8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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)   March 4, 2005

Western Goldfields, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Idaho

(State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation)

0-50894	38-3661016
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

961 Matley Lane, Suite 120 Reno, Nevada	89502
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(775) 337-9433

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 22, 2004, Mine Development Associates issued its Technical Report on the Mesquite Mine Project, Imperial County, California, USA. The registrant acquired the Mesquite Mine in November 2003. The Technical Report is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. In addition, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 is a slideshow presentation of the registrant. By filing this Current Report on Form 8-K, the registrant does not acknowledge that disclosure of this information is required by Regulation FD or that the information was material or non-public before the disclosure. This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. The exhibits contain and may implicate, forward-looking statements regarding the registrant and include cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.

9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits
	(a)	Not applicable.
	(b)	Not applicable.
	(c)	Exhibits.

The following exhibits to this current report on Form 8-K are not being filed but are being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01

99.1 Mine Development Associates Technical Report on the Mesquite Mine Project, Imperial County, California, USA, dated December 22, 2004

99.2 Western Goldfields, Inc. slideshow presentation

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 Goldfields, Inc.
Date: March 4, 2005	By:	/s/ Thomas K. Mancuso
		Name:Thomas K. Mancuso
		Title:President

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.Exhibit Name

The following exhibits to this current report on Form 8-K are not being filed but are being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01:

99.1 Mine Development Associates Technical Report on the Mesquite Mine Project, Imperial County, California, USA, dated December 22, 2004

99.2  Western Goldfields, Inc. slideshow presentation

EX-99.1