Greencastle Farms Out Spirit River, Alberta, Oil Lease

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec. 17, 2013) - Greencastle Resources Ltd. ("Greencastle" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:VGN) is pleased to report that the Company and its 50% joint venture partner, Softrock Minerals Ltd., have jointly farmed out their 100% working interest in their 640 acre petroleum and natural gas (P&NG) lease in the Spirit River area of Northwest Alberta to an operator which is active in the area.

The terms of the agreement include an upfront payment to Greencastle of $200,000 along with a 2.5% gross overriding royalty on future production with no deductions, plus a commitment to drill and complete (or abandon) one horizontal well to test the Charlie Lake formation in 2014. Spacing units allowing for four Charlie Lake horizontal wells and four shallower vertical Doe Creek wells (targeting an additional horizon that produces in places in the area), have been obtained in adjacent leases and could be utilized in the future if the farmee wishes.

Recently, interest in the Charlie Lake formation has been steadily increasing in the Spirit River area. At the last Alberta government sale, a 640-acre parcel of similar P&NG rights directly offsetting the Company's lease to the north sold for over $900,000, while, at the same sale, another parcel of one-half section directly adjoining to the southeast went for in excess of $200,000.

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