Ritchie

WELL DRILLING PERMIT

PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR NATURAL GAS HORIZONTAL WELL DRILLING PERMIT, pursuant to West Virginia Code Section 22-6A-10(e).

Antero Resources Corporation, 1625 17th Street, Denver, CO 80202, is applying for a permit for a natural gas horizontal well, Cairo-Anna Unit 3HRB, located at approximately UTM NAD 83 Easting 506900m, UTM NAD 83 Northing 4353855m in North Fork Hughes River Watershed, Pennsboro Quadrangle, Clay District, Ritchie County, WV which disturbs three acres or more of surface excluding pipelines, gathering lines and roads or utilizes more than two hundred ten thousand gallons of water in any thirty day period. To convert the coordinates above into longitude and latitude, visit: http://tagis.dep.wv.gov/convert/llutm_conus.php. To receive an email when applications have been received or issued by the Office of Oil and Gas, visit http://www.dep.wv.gov/insidedep/Pages/DEPMailingLists.aspx to sign up.

Any interested person may submit written comments or request a copy of the proposed permit application. Regardless of format for comment submissions, they must be received no later than thirty days after the permit application is received by the Office of Oil and Gas.

Comments may be submitted online at https://apps.dep.wv.gov/oog/comments/comments.cfm, or by letter to Permit Review, Office of Oil and Gas, 601 57th Street, SE Charleston, WV 25304. Emailed or written comments must reference the county, well number, and operator and be received within 30 days of the date of the last publication. Copies of the proposed permit application may be reviewed at the WV Department of Environmental Protection headquarters, located at 601 57th Street, SE, Charleston, WV 25304 (304-926-0450).  Full copies or scans of the proposed permit application will cost $15.00, whether mailed or obtained at DEP headquarters.

For information related to horizontal drilling, and all horizontal well applications filed in this state, visit: www.dep.wv.gov/oil-and-gas/Horizontal-Permits/Pages/default.aspx

Antero Resources Corporation