December 4, 2011

Successful Completion of Seismic Campaign 2011 in Mongolia - PR Newswire - sacbee.com

Successful Completion of Seismic Campaign 2011 in Mongolia - PR Newswire - sacbee.com: "BAAR, Switzerland, Dec. 1, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ --

Manas Petroleum Corp ("Manas") (TSX-V: MNP; OTCBB: MNAP) is pleased to announce that Gobi Energy Partners LLC ("Gobi"), a Manas subsidiary and the operator of its exploration project in Mongolia, has completed its 2011 seismic program.

The seismic contract with Sinopec provided for a firm program consisting of 532 km full fold data and an optional program of up to an additional 1,106 km full fold data. The program consisted of eight phases and acquisition began August 25, 2011.

Gobi planned to acquire the most important phases before the beginning of winter and to complete the program in 2012, subject to new information resulting out of the seismic of 2011. On November 25, 2011, after completing the first seven phases and the key line of the last phase, Manas finished the seismic program after having acquired more data than initially planned and in the face of winter conditions (snow and temperatures of minus 21 degrees C)."

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