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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 8, 2013

 

Rhino Resource Partners LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

001-34892

(Commission

File Number)

 

27-2377517

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

424 Lewis Hargett Circle, Suite 250
Lexington, Kentucky 40503
(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)

 

(859) 389-6500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On April 8, 2013, Rhino Resource Partners LP (“Rhino”) announced that it closed on an agreement with a third party to sell the 20% royalty interest on its owned Utica Shale property for approximately $10.5 million.  Rhino’s owned Utica Shale property was leased to a third party in March 2012 and the lease agreement stipulated that Rhino retained a 20% royalty based upon the gross proceeds received from the sale of oil and/or natural gas recovered from the leased property.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)     Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release dated April 8, 2013.

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

RHINO RESOURCE PARTNERS LP

 

 

 

By:

Rhino GP LLC, Its General Partner

Dated: April 8, 2013

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Whitney C. Kegley

 

Name: Whitney C. Kegley

 

Title: Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release dated April 8, 2013.

 

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