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~~SECURITIES ~~the~~EXCHANGE ~~month~~ACT ~~of May~~OF ~~2012~~1934

For the month of June 2012

Commission File Number 000-54543

MERCATOR MINERALS LTD

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

1050-625 Howe Street

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

V6C 2T6

(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 o 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): o

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.

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): o

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.

MERCATOR MINERALS LTD.

Date: ~~May~~June 2926, 2012 /s/ Marc S. LeBlanc Marc S. LeBlanc Corporate Secretary

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

	99.1	~~Notice~~Press ofRelease ~~Meeting~~dated June 12, 2012
	99.2	~~Management~~Press ~~Information~~Release ~~Circular~~dated June 25, 2012
	99.3	~~Form~~Report of ~~Proxy~~Voting Results
	99.4	Voter Information Form
	99.5	Supplemental Mailing Card
	99.6	Annual Review Card
	99.7	Ethics and Conflict of Interest Policy*

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