SILVERCORP METALS INC — M&A Activity 2009

Jun 8, 2009

6-K 1 c86602e6vk.htm FORM 6-K Form 6-K PAGEBREAK

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

June 8, 2009

Commission File No. 001-34184

SILVERCORP METALS INC.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Suite 1378 — 200 Granville Street Vancouver, BC Canada V6C 1S4 (Address of principal executive office)

[Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F]

Form 20-F o Form 40-F þ

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) o

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is “submitting” the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T “Rule” 101(b)(7) o

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes o No þ

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: June 8, 2009
/s/ Lorne Waldman
Lorne Waldman
Corporate Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT	DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
99.1	News Release dated June 8, 2009 — Silvercorp Metals Inc. Announces its Intention to Make an
Offer to Acquire Klondex Mines Ltd.

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