Petrolia: Allocation of Stock Options

RIMOUSKI, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Dec. 6, 2011) - Petrolia Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PEA) - In accordance with its compensation policy, and its profit-sharing plan, Pétrolia's Board of Directors granted on December 5, 2011,1,266,000 stock options to its employees and directors. The price has been set at $1.52 per share, and the maturity date for these options is December 4, 2016. Within this vesting program, the options may only be exercised in stages over a three-year period between December 5, 2011 and December 4, 2016.

About Pétrolia

Pétrolia is a junior oil and gas exploration company which owns interests in oil and gas licenses covering 14,000 km² (3.5 million acres), which represents about 17% of the Québec territory under lease. The leases, the majority of which are located on the Gaspé Peninsula and Anticosti Island, are considered to be very promising and represent almost 70% of the territory under lease for which there is land-based oil potential in Québec. Pétrolia has 53.8 million shares issued and outstanding.

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