Tarmac Central Limited Tarmac Concrete Products Limited Tarmac Group Limited Tarmac Holdings Limited Tarmac Investments (International) Limited Tarmac Limited Tarmac Northern Limited Tarmac Roadstone Holdings Limited Tarmac Southern Limited Tarmac Western Limited The Brockham Lime and Hearthstone Company Limited The Diamond Tread Company (1938) Limited The Oxted Greystone Lime Company Limited Tilcon (1997) Limited Tilcon Building Services Limited Tilcon Gregory Limited Tilcon Holdings Limited Tilcon Lime Limited Tilcon Macadam Limited Tilcon Scotland Limited Tilcon Services Limited Tilcon Silica Sands Limited Tilcon Trupak Limited Tilling Construction Services Limited Trumix Concrete Limited Val De Travers Asphalte Limited Wilnecote Brick Company Limited Cleveland Potash Limited Tarmac Finance (Jersey) Limited There is nothing further to disclose in relation to the appointment of Mr Keith Jackson under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules. The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.