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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2026-01-23</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001141197</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PEDEVCO CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PED</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001748134</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Schick John Douglas</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>575 N. DAIRY ASHFORD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ENERGY CENTER II, SUITE 210</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77079</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>President and CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-01-23</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>34592</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.580</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3475875</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-01-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>76132</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.593</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3399743</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares of common stock of the Issuer surrendered to the Issuer to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of 116,667 shares of restricted stock granted to the reporting person on January 23, 2023. No shares were issued or sold in this transaction. The per-share value assigned to the shares surrendered reflects the price per share on the date on which the shares vested as reported on the NYSE American.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents shares of common stock of the Issuer surrendered to the Issuer to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of 175,000 shares of restricted stock granted to the reporting person on January 26, 2024. No shares were issued or sold in this transaction. The per-share value assigned to the shares surrendered reflects the price per share on the date on which the shares vested as reported on the NYSE American.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>See Power of Attorney filed as Exhibit 24.1 to the Form 4 filed by Reporting Person on January 15, 2020.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Clark R. Moore, attorney-in-fact for J.Douglas Schick</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-01-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
