Quintana Invests in Stone Mountain Resources
HOUSTON, TEXAS (January 2005) – Quintana Capital Group, L.P. today announced that Quintana Energy Partners, L.P. and its affiliated partnerships (collectively, "Quintana"), alongside co-investors, have organized Stone Mountain Resources Ltd. ("Stone Mountain" or the "Company") to pursue exploration and production opportunities in western Canada.

“Since 1999, Quintana has made two successful full turns on E&P investments in Canada,” stated Brock Morris, Quintana’s Managing Director, adding, “We are excited for the prospects of Stone Mountain and hope to create value through the drill bit.”  Harvey Klingensmith, Stone Mountain’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Having worked in pursuit of opportunities with Quintana for several months now, I am pleased that we are formalizing our effort toward the purchase of an attractive platform asset in the Tenaka region.”

Stone Mountain is a gas exploration and production company in western Canada with an experienced management team led by Harvey Klingensmith.  Stone Mountain focuses on relatively immature basins and builds scale by acquiring fields with drilling potential and by pursuing farm-ins with large companies and trusts. Stone Mountain’s initial acquisition was the Tenaka field from Tenergy, Ltd.  Tenergy consists of Northeast British Columbia assets, formerly part of Purcell Energy, a Calgary, Alberta based exploration and production company.

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Contact for Stone Mountain Resources Ltd.:
Harvey Klingensmith
President and Chief Executive Officer
403-815-8353

Contact for Quintana Capital Group, L.P.:
Loren Soetenga
Chief Operating Officer
713-751-7527

loren@qeplp.com