HOUSTON, March 28, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strongbow Resources Inc. (STBR.OB) ("Strongbow" or "the Company"), announces it has contracted Ensign Rig # 352 to drill 102/5-29-33-2W4 Hz in the Compeer area of eastern Alberta, Canada. The well is expected to spud later in April after spring breakup has passed. The well license and surface lease Agreement have been transferred to Big Lake Energy Ltd. Strongbow does business as Big Lake Energy Ltd. in the Province of Alberta.
The well is to be drilled to the Bakken Formation and will core and evaluate both the Viking Formation and the Bakken Formation. A horizontal leg will be drilled and completed in one of the two primary targets.
About Strongbow Resources Inc.
On February 21, 2012 Strongbow executed an agreement through which it acquired the right to earn an undivided 100% working interest in a Petroleum and Natural Gas License covering eight (8) sections of land (5,120 acres, more or less) located in the Compeer Area in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It plans to begin exploration of that acreage immediately. Strongbow is also negotiating a number of additional oil and gas leases through which it intends to expand its operations in Canada and the United States.
Forward-Looking Statements: This press release includes forward-looking statements as determined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events, or developments that the Company believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include general economic and business conditions, the ability to acquire and develop specific projects, the ability to fund operations and changes in consumer and business consumption habits and other factors over which the Company has little or no control. The Company does not intend (and is not obligated) to update publicly any forward-looking statements. The contents of this press release should be considered in conjunction with the warnings and cautionary statements contained in the Company's recent filings with the SEC.
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