To: Alan Whirlwind who wrote (13939 ) 2/4/1999 6:22:00 PM From: Kenneth R. Moss Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 22810
To the Thread: News from NPEC: 302 – 255 West 1st St. North Vancouver, BC V7M 3G8 Tel (604) 981-3085 Fax (604) 981-3093 Toll free 1-800-547-9375 Internet npec@imag.net TO: Business Wire - News Fax: (212) 752-9698 Cc: Steve Saxon (Ext. 251) FR: Pamela Fax: (604) 981-3093 DATE: February 4, 1999 # of pages: 2 (including cover) Please send attached full national tomorrow morning at 6:30 a.m. PST or 9:00 a.m. EST. Thank you. The information contained in this facsimile is privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient accept this as notification that any reading, review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us via telephone. Thank you. NP Energy Corporation NEWS RELEASE Trading – OTC Bulletin Board Symbol – NPEC Cusip # 629362-20-03 Tel - 909-245-9498 Fax – 909-245-9438 Lake Elsinore, California – February 4, 1999 METROPLUS COMMUNICATIONS EXPANDS NP Energy Corporation announced today that MetroPLUS, its wholly owned telecommunications subsidiary, has expanded its marketing division with the appointment of Mark Jensen as Director of Marketing. Mr. Jensen is a graduate of Washington State University in Communications, previous owner and operator of his own consulting firm with extensive background in creating distribution centres, and has interacted with over 100 businesses and built a national distribution centre in Canada that increased its customer base 500% in the first year. Working extensively with James Martel, Marketing Manager, to bolster the MetroPLUS marketing venue, numerous companies including Uniserve Online, Horizon Net, Vanisle Internet Rapidnet will distribute MetroPLUS cards in their monthly billing with minimal costs to MetroPLUS. In anticipation to the billing response inserts, finalization of the Victoria expansion and the concentrated efforts in the Whistler area, which is the potential site of the 2010 Winter Olympics, MetroPLUS capitalizing on expanding its flat rate customer base. - 30 - On behalf of the Board of Directors Per: Larry Regis, President FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT