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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Form S-8</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CANO PETROLEUM, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">309 West 7<sup>th</sup> Street, Suite 1600</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">76102</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Fort Worth, Texas</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Cano Petroleum, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Cano Petroleum, Inc.&#146;s 2005 Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Cano Petroleum, Inc. Stock Option Agreement for Gerald
W. Haddock</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Cano Petroleum Inc. Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement
for James K. Teringo, Jr.</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">S. Jeffrey Johnson</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chief Executive Officer</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">309 West 7<sup>th</sup> Street, Suite 1600</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Fort Worth, Texas&#160; 76102</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name and address of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(817) 698-0900</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  to be registered (1)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed
  maximum offering price per share (2)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed
  maximum aggregate offering price (2)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount
  of registration fee (2)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, $0.0001
  par value</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,225,000(3)</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.96</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8,526,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">913.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.04%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Plus such indeterminate number of shares
of Common Stock as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance with Rule 416
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The proposed maximum offering price per
share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price have been estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
paragraphs (c) and (h)(1) of Rule 457 promulgated under the Securities Act,
based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as
reported on the American Stock Exchange on March 16, 2006.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Includes 1,000,000 shares of
common stock authorized for issuance pursuant to the Cano Petroleum, Inc. 2005
Long-Term Incentive Plan, 125,000 shares of common stock authorized for
issuance pursuant to the Cano Petroleum, Inc.&#146;s 2005 Directors&#146; Stock Option
Plan, 50,000 shares of common stock authorized for issuance pursuant to the
Cano Petroleum, Inc. Stock Option Agreement for Gerald W. Haddock and 50,000
shares of common stock authorized for issuance pursuant to the Cano Petroleum,
Inc. Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement for James K. Teringo, Jr.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART I</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to participants in the Cano Petroleum, Inc. 2005 Long-Term
Incentive Plan, Cano Petroleum, Inc.&#146;s 2005 Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan, Cano
Petroleum, Inc. Stock Option Agreement for Gerald W. Haddock, and Cano Petroleum,
Inc. Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement for James K. Teringo, Jr.
(collectively, the &#147;Plans&#148;) as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).&#160;
In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8 such documents
will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;).&#160; These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART II</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Cano Petroleum, Inc.
(&#147;Cano&#148;) hereby incorporates herein by reference the following documents previously
filed with the Commission:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:92.72%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cano&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year
  ended June 30, 2005, filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;20, 2005;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:92.72%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:92.72%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cano&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the
  quarter ended September 30, 2005, filed with the Commission on
  November&nbsp;9, 2005;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:92.72%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:92.72%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cano&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the
  quarter ended December 31, 2005, filed with the Commission on February 14,
  2006;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:92.72%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:92.72%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cano&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
  Commission on August 9, 2005; August 9, 2005; September 15, 2005; September
  19, 2005; September 20, 2005; September 22, 2005; October 4, 2005 (Items 8.01
  and 9.01); October 5, 2005; November 9, 2005; December 5, 2005; December 9,
  2005; December 19, 2005; January 3, 2006; January 12, 2006; January 19, 2006;
  and March 1, 2006;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:92.72%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:92.72%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cano&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the
  Commission on February 21, 2006; and</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:92.72%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vi)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:92.72%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the description of the Common Stock appearing under
  the heading &#147;Description of Securities&#148; contained in Cano&#146;s Registration
  Statement on Form SB-2/A filed with the Commission on February 13, 2006.</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 45.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents
subsequently filed by Cano with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be part hereof from the date such documents are filed.&#160; Any statement contained herein or in any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement
to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160;
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to
constitute a part of this registration statement, except as so modified or
superseded.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of
Securities.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
5.&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Not applicable.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
6.&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (i)&#160;&#160;&#160; Cano&#146;s
Certificate of Incorporation (the &#147;Certificate of Incorporation&#148;), in
accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the </font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (&#147;Delaware Code&#148;),
provides that no director of Cano will be personally liable to Cano or any of
its stockholders or to other security holders for monetary damages arising from
the director&#146;s breach of fiduciary duty as a director.&#160; However, this does not apply with respect to
liability for monetary damages for (i) any breach of his duty of loyalty to
Cano or its stockholders or to other security holders; (ii) acts or omissions
of the director not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of the law by such director; (iii) acts by such director as
specified by the Delaware Code; or (iv)&nbsp;any transaction for which such
director derived an improper personal benefit.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Bylaws of Cano (&#147;Bylaws&#148;) provide that Cano shall indemnify its
directors or officers, former directors or officers, or any person who may have
served at its request as a director or officer of another corporation in which
Cano owns shares of capital stock or of which it is a creditor and the personal
representatives of all such persons, against expenses actually and necessarily
incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit, or proceeding in
which they, or any of them, were made parties, or a party, by reason of being
or having been directors or officers or a director or officer of Cano, or of
such other corporation, except in relation to matters as to which any such
director or officer or person shall have been adjudged in such action, suit, or
