UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 26, 2006 (December 22, 2006)
SILVERADO GOLD MINES LTD.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
| British Columbia, Canada | 000-12132 | 98-0045034 |
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer |
| of incorporation) | Identification Number) |
1111 West Georgia Street, Suite 505
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6E 4M3
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (604) 689-1535
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions.
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This Current Report on Form 8-K and other reports filed by the Registrant from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively the “Filings”) contain forward looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, the Registrant’s management, as well as estimates and assumptions made by the Registrant’s management. When used in the Filings the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “future”, “intend”, “plan” or the negative of these terms and similar expressions as they relate to the Registrant or the Registrant’s management identify forward looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of the Registrant with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors relating to the Registrant’s industry, operations and results of operations and any businesses that may be acquired by the Registrant. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended or planned.
Item 8.01 Other Events
On December 22, 2006, Silverado Green Fuel Inc. (the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, issued a press release (the “Press Release”) referencing published articles that provide additional details with respect to the Memorandum of Understanding by and between the Company and the State of Mississippi to build the first low-rank coal-water fuel facility in the United States, announced on December 18, 2006.
The foregoing summary of the Press Release does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Press Release, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit No. | Document |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated December 22, 2006 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: December 26, 2006 | SILVERADO GOLD MINES LTD. | |
| By: | /s/ Garry L. Anselmo | |
| Garry L. Anselmo, | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||