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To: Herb Duncan who wrote (8923)	2/9/1998 9:31:00 PM
From: Kerm Yerman	Respond to of 15196

CORP. / CrownJoule Exploration Ltd. Adds To Board Of Directors CROWNJOULE EXPLORATION LTD. TSE SYMBOL: CJE CJE.WT FEBRUARY 9, 1998 Katharine (Katie) T. Trafford Joins the Board of CrownJoule Exploration Ltd. CALGARY, ALBERTA--George T. Wilson, President and Chief Executive Officer of CrownJoule Exploration Ltd., is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Katharine T. Trafford to the Board of Directors of the company. Ms. Trafford brings extensive financial and investment banking experience to the Board. Ms. Trafford holds a joint Honors Degree in Economics and Accounting from the University of Dundee in Scotland. Upon graduation, Ms. Trafford was employed as an analyst with Petro Canada before spending the next ten years in the financial industry with Levesque Beaubien, First Boston and, most recently, Richardson Greenshields of Canada Limited. While with Richardson Greenshields, Ms. Trafford was Director of Institutional Sales and Trading in Toronto and, most recently, Director of Investment Banking in Calgary. Ms. Trafford is currently a private Financial Consultant and brings more than fifteen years of extensive financial experience, particularly in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and institutional investment. Ms. Trafford's business experience, energy, enthusiasm and forthright financial advice will contribute to CrownJoule's continued growth and success. CrownJoule Exploration Ltd. is a natural gas exploration and production company focused in west central Alberta and currently produces over 12 Mmcfe/d (1200 Boed) of natural gas and associated liquids from its two gas plants in its core focus area. In addition to its developed properties, CrownJoule has over 53,000 net acres of undeveloped land in its exploration portfolio. With a strong balance sheet, stable cash flow and an aggressive, strengthened management team and Board of Directors in place, CrownJoule is poised for significant growth. CrownJoule is an oil and gas exploration company whose Common Shares and Purchase Warrants are traded on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbols "CJE" and "CJE.WT" respectively.

To: Herb Duncan who wrote (8923)	2/9/1998 9:42:00 PM
From: Kerm Yerman	Respond to of 15196

SERVICE SECTOR / Dominion Bridge And American Eco Enter Into Exclusive Acquisition Discussions DOMINION BRIDGE CORPORATION VSE SYMBOL: DMO.U NASDAQ SYMBOL: DBCO AND AMERICAN ECO CORPORATION TSE SYMBOL: ECX NASDAQ SYMBOL: ECGOF FEBRUARY 9, 1998 Dominion Bridge And American Eco Enter Into Exclusive Acquisition Discussions MONTREAL, QUEBEC and TORONTO, ONTARIO--Dominion Bridge Corporation and American Eco Corporation, jointly announced that they have entered into exclusive negotiations for, among other things, (i) the private placement of USD$5.0 million of Dominion Bridge securities to American Eco; (ii) a USD$25.0 million interim credit facility from American Eco; and (iii) the acquisition of Dominion Bridge by American Eco. The exclusivity period expires at 5:00 p.m. Montreal time on Thursday, February 12th. The terms of their agreement will be announced once discussions are completed. A spokesperson from Dominion Bridge said that the previously announced private placement of its securities to Sanda Investment Group has been put on hold pending the outcome of the discussions with American Eco. Dominion Bridge was established in 1879. The company is active in the international engineering and infrastructure markets. It manages projects and operates facilities in North and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific. American Eco is a North American provider of single-source construction, management, maintenance, specialty fabrication, engineering and environmental remediation services in the refining, petrochemical, utility, forest products and offshore manufacturing industries.