Range Energy Resources Inc.: Closing of Non-Brokered Private Placement Financing

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 13, 2013) -

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES

Range Energy Resources Inc. (the "Company") (CNSX:RGO)(FRANKFURT:YGK) is pleased to announce that further to its news release dated March 8, 2013, it closed the non-brokered Private Placement for 87,500,000 units (the "Units") of the Company at a price of CDN$0.04 per Unit for gross proceeds of $3,500,000.

Each Unit consists of one (1) common share and one (1) transferrable share purchase warrant. Each warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one (1) additional common share of the Company on or before March 12, 2015 at a price of CDN$0.05 per common share.

The Company paid a finder's fee of $25,000.00 (5% on $500,000) and 625,000 finder's warrants (5% on 12,500,000 Units). Each finder's warrant entitles the finder to purchase one (1) common share of the Company on or before March 12, 2015 at a price of CDN$0.05 per common share.

The securities issued are subject to a four (4) month hold period that expires on July 13, 2013.

The capital from the Offering will be used for continued exploration on the Company's Khalakan Block project in Kurdistan and general working capital purposes.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors:

Toufic Chahine, Chairman

THIS PRESS RELEASE, REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE CANADIAN LAWS, IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES, AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN. THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS UNLESS REGISTERED OR EXEMPT THEREFROM.

This news release contains certain statements that may be deemed to include "forward-looking information". Forward looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may", "could" or "should" occur. Although Range Energy believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of Range Energy's management on the date the statements are made. Except as required by law, Range Energy Resources Inc. undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.