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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2021.

 

Registration Statement No. 333-252036

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

Amendment No. 2 to

FORM F-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

GOLD ROYALTY CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Canada   1040   Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

1030 West Georgia Street, Suite 1830

Vancouver, BC V6E 2Y3

(604) 396-3066

(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

 

C T Corporation System

28 Liberty Street

New York, New York 10005

(212) 894-8940

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

Copies to:

 

Rick A. Werner, Esq.   Rod Talaifar, Esq.   Joseph A. Smith, Esq.   Steven D. Bennett, Esq.
Haynes and Boone, LLP   Sangra Moller LLP   Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP   Stikeman Elliott LLP
30 Rockefeller Plaza   1000 Cathedral Place   1345 Avenue of the Americas   5300 Commerce Court West
26th Floor   925 West Georgia Street   11th Floor   199 Bay Street
New York, New York 10112   Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 3L2   New, York, New York 10105   Toronto, Ontario Canada, M5L 1B9
Tel: +1 212 659-7300   Tel: +1 604 662-8808   Tel: +1 212 370-7889   Tel: +1 416 869-5205

 

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. [X]

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [  ]

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [  ]

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer [  ] Accelerated filer [  ]
       
Non-accelerated filer [X] Smaller reporting company [X]
       
    Emerging growth company [X]

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. [  ]

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 
 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Gold Royalty Corp. is filing this Amendment No. 2 to its registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-252036) as an exhibits-only filing. Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Item 8 of Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature page to the Registration Statement and the filed exhibits. The remainder of the Registration Statement is unchanged and has therefore been omitted.

 

 
 

 

Item 8. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

The exhibits listed below are filed as part of this Registration Statement.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
1.1^   Form of Underwriting Agreement
     
3.1*   Articles of Incorporation, as presently in effect
     
3.2*   Amended and Restated By-law No. 1
     
3.3*   By-law No. 2
     
4.1^   Specimen common share certificate
     
4.2^   Specimen warrant certificate
     
4.3^   Form of Warrant Agreement by and between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant
     
5.1^   Opinion of Sangra Moller LLP, Canadian counsel to the Company, as to the validity of the common shares
     
5.2^   Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP, U.S. counsel to the Company, as to the validity of the warrants
     
10.1#*   Employment Letter Agreement with David Garofalo, dated August 1, 2020
     
10.2#*   Employment Letter Agreement with Josephine Man, dated November 18, 2020
     
10.3#*   Employment Letter Agreement with John Griffith, dated August 31, 2020
     
10.4#*   Equity Incentive Plan, dated October 19, 2020
     
10.5#**   Long Term Incentive Plan
     
10.6*   Form of Indemnification Agreement for Directors and Officers
     
10.7*†   Royalty Purchase Agreement, dated November 27, 2020, by and between the Registrant and GoldMining Inc.
     
10.8*†   Form of Royalty Agreement
     
10.9*   Consulting Agreement, dated September 1, 2020, by and between the Registrant and Ian Telfer
     
23.1*   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
     
23.2^   Consent of Sangra Moller LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
     
23.3^   Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)
     
23.4*   Consent of Paulo Pereira
     
24.1*   Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages of the Registration Statement filed January 12, 2021)

 

^ Filed herewith

* Previously filed

** To be filed by amendment.

# Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.

† Portions of this exhibit (indicated by asterisks) have been excluded because such information is both (i) not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on February 22, 2021.

 

  Gold Royalty CORP.
     
  By: /s/ David Garofalo
  Name: David Garofalo
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signatures   Title   Date
         
/s/ David Garofalo   Chief Executive Officer, President (Principal   February 22, 2021
David Garofalo   Executive Officer) and Chairman    
         
/s/ Josephine Man   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial   February 22, 2021
Josephine Man   Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    
         
*   Chief Development Officer   February 22, 2021
John W. Griffith        
         
*   Director of Technical Services   February 22, 2021
Alastair Still        
         
*   Director   February 22, 2021
Amir Adnani        
         
*   Director   February 22, 2021
Garnet Dawson        
         
*   Director   February 22, 2021
Warren Gilman        
         
*   Director   February 22, 2021
Ken Robertson        
         
*   Director   February 22, 2021
Alan Hair        

 

*By: /s/ David Garofalo  
 

David Garofalo

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned certifies that it is the duly authorized United States representative of the registrant and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form F-1 to be signed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on February 22, 2021.

 

  Puglisi & Associates (Authorized Representative in the United States)
     
  By: /s/ Donald J. Puglisi
  Name: Donald J. Puglisi
  Title: Managing Director

 

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