OREANDA-NEWS. August 27, 2015.   Gulfsands Petroleum Plc ("Gulfsands" or the "Company"), the AIM listed oil and gas company (AIM:GPX) with activities in Syria, Morocco, Tunisia and Colombia, provides the following corporate update.

Further to the announcement of 14 April 2015 advising that Alan Cutler, the Company's Director of Finance and Administration had given notice to resign as an executive director of Gulfsands, Alan has today stood down from the Board of Gulfsands.

Alan continues to work his notice period under his service agreement as an executive responsible for finance and administration matters. It is expected that Alan will leave the Company at the end of his 6 month notice period.

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

Gulfsands Petroleum Plc
Alastair Beardsall, Chairman		 +44 (0)20 7024 2130
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe
Sarah Wharry
David Porter		 +44 (0)20 7894 7000