-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, UbgHX2qOPjIJq/HLsNMaxcH9XlLSrCRV0W0yhGjVLIMFMrkhPCpiUMQHgumdJURU c8DvIvpYskEWpDDFL9GCVw== 0001304857-06-000004.txt : 20060308 0001304857-06-000004.hdr.sgml : 20060308 20060308162814 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001304857-06-000004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060308 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060308 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN GOLDFIELDS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001208038 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040] IRS NUMBER: 383661016 STATE OF INCORPORATION: ID FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-80269 FILM NUMBER: 06673443 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 961 MATLEY LANE, SUITE 120 CITY: RENO STATE: NV ZIP: 89502 BUSINESS PHONE: 7753379433 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 961 MATLEY LANE, SUITE 120 CITY: RENO STATE: NV ZIP: 89502 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MMCAP International Inc. SPC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001304857 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E9 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 32021 SMB, ANCHORAGE CENTRE STREET 2: 2ND FLOOR CITY: GRAND CAYMAN STATE: E9 ZIP: BWI BUSINESS PHONE: 416-408-0997 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 32021 SMB, ANCHORAGE CENTRE STREET 2: 2ND FLOOR CITY: GRAND CAYMAN STATE: E9 ZIP: BWI SC 13G 1 western13-g.txt SCHEDULE 13G UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G (Amendment No. ) Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Western Goldfields, Inc. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 95828P104 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) March 3, 2006 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: [ ] Rule 13d-1(b) [X] Rule 13d-1(c) [ ] Rule 13d-1(d) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schedule 13G Page 2 - ------------ ------------- 1. NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS MMCAP International Inc. SPC (the "Reporting Person") S.S or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS N/A - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF THE MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ] (b) [ ] - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Cayman Islands - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 3,235,433 SHARES ------------------------------------------------------------ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 0 EACH ------------------------------------------------------------ REPORTING 7. SOLE DISPOTIVE POWER PERSON 3,235,433 WITH ------------------------------------------------------------ 8. SHARED DISPOTIVE POWER 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 3,235,433 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. CHECK BOX IF AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 5.5% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON CO - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schedule 13G Page 3 - ----------- ------------ Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: Western Goldfields, Inc. Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 961 Matley Lane, Suite 120, Reno, NV 89502 Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: MMCAP International Inc. SPC Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: P.O. Box 32021 SMB, Anchorage Centre, 2nd Floor, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI Item 2(c). Citizenship: Cayman Islands Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 95828P104 Item 3. If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a: (a) [ ] Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act; (b) [ ] Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act; (c) [ ] Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act; Schedule 13G Page 4 - ------------ -------------- (d) [ ] Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940; (e) [ ] An investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E); (f) [ ] An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F); (g) [ ] Parent holding company or control person in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G); (h) [ ] A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; (i) [ ] A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act; (j) [ ] Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J). Item 4. Ownership. (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 3,235,433 (b) Percent of Class: 5.5% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 3,235,433 ---------- (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0 ---------- (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 3,235,433 ---------- (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 ---------- Schedule 13G Page 5 - ------------ ------------- Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of Class. Not applicable. Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Not applicable. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company. Not applicable. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. Item 10. Certification. ------------- By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. Schedule 13G Page 6 - ------------ -------------- SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Dated: March 8, 2006 MMCAP International Inc. SPC By: /s/ Matthew MacIsaac ------------------------ Name: Matthew MacIsaac Title: President -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----