Prairie Provident Resources Inc. announced the appointment of Mr. Glenn Hamilton and Ms. Kathy Turgeon to its Board of Directors. The Company also announced the resignation from the Board of Ms. Bettina Pierre-Gilles, whose numerous contributions and dedicated service on behalf of the Company and its shareholders are recognized and acknowledged. Mr. Hamilton has over 35 years of experience in accounting and finance in the oil and gas industry and served as Corporate Advisor of Bonavista Energy Corporation from May 2015 until July 2016.

Prior thereto, Mr. Hamilton served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bonavista from June 2008 until May 2015, and as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NuVista Energy Ltd. from July 2003 until May 2006. Mr. Hamilton has served on the Boards of Directors of both public and private energy companies. He currently sits on the Boards of Ember Resources Inc., Inter Pipeline Ltd. and Islander Oil and Gas Inc. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a Chartered Accountant and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Ms. Turgeon has over 25 years of experience in accounting and finance in the oil and gas industry and since 2007 has been Chief Financial Officer of Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. Ms. Turgeon joined Peyto as Controller in 2004 and was appointed VP Finance in 2006. Prior to joining Peyto, Ms. Turgeon served as Associate Director, Finance with the Department of Campus Infrastructure and as Internal Auditor for the University of Calgary.

Ms. Turgeon previously served as a director of Peyto and of Granite Oil Corp.Ms. Turgeon has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Calgary and has her CPA-CA designation from the Institute of Certified Professional Accountants of Alberta.