Pine Cliff Energy Ltd. Announces Executive Appointment and Grant of Stock Options

CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – April 16, 2014) – Pine Cliff Energy Ltd. (“Pine Cliff”) (TSX VENTURE:PNE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Terry McNeill to the position of Vice President Operations. Mr. McNeill has over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and held the same position at Berkana Energy Corp. from September 2006 until January 2008 and Quatro Resources Ltd. from January 2008 until the sale of the company in November 2012. Mr. McNeill possesses a broad range of experience on all aspects of operations including production, construction, completions and drilling. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Calgary and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.

Pine Cliff also announces that it has granted an aggregate of 510,000 stock options to an officer of the Company. The stock options vest between one to three years, have an exercise price of $1.49 per share and will expire between October 16, 2015 and October 16, 2017.

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