August 15, 2000; GI Tech Announces 71% Increase in Revenue

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- WENR Corporation
(OTC: WENR), (formerly Western Energy, Inc.) announced today that Global Image
Technologies (GI Tech) (wholly owned subsidiary of WENR Corp.) had a record
71 percent increase in second quarter 2000 sales compared to the same period
in 1999. This is the first quarter since GI Tech was acquired by WENR. The
unaudited sales revenue was $217,011, compared with $126,802 for the same
quarter in 1999. The increase was due to stronger sales in GI Tech's
established lines of business and to new businesses created in late 1999.

GI Tech, along with WENR is completing an audit of fiscal years 1998 and
1999. This audit will serve as the basis of WENR's SEC Form 10SB filing.
This filing is the first step to WENR becoming a fully reporting company.
WENR plans to file the Form 10SB before September 30, 2000.

GI Tech (gitech.com) is engaged in providing support services and software
engineering for business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce.
WENR (wenr.net) is a holding company that provides senior management expertise
and funding for post start-up, growth companies. As such, it serves as a BDC
(business development company).

Contacts: Richard Hagman, CEO, WENR Corporation, (303) 771-6601;
rhagman@msn.com, or Dan Green, President, WENR Corporation, (310) 337-0998;
dgreen@wenr.net, or Charles Weinbeck, CEO, GI Tech, (970) 493-2150;
chas@gitech.com

Disclaimer
This news release contains information that is "forward-looking" in that
it describes events and conditions, which WENR Corp. reasonably expects to
occur in the future. Expectations for the future performance of the business
of WENR is dependent on a number of factors, and there can be no assurance
that WENR will achieve the results as contemplated herein. The accuracy of
these statements cannot be guaranteed as they are subject to a variety of
risks including the possibility that the described activities will not be
completed.
 
 

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