8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  June 22, 2021

Commission file number: 000-28837

NEW JERSEY MINING COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (208) 625 -9001

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 5.07.         Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 22, 2021, New Jersey Mining Company (the “Company”) held an annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) for consideration of the following proposals:

Proposal – 1. The election of the nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until successors are duly elected and qualified; the following are nominees for re-election as Directors: John Swallow, Grant Brackebusch and Kevin Shiell;

Proposal – 2. Ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Assure, CPA, LLC

Proposal – 3. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers;

Proposal – 4. To conduct an advisory vote to determine the frequency of conducting future advisory votes on executive compensation.

Each of the foregoing proposals is described in more detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2021.

As of the record date, May 3, 2021, there were 137,980,033 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding.  At the Annual Meeting, there were present in person or by proxy 91,194,812 shares of the Company’s common stock, representing approximately 67.57% of the Company’s total outstanding common stock.  The results for each proposal submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Based on the above voting results, (i) the director nominees, John Swallow, Grant A. Brackebusch and Kevin Shiell were re-elected directors, each for a term expiring at the 2021 annual meeting of shareholders, (ii) Assure, CPA, LLC (formerly known as DeCoria, Maichel & Teague) was ratified as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the ensuing year.

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.

NEW JERSEY MINING COMPANY

By:   /s/ John Swallow

John Swallow

Its:  President & CEO

Date: June 24, 2021