Gastar Exploration, Ltd. (AMEX: GST)

Gastar Exploration, Ltd. (AMEX: GST), a Houston-based independent E&P company, is focused on the exploration, development and production of natural gas and oil in the United States and Australia. The company’s drilling operations are concentrated on exploiting locations in the Deep Bossier Sands and Knowles Limestone plays in the Hilltop area of East Texas and the emerging Marcellus Shale play in Appalachia, along with coalbed methane, or “CBM” development in southeast Australia and the Rocky Mountains. For further information, visit the Company’s web site at www.gastar.com.