Saratoga Resources, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Results Investor/Analyst Conference Call Scheduled for Thursday, August 9, 2012

Saratoga Resources, Inc. (NYSE MKT: SARA, the 'Company?) today announced
that it will host a conference call on Thursday, August 9, 2012 to
discuss its second quarter 2012 results and to provide a current update
on operations.

The call will begin at 10:30 AM EDT (9:30 AM CDT, 7:30 AM PDT) and
interested parties in the U.S. can participate in the call by dialing
(866) 501-1535. Interested international parties can participate in the
call by dialing (216) 672-5582. The participant passcode for both the
U.S. and international call is 11426728. Alternatively, the audio
content of the call can be accessed on the Company′s web site at www.saratogaresources.com.
The call will be archived on the Company web site for parties who are
unable to participate in the live call. Also, a written transcript of
the call will be available on the Company′s web site beginning 72 hours
after the call.

Further details, including a slide presentation accompanying the call,
will be accessible on the Company′s website at www.saratogaresources.com
in advance of the call.

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. The company's large
drilling inventory has targets that range from as shallow as 1,000 feet
to the ultra-deep prospects below 20,000 feet, almost all of which are
in water depths of less than 10 feet. For more information, go to
Saratoga's website at www.saratogaresources.com
and sign up for regular updates by clicking on the Updates button.

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