Omagine, Inc. announced that Alan M. Matus has been appointed as an independent Director of the company effective September 1, 2015. With Mr. Matus appointment, the majority of the company's Board of Directors now consists of non-executive independent outside directors. Mr. Matus has five decades of residential, hospitality and commercial real estate development experience.

He is a seasoned real estate industry executive and owner who has personally directed the development, planning, architectural design, financing, construction and marketing of many public and private developments both internationally and in the U.S.