RIMOUSKI, QUEBEC — (Marketwired) — 08/23/13 — Petrolia (TSX VENTURE: PEA) Pursuant to its compensation policy and incentive plan, Petrolia–s board of directors can award stock options at its quarterly meetings. On August 22, 2013, 250,000 stock options were awarded to a member of the management team. The price was set at $0.89 per share, and the options are due to expire on August 21, 2018. This program provides that the stock option exercise be staggered over a period of three years between August 22, 2013 and August 21, 2018.
About Petrolia
Petrolia is a junior oil and gas exploration company which owns interests in oil and gas licenses covering 16,000 km2 (4 million acres), which represents about 22% of the Quebec territory under lease. The leases, the majority of which are located on the Gaspe Peninsula and Anticosti Island, are considered to be very promising and represent almost 71% of the territory under lease for which there is land-based oil potential in Quebec. Petrolia has 69 431 372 shares issued and outstanding and has a working capital of $ 4,000,000.
Forward-looking statements
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Contacts:
Isabelle Proulx
VP, Business Development
Quebec City: (418) 657-1966
Andre Proulx
President
(418) 724-0112