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 June 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.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
On June 15, 2011, HudBay Minerals Inc. (“HudBay”) filed on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) website at www.sedar.com a press release announcing the exploration results from the Pampacancha zone at HudBay’s Constancia project in Peru.
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: June 16, 2011 | By: | /s/ David S. Bryson | ||
| Name: | David S. Bryson | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
EXHIBIT INDEX
The following exhibits are furnished as part of this Form 6-K:
Exhibit | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release announcing the exploration results from the Pampacancha zone at the company’s Constancia project in Peru | |