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Compton Petroleum announces filing under National Instrument 51-101, "Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities"

· Issued by Automata Rare Earth Corp. via CNW
CALGARY, March 23 /CNW/ - Compton Petroleum Corp. ("Compton" or the
"Company") has filed information regarding its oil and gas reserves as
required under National Instrument 51-101 for the year ended December 31, 2005
on the Canadian Securities Administrators' System for Electronic Document
Analysis and Retrieval ("SEDAR"). The filing can be accessed electronically
from the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.

Compton Petroleum Corporation is a Calgary-based public company actively
engaged in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas,
natural gas liquids, and crude oil in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.
Compton's shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CMT
and on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CMZ.

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