Lepard Lawrence Ward Form 4 Rise Gold / Lawrence Ward Lepard ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Lepard Lawrence Ward

(Last) (First) (Middle)

SUITE 650, 669 HOWE STREET

(Street)

VANCOUVER A1 V6C 0B4

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Rise Gold Corp. [ RYES ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/31/2020

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	07/31/2020		P		133,333	A	$0.75	1,063,333	I	By EMA GARP FUND LP
Common Stock								591,875	D
Common Stock								135,000	I	By Lepard Children

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants	$1	07/31/2020		P		66,667		07/31/2020	07/31/2022	Common Stock	66,667	$0	66,667	I	By EMA GARP FUND LP
Options	$0.7(1)							08/21/2019	08/21/2024	Common Stock	100,000		100,000	D
Warrants	$1.2(1)							09/17/2018	09/17/2021	Common Stock	81,875		81,875	D
Warrants	$1(1)							08/19/2019	08/19/2022	Common Stock	200,000		200,000	D
Warrants	$1.5(1)							04/18/2018	04/18/2021	Common Stock	130,000		130,000	I	By EMA GARP FUND LP
Warrants	$1(1)							07/03/2019	07/03/2022	Common Stock	50,000		50,000	I	By EMA GARP FUND LP
Warrants	$1(1)							08/19/2019	08/19/2022	Common Stock	250,000		250,000	I	By EMA GARP FUND LP

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents a price in Canadian dollars.

	/s/ Lawrence Lepard	08/04/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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