Shona Energy Company, Inc. Announces Management Appointment

    




 CALGARY, Oct. 27, 2011 /CNW/ - Shona Energy Company, Inc. (SHO-TSX.V),  announced today that Mr. Ricardo Mendieta has been appointed to the  position of Vice President of Colombia of Shona's wholly-owned  subsidiaries, Shona Energy (Colombia) Limited and Geoproduction Oil and  Gas Company of Colombia and will be responsible for the operations and  management of both entities.  Mr. Mendieta has been Shona Energy  (Colombia) Limited's Country Manager since 2007. 

 "Appointing Mr. Mendieta to this position allows us to leverage his  substantial Latin American experience in our Colombian operations,"  said James L. Payne, CEO of Shona Energy.  "It also will allow us to  streamline the management of our Colombian offices and in country  activities as we advance our exploration programs and realize our first  significant production." 

 Mr. Mendieta has more than 25 years of experience in the Latin American  oil and gas industry and previously held senior executive positions  with Ecopetrol, TNO - Royal Dutch Shell and Occidental Petroleum.  He  also has substantial experience in the oilfield services sector  developed through positions with Halliburton-Latin America, ION  Geophysical Corporation, and Baker Hughes. 

 About Shona 

 Shona is an international oil and natural gas exploration, development  and production company focusing on South America, specifically Colombia  and Peru. The Company's assets currently include interests in the  Company-operated Esperanza block located in Colombia's Lower Magdalena  Basin, the non-operated Serrania, Los Picachos and Macaya Blocks in  Colombia's Caguan Basin, and the non-operated Block 102 in Peru's  Maranon Basin. The common shares of the Company trade on the TSX  Venture Exchange under the stock symbol "SHO". More information on the  Company is available at www.shonaenergy.com. 

 Cautionary Statements 

 The securities of Shona have not been and will not be registered under  the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended and may not be  offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an  applicable exemption from the registration requirement.  This press  release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an  offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any  jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be  unlawful. 

 Neither the 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 press  release. 

Shona Energy Company, Inc.


CONTACT:  Ricardo Mendieta                      Shetal MentlewskiVice President of Colombia            Vice President of Administrationand LegalShona Energy (Colombia)               Shona Energy Company, Inc.   Limited    Geoproduction Oil and Gas             Houston, TexasCompany of ColombiaBogota, Colombia                      713-622-8809571-630-4690 


    

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