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TORONTO, April 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE; BVC: PREC; BOVESPA: PREB) has scheduled an Investor and Analyst Open House on Wednesday April 24, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. (Bogotá time), 9:30 a.m. (Toronto time) and 10:30 a.m. (Rio de Janeiro time) to discuss the Company's current activities, operations and outlook.  Participants will include Ronald Pantin, Chief Executive Officer, José Francisco Arata, President, and selected members of the senior management team.

The proceedings will be webcast in Spanish, live from Bogota.  Presentations are the same as those conducted in New York City on Tuesday April 16, 2013, and currently available on the Company's website.  Interested analysts and investors are invited to listen to the webcast, which can be accessed from a link on the Company's website at: www.pacificrubiales.com.

Pacific Rubiales, a Canadian company and producer of natural gas and crude oil, owns 100% of Meta Petroleum Corp., which operates the Rubiales, Piriri and Quifa heavy oil fields in the Llanos Basin, and 100% of Pacific Stratus Energy Colombia Corp., which operates the La Creciente natural gas field in the northwestern area of Colombia. Pacific Rubiales has also acquired 100% of PetroMagdalena Energy Corp., which owns light oil assets in Colombia, and 100% of C&C Energia Ltd., which owns light oil assets in the Llanos Basin. In addition, the Company has a diversified portfolio of assets beyond Colombia, which includes producing and exploration assets in Peru, Guatemala, Brazil, Guyana and Papua New Guinea.

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.