 | Blacksands Petroleum Inc. 401 Bay Street, Suite 2700, PO Box 152 Toronto, Ontario Canada M5H 2Y4 Tel: +1 (416) 359 7805 Fax: +1 (416) 359 7801 E-mail: pparisotto@coniston.ca Website: www.blacksandspetroleum.com |
May 2, 2008
Mr. James Giugliano
Staff Accountant
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549-7010
By Fax: | 202-772-9368 |
Original follows by mail
Dear Mr. Giugliano:
| Re: | Blacksands Petroleum, Inc. |
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| Form 10-KSB for Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2007, Filed January 29, 2008 |
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| Form 10-Q for Quarterly Period Ended January 31, 2008, Filed March 24, 2008 | ||||
| File No. 000-51427 |
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Further to our letters of April 7, 2008 and Apr 18, 2008, we are writing to indicate that we will require a further extension to fully respond to your comment letter of April 4, 2008.
We are consulting with our auditors and our independent accountant to ensure the completeness of our responses to your comments, and will only now be able to complete this consultant work now that the Canadian personal tax return filing deadline (April 30, 2008) has passed.
We propose to provide you with our full response to your comment letter no later than May 15, 2008.
Yours truly,
/s/ Paul A. Parisotto
Paul A. Parisotto
President & Chief Executive Officer