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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0508</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2025-09-02</periodOfReport>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001816004</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>O'Rourke Stephen T.</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>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-09-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>11990</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1068199</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) granted under the Issuer???s 2022 Stock Incentive Plan. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer???s common stock. The RSUs are scheduled to vest in three equal tranches on September 2, 2026, September 2, 2027 and September 2, 2028.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/S/ [SHAWN CAMPBELL], BY POWER OF ATTORNEY</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-09-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
