ROANOKE, Va., July 2, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- RGC Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq:RGCO), the parent company for Roanoke Gas Company, announced today that it has been added to the Russell Microcap Index. This index is used frequently by investors and investment managers as a source of information on microcap sized companies. Russell establishes a new list of companies for each of their indices each year. CEO John B. Williamson, III, said that he was pleased with the inclusion of RGCO in the Russell Index and expects it to increase the interest in our stock among investors.
RGC Resources, Inc. provides energy and related products and services to customers in Virginia through its operating subsidiaries including Roanoke Gas Company, Diversified Energy Company and RGC Ventures of Virginia, Inc.
From time to time, the Company may publish forward-looking statements relating to such matters as anticipated financial performance, business prospects, technological developments, new products, research and development activities and similar matters. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. In order to comply with the terms of the safe harbor, the Company notes that a variety of factors could cause the Company's actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the Company's forward-looking statements.