Fife John M. Form 3 Silver Dragon Resources / John M. Fife ownership change

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Fife John M.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

303 EAST WACKER DRIVE SUITE 1040

(Street)

CHICAGO IL 60601

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/21/2017

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Silver Dragon Resources Inc. [ SDRG ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value	22,852,380	D
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value	11,244,100	I	By Iliad Research and Trading, LP(1)
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value	9,824,319	I	By Tonaquint, Inc.(1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. * Reporting Person John M. Fife ("Mr. Fife") personally owns 22,852,380 shares of the Issuer's common stock and is the indirect beneficial owner of the Issuer's common stock owned by Reporting Persons Iliad Research and Trading, LP ("Iliad") and Tonaquint, Inc. ("Tonaquint"). Thus, the number of shares beneficially owned by Mr. Fife on the date of this filing was 43,920,799, which was 14.65% of the 299,802,647 shares of the Issuer's common stock outstanding on that date (as reported in the Issuer's schedule 14A, filed May 6, 2016), and represents the total number of Issuer's shares owned by Mr. Fife, Iliad, and Tonaquint.

	John Fife	12/15/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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