Pulse Seismic Inc. Announces Renewal of Normal Course Issuer Bid

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Dec. 12, 2012) - Pulse Seismic Inc. (PSD.TO) (PLSDF) ("Pulse" or "the Company") announces that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") has accepted the Company's Notice of Intention to purchase through a normal course issuer bid up to 5,022,505 common shares (representing 10% of the public float of 50,225,051 common shares as at December 10, 2012). All shares will be purchased through the facilities of the TSX and all shares purchased under the normal course issuer bid will be cancelled. The duration of the normal course issuer bid will be from December 17, 2012 through December 16, 2013. As of December 10, 2012, there were 61,152,822 common shares issued and outstanding.

The Company's purchase of shares during any trading day will not exceed 14,165 common shares (representing 25 percent of the average daily trading volume of the shares on the TSX during the most recently completed six calendar months preceding the filing of the Notice of Intention), subject to Pulse's ability to make block purchases in accordance with the TSX facilities and rules.

Pulse believes that its common shares may from time to time be undervalued.

During the period from December 13, 2011 through December 12, 2012, Pulse purchased the maximum total allowable of 4,992,180 common shares under the normal course issuer bid at a weighted average price of $2.09 per share.

CORPORATE PROFILE

Pulse is a market leader in the acquisition, marketing and licensing of 2D and 3D seismic data to the western Canadian energy sector. Pulse owns the second-largest licensable seismic data library in Canada, currently consisting of approximately 27,100 square kilometres of 3D seismic and 340,000 kilometres of 2D seismic. The library extensively covers the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin where most of Canada's oil and natural gas exploration and development occur.