SILVERBIRCH ENERGY CORPORATION COMPLETES $13.34 MILLION FLOW-THROUGH SHARE OFFERING

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CALGARY, Dec. 9 /CNW/ - SilverBirch Energy Corporation ("SilverBirch")
 (TSXV:SBE) is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously
 announced private placement offering (the "Offering") of common shares
 ("Flow-Through Shares") of the Corporation issued on a "flow-through"
 basis pursuant to the Income Tax Act (Canada). The Flow-Through Shares
 are subject to a four-month hold period which will expire on April 10,
 2011. At closing today, 1,450,000 Flow-Through Shares were issued,
 through a syndicate of underwriters, at a price of $9.20 per
 Flow-Through Share for aggregate gross proceeds to SilverBirch of
 $13,340,000. The syndicate of underwriters was led by RBC Dominion
 Securities Inc. and included TD Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada
 Inc., FirstEnergy Capital Corp., National Bank Financial Inc. and
 Peters & Co. Limited (collectively, the "Underwriters"). In connection
 with the Offering, the Underwriters received a fee in a total amount
 equal to 5% of the gross proceeds of the Offering.


About SilverBirch 
SilverBirch Energy Corporation is a pre-production oil sands company
 headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  SilverBirch has a rich
 portfolio of mining and in situ oil sands properties, including 50%
 ownership of the Frontier and Equinox Projects.  To learn more, please
 visit www.silverbirchenergy.com.


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