Antero Resources Names New VP-Finance and Investor Relations Head

DENVER, Aug. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Antero Resources Corporation (Antero) today announced the appointment of Michael N. Kennedy to the role of Vice President – Finance.  Mr. Kennedy will also serve in the investor relations role for Antero and will report to Antero's President and Chief Financial Officer, Glen C. Warren, Jr.

Mr. Kennedy brings to Antero broad corporate finance experience in both acquisitions and capital markets transactions in the exploration and production industry, including having served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Forest Oil Corporation since December 2009.  Mr. Kennedy served in various roles at Forest Oil from 2001 to 2009 including treasury, capital markets, financial analysis and investor relations.  Prior to Forest Oil, Mr. Kennedy was an auditor with Arthur Andersen from 1996 to 2001.  Mr. Kennedy holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Colorado.

Antero Resources is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, development and production of unconventional oil and liquids-rich natural gas properties primarily located in the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Our website is located at www.anteroresources.com.

This release may include "forward-looking statements".  Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Antero's control. All statements, other than historical facts included in this release, are forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. Although Antero believes that the plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements are reasonable, there is no assurance that these plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. Therefore, actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied or forecast in such statements.

We caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control, incident to the exploration for and development, production, gathering and sale of natural gas and oil. These risks include, but are not limited to, commodity price volatility, inflation, lack of availability of drilling and production equipment and services, environmental risks, drilling and other operating risks, regulatory changes, the uncertainty inherent in estimating natural gas and oil reserves and in projecting future rates of production, cash flow and access to capital, the timing of development expenditures, and the other risks described under the heading "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

SOURCE Antero Resources Corporation