Saratoga Resources Announces Appointments of Director and Advisory Director.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Saratoga Resources, Inc. (OTCBB:SROE), an emerging energy development company, today announced the appointment of Rex H. White, Jr. as a director and A.C. "Andy" Clifford as an advisory director.

Mr. White, age 73, is a self-employed attorney, Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, with over 46 years of experience in the energy industry. Prior to commencing his legal career, Mr. White worked as a petroleum geologist/geophysicist for approximately 10 years, including 7 years with Mobil Oil Corporation. Mr. White's long and distinguished career in the energy industry includes service as Special Counsel to the Texas Railroad Commission, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Texas, President of the Texas Independent Producer and Royalty Owners Association, and a Presidential appointment to The National Petroleum Council. Mr. White holds a B.S. in Geology, a M.A. in Geology with a minor in Petroleum Engineering and a law degree all from the University of Texas.

Mr. Clifford, age 51, is a petroleum geologist/geophysicist with over 27 years of experience in domestic and international oil and gas exploration and production. Mr. Clifford's broad experience includes providing professional geological services on prospects throughout the United States and around the world as an independent consultant, as Vice President of Exploration for BHP Petroleum and as a Senior Geophysicist for BHP Petroleum, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum and Esso Exploration. Mr. Clifford is a co-founder and Executive Vice President of Aurora Gas, LLC, an independent gas developer and producer with gas production operations in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Mr. Clifford holds a B.Sc., with honors, in Geology with Geophysics from London University and is a frequent speaker and published author on a variety of energy industry topics.

Regarding the appointment of Mr. White and Mr. Clifford, Thomas Cooke, Chairman and CEO of Saratoga, commented, "We are very pleased to add Rex White as a director and Andy Clifford as an advisory director of Saratoga. Rex and Andy bring over 70 years of combined experience and accomplishment in the industry. Their broad experience and sound judgment will undoubtedly help management in achieving our goal of emerging as a world class energy development company."

About Saratoga Resources, Inc.

Based in Austin, Texas, Saratoga Resources, Inc. is an oil and gas development, exploration and production company. Since the 1996 sale of a majority of the Company's oil and gas producing properties, the Company's operations have been limited to ownership of a participation interest in the Red Hawk Fusselman and Red Hawk Mississippian fields in Dawson County, Texas, rights in approximately 27 square miles of 3D seismic data in the area including the Company's Dawson County well and a license to approximately 2,000 miles of 2D seismic data in the U.S. gulf coast region and pursuit of various potential business opportunities, both within and outside of the oil and gas industry. In response to significant increases in oil and gas prices during 2005, the Company began developing plans to expand its existing oil and gas operating activities utilizing the experience and contacts of management in the energy industry to identify potential domestic oil and gas prospects and to participate in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of those prospects through partnerships, joint ventures and direct investments. Additional information regarding Saratoga can be accessed by reviewing the December 31, 2005 Form 10-KSB, and its other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The information in this release includes certain forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions that in the future may prove not to have been accurate. Those statements, and Saratoga, are subject to a number of risks, including the ability of the company to implement its business strategy. These and other risks are described in the company's documents and reports that are available from the company and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

For additional information, contact the Saratoga Resources, Inc. at 512-478-5717.