Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.: Extension of Closing of Private Placement Under the General Mandate

HONG KONG, CHINA and CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Jul 3, 2016) - Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. (a corporation incorporated under the Business Corporations Act of the Province of Alberta, Canada with limited liability) (HKSE:2012)

By Order of the Board of Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.

Sun Kwok Ping, Executive Chairman

Hong Kong, July 4, 2016

Calgary, July 3, 2016

As at the date of this announcement, the Board consists of Mr. Kwok Ping Sun, Mr. Hong Luo, Dr. Qi Jiang and Mr. Qiping Men as executive directors; Mr. Michael John Hibberd, Mr. Jianzhong Chen and Ms. Xijuan Jiang as non-executive directors; and Mr. Raymond Shengti Fong, Mr. Gerald Franklin Stevenson, Ms. Joanne Yan and Mr. Yi He as independent non-executive directors.

* For identification purposes only

The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. (the "Corporation" or "Sunshine") (HKEX:2012) wishes to announce the following:

EXTENSION OF CLOSING DATE FOR PRIVATE PLACEMENT UNDER GENERAL MANDATE

Reference is made to the announcements of the Corporation dated March 16, 2016 (Hong Kong Time) / March 15, 2016 (Calgary Time), April 28, 2016 (Hong Kong Time) / April 27, 2016 (Calgary Time), May 16, 2016 (Hong Kong and Calgary Time) and June 22, 2016 (Hong Kong Time) / June 21, 2016 (Calgary Time) (collectively, the "Announcements") in relation to the proposed issue of a total of 558,823,500 new Class "A" Common Voting Shares ("Common Shares") to Bright Hope Global Investments Limited ("Bright Hope") under the General Mandate (as defined in the Announcements).

The Board received a written request from Bright Hope for an extension of the closing date for the remaining 411,718,500 Common Shares (HK$139,984,290 or approximately CDN $23.5 million) subscribed for by Bright Hope due to recent global market conditions. After careful consideration of the matter, the Board consented to a further extension of the closing date to August 31, 2016 from June 30, 2016 with the view that such extension is in the best interests of the Corporation and its shareholders. The remaining 411,718,500 Common Shares Common Shares subscribed for by Bright Hope will be closed in one or more tranches with the last tranche closing no later than August 31, 2016.

To date, the Corporation has completed the closing of 147,105,000 Common Shares to Bright Hope authorized under the General Mandate for total gross proceeds of HK $50,015,700 (approximately CDN $8.2 million).

An announcement will be issued when the Corporation completes the closing of the remaining 411,718,500 Common Shares (HK$139,984,290 or CDN $23.5 million at current exchange rates) subscribed for by Bright Hope.

ABOUT SUNSHINE OILSANDS LTD.

The Corporation is a Calgary based public corporation listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since March 1, 2012. The Corporation is focused on the development of its significant holdings of oil sands leases in the Athabasca oil sands region. The Corporation owns interests in approximately one million acres of oil sands and petroleum and natural gas leases in the Athabasca region. The Corporation is currently focused on executing milestone undertakings in the West Ells project area. West Ells has an initial production target rate of 5,000 barrels per day.

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This announcement contains forward-looking information relating to, among other things, (a) the future financial performance and objectives of Sunshine; (b) the closing of the remaining 411,718,500 Common Shares subscribed for by Bright Hope; and (c) the plans and expectations of the Corporation. Such forward-looking information is subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors. All statements other than statements and information of historical fact are forward-looking statements. The use of words such as "estimate", "forecast", "expect", "project", "plan", "target", "vision", "goal", "outlook", "may", "will", "should", "believe", "intend", "anticipate", "potential", and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on Sunshine's experience, current beliefs, assumptions, information and perception of historical trends available to Sunshine, and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to those associated with resource definition and expected reserves and contingent and prospective resources estimates, unanticipated costs and expenses, regulatory approval, fluctuating oil and gas prices, expected future production, the ability to access sufficient capital to finance future development and credit risks, changes in Alberta's regulatory framework, including changes to regulatory approval process and land-use designations, royalty, tax, environmental, greenhouse gas, carbon and other laws or regulations and the impact thereof and the costs associated with compliance. Although Sunshine believes that the expectations represented by such forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Readers are cautioned that the assumptions and factors discussed in this announcement are not exhaustive and readers are not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as the Corporation's actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied. Sunshine disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, subsequent to the date of this announcement, except as required under applicable securities legislation. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this announcement and are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing lists are not exhaustive and are made as at the date hereof. For a full discussion of the Corporation's material risk factors, see the Corporation's annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2014 and risk factors described in other documents we file from time to time with securities regulatory authorities, all of which are available on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at www.hkexnews.hk, on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com or on the Corporation's website at www.sunshineoilsands.com.

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.

This announcement appears for information purpose only and does not constitute an invitation or offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for securities of Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.

Contact

Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.
Mr. Hong Luo
Chief Executive Officer
(1) 403-984-1450
investorrelations@sunshineoilsands.com
www.sunshineoilsands.com