proceeding to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of any
duty owned to the Corporation.&#160; Such
indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which
those indemnified may be entitled, independently of the Bylaws, by law, under
any Bylaw agreement, vote of stockholders, or otherwise to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware Code.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the provisions of Section 145 of the Delaware Code, Cano has
the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of Cano) by reason of the fact that he is or
was a director, officer, employee, or agent of Cano, or is or was serving at
the request of Cano as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, <i><font style="font-style:italic;">provided</font></i>, <i><font style="font-style:italic;">however</font></i>,
that Cano shall&#160; indemnify any such
person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding stated above and
initiated by such person only if such action, suit or proceeding was authorized
by Cano&#146;s board of directors.&#160; The power
to indemnify applies only if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in the best interest, or not opposed to the best
interest, of Cano and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The power to indemnify applies
to actions brought by or in the right of Cano to procure a judgment in its
favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set
forth above, against such expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if
he acted under similar standards, except that in such actions no
indemnification shall be made in the event of any adjudication of liability
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or court in which such
action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To the extent a present or
former director or officer of Cano has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified
against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection therewith.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
statute further specifically provides that the indemnification authorized
thereby shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any such
officer or director may be entitled under any bylaws, agreements, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or
persons controlling Cano pursuant to the foregoing provisions, Cano has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
unenforceable.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&#160;&#160; Cano has purchased a directors &amp; officers insurance policy on
behalf of its directors.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
7.&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption from Registration Claimed.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
8.&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-indent:-2.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">No</font></b>.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Designation
  for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, included in the Company&#146;s
  Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s
  registration statement on Form 10-SB (File No. 000-50386, filed </font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

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 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">No</font></b>.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;4, 2003).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate
  of Designation for Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated by
  reference to Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  June&nbsp;8, 2004).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate
  of Designation for Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated by
  reference to Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  July&nbsp;15, 2004).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Credit
  Agreement among Cano Petroleum,&nbsp;Inc., as Borrower, The Lenders Party
  Hereto from Time to Time, as Lenders, and Union Bank of California, N.A., as
  Administrative Agent and as Issuing Lender, dated November&nbsp;29, 2005
  (Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Form 8-K filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2005).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subordinated
  Credit Agreement among Cano Petroleum,&nbsp;Inc., as Borrower, The Lenders
  Party Hereto From Time to Time, as Lenders, and Energy Components SPC EEP
  Energy Exploration and Production Segregated Portfolio, as Administrative
  Agent, dated November&nbsp;29, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to the
  Company&#146;s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  December 1, 2005).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion
  and Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent
  of Haynes and Boone, LLP (Included in Exhibit 5.1).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent
  of Hein &amp; Associates LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.3*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent
  of Forrest A. Garb &amp; Associates, Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Powers
  of Attorney (included on signature page to this registration statement).</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-2.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in -1.45pt 6.0pt 0in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Each
document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
9.&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160; The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160; To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160; To include
any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&#160;&#160; To reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&#160; To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">provided,
however</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160; That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&#160;&#160; To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160; The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes
that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in -1.45pt 6.0pt 0in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (c)&#160;&#160; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Fort Worth, State of Texas, on the 20<sup>th</sup>
day of March, 2006.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 4.0in;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CANO PETROLEUM, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 4.0in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 4.0in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="36%" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:288.7pt;width:36.88%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp; S. Jeffrey Johnson</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">S. Jeffrey Johnson</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Executive Officer
  and</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Board</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 4.0in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers
and directors of Cano Petroleum, Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby
constitute and appoint S. Jeffrey Johnson and Michael J. Ricketts, and each of
them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents or attorney-in-fact
and agent, with power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of
them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said
corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
rules and regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission
in connection with this registration statement.&#160;
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority,
the powers granted include the full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, the
power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors
in the capacities indicated below to this registration statement, to any and
all amendments (including any post-effective amendments) and supplements
thereto, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part or in
connection with this registration statement, and each of the undersigned hereby
ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.&#160;
The Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><a name="TableHead"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Signature</font></b></a></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:28.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:27.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.94%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp; S. Jeffrey Johnson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief
  Executive Officer and<br>
  Chairman of the Board</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March
  20, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">S.
