Stans Energy Corp Grants Options - 12 January 2012

Stans Energy Corp (TSX-V: HRE, OTCQX: HREEF)('Stans' or 'The Company') has granted on January 10th, 2012, an aggregate of 3,050,000 incentive stock options to Officers and Directors, and 150,000 incentive stock options to a company advisor. Each stock option entitles the holder to purchase one common share of The Company for $0.74 per share until January 10, 2017. All options granted and any common shares issued upon the exercise of the options will be subject to a statutory four-month hold period expiring May 10, 2012. The option grant was approved by the board of directors on January 10th, 2012 and is subject to regulatory approval.

About Stans Energy
Stans Energy is a resource development company focused on progressing Heavy Rare Earth (HRE) properties in areas of the Former Soviet Union. In December 2009, Stans acquired a 20-year mining license for the past-producing Kutessay II rare earth mine from the Kyrgyz Republic. On May 26, 2011 Stans completed the purchase of the Kashka Rare Earth Plant (KRP) the same plant that historically refined REEs from the Kutessay-II open pit mine. The KRP was the only hard rock plant to produce all rare earth elements outside of China, producing 120 different metals, alloys, and oxides. For over 30 years, Kutessay II produced 80% of the rare earth metals for the former Soviet Union.

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Contact Details
Robert Mackay
President & CEO
[e-mail]
647-426-1865

David Vinokurov
Manager, Investor Relations
[e-mail]
647-426-1865

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This document includes forward-looking statements as well as historical information. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, use of proceeds from the Offering, the completion of the Offering, and the continued advancement of the company's general business development, research development and the company's development of mineral exploration projects. When used in this press release, the words "will", "shall", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intent", "may", "project", "plan", "should" and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements. Although Stans Energy Corp. believes that their expectations reflected in these forward looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statement. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include the potential that fluctuations in the marketplace for the sale of minerals, the inability to implement corporate strategies, the ability to obtain financing and other risks disclosed in our filings made with Canadian Securities Regulators.

About Stans Energy Stans Energy Corp. is focused on developing properties containing Rare Earth Elements (REEs), Uranium, and Associated Metals. The company continuously examines and evaluates new opportunities to acquire and develop proven resource properties in areas of the former Soviet Union. The headquarters of the company is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Stans Energy KG, is located in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Stans Energy Corp's Chairman, Rodney Irwin, was the former ambassador to the Russian Federation for Canada, and currently serves as the Honorary Consul of the Kyrgyz Republic for Canada.