6-K

UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of June, 2020

Commission File Number: 001-14370

COMPANIADE MINAS BUENAVENTURA S.A.A.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

BUENAVENTURAMINING COMPANY INC.****(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

LAS BEGONIAS 415 FLOOR 19,

SAN ISIDRO, LIMA 27, PERU

(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  x            Form 40-F  ¨

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):

Yes  ¨            No  x

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):

Yes  ¨            No  x

Lima, June 19, 2020

Re: Call for virtual Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

Dear Sirs:

Further to our prior communication dated March 30,2020, regarding the postponement of Compañía De Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.’s (the “Company”) mandatory Annual Shareholders’ Meeting which was originally scheduled to take place on March 31, 2020 (the “Original Meeting”), we inform you that on June 17, 2020, in compliance with the provisions of Emergency Decree (Decreto de Urgencia) No. 056-2020, the Company’s board of directors decided to (i) cancel the call for the Original Meeting, and (ii) convene a Virtual Annual Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on July 15, 2020, at 10:00 hours, on its first call, July 20, 2020, on its second call and July 23, 2020, on its third call. A translation of the call notice and the agenda for the Virtual Annual Shareholders’ Meeting are attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

Yours faithfully,

Leandro García Raggio

Market Relations Officer

COMPAÑÍA DE MINAS BUENAVENTURA S.A.A.

The following exhibit is attached:

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.

Exhibit 99.1

COMPAÑÍA DE MINAS BUENAVENTURAS.A.A.

CALL FOR VIRTUAL ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’MEETING –

**EMERGENCY DECREE (DECRETO DE URGENCIA)No. 056-2020

In compliance with the provisions of Emergency Decree (Decreto de Urgencia) No. 056-2020, the Peruvian Companies Law (Ley General de Sociedades Peruanas), and Articles Fourteen and Fifteen of Compañía De Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.’s (the “Company”) bylaws, the board of directors of the Company is convening a Virtual Annual Shareholders’ Meeting (the “Meeting”) to be held on July 15, 2020, at 10:00 hours.

The Meeting shall be held through the Videosession virtual platform; this platform shall also be used to determine the existence of the necessary quorum for the Meeting, and for the exercise of voting rights by shareholders of record, as further detailed in the Spanish language document entitled “Documentoinformativo”, available at https://www.buenaventura.com/assets/uploads/pdf/Documento-Informativo-JOA-BVN-2020.pdf.

This call notice, the “DocumentoInformativo,” and information and documents relating to the several items of the agenda which are required to be made available to investors pursuant to the Regulations on Relevant Facts and Reserved Information, have been filed as relevant facts (hechos de importancia) and in the “Virtual Shareholders’ Meetings and Bondholders’ Meetings” section of the Peruvian Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.smv.gob.pe), and at our website www.buenaventura.com. Any additional information and documents relating to the agenda for the Meeting shall be made available to our shareholders as indicated in the “Documento Informativo.”

The “Documento Informativo,” which contains, among other information, information on the procedures for our shareholders of record to access the virtual meeting, to participate therein and to exercise their voting rights, is an integral part of this call notice.

Agenda for the Meeting

In case the required quorum for the Meeting is not met, such meeting will be adjourned, with a second and third call scheduled for July 20 and 23, 2020, respectively, at 10:00 am, also through the Videosession virtual platform.

The Company’s common shareholders of record as of July 09, 2020 will be entitled to participate in the Meeting.

Shareholders may be represented at the Meeting by means of a special purpose proxy executed for purposes of the Meeting, provided that such requirement will not be necessary if the applicable power of attorney has been granted by means of notarized instrument. Proxies and powers of attorney must be submitted to the Company no later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the holding of the Meeting, by following the procedure detailed in the “Documento Informativo.”

Lima, June 17, 2020

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS