Birchcliff Energy Ltd. Announces Quarterly Preferred Share Dividend

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Birchcliff Energy Ltd. ("Birchcliff") (TSX:BIR) today announced that its Board
of Directors has declared the following dividends on its outstanding preferred
shares:




--  A quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per share for the calendar quarter
    ending on June 30, 2014, on Birchcliff's outstanding Cumulative
    Redeemable Preferred Shares, Series A. The dividend is payable on June
    30, 2014 to shareholders of record as at the close of business on June
    16, 2014. The dividend is designated as an eligible dividend for
    purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada); and
--  A quarterly cash dividend of $0.4375 per share for the calendar quarter
    ending on June 30, 2014, on Birchcliff's outstanding Cumulative
    Redeemable Preferred Shares, Series C. The dividend is payable on June
    30, 2014 to shareholders of record as at the close of business on June
    16, 2014. The dividend is designated as an eligible dividend for
    purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada).



Birchcliff is a Calgary, Alberta based intermediate oil and gas company with
operations concentrated within its one core area, the Peace River Arch of
Alberta. Birchcliff's Common Shares; Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares,
Series A; Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, Series C; and Warrants are
listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols "BIR",
"BIR.PR.A", "BIR.PR.C" and "BIR.WT" respectively.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Birchcliff Energy Ltd.
Jeff Tonken
President and Chief Executive Officer
[phone]


Birchcliff Energy Ltd.
Bruno Geremia
Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
[phone]


Birchcliff Energy Ltd.
Jim Surbey
Vice-President, Corporate Development
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)