Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to Hold Conference Call on 2011 Year End Results

CALGARY, March 8, 2012 /CNW/ - Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. (TSX: ATH) will release 2011 year end results on Thursday, March 15, 2012. The news release will provide details of the 2011 year end operating and financial information. Athabasca Oil Sands Corp.'s financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2011 will be available electronically from Athabasca's website (www.aosc.com) and SEDAR (www.sedar.com).

A conference call to discuss the 2011 year end results will be held for the investment community on March 15, 2012 at 7:30 a.m. MT (9:30 a.m. ET).  To participate, please dial 888-231-8191 (toll-free in North America) or 647-427-7450 approximately 15 minutes prior to the conference call.

An archived recording of the call will be available from approximately 2:30 p.m. MT on March 15 until midnight on June 13, 2012 by dialing 855-859-2056 (toll-free in North America) or 416-849-0833 and entering conference password 56901822.

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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