Gastar Exploration Announces Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule

HOUSTON, Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gastar Exploration Ltd. (NYSE MKT: GST) announced today that it will release its third quarter 2012 results on Wednesday, November 7, after the market closes.  In conjunction with the release, Gastar has scheduled a conference call for 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 8.  Investors may participate in the call either by phone or audio webcast.

For more information, please contact Donna Washburn at DRG&L at 713-529-6600 or e-mail dmw@drg-l.com.

Gastar Exploration

Gastar Exploration Ltd. is an independent company engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas and oil in the United States.  Gastar's principal business activities include the identification, acquisition, and subsequent exploration and development of natural gas and oil 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 the Appalachia area of West Virginia and, to a lesser extent, central and southwestern Pennsylvania. Gastar also holds prospective acreage in the deep Bossier play in the Hilltop area of East Texas and in the Mid-Continent area of the United States.  For more information, visit Gastar's website at www.gastar.com.

SOURCE Gastar Exploration Ltd.

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