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The new members of Onco's board have the following businessexperiences:

Mr. Bilodeau has numerous business interests which he oversees asPresident and Chief Executive Officer of EBSI Group, a privatelyheld growing group of companies involved in the oil and gas sector,corporate finance, merchant banking, real estate investments,management and financial consulting, the retail sign business, andthe alternative financial services sector. Prior to launching hisentrepreneurial career, Mr. Bilodeau worked for one of Canada'smajor chartered banks quickly advancing to the senior managementranks in Commercial Banking with tours of duty in Executive Office,Regional Office, and various Commercial Banking Centres in Northernand Southwestern Ontario. He is also a former real estate appraiserwith practical experience in residential, commercial, and incomeproperty valuation. Mr. Bilodeau's business prowess is frequentlycalled upon through his consulting business and as a member of theBoard of Directors of several companies in the automotive, retail,and financial services sectors.

Mr. Bilodeau is a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers, anda graduate of the Master of Business Administration (FinancialServices) program from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia,Canada.

Mr. Claeys has been a major shareholder and CEO of Tool-Plas Inc.since 1999 with responsibility for strategic planning, operationsmanagement, and mergers and acquisitions. The company is in theautomotive tooling sector and has annual sales in the $45 millionrange. From 1993 - 1999 Mr. Claeys was CFO, COO for anotherautomotive tooling company and was responsible for audit liaison,strategic planning, operations management, capital raising, allmergers and acquisitions activity. The group had annual revenues of$80 million. From 1986 to 1993 Mr. Claeys was withPriceWaterhouseCoopers working in the areas of Audit, Tax,Insolvency and Business Advisory. Educational Background: Bachelorof Commerce, University of Windsor 1986; Chartered Accountant 1988.Mr. Claeys has previous Board Experience serving on the board oftwo mid sized companies, and has served on the boards of three nonprofit entities.

Mr. Burgener has been for the past 25 years a general corporate lawpractitioner with specific knowledge of securities and corporategovernance. Mr. Burgener has represented his clients in the AlbertaProvincial Court, the Court of Queen's Bench, the Court of Appealup to and including leave applications to the Supreme Court ofCanada. Mr. Burgener has experience with offshore trusts,international points of sale and foreign business considerationsand has met with government ministers to discuss these issues andresolve such matters surrounding import duties, customs clearanceand staffing protocols. In addition to Mr. Burgener's legalpractice he has also been an officer and director as well as ashareholder of several public companies and other businesses. He isfamiliar with board practices having appeared before orparticipated in various administrative proceedings including theAlberta Securities Commission hearings, Law Enforcement ReviewBoard and Union Disciplinary Hearings.

Mr. Dixon acted in the 1980's as Vice-President for variousdepartments at Transamerica Finance Corporation where he oversaw upto 30 branches at one time and introduced new financial productsinto the market. In the 1990's Mr. Dixon continued his career withScotiabank where he acted as assistant general manager and wasresponsible for the development and delivery of new commercialfinance products for the leasing division and was responsible forsales to major vendors such as Sony, IBM and Compaq. For the past 8years Mr. Dixon has worked abroad in the United Kingdom and mostrecently in Saudi Arabia. While abroad Mr. Dixon has been involvedwith developing the marketing and sales program for bankingsoftware to customers throughout Africa, the Middle East, India,Indonesia, Asia and Australia. Mr. Dixon is a Fellow of theInstitute of Canadian Bankers, and a graduate of the Master ofBusiness Administration (Financial Services) program from DalhousieUniversity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Mr. French worked for over 20 years at Union Gas Limited as both aclerk in the insurance department and as management in the landsdepartment. Since leaving Union Gas Limited, Mr. French hascontinued his career in land negotiations. He has extensiveexperience with lease management and negotiation, among otherareas, mineral and gas storage leases, easements and right of waysand transfer of surplus land. Mr. French has provided direction toand administration to full time and contract employees over hiscareer.

About Onco

Onco Petroleum Inc. is a Canadian-base energy company that isprimarily involved in the exploration, development and productionof oil and gas deposits and related projects in Southern Ontarioand Michigan. The Company is undertaking aggressive exploration anddevelopment programs and plans to pursue strategic acquisitions ofpreviously discovered under-utilized oil and gas properties as wellas potentially developing some of its assets as natural gas storagereservoirs. The Company is listed on the CNQ exchange in Torontoand on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany.

Contacts:
Onco Petroleum Inc.
Peter O. Bilodeau
(519) 646-2959
(519) 433-0509 (FAX)
Email: pbilodeau@oncopetroleum.ca

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