Erin Energy Announces Release Date and Conference Call Information for Third Quarter Financial and Operational Resul 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 Third Quarter Financial and Operational Results HOUSTON, October 26, 2016 - Erin Energy Corporation (Erin Energy or the Company) (NYSE MKT:ERN) (JSE:ERN) has scheduled release of its 2016 third quarter results to occur after close of market on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The Company will host a conference call on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 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 1-844-883-3907 in the United States or 1-412-317- 9253 internationally. Participants should ask the call operator to be placed on the “Erin Energy Third- Quarter Results Conference Call.” To access the live audio webcast, please visit the “Investors” section of the Company’s website at www.erinenergy.com. 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 40,000 square kilometres (10 million acres), including current production and other exploration projects offshore Nigeria, as well as exploration licenses offshore Ghana, Kenya and The 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. More information about Erin Energy can be found at www.erinenergy.com. Source: Erin Energy Corporation Contact: Contact: Lionel McBee Director, Investor Relations +1 713 797 2960 lionel.mcbee@erinenergy.com Chris du Toit, VP, Corporate Finance +27 11 593 7301 chris.dutoit@erinenergy.com 27 October 2016 Houston Sponsor Sasfin Capital (a division of Sasfin Bank Limited) Date: 27/10/2016 02:00:00 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.