CAMARILLO California, January 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BNK Petroleum Inc. (the "Company") at the request of IIROC on behalf of the Toronto Stock Exchange, announces that it is not aware of any undisclosed material information that may be affecting the trading price and volume of the Company's common shares.

The Company is currently drilling its Wytowno #1 well, on its Slawno concession in Poland, on acreage adjacent to where two shale gas wells have been drilled by another operator. It is possible that the activities on those wells have generated some additional interest in the Company. The Company is not aware of any material changes in its operations that would explain the recent trading activity.