Involvement with Stephen Brown denied                                                                                                                   Odessa Petroleum Corp                                                   OPC Shares issued 15,013,254                                 Nov 18 close $0.05 Thu 19 Nov 98                                                  News Release Mr. Peter Tsaparas reports In response to Stockwatch's story concerning a potential connection between the  Odessa  Petroleum Corporation and Stephen Scott Brown, (see Stockwatch Nov. 18, 1998) the company has not had, at any  time,  any  discussions  or dealings  with Mr. Brown and the company denies having any involvement with Mr. Brown. The company did issue 3,000,000 shares  to  Tintex  Capital  Ltd.  in  1996 pursuant  to  an arm's length transaction for an assignment of an option to purchase up to an 80 per cent interest in an oil and gas licence covering a 900  square kilometre area known as the Belolessky block, which incudes the East Saraskaya oil field, near Odessa, Ukraine. To the  best  knowledge  of the company, the principal shareholders and directors of Tintex were Viktor Dmitriyev and Vonice Parker, who conducted all negotiations and signed  all required documentation on behalf of Tintex. At the time of the acquisition, the company carried out due diligence investigations concerning the licence and obtained all possible title assurances. No funds have been advanced by Tintex to the company at any time. (c) Copyright 1998 Canjex Publishing Ltd. canada-stockwatch.com
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