VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 24, 2012) -Nextraction Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NE) (the "Company" or "Nextraction"), announces that 585,000 stock options have been granted to the directors and officers of the Company at an exercise price of $0.35 per share for a period of five years from the date of the grant. An additional 55,000 stock options have been granted to consultants of the Company on the same terms. The stock options have been granted in relation to the new strategic direction of the Company and in accordance with its stock option plan.

The granting of the stock options is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

About Nextraction Energy Corp.

Nextraction Energy Corp. is a Canadian junior oil and natural gas company engaged in the exploration and development of oil and natural gas resources in the Western Canadian Basin. The Company's model is the "next round of extraction on known plays". Nextraction targets oil focused projects along trends with known reserves that provide low risk, high return development opportunities in both conventional and unconventional resource projects.

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