Paramount Resources Ltd. Completes Previously Announced Flow-Through Share Offerings Totaling $63 Million

CALGARY, ALBERTA - Oct. 20, 2011 /CNW/ -

Paramount Resources Ltd. (TSX:POU) ("Paramount") has completed its previously announced public offering of 1,450,000 Class A Common Shares ("Common Shares") issued on a "flow-through" basis in respect of Canadian exploration expenses at a price of $40.50 per share for gross proceeds of $58,725,000. The shares were sold through a syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets.

Paramount has also completed its previously announced private placement of 100,000 Common Shares issued on a "flow-through" basis in respect of Canadian exploration expenses at a price of $40.50 per share to companies controlled by Mr. Clayton H. Riddell, Paramount's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, for gross proceeds of $4,050,000.

Paramount is a Canadian oil and natural gas exploration, development and production company with operations focused in Western Canada. Paramount's Common Shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "POU".

For further information: Paramount Resources Ltd., J.H.T. (Jim) Riddell, President and Chief Operating Officer, (403) 290-3600 / Paramount Resources Ltd., B.K. (Bernie) Lee, Chief Financial Officer, (403) 290-3600, (403) 262-7994 (FAX), www.paramountres.com, Paramount Resources Ltd., 4700 Bankers Hall West, 888 - 3rd Street SW, Calgary, AB T2P 5C5