SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 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): January 17, 2011
CALIFORNIA
GOLD CORP.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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333-134549
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83-0483725
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(State or Other
Jurisdiction
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(Commission
File
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
Incorporation)
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Number)
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Identification
Number)
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488
Madison Avenue, 12th Floor
New
York, NY 10022
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
212-400-6900
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Copy
to:
Adam S.
Gottbetter, Esq.
Gottbetter
& Partners, LLP
488
Madison Avenue, 12th Floor
New York,
NY 10022
Phone: (212)
400-6900
Facsimile: (212)
400-6901
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item
5.02
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
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Effective
January 17, 2011, the Board of Directors of California Gold Corp. (the
“Company”) appointed George Duggan as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, to
serve as such until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his
successor is duly elected and qualified or his earlier death, resignation or
removal.
Since
1978, Mr. Duggan, 63, has been engaged in the media and investor relations
business, operating through his own company, Incorporated Operations, and
through Michael Baybak & Co., Inc. (Florida) and Communications Services
Inc. (California). From 1977 to 1978, he was employed as a financial
analyst at Texas Instruments Inc.
Mr.
Duggan received an MBA degree from the University of California at Berkeley in
1977.
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.
| CALIFORNIA GOLD CORPORATION | |||
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Dated: January
17, 2010
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By:
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/s/ James D. Davidson | |
| Name: | James D. Davidson | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer and President | ||