Sonoro Energy appoints Dr. Winter to Board of Directors, adds Mr. Callaway as CFO

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CALGARY, Alberta / TheNewswire / June 1, 2017 - Sonoro Energy Ltd. ("Sonoro" or "the Company") (TSX-V: SNV) is pleased to announce that Dr. David A. Winter has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors, and Mr. Dean Callaway has joined Sonoro as its Chief Financial Officer. Both appointments are subject to TSXV approval.

Dr. Winter is currently the CEO of Horizon Petroleum Ltd., a TSXV publicly listed international oil and gas company focused on the development of European gas resources. He has over 33 years of international oil and gas industry experience in Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, North Africa, and North America. He is also a Co-Founder and Director of Canacol Energy Ltd., a publicly traded oil and gas company listed on both the Toronto and Colombia stock exchanges and a Director of private Miramar Hydrocarbons Ltd. Previously, Dr. Winter was a founder and CEO of Excelsior Energy Ltd a junior oil sands development company which was sold in 2010. Dr. Winter acquired his extensive international oil and gas experience from senior management roles at Calvalley Petroleum, where he was Senior Vice President, Exploration and Production; and at Alberta Energy Company, where he was Vice President, International Exploration. He has also held senior management and technical positions with Canadian Occidental, Sun Oil and BP. David holds Bachelor of Science (Hons), Master of Science and Doctorate degrees in geology. His experience included living and working internationally in China, Indonesia, Australia and the Republic of Yemen.

Mr. Callaway has been involved in the international energy industry for more than 23 years. Over the past 10 years he has been involved with several private and public international oil and gas companies in the role as Chief Financial Officer, including Bukit Energy (Indonesia), Sun God Resources (Mexico), PanAfrican Oil (Namibia, Congo), Gallic Energy (France, Australia), TG World (Philippines, Alaska, Niger) and TIC (Thailand). Prior to changing career paths into the junior international oil and gas sector, Mr. Callaway held senior roles in M&As and corporate planning at Terasen Pipelines; corporate and international finance at Enbridge and TransAlta; and investment banking at Merrill Lynch. Mr. Callaway holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dalhousie University, an International MBA from Nijenrode University in the Netherlands, and a Chartered Professional Accountant designation.

"We are thrilled to have Dr. Winter and Mr. Callaway adding their considerable experience, expertise and guidance to our leadership group at Sonoro," says Richard Wadsworth, Sonoro Energy's CEO.

"We're focused on the successful execution of an appraisal well to offset the original LG-1 discovery well in Indonesia's Budong Budong block this summer, as well as pursuing new opportunities in the region," adds Mr. Wadsworth. "The addition of David and Dean to our team--given their international and Indonesian experience--are a big step toward achieving those goals."

The Company also thanks Mr. Darren Moulds for his past services as Chief Financial Officer and wishes him success in his future endeavors.

In association with this announcement the Company has granted 11,900,000 stock options to Management, employees and consultants exercisable at $0.08 per share over a 5 year term in accordance with the company stock option plan. The terms and conditions of the grant are subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

About Sonoro

Sonoro is an international oil and gas resource exploration and development company with a focus on Southeast Asia and its onshore Budong Budong production sharing contract in Sulawesi Indonesia. The Company has commenced planning for a one to two well appraisal drilling program on the Budong Budong license offsetting the LG-1 well. For further information please contact:

RICHARD WADSWORTH

CEO and Director

+1.403.262.3252

www.sonoroenergy.com

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