Newton Energy Corporation Announces Appointment of Director and Chief Financial Officer

Newton Energy Corporation (the "Company" or "Newton") (TSX VENTURE:NTN)
announces that, subject to regulatory approval, it has appointed Jimmy Chow to
its board of directors. Mr. Chow has been active with both public and private
companies for over 25 years in the energy, finance and real estate sectors. Mr.
Chow was President of Ritter Capital Corp. and OM Shelters Ltd. He served on the
board of directors of Best Pacific Resources Ltd. and Infiniti Resources
International Ltd. Mr. Chow practiced securities law at Burnet, Duckworth &
Palmer and also worked at Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. as an investment banker. Mr.
Chow has a B.Sc. (Pharmacy), M.B.A. and LL.B. 


The Company is also pleased to announce, subject to regulatory approval, it has
appointed J. Arthur (Art) Bray as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate
Secretary of the Corporation. Mr. Bray has over 35 years of financial and senior
management experience. He was the Supervisor of Corporate Finance with Alberta
Energy Company and the Director of Corporate Finance with Petro Canada. Mr. Bray
has also served as Vice President Finance, CFO, CEO and Chairman of the board of
various international energy companies. Mr. Bray has worked internationally in
Russia, Kazahkstan, Indonesia, Peru, Colombia and Myanmar. Mr. Bray has a B.M.
(1970), M.M. (1975) and M.B.A. (1984) from the University of Alberta. 


About Newton 

Newton is an oil and gas company with exploratory targets on its East Midlands
licenses in the United Kingdom. Newton maintains offices in London, England and
Calgary, Alberta.


ADVISORY: 

Except for the historical and present factual information contained herein, the
matters set forth in this news release, including words such as "expects",
"projects", "plans", "anticipates", and similar expressions, are forward-looking
statements that represents management of Newton's internal projections,
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and various components thereof or the economic performance of Newton. The
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necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause
Newton's actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ
materially from any projections of future performance or results expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties
include, among other things, those described in Newton's filings with the
Canadian securities authorities. Accordingly, holders of Newton's shares and
potential investors are cautioned that events or circumstances could cause
results to differ materially from those predicted. Newton disclaims any
responsibility to update these forward-looking statements except as required by
applicable securities legislation.