Petrolia Announces the Voting Results from its 2014 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders

QUÉBEC CITY, QUÉBEC--(Marketwired - May 28, 2014) - Pétrolia (TSX VENTURE:PEA) announces that at its Annual General and Special Meeting held on May 28, 2014, shareholders elected Mr. Jacques Bourgeois, Mr. David McCallum, Mr. Albert Wildgen, Mr. Myron Tétreault and Mr. Charles Boulanger as directors. Mr. Tétreault and Mr. Boulanger were respectively appointed Executive Chairman and Lead Director of the board.

All other items on the agenda were also approved, including the ratification of the Company's 10% rolling stock option plan, an amendment to its by-laws and the reconfirmation of the Shareholders' Rights Plan. The Company has received conditional approval from the TSX Venture Exchange for these three items. The Company's shareholders also approved the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the new auditors of the Company and authorized the directors to fix their remuneration. Following the shareholders meeting, Mr. Alexandre Gagnon was appointed as an additional director.

In connection with various appointments, Pétrolia granted 405,000 stock options to certain directors and officers of the Corporation at an exercise price of $0.67 per share expiring May 27, 2019.

About Pétrolia

Pétrolia 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 almost 23% of the Québec territory under lease. The closing of a partnership on Anticosti Island has led to the creation of Hydrocarbons Anticosti LP, a limited partnership in which Pétrolia holds a 21,7% interest. In order to carry out the project's operations, Pétrolia Anticosti Inc., a subsidiary of Pétrolia, was designated project operator. Pétrolia is a Quebec company whose objective is to develop oil from here, by the people here, for here. Pétrolia has 74,667,372 shares issued and outstanding.

Forward-looking statements

Certain statements made herein may constitute forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or the future economic performance of Pétrolia and carry known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may appreciably affect their results, economic performance or accomplishments when considered in light of the content or implications or statements made by Pétrolia. Actual events or results could be significantly different. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Pétrolia does not intend and undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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