UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 3)

[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012

[   ] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _______ to _______

Commission file number 001-12974

SANTA FE GOLD CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(505) 255-4852
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common stock, $.002 par value
(Title of class)

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes [   ] No [X]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
Yes [   ] No [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes [X] No [   ]

Indicate by checkmark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes [   ] No [X]

The aggregate market value of the Common Stock of Santa Fe Gold Corporation held by non-affiliates as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was $89,236,672.

As of September 28, 2012, there were 117,537,970 shares of common stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: None.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

     Santa Fe Gold Corporation (“we”, “our” or the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 3 to its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 28, 2012. This Amendment No. 3 to Form 10-K should be read in conjunction with the Form 10-K and the Company’s subsequent reports filed with the SEC. Except for the information specifically amended and restated herein, this form 10-K/A has not been updated to reflect events, results or developments that occurred after the date of the original Form 10-K nor does it change any other disclosures contained in the original Form 10-K.

     This Amendment No. 3 incorporates amendments to our Form 10-K as follows:

PART II

ITEM 9A (T). CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

     Management of the Company, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

     Our internal controls were designed to provide reasonable assurance as to (i) the reliability of our financial reporting; (ii) the reliability of the preparation and presentation of the consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States; and (iii) the safeguarding of assets from unauthorized use or disposition.

     We conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2012 based on Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and we concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective at a reasonable assurance level as of June 30, 2012. Subsequent to June 30, 2012, we have identified a material weaknesses in our internal controls in that we did not include a separate shareholder advisory vote in our 2011 proxy statements to approve the compensation of our named executive officers (“say-on-pay” vote) as required by Rule 14a-21 under the Exchange Act. We have taken corrective action by including a vote on a “say-on-pay” vote in our Proxy Statement for our Annual Stockholders Meeting to be held August 6, 2013. In addition, we have adopted a policy that outside securities counsel review all of our federal securities law filings to ensure compliance therewith.

     The operating effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2012 has been audited by StarkSchenkein, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, which is included herein.

SIGNATURES

            Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on July 2, 2013.

            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities indicated on July 2, 2013.