CALGARY, Alberta and DENVER, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Storm Cat Energy (Amex: SCU; TSX: SME), a rapidly growing exploration company focused on developing unconventional natural gas reserves in North America, is scheduled to present at EnerCom, Inc.'s The 11th Annual Oil & Gas Conference on Monday, August 14, 2006 at 10:55 a.m. MDT (12:55 p.m. EDT) in Denver, Colorado. Scott Zimmerman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Storm Cat Energy, will be conducting the presentation to institutional investors and research analysts attending the conference, and will focus on Storm Cat's operations across the U.S. Rockies and Canada, recent acreage acquisitions of the Powder River Basin and Fayetteville, Arkansas. A live audio Web cast of the presentation may be accessed at the following links: http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=107427&CID= and http://www.stormcatenergy.com/. A copy of Zimmerman's presentation and an audio replay of his talk will be available at the Company's Web site, http://www.stormcatenergy.com/ following the conference. About Storm Cat Energy Corporation Storm Cat Energy is an independent oil and gas company focused on the pursuit, exploration and development of large unconventional gas reserves from fractured shales, coal beds and tight sand formations. The Company has producing properties in Wyoming's Powder River Basin, exploitation and development acreage in Canada, Arkansas and Alaska. The Company's shares trade on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol "SCU" and in Canada on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "SME." By Order of the Board of Directors Storm Cat Energy Corporation J. Scott Zimmerman President and Chief Executive Officer /s/ J. Scott Zimmerman Forward-looking Statements CAUTIONARY STATEMENT: This publication contains certain "forward-looking statements", as defined in the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 relating to matters such as the Company's drilling and other exploration plans and projected well economics. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts; they are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates," "projects," "aims," "potential," "goal," "objective," "prospective," and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will," "would," "may," "can," "could" or "should" occur. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of Storm Cat's management on the date the statements are made; they involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Consequently, there can be no assurances that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Storm Cat undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements if management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change. Factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to the volatility of natural gas prices, the possibility that exploration efforts will not yield economically recoverable quantities of gas, accidents and other risks associated with gas exploration and development operations, the risk that the Company will encounter unanticipated geological factors, the Company's need for and availability of additional financing, the possibility that the Company may not be able to secure permitting and other governmental clearances necessary to carry out the Company's exploration and development plans, and the other risk factors discussed in greater detail in the Company's various filings on SEDAR (http://www.sedar.com/) with Canadian securities regulators and its filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. NO STOCK EXCHANGE HAS REVIEWED OR ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS NEWS RELEASE. DATASOURCE: Storm Cat Energy Corporation CONTACT: Scott Zimmerman, President and Chief Executive Officer, or Paul Wiesner, Chief Financial Officer, both of Storm Cat Energy Corporation, +1-87-STORMCAT Web site: http://www.stormcatenergy.com/

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