FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Rose Paul David 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 06/11/2010 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GEOVIC MINING CORP. [TSX-GMC] (Last) (First) (Middle) 14465 NW BELLE PL 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) BEAVERTON, OR 97006 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 6,878,197 (1) D   Common Stock 1,968,666 I Interest in 401(k) Plan of Oregon Anesthesiology Group Common Stock 278,640 (2) D   Common Stock 243,900 I Trustee of Trusts of which reporting person is not a beneficia

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Options to purchase common stock	06/11/2010(3)	  (3)	Common Stock	200,000	$ (4)	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Rose Paul David 14465 NW BELLE PL BEAVERTON, OR 97006	  X	Â	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Shelia I. Short for Paul D. Rose		06/21/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes 290,472 shares held in IRA of spouse and 363,600 shares held by spouse, beneficial ownership of which is disclaimed by reporting person.
(2)	Trustee of Trusts of which 2 minor children are beneficiaries. Beneficiaries are non-emancipated children of reporting person.
(3)	40% of the options are exercisable on date of grant, 30% are exercisable on each of first two anniversaries of date of grant. Term of options is 10 years from grant date.
(4)	Exercise price is Cdn $0.60.

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