Africa Hydrocarbons Extends Expiry Date of Warrants

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Aug. 15, 2014) - Africa Hydrocarbons Inc. (the Company) (TSX VENTURE:NFK) is pleased to announce that it has received approval from the TSX Venture Exchange to extend the expiry date of an aggregate of 27,777,778 common share purchase warrants originally issued on June 15, 2012 (the Warrants). The expiry date of the Warrants has been extended from August 31, 2014 to December 31, 2014. For further information on the original issuance of the Warrants, please refer to the press releases of the Company dated June 15, 2012, May 10, 2013, November 28, 2013 and May 21, 2014 filed on SEDAR.

Warrantholders are advised that replacement Warrant certificates will not be issued and that the original Warrant certificates must be presented to the Company in order to effect the exercise or transfer of such Warrants.

About the Company

AHI is a Canadian based international oil and natural gas company involved in the acquisition, exploration and development of energy assets, with an emphasis on Africa. The key asset of the Company is its 47.5% owned Bouhajla Block, located onshore in Tunisia within the productive Pelagian Basin.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this News Release.

This press release, required by applicable Canadian laws, is not for distribution to U.S. News services or for dissemination in the United States, and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to sell any of the securities described herein in the United States. These securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered or exempt therefrom.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF AFRICA HYDROCARBONS INC.

John Nelson, CEO