OREANDA-NEWS. OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 10,000 U. S. and global securities, today announced Atlas Resource Partners, L. P. (OTCQX: ARPJ, ARPJN, ARPJP), a master-limited partnership and an independent developer and producer of natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. Atlas Resource Partners, L. P. previously traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Atlas Resource Partners, L. P. begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol "ARPJ," its preferred units will trade under the new symbols: ARPJP and ARPJN. U. S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www. otcmarkets. com.

"We are pleased to welcome Atlas Resource Partners, L. P. to our OTCQX Best Market," said Jason Paltrowitz, Executive Vice President of Corporate Services at OTC Markets Group. "Trading on OTCQX will allow Atlas Resource to continue to provide visibility to their investors through transparent trading, convenient access to news and financial disclosures and dedicated capital market support."

Ledgewood, P. C. serves as Atlas Resource Partners, L. P.'s OTCQX Advisor, responsible for providing professional guidance on OTCQX requirements and U. S. securities laws.

Atlas Resource Partners, L. P. is an exploration & production master limited partnership which owns an interest in over 14,500 natural gas and oil wells, located primarily in Appalachia, the Barnett Shale (TX), the Mississippi Lime (OK), the Eagle Ford Shale (TX), the Raton Basin (NM), Black Warrior Basin (AL) and the Rangely Field (CO). Atlas Resource Partners is also the largest sponsor of natural gas and oil investment partnerships in the U. S.