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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): February 28, 2018
Coeur Mining, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
1-8641
(Commission
File Number)
82-0109423
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
104 S. Michigan
Suite 900
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(312) 489-5800
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition of Disposition of Assets.
On February 28, 2018, Coeur Mining, Inc. (the “Company” or “Coeur”) completed the previously announced sale (the “Transaction”) of its subsidiary Empresa Minera Manquiri S.A., a Bolivian sociedad anónima (“Manquiri”) to Ag-Mining Investments, AB (formerly NewCo 4714 Sweden AB under change of name to Argentum Investment AB) (the “Buyer”). Manquiri operates the San Bartolomé mine and processing facility near Potosì, Bolivia. The Company, Coeur South America Corp., a Delaware corporation (“CSA”), Coeur Explorations, Inc., an Idaho corporation (“CEE” and together with CSA and Coeur, the “Sellers”) completed the sale of 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Manquiri in exchange for: (A) a 2.0% net smelter returns royalty on all metals processed through the San Bartolomé mine’s processing facility (commencing on the closing of the Transaction), (B) all value added tax refunds collected or received by Manquiri for any period ending on or before the closing date of the Transaction (net of reasonable collection expenses) and (C) promissory notes payable to the Sellers by the Buyer with an aggregate principal amount equal to $27.6 million, as adjusted to reflect Manquiri’s cash and cash equivalents as of the closing of the Transaction (the “Notes”). The Notes shall be repaid in equal monthly installments beginning on October 1, 2018 with a maturity date of September 1, 2019.
Additional information regarding the Transaction is provided in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on December 26, 2017 and the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on February 16, 2018.
Unaudited pro forma financial information, giving effect to the sale Transaction, as required by Item 9.01(b) of Form 8-K is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On February 28, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the Transaction. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(b)    Pro Forma Financial Information
The Company’s unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information as of December 31, 2017 and for the year ended December 31, 2017, which reflect the sale Transaction described in Item 2.01, is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
(d)    List of Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Description
Unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information of Coeur Mining, Inc.


Press Release dated February 28, 2018, issued by Coeur Mining, Inc.







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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
COEUR MINING, INC.
Date: February 28, 2018
By: /s/ Peter C. Mitchell
 
Name: Peter C. Mitchell
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer