FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   SailingStone Capital Partners LLC 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/29/2018 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ANTERO RESOURCES Corp [AR] (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE CALIFORNIA STREET, 30TH FLOOR 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 34,965,677 (1) (2) I Held in accounts for which SailingStone Capital Partners LLC serves as investment adviser. (1)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SailingStone Capital Partners LLC ONE CALIFORNIA STREET 30TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111	Â	  X	Â	Â
Davis MacKenzie B ONE CALIFORNIA STREET 30TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111	Â	  X	Â	Â
Settles Kenneth L Jr ONE CALIFORNIA STREET 30TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111	Â	  X	Â	Â
SailingStone Holdings LLC ONE CALIFORNIA STREET 30TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Patrick W.D. Turley, Attorney-in-Fact		02/08/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Kenneth Settles holds approximately 0.89% of the limited partnership interests of SailingStone Global Natural Resources Fund, L.P. (the "Fund"), and may be considered to have a pecuniary interest in the proportionate amount of the common stock of the Company held by the Fund, or 25,715 shares. MacKenzie Davis holds approximately 1.11% of the limited partnership interests of the Fund and may be considered to have a pecuniary interest in the proportionate amount of the common stock of the Company held by the Fund, or 32,071 shares.
(2)	Each of the Reporting Persons (other than Kenneth Settles and MacKenzie Davis to the extent set forth above), hereby disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held in accounts for which SailingStone Capital Partners LLC serves as investment adviser pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the 1934 and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of any of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
  Remarks: On January 29, 2018, the Reporting Persons took one or more actions which could be deemed have the purpose or effect of influencing or changing the control of Antero Resources Corporation (the "Company").  Prior to this date, for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), the Reporting Persons did not beneficially own more than 10% of any class of the Company's equity securities due to exemptions from beneficial ownership under Rule 16a-1(a)(1)(v) and  Rule 16a-1(a)(1)(vii) under the 1934 Act, as applicable, for shares of the Company held in accounts for which SailingStone Capital Partners LLC serves as investment adviser. File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB number.

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