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Sahara Energy Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SAH) ("Sahara" or the "Corporation") wishes to
announce that it has amended and restated (subject to regulatory approval) its
current stock option plan (the "Current Option Plan"), issued stock options to
certain officers, directors and employees of the Corporation in accordance with
the amended and restated stock option plan (the "New Option Plan") and
undertaken a change in directors.


New Option Plan

The Corporation announces that it has amended and restated its Current Option
Plan, dated May 15, 2006, authorizing the issuance of up to 2,423,200 options to
purchase common shares ("Common Shares") of the Corporation. The New Option Plan
provides for the grant of options representing up to 10% of the issued and
outstanding Common Shares on a "rolling" basis.


Final approval of the New Option Plan is subject to regulatory and shareholder
approval, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV").


Issuance of Stock Options

The Corporation is pleased to announce it has granted (subject to any required
shareholder and TSXV approvals) an aggregate of 6,400,000 options ("Options")
under the New Option Plan to certain officers, directors, employees and
consultants of the Corporation, which Options are exercisable for 6,400,000
Common Shares of the Corporation at a price of $0.21 per Common Share, vesting
over a two year period in accordance with the New Option Plan. Pursuant to the
New Option Plan, the Options granted will not be exercisable until receipt of
all necessary shareholder and TSXV approvals.


Changes to the Board of Directors

The Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Gang Fang (subject
to regulatory approval) as director of the Corporation.


Dr. Fang is currently the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Anterra
Energy Inc. and the President of Great United Petroleum Holding Co., Ltd., a
private Chinese oil and gas company. Dr. Fang has approximately 20 years of
international business experience in the petroleum, gas and liquefied petroleum
gas industries. Dr. Fang has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Numerical
Mathematics and a Masters of Science Degree in Applied Mathematics, each from
Xi'an Jiaotong University (Xi'an, China). Dr. Fang also has a Ph.D. of Science
in Coding Theory from Eindhoven University of Technology (Holland).


The Corporation also announces the resignation of Mr. Quentin Enns from the
board of directors. The Corporation would like to thank Mr. Enns for his
contributions to the Corporation and wish him well in his future endeavours.


Forward Looking Information and Statements

Certain information set forth in this news release may contain forward-looking
statements that involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties.
These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and
uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the control of Sahara, including, but
not limited to the impact of general economic conditions, industry conditions,
volatility of commodity prices, risks associated with oil and gas activities,
currency fluctuations, dependence upon regulatory approvals, the availability of
future financing and exploration risk. Readers are cautioned that the
assumptions used in the preparation of such information, although considered
reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such,
undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements. Sahara does
not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements contained herein, except as required by applicable laws.

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