# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000800166
**File Stem:** 0000800166-26-000013
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 6893
**Document Hash:** 45fcbbdecd87e35a5b45064f22ea1887
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000800166-26-000013.hdr.sgml**: 20260323

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000800166-26-000013

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8 POS

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260323

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260320

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260323

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** New Gold Inc. /FI
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000800166
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** METAL MINING [1000]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** A1
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8 POS
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-160500
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26779572

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 181 BAY STREET, SUITE 3320
- **CITY:** TORONTO
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** A6
- **ZIP:** M5J 2T3
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (416) 324-6000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 181 BAY STREET, SUITE 3320
- **CITY:** TORONTO
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** A6
- **ZIP:** M5J 2T3

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** DRC RESOURCES CORP                                      /FI
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19860904

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2026**

**Registration No. 333-160500**

<br>**UNITED STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>Washington, D.C. 20549**<br>

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**Post-Effective Amendment No. 1<br>to<br>FORM S-8<br>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>*UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***

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**NEW GOLD INC.**<br> (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **British Columbia, Canada** | **Not Applicable** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |

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**Suite 3320 Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street<br>Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3<br>Canada<br>(416) 324-6000**<br> (Address of principal executive offices)(zip code)

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**New Gold Inc. Stock Option Plan (2005) (as amended on May 3, 2007)<br>Metallica Resources Inc. Stock Option Plan, Amended and Restated as of May 23, 2006<br>2006 Stock Incentive Plan of Western Goldfields, Inc.<br>Form of Option to Purchase Common Stock of Western Goldfields, Inc.<br>Non-Qualified Stock Option Contract between Western Goldfields, Inc. and Karen Dietrich**<br> (Full title of the plans)

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**DL Services Inc.<br>1420 5th Avenue, Suite 3400<br>Seattle, WA 98101**<br> (Name and address of agent for service)

**(206) 903-2373**<br> (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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***Copies to:***

Thomas S. Whelan<br>New Gold Inc.<br>Suite 3320 Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street<br>Toronto, ON, Canada<br>(416) 324-6000

**Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.**

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| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
| | | Emerging growth company | ☐ |
| If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐ | If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐ | If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐ | If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐ |

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE – DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES**

This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by New Gold Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of British Columbia (the "Registrant"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Registration Statement No. 333-160500, filed on July 9, 2009, registering 39,307,425 common shares, no par value, of the Registrant which may be issued under (a) the New Gold Inc. Stock Option Plan (2005) (as amended on May 3, 2007); (b) the Metallica Resources Inc. Stock Option Plan, Amended and Restated as of May 23, 2006; (c) the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan of Western Goldfields, Inc.; (d) the Form of Option to Purchase Common Stock of Western Goldfields, Inc.; and (e) the Non-Qualified Stock Option Contract between Western Goldfields, Inc. and Karen Dietrich.

The Registrant has terminated all offerings of the securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in Part II of the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered and remain unsold at the termination of such offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration by means of this Post-Effective Amendment all securities of the Registrant that remain unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof.

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto, Province of Ontario, Country of Canada, on the 20th day of March, 2026.

**NEW GOLD INC.**

By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>/s/ Thomas S. Whelan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas S. Whelan<br>Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice President

Note: No other person is required to sign the post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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