UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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HIGH PLAINS GAS, INC.
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(NAME OF PERSON(S) FILING PROXY STATEMENT, IF OTHER THAN THE REGISTRANT)

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HIGH PLAINS GAS, INC

ATTN: BRENT M. COOK ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS If
3601 SOUTHERN DR you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our
GILLETTE, WY 82718 company in mailing proxy materials, you can
 consent to receiving all future proxy statements,
 proxy cards and annual reports electronically via
 e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic
 delivery, please follow the instructions above to
 vote using the Internet and, when prompted,
 indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy
 materials electronically in future years.

 VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone
 telephone to transmit your voting instructions up
 until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the
 cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card
 in hand when you call and then follow the
 instructions.

 VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card
 and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have
 provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o
 Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:

1. Election of Directors NOMINEES 01 Mark D. Hettinger 02 Joseph Hettinger 03 Gary Davis 04 Cordell Fonnesbeck 05 Alan R. Smith

For Withold For All To withhold authority to vote for any individual
All All Except nominee(s), mark "For All Except" and write the number(s)
[ ] [ ] [ ] of the nominee(s) on the line below.

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The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:

2. Ratification of the selection of Eide Bailly CPA's For Against Abstain
as our independent registered public accounting firm [ ] [ ] [ ]
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name, by authorized officer.

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Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owner) Date

HIGH PLAINS GAS, INC.
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
JUNE 29, 2011 2:00 PM
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The shareholder(s) hereby appoint(s) Brent M. Cook and M. Richard Cutler, or either of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of Common stock of HIGH PLAINS GAS, INC. that the shareholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of shareholder(s) to be held at 2:00 PM, MDT on June 29, 2011, at the Denver Petroleum Club, 1325 Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado 80204, and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN. IF NO SUCH DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF NOMINEES FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS LISTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE, AND FOR PROPOSAL 2.

Continued and to be signed on reverse side