---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-068809"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DC"
cik: "0001852353"
company_name: "Dakota Gold Corp."
filed_at: "2026-06-01T18:02:49+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T18:04:46.320829+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dakota Gold shareholders elect all seven directors, ratify Deloitte as auditor

## Summary
- Seven directors elected; Jennifer Grafton, Brian Iverson, Todd Kenner, Stephen O'Rourke, Kevin Puil, Robert Quartermain, Alice Schroeder all received majority "For" votes.
- Kevin Puil received 4,583,595 withheld votes, the most of any nominee; Alice Schroeder received 2,017,400 withheld.
- Broker non-votes totaled 30,685,589 on director elections.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for FY 2026 passed with 96,843,306 For, 261,929 Against, 94,190 Abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-068809
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DC
- cik: 0001852353
- company_name: Dakota Gold Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-06-01T18:02:49+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852353/000110465926068809/0001104659-26-068809-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852353/000110465926068809/tm2616547d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Dakota Gold Corp. shareholders approved Election of seven directors to serve until next annual meeting at the 2026-05-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-27
  source text: At the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders of Dakota Gold Corp. (the “Company”) held on May 27, 2026, by a vote of the stockholders entitled to vote, the stockholders voted upon and approved proposals to: i. elect seven directors to serve for a term that expires on the date of the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders (the “Proposal 1”); and ii. ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 (the “Proposal 2”). Election results for Proposal 1 are as follows: Name of Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Jennifer Grafton 65,249,878 1,214,329 30,685,589 Brian Iverson 66,397,085 76,661 30,685,589 Todd Kenner 66,356,349 116.686 30,685,589 Stephen O’Rourke 65,362,023 1,107,084 30,685,589 Kevin Puil 61,735,383 4,583,595 30,685,589 Robert Quartermain 66,225,328 250,886 30,685,589 Alice Schroeder 64,449,520 2,017,400 30,685,589
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852353/000110465926068809/0001104659-26-068809-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Dakota Gold Corp. shareholders approved Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-27
  source text: Election results for Proposal 2 are as follows: For Against Abstain 96,843,306 261,929 94,190
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852353/000110465926068809/0001104659-26-068809-index.htm

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