Prospectus Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) (424b3)

Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

Registration No. 333-210686

Prospectus Supplement No. 4

to prospectus dated April 20, 2016

This prospectus supplement no. 4 supplements and amends our prospectus dated April 20, 2016, as previously supplemented by prospectus supplement nos. 1, 2 and 3 dated May 16, 2016, August 15, 2016 and September 21, 2016, respectively, which we refer to collectively as the “prospectus.” The prospectus relates to the offer and resale of up to 25,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, by the selling stockholder, River North Equity, LLC (“River North”). All of such shares represent shares that River North has agreed to purchase from us pursuant to the terms and conditions of an Equity Purchase Agreement we entered into with them on March 16, 2016, as amended (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”). Subject to the terms and conditions of the Equity Purchase Agreement, we have the right to “put,” or sell, up to $5,000,000 worth of shares of our common stock to River North. This arrangement is also sometimes referred to in the prospectus as the “Equity Line.” We will not receive any proceeds from the resale of shares of common stock by River North. We will, however, receive proceeds from the sale of shares directly to River North pursuant to the Equity Line.

This prospectus supplement no. 4 is filed for the purpose of including in the prospectus our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 4, 2016, November 2, 2016 and December 9, 2016, copies of which are attached hereto, although the exhibits to such reports have been omitted. The information set forth in the attached Current Reports on Form 8-K supplements and amends the information contained in the prospectus.

This prospectus supplement no. 4 should be read in conjunction with, and delivered with, the prospectus and is qualified by reference to the prospectus except to the extent that the information in this prospectus supplement no. 4 supplements and amends the information contained in the prospectus.

Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQB Marketplace operated by the OTC Markets Group, Inc., or “OTCQB,” under the ticker symbol “ECPN.” On December 6, 2016, the average of the high and low sales prices of our common stock was $0.055 per share.

Investing in our common stock involves significant risk. See the “Risk Factors” section of the prospectus.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if the prospectus or this prospectus supplement no. 4 is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus supplement no. 4 is December 9, 2016.

FORM 8-K FILED OCTOBER 4, 2016

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): September 28, 2016

_________________________

EL CAPITAN PRECIOUS METALS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Nevada	333-56262	88-0482413
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)		Identification No.)

5871 Honeysuckle Road

Prescott, AZ

86305-3764

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(928) 515-1942

(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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425).

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12).

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)).

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)).

Item 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

At the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders held September 28, 2016, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 400,000,000 to 500,000,000 shares. The change in the authorized number of shares of common stock was effected pursuant to an Certificate of Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on October 4, 2016 and was effective as of such date. The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the Certificate of Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The registrant held its annual meeting of stockholders on September 28, 2016. At the meeting, the registrant’s shareholders took the following actions:

(i)

The stockholders elected the following five directors to serve as members of the registrant’s Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders:

• John F. Stapleton

• Timothy J. Gay

• Clyde L. Smith

• Daniel Gabino Martinez

• Charles C. Mottley

The stockholders present in person or by proxy cast the following numbers of votes in connection with the election of directors:


Nominee	Votes For	Votes Withheld
John F. Stapleton	127,937,525	19,460,867
Timothy J. Gay	128,116,568	19,281,824
Clyde L. Smith	137,852,098	9,546,294
Daniel Gabino Martinez	127,873,277	19,525,115
Charles C. Mottley	117,089,210	30,309,182
In addition to the nominees listed above, the following individuals received votes:
John R. Balding	2,396,000
Larry Balding	275,000
Darren A. Fish	2,396,000
Douglas R. Sanders	5,496,000
Scott L. Sanders	1,571,000
Robert W. Shirk	1,871,000

(ii)

The stockholders ratified the appointment of MaloneBailey, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the registrant for fiscal 2016. There were 264,579,409 votes cast for the proposal; 6,725,991 votes were cast against the proposal; 5,544,117 votes abstained; and there was one broker non-vote; and

(iii)

The stockholders approved an amendment to the registrant’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 400,000,000 to 500,000,000 shares. There were 542,535,254 votes cast for the proposal (of which 365,655,720 shares were cast by the holders of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock); 92,361,876 votes were cast against the proposal; 6,825,168 votes abstained; and there were 782,941 broker non-votes. Holders of outstanding shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were entitled to vote such shares at the meeting only with respect to this proposal, and did not have the right to vote such shares on the other proposals brought before the meeting.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits

Exhibit No.

