FSM 6-K, filed Nov 19, 2021, 0001104659-21-141454

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TORULE 13a-16 OR

15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF1934

For the month of November 2021

Commission File Number 001-35297

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

200 Burrard Street, Suite 650, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 3L6

(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 ¨	FORM 40-F x

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SIGNATURES

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.

	Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.
	(Registrant)
Date: November 18, 2021	By:	/s/ "Jorge Ganoza Durant"
		Jorge<br> Ganoza Durant
		President<br> and CEO

Exhibits:

99.1	Material Change Report dated November 18, 2021

Exhibit 99.1

FORM 51-102F3

MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT

Item 1:	Name and Address of Company
	Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (“Fortuna” or the “Company”)
	Suite 650, 200 Burrard Street
	Vancouver, British Columbia
	Canada V6C 3L6
Item 2:	Date of Material Change
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	November 10, 2021
Item 3:	News Release
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	A news release announcing the material change referred to in this report was disseminated on November 11, 2021 through GlobeNewswire and subsequently filed under Fortuna’s profile on SEDAR.
Item 4:	Summary of Material Change
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	On November 11, 2021, Fortuna announced that its subsidiary, Companía Minera Cuzcatlán (“Minera Cuzcatlán”), received written notification on November 10, 2021 from the Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (“SEMARNAT”) that Minera Cuzcatlán’s application, made in May 2021, for a 10-year extension to the environmental impact authorization (the “San Jose EIA”), which expired on October 23, 2021, had been denied.
Item 5:	Full Description of Material Change
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	On November 10, 2021, Minera Cuzcatlán received written notification from SEMARNAT that its application, made in May 2021, for a 10 year extension to its San Jose EIA, which expired on October 23, 2021, had been denied. SEMARNAT denied the application for the extension citing a pending evaluation by SEMARNAT related to the regularization of ancillary infrastructure at the mine site. In addition, it cited non receipt of requested information, which the Company has already provided to the authority. The Company is reviewing the reasons for the denial with its advisors, but believes that it is fundamentally in compliance with all material aspects of the San Jose EIA and is entitled to an extension.
	The San Jose mine is currently operating under the protection of the Mexican courts which allows the continued operation of the San Jose mine beyond the expiry date of the San Jose EIA. Minera Cuzcatlán has the right and intends to appeal the decision of SEMARNAT and will continue to pursue all legal protection available to it in order to continue to operate pending the appeal of the decision of SEMARNAT.
Item 6:	Reliance on subsection 7.1(2) of National Instrument 51-102
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	Not applicable.
Item 7:	Omitted Information
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	Not applicable.
Item 8:	Executive Officer
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	For further information, please contact Jorge Ganoza Durant, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fortuna, at 604-484-4085.
Item 9:	Date of Report
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	November 18¸ 2021

Fortuna Mining Corp 6-K, filed Nov 19, 2021

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