Mailing of shareholder letter and Turner Valley details Curlew Lake Resources Inc CWQ Shares issued 21,129,526 May 20 close $0.14 Mon 25 May 98 News Release See Stampede Oils Inc (STF) News Release Mr. P. de Bruycker reports Stampede Oils, the operator of the Stampede Oils/Bearcat Explorations/Curlew Lake Resources group participating in the Turner Valley oil and gas project in southwestern Alberta, advises that a shareholder letter, along with several of the company's detailed geological/seismic interpretations of the Turner Valley North project, the basic ones which to date have been 100 per cent correct, will be mailed during the week of May 25, 1998. An application for an amendment to the existing Stampede Bcat et al TV 7-25-20-3 W5M well licence for the planned deepening/drilling operation of this well was submitted for the necessary regulatory body approval on Wednesday, May 21, 1998. The currently suspended 7-25 well is to be drilled approximately 1,900 feet deeper into the base of the Devonian Wabamun Crossfield member to an expected total depth of approximately 12,200 feet. A minimum of 185 feet of net gas pay is anticipated in the Crossfield at this location. The well spacing unit should contain approximately 50 billion cubic feet (bcf) of recoverable gas reserves. This drilling operation is expected to commence in the latter part of June and should take approximately two weeks. The Stampede/Bearcat et al group has a minimum 50 per cent interest in the 7-25 well. The company will be submitting, near the end of this month, an application for a drilling licence for the Stampede et al Turner Valley 6-15-21-3 W5M location, offsetting the IMP Berkley Turner Valley 2-21-21-3 W5M discovery well by approximately one-half mile. This well will be licenced for a Regional Mississippian Turner Valley gas well. The target Turner Valley formation reservoir is expected to be encountered approximately 50-100 feet higher than in the IMP Berkley 2-21 discovery well, in which the operator has determined 100 feet of net gas pay. The well spacing unit should contain a minimum of 40 bcf of recoverable gas reserves. Drilling of the 6-15 well is expected to commence near the end of June. The Stampede/Bearcat et al group has a minimum 64 per cent interest in the 6-15 well. Additional pertinent information regarding the recently drilled 2-21 discovery well will also be included in the upcoming shareholder letter. |