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Enerplus Announces Executive Appointments



Enerplus Resources Fund
The Dome Tower
3000, 333-7th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 2Z1
Tel 403.298.2200
Fax 403.298.2211
www.enerplus.com
November 4, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Enerplus Resources Fund
TSX: ERF.UN
NYSE: ERF

ENERPLUS ANNOUNCES EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS

Mr.

Gordon J.

Kerr, President & Chief Executive Officer of Enerplus Resources Fund ("Enerplus") is
pleased to announce the appointments of Mr.

Robert Kehrig to the position of Vice-President, Resource
Development and Mr.

Ken Young to the position of Vice-President, Land.
Mr.

Kehrig joined Enerplus in 2002 as Manager of Business Development and has been a key contributor
in all of our acquisition activities over that period.

With over 25 years of diverse experience in the oil and
gas industry, particularly reservoir engineering, Mr.

Kehrig will have executive responsibility for
coordinating our corporate efforts to identify and capture resource play opportunities as well as screening
and evaluating larger acquisition opportunities with embedded resource play potential.

Mr.

Kehrig holds a
Bachelor of Engineering degree (Great Distinction) and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan.
Mr.

Young is a seasoned Land Professional with over 25 years of direct land experience.

He started his
career at Imperial Oil and held positions of increasing responsibility over his 13 year tenure.

From there,
Mr.

Young held the position of Vice President of Land at a junior oil and gas company for over 10 years
and also consulted to a variety of oil and gas clients.

His primary focus will be on Canadian operations
and will work closely with the conventional and oil sands teams as well as the Resource Development
team.

Mr.

Young holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Mount Allison University in New Brunswick.
We congratulate Mr.

Kehrig on his promotion and welcome Mr.

Young to Enerplus.

These positions will
be instrumental in helping to build a stronger foundation for the future of Enerplus.

Their prior experience
and expertise will enhance our ability to pursue opportunities to capture even greater value from oil and
gas assets.
For further information, please contact the Investor Relations Department at 1-800-319-6462.

Gordon J.

Kerr
President & Chief Executive Officer
Enerplus Resources Fund
Except for the historical and present factual information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release,
including words such as "expects", "projects", "plans" and similar expressions, are forward-looking information that
represents management of Enerplus" internal projections, expectations or beliefs concerning, among other things,
future operating results and various components thereof or the economic performance of Enerplus.

The projections,
estimates and beliefs contained in such forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks
and uncertainties, which may cause Enerplus" actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ
materially from any projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements.

These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, those described in Enerplus" filings with the
Canadian and U.S.

securities authorities.

Accordingly, holders of Enerplus Trust Units and potential investors are
cautioned that events or circumstances could cause results to differ materially from those predicted.

 




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