UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549


FORM 8-K

AMENDMENT NO. 1


CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of Amendment (Date of Original Report):

July 11, 2011 (July 1, 2011)



High Plains Gas, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Nevada

 

333-125068

 

26-3633813

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)


3601 Southern Dr., Gillette, Wyoming

82718

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (307) 686-5030


n/a

(Former name and former address, if changed since last report)




Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Definitive Material Agreement


The Lease Agreement filed by High Plains Gas, Inc. (“HPG”) as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 1, 2011 was cancelled prior to execution and was filed inadvertently.  HPG has not yet entered into a lease agreement for executive offices.


SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


High Plains Gas, Inc.




Date: July 11, 2011

By:

\s\ Brent Cook

Name:

Brent Cook

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

Principal Executive Officer



Date: July 11, 2011

By:

\s\ Joseph Hettinger

Name:

Joseph Hettinger

Title:

Chief Financial Officer and Director

Principal Financial Officer




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