Results of Annual General Meeting

Gulfsands Petroleum Plc (“Gulfsands” or the “Company”), the AIM listed oil and gas company (AIM:GPX) with activities in Syria, Morocco, Tunisia and Colombia, presents the following report on the resolutions put to shareholders at the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Company held today at 11.00 am, pursuant to the Notice of the meeting dated 11 April 2016:

• Resolutions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 were all passed as ordinary resolutions on a show of hands
• Resolution 10 was passed as a special resolution on a show of hands

The following proxy votes appointing the Chairman to vote were as follows

Resolution	In Favour	%	Discretion	%	Against	%	Withheld
Ordinary Business
1	324,103,503	100.000%	4,247	0.001%	0	0.000%	0
2	324,086,724	99.995%	4,247	0.001%	7,779	0.002%	5,000
3	320,731,142	98.959%	4,247	0.001%	3,363,361	1.038%	5,000
4	324,086,724	99.995%	4,247	0.001%	7,779	0.002%	5,000
5	320,731,142	98.959%	4,247	0.001%	3,363,361	1.038%	5,000
6	324,086,724	99.995%	4,247	0.001%	7,779	0.002%	5,000
7	324,086,724	99.995%	4,247	0.001%	7,779	0.002%	5,000
8	324,091,724	99.996%	4,247	0.001%	7,779	0.002%	0
9	324,081,974	99.993%	4,247	0.001%	17,529	0.005%	0
Special Business
10	324,081,974	99.993%	4,247	0.001%	17,529	0.005%	0

i    Proxy votes granted to the chairman of the meeting at his discretion are counted as votes “for” the Resolutions
ii   Percentages are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast (excluding withheld votes)
iii  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes cast “for” or “against” a Resolution

For further information, please refer to the Company’s website www.gulfsands.com or contact:

Gulfsands Petroleum Plc Alastair Beardsall, Chairman	+44 (0)20 7464 4492
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe Sarah Wharry Craig Francis	+44 (0)20 7894 7000