Stampede Drilling Inc. announced that it has appointed Mr. Murray Hinz to its Board of Directors. Mr. Hinz is currently the Sr VP Finance & Administration of Parvus Therapeutics Inc. Additionally, Mr. Rodger Hawkins, who has been a director of Stampede since September 2011, has advised the Board of Directors that he does not intend to stand for re-election at Stampede's upcoming annual general meeting of shareholders.