Forest Gate Hires Mineral Geologist

MONTREAL, Oct. 20 /CNW/ -- 
SYMBOL & EXCHANGE: FGE-V


MONTREAL, Oct. 20 /CNW Telbec/ - Forest Gate Energy Inc. reports that it
 has hired Edward L. Procyshyn to manage and supervise its mineral
 exploration projects.


Mr. Procyshyn will be responsible for developing the exploration program
 for Forest Gate's 100%-owned Pershing Gold property located near Val
 d'Or, Quebec. Mr. Procyshyn is an Officer and qualified person for
 Forest Gate.


Mr. Procyshyn has worked in the Val d'Or gold camp since 1997, and was
 involved in previous exploration programs on the Pershing gold property
 between 1997 and 2003.


"Ed has a lot of experience on the Pershing Gold property, and has many
 ideas regarding its development," says Michael Judson, Forest Gate's
 Chief Executive Officer and President.


Mr. Procyshyn graduated in 1965 from the University of Manitoba with a
 B.Sc. Geological Engineering degree.  He undertook his Ph.D. research
 studies at Queen's University, Kingston.


From 1979 to 1995, Mr. Procyshyn was a Professor of Geology at Concordia
 University and taught courses in Field Mapping, Petrology, Structural
 Geology, Tectonics and Economic Geology. Mr. Procyshyn left Concordia
 in 1995 when the University closed its geology department and formed Le
 Groupe GeoInfo, a mineral exploration consulting company.


Mr. Procyshyn is a registered member of the Ordre des Géologues du
 Quebec, pa fellow of the Geological Association of Canada and the
 Society of Economic Geologists, and a member of the Geological Society
 of America and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.  


Mr. Procyshyn has been involved in structural mapping and conducted
 metallogenetic and exploration studies in Nunavut, British Columbia,
 Val d' Or and the Appalachian region of Gaspé and New Brunswick.


Le Groupe GeoInfo has also been involved in the study and evaluation of
 gold, gold-polymetallic and molybdenum deposits in Armenia, skarn gold
 deposits in northern Spain, and placer diamond deposits in Russia.
 Additionally, Mr. Procyshyn has been involved in evaluating gold
 deposits in various parts of Kyrgyzstan and Siberian Russia.


About Forest Gate Energy
Forest Gate Energy Inc. is a publicly listed oil and gas exploration and
 production, and non-energy resource company trading on the TSX Venture
 Exchange under the symbol FGE. The Company is seeking to increase
 shareholder value through participation and development of energy and
 other resources in Canada and internationally.


FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS


Certain statements regarding Forest Gate, including management's
 assessments of future plans and operations and Forest Gate's
 anticipated financial performance, may constitute forward-looking
 statements under applicable securities laws and necessarily involve
 known and unknown risks and uncertainties, most of which are beyond
 Forest Gate's control. These risks may cause actual financial and
 operating results, performance, levels of activity and achievements to
 differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such
 forward-looking statements.


Such factors include, but are not limited to: the impact of general
 economic conditions in Canada and the United States; industry
 conditions including changes in laws and regulations including adoption
 of new environmental laws and regulations, and changes in how they are
 interpreted and enforced; competition; the lack of availability of
 qualified personnel; fluctuations in commodity prices; the results of
 exploration and development drilling and related activities;
 imprecision in reserve estimates; the production and growth potential
 of Forest Gate's various assets; fluctuations in foreign exchange or
 interest rates; the ability to access sufficient capital from internal
 and external sources; and obtaining required approvals of regulatory
 authorities.


Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as
 that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)
 accepts responsibility for the adequacy or the accuracy of this
 release.


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