CALGARY, July 21 /CNW/ - BNK Petroleum Inc. (the Company/BNK)/(TSX: BKX) is pleased to announce the appointment of Wesley K. Clark, General, US Army (retired) to its board of directors. General Clark will be an independent director.

General Clark served 38 years in the United States Army. His last military position was NATO's Supreme Allied Commander and the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. European Command. He now heads his own strategic advisory and consulting firm, Wesley K. Clark & Associates and is active in the energy, banking and business services field. He is a noted author and television commentator, a Senior Fellow at UCLA's Burkle Center and works with numerous not-for-profit efforts, including the International Crisis Group. He graduated first in his class from West Point and received a BA and MA as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, and numerous honorary degrees from other institutions. Among his awards are the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Silver Star, Purple Heart and honorary knighthoods from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

"It is a privilege to have General Clark join our Board of Directors. His international experience will be invaluable to our Company as we continue to pursue international shale gas opportunities," said Wolf Regener, BNK's President and CEO.

About BNK Petroleum Inc.

BNK Petroleum Inc. is a California based oil and gas exploration and production company focused on finding and exploiting large oil and gas resource plays. The Company holds an average of 50% interest in the Tishomingo gas field in Oklahoma and varied interests in three other areas in the Northern and Central regions of the United States and in Europe, where it is currently pursuing the exploration, development and production of shale and tight sand gas plays. The Company's common shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbol BKX.

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