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: August 26, 2016

(Date of earliest event reported)

Arête Industries, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


COLORADO	33-16820-D	84-1508638
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

7260 Osceola Street

Westminster, CO 80030

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(303) 427-8688

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

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Item 4.01. CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

On August 24, 2016, Arête Industries, Inc. (the "Company") filed a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing that Causey Demgen & Moore P.C. ("CDM"), the Company's prior independent registered public accounting firm, had declined the engagement for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.

On August 26, 2016, the Company's Board of Directors unanimously appointed Hein & Associates LLP ("Hein") to serve as the Company's new independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company's financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. The appointment became effective upon the completion of Hein's client acceptance procedures, which occurred on August 26, 2016,

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the interim period through August 26, 2016, the Company did not consult Hein with respect to either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company's financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company by Hein that Hein concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as that term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K, or a reportable event, as that term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

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.

	ARÊTE INDUSTRIES, INC.

Dated: August 26, 2016
	By:	/s/ Nicholas L. Scheidt
	Name:	Nicholas L. Scheidt
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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