PetroNova closes $8.0 million Private Placement

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CALGARY, July 25, 2014 /CNW/ - PetroNova Inc. ("PetroNova" or the "Company") (TSX-V: PNA), a company engaged in the exploration and development of oil and natural gas resources in Colombia, is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement of 28,571,428 million common shares of the Company ("Common Shares") at a purchase price of $0.28 per Common Share for total gross proceeds of $8 million (the "Private Placement").

"The proceeds of the Private Placement will enable PetroNova to delineate the highly prospective CPO-13 Block," said Antonio Vincentelli, President and CEO of PetroNova. "We plan to drill the first exploratory well in the El Tigre prospect - located in the heart of the heavy oil belt and on the border of the prolific Quifa SW development - in the second half of 2014, in addition to an appraisal well to delineate our Pendare discovery based on recently acquired 3D seismic."

The Common Shares have been subscribed by Alentar Holdings Inc., an international investment company with assets and solid experience in the oil and gas industry in Colombia and South America, and Inepetrol Investments Ltd., a company related to the original founders of the Company. A.V. Securities Inc. acted as finder for the Company's Private Placement and will be paid a cash fee of $285,000. The Common Shares shall be subject to a four (4) month statutory hold period from the closing of the Private Placement.

Forward-Looking Information

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SOURCE: PetroNova Inc.

Antonio Vincentelli 
President & Chief Executive Officer  
954 317 3990 
[email protected]

Stelvio Di Cecco
Chief Financial Officer
954 317 3990
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Abby Garfunkel
Investor Relations
403-218-2887
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