Cimarex Energy Announces New Director

DENVER, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cimarex Energy Co. (NYSE: XEC)
announced that Harold R. Logan, Jr. joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Logan
will stand for election by the stockholders at Cimarex's annual meeting held
in 2010.

Mr. Logan, is a Co-Founder and director of Basic Materials and Services LLC
(Denver, Colorado), a privately held company founded in 2007 that invests in
companies providing specialized services for the pipeline construction and
sand/silica industries. Mr. Logan was also a Co-Founder of TransMontaigne
(Denver, Colorado) in 1995 and Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice
President, Treasurer and a director through 2002. From 1987 to 1995, he was
Senior Vice President/Finance, Chief Financial Officer and a director of
Associated Natural Gas Corporation.

Prior to that Mr. Logan was with Dillon Read & Co. Inc. and Rothschild, Inc.
Mr. Logan currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Suburban
Propane Partners, L.P. and as a director of Graphic Packaging Corporation,
both NYSE companies. He is also a director of Hart Energy Publishing LLC, a
private company that publishes the Oil & Gas Investor magazine and other
energy publications.

Mr. Logan attended Oklahoma State University, where he received a B.S. degree
in Economics. He further earned his M.B.A. in Finance from the Columbia
University Graduate School of Business.

About Cimarex Energy
Denver-based Cimarex Energy Co. is an independent oil and gas exploration and
production company with principal operations in the Mid-Continent, Permian
Basin and Gulf Coast areas of the U.S.

www.cimarex.com

SOURCE Cimarex Energy Co.

Mark Burford, Director of Capital Markets of Cimarex Energy Co.,
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