TSX Venture Exchange - Trading Halt - Birchcliff Energy Ltd. - BIR

VANCOUVER, April 14 /CNW/ -

BIRCHCLIFF ENERGY LTD. ("BIR")
BULLETIN TYPE: Halt
BULLETIN DATE: April 14, 2005
TSX Venture Tier 2 Company

Effective at 11:38 a.m. PST, April 14, 2005, trading in the shares of the
Company was halted at the request of the Company, pending an announcement;
this regulatory halt is imposed by Market Regulation Services, the Market
Regulator of the Exchange pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.9(1) of the
Universal Market Integrity Rules.