Petrolia Cancels its Engagement Letter Relating to a Private Placement

RIMOUSKI, QUÉBEC--(Marketwired - May 21, 2013) - Pétrolia (TSX VENTURE:PEA) announces today that, due to prevailing market conditions, it has chosen to withdraw its previously announced marketed private placement of units.

Following this decision, Petrolia has taken steps to modify its balance sheet in order to meet its obligations and maintain current activities. At present, the Company has sufficient working capital to fund its operations for more than a year.

This flexibility will allow Petrolia to monitor market conditions going forward in anticipation of a more favorable financing environment in the future.

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 68 002 800 shares issued and outstanding.

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