Description

3.1

Certificate of Amendment

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.

	EL CAPITAN PRECIOUS METALS, INC.


	By:	/s/ Stephen J. Antol
Date: October 4, 2016		Name: Stephen J. Antol
		Title: Chief Financial Officer

FORM 8-K FILED NOVEMBER 2, 2016

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): October 31, 2016

_________________________

EL CAPITAN PRECIOUS METALS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Nevada	333-56262	88-0482413
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)		Identification No.)

5871 Honeysuckle Road

Prescott, AZ

86305-3764

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(928) 515-1942

(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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425).

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12).

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)).

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)).

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Amendment to 2015 Equity Incentive Plan

Effective October 31, 2016, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”) pursuant to which the number of shares of the common stock issuable under the 2015 Plan was increased from 50,000,000 to 75,000,000. A copy of Amendment No. 4 to the 2015 Plan is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits

Exhibit No.

Description

10.1

Amendment No. 4 to El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan

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.

	EL CAPITAN PRECIOUS METALS, INC.


	By:	/s/ Stephen J. Antol
Date: November 2, 2016		Name: Stephen J. Antol
		Title: Chief Financial Officer

FORM 8-K FILED DECEMBER 9, 2016

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): December 9, 2016

_________________________

EL CAPITAN PRECIOUS METALS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Nevada	333-56262	88-0482413
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)		Identification No.)

5871 Honeysuckle Road

Prescott, AZ

86305-3764

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(928) 515-1942

(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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425).

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12).

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)).

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)).

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Amendment No. 1 to Equity Purchase Agreement with River North Equity, LLC

On March 16, 2016, El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with River North Equity, LLC (“River North”), pursuant to which the Company may from time to time, in its discretion, sell shares of its common stock to River North for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $5,000,000. On December 9, 2016, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”) in order to amend the formula pursuant to which the purchase price for the Company’s shares is calculated and to make certain other amendments to the terms of the Purchase Agreement.

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and prior to the Amendment, the purchase price for each share of the Company’s common stock purchased under the Purchase Agreement was equal to 85.0% of the Market Price, which is defined as the average of the two lowest closing bid prices on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P., during the five consecutive trading days including and immediately prior to the date on which the applicable put notice is delivered to River North (the “Pricing Period”). If the Company was not deposit/withdrawal at custodian (“DWAC”) eligible or if the Company was under Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) “chill” status at the time of a sale, an additional 5.0% and 10% discount to the Market Price, respectively, applied.

As amended, the Pricing Period includes the five consecutive trading days including and immediately prior to the settlement date of the sale, which in most circumstances will be the trading day immediately following the date that a put notice is delivered to River North (a “Put Date”). In addition, if either (i) the closing bid price the common stock is less than $0.10 per share on the Put Date, or (ii) the average daily trading volume in dollar amount for the common stock during the ten trading days including and immediately preceding a Put Date is less than $50,000, then an additional 10% discount to the Market Price will be taken when calculating the purchase price for the shares. The prior discounts for DWAC ineligibility and DTC chill status remain.

The foregoing description of the terms of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the agreement itself, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. The benefits and representations and warranties set forth in such agreement (if any) are not intended to and do not constitute continuing representations and warranties of the Company or any other party to persons not a party thereto.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits

Exhibit No.

Description

10.1

Amendment No. 1 dated December 9, 2016 to Equity Purchase Agreement dated March 16, 2016 by and between El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. and River North Equity, LLC

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.