NEW YORK, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pink OTC Markets Inc. (Pink Sheets: PINK), the leading electronic inter-dealer quotation system, trading technology and financial information provider for over-the-counter (OTC) securities, today announced that Norse Energy Corp. (OTCQX: NSEEY, Oslo: NEC), a Norwegian oil and gas exploration and production company, has chosen to list its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on OTCQX . (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090708/NY43125LOGO ) "We are pleased to welcome Norse Energy to OTCQX," said R. Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO of Pink OTC Markets. "OTCQX provides Norse Energy with the highest level of visibility and access to U.S. investors possible in the OTC Market." Norse Energy's ADRs began trading today on the OTC market's prestigious tier, OTCQX International. Investors can find current financial disclosure and real-time Level 2 quotes for the company on http://www.otcqx.com/ and http://www.pinksheets.com/. "With our increased emphasis on U.S. based oil and gas exploration assets, Norse's inclusion on the OTCQX is a very natural progression, particularly with the ease of access it provides for the U.S. investor," commented Norse Energy CEO, Oivind Risberg. Dahlman Rose & Co., LLC will serve as Norse Energy's Principal American Liaison ("PAL") on OTCQX, responsible for providing guidance on listing requirements. About Norse Energy Corp. (OTCQX: NSEEY, Oslo: NEC) Norse Energy Corp.'s ADRs will trade in the United States on OTCQX under the symbol "NSEEY", where each ADR will represent 10 ordinary shares. The shares of Norse Energy, which is headquartered in Norway, are also listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the symbol "NEC". While the company has oil and gas exploration and production operations in both the U.S. and Brazil, more recently it has consolidated its U.S. based operations to better focus on the vast potential of the Northern Appalachian Basin. For more about Norse Energy, visit: http://www.norseenergy.com/. About OTCQX The OTCQX marketplace is the premier tier of the U.S. over-the-counter market. Investor-focused companies use the quality controlled OTCQX listing platform to offer investors transparent trading, superior information, and easy access through their regulated U.S. broker-dealers. The innovative OTCQX platform offers companies and their shareholders a level of marketplace services formerly available only on a U.S. exchange. For more about OTCQX, visit http://www.otcqx.com/. About Pink OTC Markets Inc. Pink OTC Markets is a financial information and technology services company that operates the leading electronic quotation and trading system in the over-the-counter, or OTC, securities market. The term "OTC securities" is a catchall phrase for any equity security that is not listed on a U.S. stock exchange. The OTCQX and Pink Sheets marketplaces that we operate constitute, by dollar volume, the third largest U.S. liquidity pool for trading public company shares, after The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. and The New York Stock Exchange. Our technology platform provides a comprehensive suite of information products and trading services for OTC market participants. Our products and services promote market transparency, facilitate regulatory compliance, and increase the quality of issuer disclosure, to the benefit of all OTC market participants. Through our Pink Quote(SM) inter-dealer quotation system and Pink Link trade messaging system, we offer broker-dealers an independent, electronic platform to display their real-time, firm "bid" and "ask" quotes and communicate OTC trade information with each other. These systems generate a substantial amount of OTC market data, which we license to OTC market participants. By licensing OTC market data, we are able to offer quotation and trade messaging services to broker-dealers at a reduced cost. We also provide disclosure and information solutions for OTC traded companies that facilitate communication with investors and compliance with securities laws. Pink OTC Markets is headquartered in New York City. To learn more about how Pink OTC Markets' products and services make OTC markets more transparent, informed, and efficient, please visit our websites at http://www.pinkotc.com/, http://www.pinksheets.com/ and http://www.otcqx.com/ or contact us at . Subscribe to the OTCQX RSS Feed http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090708/NY43125LOGODATASOURCE: Pink OTC Markets Inc. CONTACT: Matthew Sheldon, CCG Investor Relations, +1-310-954-1346, Web Site: http://www.pinkotc.com/

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