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): March 13, 2020

Rhino Resource Partners LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-34892

27-2377517

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

424 Lewis Hargett Circle, Suite 250

Lexington, Kentucky 40503

(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)

(859) 389-6500

(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

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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
N/A		N/A		N/A

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).

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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 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets..

As previously disclosed, on September 6, 2019, Rhino Resource Partners LP (the “Partnership”) and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries (the “Sellers”) entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Alliance Coal, LLC (“Buyer”) and Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. pursuant to which the Sellers agreed to sell to Buyer all of the real property, permits, equipment and inventory and certain other assets associated with the Pennyrile mine complex in exchange for approximately $3.7 million, subject to certain adjustments (the “Pennyrile Sale”). The Pennyrile Sale closed on March 13, 2020. Following the closing purchase price adjustments, the total consideration received by the Sellers was approximately $3.0 million.

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: March 19, 2020	By:	/s/ Whitney C. Kegley
		Whitney C. Kegley
		Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

Rhino Resource Partners LP 8-K