Release date and conference call - first quarter financial and operative results Erin Energy Corporation (Incorporated and registered in Delaware, United States of America) Share code on the NYSE MKT: ERN Share code on the JSE: ERN ISIN: US1317452001 (“Erin Energy” or “the Company”) Erin Energy Announces Release Date and Conference Call Information for First Quarter Financial and Operational Results HOUSTON, May 1, 2015 - Erin Energy Corporation (“Erin Energy” or the “Company”) (NYSE MKT: ERN) (JSE: ERN) has scheduled release of its 2015 first quarter financial results for Friday May 8, 2015. The Company has scheduled a conference call for May 8, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. CT (11:00 a.m. ET) to discuss the results and update its current operations. The dial-in number to access the conference call is 1-877-270-2148 in the United States or 1- 412-902-6510 internationally. Participants should ask the call operator to be placed on the “Erin Energy Conference Call.” To access the live audio webcast, please visit the “Investors” section of the Company’s website at www.erinenergy.com. For those unable to participate in the conference call, a replay will be available for audio playback until June 8, 2015. The number to access the conference call replay is 1-877-344- 7529 or outside the US 1-412-317-0088. The passcode for the replay is 10065489. About Erin Energy Erin Energy Corporation is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on energy resources in sub-Saharan Africa. Its asset portfolio consists of 9 licenses across 4 countries covering an area of 43,000 square kilometers (10 million acres), including current production and other exploration projects offshore Nigeria, as well as exploration licenses offshore Ghana, Kenya and Gambia, and onshore Kenya. Erin Energy is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and is listed on the New York and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges under the ticker symbol ERN. Source: Erin Energy Investors: Chris du Toit +27 76 424 5167 Chris.dutoit@camacenergy.com Media: Lionel C. McBee +1 713 797 2960 Lionel.mcbee@camacenergy.com 4 May 2015 Sponsor Sasfin Capital (a division of Sasfin Bank Limited) Date: 04/05/2015 07:11:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.