Forest Gate Energy has received conditional approval from the TSX Venture Exchange to acquire a 70% equity interest in all Arizona oil and gas licenses (the "Licenses") belonging to Vanterra Energy Inc. (the "Transaction").

Concurrently with the closing of the Transaction, which should be completed on or prior to September 25, 2009, Mr. Donald B. Vandergrift will be appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Forest Gate and will join Forest Gate's Board of Directors. Dr. Easton A. Wren, Vice President, Exploration of Americas Petrogas Inc., will also join Forest Gate's Board of Directors. Mr. Michael C. Judson will remain Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Forest Gate and Mr. Curtis Hartzler will be appointed Vice President, Operations.

"These significant additions to our management group is the result of more than two years of work," said Michael C. Judson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Forest Gate. "Curtis Hartzler, Don Vandergrift and Easton Wren represent some of the best managers in their class. We have put into place a management team with a proven record of creating great shareholder value."

Mr. Donald B. Vandergrift is co-founder of EurOil Limited, a West African registered company in the Republic of Cameroon, and co-founder of EurOil's parent company, BowLeven Ltd, a UK company trading on the London's AIM Exchange with oil and gas operations in Cameroon and Gabon, West Africa. Additionally, Mr. Vandergrift has held positions as Senior Petroleum Engineer with the Bank of Montreal, Horizontal Drilling Engineer in Libya, Project Manager for a project involving the study of a depleted reservoir located in Argentina, and also Drilling Production Engineer on projects in North Sea, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Egypt. He also coordinated the rehabilitation of 400 wells on a $120 million contract and introduced western technology to local oilfield practices in Russia.

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