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

Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) has received Application No. 1506785. This notice is to advise of the filing of this application. Note that if no submissions are received on or before July 13, 2007 relating to the application, the EUB may continue to process this application without further notice.

Nature of the Application

Berkley Resources Inc. (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 would be approximately 447.9 moles per kilomole (44.79 per cent) and the cumulative drilling H₂S release rate would be 3.2698 cubic metres per second (m³/s) with an emergency planning zone of 7.7 kilometres. The purpose of the well would be to obtain gas production from the Crossfield formation. 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
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 T2X 2A8 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

To File a Submission
If you have an interest in this application and you wish to file a submission, please state in writing your reasons for filing by no later than July 13, 2007. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and another copy to

Marty Douglas, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

Notes
Any submission filed shall contain the following:

(a) a concise statement indicating

(i) the manner in which the intervener's rights may be directly and adversely affected by a decision of the Board on the proceeding,

(ii) the nature and scope of the intervener's intended participation,

(iii) the disposition of the proceeding that the intervener advocates, if any,

(iv) the facts the intervener proposes to show in evidence,

(v) the reasons why the intervener believes the Board should decide in the manner that the intervener advocates, and

(vi) the intervener's efforts, if any, to resolve issues associated with the proceeding directly with the applicant;

(b) the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available, e-mail address of the intervener;

(c) if the intervener is represented by a representative, the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available, e-mail address of the representative;

(d) if the intervener is an unincorporated organization, the nature of the intervener's membership.

If you have an interest in this matter, you are required to make a submission with respect to this application even if you have previously filed a submission with the Board or with Berkley Resources Inc. on this application.

Submissions relating exclusively to compensation for land usage are not dealt with by the EUB but may be referred to the Alberta Surface Rights Board.

Note: In accordance with Section 12 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record unless otherwise ordered by the Board.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on June 18, 2007

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