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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-045349
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170215
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170215
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170215

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	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:		17615298

	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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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Form 6-K
</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>For the month of February 2017 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Commission File Number 001-35297 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Fortuna
Silver Mines Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 Burrard Street, Suite 650, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 3L6 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive office) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" 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:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">FORM 20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FORM 40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9745; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if
the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation&nbsp;S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1):&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if
the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation&nbsp;S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7):&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Registrant)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: February 15, 2017</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ &#147;<I>Jorge Ganoza Durant</I>&#148;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM 51-102F3 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Name and Address of Company </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (&#147;<B>Fortuna</B>&#148;)
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">200 Burrard Street, Suite 650 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vancouver, BC V6C 3L6 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;2:</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Date of Material Change </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">February&nbsp;9, 2017 </P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;3:</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>News Release </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A news release announcing the material change was disseminated on
February&nbsp;9, 2017 through Marketwired and a copy has been filed under Fortuna&#146;s profile on SEDAR. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;4:</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Summary of Material Change </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On February&nbsp;9, 2017, Fortuna completed its previously
announced bought deal financing and issued 11,873,750 common shares (the &#147;<B>Offered Shares</B>&#148;), including 1,548,750 common shares that were issued upon the full exercise of the over-allotment option, at US$6.30 per Offered Share for
gross proceeds to Fortuna of US$74,804,625 (the &#147;<B>Offering</B>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;5:</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Full Description of Material Change </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On February&nbsp;9, 2017, Fortuna completed its
previously announced bought deal financing and issued 11,873,750 Offered Shares, including 1,548,750 Offered Shares that were issued upon the full exercise of the over-allotment option, at US$6.30 per Offered Share for gross proceeds to Fortuna of
US$74,804,625. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Offering was conducted by a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Raymond James Ltd., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and Scotia
Capital Inc., and including CIBC World Markets Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc. The net proceeds from the Offering will be used for general working capital purposes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Offered Shares were offered for sale in each of the provinces of Canada by way of a short-form prospectus and in the United States
pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-10, as amended, in accordance with the Multijurisdictional Disclosure System established between Canada and the United States. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Reliance on subsection 7.1(2) of National Instrument 51-102 </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Omitted Information </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable </P>

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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;8:</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Executive Officer </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For further information, please contact Jorge Ganoza, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Fortuna, at (604)&nbsp;484-4085 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;9:</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Date of Report </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">February&nbsp;15, 2017 </P>
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