Athabasca Oil Sands to Present at BMO 9th Annual Unconventional Resource Conference on January 10, 2012

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CALGARY, Jan. 9, 2012 /CNW/ - Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. (TSX: ATH) announces Sveinung Svarte, president and CEO, will speak at BMO Capital Markets 9^th Annual Unconventional Resource Conference in New York on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. (EST).  The fireside questions and answer chat may include updates on the company's oil sands assets, light oil division and future growth opportunities.  The presentation slides will be available at Athabasca's website, www.aosc.com on January 9 at 11:00 a.m. (EST).

The webcast is accessible at:

https://www.bmocm.com/conferences/unconventionalresource2012/webcast 

This link will be available for one year after the conference.

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.