Canacol Energy appoints Juan Argento to its Board of Directors

– CANADA, Calgary –  Canacol Energy Ltd. (TSX: CNE | OTC: CNNEF  |BVC: CNEC) today announced the appointment of Juan Argento to its Board of Directors.

Mr. Argento brings deep experience in energy, finance, and capital markets to the Board of Directors of Canacol.

About Juan Argento

Juan Argento is currently one of two Managing Partners at Horizon Capital. Horizon was founded in 2004 as an advisory and principal investment firm focused on the Latin American energy industry. Before joining Horizon, Mr. Argento was an advisor to Millennium Global, a London-based hedge fund group. MHe advised Millennium with regards to investments in public and private markets. He was particularly active in oil & gas, mining, and agriculture. Before Millennium, Mr. Argento worked for Rubikon Partners, a mid-market private equity firm, focused on the European market. In 2000, Mr. Argento was the sole founder of Circulo Asegurador, one of the first online insurance brokers in South America, with operations in Brazil and Argentina. Before that, in 1997, Mr. Argento was an early recruit of Texas Pacific Group and worked for their Newbridge Latin America fund. He started his professional career in New York, working for Salomon Brothers.

Mr. Argento graduated with honors in Economics from Harvard University.

About Canacol

Canacol is a natural gas exploration and production company with operations focused in Colombia. The Corporation’s common stock trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the OTCQX in the United States of America, and the Colombia Stock Exchange under ticker symbol CNE, CNNEF, and CNE.C, respectively.

For more information: http://canacolenergy.com/

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