The board of directors of Sunshine Oilsands Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Jianping Sun as the corporation's chief executive officer, effective November 1, 2022. Mr. Sun has over 25 years of experience in the Oil industry, including but not limited to project management, engineering & construction, asset reliability, heavy oil operation, production engineering and reservoir engineering. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Sun has worked with PetroChina Canada for 10 years.

He was a senior advisor in oil sands projects and conventional oil projects since February 2019. During the period from November 2012 to February 2019, Mr. Sun worked as Senior Production Consultant, Senior Production Engineer & Senior Field Production Engineer. Prior thereto, Mr. Sun held various engineering, supervisory and management positions at PetroChina, China since July 1997.

He has gained extensive experience in SAGD project management, thermal production management, surface engineering and oil field operations from working in different oilfields across China. Mr. Sun holds a Master Degree in Oil and Gas Development from Daqing Petroleum University, China and is a member of Canadian Heavy Oil Association and of SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers).