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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 40 - F ☐ ☑ Registration statement pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Annual report pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 Commission File Number 001-38628 British Columbia , Canada ( Province or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) SilverCrest Metals Inc. ( Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter ) 1040 ( Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number ) 570 Granville Street Suite 501 Vancouver , British Columbia V6C 3P1 Canada ( 604 ) 694-1730 N / A ( I.R.S. Employer Identification Number ) ( Address and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive offices ) CT Corporation System 1015 15th Street N.W. , Suite 1000 Washington , DC 20005 ( 202 ) 572-3100 ( Name , address ( including zip code ) and telephone number ( including area code ) of agent for service in the United States ) Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Title of each class Common Shares , no par value Trading Symbol ( s ) SILV Name of each exchange on which registered NYSE American LLC Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15 ( d ) of the Act : None For annual reports , indicate by check mark the information filed with this Form : Annual information form × Audited annual financial statements Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the registrant's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report : As at December 31 , 2020 , 129,329,631 common shares of the Registrant were issued and outstanding . 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 □ No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files ) . > Yes □ No