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): December 30, 2015

Rhino Resource Partners LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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)

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 5.03          Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rhino Resource Partners LP

On December 30, 2015, Rhino GP LLC, the general partner of Rhino Resource Partners LP (the “Partnership”), entered into the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership (“Amended Partnership Agreement”) to include references to an over-the-counter market on which limited partner interests of the Partnership, including common units, may be listed or admitted to trading.

The foregoing description of the Amended Partnership Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended Partnership Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

3.1                                                       Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rhino Resource Partners LP, dated as of December 30, 2015.

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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.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

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