TGC Industries Inc (fka TGE)

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TGC Industries to Present at Sanders Morris Harris Middle Market Investor Growth Conference
Tuesday October 17, 7:00 am ET


PLANO, Texas, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TGC Industries, Inc. (Amex: TGE - News) today announced that the company will participate in the Sanders Morris Harris Middle Market Investor Growth Conference to be held at the Omni Berkshire Place Hotel in New York City on October 23 and 24, 2006.
Wayne Whitener, TGC Industries' President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present on Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet, and the live web cast link will be available on the company's website at http://www.tgcseismic.com and will also be archived for replay on the website.

TGC Industries, Inc., based in Plano, Texas, with a branch office in Houston, is one of the leading providers of seismic data acquisition services throughout the continental United States.


CONTACTS: Wayne Whitener
Chief Executive Officer
TGC Industries
[phone]

Jack Lascar, Partner
Karen Roan, SVP
DRG&E [phone]