Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13A-16 OR 15D-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of:	May 2017
Commission File Number	333-183376

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

33 Harbour Bay Plaza, Suite #824, P.O Box CR-56766, Nassau, Bahamas
(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 [ x ] Form 40-F [ ]

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) [ ]

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) [ ]

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On May 10, 2017, Xtra-Gold Resources Corp. (the “Company”) filed on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) website at www.sedar.com the following documents:

• Unaudited consolidated interim statements for the three months ended March 31, 2017;
   

• Management’s discussion and analysis of financial conditions and results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017;

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• Form 52-109F2 - Certification of interim filings – Full Certification on for the three months ended March 31 , 2017 by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”); and
   

• Form 52-109F2 - Certification of interim filings – Full Certification on for the three months ended March 31, 2017 by the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).

SUBMITTED HEREWITH

Exhibit	Description of Exhibit
99.1	Unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for the period ended March 31, 2017;
99.2	Management’s discussion and analysis of financial conditions and results of operations for the period ended March 31, 2017;
99.3	Form 52-109F2 – CEO Certification of interim filings; and
99.4	Form 52-109F2 – CFO Certification of interim filings.

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: May 10, 2017	XTRA-GOLD RESOURCES CORP.
	(Registrant)
	By:	/s/ James Longshore
		James Longshore,
		Chief Executive Officer

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