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To: Herb Duncan who wrote (11579)	7/3/1998 3:07:00 PM
From: SofaSpud	Respond to of 15196

APPOINTMENTS / Neutrino board NEUTRINO ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS CALGARY, July 3 /CNW/ - Neutrino Resources Inc. today announced changes to its Board of Directors and Officers following the successful takeover of Neutrino Resources by Southern Mineral Corporation of Houston. The new Board of Directors of Neutrino now consists of Jeff Arsenych, David Beckwermert, Steven Mikel and James Price. Messrs. Arsenych and Beckwermert are currently officers of Neutrino and Mr. Arsenych has been a director since the company's inception in 1993. Messrs. Mikel and Price are, respectively, the President and Chief Executive Officer, and Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Southern. In addition, Mr. Arsenych was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Neutrino and Mr. Beckwermert was named President and Chief Operating Officer. The outgoing directors of Neutrino are Douglas Mitchell, QC, Butch Bauer, Brian Bayley, Brent Bullen, Scotty Cameron, Gregory Daniels, Murray Sinclair, and Robert Pierce, QC. Neutrino expresses its great appreciation for the valuable service these gentlemen have provided during their tenure with the company. Southern Mineral Corporation is an oil and gas acquisition, exploration and production company that owns interests in oil and gas properties located along the Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, Canada and Ecuador. The Company is listed on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol SMIN. Neutrino is presently listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange (trading symbol ''NTO''). -30- For further information: Jeff Arsenych, Chairman/CEO or David Beckwermert, President/COO, (403) 215-3500, Fax: (403) 215-3501, Email: info@neutrino.net

To: Herb Duncan who wrote (11579)	7/3/1998 3:18:00 PM
From: SofaSpud	Respond to of 15196

FIELD ACTIVITIES / Bison Innes Well & Flo thru BISON RESOURCES LTD. DRILLING UPDATE, FLOW-THROUGH SHARE PRIVATE PLACEMENT CALGARY, July 2 /CNW/ - Bison Resources Ltd. (''Bison'') (ASE: BIS.A) announced today the successful completion of an oilwell in the Innes area of Southeast Saskatchewan. The well was operated by a third party and initial indications are that it will produce at its maximum allowable of 200 barrels of oil per day. Bison retains a 45% working interest in the production. In addition, drilling operations on a 100% working interest multi-lateral horizontal well in the Huntoon area of Southeast Saskatchewan have been completed and Bison is commencing production testing on this well. Bison also announced that the company has completed a private placement of 2,000,000 flow-through shares at $0.50 per share ($1,000,000) which was approved by the shareholders of Bison at the December 30, 1997 shareholders meeting. Bison Resources Ltd. is an oil & gas corporation whose shares are listed for trading on The Alberta Stock Exchange under the symbol BIS.A. The Alberta Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved of the form or contents of this release -30- For further information: Kevin D. Dumba, Vice President Finance, Bison Resources Ltd., (403) 266-5565, Fax: (403) 266-8886

To: Herb Duncan who wrote (11579)	7/3/1998 3:20:00 PM
From: SofaSpud	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15196

CORP. / Mantaur farm-in; Trinidad MANTAUR PETROLEUM CORPORATION Stock Symbol: ''MTUR'' - CDN TORONTO, July 2 /CNW/ - Enron Gas & Oil Trinidad has advised Mantaur's Eastern Petroleum subsidiary that Enron will not honour the terms of its Farm In Agreement for the East Brighton offshore project in Trinidad. On October 10, 1997, Enron undertook, subject only to Trinidad government approvals, to reimburse seismic costs of US$1.2 million and pay 100% of the costs of an exploratory well on the East Brighton offshore Block and thereby earn a 50% interest in the 82 km(2) property. Eastern acquired a 70% interest in the property from Premier Oil B.V. under an agreement which terminated June 30, 1998. An appropriate extension is now being discussed. The purchase from Premier provided for the same cash and drilling obligations of Eastern as were negotiated in the Eastern/Enron agreement. Premier is supportive of Eastern/Mantaur's continuing effort to replace Enron with a suitable partner to fund the project and discussions are currently being held with several interested oil companies. In the period October 10, 1997 to June 23, 1998 Enron continued to express its intent to proceed under the Agreement. The Trinidad government approvals for the transaction with Enron and Eastern were led by Enron but were delayed for six months because of a disagreement between Enron and the Trinidad state oil company (''Petrotrin'') on matters completely unrelated to East Brighton. The dispute was resolved in May and the Petrotrin approval received on May 7, 1998, naming Enron as operator of the Petrotrin/Eastern/ Enron joint venture for the East Brighton property. In the period May 7 to June 23rd, Enron actively worked with Eastern, Petrotrin and Premier to conclude agreements, obtain a six month extension to the drilling date and secure a rig. This joint work was essentially completed when Enron Trinidad advised of a corporate decision to withdraw. In light of the foregoing, Mantaur is considering its options including legal action if necessary. Mantaur Petroleum is a Canadian oil exploration company focussing on its projects in Trinidad and Mongolia. Mantaur is presently reviewing two other large international natural gas and oil projects. The presently issued share capital of Mantaur is 19,382,310 common shares (20.6 million shares fully diluted). -30- For further information: Gary J. Last, President, Telephone: (416) 363-9203, Facsimile: (416) 363-9015