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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000101594-08-000088
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080819
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080820
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080820

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			US ENERGY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000101594
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				830205516
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-06814
		FILM NUMBER:		081029373

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		877 NORTH 8TH WEST
		STREET 2:		GLEN L LARSEN BLDG
		CITY:			RIVERTON
		STATE:			WY
		ZIP:			82501
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3078569271

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		877 NORTH 8TH WEST
		CITY:			RIVERTON
		STATE:			WY
		ZIP:			82501

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WESTERN STATES MINING INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19851229
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Creek Metals Company USA (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">TCM</font>&#8221;), a Colorado
corporation headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, entered into an Exploration,
Development and Mine Operating Agreement for USE&#8217;s Lucky Jack molybdenum
property (&#8220;Property&#8221;) in Gunnison County, Colorado.</font></div>
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during which TCM may exercise an option (&#8220;the Option&#8221;) to acquire up to a 50%
interest in the Property; and the Joint Venture Period, during which TCM will
form a joint venture with USE and also have an option to acquire up to an
additional 25% interest in the Property.</font></div>
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15%</font>.&#160;&#160;At TCM&#8217;s election within 36 months of incurring a minimum
of $15,000,000 in expenditures on or related to the Property (including the
option payments to USE), TCM may acquire an undivided working interest of 15% in
the Property and the business of the project.</font></div>
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First Stage of the option period.</font></div>
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Additional 35%</font>.&#160;&#160;If by July 31, 2018, TCM has incurred a total
of at least $43,500,000 of expenditures (including amounts during the first
stage) and paid USE the $6,500,000 of option payments (for a total of
$50,000,000), TCM may elect to acquire an additional 35% (for a total of 50%
after it exercised the first stage option for 15%).&#160;&#160;None of the
interests acquired by TCM will be subject to any overriding royalty by
USE.</font></div>
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by TCM to incur the required amount of expenditures by a deadline, or make an
Option Payment to USE, will terminate the Agreement without further obligation
to USE.&#160;&#160;TCM may terminate the Agreement at any time, but if earned
and elected to accept, TCM will retain the 15% interest and be responsible for
that share of all costs and expenses related to the Property.</font></div>
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six months of TCM&#8217;s election to acquire the 50% interest, TCM in its sole
discretion shall elect to form a Joint Venture and either: (i) participate on a
50%-50%&#160;&#160;basis with USE, each party to bear their own share of
expenditures from formation date; or (ii) acquire up to an additional 25%
interest in project by paying 100% of all expenditures equal to $350,000,000
(for a total of $400,000,000, including the $50,000,000 to earn the 50% interest
in the second stage of the Option Period), at which point the participation
would be 75% TCM and 25% USE.&#160;&#160;Provided however, if TCM makes
expenditures of at least $70 million of the $350 million in expenditures and TCM
decides not to fund the additional $210 million in expenditures, TCM will have
earned an additional 2.5% (for a total of 52.5%).&#160;&#160;Thereafter, TCM
will earn an incremental added percentage interest for each dollar it spends
toward the total $350,000,000 amount.</font></div>
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time before incurring the entire $350,000,000, TCM in its sole discretion may
determine to cease funding 100% of expenditures, in which event USE and TCM then
would share expenditures in accordance with their participation interests at
that date, in accordance with the Joint Venture.&#160;&#160;With certain
exceptions, either party&#8217;s interest is subject to dilution in the event of
non-participation in funding the Joint Venture&#8217;s budgets.</font></div>
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Committee will govern the Joint Venture&#8217;s operations, with two representatives
each from USE and TCM; TCM shall have the deciding vote in the event of a
committee deadlock.</font></div>
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Property goes into production, TCM will purchase USE&#8217;s share of the molybdic
oxide produced from the Property at an average price as published in Platt&#8217;s
Metals Weekly price less a discount with a cap and a floor, such discount band
to be adjusted every 5 years indexed to GDP deflator.</font></div>
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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.</font></div>
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