Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 19, 1999: Corridor Resources Inc. (CDH - ASE) announced today that it has abandoned its Truite River exploratory well in the Gaspe Peninsula. No hydrocarbons were encountered in the well. However, significant geological information was obtained which may help guide future exploration efforts in this relatively unexplored Devonian/Silurian basin. The new well information will be integrated with other geological and geophysical data before determining future exploration plans for the region.
Corridor holds licences in the Gaspe covering a total area of approximately 500,000 acres.
Corridor is a junior oil and gas exploration company, headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and holding more than 5 million acres of petroleum exploration licences in Quebec and Atlantic Canada.
This press release contains certain forward looking statements relating to, but not limited to, Corridor's operations, anticipated financial performance, business prospects and strategies, including expectations relating to production levels; capital expenditure programs; the quantity of natural gas reserves; projections of market prices; projections of costs; supply and demand for natural gas; expectations regarding the ability to raise capital and to continually add to reserves through exploration and development; and treatment under governmental regulatory regimes. These statements are based on current expectations that involve numerous assumptions regarding factors and risks that could cause actual results to vary materially, including, without limitation to, the following factors: risks associated with oil and gas exploration, financial risks, substantial capital requirements, bank financing, government regulation, environmental, prices, markets and marketing, dependence on key personnel, dependence on Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc., availability of drilling equipment and access, risks may not be insurable, management of growth, expiration of licenses and leases, reserves estimates, seasonality, competition, conflicts of interest, Kyoto Protocol, issuance of debt, title to properties and hedging. There is no representation by Corridor that actual results achieved will be the same in whole or in part as those set out in the forward looking information. Furthermore, the forward looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof, and Corridor undertakes no obligation, except as required by applicable securities legislation, to update publicly or to revise any of the included forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.