Yangarra Resources Ltd. has appointed Lorne Simpson, as Vice President, Operations.

Mr. Simpson has over 30 years of drilling and completions experience. Most recently, Mr. Simpson held the position of Manager of Drilling and Completions at Yangarra. Prior to that Mr. Simpson was Supervisor, Drilling Operations with PetroBakken Energy Ltd and has held various other senior level roles in his career. Mr. Simpson has experience in the Western Canadian Basin, North Slope Alaska and offshore deep water Gulf of Mexico.

He has engineered, drilled or completed 250 HZ Cardium wells, 200 HZ Bakken wells, 2 HZ Duvernay wells, 25 HZ Montney wells, and dozens of Blue Sky, Viking, SWS, Glauc, and Rock Creek HZ wells. Mr. Simpson has completed a Bachelor of Science degree (Honors) in Business Management and has a Petroleum Engineering Technology diploma.

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