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In c8431 transmitted on Friday, October 19, 2012, an error occurred in the first paragraph. "9:00 a.m. (Rio de Janeiro time)" should have read "11:00 a.m (Rio de Janeiro time)". Corrected copy follows.

Pacific Rubiales third quarter 2012 conference call

TORONTO, Oct. 19, 2012 /CNW/ - Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE; BVC: PREC; BOVESPA: PREB) has scheduled a telephone conference call for investors and analysts on Thursday November 8, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. (Bogotá and Toronto time) / 11:00 a.m. (Rio de Janeiro time) to discuss the Company's third quarter results. Participants will include Ronald Pantin, Chief Executive Officer, and selected members of senior management. Pacific Rubiales expects to release its results on Wednesday November 7, 2012 after market close.

The live conference call will be conducted in English with simultaneous Spanish translation. The Company will post a presentation on the Company's website prior to the call, which can be accessed at www.pacificrubiales.com.

Analysts and interested investors are invited to participate using the dial-in numbers as follows:

The conference call will be webcast, which can be accessed through the following link: http://www.pacificrubiales.com.co/investor-relations/webcast.html.

A replay of the call will be available until 23:59 p.m. (Toronto time), November 22, 2012, which can be accessed as follows:

Pacific Rubiales, a Canadian-based company and producer of natural gas and heavy crude oil, owns 100 percent of Meta Petroleum Corp., a Colombian oil operator which operates the Rubiales, Piriri and Quifa oil fields in the Llanos Basin in association with Ecopetrol, S.A., the Colombian national oil company, and 100 percent of Pacific Stratus Energy Corp. which operates the La Creciente natural gas field. The Company is focused on identifying opportunities primarily within the eastern Llanos Basin of Colombia as well as in other areas in Colombia and northern Peru.

The Company's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange and La Bolsa de Valores de Colombia and as Brazilian Depositary Receipts on Brazil's Bolsa de Valores Mercadorias e Futuros under the ticker symbols PRE, PREC, and PREB, respectively.

SOURCE: Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp.