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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ABERLE GERALD MICHAEL (Last) (First) (Middle) 106 GLENDALE DRIVE SUITE A (Street) LEAD SD 57754 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Dakota Gold Corp. [ DC ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Operating Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/01/2023
	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	03/01/2023		M		8,325	A	(1)	4,230,746	D
Common Stock	03/01/2023		F		2,588(2)	D	$2.81	4,228,158	D
Common Stock	03/01/2023		A		35,587(3)	A	$0	4,263,745	D

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
Performance Stock Units	(1)	03/01/2023		M			9,752	(1)	(1)	Common Stock	9,752	$0	19,503	D
Stock Options	$2.81	03/01/2023		A		72,127		03/01/2024(4)	03/01/2028	Common Stock	72,127	$0	72,127	D
Performance Share Units	(5)	03/01/2023		A		71,174		(5)	(5)	Common Stock	71,174	$0	71,174	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The Reporting Person was previously granted 29,255 performance stock units ("PSUs"), which can vest between 0% - 200% of the target number of shares, based on relative total stockholder return of Dakota Gold Corp. as compared to the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index. One third of such PSUs vested in 2023 at 85% of the target number of shares, were settled on March 1, 2023 and were converted into 5,737 shares of Common Stock, which is net of shares of Common Stock withheld for taxes due on such conversion.

2. Represents net settlement for taxes due in connection with the conversion of the vested PSUs into shares of Common Stock upon settlement by the Issuer, based on a closing price of $2.81 per share of the Common Stock on February 28, 2023 on the NYSE American.

3. Represents restricted stock units ("RSU"). Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of Dakota Gold Corp. common stock. The RSUs are scheduled to vest in three equal tranches on March 1, 2024, March 1, 2025 and March 1, 2026.

4. The options are scheduled to vest in three equal tranches on March 1, 2024, March 1, 2025 and March 1, 2026.

5. Each PSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of Dakota Gold Corp. common stock, which can vest between 0% - 200% of the target number of shares, based on relative total stockholder return of Dakota Gold Corp. as compared to the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index. The PSUs are scheduled to vest in three equal tranches in 2024, 2025 and 2026.

	/s/ Daniel Cherniak, as attorney-in-fact for Gerald Michael Aberle	03/03/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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