Suroco Energy Inc. Announces Appointment of David Monroe as Vice-President, Engineering

CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – Jan. 27, 2010) –

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Suroco Energy Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SRN) (the “Corporation“) is pleased to announce the appointment of David Monroe as Vice-President, Engineering of the Corporation, subject to approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Mr. Monroe has 28 years of diverse reservoir and operations engineering experience in both Canadian and international petroleum companies. Over the last 20 years, he has held increasingly senior reservoir engineering roles that have included a full spectrum of reservoir types. He has held hands-on leadership roles in both corporate reserve management and multi-disciplinary exploration and development teams.