ShaMaran Petroleum Corp
2000 - 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Company was incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia on October 3, 1991, under the name "Arauco Resources Corporation" ("Arauco"). On August 13, 1997, Arauco was continued as a federal company under the Canada Business Corporations Act ("CBCA") and on August 29, 1997 the name of the Company was changed from Arauco to Kit Resources Ltd. ("Kit").

Effective March 6, 2000, in order to facilitate the business combination of Kit and Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. ("Wheaton River"), Kit was continued from the federal jurisdiction to Ontario under theOntario Business Corporations Act (the "OBCA"). Pursuant to the terms of a statutory plan of arrangement approved by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on March 3, 2000, Kit and 1395896 Ontario Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wheaton River, were amalgamated under the name Kit (the "Arrangement"). As a result of the Arrangement, Kit became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wheaton River. In January 2001 Wheaton River sold its majority interest in the Company. On November 15, 2001, Kit was extra-territorially registered in the Province of British Columbia and on December 29, 2006 was continued into British Columbia from Ontario under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia). On February 9, 2007 the name was changed from Kit to Bayou Bend Petroleum Ltd. ("Bayou Bend"). On October 21, 2009, the name Bayou Bend was changed to ShaMaran Petroleum Corp.

Effective June 18, 2013, the articles of the Company were amended to provide for advance notice provisions related to the election of directors at shareholders' meetings. Among other things, the advance notice provisions fix a deadline by which holders of record of common shares of the Company must submit director nominations to the Company prior to any annual or special meeting of shareholders and sets forth the information that a shareholder must include in the notice to the Company for the nomination notice to be in proper written form. In the case of an annual meeting of shareholders, notice to the Company must be provided not less than 40 days nor more than 65 days prior to the date of the annual meeting. In the case of a special meeting of shareholders (which is not also an annual meeting) called for the purpose of electing directors (whether or not called for other purposes), notice to the Company must be provided not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the special meeting was made.

The Company's head office is Suite #2000, 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3E8 and the registered and records office is located at Suite 2600 Oceanic Plaza, 1066 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 3X1.