Petrolia Closes a Private Placement in the Amount of $2,182,800

(firmenpresse) - QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 03/16/15 -- Petrolia (TSX VENTURE: PEA) (the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has closed the private placement initially announced on February 26, 2015. The Corporation has issued an aggregate of 2,728,500 "flow-through" shares at a price of $0.80 per share for gross proceeds of $2,182,800. At the time of the announcement of this private placement on February 26, 2015, the volume weighted average price of the Corporation's common shares was $0.5705 per share for the 20 consecutive preceding trading days. The proceeds of this private placement will be used by the Corporation to incur Canadian exploration expenses on the Corporation's properties located in the Province of Quebec. The Corporation may complete a second tranche of this private placement by March 20, 2015, bringing the total issuance for both tranches to a maximum of 3,437,500 "flow-through" shares at a price of $0.80 per share for total maximum gross proceeds of $2,750,000.
As consideration for their services, Marquest Capital Markets and Secutor Capital Management Corp. received a finder's fee equal to 6% of the gross proceeds of the offering.
All securities issued pursuant to this private placement are subject to a hold period ending on July 17, 2015.
As a result of this issuance of securities, the Corporation has 80,345,195 common shares issued and outstanding.
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 almost 23% of the Quebec territory under lease. The closing of a partnership on Anticosti Island has led to the creation of Anticosti Hydrocarbons L.P., a limited partnership in which Petrolia holds a 21.7% interest. In order to carry out the project's operations, Petrolia Anticosti Inc., a subsidiary of Petrolia, was designated project operator. Petrolia is a Quebec company whose objective is to develop oil from here, by the people here, for here. Petrolia has 80,345,195 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 Petrolia 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 Petrolia. Actual events or results could be significantly different. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Petrolia does not intend and undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Contacts:
Alexandre Gagnon
President and Chief Executive Officer
418-657-1966
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