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Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. — Capital/Financing Update 2014
Jul 22, 2014
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Capital/Financing Update
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.
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SUNSHINE OILSANDS LTD. 陽光油砂有限公司*
(a corporation incorporated under the Business Corporations Act of the Province of Alberta, Canada with limited liability)
(HKEX: 2012; TSX: SUO)
INSIDE INFORMATION - SALE OF NON-CORE ASSETS
APPOINTMENT OF INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Sale of Non-Core Assets
This announcement is made in accordance with the Inside Information Provision under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) and Rule 13.09(2)(a) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Hong Kong Listing Rules ”).
The board of directors (the “ Board ”) of Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. (the “ Corporation ”) is pleased to announce that on July 17, 2014, the Corporation entered into a petroleum, natural gas and general rights conveyance agreement for the sale of certain non-core oilsands assets which relate to, among other things, lands and petroleum and natural gas rights (collectively, the “ Assets ”) to a third party industry partner for a total consideration of CDN $20 million (which is equivalent to approximately HK$144.4 million at current exchange rates) (the “ Disposal ”). The Disposal was conducted between the parties on an arm’s length basis. The Assets have approximately 225 million barrels of contingent resource associated with them according to the Corporation’s most recently completed independent reserves and resource evaluation prepared by GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd. and effective as at December 31, 2013. The Disposal was completed on July 21, 2014 and the proceeds from the Disposal will be added to the Corporation’s general working capital. The divestiture of the Assets will place the Corporation in a positive cash position. The percentage ratios under Chapter 14 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules in respect of the Disposal are less than 5%.
Appointment of Interim Chief Financial Officer
The Corporation also announces that Mr. MEN Qiping (“ Mr. Men ”) has been appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation with effect from 21 July 2014. Mr. Men holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Harbin University of Technology in Harbin,
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China and an MBA from Dalian University of Technology in Dalian, China. Mr. Men also obtained his Bachelor of Applied Business Administration designation in Accounting from Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary, Alberta and is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified General Accountant. Most recently, Mr. Men was the Vice President of Goldenkey Oil Inc., a private oil and gas company based in Calgary, Alberta. Prior thereto, Mr. Men was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of each of Anterra Energy Inc. (stock symbol: AE.A) and Sahara Energy Ltd. (stock symbol: SAH), which are both publicly traded, junior oil and gas companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and based in Calgary, Alberta.
By Order of the Board of Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. Michael John Hibberd Chairman
Hong Kong, 22 July 2014
As at the date of this announcement, the Board consists of Mr. Michael John Hibberd and Mr. Jin Hu as executive directors; Mr. Hok Ming Tseung, Mr. Tingan Liu, Mr. Haotian Li and Mr. Gregory George Turnbull as non-executive directors; and Mr. Raymond Shenti Fong, Mr. Robert John Herdman, Mr. Gerald Franklin Stevenson and Mr. Zhefei Song as independent non-executive directors.
* For identification purposes only