| Xogen secures first US patent for its hydrogen technology 
 CALGARY, Alberta --
 
 Tathacus Resources Ltd. (TTC:CDNX) reports that the United States
 Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today granted to Xogen Power
 Inc. ("Xogen") patent number 6,126,794. The patent, which covers
 37 claims, protects Xogen's hydrogen generator technology and
 excludes others from making, using, or selling the invention
 throughout the United States or importing the invention into the
 United States.
 
 Xogen CEO, John Grove and Chief Science Officer, Stephen Chambers
 stated, "We are extremely pleased to have received approval of
 our first patent application. The final granting of the patent
 strengthens Xogen's ability to provide a revenue stream for its
 shareholders including Tathacus. Revenues will be generated by
 licensing the technology to other companies for a wide variety of
 important uses."
 
 Tathacus currently owns 20 percent of Xogen, a private advanced
 fuel technology company. The two companies are also partners in
 a joint venture to commercialize the technology's home and
 commercial heating applications.
 
 "Tathacus is very pleased by the news," said Barrie Shibley,
 Tathacus CEO. "Xogen has also advised us that it's pursuing an
 aggressive program to expand the protection for its breakthrough
 technology through additional US and international patent
 applications. In the meantime, we are working with Chambers and
 the Xogen science team to finish building a hydrogen burning
 prototype home furnace for the joint venture."
 
 Tathacus is a Calgary-based energy company. Through its wholly
 owned subsidiary, Crucero Resources, Tathacus is positioned to
 optimize and grow its oil and gas assets that currently provide
 the company with a solid revenue stream. Through its recent
 acquisition of twenty percent of Xogen, and an existing home and
 commercial heating joint venture between the companies, Tathacus
 is the only publicly traded company with an ownership interest in
 Xogen's exciting new hydrogen generation technology.
 
 The Canadian Venture Exchange Inc. has not reviewed and does not
 accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
 release. For more information please contact:
 
 Leigh Clarke
 Tathacus Resources Ltd.
 ir@tathacus.ca
 www.Tathacus.ca
 Phone: (403) 251 9233
 Fax:(403) 251 9244
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