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) February 2513, ~~2015~~2017

ARKANOVA ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	000-51612	68-0542002
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

~~305~~3809 ~~Camp~~Juniper ~~Craft Road~~Trace, Suite ~~525~~201, Austin, TX ~~78746~~78738 (Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

(~~512) 222-0975 (~~Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (512) 222-0975

N/A (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) ~~N/A~~

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Item 58.0201 ~~Departure~~Other ~~of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Events.

OnWe ~~February~~intend ~~25,~~to ~~2015,~~file wea ~~re-priced~~Form 15 with the ~~exercise~~Securities ~~price~~and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to voluntarily terminate registration of our ~~4,650,000~~common stock ~~options~~and ~~granted~~suspend our duty to ~~directors~~file reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, ~~officers~~as amended (the “Exchange Act”), ~~employees~~on or about February 13, 2017. Our duty to file certain Exchange Act reports and forms with the SEC, ~~consultants~~including ~~from~~Forms ~~$0.~~10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, will be suspended immediately upon filing of the Form 15 and termination of registration of our common stock under the Exchange Act is expected to ~~$0.05~~occur as90 ~~noted~~days ~~below:~~after the filing of the Form 15.

Name	Position	Date of Grant	Number of Options	Previous Exercise Price	Expiry Date
Reginald Denny	Director & Officer	November 19, 2008	100,000	$0.10	September 30, 2018
Reginald Denny	Director & Officer	October 14, 2009	350,000	$0.10	December 31, 2018
Pierre Mulacek	Director & Officer	October 14, 2009	600,000	$0.10	December 31, 2018
Erich Hofer	Director	October 14, 2009	300,000	$0.10	December 31, 2018
Tommy Overstreet	Employee	August 1, 2010	100,000	$0.10	December 31, 2018
Pierre Mulacek	Director & Officer	October 8, 2010	650,000	$0.10	December 31, 2018
Reginald Denny	Director & Officer	October 8, 2010	550,000	$0.10	December 31, 2018
Erich Hofer	Director	October 8, 2010	300,000	$0.10	December 31, 2018
Pierre Mulacek	Director & Officer	March 1, 2014	300,000	$0.10	March 1, 2019
Reginald Denny	Director & Officer	March 1, 2014	300,000	$0.10	March 1, 2019
Erich Hofer	Director	March 1, 2014	300,000	$0.10	March 1, 2019
Tommy Overstreet	Employee	March 1, 2014	300,000	$0.10	March 1, 2019
Jay Waterman	Consultant	March 1, 2014	400,000	$0.10	March 1, 2019
Daniel Murray	Employee	November 1, 2014	100,000	$0.10	November 1, 2019
		Total	4,650,000

Our board of directors has decided to terminate registration of our common stock and suspend our duty to file reports under the Exchange Act after considering many factors, including the following:

~~Pierre~~(a) ~~Mulacek~~the financial cost, ~~Reginald~~involving ~~Denny~~auditors and ~~Erich~~attorneys ~~Hofer~~and ~~each~~our ~~abstained from~~staff ~~approving~~and the ~~price~~time ~~reduction~~required from management and directors to comply with the requirements under the Exchange Act; (b) our current financial condition; and (c) the impact of the continued registration of, and the continued reporting obligations in respect toof, ~~their~~our ~~own~~common ~~respective options~~stock under the Exchange Act on our common stock.

~~SIGNATURES~~- 3 -

~~Pursuant~~SIGNATURES ~~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.~~

~~ARKANOVA~~Pursuant ~~ENERGY~~to ~~CORPORATION~~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.

~~/s/~~ARKANOVA ~~Reginald~~ENERGY ~~Denny~~CORPORATION ~~Reginald Denny CFO and Director~~

/s/ Pierre Mulacek Pierre Mulacek President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Date: February 2513, ~~2015~~ 2017

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