  Jeffrey Johnson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March
  20, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp; Donnie D. Dent</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Donnie
  D. Dent</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March
  20, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp; Gerald W. Haddock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gerald
  W. Haddock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March
  20, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp; Randall Boyd</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Randall
  Boyd</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March
  20, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp; Dr. Jim Underwood</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dr.
  Jim Underwood</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March
  20, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp; Morris B. &#147;Sam&#148; Smith</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Morris
  B. &#147;Sam&#148; Smith</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief
  Financial Officer and<br>
  Principal Accounting Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March
  20, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp; Michael J. Ricketts</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael
  J. Ricketts</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT
INDEX</font></b></p>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">No</font></b>.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Designation
  for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, included in the Company&#146;s
  Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s
  registration statement on Form 10-SB (File No. 000-50386, filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;4, 2003).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate
  of Designation for Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated by
  reference to Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  June&nbsp;8, 2004).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate
  of Designation for Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated by
  reference to Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  July&nbsp;15, 2004).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Credit
  Agreement among Cano Petroleum,&nbsp;Inc., as Borrower, The Lenders Party
  Hereto from Time to Time, as Lenders, and Union Bank of California, N.A., as
  Administrative Agent and as Issuing Lender, dated November&nbsp;29, 2005
  (Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Form 8-K filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2005).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subordinated
  Credit Agreement among Cano Petroleum,&nbsp;Inc., as Borrower, The Lenders
  Party Hereto From Time to Time, as Lenders, and Energy Components SPC EEP
  Energy Exploration and Production Segregated Portfolio, as Administrative
  Agent, dated November&nbsp;29, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to the
  Company&#146;s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  December 1, 2005).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion
  and Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent
  of Haynes and Boone, LLP (Included in Exhibit 5.1).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent
  of Hein &amp; Associates LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.3*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent
  of Forrest A. Garb &amp; Associates, Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1*</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Powers
  of Attorney (included on signature page to this registration statement).</font></p>
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As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2006
Registration No. 333-_________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CANO PETROLEUM, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
77-0635673
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
The Oil & Gas Commerce Building
309 West 7
th
Street, Suite 1600
76102
Fort Worth, Texas
(Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Cano Petroleum, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan
Cano Petroleum, Inc.'s 2005 Directors' Stock Option Plan
Cano Petroleum, Inc. Stock Option Agreement for Gerald
W. Haddock
Cano Petroleum Inc. Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement
for James K. Teringo, Jr.
S. Jeffrey Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Cano Petroleum, Inc.
The Oil & Gas Commerce Building
309 West 7
th
Street, Suite 1600
Fort Worth, Texas  76102
(Name and address of agent for service)
(817) 698-0900
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to
be registered
Amount
  to be registered (1)
Proposed
  maximum offering price per share (2)
Proposed
  maximum aggregate offering price (2)
Amount
  of registration fee (2)
Common Stock, $0.0001
  par value
1,225,000(3)
$
6.96
$
8,526,000
$
913.00
(1)
Plus such indeterminate number of shares
of Common Stock as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance with Rule 416
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(2)
The proposed maximum offering price per
share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price have been estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
paragraphs (c) and (h)(1) of Rule 457 promulgated under the Securities Act,
based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as
reported on the American Stock Exchange on March 16, 2006.
(3)
Includes 1,000,000 shares of
common stock authorized for issuance pursuant to the Cano Petroleum, Inc. 2005
Long-Term Incentive Plan, 125,000 shares of common stock authorized for
issuance pursuant to the Cano Petroleum, Inc.'s 2005 Directors' Stock Option
Plan, 50,000 shares of common stock authorized for issuance pursuant to the
Cano Petroleum, Inc. Stock Option Agreement for Gerald W. Haddock and 50,000
shares of common stock authorized for issuance pursuant to the Cano Petroleum,
Inc. Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement for James K. Teringo, Jr.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to participants in the Cano Petroleum, Inc. 2005 Long-Term
Incentive Plan, Cano Petroleum, Inc.'s 2005 Directors' Stock Option Plan, Cano
Petroleum, Inc. Stock Option Agreement for Gerald W. Haddock, and Cano Petroleum,
Inc. Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement for James K. Teringo, Jr.
