Cirrus Energy Corporation options granted to employees

CALGARY , Dec. 24 /CNW/ - Cirrus Energy Corporation (TSXV: CYR) ("Cirrus") announced today that it has granted options to employees of Cirrus to acquire up to 120,000 Common Shares having an exercise price of $2.55 per share, vesting evenly over a three year period and expiring two years after vesting, pursuant to the Cirrus stock option plan.

Cirrus Energy Corporation is an international oil and gas company headquartered in Calgary with operations in The Netherlands , Trinidad and the U.K. and currently has 87.6 million Common Shares outstanding (93.1 million fully diluted following this granting of options).

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For further information: David Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer; Pamela Orr, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Cirrus Energy Corporation, Suite 208, 5 Richard Way S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T3E 7M8, Canada, Website: www.cirrusenergy.ca, Telephone: [phone], Facsimile: [phone]