Westralian Gas And Power Launches Us Depositary Receipts

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MEDIA RELEASE

WESTRALIAN GAS AND POWER LAUNCHES

U.S. DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS











10 June 2008


Westralian Gas and Power is pleased to announce that its Level One American Depositary

Receipt (ADR) program has been declared eligible by the US Securities and Exchange

Commission.  The Bank of New York Mellon was appointed as the depositary bank for the

ADR program.


A Level One ADR program facilitates the purchase of Westralian Gas and Power shares by

US investors.  It will increase the profile of the company with US investors particularly as it is

seeking to expand its existing oil production in Kentucky.


Under the program, one ADR is equivalent to 200 ordinary shares of Westralian Gas and

Power.  The ADRs trade in the US over-the-counter (OTC) market under the ADR trading

symbol WGPRY and the CUSIP number is 961436102.


About ADRs 


ADRs are commonly used to facilitate US investors investing in foreign companies not listed

in the USA.  An ADR is created when a broker purchases a company’s shares on the home

stock market and delivers those to the depositary’s local custodian bank, which then instructs

the depositary bank, Bank of New York Mellon, to issue depositary receipts.  Depositary

receipts may be traded freely, just like any other security, in the over-the-counter market.


About Westralian Gas and Power Limited


Westralian Gas and Power Limited (WGP) was Western Australia’s first publicly-listed energy

exploration company to focus on proving-up economic reserves of coal seam methane gas in

its onshore petroleum permits in the South-West of Western Australia. The company also

has an interest in significant areas for conventional oil and gas in the offshore Perth Basin. 

These areas are presently in joint-venture arrangements with ROC Oil Limited.  In the USA,

the company continues to operate a small oil field in Kentucky.


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Contact information:


Website wgp.com.au

Executive Chairman: Peter Briggs +61 8 9322 6955,  +61 412 105 374

Chief Executive Officer: Stephen Thomas +61 8 9322 6955, + 61 414 521 066


Westralian Gas and Power Limited    ACN 109 213 470

1/46 Ord Street, Wester Perth, Western Australia 6005






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