Blackpool to acquire private company

CALGARY, April 25 /CNW/ - Blackpool Exploration Ltd. (BPX.A - TSX Venture
Exchange) wishes to announce that it has entered into a formal agreement for
the purchase of all of the shares of C2 Energy Inc., a private oil and gas
company, having its head office in Calgary, Alberta, as announced in the
Company's Press Release dated March 7, 2005 and Material Change Report dated
March 9, 2005. The closing date of the transaction has been extended by mutual
agreement of the parties from April 15, 2005 to May 11, 2005. In addition, the
Company wishes to announce that the closing of the proposed private placements
of Units and Flow-Through Shares, which were also announced by the Company's
Press Release on March 7, 2005, Material Change Report dated March 9, 2005 and
Press Release dated March 31, 2005, has been extended from April 14, 2005 to
May 10, 2005. The Company is in the process of arranging bridge financing for
the difference between the amount to be raised under the private placement of
Units and the purchase price of the shares of C2 Energy Inc.

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