UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~WASHINGTON~~Washington, DCD.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~PURSUANT~~Pursuant TOto ~~SECTION~~Section 13 ORor 15(d) ~~OF THE~~

~~SECURITIES~~of ~~EXCHANGE~~the ~~ACT~~Securities OFExchange Act of 1934

Date of ~~report~~Report (Date of earliest event reported) ~~April~~: 22May 14, 2026

Prairie Operating Co. ~~(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)~~

~~Delaware~~ (~~State~~Exact orname ~~Other~~of ~~Jurisdiction~~registrant ofas ~~Incorporation~~specified in its charter)

001-41895	98-0357690
Delaware	001-41895	98-0357690
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

55 Waugh Drive Suite 400 Houston, TX	~~77007~~	77007
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(713) ~~766~~716-1200 (Registrant’s ~~Telephone~~telephone ~~Number~~number, ~~Including~~including ~~Area~~area ~~Code~~code)

Not Applicable ~~(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)~~

(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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share		PROP		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).~~Emerging growth company ☐~~

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 52.02 ~~Departure~~Results of ~~Directors~~Operations orand ~~Certain~~Financial ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Condition.

On ~~April~~May 2214, 2026, ~~Gizman I. Abbas provided the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of~~ Prairie Operating Co. ~~(the~~announced ~~“Company”)~~its ~~with~~financial ~~notice~~results offor ~~his resignation as a member of~~ the ~~Board,~~quarter ~~effective~~ended ~~May~~March 1531, 2026. ~~Mr.~~by ~~Abbas’s~~issuing ~~resignation~~a ~~was~~Current ~~not~~Report ~~the~~on ~~result~~Form 8-K. ofThe ~~any~~full ~~disagreement~~text ~~with~~of the ~~Company~~Current orReport ~~the~~on ~~Board~~Form on8-K ~~any~~issued ~~matter~~in ~~relating~~connection towith the ~~Company’s~~announcement ~~operations,~~is ~~policies~~attached orhereto ~~practices~~as Exhibit 99.1.

OnThe ~~April~~information 22being furnished under Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, ~~2026~~including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of the ~~Company~~Securities ~~issued~~Exchange aAct ~~press~~of ~~release~~1934, ~~regarding~~as ~~Mr.~~amended ~~Abbas’s~~(the ~~resignation.~~“Exchange AAct”), ~~copy~~or ofincorporated by reference in any filing under the ~~press~~Securities ~~release~~Act isof ~~furnished~~1933, as ~~Exhibit~~amended, 99or the Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.1.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1	Press Release, dated April 22, 2026.
Exhibit Number		Description
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File-formatted as Inline XBRL.
99.1		Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 14, 2026.
104		Cover Page Interactive Date File-formatted as Inline XBRL.

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.

Date:	April 22, 2026	Prairie Operating Co.
	PRAIRIE OPERATING CO.
	By:	~~By:~~/s/ Gregory S. Patton	~~/s/ Daniel T. Sweeney~~
	Name:	~~Name:~~Gregory S. Patton	~~Daniel T. Sweeney~~
	Title:	~~Title:~~Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer	~~Executive Vice President, General Counsel~~
			and Corporate Secretary
Date: May 14, 2026

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