Gastar Exploration Announces First Quarter 2013 Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule

HOUSTON, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gastar Exploration Ltd. (NYSE MKT: GST) announced today that it will release its first quarter 2013 results on Thursday, May 2, 2013 after the market closes.  In conjunction with the release, Gastar has scheduled a conference call for 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 3.  Investors may participate in the call either by phone or audio webcast.

For more information, please contact Donna Washburn at Dennard-Lascar Associates at 713-529-6600 or e-mail dwashburn@DennardLascar.com.

Gastar Exploration

Gastar Exploration Ltd. is an independent company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids in the United States.  Gastar's principal business activities include the identification, acquisition, and subsequent exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties with an emphasis on unconventional reserves such as shale resource plays. Gastar is currently pursuing the development of liquids-rich natural gas in the Marcellus Shale in West Virginia and is also in early stages of exploring and developing the Hunton Limestone horizontal oil play in Oklahoma.  The company also holds producing natural gas acreage in the deep Bossier play in the Hilltop area of East Texas, but has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its East Texas assets.  For more information, visit Gastar's website at www.gastar.com.

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