VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Nov. 3, 2015) - ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. ("ShaMaran" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:SNM)(OMX:SNM) announces, following its news release of September 21, 2015, that the parties to the Atrush Block Joint Venture, TAQA Atrush B.V. ("TAQA"), General Exploration Partners, Inc. ("GEP"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation, and Marathon Oil KDV B.V. recently met to discuss the issues associated with the recent Default Notices issued by TAQA, as Operator, and have clarified that GEP currently holds a 26.8% participating interest in the Atrush Block until such time that the Kurdistan Regional Government has completed the exercise of its right to acquire up to a 25% interest. Accordingly, the defaults have now been cured and TAQA has withdrawn the Default Notices.
ABOUT SHAMARAN
ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. is a Kurdistan focused oil development and exploration company with a 26.8% direct interest in the Atrush oil discovery, until such time that the Kurdistan Regional Government has completed the exercise of its right to acquire up to a 25% interest. The Atrush Block is currently undergoing an appraisal and development campaign.
ShaMaran is a Canadian oil and gas company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the NASDAQ OMX First North Exchange (Stockholm) under the symbol "SNM". Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
ShaMaran's Certified Advisor on NASDAQ OMX First North is Pareto Securities AB.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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Actual results may differ materially from those projected by management. Further, any forward-looking information is made only as of a certain date and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking information or statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required by applicable securities laws. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management of the Company to predict all of these factors and to assess in advance the impact of each such factor on the Company's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking information.