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 UNDER
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
month of September, 2010.
Commission
File Number 001-31593
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Purdy’s
Wharf Tower II
Suite
2001, 20th Floor
1969
Upper Water Street
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
B3J
3R7, Canada
(Address of principal executive office)
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
¨ Nox
If “Yes”
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): ____
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
Brigus Gold Corp. (the “Company”) is
filing this Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K as notice that, based
on shareholder information as of June 30, 2010, it is a “foreign private issuer”
as defined in Rule 3b-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”), and is eligible to satisfy its obligations under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Exchange Act under the
Multijurisdictional Disclosure System adopted by the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission. Accordingly, in the future, the Company will
satisfy its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act by filing Form 40-Fs
(for annual information reports) and Form 6-Ks (for periodic and other
information), instead of on Forms 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K and Schedule 14A, as the
Company had done in the past. It is important to note that disclosure
under Forms 40-F and 6-K may differ in certain material respects from disclosure
on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. In addition, as a foreign private
issuer, the Company is no longer required to, and does not intend to, file
beneficial ownership reports (i.e. Forms 3, 4 and 5) under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act and will not be subject to the “short swing” trading rules
thereunder.
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.
Date: September
29, 2010
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BRIGUS
GOLD CORP.
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By:
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/s/ Melvyn Williams
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Melvyn
Williams
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Chief
Financial Officer and Senior Vice President
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–
Finance and Corporate
Development
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