Vermilion Resources Ltd.

NEW, Vermilion Resources Ltd. and Verenex Energy Inc. have retained Tristone Capital Inc. to seek an exploration permit farm-in offshore southwestern France. The package includes the Aquitaine maritime exploration permit covering 1,211 square kilometers with 3-D and 2-D seismic data. The properties include total unrisked recoverable reserves of 1.5 billion barrels of oil. Vermilion Rep SAS is the operator. For more information, contact Mark Llamas, 011-44-20-7399-2481.