VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 25, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Micron Enviro Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:MSEV) (Frankfurt:NDD) ("Micron") is pleased to announce that it plans to forward split its stock on a 3 for 1 basis for shareholders of record on June 12, 2006. What this means is that for each one share you own on that day, you will hold three shares of Micron stock after the split. For example, if you own 10,000 shares as of record date (June 12, 2006) you will hold 30,000 of the new shares with a new CUSIP number, giving you ownership of a total of 30,000 shares of the company. Management feels a forward split would reward the existing and new shareholders of record and assist in curbing the possible naked shorting of the stock.
Micron is currently undertaking a new marketing initiative to create additional awareness for the company. This plan will primarily be email based and will target 100 percent opt-in private and intuitional investors that trade stocks in Micron's price range. This new marketing initiative will be on-going over the coming months.
Bernie McDougall, President of Micron stated, "We feel that at this time a forward split is the best situation for Micron to move forward in growing the company and maximizing shareholder value. When you take into account the current near all time highs on oil prices and that the shares are trading more than 70% below the high recently set, we feel that the Micron shares may not be reflecting the current value of the company especially since the company's current liabilities have decreased by over 75% and the current assets have increased by 10 times during the past quarter. At this time, Micron is one of if not the smallest market capitalized companies with exposure to multiple Alberta Oil Sands prospects."
Micron has just recently retained independent petroleum consultants to initiate the operations on the Athabasca Oil Sands Prospect. An evaluation of the potential reserves, estimated development and operation costs, estimated future capital expenditures, and other pertinent information regarding the potential development of this Oil Sands prospect is expected to follow.
Micron has also just recently added three new Alberta Oil Sands leases consisting of 4 new sections in the world-class Athabasca Oil Sands region. Two of these new sections are within 5 miles of Micron's existing Athabasca Oil Sand Prospect. These two new sections are close to the existing Oil Sands leases held by Connacher Oil and Gas's Great Divide Prospect, as well as to other major Oil Sands projects by Devon, EnCana, and ConocoPhilips. The other new Alberta Oil Sands lease acquired consists of two contiguous sections that lie just southwest of the announced Royal Dutch Shell Plc Oil Sands leases which they recently purchased for approximately $400 million.
Micron is also currently looking into expanding its exposure to the Alberta Oil Sands. These new ventures include new oil sands partnerships and/or new oil sands leases.
The Oil Sands of Canada hold recoverable reserves of 175 billion barrels with a proven reserve life of 480 years and another 130 billion barrels of potential reserves, which is second only to Saudi Arabia's 262 billion barrels. As a comparison, the United States has only 29 billion barrels of recoverable reserves and has decreasing domestic production while their demand is increasing by 1-2% every year. Canada is in an optimal position to supply oil to the US with its favorable political climate, close proximity and being one of the few non-OPEC countries which can grow its oil production.
Micron is an emerging oil and gas company that has exposure to four separate leases in the Athabasca Oil Sands of Alberta, Canada, which is the largest Oil Sands region in the world, and has production from multiple conventional oil and gas wells. Micron is one of if not the smallest market capitalized companies with exposure to multiple Alberta Oil Sands. Micron's goal is to become a junior oil and gas producer that focuses on the exploration, discovery and delivery of gas and oil to the North American marketplace. Micron currently has multiple independent sources of oil and/or gas revenue from production in Canada and Texas. Micron is presently involved in multiple oil and gas prospects, and continues to look for additional projects that would contribute to building Micron's market capitalization, including additional Oil Sands projects.
If you have any questions, please call Micron at (604) 646-6903. If you would like to be added to Micron's update email list, please send an email to info@micronenviro.com requesting to be added.
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