Mountainview Energy Ltd. (Toronto Venture: MVW.V) has announced that Brent Osmond has been appointed vice president, Finance and chief financial officer of the company.<br /><br />Osmond is a certified management accountant with experience in building startup and growth oriented energy companies. Osmond has previous oil and gas CFO experience through his positions with TerraMer Inc., a private oil and gas service company and Nytis Exploration Company Inc., a Denver-based exploration and production company.<br /><br />Osmond replaces Angelique Hatch, who will provide consulting services to Mountainview and assist with the transition.<br /><br />Mountainview also announced the grant of an aggregate of 400,000 options to certain executive officers of the company, pursuant to the company's 10% rolling stock option plan was approved by the shareholders at the Annual and Special Meeting of shareholders held on November 4, 2013. Each option has an exercise price of $0.51 per common share of Mountainview and is exercisable for a period of five years from the date of grant. The plan currently reserves up to 8,782,074 common shares for issuance pursuant to options, which is equal to 10% of the number of issued and outstanding common shares.<br /><br />Mountainview Energy Ltd., based in Cut Bank, Mont., is a public oil and gas company with a primary focus on the exploration, production and development of the Bakken and Three Forks shale in the Williston Basin and the South Alberta Bakken.