HOUSTON, March 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strongbow Resources Inc. (OTCBB:STBR) ("Strongbow" or "the Company") announces the appointment of Robert Martin as Chief Executive Officer and Doug MacLellan as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Martin and Mr. MacLellan will also serve as members of the Company's Board of Directors.
"We are very pleased that Robert Martin and Doug MacLellan have agreed to join Strongbow," stated Herbert Schmidt, the Company's Chief Financial Officer. "Their addition enhances our big project skill set and increases the Company's experience in negotiating world-class energy transactions and upcoming drilling programs."
Robert Martin has over 30 years experience as a petroleum geologist in western Canada, United States, Australia, Colombia, Guatemala and several other countries. Mr. Martin served as president and director of Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. (OTCBB:DBRM) from December 2005 to 2007, and is currently that company's vice president of exploration. He is also a director and stake holder in RMJ Resources Ltd. (since 2010) and a consulting geologist with Apex Energy Consultants (since January 2009). During the period from January 2002 to February 2005, Mr. Martin was president and director of Longbow Energy Corporation, a publicly traded exploration and production company listed on the TSX exchange.
Doug MacLellan acquired his 30 years of oil and gas experience in Canada, United States and Eastern Europe. He is a Professional Engineer with wide-ranging expertise in production, reservoir analysis, economic evaluation, drilling and facility design, and the executive management of start-up companies. Mr. MacLellan is a consulting engineer with Apex Energy Consultants (since August 2001) and since May 2011 has been a director of Brandenberg Energy Corp., an oil and gas explorer listed on the TSX-V exchange.
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.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Strongbow Resources Inc.