6-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of April 2019

Commission File Number: 001-34244

HUDBAY MINERALS INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

25 York Street, Suite 800
Toronto, Ontario
M5J 2V5, Canada
(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F [   ]                    Form 40-F [X]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): [   ]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes [   ]                     No [X]

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- _____________________________

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On April 9, 2019, Hudbay Minerals Inc. (“Hudbay”) filed on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) website at www.sedar.com the following document: (1) Officer's Certificate.

A copy of the filing is attached to this Form 6-K and incorporated herein by reference, as follows:

• Exhibit 99.1 — Officer's Certificate

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

HUDBAY MINERALS INC.
(registrant)
By:	/s/ Patrick Donnelly
Name:	Patrick Donnelly
Title:	Vice President and General Counsel

Date: April 9, 2019

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EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibits are furnished as part of this Form 6-K:

Exhibit Description

99.1 Officer's Certificate

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EX-99.1

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

TO:	British Columbia Securities Commission
	Alberta Securities Commission
	Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan
	The Manitoba Securities Commission
	Ontario Securities Commission
	Autorité des Marchés Financiers (Quebec)
	Superintendent of Securities (Prince Edward Island)
	Financial and Consumer Services Commission (New Brunswick)
	Office of the Superintendent of Securities Service Newfoundland and Labrador
	Nova Scotia Securities Commission
	Superintendent of Securities, Yukon Territory
	Superintendent of Securities, Northwest Territories
	Superintendent of Securities (Nunavut)
RE:	Annual and Special Meeting of Holders of Common Shares of Hudbay Minerals Inc.
	(the “Company”) to be held on May 7, 2019 (the “Meeting”)

With reference to National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer (“NI 54-101”), the undersigned, Patrick Donnelly, Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, in such capacity and not in his personal capacity, certifies for and on behalf of the Company, intending that the same may be relied upon by you without further inquiry, that:

1.	in accordance with the requirements set out in section 2.20(a) of NI 54-101, arrangements have been made to have the proxy-related materials for the Meeting sent in compliance with NI 54-101 to all beneficial owners at least 21 days before the date fixed for the Meeting;
2.	in accordance with the requirements set out in section 2.20(b) of NI 54-101, arrangements have been made to carry out all of the requirements of NI 54-101 in addition to those described in paragraph 1 above; and
3.	the Company is relying upon section 2.20 of NI 54-101 in connection with the Meeting.

DATED as of the 9th day of April, 2019.

“Patrick Donnelly”
Name:	Patrick Donnelly
Title:	Vice President and General
	Counsel