Magnum Hunter Resources (MHR) Declares Cash Dividend on Series C Perpetual Preferred Stock

HOUSTON, TX–(Marketwire – 06/11/10) – Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation (AMEX:MHR – News) (AMEX:MHR-PC – News) (“Magnum Hunter,” or the “Company”) announced today that it has declared a cash dividend on the Company’s 10.25% Series C Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”).

The dividend on the Series C Preferred Stock is payable on June 30, 2010, to holders of record on June 18, 2010. The payment will be an annualized 10.25% per share, which is equivalent to approximately $0.6318 per share based on the $25.00 face value. The Series C Preferred Stock is currently listed on the NYSE Amex.

About Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation

Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation and subsidiaries are a Houston, Texas-based independent exploration and production company engaged in the acquisition of exploratory leases and producing properties, secondary enhanced oil recovery projects, exploratory drilling, and production of oil and natural gas in the United States. The Company is presently active in three of the “big four” emerging unconventional shale plays in the United States.

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