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1 April 2010
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP)
("Gulf Keystone" or "the Company")
Director Sale of Shares
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited (AIM: GKP) announces it received notification that on the 1st April 2010 Lord Truscott a non-executive director of the Company and his wife sold 500,000 common shares at an average price of 85.22 pence per share.
Following this sale Lord and Lady Truscott are interested in 500,000 common shares, representing approximately 0.10% of the common shares in issue.
Enquiries:
| Gulf Keystone Petroleum: | +44 (0) 20 7514 1400 |
| Todd Kozel, Executive Chairman |
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| Ewen Ainsworth, Chief Financial Officer |
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| Strand Hanson Limited | +44 (0)20 7409 3494 |
| Simon Raggett / Rory Murphy / James Harris |
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| Mirabaud Securities LLP | +44 (0)20 7878 3362 |
| Peter Krens |
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| Brunswick Group LLP | +44 (0) 20 7404 5959 |
| Patrick Handley |
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or visit: www.gulfkeystone.com
Notes to Editors:
§ Gulf 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.
§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum International (GKPI) holds Production Sharing Contracts for four exploration blocks in Kurdistan.
§ The Company's shares have traded on the AIM market, since listing on 8 Sept 2004.
§ The Company established a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt ("ADR") programme on 5th December 2008. The ADRs are traded under the ticker symbol GFKSY in the US over-the-counter ("OTC") securities market of Pink OTC Markets Inc. (www.pinksheets.com)
§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited is registered in Hamilton, Bermuda with offices in Erbil, Kurdistan, Algiers, Algeria and London, UK.