EXHIBIT 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Hallador Petroleum Company (the
"Company"), on Form 10-QSB for the period ended June 30, 2005, as filed with
the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
the  undersigned, in the capacities and dates indicated below, hereby certifies
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to his knowledge: (1) The Report fully complies
with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934; and (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.


Dated: August 15, 2005               By:/S/VICTOR P. STABIO
                                         CEO and CFO