November 19, 2012, Vancouver,British Columbia, Sim

November 19, 2012, Vancouver,British Columbia, Simba EnergyInc. ("Simba" or the "Company") (TSX.V: SMB; Frankfurt:GDA; OTCQX: SMBZF), the pan-African onshore exploration oil & gas company,is pleased to announce that it has retained executive search consultants Preng& Associates.Simba has retained Preng & Associates tobolster Simba’s technical and professional team.  Simba is also pleased to announce the opening ofits virtual data room for Block 2A, Kenya.Hassan Hassan, Managing Director, Operations, said, “Simba isa fast moving exploration company with a challenging workload.  To date, we have been under- staffed and inorder to achieve our objectives, additional technical and professional staff arenow needed.”About Simba Energy:Simba EnergyInc. is an international oil & gas exploration company focused on onshorePan-African opportunities.  The Companyholds a diversified portfolio of 100% or majority interests in several prospectiveoil & gas exploration assets in Kenya, Chad and Guinea.  In additionto its 100% interest in Kenya’s Block 2A, Simba holds a 60% interest in Blocks1 & 2, onshore Republic of Guinea and holds 100% interests in threeprospective oil & gas blocks in the Republic of Chad. The Company is alsothe successful applicant for Block 3 in Mali and has applications pending foronshore blocks in Liberia and Ghana.Simba’s objective is to establishitself as a diversified international developer and producer with a growing oil& gas acreage position and significant upside potential for shareholders.About Preng & Associates:“Preng & Associates (www.preng.com) is a globalenergy search specialist, focusing exclusively on executive searches within theenergy and natural resources industries.  For more than three decades,Preng have been helping companies recruit board members and their topmanagement teams.”ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD"RobertDinning", President & CEO.For further information contacth. 604-641-4450, or visit: www.simbaenergy.ca , or email: info@simbaenergy.ca , or Mark Sommer, Toll Free:1-855-777-4622, or;In the UK, Jonathan Charles, jcharles@lionsgatecomms.com ,+ 44 (0)779 189 2509.We seek safe harbour.

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