Prairie Provident appoints Bettina Pierre-Gilles to the Board of Directors and its newly created ESG Committee

– CANADA, Calgary –  Prairie Provident Resources Inc. (TSE: PPR) today announced the appointment of Bettina Pierre-Gilles to its Board of Directors, effective March 03, 2022.

The Board also announced the creation of a stand-alone environmental, Social, and Governance Board Committee Committee.

Ms. Pierre-Gilles will lead the ESG Committee as Chair, working with management to prepare PPR’s inaugural ESG report and develop ESG strategy, targets, and management systems.

With more than 20 years of experience across the conventional and renewable energy sector, significant knowledge of capital markets and M&A activity, Prairie Provident believes Ms. Pierre-Gilles will bring valuable insights and meaningful contributions to the Board.

About Bettina Pierre-Gilles

Along with her ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors program, Ms. Pierre-Gilles brings extensive experience serving on corporate boards in a variety of Committee Chair positions which will add further diversity of thought and corporate governance skills to Prairie Provident’s Board.

Currently, Ms. Pierre-Gilles is the Chair and Managing Director of the Piikani Investment Corporation, a Treaty 7 First Nations based in Southern Alberta; Board Member of Bow Valley College, where she is the Chair of the Community Relations Committee for the College; Board of Trustees Member of Queen’s University’s Board of Governors; Associate Mentor at the Creative Destruction Lab Rockies; and Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta Business Program Mentor.

She holds the Certified Professional Accountant designation, an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors of Canada, and received an MBA from Queen’s University. Ms. Pierre-Gilles will be appointed Chair of the newly formed ESG Committee and will serve as a member of the Corporation’s Audit Committee.

About Prairie Provident

Prairie Provident is a Calgary-based company engaged in the exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties in Alberta. The Company’s strategy is to optimize cash flow from our existing assets, grow a base waterflood business in Evi (Slave Point Formation) and Michichi (Banff Formation) providing stable low decline cash flow, and organically develop a new complementary play to facilitate reserves and production growth. The Princess area in Southern Alberta continues to provide short cycle returns through the successful development of the Glauconite and Ellerslie Formations.

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