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TORONTO, Feb. 3 /CNW/ - Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE; BVC: PREC) announced today it is hosting a conference call to discuss its previously announced exploration results (refer to press release dated February 3, 2011) on Friday, February 4, 2011 at 9am EST, and Bogota time. This call will be held in English. Jairo Lugo, VP Exploration will be attending the call and taking queries on the exploration update.

Dial-in information is below.

North America Toll-Free Dial-In Number: (888) 231-8191
Colombia Toll-Free Dial-In Number: 01-800-518-0661
International Dial-In #: (647) 427-7450

Conference ID: 42560575  

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 and Piriri oil fields in the Llanos Basin in association with Ecopetrol S.A., the Colombian national oil company. 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. Pacific Rubiales has a current net production in excess of 84,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, after royalties, with working interests in 40 blocks in Colombia, Peru and Guatemala.  

The Company's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange and La Bolsa de Valores de Colombia under the ticker symbols PRE and PREC, respectively. 

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