CORPORATE NEWS RELEASE ?? TRACER PETROLEUM CORPORATION ?? ?? NASD OTC BB: TCXXF ?? Dateline: Calgary, AB, Canada ?? Date: Thursday, March 2, 2000 TRACER ARRANGES PRIVATE PLACEMENT TRACER PETROLEUM CORPORATION (?Tracer? or the ?Company?) reports that it has agreed to complete a private placement with certain arms-length investors, and with the Company?s Chief Executive Officer, David R. Robinson. The private placement will consist of 1,540,000 Units at US$0.50 per Unit, for gross proceeds of US$770,000. Each Unit consists of one share plus one two-year share-purchase warrant, exercisable at US$1.00 in the first year, and US$1.25 in the second year. The proceeds of the private placement will be added to working capital. A finder?s fee of 7% of the gross proceeds is payable on the portion of the private placement that is being purchased by the arms-length investors. Furthermore, the Company has granted a total of 203,300 stock options to certain employees, officers, and directors, exercisable at a price of US$0.78 per share. The stock options have a two-year term. On behalf of the Board of, TRACER PETROLEUM CORPORATION ?David Robinson" David Robinson President and CEO |