Pine Cliff Energy Ltd.TSX: PNE

Pine Cliff Energy Ltd. Updates Operations in Argentina

CALGARY, April 16 /CNW/ - Pine Cliff Energy Ltd. ("Pine Cliff" or "the Company") (www.pinecliffenergy.com) (TSX Venture: PNE) is pleased to announce that:

-   the first well of its three well drilling program on the Canadón
    Ramirez property, located in the San Jorge Basin of Argentina, has
    been spudded. The program will test three different 3D seismic
    anomalies. It is estimated that each well will require ten days to
    drill. Pine Cliff has an option to earn a 49 percent working interest
    in the property (47,940 gross acres);

-   the Company is participating with its partners in a 3D geophysical
    program that has commenced on the Laguna de Piedra property, located
    in the Neuquen Basin of Argentina. The program includes reprocessing
    existing 2D seismic data and completion of a 250 square kilometer 3D
    seismic program. After completion of this program, Pine Cliff will
    have earned a 25 percent working interest in the property
    (252,900 gross acres).

Further releases will be made as material information becomes available.

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