First Energy Stephane Foucaud, First Energy Capital (7/20/12) "We reiterate our Speculative Buy recommendation on Tethys Petroleum Ltd. with a Target Price of CA$1.70/share following the announcement that the company's gross prospective resources in Tajikistan have been estimated at 27.5 Bboe. . .importantly, this has to be read in the context of ExxonMobil's reported interest in assets in Northern Afghanistan on the other side of the border, suggesting super majors are looking at the region; with this new resources assessment, Tethys is now the company offering exposure to the largest unrisked resources in our coverage universe"