Saratoga Resources, Inc. to receive the Oil and Gas Investor's prestigious Excellence Award

Saratoga Resources, Inc. (NYSE MKT: SARA) (the 'Company?) today
announced that it will be the recipient of an 'Excellence Award? by Oil
and Gas Investor magazine. The prestigious awards are presented to seven
leading energy firms for outstanding accomplishments and extraordinary
efforts in industry leadership, E&P success and financial innovation.
The award will be presented at Hart Energy′s 5th Annual Energy Capital
Conference on Thursday, June 7, 2012 in Houston, Texas.

Thomas Cooke, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Saratoga, stated
'It is an honor to be recognized for our accomplishments in 2011. We are
particularly proud to be selected by the Oil and Gas Investor magazine
and to be included with other industry leading firms such as Apache
Corp. (NYSE: APA) (Houston), Energy XXI (Nasdaq: EXXI) (LSE: EXXI)
(Houston), SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SD) (Oklahoma City) and Kodiak
Oil & Gas Corp. (NYSE: KOG) (Denver). This award is particularly sweet
coming on the heels of our successful private placement. The company′s
strong cash flow and balance sheet positions Saratoga for another great
year in 2012.?

About Saratoga Resources

Saratoga is an independent exploration and production Company with
offices in Houston, Texas and Covington, Louisiana. Principal holdings
cover 32,185 gross/net acres, mostly held-by-production, currently
located in the transitional coastline and protected in-bay environment
on parish and state leases of south Louisiana. For more information, go
to our website at www.saratogaresources.com
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Saratoga Resources, Inc.

Brad Holmes, Investor Relations,
713-654-4009

or

Thomas Cooke, CEO, 713-458-1560

or

Andrew
Clifford, President, 713-458-1560;

or

Michael Aldridge, CFO,
713-458-1560

www.saratogaresources.com