HOUSTON, March 2, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- Gastar Exploration Ltd. (NYSE Amex: GST) announced today that it will release its fourth quarter 2011 results on Thursday, March 8, 2012after the market closes.  In conjunction with the release, Gastar has scheduled a conference call for 10:00 a.m. Eastern Timeon Friday, March 9, 2012that will be broadcast live over the Internet. 

What:     

Gastar's Fourth Quarter 2011 Earnings Conference Call

When:    

Friday, March 9, 201210:00 a.m. ET (9:00 a.m. CT)   

How:     

Live via phone by dialing 480-629-9771 and asking for the Gastar call a few minutes prior to the start time, or live over the Internet by logging on to the web at the address below.

Where:   

http://www.gastar.com.  The webcast can be accessed from the Investor Relations home page.

For those who cannot listen to the live call, a telephonic replay will be available through March 16, 2012and may be accessed by calling 303-590-3030, using pass code 4521332#.  Also, an archive of the webcast will be available shortly after the call at www.gastar.com.

About 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.  Our principal business activities include the identification, acquisition, and subsequent exploration and development of natural gas and oil properties with an emphasis on prospective deep structures identified through seismic and other analytical techniques as well as unconventional natural gas reserves, such as shale resource plays.  We are pursuing natural gas exploration in the Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian area of West Virginiaand central and southwestern Pennsylvaniaand in the deep Bossier gas play in the Hilltop area of East Texas.  We also conduct limited coal bed methane development activities within the Powder River Basin of Wyomingand Montana.www.gastar.com.

Company Contact:
Gastar Exploration Ltd.
Michael Gerlich, Vice President and CFO
713-739-1800 / mgerlich@gastar.com

Investor Relations Counsel:
Lisa Elliott/ Anne Pearson
DRG&L  : 713-529-6600
lelliott@drg-l.com / apearson@drg-l.com

SOURCE Gastar Exploration Ltd.