CALGARY, Alberta, May 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Parex Resources Inc. (“Parex” or the “Company”) (TSX:PXT) is pleased to announce that on May 9, 2018 it held its annual general and special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting“). At the Meeting, shareholders approved the election of ten nominees as directors of Parex to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected or appointed, with the number and percentage of common shares represented at the Meeting voting by way of ballot in favour of and withheld from voting for each of the individual nominees as follows:

	FOR				WITHHELD
	Number		Percentage		Number		Percentage
Curtis Bartlett	119,169,117		99.81%		221,681		0.19%
Lisa Colnett	119,383,928		99.99%		6,870		0.01%
Robert Engbloom	116,605,036		97.67%		2,785,762		2.33%
Wayne Foo	116,518,661		97.59%		2,872,137		2.41%
Bob (G.R.) MacDougall	119,385,428		100.00%		5,370		0.00%
Glenn McNamara	118,217,712		99.02%		1,173,086		0.98%
Ron Miller	118,400,921		99.17%		989,877		0.83%
Carmen Sylvain	119,383,628		99.99%		7,170		0.01%
David Taylor	119,383,528		99.99%		7,270		0.01%
Paul Wright	118,661,881		99.39%		728,917		0.61%

A webcast of the Meeting will be available at http://event.on24.com/wcc/r/1671198-1/5E32915F2FFE57EC83A29356FD8C8D6B

For more information please contact:

Michael Kruchten
Vice-President Corporate Planning and Investor Relations
Parex Resources Inc.
Phone: (403) 517-1733
[email protected]

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