SC 13G
1
delta13gdec05.txt
Delta Petroleum Corporation
Common Shares
247907207
December 31, 2005
CUSIP 247907207
1. Sprott Asset Management Inc.
Suite 2700, South Tower, Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2J1
Canada
2. n/a
3.
4. Ontario, Canada
5. 8,102,976
6. 451,300
7. 8,102,976
8. 451,300
9. 535,600
10. n/a
11. 1.1%
12. BD
Item 1
(a) Delta Petroleum Corporation
(b) 370 Seventeenth Street, Suite 4300
Denver, Colorado
80202
U.S.A.
Item 2
(a) Sprott Asset Management Inc.
(b) Suite 2700, South Tower
Royal Bank Plaza
P.O. Box 27
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2J1
Canada
(c) Canadian
(d) Common Shares
(e) 247907207
Item 3
n/a
Item 4
(a) 535,600
(b) 1.1%
(c) (i) 8,102,976
(ii) 451,300
(iii) 8,102,976
(iv) 451,300
Item 5
n/a
Item 6
n/a
Item 7
n/a
Item 8
n/a
Item 9
n/a
Item 11
January 6, 2006
Neal Nenadovic
Chief Financial Officer