UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 14, 2009
Capital
Gold Corporation
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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0-13078
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13-3180530
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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76
Beaver Street
New
York, New York
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10005
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
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(212)
344-2785
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check
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Item 5.02 Departure of
Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On
September 14, 2009, the Board of Directors of Capital Gold Corporation (the
“Company”) appointed John Brownlie to the office of President. Mr.
Brownlie, 59, also serves as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and a
director. Mr. Brownlie has served as the Company’s Chief Operating
Officer and a director since February 2007 and, from May 2006 through February
2007, as the Company’s Vice President of Operations. He will continue
in his new position under the terms of his current employment agreement entered
into with the Company effective January 1, 2009. Mr. Gifford Dieterle
will continue as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and Chairman
of the Board of Directors.
Prior to
joining the Company, from 2000-2006, Mr. Brownlie was a consultant providing
mining and mineral related services to various companies including SRK, Oxus
Mining plc and Cemco Inc. Between 1975-2000, Mr. Brownlie held senior
level positions at Bateman Engineering in South Africa, Monarch Resources in
Venezuela and Newmont Mining Corporation in Uzbekistan. Mr. Brownlie
is also a director of Palladon Ventures, a mineral-related company which is
publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The
Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Brownlie as
President on September 18, 2009. A copy of the release is furnished
with this report as Exhibit 99.1.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibits
99.1 Press
Release issued by Capital Gold Corporation dated September 18,
2009
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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CAPITAL
GOLD CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Gifford
Dieterle
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Gifford
Dietele
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Chief
Executive Officer and Treasurer
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