CLEARWATER, FL--(Marketwired - May 2, 2016) -  Endurance Exploration Group (OTCQB: EXPL) is pleased to announce that it has received a proposal for the charter of the vessel Atlantic Explorer from Atlantic Marine & Aviation. The Atlantic Explorer is a 230 ft, DP-1 equipped vessel designed specifically for subsea salvage and construction work. The vessel is further equipped with a specialized, integrated load bearing ROV system capable of lifting 20 tons of material using her multi-tool "ROGE" system deployed from the vessel's moon pool. The ROGE system is a multi-tool system that is capable of moving heavy and large quantities of subsea material using its various grabs, cutting tools, and sediment excavation tooling. The proposal from Atlantic Marine provides Endurance with the option of chartering either the vessel with the integrated ROGE system onboard, or chartering a secondary, mobile ROGE system for placement on a vessel of opportunity in the USA. The proposal includes a significant discount to the vessel and systems standard charter rate in exchange for a modest participation in the economic returns of various salvage projects undertaken by Endurance. The Endurance Board of Directors is evaluating the proposal, the equipment's technical capabilities, the equipment's availability and expected salvage weather windows, Endurance's 2016 salvage budget and finances, and the overall economics of the proposal with an eye towards moving to a full charter contract.

Endurance CEO, Micah Eldred, commented, "We're pleased to receive this proposal from Atlantic Marine & Aviation. LLP as well as the support of the Atlantic Marine team in our salvage projects. This is a highly specialized salvage system that, coupled with our current equipment, and subject to further due diligence by our Board of Directors and technical advisors on the system's technical capabilities and subject to our own finances, may prove to be the right solution for the salvage of our first shipwreck project, the paddle ship, CONNAUGHT."

More information on the equipment's specifications can be found at Atlantic Marines website:
http://www.atlantic-marine.co.uk/atlantic_Explorer.htm

Endurance Exploration Group LLC was formed in 2009 to explore, from an operational and financial perspective, the feasibility and potential economic return of recovering historic and modern day shipwreck cargos. We began by developing a research methodology with three goals. The first goal was to establish a comprehensive understanding of the larger economic, technological and social trends that lead to the transport of physical wealth across oceans during different historical periods, along with creating a "High Interest" list of shipwrecks and their cargos lost across various historical periods. Conflict, accidents and acts of nature claimed a percentage of all voyages, and many of the shipwrecked vessels are believed to have carried a valuable cargo. Our second objective was to identify, from this prior population of potential shipwreck losses, those shipwrecks that could be legally salvaged and recovered, and the cargos sold, with a positive return on the capital investment required for their location and recovery. Our third goal was to move those projects which had the potential to generate positive investment returns into an operational phase with a high, risk-adjusted, chance of success; and, to develop a portfolio of projects in various stages of research, search, survey and recovery.

From these databases and other searches, we have developed an initial "High Interest" list of approximately 400 shipwrecks. In 2011, we began purchasing key equipment for operations. Our equipment purchases have included a 100-foot survey vessel, tethered side-scan sonar units, and light work-class and inspection Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV), "Shackleton 1" and "Squirt". Projects code-named "Sailfish" and "Black Marlin" have now reached operational or pre-operational status. For project "Sailfish" we have now surveyed over 700 square miles in the Western Atlantic Ocean in search of a sunken passenger liner carrying a substantial cargo of gold coinage. In addition to this manifest cargo, we also expect to find additional valuables among the personal stores of the ship's passengers. For project "Black Marlin" we have secured a three-year contract with a sovereign island nation in the Indian Ocean for the survey and recovery of a Colonial-era merchant vessel carrying silver. This contract also allows for other potentially valuable "targets of opportunity" within the territorial waters of this nation.

We believe this survey and recovery capability combined with our proprietary research will allow us to conduct approximately two deep-water surveys per yearly weather window, should we have sufficient capital to undertake such operational surveys.

More information about Endurance is available at the following sites:
http://www.eexpl.com/
www.facebook.com/EnduranceExplorationGroup

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