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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): August 25, 2008


PETROHUNTER ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
 
000-51152
(Commission
File Number)
 
98-0431245
(IRS Employer
Identifica­tion No.)


1600 Stout Street, Suite 2000, Denver, Colorado 80202
(Address of principal executive offices)            (Zip Code)


(303) 572-8900
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code


Not applicable
 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On August 25, 2008, the registrant and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively “PetroHunter”) entered into binding Purchase and Sale Agreements with Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. for the sale of an undivided 25% working interest in PetroHunter’s five Buckskin Mesa wells (and the applicable spacing units) in Rio Blanco County, Colorado (the “Five Wells”), which have been drilled but not completed, and an undivided 50% working interest in a seven million-acre prospect in the Beetaloo Basin of the Northern Territory, Australia, as more fully described in the news release which is filed as an exhibit to this report.

Closing of transaction is subject to satisfaction of several conditions, and is scheduled to take place within 30 days.

Item 9.01                                Financial Statements and Exhibits

Regulation
S-K Number
Document
   
10.1
Purchase and Sale Agreement between PetroHunter Energy Corporation and Sweetpea Petroleum Pty Ltd. and Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. and Falcon Oil & Gas Australia Pty Ltd. Dated August 25, 2008*
   
10.2
Purchase and Sale Agreement between PetroHunter Energy Corporation and PetroHunter Operating Company and Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. and Falcon Oil & Gas USA, Inc. Dated August 25, 2008*
   
99.1
News Release dated August 25, 2008
*To be filed by amendment.

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.


 
PETROHUNTER ENERGY CORPORATION
 
 
August 25, 2008
 
 
By:   /s/ David E. Brody                                          
               David E. Brody
Vice President and General Counsel
   
 

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Regulation
S-K Number
Document
   
10.1
Purchase and Sale Agreement between PetroHunter Energy Corporation and Sweetpea Petroleum Pty Ltd. and Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. and Falcon Oil & Gas Australia Pty Ltd. Dated August 25, 2008*
   
10.2
Purchase and Sale Agreement between PetroHunter Energy Corporation and PetroHunter Operating Company and Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. and Falcon Oil & Gas USA, Inc. Dated August 25, 2008*
   
99.1
News Release dated August 25, 2008
*To be filed by amendment.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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