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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001217160-16-000632
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160802
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160803
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160803

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FORTUNA SILVER MINES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001341335
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			A1
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35297
		FILM NUMBER:		161803223

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 BURRARD ST
		STREET 2:		SUITE 650
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V6C 3L6
		BUSINESS PHONE:		604-484-4085

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 BURRARD ST
		STREET 2:		SUITE 650
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V6C 3L6
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<DESCRIPTION>FORTUNA 6-K FOR AUGUST 2016
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px" align=center><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px" align=center><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px" align=center>Washington, D.C. &nbsp;20549</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px" align=center><B>FORM 6-K</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px" align=center><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 AND 15d-16 UNDER THE </B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px" align=center><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:144px; padding-right:48px">For the Month of &nbsp;&nbsp;<U>August 2016</U></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:144px; padding-right:48px">File No. &nbsp;&nbsp;<U>001-35297</U></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px; font-size:16pt" align=center><B><U>Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.</U></B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px" align=center>(Name of Registrant)</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px" align=center><U>200 Burrard Street, Suite 650, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 3L6</U></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px" align=center>(Address of principal executive offices)</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px" align=justify>Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:318px; float:left">FORM 20-F &nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family:Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px; text-indent:-2px">FORM 40-F &nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family:Wingdings"><B>x</B></FONT></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px">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): &nbsp;<FONT style="font-family:Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px">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): &nbsp;<FONT style="font-family:Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px" align=center><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px" align=justify>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Form 6-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px"><U>Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.</U></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:48px">(Registrant)</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=567.2><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; font-size:9.5pt">Dated: &nbsp;<U>August 3, 2016</U></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=295.2><P style="margin:0px; font-size:9.5pt">By: &nbsp;<U>/s/ &nbsp;&quot;</U><I><U>Jorge Ganoza Durant</U></I><U>&quot;</U></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:9.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jorge Ganoza Durant </P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:9.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President and CEO</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:9.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; font-size:11pt"><B>Exhibits:</B></P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:120px; width:168px; font-size:11pt; float:left"><B>99.1</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:168px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt"><B>Material Change Report</B></P>
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<DESCRIPTION>MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT
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<TITLE>Fortuna Material Change Report</TITLE>
<META NAME="author" CONTENT="Sally Whittall">
<META NAME="date" CONTENT="08/03/2016">
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>FORM 51-102F3</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=center><B><I>MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT</I></B></P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; float:left"><B>Item 1:</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt"><B>Name and Address of Company</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt">Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (&#147;<B>Fortuna</B>&#148;)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt">200 Burrard Street, Suite 650</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt">Vancouver, BC &nbsp;V6C 3L6</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; float:left"><B>Item 2:</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt"><B>Date of Material Change</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt">July 28, 2016</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; float:left"><B>Item 3:</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt"><B>News Release</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; padding-right:2.067px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=justify>A news release announcing the material change was disseminated on July 28, 2016 through Marketwired and filed on SEDAR.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; float:left"><B>Item 4:</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt"><B>Summary of Material Change</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; padding-right:2.067px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=justify>On July 28, 2016, Fortuna completed its previously announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Goldrock Mines Corp. (&#147;<B>Goldrock</B>&#148;) by way of plan of arrangement (the &#147;<B>Arrangement</B>&#148;). Goldrock is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortuna.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; float:left"><B>Item 5:</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-right:2.067px; text-indent:-2px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=justify><B>Full Description of Material Change</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; padding-right:2.067px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=justify>On July 28, 2016, Fortuna completed its previously announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Goldrock by way of plan of arrangement. Goldrock is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortuna.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; padding-right:2.067px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Pursuant to the Arrangement, Goldrock shareholders received 0.1331 of a common share of Fortuna (each whole share, a &#147;<B>Fortuna Share</B>&#148;) for each Goldrock Share held. Additionally, outstanding warrants to purchase Goldrock Shares are now exercisable for Fortuna Shares based on the same exchange ratio.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; padding-right:2.067px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=justify>The Arrangement was approved by the Supreme Court of British Columbia in its final order dated July 26, 2016. The Arrangement remains subject to final approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange (the &#147;<B>TSX-V</B>&#148;).</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; padding-right:2.067px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=justify>The delisting of the Goldrock Shares from the TSX-V is expected to occur at the close of business on or about July 28, 2016 and applications will be made for Goldrock to cease being a reporting issuer in the applicable jurisdictions.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; padding-right:2.067px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Full details of the Arrangement are set out in Goldrock&#146;s management information circular dated June 17, 2016, which is filed under Goldrock&#146;s SEDAR profile at <FONT style="color:#0000FF"><U>www.sedar.com</U></FONT>.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; float:left"><B>Item 6:</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt"><B>Reliance on subsection 7.1(2) of National Instrument 51-102</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt">Not applicable.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:48px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; float:left"><B>Item 7:</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:48px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; float:left"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt"><B>Omitted Information</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt">Not applicable.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; float:left"><B>Item 8:</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt"><B>Executive Officer</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt">For further information, please contact Jorge Ganoza, President and Chief Executive Officer at (604) 484-4085</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; float:left"><B>Item 9:</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt"><B>Date of Report</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt">July 28,<B> </B>2016.</P>
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