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 5, 2022

WESTERN MAGNESIUM CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-56323

61-1934413

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File No.)

(IRS Employee

Identification No.)

8180 Greensboro Drive, Suite 720

McLean, Virginia 22102

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (571) 378-0762

Not applicable.

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
None.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 2, 2022, Mr. Peter O’Rourke, President, US Operations and a member of the Board of Directors of Western Magnesium Corporation (the “Company”), tendered his resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors and from his position as President, US Operations. The Board accepted the resignation on August 5, 2022. Effective upon Mr. O’Rourke’s resignation as a director, the size of the Company’s Board of Directors is reduced from six to five directors.

(d)	The following exhibits are filed with this Current Report:

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Separation Agreement
17.1		Resignation Letter
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

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.

	WESTERN MAGNESIUM CORPORATION

Dated: August 11, 2022	By:	/s/ Sam Ataya
		Sam Ataya
		Chief Executive Officer

Western Magnesium Corp. 8-K