FORT ST. JOHN, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - May 18, 2012) - Macro Enterprises Inc. (the "Company" or "Macro") (TSX VENTURE:MCR) has granted, under its Stock Option Plan, incentive stock options to its newly appointed independent director, Les Jourdain, to purchase up to an aggregate of 50,000 common shares in the capital of the Company exercisable for a period of five years ending on May 17, 2017 at a price of $0.425 per share.

Macro's core business is providing pipeline and facilities construction and maintenance services to major companies in the oil and gas industry in northeastern B.C. and northwestern Alberta. Its shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol MCR. Information on the Company's principal operating unit, Macro Industries Inc., can be found at www.macroindustries.ca.