Gastar Exploration Updates Canadian Filings.

HOUSTON -- Gastar Exploration Ltd. (AMEX:GST)(TSX:YGA) said today that it has filed with the Canadian System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) revised forms related to its oil and natural gas reserves as of December 31, 2005. The forms were revised to provide additional information to ensure compliance with Canadian National Instrument 51-101, "Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities", as required by the Alberta Securities Commission and the Toronto Stock Exchange. The revisions do not include any changes to Gastar's previously reported reserves in any of the reserve categories nor will the revised filings affect any of Gastar's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Form 51-101F1, "Statement of Reserves Data and Other Oil and Gas Information", revised Form 51-101F2, "Report of Reserve Data by Independent Qualified Reserves Evaluator", and revised Form 51-101F3, "Report of Management and Directors on Oil and Gas Disclosure" for the year ended December 31, 2005 can be found for viewing by electronic means on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Gastar Exploration, Ltd. is an exploration and production company focused on finding and developing natural gas assets in North America and Australia. The Company pursues a balanced strategy combining select higher risk, deep natural gas exploration prospects with lower risk coal bed methane (CBM) development. The Company owns and controls exploration and development acreage in the Deep Bossier gas play of East Texas and in the deep Trenton-Black River play in the Appalachian Basin. Gastar's CBM activities are conducted within the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and upon the approximate 3.0 million acres controlled by Gastar and its joint development partners in Australia's Gunnedah Basin (PEL 238) and Gippsland Basin (EL 4416) located in the states of New South Wales and Victoria, respectively.

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