# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001728683
**File Stem:** 0001387131-23-000064
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 7218
**Document Hash:** e3e76f7fbc9592f177910c7cf603a33a
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001387131-23-000064.hdr.sgml**: 20230104

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001387131-23-000064

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230104

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230104

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SPROTT FUNDS TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001728683
- **IRS NUMBER:** 824034050
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** OH
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-23382
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23505459

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1910 PALOMAR POINT WAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 200
- **CITY:** CARLSBAD
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92008-5578
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 760-444-5254

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1910 PALOMAR POINT WAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 200
- **CITY:** CARLSBAD
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92008-5578

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Sprott ETF Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20180119
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SPROTT FUNDS TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001728683
- **IRS NUMBER:** 824034050
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** OH
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-227545
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23505458

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1910 PALOMAR POINT WAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 200
- **CITY:** CARLSBAD
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92008-5578
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 760-444-5254

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1910 PALOMAR POINT WAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 200
- **CITY:** CARLSBAD
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92008-5578

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Sprott ETF Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20180119

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Sprott Energy Transition Materials ETF (Series ID: S000078980)

| Class ID   | Class Name                             | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000239800 | Sprott Energy Transition Materials ETF |  |

### Sprott Junior Copper Miners ETF (Series ID: S000078981)

| Class ID   | Class Name                      | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000239801 | Sprott Junior Copper Miners ETF |  |

### Sprott Nickel Miners ETF (Series ID: S000078982)

| Class ID   | Class Name               | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000239802 | Sprott Nickel Miners ETF |  |

### Sprott Lithium Miners ETF (Series ID: S000078983)

| Class ID   | Class Name                | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000239803 | Sprott Lithium Miners ETF |  |

### Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF (Series ID: S000078984)

| Class ID   | Class Name                       | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000239804 | Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF |  |

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 4, 2023**

**Securities Act File No. 333-227545**

**Investment Company Act File No. 811-23382**

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

**FORM N-1A** 

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| **REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933** | ☐ |

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| **Pre-Effective Amendment No.** | ☐ |
| **Post-Effective Amendment No. 20** | ☒ |

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**and/or**

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| **REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940** | ☐ |

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| **Amendment No. 22** | ☒ |

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**SPROTT FUNDS TRUST**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

**200 Bay Street, Suite 2600, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J2J1**

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

**416-943-8099**

(Registrant's Telephone Number)

**The Corporation Trust Company**

**Corporation Trust Center**

**New Castle County**

**Wilmington, DE 19801**

(Name and address of agent for service)

***Copies of communications to:***

**John A. Ciampaglia**

**Chief Executive Officer**

**Sprott Asset Management LP**

**200 Bay Street, Suite 2600**

**Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J2J1**

**Bibb L. Strench, Esq.**

**Thompson Hine LLP** 

**1919 M Street, N.W., Suite 700**

**Washington, D.C. 20036-1600**

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

☐ Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

☒ On January 13, 2023 pursuant to paragraph (b)

☐ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

☐ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

☐ On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

☐ On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;☒ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for Sprott Funds Trust (the "Trust") is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") solely for the purpose of delaying until January 13, 2023 the effectiveness of the registration statement for the Sprott Energy Transition Materials ETF, Sprott Junior Copper Miners ETF, Sprott Nickel Miners ETF, Sprott Lithium Miners ETF and Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF, filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 ("PEA No. 16") with the Commission via EDGAR Accession No. 0001387131-22-009887 on September 20, 2022, pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485 under the 1933 Act. Parts A, B and C of PEA No. 16 are incorporated by reference herein.

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Toronto, and Province of Ontario, on the 4th Day of January, 2023.

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| Sprott Funds Trust | Sprott Funds Trust |
| By: | /s/ John Ciampaglia |
| Name: | John Ciampaglia |
| Title: | President |

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on January 4, 2023.

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| Signature | Title | Date |
| /s/ John Ciampaglia | <br> President and Chief Executive Officer | <br> January 4, 2023 |
| John Ciampaglia |  |  |
| \* | Trustee | January 4, 2023 |
| Michael W. Clark |  |  |
| \* | Trustee | January 4, 2023 |
| Peyton T. Muldoon |  |  |
| \* | Trustee | January 4, 2023 |
| James R. Pierce Jr. |  |  |
| \* | Trustee | January 4, 2023 |
| Leslie Barrett |  |  |
| \* | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | January 4, 2023 |
| Varinder Bhathal |  |  |

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| \*By: | /s/ John Ciampaglia |

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John Ciampaglia, pursuant to a [power of attorney filed on March 28, 2019 to the Registrant's Registration Statement in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form N-14.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728683/000119312519090431/d714197dex9916.htm)