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  SILVER MINES LIMITED</font></b></p>
  
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    Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
    Arrangements for Certain Officers</a></font></p>
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  Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
  Arrangements of Certain Officers.</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">First Amendment to
  2004 Equity Incentive Plan</font></u></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;28,
  2008, at the 2008 annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders of Apex
  Silver Mines Limited approved an amendment to the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
  (the &#147;Plan&#148;).&#160; The amendment to the Plan
  increased the number of ordinary shares available for issuance under the Plan
  from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000.&#160; The
  additional 1,000,000 shares will only be available for share awards, and not for
  option awards.</font></p>
  
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  the Plan also added certain provisions that are required in order to provide
  the flexibility to grant equity awards under the Plan in a manner that would
  qualify such awards as &#147;performance-based&#148; compensation under Section&nbsp;162(m)&nbsp;of
  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;Code&#148;).&#160; In addition, certain provisions of the Plan
  were revised to ensure that any options granted under the Plan are in
  compliance with the requirements of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code.</font></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURE</font></b><a name="Signature_231141"></a></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:&#160; June&nbsp;3, 2008</font></p>
  
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text: UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON,
  D.C. 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):
  May 28, 2008
  APEX
  SILVER MINES LIMITED
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Cayman Islands, British West
  Indies
  1-13627
  Not Applicable
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (Commission
  File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification Number)
  Walker House
  Mary Street
  George Town, Grand Cayman
  Cayman Islands, British West Indies
  Not Applicable
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
  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):
  ¨
  Written
  communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
  (17 CFR 230.425)
  ¨
  Soliciting
  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
  (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  ¨
  Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
  (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  ¨
  Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
  (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  Item 5.02
  Departure of Directors or Certain
    Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
    Arrangements for Certain Officers
  Signature
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  Item 5.02
  Departure
  of Directors
  or Certain
  Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
  Arrangements of Certain Officers.
  First Amendment to
  2004 Equity Incentive Plan
  On May 28,
  2008, at the 2008 annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders of Apex
  Silver Mines Limited approved an amendment to the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
  (the "Plan").  The amendment to the Plan
  increased the number of ordinary shares available for issuance under the Plan
  from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000.  The
  additional 1,000,000 shares will only be available for share awards, and not for
  option awards.
  The amendment to
  the Plan also added certain provisions that are required in order to provide
  the flexibility to grant equity awards under the Plan in a manner that would
  qualify such awards as "performance-based" compensation under Section 162(m) of
  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").  In addition, certain provisions of the Plan
  were revised to ensure that any options granted under the Plan are in
  compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.
  3
  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 hereunto duly
  authorized.
  Date:  June 3, 2008
  Apex
    Silver Mines Limited
  By:
  /s/ Deborah J. Friedman
  Deborah J. Friedman
  Corporate Secretary
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