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Kodiak Oil & Gas to present at IPAA OGIS Small Cap Conference

· Issued by Ko Gold, Inc. via CNW
DENVER, CO, Feb. 2 /CNW/ - Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (TSX Venture: KOG;
GGF.PK) today announced that it will be a presenting company at the upcoming
2006 Small Cap Oil & Gas Investment Symposium hosted by the Independent
Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) to be held February 7-9, 2006 at The
Westin Diplomat in Hollywood, Fla.
Kodiak's President and CEO, Lynn Peterson, is scheduled to present on
Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at 3:40 PM EST. Mr. Peterson will provide an
update on the Company's Rocky Mountain operations, specifically in the
Vermillion Basin of southwestern Wyoming, where it targets natural gas, and in
the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana, where it develops crude oil
prospects.
The IPAA presentation will be webcast and a link to the webcast, along
with the accompanying slides, will be available at Kodiak's website,
www.kodiakog.com, around the time of the presentation. Additional conference
information is available at www.ipaa.org.

About Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp.
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Kodiak Oil & Gas, headquartered in Denver, is an independent energy
exploration and development company focused on exploring, developing and
producing oil and natural gas in the Williston and Greater Green River Basins
in the U.S. Rocky Mountains. The common shares of the Company are listed for
trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "KOG" and the U.S. symbol
"KOGGF".

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