Jul 20, 2017   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

Gastar Exploration Announces Second Quarter 2017 Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule

HOUSTON, July 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Gastar Exploration Inc. (NYSE MKT: GST) ("Gastar") announced today that it will release its second quarter 2017 results on Thursday, August 3, 2017 after the market closes. In conjunction with the release, Gastar has scheduled a conference call for 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Central Time) on Friday, August 4, 2017. Investors may participate in the call either by phone or audio webcast.

    By Phone:   Dial 1-412-902-0030 at least 10 minutes
                before the call. A telephone replay
                will be available through August 11 by
                dialing 1-201-612-7415 and using the
                conference ID: 13666599.


    By Webcast: Visit the Investor Relations page of
                Gastar's website at www.gastar.com
                under "Events & Presentations." Please
                log on a few minutes in advance to
                register and download any necessary
                software. A replay will be available
                shortly after the call.

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

About Gastar Exploration

Gastar Exploration Inc. is a pure play Mid-Continent independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil, condensate, natural gas and natural gas liquids. 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 holds a concentrated acreage position in the normally pressured oil window of the STACK Play, an area of central Oklahoma that is home to multiple oil and natural gas-rich reservoirs including the Meramec and Osage limestone formations, the Oswego limestone, the Woodford shale and Hunton limestone formations. For more information, visit Gastar's website at www.gastar.com.

Contacts:
Gastar Exploration Inc.
Michael A. Gerlich, Chief Financial Officer
713-739-1800 / mgerlich@gastar.com

Investor Relations Counsel:
Lisa Elliott / lelliott@dennardlascar.com
Dennard-Lascar Associates: 713-529-6600

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SOURCE Gastar Exploration Inc.