Manas Petroleum Corp. Files Quarterly Report Q1 2013

BAAR, SWITZERLAND, May 21, 2013

Manas Petroleum Corp. ("Manas") (TSX-V: MNP; OTCBB: MNAP) has filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for its first quarter ended March 31, 2013 on EDGAR and on SEDAR. The report is available on the Manas website at www.manaspetroleum.comand at www.sedar.comor www.sec.gov.

About Manas Petroleum Corp.

Manas is an international oil and gas company with primary focus on exploration and development in South-Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Mongolia.  In Albania, Manas participates in a 1.7 million acre exploration project through its 14.4% equity interest in Petromanas Energy Inc., a Canadian public company. In the Kyrgyz Republic, Manas has a 25% working interest in the Tuzluk exploration block. In Tajikistan Manas owns 90% working interest in a Production Sharing Agreement covering the license areas Zapadnyi and Severo-Zapadnyi in the Soughd region through its wholly-owned subsidiary DWM Petroleum AG. In Mongolia, Manas owns 74% working interest in two Production Sharing Contracts covering Blocks XIII and XIV through its wholly-owned subsidiary DWM Petroleum AG.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

For further information please contact:

Peter-Mark Vogel

Corporate Secretary

Manas Petroleum Corp.

Bahnofstr. 9, P.O. Box 155

CH-6341 Baar, Switzerland

Phone: +41 44 718 1030

Fax:       +41 44 718 1039

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