---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062993-23-016610"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DC"
cik: "0001852353"
company_name: "Dakota Gold Corp."
filed_at: "2023-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T08:45:47.017767+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dakota Gold dismisses Ham, Langston & Brezina, appoints Ernst & Young as new auditor

## Summary
- Dismissed Ham, Langston & Brezina effective Aug 14, 2023; no disagreements or adverse opinions in prior audits.
- Appointed Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for FY ending Dec 31, 2023.
- No consultations with EY prior to engagement on accounting principles or disagreements.
- Auditor change approved by Audit Committee; former auditor's letter attached as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062993-23-016610
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DC
- cik: 0001852353
- company_name: Dakota Gold Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852353/000106299323016610/0001062993-23-016610-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852353/000106299323016610/form8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Dakota Gold Corp. engaged Ernst & Young LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
  source text: (b) Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP On August 14, 2023, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company engaged Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852353/000106299323016610/0001062993-23-016610-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Dakota Gold Corp. dismissed Ham, Langston & Brezina, L.L.P. as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Ham, Langston & Brezina, L.L.P.
  - Successor: Ernst & Young LLP
  source text: (a) Dismissal of Ham, Langston & Brezina, L.L.P. On August 14, 2023, the Audit Committee (the "Audit Committee") of the Board of Directors of Dakota Gold Corp.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852353/000106299323016610/0001062993-23-016610-index.htm

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