Pan Orient Energy Corp.: Departure of Chief Operating Officer

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Dec 4, 2015) - Pan Orient Energy Corp. ("Pan Orient" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:POE) announced today that Chief Operating Officer Edward Bush is leaving the Corporation at the end of his employment agreement on December 4, 2015. Mr. Bush is based in Jakarta, Indonesia and has been with Pan Orient in various capacities since 2007 (other than for a one year period ending in January 2013). Pan Orient thanks Mr. Bush for his many contributions and wishes him well in the future.

President and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Chisholm, based in Bangkok, Thailand, will assume the duties presently carried on by Mr. Bush.

Pan Orient is a Calgary, Alberta based oil and gas exploration and production company with operations currently located onshore Thailand and Indonesia and in Western Canada.

This press release contains forward-looking information, being the expected departure of Mr. Bush as Chief Operating officer and assumption of his duties by Mr. Chisholm. Although Pan Orient believes that the expectations reflected in its forward-looking information are reasonable, it can give no assurances that those expectations will prove to be correct. Pan Orient undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Contact

Pan Orient Energy Corp.
Jeff Chisholm
President and CEO (located in Bangkok, Thailand)
jeff@panorient.ca
Pan Orient Energy Corp.
Bill Ostlund
Vice President Finance and CFO
(403) 294-1770