FOR: QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC.

FORT WORTH, TX--(Marketwire - April 27, 2012) -   Quicksilver Resources Inc. (NYSE: KWK) today announced the company expects to release first-quarter 2012 earnings on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, before the market opens. The company will host a conference call the same day at 10:00 a.m. central time to discuss financial and operating results.

Quicksilver invites interested parties to listen to the call via the company's website at www.qrinc.com or by calling 1-877-313-7932, using the conference ID number 41140318, approximately 10 minutes before the call. A digital replay of the conference call will be available at 2:00 p.m. central time the same day, and will remain available for 30 days. The replay can be dialed at 1-855-859-2056. Reference should be made to the conference ID number 41140318. The replay will also be archived for 30 days on the company's website.

About Quicksilver Resources

Fort Worth, Texas-based Quicksilver Resources is a natural gas and crude oil exploration and production company engaged in the development and acquisition of long-lived, unconventional reservoirs, including coalbed methane, shale gas, and tight sands gas in North America. The company has U.S. offices in Fort Worth, Texas; Glen Rose, Texas; Steamboat Springs, Colorado and Cut Bank, Montana. Quicksilver's Canadian subsidiary, Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc., is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. For more information about Quicksilver Resources, visit www.qrinc.com.

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