Alston Energy Inc. Provides Corporate Update

CALGARY, Nov. 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Alston Energy Inc. ("Alston" or the "Company") announces that it has received a demand for repayment and notice of intent to enforce security from one of its secured creditors, Second Wave Petroleum Inc. ("Second Wave"). Pursuant to a loan agreement dated February 24, 2011 between CanRock Energy Corp., a predecessor entity of the Company, and Second Wave (the "Loan Agreement"), the Company pledged its assets as security for a vendor take-back loan in connection with an asset purchase from Second Wave. Pursuant to an amendment to the Loan Agreement entered into contemporaneously with the merger between the Company and CanRock Energy Corp. in July 2012, the Company agreed to make quarterly payments of principal and interest on this loan, with the final balance to be paid out by August, 2015. The Company failed to make the most recent quarterly installment of principal and interest. As a result, the Company is in default to Second Wave who has demanded full repayment and indicated its intention to enforce its security if such repayment is not made by December 6, 2013. The Company is currently considering its options with respect to the notice provided by Second Wave and is continuing to pursue strategic alternatives in an attempt to preserve shareholder value and protect the interests of all creditors of the Company. Further information will be forthcoming in future news releases.

The Company also announces it will file its interim financial statements and related management's discussion and analysis for the three and nine month period ended September 30, 2013 with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities on SEDAR (www.sedar.com.) on or before November 29, 2013.

Alston Energy Inc. trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol "ALO". For additional information about Alston please visit our website www.alstonenergy.ca or under the company profile on SEDAR www.sedar.com.

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SOURCE: Alston Energy Inc.

ALSTON ENERGY INC. 

Don K. Umbach, President & CEO
Tel.: [phone] Ext. 222
Email: [email protected] 

Neil G. Burrows, VP Finance & CFO
Tel.: [phone] Ext. 228
Email: [email protected]