CALGARY, Canada, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Addax Petroleum Corporation (Addax Petroleum or the Corporation) (TSX: AXC and LSE: AXC) announces that Mr. Jean Claude Gandur, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the Credit Suisse London Oil Gas Conference 2009 on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at approximately 2:30 p.m. British Summer Time (9:30 a.m. Eastern Time).

Mr. Michael Ebsary, Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the RBC Capital Markets Global Energy Power Conference in New York, USA on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at approximately 9:40 a.m. Eastern Time (2:40 pm British Summer Time). Investors are invited to listen to the live audio webcast of Mr. Ebsary's presentation via the following link: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rbc102/panel8.

Mr. Jim Pearce, Chief Operating Officer, will be presenting at the Merrill Lynch Global Emerging Markets Conference 2009 in San Francisco, USA on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.

The Investor Presentation slides will be available on Addax Petroleum's website at http://www.addaxpetroleum.com.

About Addax Petroleum

Addax Petroleum is an international oil and gas exploration and production company with a strategic focus on West Africa and the Middle East. Addax Petroleum is one of the largest independent oil producers in West Africa and has increased its crude oil production from an average of 8.8 Mbbl/d for 1998 to an average of 134.7 Mbbl/d for the first quarter of 2009. Further information about Addax Petroleum is available at http://www.addaxpetroleum.com or at http://www.sedar.com.

For further information: Mr. Craig Kelly, Investor Relations, Tel.: +41(0)22-702-95-68, craig.kelly@addaxpetroleum.com; Mr. Chad O'Hare, Investor Relations, Tel.: +41(0)22-702-94-10, chad.o'hare@addaxpetroleum.com; Ms. Marie-Gabrielle Cajoly, Press Relations, Tel.: +41(0)22-702-94-44, marie-gabrielle.cajoly@addaxpetroleum.com; Mr. Nick Cowling, Press Relations, Tel.: +1-416-934-8011, nick.cowling@cossette.com; Mr. Mark Antelme, Press Relations, Tel.: +44(0)20-7337-1500, mark.antelme@pelhampr.com

For further information: Mr. Craig Kelly, Investor Relations, Tel.: +41(0)22-702-95-68, craig.kelly@addaxpetroleum.com; Mr. Chad O'Hare, Investor Relations, Tel.: +41(0)22-702-94-10, chad.o'hare@addaxpetroleum.com; Ms. Marie-Gabrielle Cajoly, Press Relations, Tel.: +41(0)22-702-94-44, marie-gabrielle.cajoly@addaxpetroleum.com; Mr. Nick Cowling, Press Relations, Tel.: +1-416-934-8011, nick.cowling@cossette.com; Mr. Mark Antelme, Press Relations, Tel.:+44(0)20-7337-1500, mark.antelme@pelhampr.com