Fairborne Energy Ltd. and Grand Banks Energy Corporation Announce Successful Completion of Takeover Bid for Grand Banks Energy C

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Fairborne Energy Ltd. ("Fairborne") (TSX:FEL) and Grand Banks Energy Corporation
("Grand Banks") (TSX VENTURE:GBE) are pleased to jointly announce that
approximately 32,672,027 million common shares ("Grand Banks Shares") of Grand
Banks, representing approximately 93% of the issued and outstanding Grand Banks
Shares, have been tendered pursuant to Fairborne's offer to purchase (the
"Offer") all of the issued and outstanding Grand Banks Shares. Fairborne has
directed the depositary, Computershare Investor Services Inc. (the
"Depositary"), to take up and pay for the Grand Banks Shares deposited under the
Offer and not withdrawn as at 4:30 p.m. (Calgary time) on June 12, 2008.


Under the Offer, holders of Grand Banks Shares are entitled to receive $2.90 in
cash for each Grand Banks Share tendered to the Offer.


As the Offer was accepted by holders of greater than 90% of the outstanding
Grand Banks Shares, Fairborne will take steps to acquire the remainder of the
Grand Banks Shares pursuant to the compulsory acquisition provisions contained
in the Business Corporations Act (Alberta).


Fairborne and Grand Banks also announce that the board of directors and
management team of Grand Banks has been reconstituted and is now comprised of
nominees of Fairborne.


Fairborne Energy Ltd. is a Calgary-based oil and natural gas exploration and
development company. Fairborne's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock
Exchange under the symbol FEL.


The Grand Banks Shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "GBE".
The Grand Banks Shares have been halted from trading on the TSX Venture Exchange
and will remain halted pending Grand Banks' application to delist the Grand
Banks Shares from such exchange.


This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
offer to buy the securities in any jurisdiction.