Ithaca Energy Inc. has appointed Mr. Mike Travis as chief production officer. Mr. Travis is anticipated to commence employment as an officer of the Company at the beginning of 2012.

Mike Travis (aged 51) has over 28 years of diverse offshore and onshore experience in the oil industry which has been acquired in the North Sea and other challenging international locations. He has held key leadership positions throughout his career in all aspects of Production and Development projects including asset management, drilling and operations. Mr. Travis has previously been employed by BP, LASMO, Venture Production and more recently by Premier Oil. He has a strong track record of generating outstanding team performance and delivering results, throughout his career.

In accordance with the Company's Stock Option Plan, the Board of Directors approved the granting of 400,000 share options to Mr. Travis at a price of CDN$2.31 which was the closing price on the TSX Venture Exchange on Wednesday, July 6th, 2011.

Upon granting the options, the Company will have a total of 19,798,505 shares under option representing approximately 8 per cent of total common shares outstanding and under option. On a fully diluted basis, the Company will have 278,333,800 common shares on issue.

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