HONG KONG, CHINA and CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Sep 22, 2015) - Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. (a corporation incorporated under the Business Corporations Act of the Province of Alberta, Canada with limited liability) (2012.HK)(SUO.TO).

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By Order of the Board of Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.

Sun Kwok Ping, Executive Chairman

As at the date of this announcement, the Board consists of Mr. Kwok Ping Sun, Mr. Hong Luo and Dr. Qi Jiang as executive directors; Mr. Michael John Hibberd, Mr. Hok Ming Tseung, Mr. Haotian Li and Mr. Jin Hu as non-executive directors; and Mr. Raymond Shengti Fong, Mr. Robert John Herdman, Mr. Gerald Franklin Stevenson and Mr. Zhefei Song as independent non-executive directors.

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF FIRST STEAM AT THE WEST ELLS PROJECT

Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. (the "Corporation" or "Sunshine") (2012.HK)(SUO.TO) is pleased to announce that it has successfully commenced steam injection into the target formation at the West Ells project located in the Athabasca region of Alberta.

"First steam injection represents a significant achievement for the West Ells Project as it represents the major milestone before oil production," said Mr. Sun Kwok Ping, Executive Chairman of Sunshine. "We are pleased that the West Ells facilities have been successfully commissioned and that first steam was delivered to the well pads and reservoir in accordance with our schedule. We look forward to achieving first production by the fourth quarter of 2015."

Sunshine is fully committed to advancing its corporate initiatives to ensure that West Ells achieves a smooth startup of the Phase 1 facilities and achievement of nameplate capacity of 5,000 bbls/day. The Corporation has a 100% working interest in its West Ells asset area with an ultimate development potential of 130,000 bbls/day.

ABOUT SUNSHINE OILSANDS LTD.

The Corporation is a Calgary based public corporation, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since March 1, 2012 and the Toronto Stock Exchange since November 16, 2012. The Corporation's voluntary delisting from TSX will be effective on September 30, 2015 (with reference to the Corporation's announcement dated September 9, 2015, Hong Kong time (September 9, 2015, Calgary time)).The Corporation is focused on the development of its significant holdings of oil sands leases in the Athabasca oil sands region. The Corporation owns interests in approximately one million acres of oil sands and petroleum and natural gas leases in the Athabasca region. The Corporation is currently focused on executing milestone undertakings in the West Ells project area. West Ells has an initial production target rate of 5,000 barrels per day.