Vancouver, BC - May 16, 2012: Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. ("Petaquilla" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Petaquilla Gold, S.A., in a formal press conference held in Panama City, Panama, paid royalties for the second half of calendar year 2011 to the Panamanian Government and to the Municipality of Donoso.

Vancouver, BC - May 10, 2012: Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. ("Petaquilla" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Don Cristobal Colon de Carvajal has accepted a position on the Company's Advisory Board effective immediately.

Vancouver, BC - May 9, 2012: Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. ("Petaquilla" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Dr. Andrew J. Ramcharan, Ph.D., P. Eng., has joined the Company as Executive Vice President - Corporate Development. Dr. Ramcharan, formerly with IAMGOLD Corporation as Manager - Corporate Development, is a vastly experienced and qualified Bay Street (Gold Miner-M&A) dealer. He has joined the Company's newly-formed Toronto office with the vision to grow the Company into a mid-tier gold producer through acquisitions and organic growth.

Vancouver, BC - May 8, 2012: Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. ("Petaquilla" or the "Company") reports that it will tomorrow file on SEDAR a revised technical report relating to its Molejon project (the "New Molejon Report"). The New Molejon Report has been submitted to the British Columbia Securities Commission and addresses the deficiencies noted in the Company's May 3, 2012, press release.

Vancouver, BC - May 3, 2012: Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. reports that the Corporate Finance Department of the British Columbia Securities Commission (the "BCSC") selected the Company for a technical disclosure review for the purpose of assessing the Company's compliance with the technical disclosure requirements of National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101"). As a result of such review, the Company received comments from the BCSC identifying certain disclosure and filing issues with respect to the Company's disclosure record.