EXHIBIT 99.1




Gasco
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Energy



For Immediate Release on Monday, June 26, 2006

         GASCO ENERGY PROMOTES PEGGY HERALD TO CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER

DENVER - June 26, 2006 - (PRNewswire) - Gasco Energy (AMEX: GSX) today announced
that its Board of Directors  has  approved the  promotion of Ms. Peggy Herald to
Chief Accounting Officer, effective immediately.

Ms.  Herald joined Gasco in 2002 as  Controller  and was since  promoted to Vice
President and  Controller.  She has over 18 years of financial,  accounting  and
reporting  experience in the oil and gas industry.  Prior to joining Gasco,  she
served as the Financial Reporting Manager for Hallwood Energy Corporation, where
she managed the financial  reporting process for several publicly traded oil and
gas corporations and limited partnerships.  She also worked in public accounting
for five years at  Deloitte & Touche LLP and KPMG LLP.  Ms.  Herald is a CPA and
holds a BS degree in Accounting from PlaceNameplaceRegis PlaceNameUniversity.

"I speak for all Gasco's  executives  when I say I am pleased that our Board has
approved Peggy's  promotion," said King Grant,  Gasco's Chief Financial Officer.
"Gasco  continues to practice the highest  standards of internal  financial  and
reporting  procedures and Peggy's  contributions  are very important part in the
maintaining  this  integrity.  We are fortunate to be able to attract and retain
talented  financial  and technical  staff in a time where  industry is facing an
acute shortage of qualified personnel."

About Gasco Energy
Gasco  Energy,  Inc.  is a  Denver-based  natural gas and oil  exploitation  and
development  company  that  focuses on  natural-gas-rich  prospects in the Rocky
Mountain area of the United States. The Company currently is active in the Uinta
Basin in Utah and controls  acreage in the Greater Green River Basin of Wyoming.
To learn more, visit www.gascoenergy.com.

Contact for Gasco Energy, Inc.: Investor Relations: 303-483-0044

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