Thunderbird Appoints Chief Financial Officer

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 4, 2009) - Thunderbird Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE: TBD.V) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Barb Harwood CA as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Since leaving the assurance group at Ellis Foster, Barb has worked in senior accounting positions with both private and public companies, including CFO of a Vancouver based media company.

"We are very pleased to announce Barb's appointment as our Chief Financial Officer at this important stage of our Company's growth," stated Cameron White, President of Thunderbird. For over 4 years now Barb has done an exemplary job of designing, overseeing and directing our accounting and financial reporting systems and her appointment as CFO is a logical progression for Barb and for Thunderbird."

Thunderbird's management team and board of directors are:
                                                  
David Evan        - Director and Chairman       
                                                  
Cameron White     - Director and President      
                                                  
Rick Ironside     - Director and Chief Operating Officer
                                           
Timothy Gamble    - Director and Corporate Secretary     
                                         
Barb Harwood      - Chief Financial Officer     
                                                  
Kevin Budd        - Director                    
                                                  
Stephen Cheikes   - Director                    
                                                  
Jim Podruski      - Director                    

Thunderbird Energy is a Canadian based oil and gas exploration and Production Company with interests in the US Rockies and mid-continent regions. Thunderbird's principal focus is on its 100% owned Gordon Creek natural gas field adjacent to ConocoPhillips Drunkard's Wash field. Thunderbird's other holdings include light oil production in Rush County, Kansas and a light oil exploration project in Weston County Wyoming.

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Contacts

Cam White
Thunderbird Energy Corp.
President and CEO
(604) 707-0373
cwhite@thunderbirdenergy.com

847 Hamilton Street
Thunderbird Energy Corp.
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 2R7

Rick J. Ironside, P. Eng MBA
Thunderbird Energy Corp.
Chief Operating Officer
(403) 453-1608
rironside@thunderbirdenergy.com

1010 1st Street S.W. Suite 550
Thunderbird Energy Corp.
Calgary, Alberta T2R 1K4
www.thunderbirdenergy.com