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): December 22, 2006 (December 18, 2006)

SILVERADO GOLD MINES LTD.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

British Columbia, Canada	000-12132	98-0045034
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		Identification Number)

1111 West Georgia Street, Suite 505 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6E 4M3 (Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (604) 689-1535

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.

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This Current Report on Form 8-K and other reports filed by the Registrant from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively the “Filings”) contain forward looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, the Registrant’s management, as well as estimates and assumptions made by the Registrant’s management. When used in the Filings the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “future”, “intend”, “plan” or the negative of these terms and similar expressions as they relate to the Registrant or the Registrant’s management identify forward looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of the Registrant with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors relating to the Registrant’s industry, operations and results of operations and any businesses that may be acquired by the Registrant. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended or planned.

Item 8.01 Other Events

On December 18, 2006, Silverado Green Fuel Inc. (the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing plans to build the first low-rank coal-water fuel (“Green Fuel”) facility in the United States. The $26,000,000 project, to be located on 14-acres outside of Ackerman in the Red Hills EcoPlex in Choctaw County, Mississippi, is designed to utilize the state’s vast supply of low-rank coal reserves by converting them into Green Fuel, a new form of coal-based, environmentally friendly, low-cost, alternative fuel.

The Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the State of Mississippi as represented by the Mississippi Development Authority; Choctaw County Board of Supervisors; and the Choctaw County Economic Development District, to build a facility designed to demonstrate the economic feasibility and environmental superiority of converting low-rank coals into a stable liquid fuel that can be used efficiently, while also defining exact parameters for a commercial facility.

The foregoing summary of the Press Release does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Press Release, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Document
99.1	Press Release dated December 18, 2006

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 22, 2006	SILVERADO GOLD MINES LTD.
	By:	/s/ Garry L. Anselmo
		Garry L. Anselmo,
		Chief Executive Officer