GulfSlope Energy (GSPE) 10-K 2012 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of GulfSlope Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James M. Askew, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(1)           The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, and

(2)           The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:  December 31, 2012

/s/ James M. Askew

James M. Askew

Chief Executive Officer