Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. Announces the Retirement of Joan E. Dunne as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Effective on the Earlier of October 1, 2013 or Upon the Appointment of a Successor to the Position

Painted Pony Energy Ltd, formerly Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd, is a Canada-based natural gas company. Its principal business activity is the exploration, development and production of petroleum and natural gas resources in western Canada. It is focused on the development of natural gas and natural gas liquids from the Montney formation in Northeast British Columbia. It has approximately 220 net sections of working interest Montney rights, which contains over 300 meters (approximately 1,000 feet) of over-pressured, gas-saturated pay. Its working interest, contiguous land block covers over 139,000 net acres of Montney rights. Its Montney gas is used for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. It has over 110 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of existing processing capacity, including working interest facilities at Townsend and West Blair; an operating working interest facility at Daiber, and capacity at third-party owned and operated facilities.