(collectively, the "Plans") as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). 
In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8 such documents
will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission").  These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Cano Petroleum, Inc.
("Cano") hereby incorporates herein by reference the following documents previously
filed with the Commission:
(i)
Cano's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year
  ended June 30, 2005, filed with the Commission on September 20, 2005;
(ii)
Cano's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the
  quarter ended September 30, 2005, filed with the Commission on
  November 9, 2005;
(iii)
Cano's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the
  quarter ended December 31, 2005, filed with the Commission on February 14,
  2006;
(iv)
Cano's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
  Commission on August 9, 2005; August 9, 2005; September 15, 2005; September
  19, 2005; September 20, 2005; September 22, 2005; October 4, 2005 (Items 8.01
  and 9.01); October 5, 2005; November 9, 2005; December 5, 2005; December 9,
  2005; December 19, 2005; January 3, 2006; January 12, 2006; January 19, 2006;
  and March 1, 2006;
(v)
Cano's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the
  Commission on February 21, 2006; and
(vi)
the description of the Common Stock appearing under
  the heading "Description of Securities" contained in Cano's Registration
  Statement on Form SB-2/A filed with the Commission on February 13, 2006.
All documents
subsequently filed by Cano with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be part hereof from the date such documents are filed.  Any statement contained herein or in any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement
to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
modifies or supersedes such statement. 
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to
constitute a part of this registration statement, except as so modified or
superseded.
Item 4.  Description of
Securities.
Not applicable.
Item
5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item
6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
(i)    Cano's
Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation"), in
accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the
2
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("Delaware Code"),
provides that no director of Cano will be personally liable to Cano or any of
its stockholders or to other security holders for monetary damages arising from
the director's breach of fiduciary duty as a director.  However, this does not apply with respect to
liability for monetary damages for (i) any breach of his duty of loyalty to
Cano or its stockholders or to other security holders; (ii) acts or omissions
of the director not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of the law by such director; (iii) acts by such director as
specified by the Delaware Code; or (iv) any transaction for which such
director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Bylaws of Cano ("Bylaws") provide that Cano shall indemnify its
directors or officers, former directors or officers, or any person who may have
served at its request as a director or officer of another corporation in which
Cano owns shares of capital stock or of which it is a creditor and the personal
representatives of all such persons, against expenses actually and necessarily
incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit, or proceeding in
which they, or any of them, were made parties, or a party, by reason of being
or having been directors or officers or a director or officer of Cano, or of
such other corporation, except in relation to matters as to which any such
director or officer or person shall have been adjudged in such action, suit, or
proceeding to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of any
duty owned to the Corporation.  Such
indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which
those indemnified may be entitled, independently of the Bylaws, by law, under
any Bylaw agreement, vote of stockholders, or otherwise to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware Code.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 145 of the Delaware Code, Cano has
the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of Cano) by reason of the fact that he is or
was a director, officer, employee, or agent of Cano, or is or was serving at
the request of Cano as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding,
provided
,
however
,
that Cano shall  indemnify any such
person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding stated above and
initiated by such person only if such action, suit or proceeding was authorized
by Cano's board of directors.  The power
to indemnify applies only if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in the best interest, or not opposed to the best
interest, of Cano and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
The power to indemnify applies
to actions brought by or in the right of Cano to procure a judgment in its
favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set
forth above, against such expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if
he acted under similar standards, except that in such actions no
indemnification shall be made in the event of any adjudication of liability
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or court in which such
action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification.
To the extent a present or
former director or officer of Cano has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection therewith.
The
statute further specifically provides that the indemnification authorized
thereby shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any such
officer or director may be entitled under any bylaws, agreements, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or
persons controlling Cano pursuant to the foregoing provisions, Cano has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
unenforceable.
(ii)   Cano has purchased a directors & officers insurance policy on
behalf of its directors.
Item
7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item
8.  Exhibits.
Exhibit
No
.
