Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. Announces $72 Million Bought Deal Equity Financing

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Jan. 28, 2011) -

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Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. ("Painted Pony" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:PPY.A)(TSX VENTURE:PPY.B) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Cormark Securities Inc. and FirstEnergy Capital Corp., and including Wellington West Capital Markets Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., and RBC Capital Markets (collectively the "Underwriters") under which they have agreed to purchase for resale to the public, on a bought deal basis, 6,858,000 Class A Shares ("Class A Shares") at $10.50 per Class A Share (the "Offering Price") for aggregate gross proceeds of $72,009,000 (the "Offering").

The net proceeds of the Offering will be used to fund a portion of the Corporation's capital program and for general corporate purposes.

The Class A Shares shall be offered in all provinces of Canada (other than Quebec) by way of short form prospectus, and in the U.S. on a private placement basis pursuant to exemptions from registration requirements. The closing of the Offering is expected to occur on February 17, 2011, and is subject to certain conditions, including, but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Painted Pony is a junior Canadian oil and gas exploration company that trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbols "PPY.A" and "PPY.B" respectively.

Advisory

Certain information regarding Painted Pony set forth in this news release, including the closing of the Offering, the use of proceeds of the Offering and management's assessment of Painted Pony's future plans and operations may constitute forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws and necessarily involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond Painted Pony's control, including without limitation, risks associated with oil and gas exploration, development, exploitation, production, marketing and transportation, loss of markets, industry conditions, volatility of commodity prices, environmental risks, the lack of availability of qualified personnel or management, inability to obtain drilling rigs or other services, capital expenditure costs, including drilling, completion and facility costs, unexpected decline rates in wells, wells not performing as expected, stock market volatility, delays resulting from our inability to obtain required regulatory approvals and ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources, the impact of general economic conditions in Canada, the United States and overseas, changes in laws and regulations (including the adoption of new environmental laws and regulations) and changes in how they are interpreted and enforced, increased competition, fluctuations in foreign exchange or interest rates, stock market volatility and market valuations of companies with respect to announced transactions and the final valuations thereof. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. Painted Pony's actual results, performance or achievement could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements and, accordingly, no assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits, including the amount of proceeds, that the Corporation will derive therefrom. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. All subsequent forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to the Corporation or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.

Additional information on these and other factors that could affect Painted Pony's operations and financial results are included in reports on file with Canadian securities regulatory authorities and may be accessed through the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com) or Painted Pony's website (www.paintedpony.ca).

The forward-looking statements contained in this document are made as at the date of this news release and Painted Pony does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the included forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable securities laws.