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:  August 24, 2015

(Date of earliest event reported)


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Timberline Resources Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Commission File Number: 001-34055

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Delaware

82-0291227

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)


101 East Lakeside Avenue

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83814

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)


(208) 664-4859

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


Not Applicable

(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:

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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.

On August 24, 2015, Mr. John Watson informed the Board of Directors of the Registrant that he would not stand for re-election at the Registrant’s 2015 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Watson’s determination not to stand for re-election did not arise from any disagreement with the Registrant, known to an executive officer of the Registrant, or from any matter relating to the Registrant’s operations, policies or practices. Pursuant to Mr. Watson’s determination not to stand for re-election, Mr. Watson will effectively resign from the Board on September 24, 2015 immediately following the Registrant’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the size of the Board will be reduced from six directors to five.










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.


 

TIMBERLINE RESOURCES CORPORATION

 

Date: August 27, 2015

By:

/s/ Randal Hardy

 

 

 

Randal Hardy
Chief Financial Officer