SIMBA ENERGY RETAINS STAR FINANCE GMBH

October 30, 2014, Vancouver, British Columbia, Simba Energy Inc. ("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 services of Star Finance GmbH ("Star Finance"), an investor relations firm from Switzerland to provide investor relations services in Europe.

Effective as of September 1st 2014, Star Finance has been and will continue to provide investor relations, marketing and consultant services for the European market to Simba Energy Inc. for a period of twelve months. Star Finance will be paid an annual fee of $75,000 CDN plus allowable disbursements.

About Star Finance:

Star Finance GmbH is one of the founding members of Stockteam Germany - a network of Europe-based individual investor relations companies and communication specialists (www.stockteam-germany.com). Stockteam Germany is a one-stop-shop for European investor relations and corporate communication activities and is offering a large variety of state-of-the-art services to its clients, including lead generation, media coverage and dissemination (on- and offline), news release translation and dissemination, social media relations, online investor video conferences, institutional roadshows and (dual-) listing assistance for German stock exchanges. These activities are long-term focussed and bundled into tailor-made packages for each individual client.

About Simba Energy:

Simba Energy Inc. is an international oil & gas exploration company focused on onshore Pan-African opportunities. The Company holds a diversified portfolio of 100% or majority interests in several prospective oil & gas exploration assets in Kenya, Chad and Guinea.

In addition to its 100% interest in Kenya's Block 2A, Simba holds a 60% interest in Blocks 1 & 2, onshore Republic of Guinea and holds 100% interests in three prospective oil & gas blocks in the Republic of Chad. The Company is also the successful applicant for Block 3 in Mali and has applications pending for onshore blocks in Liberia and Ghana.

Simba's objective is to establish itself as a diversified international developer and producer with a growing oil & gas acreage position and significant upside potential for shareholders.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

"Robert Dinning"
 President & CEO

For further information, contact: Mark Sommer, [email protected], Toll Free: 1‐ 855‐777‐4622.

This News Release may contain forward-looking statements based on assumptions and judgments of management regarding future events or results that may prove to be inaccurate as a result of exploration and other risk factors beyond its control, and actual results may differ materially from the expected results.  Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.