| As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2019 |
| Registration Statement No. 333-211910 |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
| POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO |
| FORM S-3 |
| REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |
PERSHING GOLD CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | 26-0657736 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1658 Cole Boulevard
Building 6-Suite 210
Lakewood, CO 80401
720-974-7254
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Darren Blasutti
President
1658 Cole Boulevard
Building 6-Suite 210
Lakewood, CO 80401
720-974-7254
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
Thomas M. Rose
Troutman Sanders LLP
401 9th Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
202-274-2950
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. This post-effective amendment is being filed to deregister securities not sold under this registration statement.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES; TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This Post-Effective Amendment (the “Post-Effective Amendment”), filed by Pershing Gold Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), constitutes the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-211910) (the “Registration Statement”), which was originally filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2016 and declared effective June 29, 2016.
As previously disclosed, on September 28, 2018, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, which was subsequently amended by the First Amendment to the Merger Agreement, dated March 1, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), with Americas Silver Corporation (“Americas Silver”) and R Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Americas Silver. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on April 3, 2019, Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, and the Company continued as the surviving corporation and as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Americas Silver (the “Transaction”).
As a result of the Transaction, the offering pursuant to the Registration Statement has been terminated because the Company intends to deregister its securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In accordance with undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offerings thereunder, the Company hereby removes from registration all securities registered but not sold under the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of all such securities.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lakewood, State of Colorado, United States of America, on April 9, 2019.
| PERSHING GOLD CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Darren Blasutti | |
| Name: | Darren Blasutti | |
| Title: | President | |
No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
