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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0508</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2025-05-12</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001852353</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Dakota Gold Corp.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001559818</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ABERLE GERALD MICHAEL</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O DAKOTA GOLD CORP.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>106 GLENDALE DRIVE, SUITE 1</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LEAD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>SD</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>57754</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>COMMON STOCK</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-05-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3207</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>3.08</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4461454</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares of common stock withheld by the Issuer solely for the purpose of satisfying tax withholding obligations in connection with the conversion of the vested restricted stock units into shares of common stock upon settlement by the Issuer, based on a closing price of $3.08 per share of the common stock on May 9, 2025 on the NYSE American.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/S/ SHAWN CAMBELL, BY POWER OF ATTORNEY</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-05-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
