Bonterra Oil & Gas Ltd. Announces Cash Dividend for August Payable September 30, 2009


    CALGARY, Sept. 3 /CNW/ - Bonterra Oil & Gas Ltd. (www.bonterraenergy.com)
(TSX: BNE) announces that the August monthly cash dividend will be $0.14 per
share and will be paid on September 30, 2009. The record date for the dividend
is September 15, 2009, and the ex-dividend date is September 11, 2009. The
dividend is paid monthly and is subject to commodity prices and production
levels.

    Bonterra Oil & Gas Ltd. is a conventional oil and gas corporation with
operations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. The shares are
listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "BNE".

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For further information:

For further information: George F. Fink, CEO, or Garth E. Schultz, Vice
President - Finance, and CFO, or Kirsten Kulyk, Manager, Investor Relations,
Telephone: (403) 262-5307, Fax: (403) 265-7488, Email:
info@bonterraenergy.com