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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):  August 16, 2010

Amazon Goldsands Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Nevada
000-51203
98-0425310
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 

Jiron Caracas 2226, Jesús María, Lima 11, Peru
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(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (51 1) 989 184706
 
 
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 

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SECTION 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02         Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
 
On August 16, 2010, the board of directors appointed, on an interim basis, Mr. Robert Van Tassell to fill the positions of Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer.  The board of directors has initiated a search for a permanent Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer.
 
There are no family relationships between Mr. Van Tassell and any other of our directors or executive officers.  Mr. Van Tassell has not had any material direct or indirect interest in any of our transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year or in any currently proposed transaction.  At this time, we do not have any employment agreement with Mr. Van Tassell.
 
Mr. Van Tassell has served on our Board of Directors since December 2006. Mr. Van Tassell has been involved in the Canadian mining industry for over fifty years. Before retiring from full-time ventures in 1998, he spent the prior sixteen years (1982-1998) as Vice President of Exploration for the precious metals venture Goldcorp Inc., formerly known as Dickenson Mines. Exploration teams led by Mr. Van Tassell are credited with such significant discoveries as the Husky Mine, the Minto copper deposit currently being mined by Captstone Mining , and more recently, Goldcorp's High Grade Zone. From 1984 through 1993, Mr. Van Tassell served as a board member of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), including as Chairman of the PDAC's Program and Environmental Committees. Mr. Van Tassell also served as a director of the Yukon Chamber of mines for eleven years, two of them as President. He served four terms on the board of the Northern Resource Conferences, two of them as Chairman, and has taught introductory and advanced prospecting courses for the Chamber of Mines.  Mr. Van Tassell has served on the board of directors of Constitution Mining Corp. since April 2009.  He is a Life Member of the CIM and a member of the Geological Association of Canada.
 
 
 
 
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
Date:  August 17, 2010
 
Amazon Goldsands Ltd.

 
By:      /s/ Tony Langford                                                
Name:      Tony Langford
Title:        Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
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