FORT WORTH, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 05/15/12

Quicksilver Resources Inc. (NYSE: KWK) today announced that John Hinton, VP Finance & Investor Relations, will present at the UBS Global Oil & Gas Conference on May 24, 2012 at 11:20 a.m. central time and at the RBC Capital Markets Global Energy & Power Conference on June 4, 2012 at 4:05 p.m. eastern time.

Links to the live webcast presentations will be available at www.qrinc.com, where replays will also be available soon after the presentations.

About Quicksilver Resources

Fort Worth, Texas-based Quicksilver Resources is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, development and acquisition of oil and gas, primarily from unconventional reservoirs including gas from shales and coal beds 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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Investor & Media Contact:
John Hinton
(817) 665-4990