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):  August 9, 2007

APEX SILVER MINES LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 2.02	Results of Operations and Financial Conditions.
Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Signature
Exhibit Index

 

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Item 2.02  Results of Operations and Financial Conditions

On August 9, 2007, Apex Silver Mines Limited (“Apex”) issued a press release reporting its second quarter 2007 financial results.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing by the company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release of Apex Silver Mines Limited, dated August 9, 2007, reporting financial results for the second quarter 2007.

 

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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.

Date:  August 14, 2007

	Apex Silver Mines Limited
	By:	/s/ Deborah J. Friedman
		Deborah J. Friedman
		Senior Vice President & General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release of Apex Silver Mines Limited, dated August 9, 2007, reporting financial results for the second quarter 2007.

 

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