CAP ENERGY LIMITED

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The Team

> Tim Hearley Chairman
> John Killer Managing Director
> Clair Opsal Non Executive Director

Tim Hearley - Chairman

Tim Hearley graduated in Physics from Oxford University and in the 1970s became a research analyst with Sheppards and Chase, focusing on the mining sector, including oil and gas. In his early career he also worked for GEC Telecoms and W S Atkins.

In the 1980s he moved into manufacturing industry and has broad experience in the automotive industry, including his acquisition of 50 per cent of Aston Martin which he jointly chaired with Victor Gauntlett, and as the Chairman of Virgin Cars which he helped launch in 2000.

In 1984 Tim was a Director and Chairman of Oceanic Commercial Holdings Ltd, which held a significant investment in Intrepid Oil & Gas Inc., a Delaware company owning and operating oil and gas wells in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma; Tim has first hand knowledge of oil and gas drilling and operational techniques including an understanding of geological results and experience in the financial analysis of individual wells.

Tim is an experienced chairman and director of a number of listed and private businesses, and an active private investor. As a director and investor in Moorepay Group Plc he took the business to AIM at a valuation of £6m and led negotiations for its £40m sale to Rebus in early 2000. He chaired the fully listed software company Rolfe & Nolan until 2003, when he led a successful public-private deal. More recently, Tim has become Chairman of AIM listed Reflec plc and is also a non-executive director of AIM quoted Oakdene Homes and Ofex traded IQ Holdings and Vicorp Group Plc.

John Killer - Managing Director

John was educated at the University of Queensland where he received his B.Sc. in Geology and Mineralogy in 1965. He has over 40 years of experience in geology and over 30 years of experience as an accountant in the oil and gas industry.

John has developed an extensive set of skills encompassing: well site geology, oil and mineral prospect evaluation, production operations, project cost control and accounting and budget and corporate report preparation. He has worked in the United Kingdom, North Sea, Libya and Australia, and been involved in projects in the United States of America, former Soviet Union and several countries in Africa.

He has been a director of several listed resource companies including Sefton Resources, Inc. (AIM) and Zarara Oil & Gas Ltd (Ofex), and is currently a director of Bramlin Ltd (AIM).  He is managing director and part owner of a private oil and gas company with extensive interests in oil and gas production and drilling operations in Oklahoma and Texas.

His prior experience includes working for Firstland Oil & Gas PLC as general manager, Sigma Resources PLC as general manager and a director, Amoco (U.K.) Exploration Co as project accountant and cost controller, Endeavour Oil Co. as a petroleum geologist and Core Laboratories Inc. as a well site geologist.

Clair Opsal - Non Executive Director

Clair is a Geological Engineering graduate with over 37 years of diversified oil and gas technical and management experience. He started his career at Amerada Hess Corporation where he applied his expertise to design and implement cost effective drilling and completion procedures. He later moved to Natomas where he expanded his technical and management skills with international operations as part of his remit. Clair also served as an officer, and managed the Oklahoma operations, for the Intrepid Oil Company until it was sold.

Clair went on to form Opsal Energy, Inc. where he is still the President, to facilitate the acquisition of producing property interests and provide engineering consulting services. Over the past 7 years he has aggressively searched for and facilitated the acquisition of United States producing properties with well established production and good upside potential.

Clair is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas.

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