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 UNDER THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of December, 2019.

Commission File Number 001-38628

SILVERCREST METALS INC.

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

570 Granville Street, Suite 501

Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3P1

Canada

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover 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):  [   ]             

Note:  Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

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Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

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.

SILVERCREST METALS INC.

Date:  December 24, 2019 /s/ Anne Yong            Anne Yong Chief Financial Officer

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

99.1	Notice of Change of Auditor dated December 20, 2019
99.2	Davidson & Company LLP Letter dated December 20, 2019
99.3	PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Letter dated December 20, 2019

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EX-99.1

	SILVERCREST METALS INC.
	NOTICE OF CHANGE OF AUDITOR
	PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.11 OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 51-102
	OF THE CANADIAN SECURITIES ADMINISTRATORS
To:	Davidson & Company LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, Vancouver, British Columbia
and
To:	PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, Vancouver, British Columbia

SilverCrest Metals Inc. (the “Company”) hereby provides notice pursuant to section 4.11 of National Instrument 51-102 (“NI 51-102”) of a change in the auditor of the Company from Davidson & Company LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, of Vancouver, British Columbia to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, of Vancouver, British Columbia and confirms the following:

1.At the request of the Company, Davidson & Company LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants (“Davidson”) tendered its resignation as auditor of the Company effective as of December 20, 2019;

2.PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants (“PwC”) advised the Company of its agreement to be appointed as successor auditor of the Company effective upon Davidson’s resignation;

3.The Board of Directors of the Company has appointed PwC as successor auditor of the Company effective as of December 20, 2019 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Davidson and to perform the audit of the annual financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended December 31, 2019;

4.There were no modified opinions expressed in the auditor’s reports of Davidson on the annual financial statements of the Company for the financial years ended December 31, 2017 and 2018; and

5.In the opinion of the Company, there are no “reportable events” (as that term is defined in NI 51-102).

The Company requests that each of Davidson and PwC review this Notice and provide the Company on or before December 27, 2019 with a letter addressed to the the British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador Securities Commissions stating whether it (i) agrees, (ii) disagrees (and the reasons why), or (iii) has no basis to agree or disagree with the above statements in accordance with section 4.11 of NI 51-102.

DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia as of the 20th of December, 2019.

SILVERCREST METALS INC.

Per: “N. Eric Fier”

          N. Eric Fier

          Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.2

EX-99.3

December 20, 2019

To: British Columbia Securities Commission, Ontario Securities Commission, Manitoba Securities Commission, Nova Scotia Securities Commission, Alberta Securities Commission, Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission, Office of the Superintendent of Securities, Service Newfoundland & Labrador, Office of the Superintendent of Securities, Government of Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick Securities Commission

We have read the statements made by SilverCrest Metals Inc. in the attached copy of change of auditor notice dated December 20, 2019, which we understand will be filed pursuant to Section 4.11 of National Instrument 51-102.

We agree with the statements concerning PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the change of auditor notice dated December 20, 2019.

Yours very truly,

Chartered Professional Accountants

Vancouver, British Columbia