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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): May 26, 2009


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)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On May 26, 2009, the registrant and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively “PetroHunter”) entered into a binding Purchase and Sale Agreement with Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. and its subsidiaries for the sale of an undivided 25% working interest in PetroHunter’s 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 on or before June 10, 2009.

Item 9.01                                Financial Statements and Exhibits

Regulation
S-K Number
Document
   
10.1
Purchase and Sale Agreement between PetroHunter Energy Corporation, PetroHunter Operating Company and Sweetpea Petroleum Pty Ltd. and Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd., Falcon Oil & Gas USA, Inc. and Falcon Oil & Gas Australia Pty Ltd. Dated May 26, 2009
   
99.1
News Release dated May 27, 2009


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
 
 
May 26, 2009
 
 
By:    /s/ Kyle L. WhiteJohnson                     
           Kyle L. WhiteJohnson
           Executive Vice President
   

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Regulation
S-K Number
Document
   
10.1
Purchase and Sale Agreement between PetroHunter Energy Corporation, PetroHunter Operating Company and Sweetpea Petroleum Pty Ltd. and Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd., Falcon Oil & Gas USA, Inc. and Falcon Oil & Gas Australia Pty Ltd. Dated May 26, 2009
   
99.1
News Release dated May 27, 2009


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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