Exhibit 99.1

AMERICAN NATURAL ENERGY CORPORATION
6100 South Yale, Suite 2010
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136
Tel: 918-481-1440 Fax: 918-481-1473

American Natural Energy Corporation Announces Approval for U.S. Securities Market

Tulsa, Oklahoma, July 1, 2014. American Natural Energy Corporation (OTCBB:ANRUF) (OTC Pink:ANRUF) (TSXV:ANR.U) (“ANEC”) announced that pursuant to FINRA Rule 6432 and Rule 15c2-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 FINRA has cleared the Spartan Securities Group Ltd. request for quotation of ANEC’s common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board and an OTC Link with the symbol ANRUF.

ANEC is a Tulsa, Oklahoma based independent exploration and production company with operations in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. For further information please contact Michael Paulk, CEO at 918-481-1440 or Steven P. Ensz, CFO at 281-367-5588.

This Press Release may contain statements which constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the plans, intentions, beliefs and current expectations of ANEC, its directors, or its officers with respect to the future business, well drilling and operating activities and performance of ANEC. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. The actual results and outcome of events may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. The levels of and fluctuations in the prices for natural gas and oil and the demand for those commodities, the outcome of ANEC's development and exploration activities, including the success of its current and proposed well drilling activities and the availability of capital to pursue those activities could affect ANEC and its future prospects. Important additional factors that could cause such differences are described in ANEC's periodic reports and other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission and may be viewed at the Commission's Website at http://www.sec.gov.

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