Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. Announces Filing of 2011 AIF

CALGARY, March 27, 2012 /CNW/ - Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. (TSX: ATH) announces it has filed its annual information form (AIF).  These documents can be retrieved electronically from Athabasca's website (www.aosc.com or from SEDAR www.sedar.com).

Athabasca is a dynamic, Canadian company focused on development of oil resource plays in Alberta, Canada. It has accumulated a large, high quality resource base suitable for extraction of extra heavy crude oil (bitumen) and light oil. The company is well financed and, with its excellent assets and talented people, Athabasca is poised to become a major Canadian oil producer. It is traded on the TSX under the symbol ATH.

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