EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012

[   ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____________ to ____________

Commission file number: 000-50738

AMERICAN CORDILLERA MINING CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1314 S. Grand Blvd, Ste. 2-250, Spokane, WA 99202

(Address of principal executive offices)

(509) 744-8590

(Registrant’s telephone number)

______________________________________

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock, par value $.001

(Title of Class)

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

YES [   ]   NO [X]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

YES [   ]   NO [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

YES [X]   NO [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

YES [X]   NO [   ]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405) is not contained in this herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See definition of “accelerated filer,” “larger accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):

Large accelerated filer [   ]       Accelerated filer [   ]       Non- accelerated filer [   ]       Smaller reporting company [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

[   ] Yes   [X] No

The aggregate market value of the Registrant's Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant (5,947,107 shares) as of June 30, 2012 was approximately $297,355 based upon $0.05 per share, the last price at which the stock was issued.  The shares of our company are currently listed on the OTC Bulletin Board.

The Registrant had 89,342,679 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of April 16, 2013.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

None

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

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This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A amends the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2013 (the “Original Report”) and is being filed for the purposes of providing the XBRL Exhibit.

Except for the information described above, the Company has not modified or updated disclosures presented in the Original Report in this Form 10-K/A.

Accordingly, this Form 10-K/A does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original Report or modify or update those disclosures affected by subsequent events. Information not affected by this amendment is unchanged and reflects the disclosures made at the time the Original Report was filed.

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a) 1 & 2.  Financial Statements See Item 8 in Part II of this report.

All other financial statement schedules are omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or because that information is in the financial statements or notes thereto.

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SIGNATURES

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: April 22, 2013

AMERICAN CORDILLERA MINING CORPORATION

In accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

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