SHAMARAN TO ADD 15% STAKE IN ATRUSH AND CONTEMPLATED BOND FINANCING

VANCOUVER, BC, June 4, 2018 /CNW/ - ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. ("ShaMaran" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: SNM) (NASDAQ First North: SNM) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a further 15% working interest in the Production Sharing Contract – Atrush Block, Kurdistan Region of Iraq dated 10th November 2007, as amended from time to time, (the “Atrush PSC”) and certain other assets from Marathon Oil KDV B.V. (the “Acquisition”) for USD 60 million, subject to final closing adjustments. The Acquisition will increase ShaMaran’s working interest in Atrush from 20.1%