Exhibit 5

December 13, 2005


PYR Energy Corporation
1675 Broadway, Suite 2450
Denver, Colorado  80202

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel for PYR Energy Corporation, a Maryland corporation
(the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, concerning registration of the transfer of
up to 6,327,250 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's par value $0.001 per
share (the "Common Stock") by certain stockholders of the Company (the "Selling
Stockholders").

     We have examined the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and the Bylaws
of the Company and the record of the Company's corporate proceedings concerning
the registration described above. In addition, we have examined such other
certificates, agreements, documents and papers, and we have made such other
inquiries and investigations of law as we have deemed appropriate and necessary
in order to express the opinion set forth in this letter. In our examinations,
we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals, photostatic, or conformed copies and the
authenticity of the originals of all such latter documents. In addition, as to
certain matters we have relied upon certificates and advice from various state
authorities and public officials, and we have assumed the accuracy of the
material and the factual matters contained herein.

     Subject to the foregoing and on the basis of the aforementioned
examinations and investigations, it is our opinion that the Shares which may be
issued by the Company as described in the Registration Statement, when issued,
will have been legally issued and will constitute fully paid and non-assessable
shares of the Company's Common Stock.

     We hereby consent (a) to be named in the Registration Statement and in the
prospectus that constitutes a part of the Registration Statement as acting as
counsel in connection with the offering, including with respect to the issuance
of securities offered in the offering; and (b) to the filing of this opinion as
an exhibit to the Registration Statement.






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     This opinion is to be used solely for the purpose of the registration of
the Common Stock and may not be used for any other purpose.


                                         Very truly yours,

                                         /s/ Patton Boggs LLP

                                         PATTON BOGGS LLP