Africa Hydrocarbons Inc.: Tunisia Acreage Position Increased by 29%

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire - April 12, 2012) - Africa Hydrocarbons Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NFK) ("AHI" or the "Company") is pleased to announce notification was received from Tunisian authorities that an application to expand the Bouhajla Permit has been accepted and the expansion granted as requested. The permit expansion is subject to government ratification and publication in the official Government Gazette. Twenty square kilometers of new 3D seismic was committed in conjunction with the acreage award under the same Production Sharing Contract terms as the original Permit.

The area of additional acreage represents an increase of 120 km2 or 29% of the area of the original Bouhajla Permit. The expansion area lies south of the Bouhajla North prospect on which a 55km2 3D seismic survey was recently completed. Processing and interpretation of the 3D survey over the Bouhajla North prospect is currently under way.

John Nelson, CEO of AHI states "The additional acreage dovetails nicely with the original Bouhajla Permit forming a larger, more contiguous exploration block. Additional upside was identified on the new acreage using vintage 2D seismic and we are now pleased to be able to further develop those leads and add them to our prospect inventory on the Permit."


About the Company

Africa Hydrocarbons Inc. is a Canadian listed exploration company with a vision to develop a significant presence in the developing oil and gas industry within Africa. The Company signed an agreement with DualEx Tunisia Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dualex Energy International Inc., that grants the Company the right to earn 47.5% interest in a 416 km2 exploration permit located within onshore Tunisia.


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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF AFRICA HYDROCARBONS INC.

John Nelson
President and CEO



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Contact Information

Africa Hydrocarbons Inc.
John Nelson, President and CEO
(403) 774-7225
(416) 907-1788 (FAX)
www.africahydrocarbons.com