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10-K - FORM 10-K - ARETE INDUSTRIES INCd313322d10k.htm
EX-23 - CONSENT FROM RYDER SCOTT - ARETE INDUSTRIES INCd313322dex23.htm
EX-21 - SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT - ARETE INDUSTRIES INCd313322dex21.htm
EX-99.1 - REPORT FROM RYDER SCOTT - ARETE INDUSTRIES INCd313322dex991.htm
EX-32.2 - SECTION 906 CFO CERTIFICATION - ARETE INDUSTRIES INCd313322dex322.htm
EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION - ARETE INDUSTRIES INCd313322dex312.htm
EX-31.1 - SECTION 302 CEO CERTIFICATION - ARETE INDUSTRIES INCd313322dex311.htm

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the annual report of Arête Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Report”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, Donald W. Prosser, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ Donald W. Prosser

Donald W. Prosser

  Chief Executive Officer

  Dated: April 16, 2012

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Arête Industries, Inc. and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.