Director/PDMR Shareholding

ZENITH ENERGY LTD.

("Zenith" or the "Company")

Director Dealing

Calgary, Alberta, April 18, 2017, Zenith Energy Ltd. ("Zenith" or the "Company") (LSE: ZEN; TSX.V: ZEE), the dual listed international oil & gas production company, is pleased to announce that Andrea Cattaneo, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has today purchased 100,000 common shares of no par value in the capital of the Company ("Common Shares") at an average price of £0.1023 per Common Share.

Following this purchase, Mr. Cattaneo now holds 1,647,485 Common Shares representing 1.43 per cent. of the Common Shares in issue.

For further information, please contact:

Zenith Energy Ltd.

José Ramón López-Portillo

Chairman

Andrea Cattaneo

CEO & President

Email: info@zenithenergy.ca

Telephone: +1 (587) 315 9031

Telefax: +1 (403) 775-4474

Allenby Capital Limited - (Joint Broker)

Nick Harriss

Nick Athanas

Richard Short

Telephone:  +44 (0) 203 328 5656 

Optiva Securities - (Joint Broker)

Christian Dennis

Telephone: +44 (0) 203 137 1903