Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. - Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be Held on June 24, 2011

CALGARY, June 20, 2011 /CNW/ --
CALGARY, June 20, 2011 /CNW/ - Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. (TSX: ATH)
(Athabasca) will hold its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in
Calgary, Alberta on Friday, June 24, 2011.

Date:     Friday, June 24, 2011
Time:     10:00 am MT (12:00 pm ET)
Venue:    Strand Tivoli Room
          The Metropolitan Centre,
          333 - 4(th) Avenue SW
          Calgary, Alberta

Bill Gallacher, Chairman of the Board will conduct the regular business
proceedings of the meeting and Sveinung Svarte, President and CEO will
provide an overview of 2010, 'A Year of Growth' and discuss the company's future outlook.

To view the live video-stream webcast or archived event, please visit:

http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=321761&s=1&k=76A06C1A1D7CC4DB8925AF1BBE3E63A9


The webcast will be archived for approximately 365 days.

Athabasca is a dynamic company focused on the development of oil
resource plays including Athabasca bitumen and Deep Basin light oil in
Alberta, Canada. It was incorporated in 2006 with a goal to use the
latest technology to produce crude oil and bitumen in a sound and safe
manner. It has excellent assets, talented people and is well financed.
Athabasca's common shares trade on the TSX under the symbol ATH. For
more information visit: http://www.aosc.com/.

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