Raytec to acquire Lion Petroleum Corp.

Raytec Metals Corp. (the "Company" or "Raytec") (TSX.V - RAY) announced today that it has entered into a binding Letter of Intent ("LOI") with Lion Petroleum Corp. ("Lion"), subject to certain conditions and completion of due diligence process. Lion is a privately held oil and gas exploration company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, with an exploration office in Nairobi, Kenya. Lion's principal assets are Blocks 1 and 2B, both highly prospective exploration Blocks in Northeastern Kenya.

Blocks 1 and 2B:
Lion is party to Production Sharing Contracts ("PSC") with the Government of the Republic of Kenya, relating to Blocks 1 and 2B. The PSCs grant Lion a 100% interest in the respective Blocks, subject only to an 18% back-in right in favour of the Kenyan government.

American Oil & Gas Increases Ownership in the Goliath Bakken and Three Forks Project

American Oil & Gas, Inc. (AMEX:AEZ) has recently increased its working interest in the approximate 87,000 gross acre Goliath project from a 50% working interest to a 95% working interest in approximately 63,000 net acres located in Williams and Dunn Counties, North Dakota. American increased its interest through two separate and unrelated transactions with Teton Energy Corporation and privately held Evertson Energy Partners.

American purchased Teton Energy Corporation's interests in the Goliath project, which comprised approximately 14,900 net undeveloped acres, Teton's 25% ownership in the Champion 1-25H well, 17% ownership in the Viall 1-30 well, 6% ownership in the Solberg 32-2 well, and Teton's interest in seven gross (approximately .12 net) producing Bakken wells for $900,000 in cash.

Brigham Exploration Announces 2,021 Boepd Three Forks Well and Provides Williston Basin Update

Brigham Exploration Company (NASDAQ:BEXP) announced that the Strobeck 27-34 #1H produced approximately 2,021 barrels of oil equivalent per day from the Three Forks formation during its early 24 hour flow back period. Brigham also provided an update on its operated and non-operated drilling activity in the Williston Basin.

Ross Area, Mountrail County, North Dakota
Strobeck 27-34 #1H Three Forks Completion -- Brigham announced that the Strobeck 27-34 was successfully fractured stimulated and produced approximately 1,788 barrels of oil and 1.4 MMcf of natural gas, or 2,021 barrels of oil equivalent, from the Three Forks formation during its early 24 hour flow back period. The long lateral Strobeck 27-34 was completed with 20 fracture stimulation stages, 18 of which were effectively stimulated.

Antrim Energy Awarded an Additional North Sea Block- Block 21/24b

Antrim Energy Inc. ("the Company") (TSX:AEN) (AIM:AEY), today announces it has been notified by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) that it has been offered Block 21/24b in the UK North Sea as part of the 25th Seaward Licencing Round. The block, which was awarded to Antrim on a 100% working interest basis, is in the Company's core area around the Fyne Field in the Central North Sea. As announced in November of 2008, Antrim was previously awarded five blocks in the 25th Round, three of which are in the Fyne area.

Block 21/24b is approximately 10 kilometers northeast of the Fyne Field, and immediately adjacent to the Teal and South Teal Fields to the east, the Clapham and Guillemot Northwest Fields to the south and the Pict Field to the west. These fields all produce from either the Eocene Tay or the Upper Jurassic Fulmar Sandstones, and Block 21/24b is viewed to have potential in both of these formations.