Blacksteel Energy Inc. Announces Casing of 16-26 Well and Appointment of Director

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Sept. 5, 2013) -

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Blacksteel Energy Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BEY) ("Blacksteel" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that drilling operations by its industry partner to test for Elkton light oil at its Crossfield 16-26-027-01W5 location ("16-26") have concluded. The 16-26 well has been logged and cased. Completion and testing operations will be undertaken shortly.

Blacksteel farmed-in on the 16-26 well, paying 60% of the costs involved to drill, equip and complete the well as well as a prospect fee and equalized with its industry partner on certain other expenses. Under the terms of the farm-in, the Corporation earned a 36% working interest in the well.

Blacksteel is also pleased to announce Craig Frew has joined the board of directors of the Corporation.

Mr. Frew started his career as an engineer working in areas of design and construction of natural gas production and transmission facilities and progressed into numerous senior management and executive positions in pipelines and gas marketing with companies such as Western Gas Marketing Limited, Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company and TransCanada Corporation. Mr. Frew has broad working experience in areas of government relations and regulatory activities in both Canada and the United States and has served as a Board Member and Chairman of numerous companies and associations. He retired from TransCanada Corporation in 2007. Mr. Frew received a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary in 1972 and is a 1993 graduate of the Stanford Executive Program.

Blacksteel is a junior oil and gas company involved in the exploration, exploitation, development and production of petroleum and natural gas resources. The focus of the company remains on establishing a low risk, high net back, light oil weighted platform to build the company. The Corporation has a 100% working interest in a four section petroleum and natural gas lease in the Del Bonita Area of Southern Alberta, which it believes may have Bakken potential. It also has a 25% working interest in one section of land in the Crossfield area, which the Corporation believes is oil prospective in the Elkton formation, and varying working interests of 22% - 37.5% in 1840 acres of Crown land in the Devon area of Alberta.

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