DENVER, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gasco Energy, Inc. (NYSE MKT: GSX) today announced a conference call with investors, analysts and other interested parties that is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, March 7, 2013 to discuss fourth quarter 2012 financial and operating results. Gasco expects to release its financial and operating results after the close of trading on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. You are invited to listen to the call which will be broadcast live over the Internet at: http://us.meeting-stream.com/gascoenergyinc_030613

                      Gasco Energy Q4-12 Financial and Operating Results Conference Call
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    Date:                             Thursday, March 7, 2013
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    Time:                             11:00 a.m. EST

                                      10:00 a.m. CST

                                      9:00 a.m. MST

                                      8:00 a.m. PST
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    Call:                             (866) 392-4171 (US/Canada) and (706) 634-6345 (International),

                                      Passcode / Conference ID #: 16204411
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    Webcast/Internet:                  Live and rebroadcast over the Internet:  http://us.meeting-stream.com/
                                       gascoenergyinc_030613
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    Replay:                           Available through Thursday, March 14, 2013 at (855) 859-2056

                                       (US/Canada) and (404) 537-3406 (International) using passcode #16204411 and for
                                       30 days at http://www.gascoenergy.com
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About Gasco Energy

Denver-based Gasco Energy, Inc. is a natural gas and petroleum exploitation, development and production company engaged in locating and developing hydrocarbon resources, primarily in the Rocky Mountain region and in California's San Joaquin Basin. Gasco's principal business is the acquisition of leasehold interests in petroleum and natural gas rights, either directly or indirectly, and the exploitation and development of properties subject to these leases. Gasco focuses its drilling efforts in the Riverbend Project located in the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah, targeting the oil-bearing Green River Formation and the natural gas-prone Wasatch, Mesaverde, Blackhawk, Mancos, Dakota and Morrison formations. To learn more, visit http://www.gascoenergy.com.

SOURCE Gasco Energy, Inc.