Description
4.1
Designation
  for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, included in the Company's
  Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to the Company's
  registration statement on Form 10-SB (File No. 000-50386, filed
3
Exhibit
No
.
Description
with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on September 4, 2003).
4.2
Certificate
  of Designation for Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated by
  reference to Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  June 8, 2004).
4.3
Certificate
  of Designation for Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated by
  reference to Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  July 15, 2004).
4.4
Credit
  Agreement among Cano Petroleum, Inc., as Borrower, The Lenders Party
  Hereto from Time to Time, as Lenders, and Union Bank of California, N.A., as
  Administrative Agent and as Issuing Lender, dated November 29, 2005
  (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Form 8-K filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2005).
4.5
Subordinated
  Credit Agreement among Cano Petroleum, Inc., as Borrower, The Lenders
  Party Hereto From Time to Time, as Lenders, and Energy Components SPC EEP
  Energy Exploration and Production Segregated Portfolio, as Administrative
  Agent, dated November 29, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to the
  Company's Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  December 1, 2005).
5.1*
Opinion
  and Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP.
23.1
Consent
  of Haynes and Boone, LLP (Included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2*
Consent
  of Hein & Associates LLP.
23.3*
Consent
  of Forrest A. Garb & Associates, Inc.
24.1*
Powers
  of Attorney (included on signature page to this registration statement).
*      Each
document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.
Item
9.  Undertakings.
(a)   The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)   To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i)    To include
any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)   To reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
(iii)  To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement;
provided,
however
, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)   That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)   To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
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(b)   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes
that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Fort Worth, State of Texas, on the 20
th
day of March, 2006.
CANO PETROLEUM, INC.
By:
/s/  S. Jeffrey Johnson
S. Jeffrey Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
  and
Chairman of the Board
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers
and directors of Cano Petroleum, Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby
constitute and appoint S. Jeffrey Johnson and Michael J. Ricketts, and each of
them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents or attorney-in-fact
and agent, with power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of
them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said
corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
rules and regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission
in connection with this registration statement. 
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority,
the powers granted include the full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, the
power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors
in the capacities indicated below to this registration statement, to any and
all amendments (including any post-effective amendments) and supplements
thereto, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part or in
connection with this registration statement, and each of the undersigned hereby
ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 
The Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/  S. Jeffrey Johnson
Chief
  Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board
March
  20, 2006
S.
  Jeffrey Johnson
Director
March
  20, 2006
/s/  Donnie D. Dent
Donnie
  D. Dent
Director
March
  20, 2006
/s/  Gerald W. Haddock
Gerald
  W. Haddock
Director
March
  20, 2006
/s/  Randall Boyd
Randall
  Boyd
Director
March
  20, 2006
/s/  Dr. Jim Underwood
Dr.
  Jim Underwood
Director
March
  20, 2006
/s/  Morris B. "Sam" Smith
Morris
  B. "Sam" Smith
Chief
  Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer
March
  20, 2006
/s/  Michael J. Ricketts
Michael
  J. Ricketts
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No
.
Description
4.1
Designation
  for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, included in the Company's
  Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to the Company's
  registration statement on Form 10-SB (File No. 000-50386, filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on September 4, 2003).
4.2
Certificate
  of Designation for Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated by
  reference to Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  June 8, 2004).
4.3
Certificate
  of Designation for Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated by
  reference to Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  July 15, 2004).
4.4
Credit
  Agreement among Cano Petroleum, Inc., as Borrower, The Lenders Party
  Hereto from Time to Time, as Lenders, and Union Bank of California, N.A., as
  Administrative Agent and as Issuing Lender, dated November 29, 2005
  (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Form 8-K filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2005).
4.5
Subordinated
  Credit Agreement among Cano Petroleum, Inc., as Borrower, The Lenders
  Party Hereto From Time to Time, as Lenders, and Energy Components SPC EEP
  Energy Exploration and Production Segregated Portfolio, as Administrative
  Agent, dated November 29, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to the
  Company's Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  December 1, 2005).
5.1*
Opinion
  and Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP.
23.1
Consent
  of Haynes and Boone, LLP (Included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2*
Consent
  of Hein & Associates LLP.
23.3*
Consent
  of Forrest A. Garb & Associates, Inc.
24.1*
Powers
  of Attorney (included on signature page to this registration statement).
*      Each
document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.
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