/EINPresswire.com/ -- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/15/16 -- ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. ("ShaMaran" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: SNM)(OMX: SNM) is pleased to report that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today in Vancouver, shareholders received the consolidated audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2015 and approved all of the resolutions put forward at the meeting, namely:

1.  Appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers SA, as auditor of the Company for the
    ensuing year and authorized the directors to fix their remuneration;
2.  Fixed the number of directors at five (5);
3.  Elected Keith Hill, Chris Bruijnzeels, C. Ashley Heppenstall, Brian
    Edgar, and Gary Guidry as directors for the ensuing year;
4.  Approved the Amendment of the Company's incentive stock option plan;
5.  Approved the Company's incentive stock option plan; and
6.  Approved the Company's Share Unit Plan.

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. Pareto Securities AB is the Company's Certified Advisor on NASDAQ OMX First North.

Contacts:
Chris Bruijnzeels
President and CEO
ShaMaran Petroleum Corp.
+41 22 560 8605
chris.bruijnzeels@shamaranpetroleum.com

Sophia Shane
Corporate Development
ShaMaran Petroleum Corp.
+1 604 689 7842
sophias@namdo.com
www.shamaranpetroleum.com

Robert Eriksson
Investor Relations, Sweden
ShaMaran Petroleum Corp.
+46 701 112615
reriksson@rive6.ch

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