Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to Release 2012 First Quarter Financial Results Thursday, April 26, 2012

CALGARY, April 19, 2012 /CNW/ - Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. (TSX: ATH) will issue its 2012 first quarter financial results on Thursday, April 26, 2012 before the market opens. The company will provide an update on its current activities along with the financial statements and management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) for the period ended March 31, 2012. These will be available on the company's website at www.aosc.com or from the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.

A conference call to discuss the first quarter will be held for the investment community and media on April 26, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. MT (11:00 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 2:00 p.m. ET on April 26 until midnight on May 10, 2012 by dialing 855-859-2056 (toll-free in North America) or 416-849-0833 and entering conference password 70435029.

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 aspires to produce 220,000 barrels of oil equivalent by 2020, half extra heavy oil and half light oil. Athabasca is traded on the TSX under the symbol ATH.

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