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Gasco Energy Invites You to Join Its Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2005 Conference Call

DENVER – (PR Newswire) – February 17, 2006 – Gasco Energy, Inc. (AMEX:GSX) will release its fourth quarter and full-year 2005 financial and operating results and submit its filing on Form 10-K for 2005 after the market closes on Monday, February 27, 2006.

A conference call with investors, analysts and other interested parties is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 to discuss 2005 financial and operating results. You are invited to listen to the call which will be broadcast live over the Internet at www.gascoenergy.com.

Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Time: 10:30 a.m. EST

9:30 a.m. CST
8:30 a.m. MST
7:30 a.m. PST

Call: (866) 392-4171 (US/Canada) and (706) 634-6345 (International), passcode 5682033

Internet: Live and rebroadcast over the Internet: log on to www.gascoenergy.com

Replay: Available through Thursday, March 2 at (800) 642-1687 (US/Canada) and (706) 645-9291 (International) using passcode 5682033and for 30 days at www.gascoenergy.com

About Gasco Energy
Gasco Energy, Inc. is a Denver-based natural gas and oil exploitation and development company that focuses on natural-gas-rich prospects in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The Company currently is active in the Uinta Basin in Utah and controls acreage in the Greater Green River Basin of Wyoming. To learn more, visit www.gascoenergy.com.

Contact for Gasco Energy, Inc.: Investor Relations: 303-483-0044

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