UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 22, 2011

MANAS PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Bahnhofstrasse 9, 6341 Baar, Switzerland
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

+41 (44) 718 10 30
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) \

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Effective November 22, 2011 we entered into a consulting agreement with General Research GmbH to provide investor relations and corporate communication services predominately in Europe to our company. Under the terms of the consulting agreement, General Research will be paid a monthly retainer of EUR 5,000 plus out of pocket expenses. We have also issued 500,000 stock options to purchase shares of our common stock at a price of $0.20 per share until November 23, 2016. The options are subject to vesting provisions.

The consulting agreement will terminate on November 16, 2013 unless extended by both parties.

We issued the securities to one non-U.S. person (as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) in an offshore transaction in which we relied on the registration exemption provided for in Regulation S and/or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

A copy of the consulting agreement is attached as exhibit 10.1 to this current report on Form 8-K.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The information provided under Item 1.01 is responsive to the information required by this Item 3.02.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

MANAS PETROLEUM CORPORATION

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