Big Sky Petroleum Adds a New Director

Big Sky Petroleum (TSX VENTURE:BSP) is pleased to announce that the Board of
Directors has appointed Dr. T Arden McCracken to the Board of the Company.


Dr. T Arden McCracken, PhD has an extensive 40 year career in reservoir and
production engineering and engineering management. He has served as Chief
Reservoir Engineer Worldwide for BP Exploration Company where he managed over
360 engineers and maintained oversight of a $55m annual budget. Dr. McCracken
was also the Chief Engineer Worldwide for Pennzoil Exploration and Production
Company where he had complete technical review and approval of all projects
worldwide. He also served as the Senior Engineering Advisor for all
International projects for PennzEngergy/Devon. Dr. McCracken has worked
essentially all productive basins in the U.S. and Canada and most sectors of the
North Sea, Middle East, North Africa and South America. He was one of the
reservoir simulation developers and analyst on some of the early Bakken wells in
the Williston Basin.


Sam Nastat, President, commented that "we are very pleased to have Dr. McCracken
join our Board. His invaluable experience in reservoir engineering will be very
beneficial to the Company as we further develop our position in the
Wolfcamp/Wolfberry play in Southern Midland Basin, Texas."


The Board has also granted 80,000 options at $0.12 expiring on November 29, 2017.

About Big Sky

Big Sky is an oil and gas exploration and production company with U.S.
operations in Montana and Texas. The Company is currently focused on the
development of unconventional tight oil reservoirs in the Southern Alberta Basin
of Montana and the Southern Midland Basin in West Texas. 


Sam Nastat, President

This press release contains "forward-looking information". Such forward-looking
statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are
subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, the risks
and uncertainties outlined in our most recent financial statements and reports
and registration statement filed with the Canadian securities administrators
(available at www.sedar.com). Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results
may vary materially from those anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Big Sky Petroleum Corporation
Sandrine Lam
604-687-3520 or 1-888-889-4874
www.bspcorp.com