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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) January 21, 2014 


Rhino Resource Partners LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware 001-34892 27-2377517
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

424 Lewis Hargett Circle, Suite 250
Lexington, Kentucky
 40503
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(859) 389-6500
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  

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:

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

The information included in Item 7.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 21, 2014, Rhino Resource Partners LP (the "Partnership") issued a press release announcing a cash distribution of $0.445 per common unit for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, or $1.78 per unit on an annualized basis.  This distribution will be paid on February 14, 2014 to all common unitholders of record as of the close of business on January 31, 2014.  The Partnership also announced via press release an operations update for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 and related matters. A copy of the Partnership's press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Form 8-K and in the attached Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Items 2.02 and 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

    Exhibit 99.1.       Press release dated January 21, 2014


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.

  Rhino Resource Partners LP

January 21, 2014
By:

Rhino GP LLC,
Its General Partner

By:

/s/ WHITNEY C. KEGLEY
Name: Whitney C. Kegley
Title: Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel


  Exhibit Index
  99.1 Press release dated January 21, 2014