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    <periodOfReport>2025-11-21</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001001614</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>REPX</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001210010</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Lawrence Bryan H.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>410 PARK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>20TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022-4407</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-11-21</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>250000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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                    <value>1715219</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnote</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnote</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</value>
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                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Contribution of 250,000 shares of common stock in exchange for 870,000 Class B Units of membership interest in Combo Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of the securities for Section 16 or any other purpose.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These securities are owned directly by Riley Exploration Group, LLC (&quot;REG&quot;). Yorktown Energy Partners IX, L.P. (&quot;Yorktown IX&quot;) and Yorktown Energy Partners X, L.P. (&quot;Yorktown X&quot;) are members who together control REG. The reporting person is a member and a manager of Yorktown IX Associates LLC, the general partner of Yorktown IX Company LP, the general partner of Yorktown IX. The reporting person is a member and a manager of Yorktown X Associates LLC, the general partner of Yorktown X Company LP, the general partner of Yorktown X.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These securities are owned directly by Yorktown X. The reporting person is a member and a manager of Yorktown X Associates LLC, the general partner of Yorktown X Company LP, the general partner of Yorktown X.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">These securities are owned directly by Yorktown Energy Partners XI, L.P. (&quot;Yorktown XI&quot;). The reporting person is a member and a manager of Yorktown XI Associates LLC, the general partner of Yorktown XI Company LP, the general partner of Yorktown XI.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Bryan H. Lawrence</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-02-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
