UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

(Amendment No. 9)

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

GOLD STANDARD VENTURES CORP.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, No Par Value

(Title of Class of Securities)

380738104

(CUSIP Number)

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

October 28, 2016

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box o.

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

The Statement on Schedule 13D filed on January 3, 2012 by FCMI Parent Co. (“FCMI”), Albert D. Friedberg and the Nancy Friedberg Family Trust, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed June 13, 2012, Amendment No. 2 filed June 27, 2012, Amendment No. 3 filed March 10, 2014, Amendment No. 4 filed September 9, 2014, Amendment No. 5 filed February 4, 2015 by FCMI and Mr. Friedberg (collectively, the “Filing Persons”), Amendment No. 6 filed February 10, 2015, Amendment No. 7 filed May 21, 2015 and Amendment No. 8 filed February 12, 2016 (as so amended, the “Statement”), relating to the common stock, without par value (the “Common Stock”) of Gold Standard Ventures Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of British Columbia, Canada (the “Issuer”), is hereby further amended with respect to the matters set forth below in this Amendment No. 9. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Statement.

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

On September 6, 2016, FCMI sold a total of 1,320,000 shares of Common Stock at CDN $1.84 per share in two private transactions. On the date of this Schedule 13D (Amendment No. 9), the Filing Persons are the beneficial owners of a total of 27,993,966 shares of Common Stock. On October 28, 2016, the Issuer announced that it had issued 12,036,436 shares of Common Stock (“Common Shares”) in a private placement. The resulting increase in the total number of Common Shares outstanding in connection with the private placement reduced the Filing Persons’ beneficial ownership from 14.8% of the outstanding Common Shares, as reported in Amendment No. 8 to the Filing Persons’ Schedule 13D, to 12.7% of the Common Shares. Such beneficial ownership percentage has been calculated as a percentage of 219,811,310 Common Shares outstanding, consisting of 207,774,874 Common Shares outstanding on August 15, 2016, as reported by the Issuer in its Management Discussion and Analysis for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2016 filed as Exhibit 99.2 to its Report on Form 6-K filed on August 16, 2016, plus 12,036,436 shares issued in the private placement announced by the Issuer.

All shares beneficially owned by FCMI are presently outstanding. Mr. Friedberg, directly and through his control over FCMI shares held by members of his family and trusts for the benefit of members of his family, may be considered the sole beneficial owner of all of the Common Stock owned by FCMI. Except for such beneficial ownership by Mr. Friedberg, none of the directors or officers of FCMI beneficially own any Common Stock.

Except as set forth in this Item 5, none of the Filing Persons and none of the officers or directors of FCMI has effected any transactions in the Common Stock in the 60 days preceding the filing of this Amendment No. 9.

 Signatures

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of each of the undersigned’s knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: November 1, 2016