NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF PREHEARING MEETING
APPLICATION NO.  1506785
BERKLEY RESOURCES INC.
CROSSFIELD EAST FIELD

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) has granted a request for the postponement of the prehearing meeting for Application No. 1506785. The prehearing meeting was to be held at the Best Western Regency Inn, located at 121 Edmonton Trail, Airdrie, Alberta, on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, commencing at 9:00 a.m. Berkley Resources Inc. (Berkley) has requested that the prehearing meeting be postponed to February 2008 to allow Berkley time to consider revisions to its Emergency Response Plan, Emergency Planning Zone, and the surface location of the proposed well. The Board has granted this request and in the interim will consult with the applicant and interested parties regarding the rescheduling of the prehearing meeting

Therefore, Take Notice that the prehearing meeting for Application No. 1506785 to commence on December 5, 2007 has been postponed.

Nature of Application
Berkley has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill a Level 2 critical sour well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 12 of Section 9, Township 28, Range 1, West of the 5th Meridian to a projected bottomhole location in LSD 11-9-28-1W5M. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration expected to be encountered in the drilling of the well would be approximately 447.9 moles per kilomole (44.79 per cent) and the cumulative completion/servicing H2S release rate would be 4.4220 cubic metres per second (m3/s) with a corresponding calculated emergency planning zone of 6.32 kilometres (km). Berkley has adopted an emergency planning zone of 7.70 km for initial drilling and completions operations. The purpose of the well would be to obtain gas production from the Crossfield Member. The proposed well would be located approximately 4.8 kilometres south and west of the Town of Crossfield.

Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact:
Berkley Resources Inc.
400 Mission Square, 2424 – 4 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta
Attention: Jim O’Byrne
Telephone: (403) 237-6211
Fax: (403) 244-7806

A copy of the application is available for viewing at the EUB’s Calgary office as well as the Midnapore Field Centre
EUB Information Services  
Main Floor, 640 – 5 Avenue SW  
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4    
Telephone: (403) 297-8190
       
Midnapore Field Centre
320, 295 Midpark Way SE
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8303

For information about EUB procedures, contact:
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Marty Douglas
Telephone: (403) 297-8474
Fax: (403) 297-4117.
E-mail: marty.douglas@eub.ca

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on December 4, 2007.

ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel