UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of March 2011
Commission File Number: 001-34244
HUDBAY MINERALS INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Dundee Place, Suite 2501
1 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M5C 2V9, Canada
(Address of principal executive offices)
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
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): ¨
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): ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes ¨ No x
If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On March 24, 2011, HudBay Minerals Inc. filed on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) website at www.sedar.com a copy of its US$300,000,000 Credit Agreement dated as of November 3, 2010.
A copy of the filing is attached to this Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
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.
| HUDBAY MINERALS INC. | ||||||||
| (registrant) | ||||||||
| Date: March 30, 2011 | By: | /s/ H. MAURA LENDON | ||||||
| Name: | H. Maura Lendon | |||||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Legal Officer | |||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
The following exhibits are furnished as part of this Form 6-K:
Exhibit | Description | |
| 99.1 | US$300,000,000 Credit Agreement dated as of November 3, 2010 | |