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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-16-140493
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161213
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161220
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161220

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RING ENERGY, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001384195
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				980495938
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36057
		FILM NUMBER:		162061379

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6555 SOUTH LEWIS STREET
		CITY:			TULSA
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			74136
		BUSINESS PHONE:		918-499-3880

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6555 SOUTH LEWIS STREET
		CITY:			TULSA
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			74136

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Transglobal Mining Corp.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070425

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Blanca Corp.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061220
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">CURRENT REPORT</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;December
13, 2016</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Ring Energy, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><B><U>90-0406406</U></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 49%; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; text-align: center"><B><U>901 West Wall St., 3rd Floor</U></B><BR> <B><U>Midland, Texas</U></B><BR>
&nbsp;(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
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&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 49%; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; text-align: center"><B><U>79707</U></B><BR>
&nbsp;&#9;(Zip Code)</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(432) 682-7464</B></P>

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area code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.07</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <B>Submission of Matters
to a Vote of Security Holders.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On December 13, 2015,
Ring Energy, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of stockholders (the &ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;),
at which the Company&rsquo;s stockholders voted on the following matters:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Election of six (6) directors to the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors to serve until the 2016
Annual Meeting of the Stockholders;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Non-binding, advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Ratifying the appointment of Eide Bailly LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public
accounting firm.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">As of the record date
of November 18, 2015, the Company had 41,917,061 shares of common stock outstanding. A total of 27,321,339 shares (65.17%) were
present at the Annual Meeting by proxy or in person.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All proposals were approved by the Company&rsquo;s
stockholders. The proposals are described in detail in the Company&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2016 (the &ldquo;Proxy Statement&rdquo;). The following tables provide the results of each
voting proposal:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Proposal 1</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company&rsquo;s
stockholders voted to re-elect Kelly Hoffman, David A. Fowler, Lloyd T. Rochford, Stanley M. McCabe, Anthony B. Petrelli, and Clayton
E. Woodrum as directors of the Company. The votes for each were as follows:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 2.25pt; width: 28%">D<B>irector</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center; width: 18%"><B><U>Votes For</U></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center; width: 18%"><B><U>Votes Against </U></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center; width: 18%"><B><U>Abstentions</U></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center; width: 18%"><B><U>Broker Non-Votes</U></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 2.25pt">Kelly Hoffman</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">26,586,668</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">636,484</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">98,187</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">0</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 2.25pt">David A. Fowler</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">26,845,943</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">377,144</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">98,252</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">0</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 2.25pt">Lloyd T. Rochford</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">14,702,390</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">12,520,697</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">98,252</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">0</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 2.25pt">Stanley M. McCabe</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">14,935,667</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">12,287,420</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">98,252</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">0</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 2.25pt">Anthony B. Petrelli</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">25,845,043</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">378,044</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">98,252</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">0</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 2.25pt">Clayton E. Woodrum</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">26,846,243</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">376,844</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">98,252</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">0</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Proposal 2</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company&rsquo;s stockholders approved,
on a non-binding advisory basis, the overall compensation of the Company&rsquo;s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company&rsquo;s
Proxy Statement. The results of the proposal were as follows:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; border: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><B><U>Votes For</U></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><B><U>Votes Against </U></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><B><U>Abstentions</U></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><B><U>Broker Non-Votes</U></B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">15,333,925</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">11,774,225</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">213,189</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">0</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Proposal 3</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company&rsquo;s
stockholders ratified the appointment of Eide Bailly LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm for
2016. The results of the proposal were as follows:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; border: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><B><U>Votes For</U></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><B><U>Votes Against </U></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><B><U>Abstentions</U></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><B><U>Broker Non-Votes</U></B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">26,604,342</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">638,313</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">78,684</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 1.5pt">0</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 7.01</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <B>Regulation FD Disclosure.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to General
Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed &ldquo;filed&rdquo;
for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section,
and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">As described in Item
5.07 of this Report, on December 13, 2015, the Company held its Annual Meeting at which our stockholders elected the directors
listed above. At a Board of Directors&rsquo; meeting immediately following the Annual Meeting, the Board made the following committee
assignments: Directors Woodrum, Petrelli, and McCabe shall serve on the Audit Committee, with Mr. Woodrum serving as Chairman.
Directors Rochford and McCabe shall serve on the Compensation Committee, with Mr. Rochford serving as Chairman. Directors Rochford
and McCabe shall serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, with Mr. Rochford serving as Chairman. Directors Rochford
and McCabe shall serve on the Executive Committee.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: December 19, 2016</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ William R. Broaddrick &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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