6-K

FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

REPORT OF FOREIGN
PRIVATE ISSUER

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For  December 11,  2008

Commission File Number: 0-26424

SILVER STANDARD RESOURCES INC.

999 West Hastings Street, #1180, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 2W2

1. Form 51-102F3, Material Change Report dated December 11, 2008, with attachment

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

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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):________

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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):________

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.

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 11, 2008

    SILVER STANDARD RESOURCES INC.

      (Registrant)

	/s/John  J. Kim
By:	______________________________
	John  J. Kim Corporate Secretary

EX-99.01

Form 51-102F3

Material Change Report

Item 1	Name and Address of Company Silver Standard Resources Inc. #1180 - 999 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC  V6C 2W2
Item 2	Date of Material Change December 11, 2008
Item 3	News Release The news release dated December 11, 2008 was disseminated through Marketwire’s Canadian and US Timely Disclosure network.
Item 4	Summary of Material Change Silver Standard Resources Inc., as operator of the Maverick Springs joint venture, is pleased to report successful follow-up diamond drilling from the 2006 program in which MR-166 intersected 140 feet grading 7.65 ounces of silver per ton, including 40 feet grading 25.2 ounces of silver per ton, and hole 167 intersected 140 feet grading 11.1 ounces of silver per ton, including 15 feet grading 89.4 ounces of silver per ton.
Item 5	Full Description of Material Change
	5.1  Full Description of Material Change See attached news release dated December 11, 2008.
	5.2 Disclosure for Restructuring Transactions Not applicable.
Item 6	Reliance on subsection 7.1(2) or (3) of National Instrument 51-102 Not applicable.
Item 7	Omitted Information Not applicable.
Item 8	Executive Officer Joseph J. Ovsenek, Senior Vice President, Corporate 604.689.3846
Item 9	Date of Report Dated at Vancouver, BC, this 11th day of December, 2008