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Ercosplan, Americas Potash Peru's consultant responsible for completing a Potash resources report, continues to advance and expects completion of the report before the end of 2012.

Mr. Barclay Hambrook, President and CEO of Americas Petrogas said, "We continue to execute on our immediate, medium-term and long-term plans to grow our oil production, reserves and resources, de-risk our shale oil and gas blocks as well as adding value to our potash and phosphate projects in Peru."

About Americas Petrogas Inc.

Americas Petrogas Inc. is a Canadian company whose shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "BOE". Americas Petrogas has conventional and unconventional (shale and tight sands) oil and gas interests in numerous blocks in the Neuquen Basin of Argentina. Americas Petrogas has joint venture partners, including ExxonMobil, Apache and Gran Tierra Energy, on various blocks in Argentina. For more information about Americas Petrogas, please visit www.americaspetrogas.com.

Certain statements contained in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" as such term is used in applicable Canadian and US securities laws. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or are not statements of historical fact and should be viewed as "forward-looking statements". These statements relate to analyses and other information that are based upon forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of management. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

In particular, statements (express or implied) contained herein regarding future production levels, the ability to complete construction of production and processing facilities in a timely fashion or at all, plans for drilling, testing, completing and fracing unconventional wells and the ability to commercially produce hydrocarbons therefrom and the completion or timing of reports for potash and phosphates should all be viewed as forward-looking statements.

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Contacts:
Americas Petrogas Inc.
Barclay Hambrook, P. Eng., MBA
President and CEO
(403) 685-1888
[email protected]
www.americaspetrogas.com