OREANDA-NEWS. April 27, 2012. Tethys Petroleum (TSX: TPL)(LSE: TPL) today announces that it has appointed FirstEnergy Capital LLP ("FirstEnergy") and Seymour Pierce Limited ("Seymour Pierce") as new corporate brokers with immediate effect, reported the press-centre of KASE.

FirstEnergy is a leading energy-focused investment bank providing full-service investment banking operations. FirstEnergy's industry leading team of over 150 professionals is focused exclusively on serving the needs of energy companies and sophisticated institutional investors on a global basis. FirstEnergy's UK activities include corporate broking, equity research, sales & trading, corporate mergers & acquisitions and oil and gas property acquisitions & divestiture advisory.

Seymour Pierce - is a leading London based independent investment bank. Seymour Pierce's principal activities are corporate finance, corporate broking, institutional sales and trading and market making, focussed on small and mid cap companies operating across a broad range of sectors, including natural resources where it currently acts for 16 companies. Seymour Pierce was voted the Best Advisor Corporate Sponsor at the UK Stock Market Awards 2011.

Quam Capital Limited continues to act as financial adviser to the Company in Hong Kong, Singapore and East Asia.