PetroNational Announces Appointment to Board

  PetroNational Corp. (OTCBB: PTNL)
("PetroNational" or the "Company") wishes to announce the appointment of
Katheryn Overcash to its Board of Directors.

Ms. Overcash is a financial and communications industry professional who previously held corporate liaison roles with several financial market lenders and their respective diverse client base. Her responsibility included regular interaction with senior corporate management under the auspices of organizations such as ANI Mortgage of San Diego, and First Financial Lending LLC of La Jolla. Currently, she provides a singular position of responsibility working closely with the senior executives of Westmoore Management LLC within their hospitality investment division focusing principally on their management of the Harry's Pacific Grill chain of restaurants.

Ms. Overcash is a licensed Notary Public and long time resident of Southern California. She graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and has significant experience working in all aspects of media relations as well as corporate communications.

Further details regarding the appointment will be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") shortly as part of the Company's regulatory Form 8-K filing disclosure.

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for statements of historical fact, this news release contains certain "forward-looking statements" as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, expectations, beliefs, plans and objectives regarding development and exploration activities. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of PetroNational to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include general economic and business conditions, the ability to acquire and develop specific projects, the ability to fund operations and changes in consumer and business consumption habits and other factors over which PetroNational Corp., or any affiliates, has little or no control.

Risks, uncertainties and other factors are discussed in documents filed from time to time by PetroNational with the Securities Exchange Commission. There is no assurance that PetroNational's expectations will be realized, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements.

On Behalf of the Board
PetroNational Corp.
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G. Leigh Lyons, President

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