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

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AMENDMENT NO.1 TO
FORM 40-F/A

[   ]  Registration statement pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

or

[X]  Annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018

Commission File Number 001-38628

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SILVERCREST METALS INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

British Columbia, Canada	1040	N/A
(Province or other jurisdiction of	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)	Code Number)	Identification Number)

570 Granville Street Suite 501
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3P1
Canada
(604) 694-1730
(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

CT Corporation System
1015 15^th 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	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares, no par value	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:

[X]  Annual information form [X]  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, 2018, 84,922,633 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.
[X]  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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Emerging growth company [X]

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [   ]

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 to Form 40-F (the “Form 40-F/A”) for the year ended December 31, 2018 is being filed to file an amended auditor’s report for the audited financial statements of SilverCrest Metals Inc (the “Company”). No changes have been made to the financial statements.

This Form 40-F/A is also being filed to furnish the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (“XBRL”). In accordance with the policy of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) stated in Release No. 33-9002, we are filing this Form 40-F/A within the 30-day period available to first-time XBRL filers following the filing of our Form 40-F, as filed with the Commission on March 13, 2019.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 40-F and has duly caused this Form 40-F/A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	SILVERCREST METALS INC.
By:	/s/ Anne Yong
	Name: Anne Yong
	Title: Chief Financial Officer

Date: April 8, 2019

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EXHIBIT INDEX

The following documents are being filed with the Commission as Exhibits to this Form 40-F/A:

Exhibit	Description
99.1	Annual Information Form dated March 11, 2019*
99.2	Audited Annual Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto as at and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, together with the report thereon of the independent auditor
99.3	Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2018*
99.4	Certificate of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act
99.5	Certificate of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act
99.6	Certificate of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
99.7	Certificate of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
99.8	Consent of Davidson & Company LLP
101.INS	XBRL Instance
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

*Previously filed.

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